: Cut tax

After a five-day trip, Hu You and his group turned to the official road leading to Hehong Town in the afternoon.

Although Hehong Town is called a town, its scale is not small. Because it is close to Jiuzhou River, its water transportation is very developed. It is considered a transportation hub second only to Langtian in Yanzhou. The closer it is to Hehong Town, the more pedestrians there will be, and the carriages will no longer have the speed of the previous ones. They can only move forward at a speed slightly faster than usual.

Zhu Daneng had a certain understanding of Hehong Town and reported to Hu You: "This Hehong Town is now controlled by the Duanmu family. The Duanmu family has a bit of origin. I heard that it has a very different relationship with Valencia's uncle Kubilas, the current commander of the Royal Cavalry Regiment. Their head is Duanmu Wuqing, and he is the same as his name, and he doesn't sell anyone's affection.

In his hands, this Hehong Town has developed quite well, and its strength is no less than an ordinary city. It ranks very high among the 360 ​​towns in the Empire.

The Duanmu family is also a relatively alternative family. They do not develop their own industries. All their income depends on the taxes in Hehong Town.”

Zhu Daneng said this and couldn't help but smile and continued: "It is precisely because all the income of the Duanmu family is in Hehong Town that they have developed many clever tax collection methods, which has caused the residents and business travelers here to complain.

Speaking of which, you may not believe it. Hehong Town not only needs money to go to the city, but also needs money to stay in a hotel and drink, but also needs money to go to the toilet."

When Hu You heard this, he cursed in his heart: What's there to believe in this? Young Master, I had no money to pay for the toilet ten years ago, so I asked the woman who guarded the toilet to force me to pull it, saying that she would not let her go in. In the end, the young master, I put my shit on my pants.

How could Hu You tell his subordinates that something shameful was so shameful? He nodded and asked: "It seems that Duanmu Wuqing is still a little capable. Even so, Hehong Town is still very lively and there are many merchants."

Zhu Daneng curled his lips and said, "Duanmu Wuqing is indeed a little capable, but Hehong Town is so prosperous, which is also related to our Langtian. Langtian is originally the largest commodity distribution center in Yanzhou. After being occupied by the Red Turban Army, many merchants did not dare to bring goods to Langtian for business, and transferred to Hehong Town, which is also relatively developed in transportation. Hehong Town has developed into this way.

Until now, 70% of the business that originally belonged to Langtian is in Hehong Town. We will sooner or later take back these businesses."

Hu You smiled and said, "Sooner or later, after our trip is over, I will snatch all these businesses when I go back. I want Hehong Town to move from prosperity to destruction overnight."

Fu Chen heard Hu You's words and couldn't help but giggle. Hu You glared at her and said, "Little girl, are you laughing at me for being a big talk?"

Fu Chen stuck out his tongue and pouted, "No, Fu Chen dared not laugh at the young master, aren't you afraid of being spanked by the young master?"

While Fu Chen said, he also protected his little buttocks with his little hands. The expression was obvious, just saying that Hu You brags. This was a small revenge on Hu You, because when she was cooking yesterday, there was a dish with a little salt, which made Hu You take the opportunity to grab it and hit her butt three times.

Hu You smiled and pinched Fu Chen's little nose, and pulled her hand back before she opened her mouth to bite. Although the four maids were born on the same day, they themselves didn't know who the sister or who the sister was. However, Hu You felt that Fu Chen must be the youngest, because among the four maids, she was the naughtiest, and Hu You also liked to tease her the most.

Hu You said: "Don't believe it. With just one move, I can not only grab the business that belongs to Langtian, but also make the business that originally belonged to Hehong Town go to Langtian?"

Hu You's words made Huang Jinfeng ask with interest: "What's the solution?"

These days, Huang Jinfeng seems to have better treatment with Hu You. From time to time, Hu You can take the opportunity to hug you and not get angry. Sometimes he will add Hu You's topic, unlike before, who always stood aside.

Hu You smiled mysteriously and said, "This is too easy, only two words "tax exemption". Don't Duanmu Wuqing collect taxes on everything? I gave him a tax that doesn't collect any taxes. Then why don't these people go all out to me?"

"How can this work?" Ximen Xue disagreed: "Tax is an important source of funds for a town. If you don't collect taxes, how can you support the legion?"

Hu You shook his head and said, "You are wrong. Taxes are very important, but they are not all. As a town manager, there are many ways to make money. Compare the rental of shops, management costs, etc.

Besides, I didn’t say that I would exempt all taxes. I just put the taxes in a more hiding place. Anyway, as long as we bring those businesses back to Langtian to do business, when Langtian’s business develops to a certain scale, we can do whatever we want. The pigs need to be fattened so that they can cut their flesh.”

