"As long as I run fast enough, trouble won't catch up with me."

Chen Che's steps were fast.

When he got out of the inner city, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Na Luo Xiong is an Iron Bone Realm martial artist, far from being able to deal with it.

Although there is no grievance between the two sides, there is a woman next to him who is stirring up trouble.

And people of Luo Xiong's age especially like to be in the limelight in front of women.

So for the sake of safety, it is better for him to leave as soon as possible.

……

When he arrived in the outer city, Chen Che began to purchase medicinal herbs and some food, and spent about seven or eight taels of silver before and after.

When everything was ready, he quickly returned home and began to swallow the herbs raw.

Compared to the first time, he felt much more relaxed.

On the one hand, it is because he is used to it, and on the other hand, because his physique has been greatly improved.

The medicinal herbs that were originally astringent and hard in his mouth have now become somewhat acceptable.

After filling the devouring bottle again, Chen Che had dinner with his mother, and then slept peacefully.

……

While!

While!

While!

The next day, just after dawn, Chen Che woke up to the sound of gongs and drums.

"It's taxed!"

"Collect patrol tax!"

……

Listening to the shouting from outside, Chen Che rubbed his sleepy eyes.

There were a lot of taxes in Stonefire City, but he had never heard of any patrol taxes.

But he's going to have to go out and have a look, anyway.

After hurriedly getting dressed, he went out of the house and walked briskly in the direction from which the sound came.

……

Near the mouth of the alley, a large group of people gathered around.

In the middle of the crowd, sat a middle-aged tax collector with a mustache.

Beside the tax collector stood several soldiers with weapons in their hands, one of whom was striking a gong and shouting to collect taxes.

"What is the patrol tax?"

Outside the crowd, Chen Che asked in a low voice.

A man next to him who only had a torn towel hanging on his upper body replied with resentment: "It is said that there has been a disturbance in the outer city recently, and the government wants to send people to patrol, so it is necessary to collect patrol tax." ”

"How much?"

"A household receives one tael of silver, and if there is no money, a strong man must be forced to do a month's labor."

……

While!

While!

The soldiers kept beating the gongs, and some people in the crowd began to walk up to the tax collectors with sad faces to pay their taxes, and some men went to do the conscription according to their handprints.

Seeing this, Chen Che could only take out a tael of silver to pay the patrol tax.

There's no way, if you don't pay it now, wait for someone to come to the door and ask for it, it's double.

……

"Last time you said you were going to collect a street repair tax! I haven't fixed it yet!

Who knows if you'll send people to patrol after collecting this patrol tax?

I don't pay this tax! ”

Just as everyone was queuing up to pay the tax, a young man in a shabby book-growing robe suddenly in the crowd stiffened his neck and said angrily.

As soon as he said this, the surrounding discussion suddenly became louder, and a few people looked eager, as if they wanted to echo the young man.

Seeing this, the middle-aged tax collector glanced at the young man, and then lightly instructed the soldiers beside him: "This person is a sensational, suspected of being a human being, bring me back for a good interrogation." ”

As soon as the words fell, the two soldiers immediately walked towards the young man with great momentum, and the people around him did not dare to stop him when they saw this, so they quickly made a way.

It wasn't long before the young man was caught by two soldiers like chickens in front of the tax collector.

Before the young man could speak, one of the soldiers punched him twice in the stomach.

After these two punches, the young man's face turned pale instantly, and the whole person fell to the ground softly.

Another soldier took out a fork and put it directly around the young man's neck, pressing the young man's face to the ground.

Seeing this scene, the surroundings instantly fell silent, and everyone was afraid and didn't dare to say more.

……

Chen Che turned to leave with a heavy heart.

When he got home, he told his mother about the taxes he had paid, and then washed up and had breakfast.

After breakfast, he left home and went straight to the small restaurant opened by Zhang Ruoyuan in the inner city.

……

At this time, it was early in the morning, and the small restaurant had not yet opened, but Zhang Ruoyuan was already waiting in the restaurant.

The two discussed and discussed for half an hour, and finally finalized a set of plans.

In addition to a few special dishes and some conventional marketing methods in his previous life, Chen Che also specially arranged a storytelling project in the restaurant.

As for the script, it is naturally up to him to provide it.

There are very few entertainment projects in this world, and listening to people tell stories is a relatively common one.

But there are always a few stories that storytellers tell.

However, there are still people who listen to it every day.

Chen Che had read a lot in his previous life, and it was not difficult to change a few interesting words.

Of course, the main reason why he added this project is to maintain a relationship with the restaurant.

As the saying goes, it is indispensable to guard against others.

Like recipes and marketing methods, people will learn them after they have learned them, and when the time comes, they will kick you away, and you have nothing to do.

But the script is different.

The words have to be changed every day, and if he doesn't have it, it's equivalent to having no follow-up.

……

After discussing the matter of the restaurant, Chen Che saw that Zhang Ruoyuan looked very embarrassed and wanted to speak, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Zhang, if you have anything to say, you don't have to be polite to me." ”

Zhang Ruoyuan sighed lightly, his eyes full of guilt.

"Brother Chen, my sister told my father last night about the fact that you helped me do my homework before, and my father was very angry and asked me to cut off relations with you, otherwise he would break my legs......

Alas, I know he's just talking, but I'm afraid he's going to get you in trouble......

Therefore, it is better for us to see each other as little as possible in the future. ”

Chen Che's expression froze when he heard this, and then he nodded slightly and said, "That's fine...... Then you name a place, and I will send the script on time in the future. ”

"Hmmm......"

Zhang Ruoyuan saw that Chen Che was so good at talking, but he became more and more guilty, so he said:

"Brother Chen, this restaurant can now make a profit of fifteen taels of silver every month, and if there is any growth on top of this, I will give you half of the increase."

Chen Che waved his hand when he heard this.

"Not so much, three achievements are enough."

Since he is not directly involved in the operation of the restaurant, he naturally can't take too much silver.

Provide a script, don't show up once for ten days and half a month, and just take away half of the profits of others, which is forcing people to kick him away.

"Brother Chen......"

Zhang Ruoyuan wanted to excuse himself, but Chen Che stopped: "Brother Zhang, this matter is settled."

But it's another thing, I hope Brother Zhang can help me. ”

"Brother Chen, just open your mouth, as long as I can do it, don't say I'm busy! It's ten favors, and I'll help you to the end! ”

Zhang Ruoyuan patted his chest and reassured.

Chen Che smiled indifferently.

"Brother Zhang, my mother and I are going to move to the inner city, but the inner city is too complicated for me to figure out, so I want to ask Brother Zhang to help me find a bigger house...... I'll rent it first, and when I have the money, I'll buy it. ”

"Renting a house? This is a trivial matter, I don't know what Brother Chen has for the house? ”

Zhang Ruoyuan's tone was serious.

"The location is not too good, but it should be a little bigger, preferably with a yard, and the surrounding area should be quieter......"

Chen Che listed them one by one.

"Okay, that's on me."

Zhang Ruoyuan didn't think about it, and responded directly.