Chapter 935 Taxation Department

This is an inn in a border town. People from the Qingguo Taxation Department rented it out and used it as a temporary office.

"Marquis Champion, please come this way!"

Du Wenbian was respectful and walked in with Zhou Ran.

There were many Qingguo people inside. When they saw Du Wenbian, they immediately looked down upon him.

"Isn't this the City Lord? Are you here to give money to Qingguo again?"

"As expected of the lord of a border town, he is so rich that he can never spend all his money!"

Facing the cynicism, Du Wenbian could only listen helplessly.

The current situation of Jingguo is weak. Even if he is the lord of a border city, he can only nod and bow when facing the people of Qingguo.

Zhou Ran saw all this without saying a word.

The people around him just thought Zhou Ran was Du Wenbian's follower, and they all cast disdainful glances at him.

The two came to the room of the director of the Taxation Department. Qing Wenliang, the director of the Qingguo Taxation Department, looked at Du Wenbian coldly and said: "Du Wenbian, it's so late, what are you doing here?"

"I'll do it..." Du Wenbian was unable to speak at first, but Zhou Ran beside him gave him great courage, allowing him to face Qing Wenliang directly, "The money I paid to the Qingguo Taxation Department before will not count! Today, I want to get all this money back!”

"What?" Qing Wenliang's lips curled up slightly, "Du Wenbian, do you know what you are talking about?"

Du Wenbian cleared his throat and said: "Of course I know! The border city is a city-state of Jingguo, and all the profits should belong to Jingguo! Why should Qingguo get a share of the pie? I was the one who was confused before and took the camp of the city lord's palace. I receive subsidies, but now that I’m awake, you have to pay back all the money I gave you!”

"Don't even think about it!" Qing Wenliang said coldly, "I've already given it away, how can there be any reason to give it back? Du Wenbian, if you continue to make trouble unreasonably, don't blame me for being rude!"

As he spoke, the true energy in Qing Wenliang's body slowly overflowed, and the entire inn was filled with Qing Wenliang's power.

The selection of officials in the Qing Kingdom has always been based on strength. If Qing Wenliang can become the director of the Taxation Department, his strength should not be underestimated.

In the blink of an eye, Qing Wenliang's power has been raised to the peak of divine transformation. Not only Qing Wenliang, but also the members of the tax department in the inn, all of whom are masters of Nascent Soul and above.

"Send off guests!" Qing Wenliang ordered.

Du Wenbian had a bitter look on his face. He himself only had the strength of the middle stage of God Transformation. The border guards were all soldiers and generals, and they were far from able to defeat the people from the Taxation Department.

If you go head-to-head, you will definitely suffer.

"How about we go back?"

Du Wen looked at Zhou Ran and pleaded.

The corners of Zhou Ran's mouth curled up slightly. He had not spoken since just now, but now, he finally had a chance to speak.

"Go back? Of course you can't go back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Ran's figure flashed and came to Qing Wenliang.

"presumptuous!"

Qing Wenliang would naturally not be lenient when he saw someone being dishonest.

The spiritual thoughts took form, and the thoughts went straight towards Zhou Zhou.

Qing Wenliang was quite confident in his own strength. At such a close distance, his mind body would definitely tear Zhou Ran into pieces.

But what is surprising is that as soon as the thought body touched Zhou Ran's body, it immediately turned invisible, as if it had never existed.

Qing Wenliang wanted to attack again, but Zhou Ran's hand had already grabbed his neck.

At this moment, Qing Wenliang felt unprecedented pressure.

Who is this guy? Isn't he Du Wenbian's follower? Why is it so powerful?

Countless questions linger in my mind,

Zhou Ran was too lazy to explain, and snorted coldly: "How much tax did Qingguo collect from the border towns?"

"have no idea!"

Qing Wenliang refused to answer.

Zhou Ran smiled coldly and injected his spiritual thoughts into Qing Wenliang's body. Qing Wenliang felt as if his body was about to be torn apart.

"I said! I said! It's two hundred thousand red soul coins!"

Qing Wenliang told the truth, and Zhou Ran looked at Du Wenbian again.

"City Lord Du, is that so?"

"Yes Yes!"

Du Wen nodded and bowed. He didn't expect Zhou Ran to be so direct and subdue Qing Wenliang in one fell swoop.

Now that he knew the specific number, Zhou Ran wouldn't be polite.

"Two hundred thousand red soul coins, since they are the money of a border city, how can they be put into Qingguo's pocket? Return the money and I will spare your life!"

"You actually dare to go against Qingguo!"

Qing Wenliang gritted his teeth. He couldn't agree to Zhou Ran.

If 200,000 Red Soul Coins were gained and lost, he would definitely be killed by the Lord of the Kingdom.

"Why are you still standing there? Kill him! Don't let him be proud!"

Qing Wenliang was too lazy to care about his own life and death and gave orders to his subordinates.

Everyone from the Taxation Department rushed towards Zhou Ran, hoping to defeat the arrogant Zhou Ran with their numerical advantage.

It's a pity that these people can't even get close to Zhou Ran.

A burst of true energy burst out from Zhou Ran's body, and the group of Nascent Soul masters were all shaken to the point of falling on their backs and moaning incessantly.

Qing Wenliang was completely dumbfounded. He had never heard of such a master in the border town of Jingguo. Where did this person come from?

"Have you decided yet?"

Zhou Ran asked again, his spiritual thoughts had paralyzed Qing Wenliang's whole body.

Qing Wenliang had no choice but to say: "I will give it! I will give it!"

With that said, Qing Wenliang took out his Qiankun Ring, and then threw the Qiankun Ring into the air, and the Red Soul Coins fell like raindrops.

After a while, the whole room was filled with red soul coins.

Du Wenbian was overjoyed and quickly held the Qiankun Ring in his hand to prevent the red soul coins in the Qiankun Ring from falling.

"There are so many red soul coins, there are really 200,000! These are the taxes they got from the border town!"

Zhou Ran let go of Qing Wenliang. Seeing that this guy was still obedient, he did not intend to kill him. Besides, it would be dirty to kill a mere incarnation expert.

Qing Wenliang was attacked by Zhou Ran's divine thoughts and had lost half his life. It took a long time for him to recover.

Zhou Ran stepped forward and said, "From today on, no one from Qing is allowed to enter the border town. If I find anyone from Qing doing evil in the border town again, I will kill them without mercy!"

Qing Wenliang knew that Zhou Ran was powerful, so he didn't dare to act rashly. He looked at Zhou Ran with angry eyes and said, "Who are you? How dare you go against Qing! Do you know that offending the tax commissioner is like stirring up a hornet's nest!"

Without waiting for Zhou Ran to answer, Du Wenbian said, "This is the champion marquis of Jing, the hero who defeated the Qing army and saved Jing."

"So you are the champion marquis!" Qing Wenliang clenched his fists, "Jing champion marquis, listen to me, there will be another big battle between Qing and Jing! No matter how strong you are, you can't beat the Lord of the State. Sooner or later, you will pay the price for everything you did today!"

After saying this, Qing Wenliang led the tax commissioner and others to leave the inn and headed straight out of the city.