The tax officials guarding the city stared at the people one by one to see which caravan was easy to bully. If there was no backing, they would get more oil and water. If that caravan had some prince or family member of the feudal official to escort the car, let alone collect taxes. You still have to hurry up and help drive away the people and clear the roads!
"Let's go, let's go... I don't have eyes. Prince Qing's family, Chengde Zhuangzi, has come to send out gifts for the Fourth Festival. How dare you stop me? I dare to charge taxes on the food I eat at my own house..."
"Are you new here? Get out of the way and make way for your housekeeper..."
"Hey... Boss Xiao Huang! Aren't you on night patrol in the inner city? Why did you come to Guangqumen today as an errand?"
Mr. Huang, the nine-door admiral, wiped his eyes and deliberately pretended to be unbearable, "Don't mention it, something happened to your old buddy Ding Laogou..."
"Someone revealed that he was related to the factory slaves in the north. Several of his nephews and nephews were arrested. They are going to be imprisoned together!"
"Ouch... stop talking, don't talk about this..." Upon hearing that it was about the factory slaves in the north, all the soldiers guarding the city covered their mouths.
The word "factory slave" has only been circulated in the capital for two days, and it has already become a taboo among the people. Everyone's expression changes when they hear the word "factory slave"!
Forty thousand bannermen were deprived of their flag status overnight and were directly beaten into factory slaves. This was what they got for attacking the new imperial army and disobeying the emperor's orders!
There were constant screams in the concentration camps on both sides of the Qinghe River, and the surrounding people did not dare to pass by there. More than ten corpses had to be thrown out of the graveyard that day!
What's even more terrible is that the imperial court wanted to punish them in succession. Those bannermen who could not survive the torture in Qinghe Concentration Camp would sometimes bite them randomly in order to survive!
As for the tiger and wolf officials below, it doesn’t matter whether you are wronged or not, as long as someone bites you, they will arrest you!
The old dog Ding that Mr. Huang was talking about was one of the several tax collectors in Guangqumen. He was taken out of the hot bed at home last night. The people who reported him were actually his nephews and not outsiders. !
In fact, it was not that relatives were biting each other indiscriminately, but that those tiger and wolf officials tortured and forced the child to confess, and beat the child stupid, and even coaxed and deceived him to find out about the family situation. It turned out that someone in the child's family was a city gate tax collector!
This is a fat and oily job, and the family has a lot of money. What are you waiting for if you don't rip it off at this time?
Xiao Huang knew very well that if this old dog Ding fell into their hands, the best outcome would be to save one life but lose all the family property, and the worst outcome would be to lose both money and life!
Sigh... Although I feel a little intolerable, what can I do? The emperor wants to kill as a warning to others and scare the entire banner people into not wanting to oppose his reform, so he has no choice but to take action!
Anyway, it would be good for them to take action. Xiao Huang sent his boss directly to Guangqumen to check for any fish that had slipped through the net. In fact, it was just for Ding Laogou’s colleagues to see. If they are smarter, they should spend money quickly. Buy peace of mind, if you don't know better, you will be arrested!
Sure enough, just after 9:30 in the morning, several city gatekeepers from Guangqumen secretly called Xiao Huang aside and said, "Oh... Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, we have been in the capital for several years." We've made friends, please tell me what's going on?"
The smiling face passed over, and then Xiao Huang felt a string of cold and heavy metal slipping into his sleeve. It didn't take a guess to know that it was the Chinese dragon-patterned silver dollar!
It's not much, just over ten silver dollars. How can you spend this little money like a beggar?
Boss Xiao Huang chuckled, "Masters, you all have a backer. I'm just a little lackey who patrols the city in the middle of the night. How can I know so much news? I'm really sorry!"
"No! Mr. Huang, you are being unloyal... At noon, we will gather at the front door of Jude, and some of the best Xi Mian brothers will be your hosts!"
"I'm sure there will be someone else who cares about it by then, don't worry...the money just now was tea money for your brothers, yours will have to be counted separately!"
That's pretty much it. As a saying goes, Xiao Huang lowered his wrist, and a bunch of silver dollars were piled in his hand. After weighing it for a while, he threw it into his pocket.
"Brothers are not outsiders, and I won't hide them anymore... The capital is in chaos now. I followed the prince on errands in the Nine Gate Admiralty. I saw with my own eyes what living hell is!"
"There are so many people who have been tortured to death on both sides of the Qinghe River. Their corpses are being pulled out in carts... The people who died were all kinds of people, including those who were suffocated, hung, beaten with boards, and even washed. dead……"
"Under severe torture, what kind of confession can you make? Haha... The rich men in this capital have to think about it! How many kinds of torture can you endure?"
While talking, Mr. Huang glanced at the necks of several city gatekeepers, scaring them so much that they were covered in cold sweat!
A few people made some calculations and finally said to Mr. Huang, "Master Huang, if you can take over the task of investigating Guangqumen, it means that your boss must have a strong foundation!"
"We won't say anything else... How about 30% of your daily income? We don't know how you and your boss will divide it!"
"Haha... Thirty percent? Are you going to beg for money? You have been greedy enough over the years, and you still can't give up the good money today?"
"What time has this happened? It's important to save your life! As long as you are beaten into factory slaves, not to mention the 30% every day, you will have to vomit out all your previous family wealth!"
"Let me make it clear! Old dog Ding being arrested is not a good sign for you. Do you think he will bite under torture?"
"Damn, even if he stops biting, there will always be something to gain by raiding his house, right? Let's go back and show those people... Ouch, these city gatekeepers are so fat, they have a mountain of money!"
"Haha... As long as they have this idea, I tell you brothers to think about it! Isn't it a big deal to reveal your wealth? How much wealth does Old Gou Ding have? You brothers will definitely not be able to live without his amount..."
These words frightened several city gate officials, their faces turned pale, and they were about to beg. Suddenly, Mr. Huang saw a row of black carts outside the city gate approaching in a mighty manner, and there were no marks on the carriages. They didn't know it. It's that company's fleet.
"Stop... stop the convoy... make a temporary inspection... search what is this for? Is there anyone involved, is there any private goods, is there a gang of factory slaves!"
Boss Xiao Huang roared, and his brothers rushed forward like a swarm of swarms!
There are a total of six large carriages of the same style. The black sheds on top are tightly buckled. You can tell by the squeaking sound of the ruts that there are a lot of things inside!
When the driver saw a row of nine-door admiral soldiers armed with swords and guns surrounding them, he quickly jumped out of the carriage, held his hands in his hands and said with a smile, "Oh, you guys are wise...this is the carriage and horse of the Ministry of Revenue, not a truck of a common people's business." …”
"Bah... Do I care whether you have a household department or not? Do you think so? I have to check and decide if it is right! Brothers, get on the bus..."
As soon as the curtain of a carriage in the middle of the conversation was opened, a head popped out and opened his mouth to curse, "Oh...who do I think I am? Xiao Huang on night watch!"
"You're so awesome! I haven't been promoted in a few months! You can even take over the fat jobs at the city gate... I think you dare to search for one!"
