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The middle-aged man didn't even glance at Yang Xianmao, who was sitting on the bluestone slab next to the tea shop, and walked straight into the tea shop, Xia Yinhua had already run over with a spring breeze on her face, and bowed again and again with the teapot and said: "Kui Ye, you are here, please sit down, please sit down, I will pour tea for you." ”

This Kui Ye is the Li Zheng here, responsible for the collection of taxes in this area, and he has to bring people to collect taxes regularly and irregularly every month, and the regular ones are the taxes that the court has to pay every month, and the irregular ones are collected at any time, some are from the imperial court, some are local, in short, they are all taxes to be collected, so he will take his subordinates down to collect taxes every few days.

Querry walked straight forward and sat down on the table in the middle, which was originally full of people, and when they saw him coming, they knew that he would be seated, so they quickly got out of the way. He sat down at the table, and the other soldiers straddled their swords behind him, staring at the people around him with a fierce look.

Querrey was glancing at the tea that Xia Yinhua had poured for him, it was already the best tea here, served to him in the best white porcelain bowl, which only someone who could afford to come to the tea shop would ask for this kind of tea.

But Quierry just glanced at it and stopped looking at it, and said slowly: "Shopkeeper Xia, last month's tax, you can say that let me slow down, and I should pay it this month, right? No matter what, I have to take the money away, I don't want to embarrass you, and don't embarrass me. Let's give a way to the neighborhoods in our street. ”

What he said seemed to be very reasonable, and even had some sincerity, but all the tea customers in the tea shop were silent one by one, and no one dared to speak.

Next to him, a strong man with bare chest and tendons and pimples on his body slammed his palm on a tea table next to him, breaking the tea table suddenly, and then pointed at Xia Yinhua, who was startled, and stared at the big eyes of the copper bell and shouted: "Did you hear what Kui Ye said?" Hurry up, take the eight thousand wen, this month's and last month's taxes." ”

Xia Yinhua was frightened, and said with a smile: "Kui Ye, you don't know, the money I make in this tea shop in a month is far from making so much money even with interest, and I have to pay a tax of 8,000 Wen, I don't even have enough capital, how can I open a tea shop? You always take a good look, I really don't have so much money to pay taxes, you are good at it, let's do less." ”

"Fart!" Quierry was slapping heavily on the table, shaking the teacup and splashing the table, "The tea shop doesn't make money, what makes money?—— let me tell you Widow Xia, everyone knows that Sichuan and Shu are a big tea garden, the most profitable business, the court can get tea from us, you are on the dock, and people who come and go are drinking tea from you." You don't know that the tax of 4,000 wen per month is already less for your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. You're still rambling, believe it or not, I've sealed your tea shop!"

Querrey was gritting his teeth, but there was no ruthlessness on his face, as if he was talking about something down.

Xia Yinhua's mother-in-law had already come out of the house, sitting behind the counter, and said coldly at the moment: "Coffin book! My coffin book will be repaid to me! Otherwise, I will fight with you! You stinky **, you actually took my coffin book to pay off the debt." Fifteen times!"

Queri Zheng said lightly: "Listen, can you take out fifteen yuan to pay off the debt, and still say that you have no money? I said Widow Xia, you don't pay attention to the affairs of the court, right?" ”

Xia Yinhua glared at her mother-in-law fiercely, and said to Quirizheng pitifully: "Kui Ye, that's the case, in the morning, the son of the boat to help the horse shopkeeper Young Master Ma came to collect the wharf money, and I will take away fifteen yuan from me, otherwise I will smash my field, I can't do it, I have to embezzle my mother-in-law's coffin book and the capital saved these days, all of which are handed over to him, and now the tea shop can find a hundred Wen, I will serve you!"

As soon as she said this, her mother-in-law shouted at the counter with a sharp voice: "You stinky **! Give me my coffin book, why don't you go to the kiln to sell x and get money to pay off the debt......?"

Her mother-in-law was screaming and swearing.

Quary was listening impatiently, slapped his palm on the table, and shouted: "You dead old woman, Lao Tzu is in the office, what are you arguing about?

At this moment, the mother-in-law was suddenly silent and didn't dare to say anything more. It happened that a few coolies came in outside the door, but when they arrived at the door and saw the posture inside, they were so frightened that they hurriedly pulled out their legs and left, and they didn't even dare to enter the door.

