In the Xu Mansion, all the people in the Xu family were controlled, including those family guards, and all the weapons were taken down, and the sons and brothers who participated in the siege of Huang Zhongting and others were also among them, all of them were concentrated in a corner of the Xu family's compound and squatting, surrounded by several layers of soldiers holding guns at them.

Xu Tuo, the head of the Xu family who is nearly seventy years old, is also squatting in it, these big-headed soldiers rush in and don't care about anything, they just take people, and he still doesn't know how to offend these soldiers.

After a while, Huang Zhongting and others were found out, Huang Zhongting was a little discouraged, and there were obvious traces of being beaten on his face, but he could still walk, there was nothing on his body, and Chen Guosheng and others were carried out.

When Huang Zhongting walked out, Huang Zhongyuan, Cai Yi, Xu Guichuan and other officers immediately straightened their military posture and shouted "Young Army Commander" in unison.

Huang Mingtang looked at his son and obviously was also beaten, but it seemed to be fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, but asked with some worry: "Zhongting, how are you, are you not injured?" ”

Huang Zhongting saw that his father was also here, and hurriedly replied: "Dad, why are you here, I'm fine, you are not in good health, you should go back and recuperate first, I will deal with this matter." As he spoke, he gestured to the person in charge of taking care of Huang Mingtang behind him.

Huang Mingtang nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go back first." ”

Subsequently, Huang Zhongting instructed Xu Guosheng and others, who could not walk on the ground, to carry them back, and explained to get some good medicine to recuperate from their injuries.

After dealing with these, Huang Zhongting turned around and looked at the detained people squatting in the corner, and saw Xu Lin who was trembling in the crowd at a glance and those sons behind him.

At this time, no matter how stupid people are, they can understand what is going on.

Xu Tuo was a little confused, which bastard caught the people of the revolutionary army to his own home, if it was an ordinary soldier, it would be okay, and it might be able to solve it if he lost some money, but the key is to arrest the big man of the family, can he give up?

Do you think I've lived too long? This group of revolutionaries is a group of revolutionaries

G dares to rebel, killing people like hemp, it must be Xu Gang or Xu Lin, these two deflated calves, this time they were killed miserably, and it also affected the entire Xu family, blaming themselves for being busy with business and neglecting discipline.

Huang Zhongting looked at Xu Lin and the others trembling, and chuckled: "I said brothers, don't hide, come out!" ”

Immediately, a team of soldiers broke into the crowd like wolves and slipped Xu Lin and the others out.

At this time, Xu Guichuan on the side suddenly shouted: "Wow, it turned out that you arrested the young commander of my family, and I was tired of you, so bring me the machine gun, Lao Tzu suddenly attacked you." As he spoke, he asked his men to hand him the light machine gun.

Huang Zhongting was taken aback by Xu Guichuan, and even Huang Zhongyuan and the others were stunned to see that Xu Guichuan was about to hold a light machine gun to hold the fire.

When Xu Lin and the others boarded, a few of them were so frightened that they peed their pants.

Huang Zhongting hurriedly stopped Xu Guichuan, he didn't want to really kill people, he was just a group of little kids, it was useless to keep them, and there were many people watching outside, he didn't want to leave a brutal impression on the Yunnan Protector Army in the hearts of ordinary people.

Some crying and laughing: "Captain Xu, you are now the head of a group, and there are thousands of people under your command, why are you still so impatient, if you don't change your stinky temper, I won't dare to give you more burdens later." ”

Although Huang Zhongting was talking about Xu Guichuan, he was still very comfortable in his heart, after all, Xu Guichuan behaved like this for him.

After stopping Xu Guichuan, Huang Zhongting immediately turned around and pointed at Xu Lin and the others who had been lifted out: "Beat me, beat me into a pig's head, and their mothers don't know them." ”

"Also, who is called Xu Gang, find out Xu Gang for me to beat, the son is not the godfather's fault, find all the parents of these sons and brothers."

Immediately, a group of soldiers rushed up and began to punch and kick, and another group of soldiers rushed out to find the parents of these boys.

Huang Zhongyuan, who was on the side, looked at Huang Zhongting and pointed to the shopkeeper of the restaurant who was being carried behind and said, "Young commander, what to do with the shopkeeper of this restaurant?" ”

Huang Zhongting noticed the shopkeeper of the restaurant behind him who was wet with two soldiers holding trouser legs, and replied indifferently: "Let it go, it has nothing to do with him." ”

The shopkeeper of the restaurant suddenly ran out, for fear that Huang Zhongting would regret it at any time, it was too scary, I wanted to go home to find my mother.

Half an hour later, Xu Lin and the others were swollen after being beaten, Xu Lin's father Xu Gang was too, and the parents of the rest of the sons and brothers were also called over, squatting aside and watching silently.

On the way here, I already knew what was going on, although these parents were all local heroes in Hekou, but now they didn't dare to make a sound, silently watching their children being beaten, and thinking in their hearts, if they weren't beaten to death, they would have to continue to be beaten, damn, it's not good to provoke anyone, but they got into trouble with this group of revolutionary rebels, and the family will be implicated.

