Chapter 616: Human Heart

The little boy named Qin'er's face was red. She looked at the man with broken legs and felt very pitiful, so she gave him more money. In her mind, this man should be full of gratitude. It was only right to say thank you, but I never expected that the man would say nasty things to me. (Baidu search updates are the fastest and most stable) With money in hand, you can’t advance or retreat.

"The servant is rude, it's our fault!" A clear voice came from behind. The young man who had been sitting there walked over and made a fist to the boss who had lost his legs.

"Forget it!" The boss waved his hand magnanimously, "This is Jishi City, a place under the jurisdiction of Governor Gao. The rules may be different from other places. Today, Governor Gao has won another great victory. I feel in my heart I'm glad I won't argue with you. If it were the past, I would definitely knock this little guy out with a stick."

The young master smiled slightly, turned around, and stretched out his hand to the boy, "Twenty copper coins."

Qin'er's eyes were filled with tears, and it looked like they were about to fall. She reluctantly took out another twenty copper coins and handed them to the young master.

After taking the money, the young man stacked the twenty copper coins neatly in front of the boss, nodded and smiled at him, turned around and walked out, followed immediately by two boys and two companions.

The boss looked at their backs, but he couldn't take his eyes away.

There was the sound of horse hooves outside, and it was obvious that the five people had left, but the boss still didn't look back, looking thoughtful.

"That young man just now is so good-looking!" A woman's voice came from behind. The boss turned around, glanced at his mother-in-law, and smiled, "What young man, that is a woman in disguise. Those two companions are so skilled. Yes, I am full of murderous intent. Although they have tried their best to hide it, I crawled out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, but I can't hide it from me. I have difficulty moving. Go and tell the village chief immediately and ask him to report to the police. How many people have come? A suspicious person."

"These people shouldn't be bad people, right?" The mother-in-law was obviously reluctant.

"Whether he is a bad person or not, we have to be on guard against sneaky ones. Besides, we can judge whether they are bad people or not. The former Tan Feng often visited the governor's camp. We, the people, looked at him. You are so affectionate with the governor, just like good friends. If you turn around and want to stab the governor, go to the village chief and tell him. Let the village chief tell the chief in the city that if he is a good person, he will do it himself. I won't accuse them unjustly. If they are bad people, hehe, then we have made a contribution," the boss said proudly.

"Young Master, you and Qin'er have exposed several flaws just now. If the boss with the broken leg is a serious person, he will definitely find something abnormal." On top of the running horse's hooves, a companion walked side by side with the young master and whispered, "It's better to be careful."

The young master smiled slightly,

"I have been careful along the way. Now that I have reached the core of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, I naturally don't need to pay so much attention to everything. It's okay. It doesn't matter even if they find out. I'm going to find them anyway."

The middle-aged companion had a somewhat worried look on his face, "But Young Master, the relationship between the Master and General Gao was not good in the past, and could even be said to be enemies. This trip here is really too risky. In fact, Young Master, you With his identity, abilities and strength, he is a popular figure in any country he goes to, so why would he have to come to Jishi City?"

The young master reined in his horse and turned to look at his companions with a cold expression on his face, "Where can we go, Zhao or Qin? Wei or Qi? Like Jing Rufeng, Jing Rufeng is very proud of himself in Zhao State now, but the people of Qin State are still struggling. His ancestral graves were dug up. Jing Rufeng fled to Zhao State and hid for twenty years, but no one dug up his ancestral graves in these twenty years. "

Bandang closed his mouth. The young master let out a long breath, reined in his horse, and moved forward slowly, "Gao Yuan is a Yan people after all, and the army under his command is also an army of the Yan people."

"Young Master is right!" Bandang nodded, "I was wrong."

"That man is so rude!" The boy named Qin'er caught up and said dissatisfiedly: "I gave him more money because I wanted to pity him, but I didn't want him to be ignorant and hurt others!"

"Qin'er, that's a retired soldier. His legs were lost on the battlefield." The young master looked up to the sky and thought for a while, "But it's just here in Jishi City. Even if it's In Jicheng, we can often see disabled and retired soldiers begging in the streets, living like wild dogs on the street. It is no wonder that the Eastern Expeditionary Army has such combat effectiveness. Gao Yuan actually takes care of those soldiers who have retired due to injuries. Well, from the looks of it, they all support themselves, and the lame one who came in earlier is probably the same."

"I'm surprised that they all have knives on their waists!" Bandang shook his head and said, "This is Jishi City, and it is also the core of Gao Yuan's current rule. Isn't he afraid of these people rebelling with knives?"

