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Lin Feng easily repelled the trough gang water ban boat, and the boatman then said that he had encountered, in order to be able to make a living on this waterway, he had to pay a certain boat fare every month, and if he paid late, he would inevitably be abused and even beaten, these boatmen had long hated these people, some people went to the government to complain, and they did not wait for the official government to come to the government, but they were the sticks of the trough gang thieves, and it was clear that they were colluding with each other, and no one dared to make trouble from now on, even if they suffered a loss, they could only endure it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Little brother, did you walk through the grain of the imperial court here half a year ago?"

"Walking by, I get annoyed when I think about it."

The boatman held the boat steadily, he was angry at this time, he had a good impression of Lin Feng and these people, it was simple to deal with these thieves who asked for benefits on the water, if he couldn't dig out the support behind his back, more people would suffer in the future.

"Little brother, if you have any grievances, just say it, maybe we can help you."

The boatman shook his head, "It's over, I don't dare to ask for too much, I just want to feel happy." As the boatman said this, he slowly stood up, and his whole body fell into memory.

Bang bang, the door panel was knocked violently, the boatman staggered out of it, only wearing a shabby coat, and was startled when he pushed the door open, there were three people standing in front of the door, carrying torches in their hands, and they didn't recognize, "How many, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"You're aquatic?"

Shui Sheng nodded repeatedly, "It's me." ”

"The government wants to requisition your ship, come with us now."

"Aquatic, what's the matter?" There was a sound of the aquatic lady asking inside, and the sound of slippering and walking, most of them were worried that something was wrong, so they came out to take a look.

"Mother, it's okay, someone wants to use the boat, don't come back for a few days." Aquatic clothes are put on and go out, the village guards the water, most of them live on the water, they come to fish, and they are busy with boats to pick up guests, which is not rich, at least they can eat and dress warmly.

"At that time, there were more than a dozen boats in the village, and they were busy for a month, carrying grain back and forth on the water every day."

"Are you sure it's autumn grain confiscated by the government?" Lin Feng interrupted the aquatic thoughts.

Shui Sheng nodded, "It should be, every year at this time, someone's ship will be requisitioned to transport grain, but I didn't expect that this year the scale will be so large, not only during the day, but also at night." ”

"Night!"

Shui Sheng nodded, "Hardly stopped." ”

"The fields in Taiping Mansion are not harvested, and the Holy Lord has ordered a reduction or exemption of grain taxes, according to common sense, this year's grain transportation is only a little less, if it is really like what the little brother said, wouldn't it be more than every year!" Qi Tai was extremely familiar with the imperial decrees, and when he heard Shui Sheng mention the strange scene of transporting autumn grain, he couldn't help frowning.

"At least twice as much."

"Double!"

At this moment, it is completely amazing, the grain tax of Taiping Mansion is enough to have millions of stones a year, if it is doubled, where does that much grain come from, don't forget, there is also a part of the imperial court reduction and exemption, if what Shui Sheng said is the truth, this alone will have millions of stone grain in and out.

"Anything else?"

Shui Sheng said: "I heard that there is still water foot money, but none of us have made any of them, so we can only consider ourselves unlucky." ”

Lin Feng knew the matter of water foot money, and he had heard Tang Lin say that when the autumn grain was paid, it was necessary to use a boat to transport it, and the expenses incurred were completely counted on the people, not only the water feet but also several other kinds, which were completely private to take the opportunity to ask for money.

"Brother Shuisheng, if you want to confront the government in court, do you dare to say these words?"

"No, it's not that Shui Sheng is timid, it's just that there are old mothers, wives and children at home, and if you offend these people, you will all suffer, and Shui Sheng advises you, the water here is very deep, and if you don't get it, you have to plant yourself in it." While speaking, the boat docked, and the people on several other boats jumped off from it one after another, walking directly in the direction of the boat where Lin Feng and the others were.

"Thanks, Brother Aquatic."

"It's too much, and the aquatic can't ask for it." Lin Feng took out a piece of silver, which was ten taels, and he could collect a maximum of one tael of silver for a trip to the water, even if there were many people, it would not exceed two taels, how could he take so many people, not to mention a good official who came to help the poor.

