On the same day that Han Kuangsi conquered Shizhou, Zhao Sang led 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to Dongguan Town on the edge of the Yellow River. In this section of the Yellow River, it runs north-south, with Dongguan Town on the east bank and Fuzhou City on the west bank.

Fuzhou was not an important city during the Five Dynasties, and although it could prevent northern nomads from attacking the western capital of Chang'an along the Yellow River, there were no nomads in history who were able to row on the rushing Yellow River and travel thousands of miles in the Yellow River. For the Central Plains regime, Fuzhou was not of much military use, but was only one of the branches of the Silk Road, a small city for passing merchants to rest and eat.

From Fuzhou past, along a wide valley continue westward, less than 200 miles is Linzhou, to Linzhou even if out of the mountains, in front of the endless prairie, there is the territory of Li Yiyin, the envoy of the difficult army.

In this sense, Fuzhou is actually a gateway for the Dingyan Army to defend against the invasion of the Central Plains regime!

This is also the reason why Fuzhou was built on the west bank of the Yellow River, but Fuzhou and Linzhou are on the map of the imperial court, but they belong to the Hexi region, and theoretically belong to the jurisdiction of the Zhenwu Jiedu envoy, which does not know which ancestor left the wisdom!

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, and Fuzhou and Linzhou have been isolated in the depths of the mountains, far from the political center, and they have naturally been controlled by the nearest big warlords.

Of course, the new Zhenwu recruited Zhao Ping from all sides.

Dongguan Town, on the east bank of the Yellow River, is just a small town.

Dongguan Town is very small, with only 100 cavalry and more than 300 residents, and there is no city wall. When the cavalry of the 3,000 Zhenwu Army rushed in, the quiet town suddenly shouted and neighed, the stench was stinking, the dust was billowing, and the sound of horses' hooves was startling. The cavalry of the Zhenwu Army didn't even look at the 100 cavalry of the Dingyan Army, so they surrounded the entire town with a hula.

Everyone, including the soldiers of the Martyr's Army, was herded into the small square in the center of the town.

No one dared to resist! Nor did any resistance take place!

All the Dingyan troops dismounted, laid down their weapons, and walked to the small square empty-handed, and the captain of the Dingyan army was carried out.

"Who are you?"

"We are a difficult army!"

"Did you pay your taxes?"

"Pay taxes?"

"Nonsense, the Dingyan Army ran to the place of the Zhenwu Army to wander around, don't you have to pay taxes?"

The captain of the Dingyan Army was flushed, and he didn't know how to answer.

"No money!" The squad leader of the Dingyan Army still wants to be tough.

"No money? Strip them of their clothes and throw them into the river! ”

I couldn't help but say, and with an order, the foot soldiers of the Zhenwu Army rushed up, pressed the hundred soldiers of the Dingyan Army to the ground, stripped them naked, and tied their hands behind their backs.

The weather in the mountains was very cold, and it was just over October at this time, and the temperature had dropped to only about ten degrees.

At this time, the oldest old guy in Dongguan Town ran out, knelt on the ground tremblingly, kowtowed to Zhao Sang who was riding on a horse, and said that he could help these Dingyan soldiers pay taxes.

What's going on?

In ancient wars, many times it was to catch strong men or recruit soldiers on the spot. The Dingyan Army has not had a large-scale army movement in the near future, and if it wants to control Dongguan Town, that is, send one or two captains to come over, and then recruit villagers in the local area, put on uniforms, and turn into a Dingyan Army, and the spears and horses have to be prepared by the people of Dongguan Town, and then the Dingyan Army will return it month by month by issuing military salaries.

Therefore, the old people in Dongguan Town saw that the children in their village were suffering, so they had to come out and help them pay their taxes.

However, Zhao Sang, the Western Route Army led by the Zhenwu Army, was not such a good talker.

Zhao Sang is an idiot.

In fact, we all know that several high-level officers of the Zhenwu Army are basically the goods that followed Zhao Ping to ascend to heaven, and in terms of IQ alone, they are really like a group of pigs, each one is more stupid than the other. Originally, everyone ate in the same pot, and He Daxian was also used to being arbitrary, and he personally led the troops to fight in all battles, but he didn't feel too uncomfortable.

But when the territory is large, when the generals need to go out alone to lead the battle, this feeling of too many fools comes out. Especially after a high-level professional manager like Han Kuangsi joined, the difference between the two sides was so big that He Daxian wanted to cry!

How smart Han Kuangsi is, before He Daxian opened his mouth and said two words, he understood everything about the cause and effect, which was extremely reassuring, and there were all kinds of extra surprises. Sending a fool like Zhao Sang out to fight, He Daxian was always scared, for fear that Zhao Sang would have a tendon attack and be annoyed, and consume the treasure army that He Daxian had managed to save up, and all of them would be gone.

Being a warlord is not always easy.

