Since the Qing army massacred Gaoyao County four years ago, Gaoyao County has never been able to restore its former population and prosperity. To this day, there are only 5,000 or 6,000 people in Dingkou in the county, which is still a light that is close to Zhaoqing Prefecture. Otherwise, I am afraid that this will be an empty city like many counties in western Guangdong.

He also entrusted the blessing of the Qing army. Today, Gaoyao County Magistrate Qin Ming does not have to worry about the annual taxes, because the Ministry of Revenue transferred Gaoyao County from the upper and lower counties in the Ming Dynasty to the lower counties. Last year, when Li Dingguo of the Southern Ming Dynasty invaded, the court issued an order to exempt the prefectures and counties from the Ming army for three years. In short, it was only less than two years, and there was still one year when there was no need to pay taxes.

There is no need to pay taxes to the court. The county magistrate is naturally comfortable and can make a lot of money in private. The people, the court sympathizes with you, but you must also be sympathetic to the county lord. To put it above, it is 70% less than the county lord, but to put it below, there is 30% left! These 30% of the court look down on me, but I can see you, Master, I think I am from you, the South Barbarians, and I will be able to be an official! It will be fine if the people understand me. If I don’t understand me, Master, I will understand you!

Gaoyao County is not big, unlike the prefecture city, which has four gates, but only two gates in the east and west. Green camp soldiers were stationed on the east gate. The people did not dare to be neighbors with the camp soldiers, so they lived in the west city consciously. Only large families who had connections with the camp soldiers or had officials in their families dared to live in the east city.

The county magistrate is also in Dongcheng, which was originally the Ming Dynasty. It was ruined and failed. Judging from the situation, it has not been repaired for at least fifty years. When the Qin County Magistrate took office, he was so angry that he cursed the former Ming Dynasty magistrates: What are you doing? The yamen is destroyed like this, so you can repair it!

Yes, if you don’t practice, you won’t practice me, and if you do it, you may not let the master live for the rest of his life. If you are cheap, you should do whatever you want. If you take advantage of the county’s tax exemption, you should make more money and go to the Governor’s Office and the Prince’s Office next year to manage more. You have to change places to become an official.

............

If someone has, there will be business.

No matter how few people in Gaoyao County are, there are always thousands of people. In addition, the elderly and weak are still tens of thousands of people. In addition, they are not far from the city, and there are still business trips. Therefore, there are two restaurants in the city, but they are all located in Xicheng. Pingli does business with neighbors and foreign merchants. Although the business is bleak, they often encounter soldiers from the East City coming to eat the king's meal. However, no matter how bleak, they can always keep it. Sometimes when they meet reasonable soldiers, they don't give money, and they can always give some more or less. In this way, they will not close the door at a loss. However, they don't know that the soldiers of this camp are also smart, because if they don't give money, they will naturally not be able to open this restaurant. Without the restaurant, where will they eat and drink? Are the food in the camp eaten by people? So they have to give some money no matter how much, otherwise everyone will be unlucky.

On that day, the guy at Sihai Restaurant had just wiped the table and bench clean and opened the door panel to do business. He saw a large group of green camp soldiers suddenly coming from the street. The guy and the shopkeeper who came out later felt cold on the spot. He was about to bite the bullet and receive these green camp masters. But after a closer look, these soldiers looked very good at looking at each other. He listened to the accent, huh? When did the county come to help the soldiers from other provinces?

The soldiers from other provinces seemed to have just entered the city and were not familiar with the city. They finally found a restaurant. They immediately rushed over like a hungry dog ​​who saw a piece of fat meat. They shouted and shouted happily. The speed was so fast that the guy was stunned. There was nowhere to avoid it. They just called and squeezed aside.

"Cook everything delicious and delicious, hurry up, slow down, take the knife and call you quickly!"

After the soldiers with accents from other provinces entered the store, they sat down in groups, slapped the table and shouted that the guys would bring good wine and food. With the sound of the soldiers from other provinces coming in, more and more soldiers from other provinces heard the noise and rushed over here. Looking down from the windows upstairs, it was dark, blocking the small street, like a temple fair, with no less than a few hundred people.

The guys were frightened by the group of foreign soldiers who broke in. Looking at the long sword and spear that were slapped on the table, they were all stunned, so scared that they didn't dare to move.

The shopkeeper finally saw the world. When he heard the accents of these soldiers from other provinces, he knew it was broken: My goodness, isn’t this the accent of the Liaodong area? Could it be that these soldiers are not the green camp but the flag soldiers?

