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Hearing that there was money to be collected, the soldiers also stuck their knives back, kicked Liu Tongfu and the proprietress away in disgust, stepped on the chair and scolded: "I knew that you were fucking rich, so don't you take it out quickly!"

"Hey, isn't this Leader Li, why didn't you patrol the city at night and came to this Tongfu Inn?"

The military general at the counter snorted coldly, looked at the person who greeted him with disdain, and said angrily: "Zhao Zhutou didn't go to catch the thief, what did he come to this inn for?"

The Zhao catcher laughed, walked to the chair with five catchers, pulled a chair and sat down, looked at the people in front of him and said: "Oh, this Tongfu Inn hasn't been so lively for a few days! The lord instructed us, isn't this a war, in order to understand the soldiers on the front line who fought bravely to kill the enemy, in order to take care of those refugees who were homeless because of the war, so the lord decided to collect a righteous warehouse tax from the whole city, one or two silver per person per year!"

"Poof!" Liu Tongfu, who had just stood up, gave up his legs and fell to the ground, stared at Zhao Zhutou and said: "What? One tael of silver per person a year? Where can I go to get this tael of silver! Today's salt tax, tomorrow's grain tax, and now there is a righteous warehouse tax, plus the military master's grass endowment, you will have to pay nearly ten taels of silver, even if you sell our small shop, you can't make up ten taels of silver!"

Zhao Zhutou's face turned dark, kicked down the bench next to him with one kick, stood up and glared at Liu Tongfu and scolded: "Liu Tongfu, do you dare to refuse to pay?

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Liu Ren couldn't stand it anymore, kicked the bench in front of him away, and scolded in his mouth: "What kind of royal law, the emperor doesn't have such a decree at all, it's all set by you people, you vicious dogs who eat meat and don't spit out bones, just want to force people to death!

Without waiting for him to finish, a catcher took out the whistle stick on his waist and hit him on the head, knocking him on the head and bleeding and lying on the ground!

"Ah Ren!" Liu Tongfu and the proprietress hurriedly pounced, and Zhao Zhutou slapped the table and said to his subordinates: "Beat! Give Lao Tzu a beating! Toast and don't eat anything that punishes wine! Dare to question the master, I think you don't want to live anymore! Beat to death and drag it out, resist the donation and donate, and intend to rebel!"

"Bang!" A corner of the table was forcibly broken by Bai Lun, and the god of war next to him also had blue tendons exposed on his forehead, and it seemed that he was about to shoot the case!

But they couldn't get up, because the eagle's hands were on their shoulders!

Listening to the screams of the family, those soldiers stood aside with their hands and arms in their hands and watched the excitement, and kicked them from time to time when they approached!

Just when even the eagle on the rock couldn't bear it anymore, Liu Tongfu on the ground held the beaten body with both hands and convulsed, and Liu Ren, who was bleeding all over the ground, shouted: "Stop! Don't fight, I'll pay!"

The servants really stopped, and stood in front of him with a curse in their mouths. Liu Tongfu turned his head to look at the proprietress, the proprietress wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and took out a small cloth bag from her arms with a blank expression.

"Chief, it's a pearl! It's quite a lot, it's estimated to be worth ten taels!" a servant shouted excitedly at Zhao Zhutou with a cloth bag.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and the officer looked at the officers and soldiers who wanted to rush over next to him, put the cloth bag in his arms, and muttered: "This is what we received, if you want it, you can search it yourself!"

Liu Tongfu coughed up a mouthful of blood, and said with a desperate face: "This is my hard-working savings for a lifetime, that's it, it's a tax handed over to both of you, now I don't have a penny, if you force me again, then I will burn this store, and the whole family will die in front of you, let you rest assured that we really have no savings!"

The calmer his words were, the more moving the despair was revealed, and the military general and the head catcher also knew that they were staying in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, and looked at each other, and the military general said: "Since you have paid the taxes, that is the good people, we are here to protect you, not to force you!"

Zhao Zhutou also laughed and said: "Once this Yicang is built, your name Liu Tongfu will definitely be written on the merit book, so you still do your business well, brothers, let's go!"

"Stop!" The military general drew his sword and slashed at the counter, blocking his way, and said with a cruel smile: "Is Zhao Zhutou's ears a little back? Didn't you listen to what Old Liu Tou said? These beads are for the two of us, do you want to swallow them alone?"

"Hmph!" all five soldiers drew their long knives and faced the five catchers with murderous vigour!

The city guards and the local officials have always been at odds with each other, and have been arguing for a long time for their own interests, but in the final analysis, people with knives are much more domineering than those with sticks, and there are many people, and they have always been extremely strong!

Even the lord of the government had to give these defenders three points of thin noodles, where did Zhao Zhutou dare to offend, and hurriedly put up a smile and said to Leader Li: "Hey, what is Lao Li doing? I don't want to swallow these beads alone, I just want to exchange them for silver taels first, and then divide them equally with Brother Li!"

