Since the Qing army slaughtered Gaoyao County four years ago, this Gaoyao County has never been able to restore its former population and prosperity, and today, the county has only five or six thousand people, which is still the light of the close proximity to Zhaoqing Mansion, otherwise, I am afraid that this will be the same as many counties in western Guangdong or an empty city.

also thanks to the blessing of the Qing soldiers, now Gaoyao County so that Qin Ming does not have to worry about the annual tax, because the household department transferred Gaoyao County from the upper county of the Ming Dynasty to the inferior county, last year when Li Dingguo of the Southern Ming Dynasty entered the Kou, the imperial court issued an order to exempt the Ming army from paying taxes for three years, counting, it is only less than two years, and there is still one year to pay taxes.

There is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court, this county order is naturally comfortable, and there is a lot of money that can be made in private, the people, the imperial court is sympathetic to you, but you also have to be sympathetic to the county. Upward, seventy percent of the county's Dingkou is bitter, but downward, there are still thirty percent of the rest! These three percent of the court can't look down on it, but I can see it, sir, is it easy for me to come all the way to your southern barbarian place to be an official! If you don't, I will be considerate of you, sir!

The county seat of Gaoyao is not large, unlike the four gates of Fucheng, but only two gates of east and west. There are green battalion soldiers stationed at the east gate, and the people dare not be neighbors with the battalion soldiers, so they consciously live in the west city, and only those big families who have a relationship with the battalion soldiers or have someone in the family who is an official dare to live in the east city.

The county government is also in Dongcheng, that is, the original county government of the Ming Dynasty, dilapidated and dilapidated, look at the situation, at least 50 years have not been repaired, Qin County Ling was so angry that he scolded the predecessors of the Ming Dynasty magistrates: What do you eat, the yamen is broken like this, you are repairing it!

Yes, if you don't repair it, you won't repair it, and if you fix it, you may not be able to let the lord and me live for a lifetime, what will you do after you are cheap, or take advantage of the county's tax exemption for one year to get more money, and go to the governor's palace and the palace next year to do more, how can you change places to be officials

If there are people, there will be a commercial existence.

No matter how few people are in Gaoyao County, there are always thousands of Dingkou, plus the old and weak, it is also a population of tens of thousands, and the city is not far away, there are still merchants who come and go, so there are two restaurants in the city, but they are located in Xicheng, Pingli does some business of neighbors and foreign merchants, although the business is bleak, and often encounters the battalions of Dongcheng to come to eat the overlord meal, but no matter how bleak it is, it can barely be maintained. Sometimes when you meet a reasonable battalion soldier, you don't don't don't give money, but you can always give some more or less, so that you will naturally not close the door at a loss. They don't know that this battalion also has brains, because if they don't give money, this restaurant will naturally not be able to open, and without the restaurant, where will they eat and drink? Are the meals in the camp eaten by the people? So no matter how much money you have to give people, otherwise, everyone will be unlucky.

On this day, the guys of the Four Seas Restaurant just wiped the tables and benches clean, and when they opened the door and prepared to do business, they saw a large group of green battalion soldiers suddenly coming on the street. When did the county come to help the provincial soldiers?

Those soldiers from other provinces seemed to have just entered the city, and they were not familiar with the city, so they finally found a restaurant, and immediately rushed over with a cheerful shouting like a hungry dog seeing a piece of fat.

"Bring up all the delicious food and drink, hurry up your hands and feet, slow down the master with a knife and tell you to hurry!"

After those soldiers with provincial accents entered the store, they sat down in groups, patted the table and shouted for the guys to bring good wine and food. Looking down from the upstairs window, there was a black oppression, blocking a small street, like rushing to a temple fair, no less than hundreds of people.

The guys were frightened by this group of provincial soldiers who broke in, and looked at the long knives and spears on the table, and they were all dumbfounded, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to move.

The shopkeeper has finally seen the world, and as soon as he heard the accents of these provincial soldiers, he knew that it was bad: my good man, isn't this the accent of Liaodong! Could it be that these soldiers are not green battalions but flag soldiers?

Gao Yao is only a few dozen miles away from Zhaoqing Mansion City, and the shopkeeper often goes to the mansion to do business, and the provincial capital also often goes, but he has never seen the strength of the flag soldiers, and he has heard of it, so he knows that these flag soldiers can not be offended, and he is busy telling the stupid guys to hurry to the back kitchen to bring up the wine and food.

