The trembling goose catcher sighed in his heart: Sharp-billed goose! …… I'm afraid that the price of Erzhu will rise again this year!

When the sun was setting in the west, Yun Ban's heart had sunk to the bottom, and thinking of the possibility of Su Xiaoting escaping, the remorse in his heart made him hate to have his wings.

Suddenly, a cannon rang out suddenly, and then someone scolded, "Turtle, who set off the bird cannon, and didn't dare to stuff the sharp-billed goose?" ”

But the cloud spotted flew across the grass like a spotted leopard, and rushed straight to somewhere. He! I heard the sound of wings agitation~

By the time the dust settled, the people nearby had already dispelled the idea of snatching the spoils of war from the strong, including the gunners who dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, but their eyes flashed with irrepressible envy, and they stood from the sidelines and watched.

Yun Ban lifted the neck of the sharp-billed goose, his cheeks slightly red with excitement, and was about to find a place to open the sac, but a man dressed in the same clothes as by the riverside quickly rushed over.

"Who set off the cannon?"

Naturally, no one agreed, and the man waved his hand again: "Come with me!" ”

Seeing that Yun Ban frowned and didn't move, he looked him up and down: "New here, right?" I don't even understand the rules here, but I'm lucky~"

Cloud Spot had also heard that the average goose catcher had to hand over a certain percentage of the harvest to the land snake in the river section, so he followed.

Seeing that he was only one person, and his appearance was extraordinary, the man couldn't help but glance at him and took the initiative to say:

"This sharp-billed goose can't be killed...... Good thing you don't have a strap on this leg. ”

Cloud Ban was already angry: "What? Could it be that you are still planning to buy geese? ”

"Little brother, this is an order from above, the number of sharp-billed geese has plummeted to two or three percent ten years ago in the past few years, this is not from last year, all the geese caught can only be fed lime water to induce vomiting.

And after the release, a strap with the date written on it will be tied, and if you are caught again within 3 days, you will have to release it! ”

"How long will it take?"

"It's hard to say, it's slow for more than an hour."

When the two of them entered the wooden house by the river, they saw a row of wooden cages in the house, and a bench was placed on the opposite side.

3 sharp-billed geese were placed in a wooden cage opposite the goose catcher.

Half an hour later, the sharp-billed goose in front of Cloud Spot spit out three white pearls, and a recorder immediately counted the records.

"Ordinary people, pay half of the Erzhu, and those who can do it will be negotiated!"

"How do you count the capable?" Yun Ban had already clenched his fists, 3 Erzhu beads were not less, but they were still far from his plan.

The other party said clearly: "The capable man only needs to pay 4 percent, and the Venerable person or above, for each additional level, he will pay one percent less, if it is a holy master, our boss said, just make a friend!" ”

"I'm a Level 6 Venerable, and you only draw one percent?" Cloud's face soothed slightly.

"Level 6?" Everyone exclaimed, you must know that level 6 is also one in a hundred among the capable.

The ordinary people in the group in the room, the initial excitement was replaced by physical pain, but in the boundless, they were already respected by the capable, and no one even felt that this rule was unfair.

After the level was determined and the corresponding fees were charged, Yun Ban had an extra magic crystal and 80 big coins on his body.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and rushed back to the county seat almost in one go.

When he walked outside the courtyard, he listened attentively, but there was no movement at all.

Immediately, his heart beat like a drum and kicked open the door, and when he broke into the room, he saw Su Xiaoting sitting cross-legged and meditating on the kang.

"You're back? Can you let me go! ”

Yun Ban's heart finally returned to its place, and stood still for a moment, before suddenly remembering that Su Xiaoting hadn't eaten yet, and stepped forward to remove the chains for her.

In the evening, I saw Yun Peng carefully check whether the iron chain was in good condition.

Su Xiaoting was extremely depressed in her heart, but she was also glad that she didn't try to wear the chains.

She tried to heat it with fire, then to expand and shrink it with ice water, and then smash it with a scale, but to no avail, and after all she had done so, by the afternoon she had given up trying.

After the two of them had eaten, there was a faint intermittent crying, and it seemed that there was more than one person.

After a while, there was a knock on the door outside.

Su Xiaoting suddenly remembered: "During the day, someone knocked on the door door, as if they were charging something, but I didn't agree!" ”

Hearing this, Yun Ban clenched his fists and said, "I'll go out and have a look!" ”

Su Xiaoting looked out from behind the window and saw a teenage boy standing at the door, dressed in rags. Seeing Yun Ban shrink for a moment, as if ready to flee at any moment.

"What's the matter?" Cloud Spot was a little surprised.

"Big ~ big brother, I, I'm ......" His voice became smaller and smaller, and he grabbed the corners of his jacket with both hands, rubbing and rubbing.

"You're from the house next door, right? If you knock on the door for no reason, don't blame me for being unkind! When Yunban saw him spitting, he wanted to close the door.

"No, big brother! I, I beg you to save my grandma! With that, he 'poofed' and fell to his knees.

"I know, you are a big hero, the bad guys in the county are afraid of you, you, can you ......"

"Yang Wazi, come back quickly! Who told you to run and disturb His Holiness? An old voice interjected.

"Grandpa, the eldest brother is a great Venerable, he will lend us magic crystals. With the magic crystal, grandma can give birth to a baby smoothly! ”

After that, not only did he not get up, but he also raised his head on the ground with a bang.

An old man with gray hair appeared at the door, also lay on the ground and kowtowed twice, and then pulled the boy up vigorously, and kept apologizing in a frightened tone:

"Don't blame the capable! Don't blame~ My grandson doesn't know the height of the sky, and he collided with you, please read that he is worried about his grandma, don't worry about him, let's go! Let's go......"

Yun Ban watched expressionlessly as the old man pulled the crying boy back to the courtyard next door and closed the courtyard door.

He subconsciously touched the position of his chest, sighed, and turned to look at the window, "Come out to breathe?" ”

Su Xiaoting walked out with a puzzled face, she just remembered that it seemed that when someone was charging today, there were bursts of crying from that family, saying something like 'there are women in their thirties waiting to give birth at home, hoping to give birth for a few days'.

Thinking of the skinny and skinny appearance of the two people just now, Su Xiaoting still asked.

Yun Ban's eyes were dark: "Those people come to the door every month, but this time I'm afraid it's an annual tax!" ”

If he hadn't been able to do it, these people would definitely have broken in! An Ting is not a local, and she doesn't know that Cang'er's harsh taxes have reached an outrageous level!

"Is this tax very high?" Actually in terms of magic crystals?

"The annual tax, also known as the poll tax, must be paid as long as you are over 16 years old, and it is not too much to say more, but in addition, there are health taxes, public security taxes, and sea taxes every month...... Let's put it this way, as long as the state has input, it must be collected! ”

"Governing the sea tax? Where is the sea in Cang'er? Su Xiaoting was shocked in her heart, it turned out that Cang'er regarded herself as a country.

"Humph! Because the people need magic crystals, and magic crystals can only be obtained by the capable people stationed in Vladivostok by the state to transport them in! ”

"But ......" Su Xiaoting wanted to say if there was any difference between the three cities in the Eastern Regions, at least when she was in Mu Ling, she had almost no contact with collecting taxes.

"You should know that the magic crystal can not only relieve the curse, but also a necessary bride price for men when they propose!"

Yun Ban looked in the direction next door, "The hostess next door, to say the least, is thirty, and once the woman is over thirty, without the assistance of the magic crystal, not only is it extremely dangerous to give birth, but the offspring are even more disabled!" ”