As Huang An left, the officers and soldiers in the shop also left one after another.
When he arrived outside, Huang An turned around and glanced bitterly at the shop behind him.
The middle-aged man with a mustache who was following him came up and said, "Master, why are we leaving? Since they don't pay commercial taxes, they simply sealed up their shop and moved everything inside."
Snapped!
Huang An responded with a slap, hitting the middle-aged man with a mustache hard on the face.
The middle-aged man with a mustache was suddenly slapped. He covered the slapped face with one hand and looked at Huang An who slapped him with a puzzled expression. He didn't understand what he had done wrong. .
"Idiot, you can provoke the Tiger Flag." Huang An cursed bitterly.
He dared to lead troops to the door, but he did not dare to actually take action against the business or people of the Tiger Flag.
Because he knew that although the imperial court intended to deal with the tiger-character flag, it was only a plan and did not actually take action. Once his impulse caused the tiger-character flag to rebel against the imperial court, the imperial court would probably use him as a scapegoat.
The middle-aged man with a mustache covered his face and dared not speak.
Seeing that his master was extremely angry, he was worried that if he said another word, what he was waiting for would be another slap from his master to vent his anger.
Huang An did not stay in the street for long, and returned to his own general's palace with the soldiers and horses of the general's palace.
In the shop.
The waiter packed up the tables, chairs and benches that Huang An had obtained, as well as the cinders scattered on the ground.
"You saw it. This time you have completely offended Huang An." Zhao Yutu said to Ye Yuncheng next to him with an ugly face.
Originally, as long as you paid the business tax, nothing would happen later.
Ye Yuncheng, who was being complained about, smiled and said: "Mr. Zhao is overly worried. General Huang brought officers and soldiers to surround the shop, but only said a few harsh words and left. This shows that he is afraid of us, not us." Afraid of him."
"You have finished what the proprietor told you, when will you go back?" Zhao Yutu didn't want to argue with the other party anymore, so he took the initiative to ask when the other party would leave.
Ye Yuncheng said: "I won't be returning for the time being. I have to go to Lingqiu."
"Since you are going to Lingqiu, I won't keep you. Let's go on the road early!" Zhao Yutu didn't like Ye Yuncheng.
He felt that Ye Yuncheng was too sharp in doing things. If it weren't for the fact that this person was from the entourage team, he wouldn't have said much, otherwise he would have reprimanded him.
Ye Yuncheng also saw that Zhao Yutu did not want to stay by himself, so he said: "Please also ask Mr. Zhao to prepare a supply of dry food and livestock feed for my subordinates. Once everything is ready, my subordinates will be on their way."
Originally, he had no intention of staying here in Xinpingbao for a long time.
The reason why he came to Xinping Fort was to send a message to the proprietor. Otherwise, he would not need to enter Xinping Fort at all, but would go directly to Lingqiu.
"Don't clean it up yet." Zhao Yutu said to the man who was cleaning the house, "Go and prepare some dry food and livestock feed, and we are preparing a horse."
The man put down his work and went to the backyard to prepare what Zhao Yutu told him.
Ye Yuncheng saluted Zhao Yutu and his party and said, "I would like to thank Mr. Zhao."
"You are a member of the Tiger Flag, and you are also the servant of the proprietor. Although I don't like you very much, I will not make things difficult for you on business matters." Zhao Yutu said calmly.
Ye Yuncheng, who was standing nearby, smiled.
I think scholars like Zhao Yutu are a bit stubborn and cute.
There are livestock in the backyard of the shop, so there is no shortage of fine materials. After preparing dry food and fetching a strong horse from the stable, Ye Yuncheng can hit the road.
Huang An, on the other side, returned to the general's mansion and came to the lobby where guests were entertained with an ugly face.
Zheng Shoubei, who came from Tiancheng Guard, has been waiting for Huang An to come back.
As soon as Huang An entered the room, he hurriedly asked: "General Huang, what's going on? Has there been an explanation from the Tiger Character Flag?"
The attitude of the Tiger Flag shop here in Xinpingbao towards commercial tax was directly related to his attitude towards the Tiger Flag business in Lingqiu, so he couldn't wait to ask Huang An.
"You're rebelling, you're rebelling. The tiger-character flag is really rebelling. You dare to disobey orders and not pay commercial taxes." Huang An said angrily.
Seeing this, Zheng Shoubei knew that Huang An's trip out was not going well.
"General Huang is drinking tea." Zheng Shoubei said, "The tiger-character flag is like a grasshopper after autumn. It won't be able to jump around for long. Why should General Huang be angry about it?"
He pushed the tureen on the table towards Huang An.
Huang An said with an ugly face: "I don't know that the Tiger Character Flag will be wiped out by the court sooner or later, but I just can't get out of my bad temper. I humiliate me with a penny. What do I think of the Tiger Character Flag? People are simply lawless. If it weren't for the overall interests of the imperial court, I would have sent troops to seal down Tiger Flag's shop in Xinpingbao."
"General Huang is right to think so. Everything is for the overall interests of the court." Zheng Shoubei said with relief.
Huang An snorted, picked up the tureen beside him and took a sip of tea, and then said to Zheng Shoubei: "After you go to Lingqiu and take office, you don't need to be polite to the business of Tiger Flag. You won't be able to collect even a cent in business tax." few."
"Definitely, definitely." Zheng Shoubei nodded in agreement.
As for what to do when he arrived at Lingqiu, he had his own idea, and naturally he couldn't just stupidly come to collect the business tax from Tiger Flag.
Huang An's incident this time has made him understand that the tiger-character flag is still the tiger-character flag, and there is no intention of surrendering because of the imperial court's targeting.
"Don't leave today. Stay at my general's residence. Early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to escort you, Zheng Shoubei, to your post." Huang An said to Zheng Shoubei.
It was bright outside and it was still early before dark.
At this time, Huang An said that he would stay overnight, and Zheng Shoubei knew that he was going to see off a guest.
Immediately, he said: "I still have things to do, I am afraid that I will disappoint General Huang's good intentions and cannot stay in Xinpingbao overnight."
"Since Zheng Shoubei still has things to do, I won't keep Zheng Shoubei here. Come!" Huang An shouted outside the house.
The door of the house was pushed open, and a servant walked in from outside.
"master."
As soon as they entered the room, the servants saluted Huang An.
Huang An said to his servants: "Send Zheng Shoubei off for me, remember to send it outside the city."
"Yes." The servant agreed.
Zheng Shoubei stood up, clasped his fists towards Huang An, and said, "I won't disturb General Huang. I'll take my leave now."
"I won't give it away." Huang An nodded.
The servants took Zheng Shoubei out of the main room where he was waiting for guests, and sent him outside the city gate before returning to the general's mansion.
Although Zheng Shoubei was a military commander, he did not ride a horse, but came to Xinpingbao in a carriage.
Also coming to Xinpingbao with him were his own soldiers. There were only a few dozen of them.
Although the number is small, ordinary bandits, even if there are one or two hundred people, are no match for these twenty or so soldiers.
