"It's the third day, I wonder if anyone will come to pay the taxes today?"

"It's hard to say, alas."

"What's hard to say? Clearly not. ”

Several officials of the household department gathered together and muttered while secretly glancing at Zhou Ping, who was sitting by the window, holding a tea cup in his hand, with a leisurely expression, looking at Zhou Ping who was crowded outside with great interest through the window.

The open space in front of Ying Tianfu was still dark and full of people, and there were many businessmen among them, but no one stepped into that threshold.

Little by little, the sun moved into the sky, then westward, and finally hung by the eaves.

And so the day passed.

"Lord Zhou, this ......" Several officials looked at Zhou Ping together, and they all told you that no one pays taxes, and you still don't believe it, now it's okay, how can you pay the difference?

Zhou Ping glanced at the crowd outside that had not yet dispersed, and said with a faint smile: "You don't know much about Lord Zhang's temperament, do you?" This is the master who does what he says. ”

Lord Zhang? Several officials were not stupid, and immediately thought of the fact that the thirty-eight officials were sent to prison, and the family members paid the money before they were released. I couldn't help but suddenly realize, this is where Zhou Ping's confidence lies, right?

I finally understood that there was Zhang Ning behind this matter. The matter of the thirty-eight officials handing over the silver caused a sensation in the whole city, and many people talked about it strangely, but no one connected the incident with the matter at hand.

The official who persuaded the most in the past three days said: "Lord Zhou, shall we go back to pay errands?" ”

The Jinyi guards are in the dark, they are in the light, does it mean that their task is complete?

"No, I have to come over tomorrow, and I have to come every day for a while now." Zhou Ping chuckled lightly and said, "Everyone, get ready to sit here in the future." ”

"Huh?" Several officials were stunned, isn't it Lord Zhang's business next? Oh, it should be said that it is a matter of Yingtianfu, why do you still want to come over?

At this moment, a person at the door poked his head in and said, "May I ask where is Mr. Curtain Account?" ”

The man was in his early forties, with a broad forehead, a dark complexion, and some ink on the cuffs of his robe.

Zhou Ping walked out of the wing room and said, "Do you want to answer the curtain?" ”

The man: "Not really. What's the matter, it's also a government sign, it's better than going to a shop as a tent. ”

The official eunuch also has an account, but it is not easy to go to such a high gate as an account, this person started as an apprentice, as a tent for more than 30 years, I heard that the government recruited the tent, I want to Bo Yibo, but outside to watch for an afternoon, no one signed up, seeing that the sky is dark, I have the courage to come in and ask.

The pen and ink were ready-made, and Zhou Ping asked him to write the book and said, "Come over for the exam in ten days." ”

"Still have exams?" The man was surprised, he didn't hear that there was an exam to be an account.

"Yes." Zhou Ping said: "Selective admission, once selected, will be issued by the household department to Yulu." ”

The man's eyes lit up and he said, "Hubu? "So, as long as you pass the exam, you will become an official?

For the account, it will never be possible to have an official status, and being able to be a small official is already the smoke of the ancestors. The man asked Ming to take the exam here in ten days, and left happily.

An official said: "Lord Zhou, is it not that after Mr. Zhaomu account, we can go back to the household department?" ”

Zhou Ping said: "Exactly." ”

"I see." A few people said in their hearts. Some people even laugh at themselves, daring to love that they are a bookkeeper.

…………

It was another early morning, after eating breakfast outside the rice shop, I watched the guy get down the door panel, and saw many people walking over quickly, and someone said: "Hurry up, it's on the street in front." ”

What's wrong with this? Chen Yuanwai became curious, stepped out of the rice shop, stopped a middle-aged man walking quickly, and said, "Brother Tai, what happened?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "The prisoner is parade through the street, go quickly, you won't be able to see it when it's late." ”

What's so nice about a prisoner parade through the streets? Is it worth it? Chen Yuanwai has been opening a rice shop for many years, and he has seen a lot of things like this in the streets, so he was a little unimpressed, and the middle-aged man didn't care about him after dropping a sentence, and walked quickly.

The crowd kept passing in front of the rice shop, and someone said: "I heard that the ten richest people in the city are parading the street, but I don't know which ten people are." ”

There has never been a ranking of businessmen, I don't know how Ying Tianfu knows that these people are ranked in the top ten?

The richest outsider in the city? Chen Yuanwai's heart moved, his curiosity could no longer be suppressed, and he walked with the crowd to the street in front.

The more people walked, the more people came, and in the end it was already a sea of people, only the heads of the people pressed by the black, and the prisoner car could not be seen.

"At the front." There is humanity.

"It's gone, alas." Someone lamented.

"Let's go and see, such a beautiful thing will not be encountered for many years." Some people say, move forward with the group.

There are people in front and back, and it's harder to go back. Chen Yuanwai could only walk forward with the crowd, and suddenly heard a sound of "bang", and someone shouted loudly: "See, this is the end of not paying taxes, from today on, Ying Tianfu will take people one by one, first put them in prison, and then be interrogated and convicted by Lord Yin of the government, and at worst they will be killed and confiscated from their property, and at least they will be exiled from the army." ”

If you don't pay taxes, you will go to jail! Chen Yuanwai only felt that his head was buzzing, and there was yellow liquid dripping down his trousers. Countless people crossed him and rushed forward, and in a trance, someone said: "You deserve it, who let these people be rich and unkind." ”

Chen Yuanwai stayed for a long time, screamed, ran back, and didn't know how many people he bumped into before returning to the rice shop.

…………

In Yingtianfu, the two wings allocated to the household department still sat Zhou Ping and several officials, and Zhou Ping was still holding a tea cup, standing by the window, looking out of the door.

People who don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement have to do something to make a living to support their families, and it is impossible to hang here every day, so there are no people outside the door, only passers-by occasionally pass by.

Zhou Ping said to himself: "Why didn't anyone apply? ”

Several officials rolled their eyes in unison, is this the time to say this? We just want to know when Ying Tianfu will go to get people.

Before they came, the servants of Ying Tianfu had already brought all the torture equipment to lock up people, and they didn't know that some merchants were dragged out of their nests, and some were robbed of their jobs, and they were tortured and left.

Just when a few people were about to drink tea and chat like the previous three days, there was a lot of noise outside, which was the sound of many people talking at the same time and the sound of walking, mixed with the sound of gongs, but the sound of gongs was drowned out in the noise, and it was not audible clearly.

"What's wrong?" An official said.

Several people came to the window on Zhou Ping's side, and just after standing for a while, they saw a prisoner car enter the gate, and a young man in his twenties was wearing a white middle coat and a mantle in the prisoner car.

Behind this prisoner cart, there was another prisoner cart, but inside was an old man with white hair.

"What is this?" Several officials were stunned, and they had some guesses in their hearts, and they all looked at Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "The official just said, Master Zhang will do what he says." ”

Several officials did not refute Ying Tianfu's taking people, it had nothing to do with Jinyiwei, and they knew in their hearts that the people in the prisoner car were indeed businessmen.

The prisoner vans were still coming in one by one, a total of 10 cars.