[There was a problem with the automatic update yesterday.,The chapter of today's third update was sent out in advance.] This is my responsibility, and I will not shirk it. A new chapter will be added at 10 o'clock tonight as compensation. The first update, ask for red tickets, collect. 】

In this way, he will be bumped into, Liu Zhongwu can be regarded as admitting his fate and no longer struggling. The next day, he honestly followed Han Gang on Chang'an Road.

From Xianyang to Tongguan, there are two roads, one is to continue down the Wei River, and the other is to go south to Jingzhaofu. The latter road will take one day longer than the previous one. However, Han Gang decided to go to Chang'an from the beginning, wanting to get close to this ancient city. And the route written on the post ticket is also arranged in this way.

After leaving Xianyang City, their itinerary left Weishui and turned to the southeast. There were more pedestrians on the road, all of whom were heading to Jingzhao Mansion. As the ancient capital of thousands of years, the center of gravity of Shaanxi Road today, Jingzhao Mansion, formerly known as Chang'an, is crowded. Coming out of the mountains and mountains in western Shaanxi, the rich Guanzhong Plain appeared in front of Han Gang's eyes.

The land of Qinchuan is boundless for eight hundred miles, and no matter which direction you look at, it is a flat skyline. Under the snowfields on both sides of the official road, there are tens of millions of fertile fields. Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang all won the world by virtue of this, and they were the foundation of the real emperors.

Walking on the road leading to Jingzhao Mansion, from time to time you pass the pack horses or convoys of several merchants. Merchants value profits over parting, although they have not yet spent the Shangyuan Festival, but the businessmen who are in a hurry leave their wives and children to guard the door of the house early, and they take the goods on the road.

"Wow!" During the march, Li Xiaoliu suddenly pointed ahead and exclaimed, "That mule can really camel things." ”

Han Gang looked at the past from a distance, and in the direction of the road, a small mountain appeared in front of them. Pressed underneath by a hill-like wrap is a mule, and if you don't see the four legs and tail, others will think that it is wrapping itself as walking.

Han Gang and his entourage quickly crossed the mule and galloped past them. He only glanced at it, but was surprised to see that there was still a person sitting in front of the package. Not only had to carry the package, but also had to carry the rider on his back, Han Gang couldn't help but pity the old mule who was swaying and could die on the road at any time, "Alas, I didn't cultivate in my previous life, and I didn't have enough yin virtue, so I couldn't get a good baby!" ’

After crossing the mule, he did not go far before the road was blocked. Han Gang is accustomed to this, which is a local tax card and a sign of crossing the state border. He came all the way and passed through a lot of places. But no matter what kind of tax card he is, he can't be found on the head of an official. The snow on both sides of the road made it inconvenient for them to detour, and the line in front was not long, so Han Gang and Liu Zhongwu waited patiently.

A few tax collectors, plus about 30 native soldiers, searched one by one in front of the tax card. Their task was similar to that of later customs, which was to collect taxes on goods that passed through customs and confiscate contraband. In particular, the smuggled salt from the Qingbai Salt Pond in Western Xia is definitely the most important object of inspection, in addition, wine, tea, alum, and weapons are also strictly prohibited from smuggling, and are listed in the inspection catalog.

The tax collector's inspection, whether it is a pedestrian or an ordinary business traveler, is treated equally, and each package must be opened regardless of size, and the search is very meticulous. A fat merchant with bad luck put more than a dozen cakes of tea in the package, and he was taken out, not to mention the confiscation of things, and a fine of money.

The fat merchant argued in front of the tax collector, and the sound of Shu made it impossible to hear what he was saying, but looking at his unconvinced appearance, these dozen pieces of tea should have been brought by him for his own use or given away. With such a small quantity, it is impossible to sell the goods. But the tax collector issued him a fine for this, but the fat man's head was hot and sweating in the winter.

