"Thank you, Brother Zhi." Song Xiance woke up from his anger.

The man looked at him coldly, "Angry? Young people. ”

Zhiwen and Song Xiance nodded and admitted calmly, and Zhiwen then asked, "You're not angry?" ”

Although Song Caijie and the others didn't say anything, they were obviously shocked by this human tragedy, and their eyes were faintly unkind when they looked at the officials in the field.

"Angry? We businessmen, in the eyes of the government, we are pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, and fattening is a crime, when the government wants to use the knife, we can only let others slaughter, what are we angry about? Can you resist? The man glanced at the field and said in a low voice, the indescribable sadness in his words.

"Uncle, this Zhao family was named the head of the official purchase last year, so how much did the government ask for them?" Among the crowd, Zhiwen is quite calm, angry or angry, it is of little use to the Zhao family and themselves, now that they have encountered last year's line, they might as well inquire and see how big the appetite of this official government is.

The man looked at Zhiwen, this matter is not a secret, even if the officials hear it, it is okay to do it, and besides, the place where they are standing is also a distance away from the officers, as long as the voice is quieter, there is no need to worry about being heard, and then he said, "If it all adds up to the market price, there should be 50,000 taels, and the government will only pay 8,000 taels at most according to the official price, and don't want to get these 8,000 taels, you have to prepare more than 10,000 taels of silver, 60,000 taels of silver inside and out, and it is not enough to pay a clean loss for the family property." ”

"Just the Zhao family, how much?" Song Caijie also calmed down, and then asked, if every family wants so much, then the appetite of the government is too great.

"Where, more than a dozen merchants in this state are together." The man replied, without waiting for Zhiwen and them to ask, and then asked, "Do you think that a dozen or so is not too much?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, he continued, "Hehe, except for the old Zhao family, the rest of the merchants are all small merchants specially selected by the government, even if they are taken to boil oil, they can't squeeze out 10,000 taels of silver, and the old Zhao family has no ability to do this kind of thing, if it is not enough, they can only carry it themselves, the government is eyeing the old Zhao family, and they will not stop until they make him ruined." ”

Zhiwen and the others silently summed it up in their hearts, so calculated, this official government is really insatiable.

"Alas, I heard that this year's official buying line is a trading company, what is it called Zhuolu, I have been in Liangtian Tunbao for some days, I really haven't heard of it, it won't be in Dongbalibao, tsk, I don't know how many people will die, go to rest, go to rest, I wait for the ant people, after all, it is just fish and meat under the knife." The man sighed, didn't say hello to Zhiwen and them, and just went away.

At this moment, the eight corpses of the Zhao family have been carried away by the servants, and most of the crowd has dispersed, so they can go.

Zhiwen and the others walked forward silently, and Song Xiance suddenly asked, "You say, how will the government deal with the corpse?" ”

"What else can be done," Ma Er said, "most of them are thrown into mass graves outside the city." ”

"After taking so much money from other people, don't you even want to give out the coffin?" Song Caijie said coldly.

"Hmph, they are all people who eat people and don't spit out bones, and expect them to be kind, and the sun will come out in the west." Ma Er was also very disdainful.

Nothing to say all the way.

When they arrived at the inn, they put the boxes away, and after the people retreated, the four of them gathered around and began to discuss.

"Zhiwen, do you want to prepare more gifts? Another trip to the same prefect's mansion another day? Ma Er was the first to speak, he saw on the road that last year's outfit was extorted 60,000 taels of silver, and he felt that the gifts of the others were light.

"No way!"

"Don't!"

Song Xiance and Song Caijie objected in unison, the two saw a human tragedy today, and their hearts were unsettled, but they were unwilling to cheapen the government.

In the end, he is young and vigorous, Ma Er sighed in his heart, but he didn't say much, just looked at Zhiwen, "That Doctor Sun..."

Song Xiance and Song Caijie looked at Zhiwen together, they knew Zhiwen's ability and pinned their hopes on this.

Zhiwen groaned slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Mr. Song, do you think this You Tongzhi will be able to discover the truth about Zhuoluji?" ”

It's not that he is unwilling to give money to give gifts and rescue Dr. Sun, but the gift of 20,000 taels of silver is really a lot, this Zhao family was asked for 60,000, it must be all kinds of assets added together, and it took a year, You Hongyuan can't look down on this heavy gift, which can only further prove Zhiwen's guess, if it is really for the Fan family, then how much more I am afraid it will not help.

"I can't say for sure." Song Xiance said, "The soldiers in Zhuoluji are watching from our people, don't worry too much, there are our cavalry on the official road from the town to the state capital, whether it is a ruffian who has slipped through the net, or a person sent out by You Tongzhi, it is difficult to send the news back, but after a long time, this person will eventually be suspicious, if he personally leads someone there, we will have no recruitment, but at least two to three days, I think there is still something." ”

"Okay, let's do it all." Zhiwen said, "I'll go out tonight and visit You Mansion at night." ”

Hearing this, the two people surnamed Song breathed a sigh of relief, as if as long as Zhiwen came out, he would definitely succeed.

"I'm afraid that this You Tongzhi is cunning, and he didn't place Dr. Sun in his mansion." Ma Er poured cold water again.

Zhiwen nodded, what he was worried about was this, Nuo Da Youfu, it was not easy to find people, if it was not in this mansion, without a clue, it would be basically impossible to find people in the state city, and even if he found Dr. Sun and others, his light skills could not lead people, and it was not easy to rescue these people.

"So we have to take a multi-pronged approach," Zhiwen said, "Second Brother Ma, I still have to work hard for you, go to the streets of the state capital to inquire and see if you can find clues about Dr. Sun." ”

Ma Er nodded in response, he was naturally responsible for this matter.

"Second Brother Ma, is there any brother in this state capital?" Zhiwen asked, if there are any of his own people, the difficulty of finding out the news is different, and the money spent is also different.

"Yes, yes." Ma Er replied, "It's just a few ordinary eyeliner, and I don't know if they will notice Dr. Sun." ”

"And did you find your former brothers?" Zhiwen didn't tell anyone else Ma Er's true identity, so he could only remind him so vaguely and let Ma Er go to find those brocade spies.

Hearing Zhiwen say this, Ma Er knew Zhiwen's hard work, and spread his hands and said, "I was about to run here, but things happened one after another, so I will take this opportunity to find a few old brothers." ”

In fact, the place where he first met his old brother was here, but after Zhiwen promised him to develop Jinyi spies, there were a lot of things, and Ma Er didn't have time to run in person, so he only asked his subordinates to inform these people, anyway, it can be regarded as including them in Zhuolu Mountain, but these people are not very good, and I don't know if the information is useful.