Xu Youcai, the shopkeeper of Chen Ji Cloth Village in the south of the city, obediently handed over the tax money to Zhou Ping, gave him a gift out of Chen Ji Cloth Village, and after making sure that he was far away, he spat on his back.

In this world, it is too difficult to do business, street gangsters come to the door twice in three days, and they can only use silver to pass away, and the officials of Shuntianfu come several times a month, which time is not to ask for silver? Now that even the household department is here, this person is still a five-grade outsider, more fierce than the street gangsters.

These people, the books have been read to the dog's belly.

As soon as he finished spitting, a middle-aged scribe with fairy wind bones next to him said, "When will the household department also collect taxes?" ”

The tax will eventually be sent to the household department, but there has never been a precedent for the household department official to collect the tax in person, what is the situation?

"That's right." Xu Youcai met a bosom friend and spit out his bitterness to this middle-aged scribe.

This middle-aged scribe with immortal wind bones is naturally Guo Youdao. He was released from prison alive, and the civil officials felt that something was wrong, there seemed to be some conspiracy in this? They are experts in playing conspiracy, how can they be tricked by a hairy boy?

Guo Youdao refused to talk about what happened in the edict prison, as if nothing had happened, he used to wander around all day long, and he still does the same. No, when I came here, I saw Zhou Ping collecting taxes, and I felt that it was necessary to impeach, so I chatted with Xu Youcai for a few words.

He left Chen Ji Buzhuang and did not rush back to his home, but hung outside until it was almost dark before going to Anxiang Bo's Mansion.

"I know." Zhang Ning said: "Every cloth village in the capital, Zhou Ping will go, and now only the south of the city remains." The harvest of the household department this time is not small. ”

"My lord, do you want to be impeached?" Since Guo Youdao only obeys Zhang Ning's orders, who to impeach, who not to impeach, and when to impeach, of course, he has to ask Zhang Ning first, otherwise how can he say it?

Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "No." This time, the tax will be levied on the cloth village, and the tax may be collected from all shops in the future. ”

"Your Excellency, you mean?" Guo Youdao doesn't understand, can the household department mess up like this?

"I'll send someone to inform you of the impeachment." Zhang Ning said.

Zhou Ping started from the Taiping Factory, and did not let go of a cloth village, and it was strictly charged according to the tax law of 20 taxes and 1, and many merchants were already dissatisfied.

Guo Youdao had a question, and finally Yu said only one word: "Yes." ”

Adults are so unpredictable. Guo Youdao didn't understand what medicine was sold in Zhang Ning's gourd, but he still obeyed, saluted and left.

After dinner, Zhang Ning read the data reported by the spies in the study, and said to himself: "The household department has made a fortune this time, and it collects so much money at once, but I don't know how much it will be used for military salaries." ”

He supported the collection of taxes in order to have more silver for military salaries, and if he hadn't spent more than half of his taxes on it, he would definitely have made a move. As for the tax of the Taiping Factory, he proposed it, and he paid it willingly.

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Before the curfew, Xu Youcai came to the side of a tall mansion, went around to the back door, saw that no one was paying attention, knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, and a small servant said, "Why are you here?" ”

"If you have something, you have to ask to see your lordship, please show me." There is a way to make money.

"Wait." The little guy said and closed the door and went inside to report.

About half an hour later, the door reopened, and the little servant said to Xu Youcai, who was waiting outside the door: "Come with me." "Wait for you to go in, cover the door, tie the bolt, and lead the way in front.

Xu Youcai didn't dare to look at it much along the way, but vaguely felt that the pavilions and pavilions were extremely gorgeous. After walking for two quarters of an hour, he entered a courtyard, and the little servant said, "Wait." ”

"Yes, it's hard work." Xu Youcai said and quietly handed over a piece of silver.

The little guy said disgustedly: "What to do?" "I really have the heart to do it, why don't you give it to me at the back door, do you want the master to see it at this time?

Xu Youcai laughed awkwardly and said, "Little ......" was too nervous just now, and forgot for a while.

The little guy said with a straight face: "Don't do these things, do a good job of helping the master, you know?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Youcai responded, and put the silver back in his arms, but he was very dissatisfied with the little girl's words, thinking that he would take himself out later, and give it to no one in a place.

After the little servant finished the lesson, he turned around and went inside, and came out after a while, saying, "Let's go in." ”

Xu Youcai entered the door and saw a dignified middle-aged man sitting behind the official hat chair, who was the owner, and hurriedly saluted: "I'm sorry to disturb the adults, there is really an urgent matter, I need to ask the adults to show me." ”

The middle-aged man's right fingers were stained with a few inkspots, and there were a few stickers on the table.

"What's the matter?" His voice was mellow and majestic, and he was clearly above the temple.

Xu Youcai hurriedly said about the tax collection of the household department, and he had already prepared the draft before he came, and there was no nonsense.

"It turned out to be for this. I heard that Zhang Ning's Taiping Factory was also taxed. The middle-aged man didn't care much, even the wolf-like Jinyi Wei commanded the property under his name to pay taxes, who would dare not pay?

"My lord, twenty taxes are one, this tax is too heavy." Xu Youcai complained: "And since the Taiping Factory has produced new cloth, the business of Chen Ji Cloth Village has become increasingly difficult, and it is not easy to maintain it, and I am afraid that it will be ...... to be exploited like this again."

It's hard to do business, and there are too many taxes to afford.

The middle-aged man said, "Won't you go to the Taiping Factory to buy some cloth to sell?" ”

"The little one went several times, but I never saw Lao Guan, the housekeeper of the Taiping Factory, but the housekeeper Zheng did, but she didn't care about this, just weaving." Xu Youcai is about to cry, who doesn't know that it is difficult to do the cloth business without getting the Taiping Factory? The problem is, it is difficult to get cloth, people supply the nobles in the palace, how can there be cloth for you?

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "We are the largest cloth village in the south of the city. Are they willing to give up? "If you don't do business with the biggest cloth house, who do you want to do business with? How did Zhang Ning find the housekeeper?

Xu Youcai said: "I don't know this little one. My lord, now we can only barely maintain it, but if the gangsters come to ask for silver, Tianfu comes to ask for taxes, and the household department also comes to ask for taxes, we will have to close our stores sooner or later. ”

"Closed?" The middle-aged man frowned into the shape of "Chuan" and said, "So serious? ”

"yes. The business of the cloth village that got the cloth from the Taiping Factory was very good, and the goods that did not get the goods were very good. Small incompetence. ”

The middle-aged man said, "How much money do you have to deal with all these miscellaneous taels of silver every month?" ”

"There must be two or three hundred taels." Xu Youdao. If you have a business, two or three hundred taels is nothing, and if you don't have a business, you will have to deal with it.

The middle-aged man was silent, there were not many shops under his name, Chen Ji Buzhuang had the most income, and all the food and clothing expenses of the whole family were taken from here.

"You go back first." He said.

Xu Youcai didn't dare to say any more, so he had to go out.

The middle-aged man pondered for a long time, decided to impeach Zhou Ping, and made up his mind, so he put on the polished ink and wrote a recital.