However, at this moment, Li Shimin was still at the wine table, drinking wine with those ministers, and talking eloquently.

He thought that Li Lizhen would be safe with Li Chengfeng, but who knew that after Li Lizhen and Li Chengfeng quarreled, they sulked and ran out alone?

……

On Chang'an Avenue in November, the blazing sun hangs high in the sky.

On the street, teams of royal soldiers and horses stood in a neat row, surrounding the West Wing Pavilion Restaurant.

The street is crowded with people, and everyone knows that in today's West Wing Pavilion Restaurant, there is a person who has the power of the world, that is, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Chang'an Avenue is still back to its former prosperity, but Li Chengfeng can't find Li Liqing.

Under the sun, Li Chengfeng and Wu Xu walked together.

"Sell baked cakes, sell big baked cakes!"

On the left corner, there was a shouting of vendors.

Li Chengfeng looked sideways, and it turned out to be an old man selling baked cakes.

Li Chengfeng looked at Wu Xu and said, "Xiao Wu, didn't you already eat it just now?" If you still eat pancakes, won't you break your stomach? ”

"Hmm... I'm not full! ”

Looking at Wu Xu's two big watery eyes, mixed with a hint of innocence and innocence, Li Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, and said as he walked: "You didn't eat a little more just now, and now you have to eat baked cakes when you go out, so I'll buy it this time, I still want to find my sister Princess Changle, who knows where she went?" It wouldn't be good if she was in danger!"

"Uh-huh, thank you Eighth Prince!"

Wu Xu smiled happily, and then jumped up and down behind Li Chengfeng.

When Li Chengfeng came to the side of the baked cake seller, he bought two baked cakes and gave them to Wu Xu.

He saw another old man selling sugar gourds next to him, wiping tears and crying, and wiping the blood left on his nose.

"Go, go, go, go, have you paid the booth fee? If you didn't pay the booth fee, who allowed you to sell rock sugar gourds here? Why don't you hurry up and get out of the way? ”

Suddenly, a domineering voice came.

Li Chengfeng looked sideways, and it turned out to be a young fat man, walking over with a group of strong thugs.

The seller of the baked cakes, the one who sold the sugar gourd, and the vendors who set up the stalls, all looked at the young man with puzzled faces!

The fat man smiled, opened the folding fan in his hand and fanned the wind, boasting of his personable appearance, and said with a smile: "Hawkers, I really don't hide that my father has been promoted, my father is now the third rank of the imperial history of the court, in charge of the streets and alleys of the entire Chang'an City." ”

"So logically speaking, this Chang'an Avenue should not be your private property, so from today onwards, all the vendors who do business here must pay a booth fee, and each person will pay five taels of silver every month! If you don't pay, I'll have someone smash your stall and break your legs, and see if you dare not pay the booth fee? ”

The man's words instantly ignited everyone's anger.

And Li Chengfeng also frowned slightly and looked at the young man.

It seems that there are really a lot of bullies on Chang'an Avenue, and someone dares to collect booth fees in broad daylight?

Does the state have this regulation? In Li Chengfeng's impression, it seems that he has never heard of it, and he has to charge a booth fee for setting up a stall on the street?

This is the Tang Dynasty, not the 21st century?

In an instant, all the hawkers were furious.

The man who sold baked cakes suddenly shouted: "Who set the rules?" We used to buy things here, and we never needed a booth fee, so why did we start asking for them today? ”

The young fat man smiled: "Hehe, you don't understand this, right?" Once upon a time, now now! ”

"This year's Datang is a year of great drought, and the national grain tax has been exempted for everyone, and a lot of grain has been issued as a subsidy, so I came to you to collect some stall taxes and fees, isn't it too much?"

"Excessively, who set the rules for this? I'm going to theorize with him now! The uncle who sold baked cakes said.

Another grandmother who bought cloth also said: "Yes, we are doing small businesses, and we can only make a little money to support our families, so why do we have to charge stall fees now?" Who made this rule? ”

"That's right, who made the rules?"

A group of peddlers, you and I, looked at the fat man inexplicably.

The young fat man said, "Okay, the young master will tell you now, who set the rules!" That is, today's Emperor of the Tang Dynasty! ”

"What? Is it a rule set by the emperor? This is impossible, how can the emperor charge our booth fee? ”

"Yes, the emperor is benevolent and righteous, and it is impossible to charge us ordinary people's booth fees!"

When the fat man said the word emperor, all the vendors did not dare to speak loudly.

Because the emperor at this moment is eating in the West Wing Pavilion Restaurant.

And Li Chengfeng also looked at the fat man and frowned tightly.

Beside Li Chengfeng, Wu Xu tugged at Li Chengfeng's clothes and said, "Eighth Prince, are we still going to find Princess Changle?" ”

Li Chengfeng nodded and said, "Don't worry, let's see what this fat man is going to do first?" How dare you make trouble to my Li Chengfeng's territory? It's crooked! ”

……

The fat man continued: "You think, this world is the emperor's world, and the land under your feet is the emperor's land!" In the recent year of the great drought, the emperor has raised the tax on your grain, but has proposed a new rule, that is, you are required to pay your own labor tax! For example, if you set up a stall here, you will have to charge the booth fee in the future! Each person has five taels of silver per month, and if anyone doesn't give it, they won't be able to do business here in the future! ”

The fat man spoke with a straight face, and stunned the vendors.

He said that this is a rule set by the emperor, so who else dares to disobey these ordinary people?

"Alas, we earn so much money every month, and we maintain our family in front of us, and now we still have to pay five taels of silver in taxes? It's not going to make people live! ”

"That's right, but the land we are stepping on is the emperor's territory, we don't pay taxes to the emperor, and the emperor won't let us set up a stall in the future!"

"Old Li Tou, do you pay taxes?"

"I'll pay a fart, I can't earn five taels of silver a month by selling sugar gourds, if I pay taxes, won't I have to pay the money? Alas, forget it, it's a big deal not to do this business in the future, I'm going to sign up to dig the Grand Canal, where I can earn the price of 5 gold every month, although it is a little lucky, but it is also worth it! ”

"But old Li Tou, can you afford to eat your body and bones?"

"So what's the solution? I still have a grandchild to support, and his father has joined the army, and I am an old bone at home, and I have to support my grandchildren! ”

The faces of these old people were all at a loss, and they looked very sad.