The city wall of Yangshi County is only a relatively low adobe wall, about two stories high in later generations, about six meters high.

The walls of the city wall are crumbled in many places, the surface is pitted, and some of the walls are charred black, obviously burned by fire.

This is the first city wall that Liu Xian has seen in this ancient era, and to be honest, he is somewhat disappointed in his heart.

The city walls that Hou Cheng saw on movies and television were as high as ten zhang, majestic and magnificent, just looking at those city walls, there was a strong momentum compelling people, which invisibly gave people a sense of the unbreakable city.

But this adobe wall looks like it will fall down as soon as it is pushed.

At this time, it was already afternoon, about three or four o'clock. In winter, it gets dark very quickly, and after a little more than an hour, it will get dark.

Liu Xian had a plan when he came, he would spend the night in Yangshi County this night, and he didn't plan to go back before dark.

There are officers and soldiers patrolling the city wall, and on the head of the south gate of the county seat, the dragon flag representing the Han Dynasty is fluttering, and there are also some flags and a general flag.

Seeing this, Liu Xian knew that there were indeed officers and soldiers stationed in Yangshi County, and now the government institutions should be re-established.

In front of the south gate of the city, several antlers were placed to form a checkpoint, and a team of officers and soldiers were guarding it.

But at the city gate, only a few people are entering and exiting at this time, which seems to be relatively sluggish.

And whoever enters, they will be interrogated by the officers and soldiers who guard the city gates, and if there is no problem, they will be released out of the city or let people into the city.

"Come, stop! What for? ”

When the officers and soldiers in front of the city gate saw Liu Xian and his party, they immediately stopped drinking.

Uncle Zheng took the first step and stepped forward and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are from Liulin Village on the other side of the Qingshui River in front, and we are all villagers of Liulin Village. This is the young master of Liu Mansion in Liulin Village, and today we specially came to Yangshi County to visit the new county magistrate of Yangshi County, and I would like to ask you to report it. ”

"Liulin Village Liu Mansion?"

A military man who was obviously more elite stepped forward and questioned the left and right.

"Elder Shi, this Liulin Village is a large village set, just on the other side of the Qingshui River in our county seat, very close to our county seat, but it is under the jurisdiction of Xiatao County. However, usually the people in their village come to our Yang County to do some trades. This Liulin Village Liu Mansion is said to be the residence of a nobleman's wife, and it has some origins. But they didn't expect that this thief disaster and military disaster, their Liu Mansion was actually fine. ”

An older officer whispered something in Nashichang's ear that he knew.

When he heard this, he knew what to expect.

He knows that he can't afford to mess with people with backgrounds, so he can also keep things done.

"I don't care who I am, this is an extraordinary time, we have an order in Yangshi County, whether it is entering the city or leaving the city, it must be strictly investigated. If you want to enter the city, you have to prove that you are not a Yellow Turban thief. ”

Liu Xian stepped forward, took out the official road guide from his arms, handed it to the elite officers and soldiers who asked him, and said: "This eldest brother, my surname is Liu Mingxian, and he is the current owner of the Liu Mansion in Liulin Village. We have now set up a Liufu caravan, and they are all members of my Liufu caravan, which is a guide issued by the government of our Xiatao County. ”

"Oh, you have an official guide? Tell me earlier. Shi Chang just glanced at it, and saw that there was the official seal of the new government on it, and asked Liu Xian to take it back without connecting it.

However, he rolled his eyes and said, "However, since you came to our Yang County in the name of a caravan, then there are goods, right?" As is customary, we have to check your goods, and then we have to charge a certain amount of business tax, which is fine, right? ”

It is inevitable that the government will collect taxes. And generally speaking, this business tax will be charged very heavily. No way, the people who do business, in the minds of the people, are all rich people, and they are all the kind of people who are looked down upon.

"No problem, you can check it casually, in fact, it is not a valuable thing, just a few ready-to-wear clothes sewn by our villagers, and dozens of fresh fish caught alive, we plan to bring these things to Yangshi County to exchange for some food." Liu Xian pointed to the barrel behind Chen Gen and the others

"Fish? You caught a live fish? The chief looked at the barrels with some greed.

"Yes." Liu Xian beckoned Chen Gen to come over with the wooden barrel and let Shi Chang look at the fresh fish in the barrel, but he said: "If this eldest brother wants to collect the commercial tax of our caravan, please issue a certificate to prove that you have collected our commercial tax, so that after entering the city, if you meet the officers and soldiers who want to collect our commercial tax, we will not need to pay the commercial tax again." ”

Liu Xian came this time, in fact, he just accumulated business experience in this world and figured out some of them. So, it doesn't matter if you can make money or anything about these things that you bring.

Liu Xian also knew what this caravan merchant was through some of Liang Ji's narrations. The tax paid by caravans is somewhat different from the commercial tax that ordinary shops have to pay to the government. The commercial tax that the caravan had to pay to the government was actually a customs duty.

This is different from the commercial tax of a fixed shop, which generally has a fixed tax payment ratio or a fixed tax. But there is no clear standard for paying customs duties. Under normal circumstances, the harvest is also relatively heavy, which is about 30% of the goods carried.

However, those officers and soldiers guarding the customs can't really ask for your goods, and they will generally convert them into money, and this conversion into money itself has a lot of exquisiteness. Some items are worth as little as mud in a certain place, but when they arrive somewhere, they are worth a thousand dollars. Under normal circumstances, they will roughly calculate according to the general value, and give a certain amount of money to the officers and soldiers guarding the customs, and they can smoothly clear the customs or enter the city. If you meet a well-connected officer or soldier guarding the customs, you can even enter the city without paying customs duties.

In other words, the degree of freedom in tariffs is quite high.

However, in the case of entering the city, if there is no proof that the commercial tax has been paid after entering the city, then after entering the city, other officers and soldiers will also come to collect the tax, then this will be a little troublesome.

Therefore, Liu Xian has such a request.

"That's easy to say. I will give you a general order to enter the city, and when you enter the city, you can sell your things as you like. Shi Chang agreed to Liu Xian's request.

The general order to enter the city is a special order for merchants who carry more goods, with this, it proves that they accepted Guan Rui at the city gate, and after entering the city, with this can make other officers and soldiers no longer collect taxes on this caravan. But after leaving the city, the soldiers at the city gate must be returned.

Liu Xian also knew the benefits of having a good relationship with these city gate soldiers, after all, he would come often in the future, and he also planned to open a restaurant inn in Yangshi County first.

Therefore, Liu Xian immediately said: "This big brother, the things we brought this time are not valuable goods. In this way, don't look at it, we will keep half of these fish, and we will regard them as our Liulin Village to comfort your officers and soldiers, and it can be regarded as a welcome gift for me Liu Xian. In the future, we will definitely enter Yang's County often, and it will be more when we deal with each other, and when the time comes, please take care of this big brother. ”

When Nashi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.