Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 434 Miscellaneous Taxes

There were a lot of people stopped at the    level, and there was a stalemate about what happened. There were a lot of yamen and some soldiers on this end.

   The people who were stopped were facing Zhao Hanzhang and the others. The first thing they saw was Zhao Hanzhang who was riding a big horse. Because there were neat cavalry behind her, they were stunned for a moment and then reacted. They immediately turned around and pulled the carriage and horse to turn around.

The people behind    also saw that, those who carried the burdens, those who pushed the carts, and those who carried ox carts, mule carts, donkey carts, and horse-drawn carts, all panicked and turned around and ran back.

Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't react yet. The soldiers and yamen who stopped in front of the checkpoint with their backs turned to them turned around and saw them, and were also startled. Ran.

   Zhao Hanzhang:  …

   She fell silent, her **** moved forward, and ordered, "Stop people, don't hurt them!"

   Zhao Erlang and Qiu Wu heard the order, and immediately rushed out with people like wolves. They were war horses, fast and well-trained, and they quickly crossed the checkpoint to chase.

   The four soldiers jumped down from behind, and quickly removed the railing that served as a checkpoint. The cavalry behind quickly caught up with Zhao Erlang and the others, and soon they were surrounded by people who wanted to escape.

   The people who were surrounded at the moment were traders, yamen or soldiers, and persuaded them to look at them with panic and fear.

  Some people have lost their goods, and some people are desperately grabbing their belongings, shrinking to the ground, but still unwilling to give up the things in their hands.

   Zhao Erlang saw dissatisfaction and shouted: "What are you running, didn't you see us carrying the flags of Yuzhou and Zhaojiajun, and said, what are you doing?"

   Qiuwu coughed lightly: "Erlang, these people look like traders, why don't you ask them why they gathered here? Or wait for the girl to come up and ask."

   Zhao Hanzhang came up, followed by a mighty refugee group.

   Only then did the yamen and soldiers who were kneeling on the ground react, and hurriedly bowed their knees to greet them, "Meet the generals, I don't know which general in the Zhao family's army?"

   Zhao Hanzhang: "How about you look up?"

The headed yamen looked up at Zhao Hanzhang, immediately lowered his head, and kowtowed again and again, "I don't know if I made the emperor come, but it's a small sin that I couldn't meet him from afar. I'll go back and tell the magistrate and let the magistrate come to meet him. Your Majesty."

   "No need." Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Your county magistrate, I will go to see him, what I am curious about is what are you doing?"

   The yamen saw that her question was gentle, and her identity was confirmed. She was neither a Xiongnu left in the territory nor a bandit, so he relaxed a little and answered honestly: "I have been ordered to investigate the bandits here and check the incoming and outgoing goods."

   "Since you are looking for a bandit, why do you run away as soon as you see me?" Zhao Hanzhang asked, "If you don't ask, how can you know that I'm not a bandit?"

   The yamen hurriedly smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that I have only one female general in the Zhao family army in Yuzhou, and the girl looks like a magic soldier, how can she be a bandit?"

   Zhao Hanzhang snorted coldly, pointed his whip at a man kneeling beside a carriage, and asked, "Tell me, why are you stopped here? Are you bandits?"

   The other party was startled and quickly denied it.

  If they are identified as robbers, let alone the goods they brought, even their lives may be explained here, and they will die in vain.

   He said: "We were stopped here because we had to count the goods and pay the tolls, as well as various commercial taxes."

   Zhao Hanzhang asked with interest: "What are the names?"

The other party quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhao Hanzhang, and seeing her smiling, he couldn't see the fierceness at all, but for some reason, he felt a little trembling in his heart, and his voice was a little lower, "Tolls, commodity value tax, vehicle and horse tax, foot Pay taxes..."

   Zhao Hanzhang heard that there is a foot tax, and there is even a mountain, forest and lake tax, because they have damaged the environment because they pass through the mountains, forests and lakes.

   Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help nodding, this tax is really complete.

   She smiled and asked, "Then why are you stuck here? I see that you were arguing just now, what are you arguing about?"

The other party replied uneasily: "I, I just heard that Zhao Shijun announced that when you go to Yuzhou to do business at this time, if you enter the territory of Yuzhou, the business tax will be reduced by half, and other miscellaneous taxes will be waived. They are all exempted, so that’s why they came.”

  The smile on Zhao Hanzhang's face fell, he leaned forward slightly, stared at the yamen who was kneeling in front of him and asked, "Have you heard? Has your county government received this announcement?"

Just now, he felt that Zhao Hanzhang's gentle yamen was sweating on his forehead, shivering under the gaze of the five hundred cavalry, an invisible pressure began to press on him, he couldn't bear it a little, so he said: "Little, the little one is ordered to do so. Act, don't dare to be alone."

   Zhao Hanzhang asked indifferently, "Whose order?"

   "County, county prince..."

   The yamen's voice was getting lower and lower, and his body was getting closer and closer to the ground.

Zhao Hanzhang snorted coldly, raised his head and glanced at the audience and said: "All the yamen and soldiers in Xi'e County give way to the left, and the merchants give way to the right. All the goods carried are grain and linen, and pass directly, and other goods Yes, except for paying half of the commercial tax, all other miscellaneous taxes do not have to be paid, now, let's start."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all secretly looked up at Zhao Hanzhang, making sure that she was not joking, so someone dared to stand up tremblingly, pulled the two ox carts forward with his son, and smiled at Zhao Hanzhang to please: Sir, this is all food for me."

   Zhao Hanzhang raised his chin, and said to the yamen who was still kneeling below, "Aren't you going to check?"

   The yamen did not expect them to check, and thought she would let Zhao Jiajun take over.

   They quickly got up and went to check. This time the speed was faster. As long as there was no entrainment, the food was indeed released.

   Zhao Hanzhang was behind more than 3,000 refugees. Two ox carts had to pass through them. The father and son were still very nervous.

   But although the refugees looked at them, they were not excited. When they got to the back, the father and son also found dozens of cars behind the team, which looked like food.

   The father and son breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately slapped the cow's **** to make it walk quickly.

   Seeing that the first team went out smoothly, everyone's mind immediately became lively. First, the people carrying the burdens, then the ox carts and donkey carts, and the larger caravans were left behind.

  Because the commodities they bring are more miscellaneous, except for grain and linen, which are completely tax-free, other commodities are half-tax-free.

   But this is a great deal for them, especially since they only charge tax on the value of goods, and no other taxes will be collected.

   After being busy for a long time, the yamen and soldiers finally sent all the blocked caravans out of the checkpoint, and then stood in front of Zhao Hanzhang with their heads bowed to listen to the training.

   Zhao Hanzhang didn't train them, he mounted his horse and said, "Let's go, take me to see your county magistrate."

   Zhao Hanzhang recalled carefully and asked, "Your county magistrate's name is Gao Cheng?"

   The yamen bowed his head in sweat, "Yes."

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded and said: "It's a good name." It's just that he doesn't look like a good person in terms of what he does.

   (end of this chapter)