Chapter 552: The Second Tax Supervisor of Cangzhou

At present, after the tax supervisors in the capital take down the right to collect taxes in a certain place, they are not in a hurry to leave Beijing, but first stay for a few days, and there will be many Jianghu people and scoundrels who come to defect, and the beautiful name is that the tax supervisors help the idle.

These people can go to the door to collect taxes, can torture people who resist taxes, can do some shady things, always count on those brocade guards around them, after all, it is a little inconvenient, and the tax supervisors are for their own safety, like to recruit some characters who know martial arts and know the rights and wrongs of the rivers and lakes, so the scattered bandits in various places, the lonely ringing horses, and even the horse thieves outside the plug have become a member of the tax supervisors.

After arriving at the place where the tax was collected, some scoundrels and ruffians came to take refuge, these people were all local snakes, and they could be regarded as the eyes and ears of the tax supervisor in the local area.

These people combined, there are a total of two or three hundred people, the tax supervisor in Cangzhou Mansion went out of the city to collect taxes this time, not only with three hundred cavalry, but also the people who can be used in their hands, except for those who are guarded at home, are also pulled out, and as soon as they leave the city, they are also a team of six or seven hundred people, which looks very imposing.

Who are the chaotic people outside the city, the tax supervisor also knows in his heart, but although he is itching with hatred, he can't catch the other party's handle, these cotton gentry are all clear, our taxes can't reach the city, it's not that they don't want to pay. It also has to be said that we have paid several times and were intercepted halfway, but Daming's taxes will not be less, we are raising, it must be paid up, but it will take some time.

The words have come to such a point, the tax supervisor of Cangzhou is really not good to say anything else, the family members of the cotton gentry have already moved to live in the farm of the cotton gentry before he came, and the industries and shops in the city are either sold at reduced prices, or sealed on the spot, anyway, they will not give people any leverage to blackmail.

Although it is suspected that these so-called green forest ringing horses outside the city are simply the instructions of the cotton gentry, but these people are dispatched quickly, coming and going like the wind, and quickly disappearing after looting, in fact, what property does the poor people have, they leave the city to walk around the countryside, and when they come back, they say that they have been robbed, but they are missing a few cents, dozens of cents, and the clothes on their bodies will not be torn, and the tax supervisor also knows that some people have a family of three out of the city and encounter horse bandits, and as a result, their wives and children have nothing to do. The green forest Xiangma actually gave a few hundred texts, saying that it was to buy candy for the child.

The people who suffered were the officials in the city, as well as the personnel related to the tax supervisors, and as soon as these people left the city, their lives must be difficult to protect, and everyone knew who they were targeting.

But for such a situation, it is not good to mobilize the officers and soldiers in the city to go out to exterminate, after all, it is necessary to find a clear reason for transferring troops to kill, and because the tax supervisors are getting more and more ruthless in making money, they are not willing to share the money in their hands with other people.

In the end, he was forced to be helpless, and the tax supervisor in Cangzhou had to think of such a method, simply to lead the troops out of the city to serve and collect taxes to the household, to see if you have any reasons for prevarication.

Originally, there were cotton gentry who lived about ten miles away from the city, since the first tax inspector came, these people have moved to the place where the prefecture and county are handed over, anyway, their fields and houses are vast, and it is also their freedom to move anywhere, but now if you want to go out of the city to collect taxes, if you just go like this, I am afraid that you will not be able to go to the place until dark.

At this time, it was already the wax moon, the cold wind was cold, and the Cangzhou tax supervisor shrank in the middle of the crowd, holding a hot wine bag in his hand, and scolded viciously there, while thinking about how to torture you people and squeeze out the oil in your bones when we went to our house.

After going out of the city for thirty miles, I finally found a sheltered depression, except for the Tongzhou horse team, these people are all characters who can't endure hardships - including this Cangzhou tax supervisor, seeing that there is a sheltered place, he is busy and shouts orders to let the team take a temporary rest.

Since the people who want to do things are not in a hurry, then the people below will not be the role of diligence, and hurriedly ran to the depression, fortunately, there is no snow this year, and it is also very dry and comfortable, and arranged a place for the tax supervisor in Cangzhou, set up a small stool, and brought a few horses around, which was much warmer. After settling the tax superintendent, everyone else is looking for a place to go.

That is, just after the cat took a stick of incense, I heard some faint noises around, this kind of weather, walking on the official road for a long time and not seeing anyone, those slave workers or family members or something, are all enclosed in the Zhuangzi, or repair farm tools and houses, or just do some simple work.