But the tax collectors don't care. Seeing that the fat man was not convinced, a tax collector with a handful of goatees in the lead pointed at the fat Shu merchant casually, and several native soldiers immediately rushed over. After dividing the fat merchant and his companion into two balls, he threw them in the snow by the roadside. And the three-headed mule carrying silk and satin that the fat Shu merchant was originally carrying was also taken aside.

Just looking at the tax collectors and the native soldiers, it was difficult to hide the joy on their faces, and whether the three mules and the goods on their backs were not collected by the officials, or whether they were privately divided, maybe they had to be considered. As for returning it to the merchants? Han Gang had never heard of such a high level of morality among the soldiers and soldiers.

Han Gang was puzzled, the few tax cards he passed by before were not as strict, that is, the illegal salt and weapons were checked more strictly, and the other contraband was stuffed with a string of big money, and he could wave his hand and let it go. Did the tax collector in Jingzhao Mansion take the wrong medicine, or did he not have the money to celebrate the New Year? It's not the right time!

Han Gang couldn't figure it out, and maybe other business travelers couldn't figure it out either. However, there was a precedent for the fat Shu businessmen, and none of the merchants behind dared to blow up the thorns again, and honestly accepted the inspection. One after another, it was Han Gang and Liu Zhongwu's turn to be the last.

Two tax collectors walked over, the tall and thin one faced Liu Zhongwu, and the short one found Han Gang.

Liu Zhongwu stood tall on the horse, looked up at the sky, and looked at people with his nostrils. His right hand patted him and stepped down the head of the red horse, and snorted coldly: "Look at what horse the Sprinkle family rides?" ”

"What horse?" The tall and thin tax collector also snorted back from his nose, but after he looked at the red horse, he immediately didn't dare to talk nonsense. The Great Song Dynasty lacked horses, especially war horses. A shoulder height of four feet two is qualified, and Liu Zhongwu's beloved horse has a good horse of more than four feet five and a full ten. This is not an ordinary soldier who is qualified to ride, without some identity, who can ride it?

The short tax collector came to Han Gang's horse, and Han Gang also rode on the horse and did not move. His eyes did not look at the tax collector, but at the fat Shu merchant who was trapped in the snow. A fat face that was originally red and purple because of the rope that tightly strangled his body, is now white and blue, and most of his life is gone. There is a look of intake but no breath, no movement, and few breaths.

Han Gang slowly raised his hand, pointed at the fat merchant, and said slowly: "It's enough to let him suffer hardships, don't make trouble!" Chinese New Year, do you want your family to have a good time? ”

Han Gang's voice was flat and bland, but his tone was loud, more majestic than Liu Zhongwu, who was riding a tall horse. The two tax collectors were also very experienced, and they both knew that the two people in front of Lu Dao were not something they could afford to provoke, so they ran back to find a goatee.

As soon as the goatee came, looking at the style of Han Gang and Liu Zhongwu, he knew that he had some identity or a good backstage, but the two of them brought a companion, and no matter how you look at it, they don't look like they have official bodies. And the order he received was given by the top five figures on Shaanxi Road, and he was full of confidence: "I'm sorry for the two, this is a business matter, and the villain doesn't dare to be negligent." The left and right just checked the package, and both of them have identities, so they must not embarrass the villain. ”

Liu Zhongwu didn't speak, and turned to look at Han Gang. With Han Sanguan here, it is not his turn to make a move.

When did these tax collectors become so bold?

Anger gathered on Han Gang's brows, his eyebrows and eyes as sharp as knives were as sharp as lightning in anger, and his voice became softer and softer: "You are loyal to your duties, this official is deeply admired, I will go to see Qian Fujun tomorrow, but I want to praise him twice." Han Gang said, took out the post ticket and official document from his bosom, and flashed it to the tax collectors.