Huang Zhongting saw that these people had been beaten to the ground, waved his hand and said, "It's okay." ”

Then he turned to look at the people of the Xu family squatting in the corner, and said in a deep voice: "Let them all go, the old man of the Xu family, Xu Tuo, and the heads of various families come over, and the others will help me get some food by the way, and I haven't eaten lunch yet." ”

A moment later, in the Xu family's living room, Huang Zhongting sat on the main seat, Huang Zhongyuan and Cai Yi stood behind Huang Zhongting, and Xu Tuo and the rest of the principals were standing below.

Huang Zhongting coughed, cleared his throat and said: "Introduction, I, the acting commander of the Yunnan Protector Army, I can not delve into the matter of being caught by Xu Lin and others in the Xu family's mansion this time, but I still have my subordinates who have been beaten, and the injuries are very serious, each family needs to pay for medical expenses in this matter, not much, Xu Lin of the Xu family is the mastermind, the Xu family will pay 10,000 silver dollars, and the rest will each pay 5,000 silver dollars, I don't know if you have any opinions?" ”

Below, Xu Tuo and the others hurriedly shook their heads and said, "No opinion, no opinion, we should pay for the medical expenses." ”

It is the best thing to be able to pay for this matter, it is better than losing your life, and besides, these money are still coming out, after all, they are all strong and strong in Hekou County, and every household has some industry, and there are still some savings after so many years.

It's just that they are all a little curious, how can such a powerful national protector army turn out to be a little kid as the commander, looking at which one of the people present is not older than him, and he is the only one sitting, but he can only think about it in his heart, and he dare not ask if there is no one in your revolutionary army.

Huang Zhongting nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you are all very bold, I am very satisfied with this." ”

Arrogant, bold fart, who doesn't feel distressed when there is so much money in the blink of an eye, it's just that the fist is not as big as yours, and you are at a loss, how dare you talk about conditions.

Huang Zhongting was indeed very happy, silently felt that his face was still a little painful, and thought about the good thing of making so much money after being beaten may only be able to catch up at this time, if he could do this in his previous life, even if he was beaten every day, he was willing to beat himself every day.

Huang Zhongting continued: "Okay, you only need to pay the medical expenses to our army's staff within seven days, and this matter is over, now let's talk about the business affairs of each family, first of all, talk about the issue of paying taxes. ”

"Since each of you has property, some of them are running businesses outside, some of them have some restaurants and J courtyards in the city, and some are landlords, and now our Yunnan Protector Army is managing the estuary, then you have to pay taxes, and you don't have to be so troublesome, just follow the previous Qing court's methods, how much you paid before, and it is the same now."

Hearing this, everyone below suddenly frowned, alas, the happy days are not a few days.

These days the estuary has been in a turbulent period, the Qing court was in charge of the estuary before, and later when these self-proclaimed protectors captured the estuary, they didn't take much care of this area, and no one came to collect taxes, they were happy to do so, the war had little to do with them, just do business, and now it's okay, you have to pay taxes again.

Huang Zhongting paused for a moment and continued: "This matter is in charge of the old man Xu of the Xu family, and each family will pay the tax to the old man Xu every month, and then the old man Xu will hand it over to the staff of our army, after all, the old man Xu is the only one who has ever been raised in our estuary, I don't know if the old man Xu has any opinions?" ”

Xu Zhu immediately replied with some flattery: "Xu has no opinion, but this matter is too important, Xu has limited ability, and I am afraid that he cannot be up to this great task." ”

This is a good thing, it can be related to the Protector Army that rules the estuary at the moment, and many things are easy to do, but he is still a little afraid, afraid that one day the Protector Army will be defeated, and the Qing court will find trouble with him after retaking the estuary.

Huang Zhongting waved his hand and replied: "It's okay, I will also send someone to assist Mr. Xu, and the grain tax is also, the peasants' land is taxed at 20% of the quarterly income, and the landlord's land is taxed at 30%, okay, that's it." ”

Huang Zhongting didn't give Xu Tuo a chance to reply, he directly decided the matter, turned to look at Cai Yi and said in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff Cai, you are responsible for this matter, and immediately set up the Taxation Department of the Staff Department after you go back, which is responsible for receiving and supervising the tax revenue of the estuary. ”

"Yes," Cai Ye immediately replied.

Everyone below also heard these words in their ears, and they were all a little timid, and silently said in their hearts that this young acting commander was really ruthless, and it would be better to pay taxes honestly in the future, otherwise it would be the end of being raided.

After the tax collection was settled, Huang Zhongting was happy and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't let everyone pay in vain, in order to encourage you to do business, I will start to consider opening the border later, you can go abroad to do business, I believe you can earn more, of course, you have to pay customs duties in and out of the border, and you can also ask our national protector army to escort the goods to you, which is equivalent to the previous dart game, as long as everyone is willing to pay." ”

The eyes of the people below began to turn, it is a good thing to be able to go abroad to do business, it was impossible to go abroad before, the Qing court implemented a policy of closing the country, and if you want to go abroad, you can only come secretly, and you have to take a lot of risks secretly, and now you can also ask these protectors in front of you to escort, so that you don't have to worry too much about those bandits along the way when transporting goods, some time ago the protector army captured the estuary and defeated the Qing court's five thousand new troops, they are very clear, and there is nothing to say about the strength of the current protector army.

As for paying customs duties, as long as you don't pay too much, then you can make money.