Clyde, a small town about fifty kilometers northwest of New Orleans. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThere are plenty of farmlands and pastures nearby, but the population of the town is only a few thousand.

The 3rd Battalion and 2nd Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 299th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ming Army were stationed in this town, and Cheng Kui was subordinate to this unit.

"Look, squad leader." A recruit from the south stretched out his hand and pointed to a shop that specialized in horse harness not far away, and said excitedly, "There are horse sellers over there, there are horses." ”

"Got it, got it." Cheng Kui knew that the recruits were southerners, and he didn't know much about horses, creatures that mostly lived in the north. However, most of the areas here are vast grasslands and farmlands, and the area of pastures is huge. Thinking of this, Cheng Kui was also a little hot in his heart, thinking about whether his retirement money and military merits were enough to buy a good enough ranch here?

"I really want to ride a horse." The faces of the recruits from the southern water towns are full of longing.

"This is a place to sell horse harness, not horses." Cheng Kui tightened the submachine gun he was carrying, and said with a smile, "If you want to ride a horse, you have to go to the ranch." When we came in, there was a large meadow outside, and there was pasture over there. ”

"Great." The young soldier laughed and said, "I'm going to ride a horse!" ”

The townspeople of Clyde watched with mixed eyes as the conquistadors rode into their towns in their trucks. Their hearts were filled with fear and sorrow. The country has lost the war, and now they are not even guaranteed for their own lives and property. There are no more police and politics. The government staff took care of things. The law also lapsed at this time.

Cheng Kui's company is a fully equipped company, with a total of nearly 200 personnel including logistics personnel. After entering the town in two jeeps and more than a dozen trucks, they settled into the local church, which served as the headquarters of the company. Subsequently, the company commander called a meeting of the platoon commanders of each squad.

"First of all, there is the issue of barracks." The young company commander looked at the many squad and platoon commanders in front of him and said loudly: "The company headquarters is here, and the telegraph and cooking classes are also here. This church is the center of the town. The defense was left to the fire support platoon. All the cars are parked here, too. ”

After a pause, the company commander continued, "The other squads and platoons should arrange the guard work around the town. As for the station, you can arrange it yourself. ”

"How do you arrange it yourself?" A platoon leader shouted, "Are you going to rob the locals' houses to live in?" ”

"It's not a robbery." The company commander smiled and said, "We have won the war and are the victors." So everything about him belongs to us. Do you still need to grab it? It's just about taking back what belongs to you. ”

"Of course." The company commander paused, and then said, "Everyone still has to pay attention to the way, and don't provoke the gendarmes." If you poke out something that you can't control, then you have to fight it yourself. I'm not going to care. Do you get it? ”

"Understood!" The squad leaders and platoon commanders responded with laughter, this may be the greatest fun and profit channel for the occupying army.

"Knock Knock Knock !!" There was a sound of the butt of a gun slamming the door: "Hurry up and open the door!" If you don't open the door, you rush in! ”

Cheng Kui took a dozen soldiers in his squad to see a large three-story house with a garden and a swimming pool. As soon as he left the church, Cheng Kui grabbed a local and asked where the best house in the town was. The local, without the slightest hint of it, told him that the best house was the house of the town's tax collector.

After coming here, I saw that it was really good. There are gardens in front and back, surrounded by tall walls and planted with tall trees. After the car smashed open the gate, they saw that there was actually a swimming pool in the yard, which made the officers and soldiers very happy. Originally, this kind of house would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan in the local area, which was not something they could enjoy.

"Wow !!" The two big dogs who were chained to the garden didn't seem to be aware of the threat of this group of people, and they dared to bark at these Ming officers and soldiers. Perhaps it was because when their master took them to collect taxes before, he was used to seeing those locals who were oppressed and didn't dare to resist, and Gouyan also regarded the Ming officers and soldiers as locals.

"Papa~~~" After a burst of gunshots, the two big dogs fell in a pool of blood.

"Brothers, there is a dog meat hot pot to eat tonight!" Cheng Kui's words immediately made the soldiers excited. The taste of dog meat is very delicious.

"Whoa~~~" In a burst of screams, the door that couldn't be smashed was suddenly opened. On the contrary, the Ming officers and soldiers outside the door were startled. Just when the Ming officers and soldiers hurriedly picked up their guns, they saw a blonde girl rushing out like a gust of wind, screaming and running towards the two big dogs lying in a pool of blood.