Gao Yao is only a few dozen miles away from Zhaoqing Prefecture City. The shopkeeper often goes to the mansion to do business, and often goes to the provincial capital. Even though he has never seen the power of the flag soldiers with his own eyes, he has heard of them, so he knew that these flag soldiers could not be offended, so he hurriedly asked the foolish-stop shop to hurry to the kitchen to bring the wine and food.

The fat woman of the shopkeeper didn't know how powerful the flag soldier was, so she was watching stupidly. She was so scared that the shopkeeper quickly pulled her aside, waved her hands repeatedly, and signaled her to hide in the backyard.

.............

The shopkeeper guessed that the group of foreign soldiers came from Liaodong, and the Han army's blue flag soldiers under the command of Prince Jingnan.

These Han soldiers dare not be arrogant in the provincial capital because they were staring at them for a lot of eyes. The princes were afraid that the court would blame them, so they were very careful of them and did not dare to be arrogant on weekdays. However, after leaving the provincial capital, these Han soldiers immediately became great men. They were very arrogant. No one dared to offend them, no one dared to provoke them, and no one dared to care about them. After rushing dozens of miles, they finally found Gaoyao County, so how could the Han soldiers be unhappy?

Seeing these flag soldiers eating and drinking in their own shop, the shopkeeper was really hurting, but he had nowhere to complain, and he always had a smile on his face so that he would not be beaten up by some drunk flag soldiers. He really paid for the wine and food and then gave it to himself.

In this situation in Sihai Restaurant, the guests from the other side came. If someone dared to break in, they would think they were entering the same house because they saw soldiers eating meat and drinking big bowls, as well as stunned guys and shopkeepers with aches.

............

The two restaurants here were suffering from the Han army with blue flags, and the pedestrians and other shops on the streets there did not escape their disaster.

"Stop, stop for me!"

"The officers and soldiers catch the thieves and dare to run away!"

The flag soldiers who were deliberately trying to blackmail the people and earn some silver and shouted loudly along the street, and did not take the Gaoyao County yamen's servants seriously at all. The yamen runners were also very savage and knew that they could not afford to offend these flag soldiers. Anyone who was willing to come came was hiding from a distance and watched, and sent people back to report what they saw to the county magistrate Qin Ming was frightened when he heard about the flag soldiers and sent people to the green camp in the county to inquire about the situation. However, the news that the county garrison Thousand Generals of the county were leading the flag soldiers to the west city.

It's over, it's over!

Qin Ming didn't have to think about what those people wanted to do. The people below asked him what to do, what could he do? He would blow everyone out and hide in the back yamen without asking about anything.

Don't ask about nothing else, don't ask about nothing else...

.........

So many foreign soldiers rushed in at once, which scared the people in Gaoyao City. They originally thought that these foreign soldiers were just passing by Gaoyao, but with the shouts of "officials and soldiers catching thieves", the people could not turn around and knew what these soldiers were going to do.

The brains on the street were swiftly slipping away immediately, or hid in shops on both sides of the street, but their brains were slower but not so lucky. The soldiers from other provinces who were originally called "Officers and soldiers to catch thieves" suddenly stopped, then pulled their faces one by one, pulled out long swords from their waists, and two or three began to act. Those who hid thought they could escape, but the flag soldiers directly broke into the house and did not let go of anything. The unarmed and scared people were so scared that they were unscrupulously blackmailed by the prepared Han army in the Lan Banner.

"Why does this calluse on your hand look like you are holding a knife!"

"Mr. Jun., it's not a knife that is wronged, and the villain farms..."

"No?! Damn, I'm just eating this kind of food. Can you still be wronged? Damn, I'm not honest. I think you're impatient!"

"Mr. Jun. Please spare me..."

"Did you carry silver?"

"No...no..."

"Brothers, this man is the spy of the Ming army, taken down!"

"Don't... Jun Ye, the villain has money, and he has money!"

"You guys know each other, get out!"

“………”

The city was filled with ferocious and ferocious Han troops inlaid with blue flags, making the city go crazy. From time to time, there were screams of women and children, and the sound of "thump, plop" kicking the door, and the sound of pots and pans falling down were even more ups and downs.

Anyone, whether it is a city residents, a businessman, or a visiting relative, will be arrested and intimidated immediately if he is seen by the Han military flag. He will not avoid being able to escape without giving money.

