Hui Tu, a member of the Kuiguan Committee, and Tong Zhu, the patrol officer of Kuiguan, saw that Han Xiufeng was still acquainted, so they didn't say anything more, and led a group of tax collectors away.

It is a pity that one term can only work for one year, so it is necessary to guard against the courage of the ship to break through, but also to guard against the personal pockets of those officials who collect taxes on the wharf, and the two did not return to the supervision yamen in the city, but returned to the pergola not far from the city gate to drink tea.

Han Xiufeng also didn't enter the city, but took out a few copper plates, bought some fresh vegetables from the vendors on the dock, and asked Qin Wuniang to light a fire on the bow of the boat to wash rice and cook.

Pan Er couldn't figure it out, and asked with a bitter face: "Young master, they let them pay two taels and one centi, why are you so good at talking?" ”

"I'd like to pay less, but can they agree?" Han Xiufeng climbed onto the boat, sat in the stern of the boat through the cabin, picked up the fishing rod and turned around and asked, "Dogan, where is the Qushanzi (earthworm) you raised?" ”

"Here, Master Han, don't get your hands dirty, I'll help you pretend."

"Okay, pick the red one."

What surprised Pan Er even more was that Du San actually climbed to the stern of the boat, picked up Qin Wu's nephew's fishing rod and said with a smile: "Dog, help Master Ben also put on a hook!" ”

Goudan had never served the official master before, and he liked to be called by their two official masters, one man and one martial artist, and picked out a red yeast rice from the clay pot, and crawled over to help Du San put it on.

The big head was a little jealous, feeling that the dog had robbed him of his job, and couldn't help muttering: "Young master, here is a boat for a while, a boat for a while, and there are fish in the water, even if there is, they will be scared away." ”

"You know a hammer!" Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Du San shook his head and smiled: "The two tax collectors just now were sitting at the head of the city watching the mountain view, and your young master and this master are Jiang Taiweng's fishing wishers. ”

The big head poked his head out of the cabin and said, "Master Du, I know that Jiang Taiweng said that Jiang Taiweng didn't use a curved hook for fishing, but his hook was straight." ”

Han Xiufeng lightly lifted the fishing rod and said with a smile: "That's called 'Rather take it from the straight, don't ask for it from the song'." ”

"Young master, I don't know what to ask for, I know that a straight hook will definitely not catch a fish!"

"Whoever said you can't catch it, don't believe me catch a big fish for you to see."

"I don't believe it, young master, I'm not a melon baby, don't always coax me."

Pan Er heard it clearly in the cabin, and suddenly realized why Han Xiufeng did that just now, and couldn't help blurting out: "I believe it!" ”

"Pan Er, Young Master and Master Du are joking with us!"

"Young Master and Master Du are not joking with you, they really catch a fish with a straight hook, and they are big fish when they catch them." Pan Er is so shrewd, the more he thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, the more he thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, and he can't help but smile and say, "Young Master, Master Du, why don't I go to the city to buy some meat and wine?" ”

Han Xiufeng didn't want to fall short, so he said casually: "Don't go, don't get off the boat from now on." ”

Du San even smiled and said: "Your turtle son wants to drink wine and eat meat, right, there is this old man, don't buy one with wine and meat." ”

……

At the same time, Tong Zhu, who had just taken a few sips of tea, became more and more strange the more he thought about it, put down the tea bowl and asked, "Huitu, why didn't the alternate inspector and that Mr. Qian go into the city or leave just now?" It doesn't look like a master with no money, even if you don't go to the city to visit the green house, you should go to an inn in the city to take a shower and change into clean clothes, and sleep comfortably. ”

"Don't you dare to enter the city when you see us sitting here?" Hui Tu subconsciously looked up at Qin Wu's ship.

"The taxes have been paid, the matter has passed, what dare they do."

"Yes, what kind of play are they playing?"

"Could it be a spy sent by Chuandong Province?"

"Suspicious!"

"Anyway, I think this is a strange matter, should I send someone to report it to the overseer."

Huitu glanced back at him, and asked with a somewhat disdainful smile: "Chuandong Dao said that it is also in charge of Kuiguan taxation, but does that Daotai really manage our affairs of Kuiguan?" If the emperor really wants him to take care of it, what kind of overseer will he send? ”

Tong Zhu reacted and couldn't help laughing: "This is true, the 24 customs and committee members with the highest tax amount among the 32 customs departments of the household department are all dispatched by our internal affairs government, including our kuiguan. We are helping the emperor collect taxes, and it would be good to give them tens of thousands of taels of tax silver, but there is no way to meddle in customs affairs! ”

"That's it, what else do you have to worry about."

As the two were talking, one thousand and four general managers of Kuizhou Xiebiao walked out of the city gate with a smile and a smile holding the wine jar and carrying a food box.

Tong Zhu looked down on Lu Ying the most, and muttered with a tea bowl: "What kind of wine are these grandsons drinking outside the city?" ”

"Idle," Huitu looked at the military attache of the Green Battalion who was walking towards the dock, and couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it: "These grandsons have a good life, they even have money to buy wine, and they even go outside the city to drink." ”

"They drink wine, they drink the blood of soldiers!"

"Don't say that the eldest brother said the second brother, when you were on an errand in the flag camp, you didn't eat empty pay and drink the blood of the soldiers."

Tong Zhu was about to ridicule each other, only to see that Mr. Qian and those generals went straight to Han Xiufeng's boat under the leadership of a porter, and Han Xiufeng and Du San stopped fishing, and climbed from the stern to the bow to greet each other.

Huitu muttered, "I said why didn't they get off the boat, it turned out that they were waiting for this group of Qiuba." ”

……

Han Xiufeng didn't know what the two tax officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were talking about them, so he patronized and greeted Du San's uncles and brothers, and after the salute, he welcomed the four guests who had just boarded the ship into the cabin that Pan Er had just cleaned up, and asked Qin Wuniang to bring the dishes and chopsticks and talk about business while drinking wine.

"Uncle Wall, it's not that Zhixing wants to provoke them, it's that they want to frame Zhixing, and we are on the same road with them, if this matter can't be in Kuizhou, I'm afraid even I won't be able to get to the capital!"

"Then what else is there to say, since the turtle son is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust!" Although Wang Qianzong is said to be a thousand general, but there are only two flood soldiers under his command, how can he miss this golden opportunity when he has lived a tight life these years, thinking about it, he turned around and smiled: "Since the Copper Heavenly King wants to make trouble, you might as well make a big trouble, you hurry back to the camp to find two brothers with good water nature." ”

"What are you looking for?" One asked puzzled.

Mr. Wang Qian leaned into his ear and whispered a few words, and put a smile on his face: "Three babies, Zhixing, you accompany Brother Wall to drink slowly, and I will go back when I go." ”

"Uncle Li, I'll send you." Han Xiufeng hurriedly said.

"Myself, don't send it, and I'll be back soon." The short man got out of the cabin, thought about it and turned back and said, "Brother Wall, do you say that we should also change our outfits, we are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, what if we scare them away." ”

Wang Qian couldn't help laughing and said: "If you want it, I didn't expect you to be a ghost, hahahaha!" ”