Chapter 161 Tax Collectors Enter Town
In fact, when they first started learning, she taught the two brothers to write Wu Chao's characters.
However, Song Zhenping couldn't remember a single one for several days, and Xiao An simply refused to learn or remember.
While I was studying, I was distracted by other things and gave up completely.
But unexpectedly, Song Zhenping not only started to learn the Wu Dynasty characters, but also wanted to learn the square characters in the "Heavenly Book".
This word is useless in the Wu Dynasty, and Song Liyun didn't want to teach them.
Compared to the Chinese characters with pictures in the heavenly book, Song Zhenping found it very difficult to learn the boring Wu Dynasty characters.
Only after he finally memorized the dozen or so words he had learned did he take off his clothes and lie down.
That day, Song Liyun was in charge of writing the food company's contract at the Suijin Hall.
Song Zhenping felt very uncomfortable standing next to him.
He was very angry that he couldn't do anything.
Yun'er didn't know how to read before, and she started learning one word at a time. Now she can read deeds and contracts.
He also had to learn, at least to help Yun'er remember some things.
As the night deepened, Xiao An beside me was dreaming about something, smacking his lips and laughing out loud...
In Qili County, the sound of the night watchman's clapper echoed in the empty streets, and several drunkards were fighting on the street corner.
It's the second watch, and Mr. Hong hasn't gone to bed yet.
He was wearing a thick coat and sitting on the edge of the kang, playing with two jade walnuts in his hands, his eyes full of viciousness.
A few days ago, a few men came to Tianxianglou and made a big fuss while drunk. Their words contained a warning, asking Tianxianglou to mind its business.
Who is Hong Jingtian? He is a well-known figure in Qili County. How could he be frightened by a few playboys who appeared out of nowhere?
This behavior instead aroused his anger: Wanchun Fur Store must be dissatisfied and wanted to trick him.
Now that the other party is hiding and cannot be found, the only option is to alert the enemy by making a move.
That grass is naturally Song Liyun.
He wanted to use Song Liyun to lure out the people from Wanchun Fur Store.
These days, Mr. Hong has been secretly investigating Suijin Town. He knows that Suijin Town is very wary of strangers and it is difficult to break in casually.
He planned to find someone in the town and quietly lure someone out of the Song family.
But those who came to Qili County to buy and sell things were tight-lipped, not to mention taking people out of the town. They also said that they rarely even saw the Song family.
Half a month has passed since Qin He’s accident, and he can’t wait any longer.
After considering for a long time, he decided to take people to Suijin Town and capture Song Liyun directly!
Hong Jingtian naturally would not condescend to Qu Zun for a Song Liyun and take the risk of going to Suijin Town in person.
He wrote a letter and submitted it to the county government, reporting that some merchants and households in Suijin Town were evading taxes.
The evidence is the contract deed for acorn vermicelli between Suijin Town and Tianxianglou.
According to the tax law of the Wu Dynasty, merchants with a monthly income of five taels of silver had to pay a tax of one hundred coins.
According to the current contract, Suijin Town and Tianxianglou traded 1,000 kilograms of acorn vermicelli for 6 taels of silver, which has reached the tax standard.
Mr. Hong had another purpose in using the deed to make things difficult.
At the beginning, Shopkeeper Mi signed a contract in duplicate for Suijin Town to deliver 1,000 kilograms of acorn vermicelli to Tianxianglou every month.
Unexpectedly, the acorn vermicelli was made into a dish by the chef. It was refreshing and smooth and was loved by the guests.
The dish of cold-cooked vermicelli has become the signature dish of Tianxianglou.
Moreover, when sent to the provincial capital, the name of acorn vermicelli was changed to "Yi Ku Cai" and the price was increased to fifty cents per catty.
When Tianxianglou wanted to ask Xue Zhuang to increase the quantity of goods, Xue Zhuang refused.
A month ago, Tianxianglou suddenly lowered the price of fresh vegetables to the lowest level and even tried to find out about Song Liyun in a roundabout way.