Quary was squinting, looking at Xia Yinhua, who was graceful and carrying a copper kettle, pitiful, looking at him with a smile on his face, lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Widow Xia, your mother-in-law has said this, if you are willing to accept guests, my surname Kui is the first to cheer, I heard that you are still a yellow flower girl, this bud, you can't get it without ten taels of silver, don't you earn it?" ”

Xia Yinhua's face turned cold, and she said: "Kui Ye, you are the person on the scene, you said this to bully my widow, I can go to the yamen to find your judge." ”

Quierry's face turned cold, and he said stupidly: "I'll just follow your mother-in-law's words to make a joke, and it's really rare for you to be a widow." Okay, let's get down to business, get the tax money quickly, or else immediately close your tea shop, and then lock you to the yamen, when to pay the money and when to come out. - You can understand that the money you owe is not my personal debt, it is owed to the imperial court, it is tax silver, and the imperial court wants to use it to fight. Without taxes and money, how can they recruit troops and buy horses to fight? The gang of bandits who beg my brother occupy the mountains as kings and harass their neighbors from time to time. The yamen also needs this money to organize group training, resist robbers, and in the final analysis, it is also to protect you, and you still push back and block, I see that you really don't want to open this tea shop!"

The soldiers behind him shouted that they were about to smash the field. was so panicked that Xia Yinhua said in a loud voice, I'll give it. Xia Yinhua knew that she couldn't get over this trip without taking the money, but she really couldn't take out so much money, so she hurriedly ran to the house and hugged a money box to come out and pay the money.

Her mother-in-law rushed over like crazy and grabbed the money box and said, "Stinky **, you sold my coffin book, and you still want to use the money from my tea shop to raise wild men? Do you want me to be dead on the streets, you bitch?"

Xia Yinhua burst into tears and said: "Mother, pay the tax first, this is the money of the imperial court, but you can't afford to delay, how much to pay first, your old man's life is 100 years old, this time you don't need a coffin." ”

As she spoke, Xia Yinhua snatched the money box from the old woman's hand, walked to Na Kuili in a trembling manner and opened it, poured all the copper coins in it on the table, and said pitifully: "Master Kui, this is all the belongings, that's all there is to it." For the rest of you, you're always raising your hand in Kuankuan, let me be lenient for a while, I really can't take it. ”

The slightly hunchbacked account next to him stepped forward and counted the pile of copper coins in a hurry, and quickly counted them clearly, and then snorted and said, "There are less than two dollars here, and it's still far away." ”

As he spoke, he poured all the money into the purse, and then stood behind Naquiri.

Querry was slowly plucking his nostrils and said, "Don't cry poor, you just said that you can't even take out a hundred wen, don't you take out another two thousand wen? Okay, this money is not even half enough, and there are still 6,000 Wen?

Widow Xia was about to cry, holding the empty money box and said: "Kui Ye, all I earn in this tea shop is a penny, but there is really no more, there is only so much for a full month, and this also includes the living expenses of my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and I can't get it anymore." Your taxes have also been high, and they have been rising for the past few months, and I really can't afford it. ”

Querry slapped on the table, pointed at Widow Xia and said: "What are you talking about? The taxes of the imperial court and the reason for your evaluation of the east and the west? Do you know that the imperial court is now at war? Money is needed everywhere, and these soldiers on the front line are fighting bloody battles to defend their families and the country, without them fighting, how can you do business here so well? Don't you take out the money to pay them military salaries, and ask them to fight to the death on the front line on an empty stomach? Do you have a conscience?"

"I know this, I will give everything I can, but I really can't afford to give so much. You know, most of the people in the street who come to me to drink tea are coolies, and they carry the work on the dock, and they can't wait to break it in half to spend. There are also those idle gentlemen, who don't have a few pennies in their pockets, and they can sit for a day with a big bowl of tea for a penny. Where do you ask me to find so much money, you are good at what you do, raise your noble hand, and sum it up well, we really don't dare to make a big deal compared to those ones. ”

With a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, Querrey beckoned to Widow Natsu and motioned for her to lean her ear over.

Widow Xia hurriedly put down the teapot, respectfully propped her hands on the table, and leaned her ears over to listen to him.

Querry was leaning into her ear, looking at her delicate white jade-like transparent ears, her heart was itching, and she couldn't wait to lick it with her tongue, and finally held back the ** in her heart, and said in a low voice: "I said Widow Xia, you stay with me for one night tonight, and I will help you hand over the remaining six taels of silver." It's up to you to be a yellow girl. If you don't come to see you, you can say anything when you come, if you don't come, I'll seal you a tea shop tomorrow! ”

Widow Xia didn't scold him again this time, just stared blankly at the table, not knowing what she was thinking.

Querry thought she was moved, so she smiled meaningfully, stood up, glanced around at the tea guests who were looking this way with their heads down, and said, "Let's go." ”

He stamped out of the tea shop with square steps, followed by the soldiers who were showing off their might.