A businessman who came from Zhaoqing Prefecture to do business happened to pass by Gaoyao with his friend. He originally wanted to go to the city for dinner, but he didn't know that he was unlucky. As soon as he entered the city, the Han army flag came.

At first, the merchant didn't think something would happen. After all, the one who entered the city was an official army, and it was not a bandit. But when the Han army flags began to be extorted all over the city, the merchant was immediately scared and at a loss because he had several silver notes in his pocket. If he was searched by these flag soldiers, he would lose all his money.

The guy saw officers and soldiers arresting people everywhere, and his legs were trembling. The master and servant thought about it and quickly left. Just when he was about to escape, he saw a leader who led several soldiers to run towards them.

"stop!"

The master and servant were startled. Seeing that the other party's eyes were sweeping around him, the merchant knew that it was not good, so he quickly stepped forward to write a compensation and said with a smile: "Mr. Jun, I wonder what's wrong with calling Xiaomin?"

Nazoreng asked, "What are you doing?"

"Reply to Jun Ye, Xiaomin is here to visit relatives." The merchant dared not tell the truth. He knew that as long as he said he was a businessman in business, he would definitely be in trouble today.

"A visiting relatives?"

The Zuoling didn't believe it, so he cursed, "Since he is here to visit relatives, why do you hide when you see us?"

You guys knocked on silver all over the streets, can I not run away? The merchant cursed inwardly, but said, "Mr. Jun. I misunderstood. Xiaomin didn't hide from Jun. Xiaomin just happened to leave."

When Zuoling heard what he said, he couldn't help but sneer, and said sarcastically: "Is that true?"

“Yes, yes…”

Seeing that the leader's face was not good, the merchant was shocked and wanted to leave immediately. He said with great concern: "This military master, the villain, the master and servant have always been law-abiding. The military masters are busy arresting the thieves, so the civilians will not delay the military master's handling of the matter." After saying that, he shouted to the servant, "What are you still standing there? Why don't you give way to the military master quickly!"

The guy hurriedly let go when he heard this, but the Zuo Ling and a few subordinates laughed. A flag soldier blocked the master and servant, and said with a strange smile: "I want to leave? There is no way!"

Na Zuoleng turned his face even darker and shouted, "Tie it!"

The merchant was shocked, and the guy was so scared that he was no longer looking at him. The flag soldiers had already prepared ropes and wanted to tie up the master and servant without saying a word.

The merchant was so scared that he moved desperately. The two flag soldiers who tied him were so angry that they cursed: "Don't move around! I dare to move for a while, I want you to look good!"

The merchant begged: "Mr. Jun. Please spare me... Jun.

Na Zuo Ling said, "It's okay to spare your life, but it depends on whether you know the appearance or not." As he said that, his hand was about to touch the merchant's arms.

He had all his belongings in his arms. If they were asked to copy them, how could his family live? When the merchant was anxious, he didn't know where he got the strength. He broke free from the two flag soldiers who were pressing on him and was about to run away. But he suddenly felt a chill on his neck and a long knife was already on his neck.

When the guy saw this, he screamed with a "ah", and his eyes rolled, and he fainted. He was so scared that he thought he was dead.

Na Zuoling bent down and looked at the guy's nose. He found that he was still breathing. He couldn't help but spit out in anger. He stood up and looked at the merchant in annoyance, cursing: "I want to run away! Damn it, I don't want to eat toast and drink. I'm impatient to live! Brothers, let this eyeless guy bleed!"

"Okay!"

The flag soldiers were intimidating and pretending to be the best. A flag soldiers stepped forward and moved their wrists. Suddenly, the tip of the knife touched the merchant's neck and moved slightly.

The merchant felt a pain in his neck and said that he was going to be chopped off his head, which was so shocked that he was so scared that he was left with the green mountains, not afraid of burning firewood, and things outside of money would not be brought by life or death. If his life was gone, what else would he have to do?

The merchant stomped his foot and begged for mercy in a crying voice: "Don't kill the little people, don't kill the little people, the little people have money, the little people have money!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Zuo Ling and his men immediately showed an expression of ecstasy.

"Damn it, you know the truth earlier, so you don't have to suffer this kind of flesh and blood!" The Zuoling spoke sarcastically while touching the merchant's waist, "Where is the silver?"

"In Xiaomin...in Xiaomin's arms..."

After the merchant finished speaking, he felt like he was breathing, his body was soft and about to sag down. The leader hurriedly asked his subordinates to support him, and reached out to touch him in his arms. At this time, a shout of killing came from the sound of far and near.
Chapter completed!