Xue Zhuang felt that Tianxianglou had ulterior motives and became alert.
Now that the production of acorn flour and vermicelli in Suijin Town has skyrocketed, people can no longer rely on Tianxianglou to make money.
The people in charge of sales work hard every day to sell acorn vermicelli and acorn noodles to surrounding villages and towns, and the prices are not worse than those of Tianxianglou.
Xue Zhuang no longer planned to have any close relationship with Tianxianglou.
When Shopkeeper Mi learned that Suijin Town sold acorn vermicelli to farmers, he was very angry. This time he was going to Suijin Town in person to question the breach of contract.
In Baolinjuli, after breakfast, Xiao An and Hei Jin fed the rabbits in the backyard, while Song Zhenping went out to graze the horses as usual.
Han Ming was pounding paper pulp alone outside the yard. He now felt that making paper was like doing a magic trick and he was very interested in it.
It is spring now, with warm days.
Yunniang held up a newly made spring shirt and spoke to Song Liyun, who was drying the brothers' bedding. "Miss, now that the weather is warm, why not catch a few piglets and chickens and raise them so we can always have eggs at home?"
During this time, Song Liyun bought eggs at Manager Mu's grocery store.
Yunniang looked at the green grass growing in the woods outside and said that it was a good place to raise chickens since it was barren anyway.
Song Liyun had no objection to this matter. Raising a few chickens was fine, but raising pigs was not.
Yunniang is in charge of the family's meals and also has to do sewing and mending for several people, which is already very busy.
Although I can do housework, I may have to go out at any time.
If I leave at that time, I will have to take Han Ming and Song Zhenping with me, and the family will be too busy to take care of it.
It would be better to go to another village, buy a pig, kill it, and put it in the cellar with ice to keep it refrigerated so that you can have meat to eat at any time.
As the two were talking, they heard Han Ming come in and announce: Mr. Zhang invites Miss Song to the town to discuss matters.
At this moment, in the Suijin Guild Hall, a short and fat man wearing a gray and black robe and a small mustache sat at the head seat with an open file in front of him.
This man is called Sun Wuming, a tax collector from the Civil Affairs Department of Qili County Government. He came here today specifically to inspect taxes.
Sun Wuming glared at Mr. Zhang and Hu Qing, slamming the table and angrily saying, "You unruly people are going to jail for refusing to pay your taxes. Tell me, where do you get the courage to defy the law?"
He was so angry at this moment!
When there was gold sand in Suijin Town, it paid the highest taxes to the Qili County Government.
These tax collectors came here and all of them had to smile at the money bosses. Even the madam of the brothel in the town had to smile to the sky.
After the disaster, the Qili County Government was affected.
From the county magistrate, county magistrate to the captain of the police, all those with rank and status were executed.
Suijin Town became a nightmare and a taboo for the people of Qili County Government.
Everyone thinks this place is unlucky. In recent years, no one even wants to pee in the direction of Suijin Town. They wish this town would disappear from their jurisdiction.
As for how these escaped townspeople lived, no one mentioned it at all, and of course there was no mention of collecting taxes.
Only after receiving the news from Mr. Hong of Tianxiang Tower did he realize that Suijin Town had become rich again.
When Sun Wuming entered the town just now, he saw that many courtyards were filled with long vermicelli noodles, and even the ground on both sides of the streets were full of acorns drying.
The old house that was burned down has been demolished. A large vat of bleaching powder is placed on the open space. Several people gather together, chatting and working happily. There is no longer the deadness of the past.
If he hadn't received the news and seen the contract for the thousand-jin acorn vermicelli from Tianxianglou, he wouldn't have believed his eyes.
Looking at Sun Wuming, who was obsessed with money, Old Master Zhang snorted coldly: "Mr. Sun, tell me who gave us the courage, I will tell you straight out!
It was given by the court.
You came here today to collect taxes, and I also want to ask, when will the county government pay the town's relief funds?"
(End of this chapter)
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