Sun Fu said: "Subordinates, remember the teachings of the captain! ”

After careful consideration, Zhao Guohua decided to raise money by collecting public security fees and city entry fees, specifically collecting public security fees from landlords in the countryside, and the proportion of the collection was one-fifteenth of the total income per acre. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For the merchants in the city, the city fee is charged, the proportion is one-eighth of the value of the goods entering the city, and the merchants who do not pay the city fee are not allowed to enter the city for sale. Small merchants and ordinary people who go to the city to buy vegetables and carts to sell pulp are exempt from paying entrance fees.

After the plan was thorough, he flew a pigeon to pass a book to Qinglongzhai, clearly asking the three leaders Lu Qing to find out the number of fields of large and small landlords and rich people in Ji'an Mansion within a month, and asked Qian Wancai, the owner of "Yongxiang Zhai", to provide the number of merchants in Ji'an Mansion and the size of each family, etc., Sun Fu investigated the number of fields of large and small landlords in Yongxin City and the situation of big merchants in Yongxin City.

After receiving the letter, Lu Qing groaned: "Does he want to clean up these people?" ”

Although he didn't quite understand Zhao Guohua's intentions, he also vaguely guessed a little bit of Zhao Guohua's thoughts. He didn't dare to delay, and after discussing with a few leaders, he took a few followers down the mountain to Ji'an Mansion.

A month later, the number of fields and the scale of the number of merchants of the landlords in Ji'an Province and YX County were placed in front of Zhao Guohua. After doing the math, if you collect security fees and entrance fees according to your own methods, you will have an income of nearly one million taels of silver a year.

"Since the Ming court doesn't want this silver, then I'll laugh at it. ......" Zhao Guohua muttered to himself, and collected these confidential materials with a smile on his face.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. He knew that in order to collect these two fees smoothly, he had to pass through the two passes of Meng Zhifu and Song Zhixian, especially the Meng Zhifu pass.

On this morning, he had breakfast, took a few guards, walked out of the station of the joint defense brigade, and rode towards the county seat.

"Captain Zhao, you really can't agree to this request, this is not in line with the rules of the imperial court......" Hearing his request, Song Zhixian shook his head and refused.

He was an upright man, and he would hardly do anything that did not conform to the laws of the imperial court.

Seeing this, Zhao Guohua was not impatient, he took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Lord Song, you are very knowledgeable, please ask me what the sentence 'if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will understand'?" ”

Song Zhong was born in Jinshi, and he has read the Four Books and Five Classics very well, and there are words in the Book of Changes: If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time. The meaning of this sentence refers to the fact that when things are developed to the extreme and exhausted, they must seek change, and after the change, they can be accessible and meet their needs.

"If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to ...... It's just ......" Song Zhong said as he spoke, and it was not good to continue talking.

Seeing his embarrassment, Zhao Guohua changed his tone and said: "My lord, in today's reality, if you want to make achievements, you must change things......

Under Zhao Guohua's facts and reasoning, Song Zhong reluctantly agreed to Zhao Guohua's request to appropriately collect security fees and city entry fees.

As the saying goes: there is no eternal friendship without eternal benefits alone.

In order to make him completely fall to himself, Zhao Guohua dropped a bombshell, and he promised to take out 60,000 taels of silver every year in the security fee and the city entrance fee to YX County as tax silver.

Sure enough, this bombshell suddenly exploded the defense line in Song Zhixian's heart, and he agreed with a happy face to Zhao Guohua's collection of security fees and city entrance fees in YX County, but asked him to pay attention to the method and not to make trouble.

In the same way, under the condition that Zhao Guohua promised to hand over 180,000 taels of silver to Ji'an Prefecture every year, the prefect Meng Liangchen also happily agreed to his request to collect security fees and city entry fees in the areas under the jurisdiction of Ji'an Prefecture.

This morning, the sun had just risen over the mountain, and it was shrouded in a bright red morning glow, and the sun shone down through the cracks in the clouds, like countless dragons spitting golden waterfalls.

In the sound of "squeak and rattle", the four officers and soldiers guarding the city gate slowly pushed the heavy and old city gate open, and eight joint defense team members came in a line, holding long sticks that were half black and half red and stood straight on both sides of the city gate.

"Brothers, today is the first day of collecting the entrance fee, everyone be careful, don't let go of any carriage that carries goods into the city, and whoever dares not to pay it, let me clean him up." Cheng Chong said loudly. In order to start the first shot, Zhao Guohua specially sent Cheng Chong over, this kid dares to fight, and he is Zhao Guohua's confidant.

"Captain, don't worry, as long as you say who to beat, we will beat whom, and we will see who dares not to pay the entrance fee." Several security guards with long guns in their hands and a short red wooden stick on their waists stood outside the city gate and watched the flow of people entering the city.

Some people who went into the city to buy things heard this and knew that there was a good show to watch today, so they stopped leaving for the time being, and stood outside the city gate and waited to see the excitement.

