The wharf of Jixian County is still crowded, still crowded and shouting, those merchants who have a lot of goods have been running here for two consecutive days, their robes, shoes and hats have been dirty, but they are still busy with a hoarse voice, hoping to transport as many materials as possible across the river in this rare opportunity.

Boss Wang's footsteps have been vain, his voice has been hoarse, he can only pull the housekeeper who has been dizzy by his own command, and arrange everything with body language, finally, the last ship of goods is about to be all on the ship, as long as there is another half an hour, all his goods can arrive at Yichuan Port safely, then this trafficking will bring gratifying dividends to the whole family, and at that time, the position of the patriarch of the family will be at your fingertips.

Just when he was planning with the guy in charge, and his busy hands and feet were already in trouble, suddenly, in the county town behind him, there was a rumbling footstep, and he turned around sharply, and a team of soldiers with weapons and wearing fiery red horns rushed to the dock murderously.

It's not good, the officers and troops are dispatched, and everyone's good days are over.

While the others were dumbfounded and watched the group of officers and soldiers rushing up, Shopkeeper Wang had already left the goose-like butler behind and rushed directly to the ferry, rushing to the cargo ship he had hired. At the boss of the ship, who was still directing the coolies to load the ship, he shook his hands violently and screamed.

The boss of the ship doesn't know why, and he can't hear his voice, so what's it? Yes? asked back, with a blank face.

Seeing such a situation, the shopkeeper Wang was really anxious, so he simply ran to the dock, hurriedly untied the cable in person, and then "cooed", desperately jumped into the waist-high Yellow River, and with both hands, he miraculously pushed the ferry away from the dock. At that time, he struggled a little harder, and roared at the guy who was still ignorant: "Brothers, get up-" The guy suddenly, with a sweat on his head, rowed all the utensils in his hand into the water, and the heavy cargo ship was under the joint efforts of everyone, and it was too late to turn around, so it directly advanced into the river.

Looking at the cargo ship that was slowly moving away, Boss Wang staggered back to his remaining cargo pile on the shore, fell down, and fell on the dirty and muddy ground regardless of the muddy water, laughing at Changtian, this time, he actually laughed out loud.

With Boss Wang's reminder, those businessmen who were still panicked and at a loss shouted at the same time, no matter how much cargo they loaded, they jumped into the water together, pushed the boat hard, and in a blink of an eye, even a ferry or sheepskin raft was missing on the dock on the shore.

The master of Ji County got the right to donate taxes as he wished, promised the benefits of 10% of the 1,000 households, and supplied a generous amount of money and food in advance, and rushed to the ferry with 500,000 soldiers. But by the time he arrived, the original scene of thousands of sails racing across the ferry had disappeared, and only the tattered shoes and clothes that had fallen into the water were flapping against the river bank with the muddy water of the Yellow River.

"Profiteers, all profiteers." Seeing this scene, the master of the criminal name and the thousand households all scolded loudly, but scolded and scolded, and they had no boat to chase after them, so they could only watch the large number of sheepskin rafts crowded in the center of the river and countless ferries sailing away little by little, and the ferry rafts that came over on the opposite side also began to turn around and turn back to the west bank after a little hesitation in the heart of the river.

Seeing the wolf-like officers and soldiers rushing to the river beach, separating the river from the wharf, the Qianhu who was rushing to the formation couldn't help but be frustrated, and said to the criminal master: "Sir, these profiteers no longer transport goods, so what can I do?" According to what you said, I give these brothers a hundred dollars a day and two full meals, if I can't do it, the consequences will be out of control. ”

The master was also secretly annoyed, looking at the mountains of goods on the dock on the other side, countless heads, he was relieved after a little thought, glanced at the short-sighted Qianhu, and said hatefully: "The profiteers just want to evade some taxes, but what are you afraid of?" It's just temporary, isn't there a later one, and the goods that are now piled up here? Sooner or later, they will continue to cross the river, and we will continue to collect donations, and this trade is not a one-day transaction, but a long time, and the money will flow into our pockets. ”

Looking at the thousands of households who suddenly came to their senses, the master said: "Let's go, let's wait in the yamen, but after two days of tax donations, this time, we have to add one percent to make up for the loss." Then he laughed, put his hands behind his back and said easily: "Is this the so-called loss of the embankment to make up for the loss of the embankment, hahahaha." ”

As soon as he said this, the simple-minded Qianhu also figured out the beginning and the end, laughed with him, and followed the master to the yamen.

"That's right." The master seemed to remember something, and suddenly stopped, so that Qianhu, who was following him, almost collided.

"What trick did you think of again, sir?" The eyes of the thousands of households lit up, as long as they came up with a way, they would definitely have money in the account, and according to the agreement, they would charge an extra amount of money, so they looked at the master's next step with a hopeful face.

"You go and tell your brothers, now, without the donation documents issued by us, if you dare to take the goods down the river with an inch of cloth, you are the enemy, and you will be shackled to me to show the public."

