Funiu Mountain is located at the junction of Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, there are nearly 100 miles of road from Fangshan, and more than 30 miles from north to south, not only the terrain is dangerous, but also the fish and dragons are mixed. There are more than 10 groups of large and small thieves in it, each of whom is a village and does not belong to each other.

Regarding Fan Jinyan's choice, Li Yang was very puzzled, "Isn't there a village in Ningguo Mansion?" It's close, why run so far? And the situation inside is still so complicated, we will suffer a dark loss if we are not careful. ”

"Not bad." Li Yang can think of this, which shows that he is not stupid, but he is not stable, Fan Jinyan nodded secretly, "Ning Guofu is indeed close, but the strength of that gang of bandits is too strong, with us now, we are undoubtedly hitting stones with eggs." On the contrary, although Funiu Mountain is mixed, it is suitable for us to pick up leaks. Moreover, we can also cause trouble to the east, let them think that the gang of thieves in Ningguo Mansion are going to attack them, and let them mess up first. ”

After speaking, Fan Jinyan turned his head to look at Yang Zi, who was studying the map, "Yang Zi, you pick a few clever brothers to inquire about the details of those bandits in Ningguo Mansion and Funiu Mountain first, and ask them to remember, even if they can't inquire about anything, don't startle the snake and expose us." ”

"Don't worry, boss, I'll tell you personally." Yang Zi nodded in obedience.

Fan Jinyan nodded, and said to the four of them with a serious expression: "This is our first battle since the establishment of the village, and we are facing some old green forests that are deeply rooted in the local area. Therefore, we must be cautious this time, not only not to attract the attention of forces outside Funiu Mountain, but also to do a good job. Before receiving the message, the training is business as usual, let's disperse! ”

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Nanjing City is also known as Ying Tianfu, the ancient capital of ten dynasties, and now it is the capital of the Ming Dynasty again, the circumference of the outer Guo city is more than 60 miles, and the city is nearly four zhang high. In ancient times, it was definitely a huge city.

For the Ming Dynasty, moving the capital to Nanjing was undoubtedly a great shame, and it also indicated that they had completely lost the land north of the Yangtze River. But for the common people, except for the heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, they didn't get anything, so it doesn't matter who you are the emperor, the Ming Dynasty will not perish.

Since the beginning of Hong Wuye, the Ming Dynasty classified businessmen as lowly status, and let your family have a lot of wealth, and you are not allowed to wear silk and satin. But on the other hand, it was very lenient for merchants, and the taxes were so low compared to the landed landlords that they did not even have to pay taxes. This invisibly developed the commercial economy of the Ming Dynasty. However, all this has nothing to do with the country.

With Chongzhen's move south, the imperial court finally realized the crux of the problem and raised the social status of the merchants, but also increased the taxes of the merchants. In the early Ming Dynasty, the merchant tax was 60 taxes and 1, and in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it reached 100 taxes. Yesterday, Emperor Chongzhen decreed that the future commercial tax would be increased to twenty taxes, and the tax would be increased fivefold in one night.

Fan Jinyan and Liang Xiangru sat in a horse-drawn carriage rented in Banpo Town and rushed all the way to Nanjing City, only to find that they were 'stuck in traffic'.

For a modern person, it is not surprising to see a traffic jam, but it also has to be divided into what era.

"When did Da Ming become so?"

Fan Jinyan looked at the endless traffic and said in surprise.

The one who drove the car was a short and thin old man, and after hearing Fan Jinyan's words, he took over the conversation and said, "I don't usually see such congestion, maybe something happened in front!" ”

Fan Jinyan also felt that it shouldn't be so blocked, so he picked up his baggage and beckoned Liang Xiangru to get out of the car and walk into the city.

Along the way, there were no longer a few people who had the same idea as him, and many people got off the aisle.

The closer they got to the city gate, the more congested they became, and Fan Jinyan and his family squeezed in after losing their old strength.

Sure enough, some people quarreled with the officers and soldiers at the city gate, and their carriage was blocked at the city gate.

"Dog, I've put my words here, if you don't make it clear today, no one will pass it today." The arrogant speech was a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, and I saw him sitting in the carriage, pointing at several officers and soldiers below with a high-spirited posture and scolding.

"Master. You've got the little ones around! This emperor wants to raise taxes, how dare our brothers disobey! You have a lot of adults, so don't be embarrassed about them. The person who spoke looked dressed like a hundred household officials, and at this time he still had half an official authority, and his dark and rough face squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and he waved at the people in the carriage again and again, almost begging to be careful.

From the morning to now, he doesn't know how much he has been scolded, and the good-tempered ones are gone, and the bad-tempered ones are like the one in front of him, endlessly. But the most important thing in the capital is dignitaries, and he can't afford to offend these domestic slaves who drive cars.

In fact, most of these carriages into the city were bought and sold by dignitaries and dignitaries on their own property, and the emperor's sudden tax increase was undoubtedly on the opposite side of the entire ruling class.

The brocade-robed man in the carriage was obviously emboldened by the forces behind him, "Less nonsense, why don't I know about the emperor's tax increase?" It must be your dog who raises taxes indiscriminately, what's the matter, bullying our grandfather is old, and he can't cure you! ”

"Ouch, my master, even if you are small, you don't dare to go against Grandpa Xu! It's really hard to disobey the emperor's order! Don't be embarrassed, brothers. The hundred household officials hurriedly waved their hands, and they almost didn't kneel and kowtow to the man.

As soon as Fan Jinyan heard them talk about Grandpa Xu, he guessed that it should be the Duke of Wei, the descendant of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan. Throughout the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, few people really dared to fight against their family.

At this time, a few men who rode tall horses and wore flying fish robes came out of the city, headed by officials from more than a thousand households, and hugged their fists at the people in the carriage and said: "This must be the brother of the Duke of Wei, Yang Yong, who is in the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, under the order of the commander to make the adult, please invite the brother into the city in front, we can come in and talk about it, after all, it is so blocked, it will damage the face of the grandfather." ”

These words are not only a step for Wei Guogong's people, but also have a hint of warning.

The man in the carriage obviously understood what Jinyiwei meant, and hugged his fists and said: "That brother is Lord Xie Qianhu, I will definitely report to my grandfather truthfully about today's events, and I believe that my grandfather will definitely come to visit." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the hundred household officials who were wiping his sweat, and snorted from his snort before beckoning the carriage into the city.

With Jinyiwei personally in charge, although there are also many family members of noble and high-ranking officials behind, they know that they can't get along with the Duke of Wei After all, they have honestly paid five times more taxes than usual.

Fan Jinyan and the two of them also paid nearly five dollars of silver in taxes when they entered the city, which really gave him a start, judging from the experience of buying meat last time, five dollars of silver can buy ten catties of meat, is Chongzhen poor and crazy?

After entering the city, I saw a short figure shuttling through the flow of people, shouting, "Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper, the emperor will ...... the decree"

If Chongzhen is not a traverser, then there must be a traverser by his side, or even more than one.