In the howling cold wind, those who were sheltering from the wind had not yet noticed it, and even those who had noticed it thought that it was the sound of the wind, because when they were on the official road, they did not see anyone appear at all.

Slowly, the slight sound turned into a rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and the people in the depression panicked, and hurriedly rushed towards their horses, getting on their horses and preparing to resist.

Plains has this disadvantage, if you want to raid, it is difficult not to be discovered by the other party, especially when most of the opponent's means of transportation are also horses, at this time it is not far from the city, as long as it is too late to return to the city quickly, but the team of the tax inspector does not know what evil energy is sent. The 300 cavalry and the retinue of the tax supervisor actually surrounded the tax supervisor inside and outside, and actually set up a stubborn circle.

Under the state of the surprise attack, the green forest horses will not spare their horsepower, and they come quickly, but when they are about to approach, they stop, because the other party's reaction is indeed too abnormal.

Originally, these green forests outside the city were also ambushed in the depressions and hidden places on both sides of the official road, and some spies saw the tax supervisor out of the city, and they had already reported it quickly, and they wanted to be caught off guard halfway, but they didn't expect these people to be so pampered, and they actually found a sheltered place to rest early. The leader of the ringing horse also knew in his heart that at this time, he could only do it, and the sound of hooves might alarm the tax supervisor's men, but scare them back to the city, or catch up, and kill a few who were left behind, which could be regarded as achieving the goal and deterring the tax supervisor.

But I didn't expect that the tax supervisor didn't run, but put a circle in place to guard, and things are abnormal that they are demons, this kind of abnormal thing is really confusing.

The leader of the horses restrained the horses and observed the tax superintendent's team suspiciously, and the five or six hundred tax superintendents did not dare to move, but only nervously surrounded the garrison.

Of course, the composition of the green forest and the horses are all private soldiers of the cotton gentry and large households, these people themselves are bandits and strongmen, and it is very convenient to return to the old business, but these people have also lived under the system of the cotton gentry for several years, whether it is a small family or their own industry is closely connected together, they are under the supervision of the tax inspector to lose a lot, if there is a way to make money peacefully, these people are not willing to re-do these outlaws.

The faces of the second tax supervisor in Cangzhou are familiar to these people, and they have long been painted and graphed all over the manor, and when they saw the appearance of the tax supervisor, many people immediately became angry from the bottom of their hearts.

Before the leader of the ringing horse gave the order, many people were already scolding loudly and urging the horses, and rushed towards the circle formation, the outermost circle of the circle was the cavalry of the Tongzhou horse team, these cavalry were experienced, and naturally knew how to deal with the scene in front of them.

Some people dismounted, some people were on horses, and there were also some characters who could fight in the tax superintendent's guards, all of whom resisted at the outermost, and this kind of formation was extremely tight, and it would not be possible to enter for a while, and many of the ringing horses that rushed out could only control the horses to rotate around each other's circle array, hoping to find a place to enter.

For a while, hundreds of horses circled around the circle of the tax supervisor, but could not find a place to attack, the leader of the ringing horses could not stop drinking, but he could only let his subordinates act on their own, but this situation in the field made him a little worried and panicked, the cavalry broke the formation was afraid of the current situation, completely pinned down around the circle array, if their side retreated, they were afraid that the other party would take the opportunity to kill.

But I didn't know in advance that the tax supervisor of Cangzhou had such ability, I thought that my horse team was 500, and the other party was worth the move, that is, the cavalry of 300 Tongzhou, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Sensing that something was wrong, the leader of the ringing horses said to the people behind him:

"Little San, you take someone to rush this circle formation away for me, this place is too close to Fucheng, I'm afraid there will be any repetition!"

As soon as he finished saying this, the young man standing behind him nodded in agreement, turned around and greeted, dozens of people lined up, these people were different from other ringing horses, their horses all had short guns of about four feet, and when they were flattened, they were much more powerful than others.

Someone here rang the gong on the horse, and the horse team that circled around the circle reluctantly retreated, dozens of ringing horses lined up in several rows, and the leader shouted, and the horses with short guns had already rushed over, and those Tongzhou cavalry obviously didn't expect the other party to have such a move, and they were caught off guard, and the circle was suddenly rushed open.

The gates of the city were slowly pushed open, and a group of cavalry swarmed out......