Deep in Zhongtiao Mountain, Linquan Town, it’s another market day
Orion Sifu brought several times more prey to the town for the market this time than before. Since the National Army and the Japanese had been fighting some time ago, Sifu was so frightened that he hid in his home in the mountains and did not dare to come out. The food and salt at home were already gone. No more. If you don’t go out to the market, you will have to eat wild products every day. Without salt and food, you will feel exhausted.
The prey he brought this time were mainly leather goods of relatively high value. The meat could not be stored for that long. Without salt, the meat could not be cured and stored. The uneaten ones had to be thrown away, leaving only the precious fur. When the market opens, they will be sold in exchange for grain and salt.
I don’t know from which day no one came to urge him to pay the forest tax. This allowed his family to get through this difficult time.
In order to get a relatively good price, he set out from his home to go to the town market before dawn, walked more than 20 miles of mountain roads, and finally arrived at the entrance of the town at dawn;
"Thank God, it was the Kuomintang army that won the battle. The people standing guard at the entrance of the town were our own people, not the Japanese."
Although these soldiers would take a large part of his mountain goods as taxes every time, he still hoped that these soldiers would defeat the devils. Who among the common people in the past dynasties would not pay the imperial rations?
"Thank you for your hard work, boss. These are the wild animals I want to hand over. They are all high-quality furs. Each one was hit on the eyes, without any damage to the fur."
When he arrived at the post, Sifu greeted the bosses with a smiling face, and consciously took out some of the leather he had prepared in advance to pay taxes.
He didn't know if it was enough, so he consciously gave an extra ten percent. In the past, taxes would be increased after a war.
"Fellow, your leather is really good. It looks like top quality at first glance. It will definitely sell for a good price today!
Fellow fellow, you must not have been to the town for a long time. Now Linquan Town is the defense area of our 78th Army. Now the rules have changed. We only collect 15% of the commercial tax from large merchants. People like you only sell some mountain products that you hunt by yourself. We No tax is charged. "
"Boss, I'm an honest man. Don't tease me. If you have to raise taxes after fighting the Japanese, I'll accept it. The bosses risked their lives to fight the Japanese, so we should pay more taxes. Can we add 10% more?"
Sifu almost cried and begged that he could not afford to offend the bosses of the Central Army.
"Fellow, don't worry, we're not teasing you, we really don't charge taxes. If anyone dares to ask you to collect money or bully you in the future, just come to us and we will make the decision for you."
A veteran with the rank of sergeant told him pleasantly that he had met a lot of fellow villagers like Sifu today. It seemed that the previous garrison had bullied the common people. Now the 78th Army has the final say, and no one can think of it. If you bully fellow villagers again, you will never be polite to them.
The veteran sergeant is the squad leader of the 3rd squad of a certain company of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 78th Army's New 5th Division. Today it is their turn to be on duty;
The security company is still being formed, so the security of Linquan Town is temporarily in charge of the first platoon of a certain company.
There are 4 infantry squads and 1 firepower squad in one platoon. One squad is arranged at the entrance of the town. There is also a squad in the town responsible for patrolling. The other personnel are on standby at the newly established town office.
Sifu saw that today’s bosses not only did not collect taxes, but also spoke to them in a pleasant manner, which was completely different from those harsh bosses in the past;
Sifu secretly said:
"I guess I met a good person today!"
Sifu didn't know whether it was true or not, so he tried to leave the town, but no one stopped them. The boss from before waved to him, telling him to go about his business.
Until he left the sight of the bosses, no one looked for him again. It seems to be true!
The bosses in the town no longer collected taxes from them, and Sifu was ecstatic. After paying 30% less tax, life would be easier.
The town seemed to be much more lively than usual, and people coming and going had smiles on their faces. He found a conspicuous place to put down all his leathers, and began to sell his leathers.
There are still few people buying leather. His leather used to be collected by Mr. Chen’s family, and most people buy less.
When he thought of Master Chen's housekeeper, a shadow cast over his face. Could it be that he was going to sell it to them at a low price again during the gathering?
But no one in the town except Mr. Chen’s family could buy so many of his leather goods. The family was still waiting for food and salt to survive, so they might have to sell it to them at a low price this time.
He had no idea that Mr. Chen had been killed by the big boss he knew, but the fur was still hard to sell.
The Chen family was exterminated, and the Bai family appeared in the town. Not only did they swallow up the Chen family's property in Linquan Town, but they also teamed up with several other businesses to almost monopolize all the business in the town. There were still no poor people like him. way to survive.
If the system cannot be changed and just killing one or two profiteers, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, with little effect.
"Fellow, how can you sell your skin?"
When Fugui heard that someone came to ask about the price, he immediately excitedly said a price, which was lower than his previous price. As long as it was not sold to the sinister Chen family, he would be happy to sell it at a low price.
It was Li Chenxi who asked the price. Next to him was his wife Hu Jingwen. Both of them had changed into casual clothes. Hu Jingwen seemed to be pregnant.
Today is the day when Linquan Town reopens. As the commander of the First Brigade of the New Fifth Division, he wanted to take this opportunity to learn about the recovery of the market after the war. He also happened to buy some furs for Hu Jingwen to make a mattress. The military doctor had just checked that she was pregnant. .
"Fellow, you are a hunter, right? Is this leather easy to sell? Is it enough for a family to live on?"
While Hu Jingwen was making trouble, Li Chenxi kept asking Sifu to make things happen.
Sifu is also a father. Although Hu Jingwen's belly is not very obvious, he can easily see it;
In the mountains of Zhongtiao Mountain, the temperature difference between day and night is large and the air is very cold. Although it will still be cold for some time, pregnant women do need to prepare some cold-proof items first.
Based on his own experience, Sifu chose some special leathers for Hu Jingwen to keep out the cold. She happened to like them too, so she nodded to Li Chenxi.
Li Chenxi became a husband and became more and more discerning. Judging from Xiao Hu's expression, she knew that she had also taken a liking to the pieces of leather that the fellow villagers helped pick out, which could be used to make a cold-proof mattress.
Li Chenxi also learned about the living conditions of some Orions from Sifu. Their lives were still difficult. The most important thing was that the purchasing power of the market was not strong. In a word, the people had no money!
This is a big problem. He remembered that Liu Town was like this before. It had a natural economy and was self-sufficient. Most of the villagers couldn't even fill their stomachs. Where would they get the money to spend?
"The policy of rent reduction and interest rate reduction must be accelerated. It's time for some blind landlord Xiang Kun to take some violent measures against them!"
Li Chenxi secretly felt cruel in his heart. He was preparing to attack some stubborn elements in the area...
"Hey, who is this that is robbing our Bai family of their livelihood and breaking the rules set by the Bai family?"
When Li Chenxi heard this, a smile appeared on his face. He was worried about who to operate on first.
