"Actually, it's been started a long time ago." Qin Forget nodded, "In the tea and horse market last year, His Majesty implemented a graded tax system, to put it simply, the bigger the business, the more taxes you pay, and the smaller the business, the less taxes you have." ”

"What does that mean?" Both of them were at a loss, they were soldiers and didn't understand anything about this.

"This world. The big ones are the families, and they pay much more taxes than the average merchant. In this way, not only did the imperial court collect a lot of more taxes and silver, but it also greatly weakened the interests of the family, and by the way, it supported small and medium-sized merchants. Qin Forget patiently explained.

"If this goes on for a long time, the strength of those families will become weaker and weaker, and Your Majesty's strength will become greater and greater, and when the time is right, you will be able to wipe out the major families with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves." Yu Zhen's breathing became heavy.

"Wonderful, really wonderful!" Gu Zhixin slapped his face, "I don't know which adult proposed this clever plan to Your Majesty, it's really powerful." ”

Qin Wangxiao's face flushed slightly, "The second brother praised it falsely, and the third brother is not talented, and he came up with a blind idea." ”

"Is that you?" Yu Gu and the others both looked at Qin Forget in surprise, and it didn't take long for them to be relieved again, "The third brother is very human, and it's normal to come up with such an idea." ”

"So the two eldest brothers, you know why the family hates me so much in this world, right? I'm just digging up the roots of those families, and they want to eat me alive now. Qin Forget smiled bitterly and shook his head, "How powerful the family is in this world, the two elder brothers also know, maybe one day I will be crushed into powder by them." ”

"The third brother don't panic, the eldest brother and the second brother have no ability, and I am afraid that they will not have any power in this life, but they are willing to fight hard for the third brother." Yu Zhen patted Qin Wang's shoulder and solemnly promised.

Qin Wang's heart warmed again, the three of them had only known each other for two days, but they were like-minded, and they were really close to each other. "The two elder brothers must not be so depressed, Your Majesty will reuse you sooner or later."

"Third brother, don't be kidding, how could Your Majesty notice a low-level officer like us." Gu Zhixin said with a wry smile.

"These two brothers don't know." Qin Forget smiled slightly, "Taxation is just a small entry point for Your Majesty to deal with the family, and the next thing is to slowly cut off the family's power in the officialdom and the army." In this way, there will naturally be a lot of vacancies, so who will Your Majesty enable? ”

"Enable poor people like us who have no roots." Gu Zhixin's originally bright eyes were even brighter, and they were shining and full of anticipation.

"Exactly, not only that, no matter how Your Majesty deals with those families, there will definitely be a life-and-death battle between the two parties. At that time, with the skills of the two elder brothers, I am afraid that I will not be able to win a wife and a son, and I will be a marquis immediately? ”

"Good, good, good!" Yu Zhen excitedly patted the case, "Third brother, eldest brother and second brother didn't befriend you in vain, you are really our guiding light!" Big brother respects you! Yu Zhen picked up the wine bowl and drank it all.

"Yes, third brother, you don't know how the two brothers lived before." Gu Zhixin also patted Qin Wang's shoulder hard, his eyes were actually red, and there were faint tears flashing, which showed how aggrieved they had been before.

Next, Yu Zhen and the two asked for a few jars of good wine, and drank heartily, the two cried for a while, laughed for a while, looked a little crazy, and vented recklessly. Qin forgot not to say a word, silently accompanied them, silence is better than sound at this time, he knows that in such a situation, any language is pale and weak.

"Three, third brother." Gu Zhixin also drank high, holding Qin Wang's shoulder, his mouth full of wine, "Speaking from the heart, let's make friends with you is not so simple." After drinking and spitting out the truth, Gu Zhixin said what was in his heart

, "I, my eldest brother and I were bullied too badly, just, I just want to find a strong enough and our brother is a personal backer, no, I didn't expect that the third brother is such a man, the second brother is wrong, self, self-punishment!" ”

"Yes, big brother, big brother is wrong, and he will punish himself with a drink." Yu Zhen couldn't hold the wine than Gu Zhixin, he was already drunk, and he trembled and lost a glass with the wine bowl.

Qin Forget picked up the wine bowl and took a sip to accompany him, he knew that these two people would not come to make friends with him for no reason, but he was not angry about Yu Gu's thoughts, compared to those who wanted power and wealth, these two people were much cleaner. After getting along this time, Qin Forget found that the two had similar personalities, but Gu Zhixin was much more scheming than Yu Zhen, and played the role of a think tank among the two.

"By the way, third, third brother, I have long heard that you are skilled, and I don't know what weapon you use." Gu Zhixin is really tall, and his thinking jumps not as fast as usual, "Let me tell you, the eldest brother uses a Mo knife, a Mo knife that is broken, guess, what kind of weapon does the second brother use?" Thin knives! Haha, didn't expect that, right? Without waiting for Qin Forget to speak, Gu Zhixin said to himself.

Mo knife, Yu Zhen actually used Mo knife, Qin Forget looked at Yu Zhen in a little surprise.

Mo knives are the same as horizontal knives, they are all famous knives of the previous dynasty. Mo knife is a two-edged long knife, heavier, about 50 pounds, evolved from the horse sword. The handle is four feet long, and the blade is also four feet, and it is powerful and heavy. The process is so complex that it has been lost to the present day. According to ancient records, the former dynasty had a special department for building, managing, and maintaining. It is a sharp weapon to deal with the cavalry, and thousands of tall Mo swordsmen are lined up in front of the battle, which is enough to resist the impact of the cavalry group, which can be described as a broken man.