The fat lady of the shopkeeper didn't know how powerful the flag soldiers were, so she looked at it stupidly, and the frightened shopkeeper quickly pulled her aside, waved her hand again and again, and signaled her to hurry to the backyard to hide

It's really a guess to the shopkeeper, these soldiers from other provinces are really flag soldiers from Liaodong, and the Han army under the command of the prince of Jingnan is inlaid with blue flag soldiers.

These Han soldiers did not dare to be presumptuous in the provincial capital, because there were many eyes staring at it, and the princes were also afraid that the court would blame them, so they controlled them tightly, and they did not dare to be arrogant on weekdays. But out of the provincial capital, these Han soldiers immediately became masters, very horizontal, no one dared to offend them, no one dared to provoke them, and no one dared to care about them. After driving dozens of miles, it was not easy to touch this Gaoyao County, how could the Han army be unhappy.

Seeing this group of flag soldiers eating and drinking in their own store, the shopkeeper was really painful, but he didn't have a place to complain, and he always had a smile on his face, so as not to be beaten up by a drunk flag soldier uncle, it was really a loss for wine and food.

In this situation, the guests on the opposite side of the restaurant are similar, and if someone dares to break in, they think that they are entering the same house, because they see soldiers who eat meat and drink in large bowls, as well as stunned guys and shopkeepers with painful faces

The two restaurants here were harmed by the Han army with blue flags, and the pedestrians and other shops on the street did not escape their scourge.

"Stop, stop for Lao Tzu!"

"Officers and soldiers catch thieves, and dare to run!"

The banner soldiers who were intent on blackmailing the people and making some money shouted loudly along the streets, and they didn't pay attention to the Gaoyao county officials who came to hear the news. Those officials are also very ghostly, knowing that they can't afford to provoke this group of flag soldiers, who is willing to come, they all hide from a distance and watch, and from time to time send people back to report what they see to the county honor. When Qin Ming, the magistrate of the county over there, heard that the flag soldiers had come, he was also frightened and panicked, and sent someone to the county's garrison green camp to inquire about the situation, but the news he got was that the county's garrison commander was leading the flag soldiers to Xicheng.

It's over, it's over!

Qin Ming didn't have to think about it to know what those people were trying to do, and the people below asked him what to do, what could he do? Blasted everyone out, and then hid in the back without asking anything.

Don't ask about gossip, don't ask gossip

So many soldiers from other provinces poured in at once, but the people in Gaoyao City were frightened, and they originally thought that these soldiers from other provinces were just passing by Gaoyao, but with the shouts of "officers and soldiers catching thieves", the people couldn't turn around and knew what these soldiers were going to do.

Those who were turning fast on the street immediately slipped away quietly, or hid in the shops on both sides of the street, but those who were turning slower were not so lucky, and those provincial soldiers who were still calling "officers and soldiers catch thieves" suddenly stopped, and then pulled their faces one by one, pulled out long knives from their waists, and two or three gangs began to act. Those who hid thought they could dodge, but the flag soldiers directly broke into the house and did not let go of anything. The unarmed and frightened people were unscrupulously blackmailed by the prepared blue-flag-covered Han army.

"Why does this cocoon in your hand look like it's holding a knife!"

"Master Jun, wronged, wronged, the villain farms the land, not the one who holds the knife"

"Isn't it?! Damn, that's what Lao Tzu eats, can he still wronged you? Dog, not honest, I see that you are impatient! ”

"The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life"

"Do you have any money with you?"

"No... Nope..."

"Brothers, this person is a spy of the Ming army, take it!"

"Don't... Military master, the villain has silver, there is silver! ”

"Count you kid acquaintance, get out!"

“”

The city is full of fierce and vicious Han troops with blue flags, and the city is full of chickens and dogs. From time to time, there were also screams of women and children, as well as the sound of "plopping, plopping" kicking the door, and the sound of pots and pans falling down was even more undulating with each other.

But all individuals, whether they are residents of the city, or who come to do business, or who are visiting relatives and passing by, without exception, as long as they are seen by the Han military banner, they will be immediately arrested and intimidated, and they will not want to hide without giving money.

A businessman who came from Zhaoqing Mansion happened to pass through Gaoyao with his buddies, and he wanted to go into the city for dinner, but he was unlucky, as soon as he entered the city with his front foot, the Han military flag came on the back foot.

