Yu Hongjin looked at the greedy gaze of the officer and soldier, she couldn't help frowning, but she still handed over the silver.

And when the money was brought out, all the officers and soldiers gathered around him.

Some even swallow saliva directly.

Rue Xiang asked coldly: "Can you let it go?" ”

The officers and soldiers came back to their senses and said, "Yes! Of course! ”

"Release, release!"

In the blink of an eye, the people in front of them scattered.

"Let's go, sir." Rue Xiang said.

Chen Changsheng nodded slightly, then returned to the carriage, urging the horse to move forward.

Tanuki's head poked out.

It looked back, only to hear a cacophony of noises.

"What a big mistake!"

"Hey, split the money, divide the money!"

"How?"

"Give me my ......"

A crowd of people quarreled around the plate of silver, as if each had a reason for how to divide it.

Tanuki looked at this scene, but she didn't understand.

"Is the silver so good?"

It turned around, looked at Chen Changsheng, and asked, "Good man Chen, everyone likes silver so much." ”

After hearing this, Chen Changsheng said, "Maybe so." ”

However, the money is not necessarily so easy to hold.

It's not over yet.

Speaking of which, he has never seen Miss Yun lose her temper, and the consequences are particularly serious.

The last mountain was left in front of me.

Chen Changsheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the horse under him seemed to be happy about this, and the continuous mountain road really made it choke.

This last mountain, after all, no one stands in the way.

The road was smooth and smooth, and the road in front of me was wide and smooth.

After walking through the last mountain, they also entered the realm of Tonghuafu.

At a glance, it was still a surrounding mountain, but at last I could see the people, and there was cooking smoke rising from the houses at the foot of the mountain, and the further I went, the more people appeared on the side of the road.

It's a familiar path.

In the early years, from Qiuyuefang to Qingshan City, it was this road.

Chen Changsheng also remembers it very clearly.

There's an air of tranquility, but it's different.

When the old man carrying a bag of grain on the side of the road saw the carriage, he couldn't help but wonder: "Stranger? ”

Chen Changsheng paused for a moment and asked, "Can you ask the old man for directions?" ”

The old man asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"The capital of the Wild Goose King."

The old man immediately pointed out the way to Chen Changsheng.

Chen Changsheng thanked him, and then asked, "What is the old man going to do with a bag of grain on his back?" ”

The old man glanced at the food on his body and said, "This is going to be sent to the government." ”

"Send it to the government?" Chen Changsheng thought for a moment and asked, "Is it a grain tax?" ”

"Yes."

The old man nodded and said, "I paid it earlier, and I feel more at ease." ”

Chen Changsheng asked, "How is the tax in Yandi?" ”

The old man shook his head after hearing this, and his ugly face said it all.

"How much tax?" Chen Changsheng asked.

The old man said: "The tax is set at 20%. ”

"Twenty percent tax ......" Chen Changsheng paused and said, "It's not too high." ”

In such a historical background, it is actually a few.

The old man raised his head and said, "It must be so, but in the end, it is more than that." ”

Chen Changsheng asked, "Actually?" ”

The old man stretched out his palm, stood with five fingers, and sighed helplessly.

"Is that much ......?"

Rao is Chen Changsheng was also a little surprised.

Half of the tax, ten catties of grain, five catties.

The old man said: "You are strangers, you must not know this, ten catties of grain, said to be weighed with a shell, but the tax is to be collected to remove the shell, ten catties of grain, only about eight catties are left after the husk, but the tax is five catties, and finally left in the hand, there are only three catties of grain." ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "What is the matter with you, then the capital city will follow the road ahead and go to the left." ”

With that, the old man sighed.

Carry the pounds of grain on his back and continue to walk forward.

The old man's figure is stiff and can't straighten his waist.

The food on his body is very heavy, and he grows it day by day, but in the end, most of this food is not his own.

Tanuki didn't know what taxes were or not, but looking at the old man's back, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's so pitiful......"

Chen Changsheng touched its head and was silent.

There are few profitable transactions in the wild goose land, and the wild goose king is already mediocre, and there is no available talent under his hands, and all the money needed falls on these ordinary people.

The man seems to have changed.

There are no more smiles on the faces of the world.

The carriage continued on its way.

After a long time, a newly built tower was revealed.

There were more people on the road.

Most of them were carrying food.

Today is the day when the government pays taxes, and tomorrow it will have to go door to door to collect it, and no one can miss or fail to pay it.

Many years ago, the faces of the people of the Southern Regions were always full of smiles, but in the blink of an eye, they were all indescribable hardships and pains.

"Rest in the city tonight?" Chen Changsheng asked.

"Listen to sir." Rue Xiang Road.

The name of this city is Xingping, prosperous, and peaceful.

It is also the name chosen by the king of geese himself.

After entering the city, I finally chose an inn.

The city was not prosperous, but because the city was built later, not many people lived there.

Walk to the gate of the government in the city.

Lots of people lined up, waiting to weigh their food.

"Zhou Wenguang's family, a total of twenty-four catties, twelve catties in taxes!"

The peeled rice fell into the barn, and as the people of the government drew a circle, it was the past.

"Next!"

The line was long, mostly women and old men.

In this wild goose land, the able-bodied men have long been conscripted, so most of them are women, children and the elderly.

Most of the people in front of them are famine, it seems that they have not eaten a full meal for a long time, under such heavy taxes, saving money has become a habit, and after a long time, people can't eat, they become yellow and skinny, and they have no spirit to look at.

"Wang Chen's ......"

"Adult ......"

The grain was weighed, but the official frowned and said, "Why are you missing two catties?" ”

"My lord, the food in the old family is not enough for the family to eat, is it okay, can it be ......?"

"Go, go, go."

The official said impatiently: "It's not good to miss one or two, you can see if you make up for it tomorrow or what, after all, not a grain of rice is missing." ”

"Next!"

The old man sighed helplessly and turned back.

But I don't know what to do.

The children in the family are hungry and thin, but this food is not enough to pay.

Chen Changsheng asked: "The taxes in the wild goose land are too onerous. ”

Rue Xiang said: "The commercial tax is also heavy, there are forty percent, but there are still points to be done inside and outside, and the sum behind it is estimated to be two percent more." ”