Seeing Zhou Yang being pushed into the prison, an unkempt old man next to him came over and asked weakly while lying on the wooden fence of the cell.

"Young man, I don't think you look like you have no money, why did you get caught too?"

Hearing the old man's question, Zhou Yang raised his head and looked at the others in the cell.

These people all looked at him curiously, as if it was very strange, how could this young man who looked like a noble son in gorgeous clothes appear here?

Zhou Yang smiled bitterly.

"Old man, you're really right, I was arrested because I didn't have any money."

"Why, are you also arrested because you can't get the money the government wants?"

Zhou Yang also asked these people with a curious face.

When the others heard Zhou Yang's question, they all nodded helplessly.

"Yes, we were all caught here because we couldn't pay the taxes we had to pay to the government."

As he spoke, the old man's face suddenly showed a bitter expression, and the ordinary people around him also behaved in the same way.

"Taxes? How could it be that he was arrested because he couldn't pay taxes? As far as I know, the Qin State is not very strict with the collection of taxes on ordinary people, how can there be a phenomenon like you being arrested and imprisoned because you can't pay taxes? ”

Listening to the conversation between these people in the prison and those officers and soldiers just now, Zhou Yang had doubts in his heart.

He knew that the situation of Qin had improved in recent years, so he did not levy too much tax on ordinary people.

In order to be able to recuperate and recuperate, so that the people can take a breath.

But the current situation here is diametrically opposed to what Zhou Yang knows from the outside, and there will be people who will be imprisoned because they can't pay taxes.

Moreover, in order to collect taxes, these officers and soldiers even forced the people not to sell their sons and daughters.

"Alas!!"

The old man sighed, and then spoke slowly.

"Speaking of which, the situation in our Qin State has improved a lot in the past two years, and the war with foreign countries has also been reduced by more than half."

"King Qin also made a decree to let us ordinary people recuperate, and it is true that we don't have to pay so many taxes anymore."

"But this policy was only implemented for half a year, and those officials saw that we, the people, were living more and more comfortably, so they had crooked thoughts again."

"What they are trying to do is to make a lot of money out of our hands, so they find all kinds of excuses to collect taxes from us, the people."

"Big weddings and funerals, as small as killing a chicken at home and watering the land, also have to pay taxes."

The old man was talking with a bitter face, and the others were also sighing and shaking their heads.

Some people couldn't help it and spoke.

"Yes, these officials, but they are trying to get money from us."

"I just burn the ashes of plants and trees in my own fields, and those officials also have to collect money from us, take the melons and fruits of my family to the city market to sell, and also collect money from us."

"Anyway, they're trying to find all sorts of reasons to deduct money from us."

"At the beginning, we had some surplus money in our hands, and we were able to pay it, but in the end, we really couldn't withstand their various exploits."

"After the money was gone, these officers and soldiers arrested us and threatened our family to sell our children and daughters in order to get us out."

Listening to this, Zhou Yang was also shocked in his heart.

Throughout the ages, slash-and-burn farming, and selling pulp are all necessary ways out of the lives of the people at the bottom.

I didn't expect to do these things in this copper city, and I had to pay money to the government, which is simply forcing the people to die!

Just as Zhou Yang gritted his teeth with hatred, there was a noisy sound at the door of the private room, and Lord Liu entered the cell with a few officials.

After coming in, he walked straight towards Zhou Yang.

"Boss Zhou, it's the first time I've been to this kind of place! Look at you, why do you have to suffer such a crime for no reason, why don't you honestly take out the silver! ”

Lord Liu said here that there were several officials behind him, and without saying a word, he directly dragged Zhou Yang out of the cell.

Looking at them like this, they are planning to clean up Zhou Yang well.

In the face of the other party's threat, Zhou Yang didn't care at all, just looked at these people in front of him coldly.

"As I have already said, there is no silver, and the shadow that was collected from me is in your hands, just a few dozen taels of silver."

Seeing Zhou Yang looking like he didn't eat oil and salt, Lord Liu was no longer polite, gritted his teeth and pointed at Zhou Yang, and gave orders to the officers and soldiers around him.

"Drag him out for me, if you don't give him a good last punishment today, he really thinks that this official is so foolish!"

Some of Lord Liu's orders, those officers and soldiers simply dragged Zhou Yang out and sent him directly to the torture room next to him.

There are a lot of torture instruments here, which are used to extract confessions from prisoners on weekdays.

The ordinary people who were locked up next to them all showed worried looks on their faces when they saw this situation, and they naturally knew what Zhou Yang was going to experience next.

The old man next to him persuaded Zhou Yang in a low voice.

"Young man, if you have money in your hand, take it out quickly, it's not worth it to suffer for the sake of money!"

It looked as if all the people who were being locked up had been subjected to such abuse, because everyone else had a look of fear on their faces.

The others also persuaded Zhou Yang, as if in their opinion, since Zhou Yang was already dressed so luxuriously, he must have silver, but he was just unwilling to give it to those corrupt officials.

They never thought of Zhou Yang, but they really didn't have any silver, not to mention that the dozens of taels of silver left over by hand were also taken away by these officers and soldiers, and now Zhou Yang can be described as a poor jingle bell, and the clothes on his body look quite serious.

"Boy, if you have a little left, quickly take out the silver and tell us where the silver is!"

"Otherwise......"

Master Liu said, pointing to a few people lying in the cell next to him, who were breathing in but not out.

"Look at these people, now they are the next you, and if you can't get the money, you will suffer a severe lesson."

Zhou Yang looked in the direction that Lord Liu pointed out.

The people who were lying in the cell before were covered in skin and flesh, and they looked like they had been treated inhumanely.

Seeing the change in Zhou Yang's eyes, Lord Liu still looked proud.