Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Before, Fang Jian used Wei Hanzhou as a bodyguard, but now there are more soldiers, there is no need to keep him following him all the time.

Fang Jian has already planned to let Wei Hanzhou form a special operations team. With Wei Hanzhou's strength, the special forces team to be formed should be very strong.

During this period, Fang Guoxuan was still recruiting soldiers. Fang Jian planned to let Wei Hanzhou select the soldiers after the recruitment was completed.

The upper limit of clones is often fixed, and only by training local characters can it be easier to train special forces soldiers of four stars or above.

Although the soldiers given by the system will still grow after training, it is difficult to increase from two stars to two and a half stars, not to mention three or four stars.

After Francis Xavier and his party left, the people in the city were still busy.

Most of the county's businesses gathered in the auditorium next to the county government today.

The auditorium was guarded by soldiers with live ammunition. Looking at these soldiers, the business owners did not dare to make loud noises and could only whisper.

One person whispered, "Old Li, how is it, do you have any inside information?"

"It is said that everyone is asked to apply for a business license." Another person looked around and whispered.

The man who asked the question at the beginning stood up and exclaimed: "What."

"Lao Wang, keep your voice down, you're risking your life, these are all soldiers." Lao Li pulled the man's arm and said.

After Lao Wang sat down, his mind was a little confused. He said unwillingly: "What do you mean by business license? Isn't it just asking you to pay money?"

"Alas, it's his fault that he's an official." Old Li sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Soon, Zhuang Jiwu led Fang Weiguo and several soldiers into the auditorium and went directly to the podium. He stood in front of the microphone, greeted everyone, and introduced himself.

Zhuang Jiwu then said, "Everyone, I have good news to announce. The county magistrate has issued an order to cancel all kinds of exorbitant taxes, levies, etc. All of them will be canceled."

"From now on, if there are hooligans causing trouble, extorting money, or government officials or individuals taking things without paying, you can come to us and we will definitely deal with them seriously."

"Any extortion or robbery will be punished with hard labor at the least and imprisonment at the most serious. Those who eat and take things for free will also be dealt with severely." He looked around and said sternly word by word.

Then, he pointed at Fang Weiguo and said, "This Chief Fang is temporarily acting as the Chief of the Xinyuan County Police Department. You can go to the police department if you have any questions."

"If the police department doesn't care, you can come to the government to find me."

Fang Weiguo also came on stage, saluted, introduced himself, and delivered a speech.

The audience immediately started talking about it. Old Wang, who had spoken earlier, said in surprise, "Old Li, are you dreaming? Are the excessive taxes and levies really being abolished?"

"Does it hurt?" Lao Li pinched Lao Wang's arm hard.

Lao Wang endured the severe pain and nodded: "It hurts."

"It really hurts." Lao Li said excitedly.

Lao Wang was angry: "Why don't you pinch yourself?"

"Isn't it convenient?" Old Li said embarrassedly.

Others were also discussing this and were somewhat worried as to whether this policy could continue to be implemented.

Zhuang Jiwu waved his hand to stop the crowd from rioting. He added, "Of course, the county magistrate has also issued a new order. All businesses need to complete industrial and commercial registration."

"Every month we check the business registration information of shops. Starting from next month, all shops without business registration will be punished."

"From now on, the tax on merchants will be collected based on 15% of the profits of goods. Merchants will go to the Industry and Commerce Department to declare their income, expenses and profits for the previous month."

"If anyone conceals, fails to report, or underreports, they will be punished if they are found out."

When the merchants below heard this, they all started to talk about it. One person couldn't help but stand up and ask, "What if I forget to report or register?"

The man spoke in a very low voice, so Zhuang Jiwu asked him to go to the podium and ask the question again into the microphone.

“Therefore, shops must develop the habit of keeping accounts. If there are only a small number of unrecorded transactions, they only need to pay the taxes and fines,” Zhuang Jiwu introduced with a smile.

At this point, he paused, then said sternly: "If it is intentional tax evasion, the punishment will be heavier."

"In addition to what I said today, from now on, anyone who asks you for money for any reason can come to me."

"If you have any questions in the future, you can also come and ask, we will solve all your problems for you."

Seeing that Zhuang Jiwu spoke so confidently, some people were skeptical and decided to wait and see. Others were worried and did not believe what he said at all.

Hundreds or even thousands of people had gathered at the West City Square. Guo Wei Zhang was sitting in the main seat on a high platform beside the square.

He said: "Dear fellow villagers, today is the first case to be heard by the Xinyuan County Court. Thank you all for your participation. This is a memorable day."

"The public trial begins now. Bring the prisoner Meng Liangji." As Guo Weizhan finished speaking, several soldiers brought Meng Liangji up.

After Meng Liangji came to the stage, he begged for mercy: "Sir, please let me go. I am willing to be loyal to you."

Guo Wei Zhang shook his head slightly, and became even more disdainful of Meng Liangji's behavior.

"Prisoner Meng Liangji, during your tenure, committed the following crimes."

"First, forcibly seizing women..."

"Second, conspiring with others to kill people and steal treasures..."

"third,……"

After recounting more than a dozen crimes, Guo Weizhang asked: "Meng Liangji, do you plead guilty to the above crimes?"

"It's unfair, it's unfair. Those were all done by others under my name, sir. These have nothing to do with me." Meng Liangji hurriedly shook his head and denied it repeatedly.

Guo Weizhang was not surprised as he had seen many people like this. He said, "Bring a witness."

"Sir, this is the man. He kidnapped my daughter and broke my left leg. Now, whenever it rains or blows, I can't help but feel the pain in my leg." As a ragged old man came onto the stage, he pointed at Meng Liangji and said loudly.

Guo Weizhang waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's get on with the case."

"Yes, yes. Later, my daughter disobeyed and was killed by that beast. Many people knew about this at the time." After being interrupted impatiently by Guo Wei Zhang, the old man became much more restrained.

Guo Weizhang then called in people who knew the truth and asked them to testify against Meng Liangji.

Guo Weizhang then asked, "Meng Liangji, do you plead guilty?"

"I, I, I..." Faced with so many witnesses and evidence, Meng Liangji was panicked and didn't know how to defend himself.

After that, many witnesses came on stage one after another to testify against Meng Liangji's crimes. Guo Weizhang asked: "Meng Liangji, do you have anything to say about your crimes and accusations?"

"Sir, please spare my life, please spare my life, I beg you to spare my life." Seeing Guo Wei Zhang's serious expression, Meng Liangji became even more panicked and begged for mercy.

Guo Weizhang tapped the gavel, stood up and made a ruling: "After this court's trial, the defendant Meng Liangji's crime is clear and the evidence is conclusive. I hereby make the following judgment."