"Will they rebel?" The young master shook his head and said, "Don't you feel the meaning of their words? Those young people are actually proud to join the Eastern Expedition Army."

"There are indeed many things that I don't understand." Bandang nodded.

"Let's go to Jishi City. Maybe we can find the answer there." The young master accelerated his pace.

The five of them walked forward and could not go very far, but they saw the lame man and his party who had left earlier. But the young master reined in his horse and slowed down to ride alongside them. He turned to look at the lame man, cupped his fists and said with a smile, "Uncle, is the harvest good this year?"

He Dayou said with a smile: "This little brother, my name is He Dayou, the head of Baiyang Village. Are you from out of town? You are really handsome."

When these words came out, the young master blushed with embarrassment. It was okay to praise a woman for her beauty, but now that he was dressed as a man, it was worth considering to praise his own beauty.

"The harvest is good this year!" The young master changed the subject and looked at the carts of grain behind him.

"Yes, yes, thanks to the governor, the weather has been good this year. The production of the fields in the past two years has increased this year. Of course it is good, and it will be even better next year." He Dayou looked at the carts of grain with a smile .

"Is this going to be sent to the city to pay the public rations?"

"No, this is for sale. We in Jishi City don't pay public food. Zhengdong Mansion buys it with money."

"So that's it. If you don't pay public taxes, then the taxes in Jishi City must be quite high, right?"

"Taxes? There are no taxes!" He Dayou said: "We are all retired soldiers. We don't have to pay taxes on the ration fields. The reclaimed wasteland is also exempt from taxes for three years."

"What about the poll tax?"

"There is a poll tax, fifty cents per person per year!" He Dayou said with a smile.

"So low?"

"My brother also said it was low. Yes, when I borrowed the money, the taxes were very heavy. In addition to the numerous taxes, the officials also used different ways to collect money. I can't survive anymore." I went to serve as a soldier. I was lucky, and later I joined General Gao. I really didn’t expect to have such a good life now. My wife and children are on the kang, I have meat to eat, and I have wine to drink. This life is worth it!" He Dayou said with a smile! .

"What's the price of food in Jishi City now?"

He Dayou smiled and reported a number. The young master was stunned for a moment, and the two companions around him were also a little stunned. "Uncle, the price of food in Jishi City is so low. We come from outside, and the price of food outside is here." Several times, there are also caravans coming in to collect grain, why don't you sell the grain to those merchants, the price is several times higher!"

"We won't sell it to them!" He Dayou shook his head, "We will sell it to Zhengdong Mansion."

"What's the point?" The middle-aged companion looked at He Dayou in confusion, as if he were looking at an idiot, "You can make more money but you don't?"

"Brother, you don't understand Luo!" He Dayou laughed and said: "We have such a good life now, who gave it to us? General Gao, what is General Gao doing now? He is fighting with the Donghu people. Fighting is natural. We have to consume money and food. We can't follow General Gao to the battlefield, but we have to do something. Zhengdong Mansion collects food at a low price, but the food merchants from other places don't know. Therefore, it would be strange if he came to us to collect grain at a high price! There are some people inside and outside Jishi City who would not sell grain to them unless they were greatly favored by the general."

"But I saw Sihai Trading selling food out!" The young master tilted his head, "Why do you give them money?"

"Brother, don't you know? Sihai Trading also sells food, but the money they make is used in our Jishi City. Look at us walking now, and the ditches in the fields, and the resettlement of refugees further away. Our houses, livestock, and farm tools are all money provided by traders from all over the world. The teacher in our village said that this is called taking from the people and using it for the people. We each make a small amount of money, but we all hide it. You can’t do anything, but Sihai Trading can put these small amounts of money together and turn them into big money, which can do a lot of things!”

After listening to He Dayou's words, the young master was silent for a while and whispered, "The human heart, the human heart!"

"What did the little brother say?" He Dayou asked.

"It's nothing, nothing!" The young master waved his hand, "I just heard that these little brothers said they were going to join the army. I saw that these little brothers are very skilled. Why did they get beaten back?"

He Dayou laughed loudly, "You are under age. If you want to join the Eastern Expeditionary Army, you have to be at least sixteen years old, and you have to go to the training camp for two years. They lie about their age and want to get through, but they don't think about it, this is Jishi City , each case is well documented, how can they get away with it? "

"I'll be sixteen next year!" Behind He Dayou, a young man raised his chest and shouted, "I can join the army."

"Look at how beautiful you are!" He Dayou said with a smile, "Just when you get to the recruit camp, don't run back crying." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes at (.) , your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.. to read).