"Squeak and squeak...... Squeak and quack...... "A convoy of rice and flour slowly approached the city gate, a total of fifteen carts, each with two people sitting on it, one was the driver of the car, and the other was the man of the grain store.

"Parking! Pay the money! "Two members of the joint defense team stopped the car that hit the head.

A guy in a short coat and a turban jumped out of the car at the head, and he said with a big grin: "Pay the money? What do you pay? ”

"Entrance fee! From today onwards, the convoy of all shops that enter the city to deliver goods will pay a fee of one-eighth of the value of the goods pulled, and those who do not pay will not be allowed to enter the city. One of the joint defense team members said loudly.

"One-eighth of the value of the goods? So much, why don't you grab it? Said the guy in a short shirt and a turban.

The team member laughed: "I'm cowardly, I don't dare to rob!" ”。

"Hahahaha......" The people around laughed.

"You? ......" said the grain guy, raising his hand to hit the joint defense team who was talking, but he didn't dare.

Looking at the joint defense team members standing at the city gate, he stomped his foot fiercely, and ran to Wu Wen, the second steward of the grain store sitting in the carriage behind, lowered his head and muttered in his ear, Wu Wen listened with a black face and looked at the city gate. Wu Wen is fifty years old this year, with a short figure, a long round head and a round head, hanging eyelids, a nose facing the sky, and sparse eyebrows, looking funny.

After listening to the guy's report, Wu Zhong thought for a while, then stretched his legs, jumped out of the carriage, walked in front of the joint defense team members with two small short legs.

glanced at them, nodded and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, it turned out to be the brother of the joint defense team, and Wu Wen, the second manager of Hongsheng Rice Bank, is very happy to meet a few brothers, so let's not embarrass a few brothers, let's pay five taels of silver to enter the city." Come on, pay ......"

"Slow! ......" Cheng Chong walked over.

"Who are you? ......" The second steward Wu Wen looked at Cheng Chong and asked suspiciously.

"On the next stroke, a squadron leader of the joint defense brigade. This month's city gate officer. Cheng Chong arched his hand and said.

The second steward, Wu Wen, said with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be Captain Cheng, I have been looking up for a long time!" ”

"Don't dare! The second steward is polite. Cheng Chong said lukewarmly

Seeing that Cheng Chong didn't buy it, Wu Wen's eyes rolled and he hurriedly said, "Captain Cheng, look, let's go over there and calculate how much we should pay to enter the city." After speaking, he squeezed his eyes at Cheng Chong.

Cheng Chong understood what he meant, so he said loudly: "Steward Wu, you don't have to bother, take out your purchase list and calculate it to know how much to pay to enter the city, see there is a bookstore over there, he will calculate with you, not more than you." ”

Looking at this formation, Wu Wen knew that he couldn't mix it up today.

Today he hauled a thousand taels of rice and flour, and if he had paid the entrance fee at the rate of one-eighth, he would have to pay one hundred and twenty-five taels of silver.

If he paid this one hundred and twenty-five taels of silver, the proprietor could not spare him, and if he did not pay, he would not be able to enter the city.

After thinking about it, Wu Wen had to say: "Brothers, look, this goods is not mine, and I can't be the master, I will send someone to talk to the owner to see what he says, can I?" ”

Glancing at him, Cheng Chong said: "Yes, but the time limit for one pillar of incense, if it is not outdated, a late fee of fifteen taels of silver will be charged, and now pull the convoy to the side of the city gate, don't block the way." ”

"What does this late fee mean?" The second steward, Wu Wen, blinked his eyes and asked puzzledly.

"Late fees are penalties for late payment of city fees." After Cheng Chong finished speaking, he didn't even look at Wu Wen, so he shouted loudly: "Light incense, timer!" ”

"Huh? …… Go and call the owner to come ......," Wu Wen shouted loudly to a grain store guy.

The grain guy flew into the city.

"Hongsheng Rice Travel" is the largest rice shop in YX County, the boss is called Liu Wanshi, forty-three years old this year, and his uncle Liu Neng is the official of the Beijing Division. Relying on his uncle's power, he fought in and out, and the people called him Liu Wan to death behind his back. Liu Wanshi hugged the ninth concubine Zhao Hongyan to sleep and didn't get up yet, Zhao Hongyan was born in Qinglou, twenty-five years old this year, with a delicate demeanor and **** temperament, and was very favored by Liu Wanshi.

"******** joint defense team, dare to block Lao Tzu's convoy, it's really bold, copy guys, follow Lao Tzu and I will fight these **** ......" Liu Wanshi angrily ordered while getting out of bed and getting dressed.

He was burly and mighty, very large, with a slender pockmarked face, his facial features shifted, his eyebrows raised and his eyes glaring, full of fierce expressions. His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and a vicious smile appeared on his face.

Liu Wanshi is a person who is used to being rampant, even if the county officials catch him soon, they have to take a detour.

"Let's go, go with Lao Tzu to beat people......" he shouted, thirty or forty evil slaves arrived in response, and walked towards the city gate with sticks and sticks.

"Kaga Gaga ......" Liu Wanshi saw it and smiled proudly.