A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 229 Tax Arrears
Haishi (21 o'clock) Wu's Courtyard in Linhai County

Usually at this point, it has long been quiet and peaceful, but today the front yard is brightly lit.

The hall was brightly lit, five or six people dressed as warriors were enjoying a drink, the table was messed up, while the rest of them were drinking slowly and talking about murder and robbery.

And the entire open space in the front yard was filled with all kinds of ronin and warriors, some of them were chewing chicken legs and pig's trotters, some wielded short knives, and picked up pieces of beef on the plate with the tip of the knife and sent them to their mouths.

The head steward of the Wu family quickly stepped into the hall, stood in front of the head of the Wu family and said:
"Patriarch, the people from the inspection department have come out of the county and are rushing towards us."

"How many people came?"

"The spies said that the entire inspection department's soldiers were dispatched."

After hearing that it was all the soldiers, the head of the Wu family showed joy.

"Where is Lin?"

"I heard from the spies that if he didn't follow, he should still be in the county government office."

"I heard that his martial arts are not bad, but I didn't expect him to be afraid of death.

Hmph, but it's no use hiding anywhere. "

At this moment, a middle-aged warrior sitting on the right side of the hall said:

"Mr. Wu, you are too careful. It's just a small broken city. If the fight starts in the afternoon, we are already drinking in the county government."

Another samurai dressed up also shouted:

"The captain is right. We have done a lot of things like this in the past years. For such a small county town, I have to capture an unknown number of them every year, so there is no need for such trouble."

"Last year, big cities like Jiangcheng and Qucheng were breached by us. Member Wu, you were too careful. A mere two or three hundred soldiers from the inspection department can kill the shit out of them as long as you send out a small team. "

Patriarch Wu thought to himself: I don't know about this matter. With these Japanese pirates in front of me and their strength, it is not a big problem to directly capture the county.

But if you really want to do this, after a battle, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.

At that time, you must not pay a large sum of money for pensions.

The head of the Wu family hurriedly said:

"Captain Liu, since Lin took office, his soldiers have been trained very strictly, and their combat strength should not be bad, so we should be careful with the Wannian Ship."

Captain Liu smiled and nodded, picked up the wine glass and drank with several other warriors.

He had already guessed Yuanwai Wu's thoughts, but using other people's money to relieve disasters for others, the two parties will continue to do business in the future, there is no need to pay for pensions, which will frustrate everyone's relationship.

A young man who was sitting on the left side of the hall saw this situation and hurriedly said:

"Daddy, after today, no one should dare to come to our Linhai County to take office."

Patriarch Wu sneered and said:

"After a while, I'll help you, Jue'er, take down the position of the magistrate of Linhai County.

Several other companies will also occupy a position in the county government.

At the beginning of the year, I proposed to do this, but the other families just couldn't bear this little money.

Look at how much money our family has lost in the past six months. "

Thinking of the loss of the Wu family after Wang Lidong came to Linhai County, plus the money they had raised for today's matter, Patriarch Wu felt a pang of pain.

Originally, after the Qian family was wiped out, they wanted to transfer Wang Lidong away, but unfortunately the magistrate took the money but didn't do anything.

Several Patriarchs calculated it, and it was not worth it.

It's better to endure for another two years, then spend a small amount of money to promote Wang Lidong to a level, and then send this plague god away.

Unexpectedly, there was news from the county government that before the end of the year, the county government would urge all the taxes owed in previous years to be paid, and after the new year, the population and acres of land would be checked.

This matter made several families in Linhai County take the initiative to kill.

They cannot accept any of the three items, let alone implement all three items.

The Wu family has owed the summer and autumn taxes alone for nine years, almost 4000 taels.

If the population and acres of land are checked again, their family will have to pay twice as much tax every year in the future.

In order to protect his own interests, killing a small county magistrate is really not a big deal.

In the Qing Dynasty, facing the Manchu Tartars, these landlords and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River dared to do all kinds of tricks in order to pay less taxes.

However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not the Zhu family dynasty, and knew how to deal with these talkative gangsters.

The gentry and landlords in the south of the Yangtze River who were killed honestly paid as much as they should pay, and dared not lose a penny.

Thinking of giving away so much money, Patriarch Wu thought about how to get it back.

The Wu family will be able to share more than 2000 mu of land in Linjiacun.

In the past half a year, the money of the entire county government has been scattered like the water of the Minjiang River.

This little county magistrate must still have a lot of money in his hands.

Thinking of this, the Patriarch of the Wu family said to the middle-aged man sitting first on the left in the lower hall:
"Deng Gongfu, when the time comes to the county government, Lin Pingzhi will trouble you."

This person is none other than Deng Bagong, the God Whip of the Songshan School, Zuo Lengchan's younger brother.

He is the person in charge of foreign affairs of the Songshan faction in Fujian Province, so he stays in Fujian Province all year round.

After a long time, I also got to know many local landlords and gentry.

Not long ago, Tian Boguang was captured by Linhai County. When they found out that Wang Lidong was responsible, they guessed that his martial arts were not weak.

Worried about being run away by Wang Lidong tonight, so I found the junior brother who is the head of the Songshan School.

Hearing the great financial master speak, Deng Bagong cupped his hands with a smile and replied:
"Member Wu is too polite, Deng will live up to his trust."

Unexpectedly, this country rich man is also so rich. Ask him to deal with a small county magistrate, and ask him to ask for 500 taels of silver.

But at that time, he didn't agree, because he was killing officials after all, but after hearing the plan and adding another 300 taels, he reluctantly agreed.

After knowing the reason for asking him to act, he scoffed, he didn't believe that Tian Boguang was caught by Wang Lidong himself.

He knows Wang Lidong's background very well, he is the head of the young escort of Fuwei Escort Bureau.

He also dealt with Lin Zhennan in the past two years, and his martial arts are second-rate.

So how strong is the martial arts of the son taught by Lin Zhennan himself?

Later he inquired about it, and heard that when Tian Boguang was arrested, Linghu Chong, the chief disciple of the Huashan School, was by his side.

And Wang Lidong and Yue Buqun's daughter got engaged not long ago.

It was obvious that the old man Yue Buqun wanted to give credit to his son-in-law.

At this moment, a young man dressed as a samurai ran in from the outside and informed everyone that the inspection department had arrived nearby.

Patriarch Wu said to the middle-aged captain:
"Captain Liu, I will leave the inspection department to you."

Then he said to the housekeeper next to him:

"After a cup of tea, you go and signal."

At this moment, a shout sounded outside the compound:

"Member Wu, immediately open the door and surrender, accept the inspection, otherwise you will be punished as a traitor!"

Captain Liu led a few warriors outside the hall:
"It's late at night, who knows if you are from the inspection department, and we can talk about things after dawn."

Guo inspector's voice sounded:
"I suspect that your house is harboring Japanese pirates. Don't blame me for being rude if you don't open the door after counting to three."

"Bah, who are you, you can't convict us with your mouth."

Guo Xunjian waved his big hand and shouted directly: "Give it to me!"

Dozens of soldiers rushed forward, but they were firmly blocked from the two closed vermilion gates.

The middle-aged warrior poked his head out from the wall, saw this scene, and jokingly said:
"Hahaha, let me see how you come in!"

(End of this chapter)