At first, the merchant didn't think that anything would happen, after all, it was the officials and soldiers who entered the city, and they were not bandits, so there was nothing to be afraid of. But when those Han banners began to extort all over the city, the merchant was immediately frightened and overwhelmed, because he had several silver tickets in his pocket, and if he was searched by these bannermen, he would lose all his money.

The man saw that there were officers and soldiers everywhere arresting people, and his legs were shaking a little in fright, and the master and servant thought about leaving here quickly, but when they were about to flee, they saw a leader leading several soldiers who had already run towards them.

"Stop!"

The master and servant were startled, and when they saw each other's eyes sweeping over them, the merchant knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Jun, I don't know what happened to stop Xiaomin?" ”

The leader asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Back to the military master, Xiaomin is here to visit relatives." The businessman didn't dare to tell the truth, he knew that as long as he said that he was a businessman, then he would be unlucky today.

"Visiting relatives?"

Na Zuo Ling didn't believe it, grinned, and scolded: "Since we are here to visit relatives, why do you hide when you see us?" ”

You are all over the street knocking money, can I not run? The merchant scolded secretly, but said in his mouth: "The military master misunderstood, where is the Xiaomin hiding from the military master, Xiaomin is just about to leave." ”

When Na Zuo Ling heard him say this, he couldn't help but sneer "hehe", and said angrily: "Really? ”

"Yes, yes..."

Seeing that Zuo Ling's face was not good, the merchant had a sudden shock in his heart, and he couldn't wait to leave immediately. said worriedly: "This military master, the villain's master and servant have always been law-abiding, and the military masters are busy arresting thieves, so the little people will not delay the military master's errand." After speaking, he yelled at the guy: "What are you still doing in a daze, don't you make way for the military master soon!" ”

When the guy heard this, he hurriedly dodged and got out of the way, but Na Zuo Ling and a few of his subordinates laughed, and a flag soldier blocked in front of the master and servant, and said with a strange smile: "Want to go?" No way! ”

Na Zuo Ling turned his face even darker, and shouted: "Tie up!" ”

The merchant was shocked, and the man was also frightened. The flag-bearers had already prepared ropes, and they couldn't help but say that they were going to tie up the master and servant.

The merchant was so frightened that he desperately moved, and the two bannermen who tied him up cursed angrily: "Don't move! Dare to move again, I want you to look good! ”

The merchant begged bitterly: "The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life"

Na Zuo Ling "hummed" and said: "It's okay to spare your life, but it depends on whether you know each other or not." So saying, he put his hand into the merchant's bosom.

He has all his belongings in his arms, and if he asks them to copy them, how can his family live! The merchant was in a hurry, and he didn't know where he got the strength, so he broke free from the two soldiers who were pressing his banner, and was about to run, but he suddenly felt a cold on his neck, and a long knife was already on his neck.

When the guy saw it, he screamed "Ah", rolled his eyes, and fainted, so frightened that the two flag soldiers who wanted to tie him up thought they were dead.

Na Zuo Ling bent down to probe the guy's nose, and found that he was still breathing, so he couldn't help but spit out angrily, straightened up and glanced at the merchant angrily, and scolded: "I want to run!" Fuck, toast and don't eat and drink, I'm tired of seeing you live! Bloodletting, brethren, this blind fellow! ”

"Great!"

The flag-bearers were the best at falsely intimidating and pretending to be powerful, and one of the bannermen stepped forward and moved his wrist, and suddenly, the tip of the knife moved slightly against the merchant's neck.

The merchant only felt a pain in his neck, and only said that he was going to have his head cut off, and he was shocked that the six gods had no master. Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, money and things outside the body, don't bring it in life, don't take it in death, if your life is gone, what else do you need to do with silver!

The merchant stomped his foot and begged for mercy with a crying voice: "Don't kill the little people, don't kill the little people, don't kill the little people, the little people have silver, the little people have silver!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Na Zuo Ling and his subordinates suddenly showed ecstatic expressions.

"Fuck, if you got acquainted earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer from this flesh and skin!" While saying cool words, Na Zuo Ling touched the merchant's waist, "Where is the silver?" ”

"In the arms of the small people"

After the merchant finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his body was about to collapse down. Nasa Ling hurriedly called his men to hold him, and reached out to touch him into his arms. At this time, there was a shout of killing in his ears. Sounds come from far and near.

Do the people dare to resist?