Therefore, in this expedition to Fuzhou and Linzhou, General Zhao's order was not to ask Zhao Sang to attack the city, but to collect taxes.

Fuzhou and Linzhou haven't paid taxes for ten years, and it's time to pay for taxes.

There is also the Dingyan Army, which has never paid any taxes in and out of the territory of the Zhenwu Army, including city gate tax, river crossing tax, road toll tax, value-added tax on vehicles and ships, additional tax on family planning for war horses, additional tax on urban construction, additional tax on afforestation, additional tax on education, additional tax on caring for girls and equal between men and women, etc., etc., and so on, and so on, and has not paid a penny in ten years!

These episodes of tax evasion and evasion by the Condemned Army have reached such a rampant level!

Anyway, I can't figure it out, so I just send a master to count it, and calculate it according to the tax of one yuan a day for a horse's hoof, the Dingyan army has been haunting here for so long, how much tax should I pay in ten years?

General Zhao's instructions to Zhao Sang were to collect full taxes, the second was that the casualties of the Zhenwu army must be controlled within 10%, and the third was to love the people and give preferential treatment to prisoners.

Therefore, the old man in Dongguan Town kowtowed in front of Zhao Sang, but Zhao Sang didn't have to pay attention to it at all.

"What's the hurry! You Dongguan Town haven't paid taxes for ten years, you pay your own taxes first! ”

"Ah, this, how much do you pay?"

"Civilians pay taxes according to capitation, 10 yuan for a meal ticket per person a year, pay for ten years, and are exempt from late fees this year. According to the horses' hooves, each hoof will be charged one yuan per day, and the payment will be made for ten years, and another 20% of the late fee will be levied. The master next to him who was wearing a melon skin hat and a pair of sunglasses on his face in the Zhenwu army explained the rules clearly.

"So, how much is that?"

The master took out the abacus and crackled and calculated:

"If you are a civilian in Dongguan Town, there are a total of three hundred and twenty people, and a meal ticket of 32,000 yuan is about equivalent to 32,000 copper plates, that is, thirty-two taels of silver!"

"Meal ticket? We don't have a meal ticket, can we pay silver or copper plates? ”

"No, our army only collects meal tickets, you can sell us some grain, cattle and sheep or something, and we will pay for the meal tickets."

Thirty-two taels of silver worth of grain, cattle and sheep, for Dongguan Town, which has more than 300 people, it is still worth gritting its teeth.

"So, what about these Determined Troops?"

"One hundred cavalry of the Dingyan Army, each horse with four hooves, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, calculated according to ten years, a total of 1,460,000 yuan of meal tickets, plus 20% of the late fees, a total of 1,752,000 yuan of meal tickets, converted into silver, is 1,752 taels. On the side of the Dingyan Army, we can collect the money. ”

The old man fainted when he heard this!

There are no big households in this Dongguan Town, more than 1,700 taels of silver! Even if you turn the entire Dongguan Town upside down, you won't be able to find seven hundred taels!

But should these soldiers of the Martyrdom Army be thrown into the river to freeze to death and drown?

Fortunately, the Zhenwu Army is still a very reasonable and righteous teacher.

They also made a proposal to purchase a ferry service.

There are many ferries in Dongguan Town, large and small, and many people make a living by ferrying, so that's just right.

Zhenwu military meal ticket to pay for the ferry fare, including back and forth, a soldier is 20 yuan for a meal, a horse is also 20 yuan for a meal, people and horses add up to a total of 8,000, a total of 160,000 yuan to pay for a meal ticket. At the same time, because Dongguan Town helped the Zhenwu army cross the river, the tax of 1.752 million yuan for the meal ticket to be paid can be discounted and more than 170,000 yuan for the meal ticket.

After deducting the ferry fee, in fact, Dongguan Town only needs to pay 12,000 yuan for the meal ticket to save these soldiers of the Dingqiao Army, plus the resident tax, a total of 44,000 meal tickets for the Zhenwu Army, and it can all be over.

The master of Zhenwu Army was foaming at the mouth, crackling and crackling abacus beads played fast, but the accounts were clear, Tong Su was not deceived, and the real price was calculated to be more accurate and accurate, and finally helped the residents of Dongguan Town and the 100 prisoners of the Dingyan Army to find a way out!

As long as you help Zhenwujun cross the river, the entire Dongguan Town, as long as you pay 44,000 yuan for a meal ticket, that is, 44 taels of silver, you can receive a tax payment certificate, and Zhenwujun will never come to trouble everyone in the future.

This is much better than the more than 1,700 taels of silver that scared people to death just now!

All the residents of Dongguan Town and the prisoners of the Dingyan Army are grateful to Dai De, kneeling and kowtowing, and sincerely thanking the Zhenwu Military Taxation Bureau for its good policy of benefiting the people! (To be continued.) )