"It looks like someone else's pet." Chen Qirui, a recruit from Jiangnan Water Town, touched his nose and said.

Cheng Kui gave him a blank look, and a fool can see this scene. Isn't it a domestic pet that can be kept in the yard and have a kennel?

"You bastards, I'm going to kill you!" The girl who looked to be only ten years old screamed with tears on her face and rushed towards the Ming officers and soldiers, her hands with sharp nails waving as if she was enchanted.

If it were a big man who did this, this group of Ming officers and soldiers might have been butted with a gun long ago. If it were veterans who had come down from the battlefield, it would have gone down with the butt of a gun. But where did this group of recruits who had just come out of the boot camp encounter such a formation? Officers and soldiers with higher education instinctively began to want to dodge when they saw the woman going crazy.

At this moment, there was a strange scene in the garden. A group of Ming officers and soldiers were actually chased around by a young girl. If this kind of thing is seen by the soldiers of the US military, they will definitely die of shame. But fortunately, there are still veterans in the Ming army.

Cheng Kui, who was standing aside and watching the joke for a while, looked at the open door, sneered, stepped forward, and grabbed the blonde girl with tears on her face and a crazy look. When the girl raised her hand and was about to scratch Cheng Kui, Cheng Kui flashed a slap.

"Smack!" After an unusually crisp sound, the originally noisy garden suddenly fell silent. The blonde girl looked at the tall Cheng Kui stupidly, with an expression of disbelief on her face. She's grown so big, and no one has ever dared to beat her. She is a princess at home, and she is a school flower sought after by countless boys at school. Today, for the first time, I felt the pain.

Cheng Kui was in no mood to care about the girl's inner activities, so he took out the gun in his hand and put it on the girl's head.

"Squad leader, don't." Chen Qirui hurriedly ran up to persuade: "This is a woman." ”

"You haven't seen a woman?" Cheng Kui said coldly, "Those who take the initiative to attack the army are all enemies, at least they are also armed elements. When did you start to treat men and women differently? How did you learn in boot camp? Do you want me to write a letter to your training camp and ask you to go back and train again? ”

Chen Qirui, who said Cheng Kui's words, suddenly turned pale. If you really have to be sent back if you are really complained, it will be a huge shame. Not only Chen Qirui, but also the other recruits who were about to step forward on the side all paused. Only then did they remember that it was still a time of war. They wore military uniforms and were military men.

'Whoa~~~' The soldiers raised their guns and pointed at the blonde girl. Feeling the unprecedented threat of death, the blonde girl was suddenly blindfolded. She felt a chill between her legs, and as soon as her legs went limp, she fainted.

"Don't kill my daughter!" A pot-bellied white old man hurriedly ran out of the house. After seeing more than a dozen guns pointed at him, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly paused and raised his hands and shouted, "Don't kill my daughter, don't kill my daughter." ”

"Hmph." As soon as Cheng Kui let go of his hand, he put the blonde girl in his hand still on the ground, stepped forward, looked at the white old man coldly, and said in a cold voice, "You are the tax officer of this town?" Now I officially inform you that your house, your property have been expropriated. ”

"What?!" The frightened white old man was startled, and he didn't care about the muzzle of the gun pointed at him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Cheng Kui's arm, and shouted loudly, "You can't do this!" These are my property, all mine! ”

"Boom!" Cheng Kui smashed the white old man to the ground with the butt of his gun, and his face was covered with blood. He raised his foot and stepped on the white man's face, and said in a deep voice, "You don't need your consent to do this!" Now you have two choices, either get out of here with your family right away, or I'll send your whole family on the road now! The choice is yours! ”

The old white man's name was Fred, and he was the tax collector in this town. He has a big backstage and is the brother-in-law of the deputy mayor of the city of New Orleans. After getting the appointment of the tax collector from the hands of the deputy mayor, Fred had run amok here all these years, and there was no one who was not afraid of him.

When collecting taxes, it can be said that bad things are done, persecutors are bankrupt, and things that force people to die have also happened. The United States in this era was not a paradise, and in order to confront the Ming Dynasty, the Americans had to develop industry and armaments. It all costs money. But in the age of the gold standard, apart from digging gold pits, where did the money come from? It can only be to collect taxes and do trade.

In the case that Daming controls the lifeblood of the global economy, almost including most of the world's raw material production and product dumping places. If you want to do trade and make money from the hands of Daming, you have to lose money. Therefore, the only option for Americans is to tax.

Therefore, the tax collectors are very NB here. (To be continued.) )