Seeing the two bright red seals, the goatee gasped. It's out of the eye! It's really an official! He swallowed and foamed, and was about to speak, but Han Gang smiled and said, "This official was ordered to enter Beijing, and he only brought these two things. The rest is inconsequential things, and you have to check them. Official...... Well said, well said. ”

The goatee felt a chill in his heart, what Han Gang said was clearly a grudge, he was a small tax collector, how could he withstand the concern of a young official, and hurriedly apologized: "Don't blame the official!" Don't blame the officials! This is also on the order of Chen Xianggong, and it is not a matter of the villain...... In the past, even if the villain had the courage to disturb the officials! ”

Transshipment Chen Xianggong? The transfer envoy is not surnamed Chen, and the deputy transfer envoy is named Chen Yi, and the goatee should be him, but what does this have to do with Chen Yi? Han Gang was puzzled.

The director of the Transshipment Department is in charge of money and food all the way, but in fact, he is a sub-division of civil affairs, and sometimes even has the right to hear cases. For example, in Shaanxi, the economic strategy department in charge of the military has four roads of Qinfeng, Yanyan, Jingyuan, and Huanqing, plus the Yongxing military road centered on Jingzhao Chang'an, a total of five roads, but the transfer division has only one road, which is Shaanxi Road.

According to the regulations of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, the officials of the Lufen Prison, such as the transfer envoy of the Cao Division, the Constitutional Secretary of the Prison Envoy, and the Cang Division's Changping Envoy, must spend half of their time inspecting the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction every year, and when the chief of the Prison Division is not in the yamen, the actual affairs of each department are handled by the deputy envoys who have always remained in the administrative office. In terms of power, there is not much difference between the transfer envoy and the deputy transfer envoy.

It's just that although the status of the deputy envoy for transfer is high, there is still a state and county between Chen Yi and the tax card, how can he bypass the state and county officials and directly meddle in the tax card? Han Gang couldn't figure it out for a while.

The goatee kept bowing to Han Gang and apologized, defending himself, and didn't dare to insist on the search anymore. Anyway, Han Gang is riding a stagecoach, and there is a brand on the back of his hips, and the package hanging behind the saddle is not big, and it is impossible to carry it privately. Who knows what kind of backstage there is behind this young official, and if he is too loyal to his duties, he will harm himself, so he raised his hand and signaled that he would be released.

"If you don't check it, how can you do it?" Han Gang shook his head and said, "The laws of the Great Song Dynasty are all there, how can you violate them lightly, even if you are an official, you can't go beyond the laws of the country." Little Liu, you open all the packages and show them to a few 'officials'! ”

Han Gang didn't give up, his goatee was as pale as dirt, and he was almost about to collapse in fright. Han Gang only showed the official documents and post coupons that he had just shown, and he only saw the big seal clearly, but Han Gang was a clear official, and even the temper of this hateful villain was the same as the officials he had seen.

As the saying goes, it is better to bully ninety-nine, not to bully just to go, a young man like Han Gang, who became an official in his twenties, is either a talented learner and is admitted to the Jinshi early, or he has a good tire and undertakes to make up for it. No matter what it is, if you move it, a lot of relatives and friends will jump out behind you, and you can't afford to provoke it. The goatee has been in the yamen for many years, how can you not know? Even Chen Xianggong didn't want to offend such a person for no reason. He hurriedly led a group of subordinates and knelt down in front of Han Gang to plead guilty.

A group of tax collectors kowtowed in front of Han Gang's horse and begged for mercy, and the voices of guilt were heard endlessly. Liu Zhongwu and Li Xiaoliu were dumbfounded, the magistrate didn't have such a big score when he came, so it was almost the same to have a Zhizhou general judgment.

Han Gang looked at it coldly and didn't speak. It's not that he is unwilling to forgive, it's just that because of Chen Ju and Huang Dama, he doesn't have a good impression of Xu Yan. Now that a few tax collectors have committed themselves, they can't help but feel angry in their hearts. After a long time, he was a little angry in his heart, and then he asked, "What happened?" ”

It can be seen that this time it should be the Shaanxi Transit Division who gave a death order, otherwise which official would have trouble with the officials for the commercial tax to be paid to the imperial court? can get this lucrative position, no one is not a human spirit, and it is easy not to offend people.