Leader Li smiled twice, raised the scimitar, danced a knife flower, glared at Zhao Zhutou and said: "I, Li Guangsheng, am not a fool, the general asked me to collect the tax, five taels of silver for taxes, one or two silver for wine, if you can't get it, the people in this house, whether you are a head catcher or a cell head, will not let any of them go!"

The muscles in the corners of Zhao Zhutou's eyes twitched a few times, and he smiled dryly at Leader Li and said: "Brother, this is embarrassing for me! These beads can be exchanged for ** taels of silver, your mouth is going to go to six taels, I agree, my brother does not agree, even if the brothers agree, the prefect will blame us!"

"Whoever doesn't agree, let him ask Lao Tzu about the knife in his hand!" Leader Li snorted coldly, and slashed the knife down, and the five soldiers next to him also held their knives and stepped forward murderously!

Everyone really hopes that the two sides will have a dog-eat-dog battle, and it is better to fight to the death! But Zhao Zhutou is a cunning old man, and he knows that it is impossible for him to take all these beads away, so he has to retreat. (hua. marshmallow.)

"Since Brother Li won't let me Zhao do it for me, then I won't bother to think about it! In this way, let's pour out all these beads and see how many grains there are in total, and let's divide them equally on both sides, so Brother Li should be satisfied, right?"

The corners of Li Guangsheng's mouth grinned, and he said with a smile: "It should have been like this a long time ago, so as not to hurt the harmony between you and me!"

So the two gangs swept out an empty table, shared the money on the spot, and then swaggered out of the inn with the oil and water they had scavenged!

"Just these dog thieves, killing them all is not enough to make the people angry, why does the eldest brother want to stop me from making a move?" The god of war's fist clenched tightly, and with a "bang!", he kicked a bench next to him!

The madwoman said to him, "What about after killing them? If you leave, will Brother Tongfu's family still have a way to live? Will you kill the entire city defense army and the government office? Will you still be able to leave?"

The god of war was stunned for a moment, unable to speak for a while, sighed stupidly, and stood aside without speaking.

Xiaobao walked downstairs, everything just now was in his eyes, and at this time, he saw Liu Tongfu closing the door with heavy steps, walked up to him and said, "Shopkeeper, how long do you want to live like this?"

Liu Tongfu's body trembled, his eyes looked at Xiaobao with shock and fear, and he didn't speak for a while. After all, he is an old man, well-informed, and knows the truth of leaving three points for everyone, and some things are not for anyone!

But Liu Ren didn't have so many worries, got up from the ground, Ren Boss Lady brought gold sore medicine, wiped it lightly on his head, gritted his teeth and said: "We can't live for a long time! I've always wanted to move my family to Xianji Town, but there are bandits on Half Moon Mountain, and many people who want to flee there have been cut off in different places, so we can't help it, so we stayed here..."

"Ah Ren, don't talk nonsense! We won't go anywhere, just stay here!" Liu Tongfu snorted and looked at everyone carefully.

Xiaobao also knew that people were suspicious of their identity, smiled slightly, did not explain, looked at Liu Ren and said: "The current Half Moon Mountain is already peaceful! The wicked have their own heavenly retribution, and when the time comes, someone will always come out to clean them up, just like the bandits on Half Moon Mountain! You can go anywhere now, as long as you can get out of the city gate!"

Liu Tongfu's face changed, he looked at Xiaobao suspiciously, his lips trembled and said, "Could it be that the guest officer is... Where are you from?"

Xiaobao smiled faintly, did not answer, turned to the eagle on the rock and said, "Help the shopkeeper clean up, rest early, and I have to hurry early tomorrow morning!"

The Thirteen Taibao bowed down together and responded: "Yes, master!" Xiaobao nodded and walked upstairs.

When he woke up, it was already dark, and Liu Yi carried two buckets of freshly boiled hot water and poured them door to door, which was used for washing.

When everyone went downstairs, there was already pig blood soup and a basket of millet cakes on the table, which was obviously the last grain stored by Liu Tongfu's family, if they finished eating, they probably wouldn't even be able to open the store!

"Shopkeeper, just keep these things, we know that you are really not easy!" Thinking of the big fish and meat along the way, and the wine was eaten, and the food that could not be eaten was thrown away, all the women had a deep sense of guilt, and the bird dance was not that such a thing was difficult to swallow, but that the poor family took out the last surplus, and after the guests left, what did they eat?

Liu Tongfu waved his hand and said: "One industry and one Tao! For those of us who open inns, take good care of the food and lodging of guests, this is the Tao! People cannot leave their own Tao, and their responsibilities are no different from livestock! As long as you eat in my shop for a day, I will make you comfortable!"

Xiaobao listened carefully, nodded thoughtfully, and said to everyone: "Listen to the shopkeeper, finish eating!"

Outside, the carriage had been set up, and everyone had finished eating and got into the carriage.

Yanshang Ying took out a heavy cloth bag, stuffed it into Liu Tongfu's hand, and whispered: "We can't give you beads, if you take them for exchange, they will definitely be conspicuous." Take this and go where you want to go!"