"Okay, please." Of course I am willing to do this job, but the shackles are not poor sticks, but they are all giants, so the oil and water are not noisy?

So the thousand households covered their helmets and ran to order the arrangement.

Looking at the excited figure of the thousand households, the master snorted coldly in his nose: "A dog is a dog, a poor soldier, do you still want to follow me to the yamen to sit high and supervise me?" Don't. ”

Boss Wang lay down for a long time, watching countless big feet coming and going back and forth beside him, and gradually depressed the ferry, and then saw a familiar face - his housekeeper.

The butler gasped and asked, "Boss, can't we ship the rest of the goods?" ”

"Luck, why not." At this time, Boss Wang realized that his voice was already able to speak, and he was in a good mood, so he straightened up and replied.

"However, there is no ship, how can I transport it?" The housekeeper said with a bitter face and his hands.

"Not busy, not busy, even if it is transported, it is not now, but in a few days, anyway, we have already shipped most of it, and we have saved thousands of taels of taxes, we will wait, wait for a result."

"Wait? What results are you waiting for? The butler asked in a low voice. looked left and right at the soldiers who were waiting for the battle, and muttered again: "Everyone has sent out soldiers, where is the result?" Hurry over, we're on our way. ”

Boss Wang laughed, shook his head lightly and whispered: "There will be a result, it won't be too long, if you kill one on that side, you will definitely kill the second one, until the interview of the killing person changes color." Then he looked at the team of soldiers who were lively but obviously staggered, and pouted lightly: "This is also a soldier?" Jokes. Seeing that the housekeeper still didn't understand, he didn't say much, stood up, and ordered the guys around him in muddy water: "There is not much left, we will ignore the coolies, everyone will take some with us, we will go back to the inn, and I will add dinner in the evening." ”

Hearing that the boss had added food, the guy, who had been sleepless for two days and nights, burst out again, shouted, picked up the rest of the goods and walked to the inn in the town.

But when he walked to the inn where he was staying, Boss Wang didn't stop, and just said to the housekeeper: "Go, settle the room fee with the store for the past few days, and take our things into the city." ”

The housekeeper is even more confused, he lives well here, and he is close to the wharf, and he can deal with it in time if there is a wind and grass on the wharf.

"What are you still standing for, quickly pick up and leave." looked at the open tax gate, and said in a low voice: "If you don't leave, you can't say that you can't splash blood." ”

The official suddenly realized, hurriedly rushed into the original inn, retreated from the room, picked up his things and ran away in a hurry, and didn't even want the change that the shopkeeper chased out to find him.

There are no longer a few people who have the same idea as him, even if some of their heads can't turn around, and under the reminder of the well-wishers who have crossed paths together, they hurriedly settled the house money and rushed to live in the county.

For a while, the originally bustling wharf, except for those soldiers who were looking around blankly, there was not a single merchant coolie left, only a gust of wind left, blowing up the garbage on the ground, flying all over the sky.

The criminal master shook off the thousands of households, hurriedly walked into the tax donation yamen, waved his hands, and instructed Xiao Si with a fanatical face: "Quick, quick, line up the table, prepare the pen and inkstone, we are open——"

With his shouting, Xiao Si jumped for a while, and soon arranged the table pen and inkstone, the master Shi Shiran walked to the back of the case, stretched out his hands in the air, retreated the two sleeves to the crook of his arm, picked up the brush, raised it high, and then, under the fanning of Xiao Si behind him, his eyes were firmly fixed on the open door of the hole, waiting for the big fish that swarmed in and urgently paid taxes.

The hope is very plump, but the result is very backbone, in fact, it is not even a sense of bones, the master held the pen, and his arms were sore, but he didn't see anyone come in to pay, let alone a person, not even a sparrow.

Looking left and right, I don't know the reason, I was really impatient, and shouted and scolded a Xiao Si next to him: "What are you doing here still dying?" Don't go out and see it yet. ”

That Xiao Si was in pain for no reason, where did he dare to contradict half a point, turned around and ran out, but the master shouted: "Stop, do you want to die?" Or go to the funeral. ”

That Xiao Si hurriedly stood and waited for the master's command.

"Go and tell the damned profiteers to come and pay the tax at once, and tell them that starting today, the tax will be added to the security fee." What was promised to the military could not be reduced, but it was still the same sentence, the loss of the embankment was made up for outside the embankment, and these additional envoys still had to be paid to those profiteers.

That Xiao Si said yes again and again, and then waited for the following.

When the master saw that Xiao Si didn't move, he was on fire at that time, and directly grabbed the inkstone and threw it over: "Is it a dead man?" What are you doing here? Waiting for the funeral? ”

That Xiao Si jumped up, dodged the inkstone and ran out, but as soon as the front foot stepped out of the threshold of the lobby, he collided with the thousands of households who came in a hurry.

"Oh no, sir, the profiteers on the docks are gone—"