Qin Forget really didn't expect that Yu Zhen was using such a lost weapon, and as for the thin knife, Qin Forget also knew it. Its blade is slender (the total length is five feet, the length of the knife is three feet eight inches, and the handle is one foot and two inches). It concentrates the characteristics of knives and guns, which can be used as guns and knives, can be held with one hand, and can be held with both hands, with great lethality, killing the enemy in battle, extremely powerful, and comparable to ordinary weapons, so in the "Thin Knife Research", it is written: "The thin knife is used as a submachine gun, far better than a single knife and other short soldiers." ”

Being able to use such a weapon is enough to see how capable Yu Gu and the two of them are, and Qin Forget has a faint intention to recruit in his heart. When it came to Modao, Qin Forget couldn't help but think of Jin Xulai, and remembered one more thing, now he happened to be in Youzhou, and he did it by the way.

"Luo Zhong, are you sure Cheng Yi lives here? He is also a big Yan Tang Seven Rank will be a prisoner. "Walking in the famous slum Chengyi Workshop in Youzhou City, Qin Wang couldn't believe that the four famous craftsmen would live here.

That day, Gu Zhixin mentioned the Mo knife, which reminded Qin Forget of Youzhou Chengyi, one of the four famous craftsmen of genius that Jin Xu said before, this person is the best at forging knives, and even the sword of the Great Yan Emperor, the Qiuhong Sword came from this person's hand. Qin Wang, who was thirsty for talents, was naturally unwilling to let go of such talents.

"It's true, although he is a seven-rank general with official status, he has a strange temper, he is very unsatisfactory, and his life is also abnormally poor, and he can only live in such a place." Luo Zhong said affirmatively.

"Da is hidden in the city, and this Cheng Yi is also a master." Hearing Luo Zhong say this, Qin Forget nodded in praise.

"Snort." Luo Zhong sneered, "The general really thinks highly of him, what is hidden in the city, that old boy is a merry man, he has married four wives in his life and gave birth to more than a dozen children, but he must not be poor." ”

"So many people in the family?" Qin Wangxiao was a little surprised, "In this case, I'm afraid it's not a small move to take him to Chicheng." ”

"No, we've been figuring out how to do it. General, you see, the one ahead

The most dilapidated house is his home. Luo Zhong pointed to the distance and said.

Qin Forget looked at it, and almost laughed out loud, only to see that Cheng Yi's home was really broken, Cheng Yifang was all broken shacks, and his house was especially dilapidated. I saw that most of the shack had collapsed, and the thatch on the roof had long been rotted black, Qin Forget clearly saw a big hole, I really didn't know how to live in such a house.

When I turned into the courtyard, I saw that the small courtyard was crowded with people, as if something had happened, and it was full of people watching the excitement.

Qin Forget squeezed in with someone before he knew what had happened.

I saw a few ruffians blocking the door of Cheng Yi's hall, pointing at a large group of old and weak women and children inside, shouting and scolding. Frightened, more than a dozen children in the house cried, but the people around them looked calm, and even a little gloating, obviously this is not the first time this has happened, and Cheng Yi's popularity among the neighbors is not very good.

"General, that is Cheng Yi. He borrowed loan sharks from the Tigers, and now they are coming to collect debts. Luo Zhong pointed to a thin man in his forties who was blocking the door and said softly.

Qin Forget raised his eyes and saw that the man might have had dry and dull skin because of his perennial work by the fire, showing a burnt yellow, looking like a half-cooked duck from a distance. The long beard also showed a withered yellow color, and the thin eyes were cloudy, and the whites of the eyes were bloodshot. It looks strange but looks very ordinary.

At this moment, he was holding a glittering sword in his hand at the gate, and no matter how humiliating and insulting those green-skinned scoundrels were, they didn't say a word. The stubborn and calm expression obviously didn't take these ruffians in his eyes, and his thin body actually exuded a thick arrogance.

"This Cheng Yi is very arrogant." Sure enough, Luo Zhong also said, "In the end, it is a famous craftsman in the world, and it is normal to be a little arrogant." Over the years, he has lived in Chengyifang, and the relationship between him and his neighbors is very poor, where can he afford these ignorant ordinary people? The popularity is very poor. ”

"I said Lao Cheng, it's not interesting for us to do this, you just say a word, when will the money borrowed from us be repaid." After a while, those green-skinned scoundrels were tired of scolding, and they were afraid that the sword in Cheng Yi's hand would not dare to come hard, and a man with a head looked like a man said helplessly.

Cheng Yi still didn't say a word and didn't react in the slightest.

"That person is nicknamed Feng Sandao, and when he was young, he fought with others and slashed his head three times, hence the name." Luo Zhong pointed to the scoundrel leader and introduced.

"Hack yourself? Fighting? Qin Forget was slightly stunned, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"The general may not know, this is a means of fighting for the scoundrels in the Youzhou area." Luo Zhong smiled slightly, "When there is a fight between these gangsters, it is generally divided into civil and military fights, and the martial arts general should know that it is a group fight." However, the casualties of the martial arts were too large, and these people preferred to fight. Wendou is ruthless, and each of the two parties sends one person out, which is more ruthless than anyone to themselves. Suppose a subordinate fights with the general, and the subordinate stabs himself in the thigh, then the general has to be more ruthless than his subordinates, and the general has to cut off his ears or chop off his fingers. If the general doesn't dare, then the subordinates will win, and not only will the forces behind the subordinates suppress the forces behind the general, but the subordinates will also soar into the sky because of this matter, and others will call them a lord wherever they go. This Feng Sandao came up and slashed his head three times when he was fighting, scaring the other party away before he got to today's status. ”

"Hey, it's quite interesting, being a hooligan is also a culture." Hearing Luo Zhong's introduction, Qin Forget smiled, looked at the three long scars on Feng Sandao's head, and admired him slightly. can be so ruthless to himself, he is indeed a ruthless person.