The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

At the end of May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Dezhou Mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The fierce sun was unabashedly hot, cicadas were chirping on the trees on both sides of the road, and wild dogs on the side of the road were hiding in the shade and spitting out their bright red tongues.

There are almost no pedestrians on the streets, but the various teahouses and restaurants are crowded with merchants who come to drink tea and chat to escape the heat.

Texas has the convenience of canals and is one of the commercial centers of Daming. Merchants from the south to the north are in an endless stream, pausing here and then leaving in all directions.

Teahouses, restaurants, and brothels are good places for businessmen to talk to each other and find out the news.

What's more, so many big things have happened in Texas in the past six months.

First, he built a slave Koubian, which made people panic, but fortunately, Texas was not affected by the disaster. But the Fan family and other eight Jin merchants who originally crisscrossed the north fell because of fornication.

Then the governor of Texas Caoyun, Ni Chong, was assassinated, and I still don't know who did it? The Governor's Mansion is also empty, I don't know who is lucky enough to be in charge?

However, recently, the Texas garrison Dong has become famous, temporarily acting as the Texas government, and several policies are closely related to their businessmen.

This series of things is really dazzling and overwhelming.

But compared to the people of Texas, these so-called major events that happened in Texas have nothing to do with them, and they still live their small lives.

More attentive people found that since the murder of the governor of Caoyun, there were often sergeants patrolling the streets of the Texas capital.

These heavily armed soldiers, even on a hot day, were draped all over their bodies, and although they were all sweating hot, they still maintained a straight posture.

The most important thing is that these soldiers are all fresh faces, and I heard that they are the elite of Xuanda's Tianxiong Army.

But even so, it has nothing to do with the people of Texas, but they feel that the recent law and order in the city has improved sharply.

The rogue on the street seems to have disappeared en masse, is it because the soldiers can't patrol every day?

Well, Cao Ding in Caoyun Mansion seems to be much more honest recently, and he is no longer domineering, it is estimated that the new governor has not been appointed, and they have no backer.

For ordinary people, this change is something they like to see, after all, what is more important than stability.

But for others in Texas, it was the beginning of a nightmare.

The first to be affected are some gangs or forces that were originally entrenched in the local area.

A week after Ni Chong was killed, General Dong, the garrison of the Dezhou Prefecture, sent sergeants to warn them that everything should be done according to his rules, and there was a tendency for those who went along to prosper and those who rebelled perished.

Some people who don't believe in evil or are bold still go their own way and don't take Dong Shoubei's words to heart, and the result is ...... As a result, it was as if they were never seen in Texas again.

The point is that there is no sound at all, as if people have disappeared out of thin air, and this is where people are scary.

The family cautiously ran to the garrison to inquire, but they got three words that they didn't know coldly.

If they want to redress their grievances, they don't know what happened? If you want to trouble them and don't have the courage to reason with Qiu Ba, won't you kill yourself?

Secondly, there is the impact on businessmen.

Since these sergeants entered the Texas Mansion, they began to be strict in their inventory of entering the city, especially for the goods of merchants entering the city.

It's not that they take their cards for it, but that they take the inventory of those goods very seriously, but all those who are found to be in private possession will be confiscated or severely fined.

At first, these gentry and businessmen didn't think about it, thinking that this was just the three fires of Dong Shoubei's new official taking office, and he would stop burning for a while.

But what they didn't expect was that a whole month had passed, and the inventory at the city gate had not only not relaxed, but had become more severe.

This can cost people's lives, and in all dynasties, private entrainment or tax evasion are the favorite things of businessmen.

In particular, the Ariake Dynasty carried this trend to the extreme.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that commercial taxes should be one out of thirty, which can be said to be the smallest in 5,000 years, but these merchants are still not satisfied.

In their eyes, the business tax should be abolished altogether.

As a result, they came up with countless ways to evade taxes, such as bribing the guards of the city gates, entrapment, concealing or even not reporting, and so on.

Originally, the most common and effective means was to buy off the soldiers and city gate officials who guarded the gates.

After dealing with the city gate officials of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, all the businessmen believe in a truth, as long as the hoe dances well, how can there be a corner that cannot be dug down?

Over the years, all the soldiers at the gates of the Texas Mansion have been almost a family with them, and they have carried the goods into the Texas Mansion as easily as visiting their own back garden.

But now everything has changed, and the new soldier is like a hungry wolf, with a nose as clever as a hound.

Even if they have a little bit of stuff in their goods that shouldn't be brought or too much, they can find out.

At this moment, it is poured blood mold, and those soldiers are punished according to the system, which is called a ruthless, and there is no emotion to talk about, even if it is tempted to benefit?

After seeing the failure of the previous invincible silver bullet offensive, everyone was puzzled.

Later, an acquaintance of the governor of Caoyun, who knew the inside story, told them that the new Dong garrison had ordered that if the soldiers found out that they were carrying secretly hidden goods, they would be fined forty or six cents.

And the errand of goalkeeping is not set in stone, they adopt a rotation system. In addition, if favoritism and malpractice are discovered, they will all be dealt with by military law.

Stimulated by military discipline and gold and silver, how could they not search desperately?

It's a pity that now the new governor of Caoyun Yamen has not been decided, and Caoyun is also controlled by them for the time being, how can this not make them anxious?

Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Lukai were dressed in micro-clothes, asked for a table alone, and listened to the words of everyone in the restaurant with peanuts and rice, smiling silently.

"Eventful, eventful! I heard that this Dong Garrison is not only the favorite general of Qin, but also the governor of Shandong, Lord Yan, is also quite appreciative and has a deep background. ”

A businessman looked left and right and whispered to a few men at the same table.

"No wonder he acted so unscrupulously and with no one in sight. The old man came to visit in person a few days ago, but he didn't see him behind closed doors, is it really lawless? ”

A businessman in his fifties, snorted heavily, rather angry.

"Could it be that we and other merchants are just sitting back and waiting for death, helpless?"

"I'm afraid there is no other way in Shandong, and there must be a court boss to stop it.

It's a pity that the Fan family and the Liang family in Shanxi have all had an accident, otherwise with their court connections, this matter is easy! ”

"Be careful, be careful! Some officers and soldiers came towards the restaurant. ”

A businessman next to the window kindly reminded.

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