"Take it and buy a new dress for your child." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he stuffed it into Shui Sheng's hand, and he didn't have any complaints about Shui Sheng's fear at that moment, after all, this time he was facing the murderous trough gang, and there was the power of the government behind him, Shui Sheng was different from himself, and his family had children to feed.

"Master Xie."

The boat stopped, Zhu Yunwen was escorted down from the boat, and after some tossing, he saw that the sky was about to get dark, "Aquatic, is there a place to stay here?" ”

Shui Sheng shook his head, "Taiping Mansion is three days' walk from here, and even the nearest county seat will take two days to get there." ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to sleep in the wilderness again tonight."

"That's all there is to it."

The aquatic said hello and took the boat back, and at night, it was inconvenient to sail on the water, and what happened today must have become the topic of the boatman, and one person repelled the whole trough gang big boat, and there were at least one or twenty fierce thugs on it.

The water and mountains are connected, the fire is bright, there are three rows of wooden houses halfway up the mountain, a bonfire is raised in the middle, and several large ships are parked on the shore, which is where the camp of the trough gang is located.

"Little Four-Eyed, why haven't you come back yet!" The leader asked, putting down his glass.

There were more than a dozen people sitting next to the fire, all of them were the leaders of the place, and the little four-eyed mentioned in his mouth was the one who went to the water to issue a ban, because the eyes were small, and there were two pieces of fetal blue above the eyelids, so with this nickname, he was just an errand runner in the trough gang.

"Big brother, don't worry, in this area, whoever sees the big ship of our trough gang must not walk around respectfully."

"What I'm saying is, as long as the name of the big brother is revealed, which one is not scared of the little girls."

The thieves touted for a while, and the person at the head was all right, this person had some background, he was originally just the leader of the horse thieves in the Taiping Mansion, killing people and doing all kinds of evil, and he didn't want to become a person from the government.

"Drink wine and eat meat."

Under the firelight, the figures of the thieves walked back and forth, completely unaware of what was happening on the water, a big ship approached quickly, everyone on board was embarrassed, one squinted his eyes and spat at the foam, "See what the big boss says, you know!" ”

"Yes, yes."

"Okay."

As the big boat approached, the outer patrol disciples found the traces of the big boat, and trotted all the way up, "Helper, helper, the big ship is back." ”

"It's back!"

Everyone got up one after another, standing halfway up the mountain, they could vaguely see the figure swaying on the water, and the person at the head stepped forward, "Little Four-eyed, what are you doing, even if you want to come back, you should always leave some people there to watch." ”

"Let's go down and have a look."

The torches were raised, and the thieves went down the mountainside, and the big boat slowly approached the shore, and some people took ropes and threw them on them, and quickly wrapped them around the boulders at the water's edge, so that the wind would not blow the boat away.

"Helper, helper."

Everyone went down the mountain, and several people ran quickly to the front, the torches approached, and all of them had blue noses and swollen faces, "Damn, what's going on?" ”

Xiao Siyan cried with a handful of snot and tears: "This time I encountered trouble, a group of people came to the water, and I didn't give the gang leader face at all, I persuaded me with good words, I didn't want to come up and fight, or no matter who it was, it wouldn't work if it was in the way." ”

"How many of them are there?"

"Thirty or forty."

Xiao Siyan stretched out three fingers, along the way has been explained, once someone asked, said that the other party has thirty or forty people, so it suffered a big loss, if it is known that it was beaten away by a person, the loss of face is small, according to the temper of the leader, everyone will be whipped.

"Have you asked what the reason is?" The person at the head frowned after hearing this, someone had just come from above, blockading along the way, once a large group of people were found, especially those in carriages, richly dressed people immediately came to report, although they did not say it clearly, but from the tone and expression of the other party, it can be judged that these people must be not small.

Xiao Siyan shook his head again and again, "Those people are too arrogant, they will fight when they come up before I ask, but they all have guys on them, and they don't sound like locals with accents." ”

"Could it be that those people have already arrived?"

"Helper, who are you referring to?" Xiao Siyan couldn't help but ask with his head close to him.

"Lao Tzu doesn't know, if it's really those people, your kid didn't suffer in vain this beating, take his brothers down to treat his injuries first, and then take revenge after figuring it out." The leader shook the ghost-headed broadsword in his hand.

"Listen to the eldest brother, dare to move our brothers, I'm afraid it's too long."