Fu Chen pouted and said, "Young Master is so bad." After saying this, she couldn't help but giggle again.

Hu You glared at Fu Chen and shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly. Fu Chen's liveliness reminded him of that little girl Li Xiaoyu. Alas, I don't know when I will see her again. He also said that how could it be possible to see her every year?

At dusk, Hu You and his group paid the tax on the entry into the city with gold coins and drove into Hehong Town. Duanmu Wuqing was really dark. The entry fee was calculated based on the head of the person. Everyone had to pay a gold coin before entering the city. Seeing that the yellow gold coin was handed over to the door official, Hu You felt his liver hurt. He was very poor now, with hundreds of thousands of people following him for dinner, and every penny was counted on spending. Then he thought that the Siying of the Dark Night did not have to pay the money, and his mood suddenly improved a lot. After all, he could save four gold coins.

After entering the city, Hu You and his group got out of the car and took a day to get off the bus. It would be more comfortable to get off the bus. Hu You had a mustache that Na Yue put on and her eyebrows were thicker. Generally, people who are not very familiar with each other are not afraid of being recognized.

At this time, Hehong Town was already on the lanterns, and there were people coming and going on the long street, with shops on both sides, which was very lively. I wonder if the people who were enjoying this peace and excitement, would they soon face the war of the front-smoke.

Hou San, who rushed into the city first, came back to Hu You's side and asked for instructions: "Master, the boat is ready. Should you eat first or go to the boat before eating?"

Hu You glanced at the fatigue on the faces of several girls and said to Hou San: "Let's have a meal first. It's not safe to sail at night. Stay on the shore for one night and get on the boat early tomorrow morning."

The decision to take the boat was Hu You. After five consecutive days of rushing, Ximen Xue and the women couldn't stand it anymore. Hu You heard Zhu Daneng say that he took a boat to Baoning City from here, which was only half a day slower than a carriage. So Hu You decided to take a boat to Baoning City instead. This not only made Ximen Xue and the women easier, but it was not so easy for others to discover it.

After Hou San led the way, his group followed Hou Sanyi to the restaurant he ordered. Along the way, Hou San kept complaining about the number of taxes in the Duanmu family, and even had to pay taxes in Hehong Town.

Hu You just smiled at Hou San's complaints. There was nothing strange about this. Once a person gets crazy, he can think of any thoughts.

Hou Sandao was quite scheming. He knew that everyone had a sleeping place in the open these days, so he specially ordered a dumpling restaurant to let everyone taste different flavors.

Hu You expressed satisfaction with Hou San's decision. Although Hou San's leadership was a little worse, he was very clever in these aspects. Many things often thought of Hu You. Even if Hu You didn't say them, he could know what Hu You wanted. In this regard, even Zhebe, who had been with Hu You, could not compare with him.

"Well, it's delicious. Is this kind of round thing called dumplings? Let me see how it is made. I will learn it another day and I will make it for you to eat." Fu Chen ate several dumplings in a row, and he was interested in studying the way to make dumplings.

Dumplings are originally a kind of folk food unique to Qingzhou. Because they are more popular, they have been gradually promoted. In fact, Langtian also has dumpling restaurants, but Hu You has been busy with military affairs in Langtian and has no time to take everyone to the city to have fun.

If Hu You didn't go out, the fourth maid would naturally not go out by himself. So Fu Chen has been in Yanzhou for several months, and this is the first time he has seen Jiaozi.

Hu You took a sip of sorghum wine, and smiled and said, "You don't need to study anymore. You'll eat your fill first. If you want to learn, I'll teach you if you have time."

Fu Chen looked at Hu You in disbelief and said, "Young Master can make dumplings?"

Hu You laughed and said, "Why, don't you believe it?"

Fu Chen shook his cute little head and said, "I don't believe it. No one has ever seen you cook. Do you still make dumplings? Fu Chen doesn't know how to do it."

Hou San, who was at the same table, couldn't help but interrupt, "Fuchen, don't believe it. Our young master knows a lot of things. And the young master can cook, I have eaten it. Not only me, but Zhu Daneng has also eaten it. If you don't believe it, please ask Zhu Daneng. Hello, Zhu Daneng, don't just know how to eat, ask you."

Zhu Daneng had two dumplings stuffed in his mouth, but was beaten by Hou Sanyi and almost flew out. He glared at Hou Sanyi fiercely, and Zhu Daneng nodded and said, "No, the young master does know how to cook. The beggar chicken he made is very fragrant. It is the best chicken I have ever eaten."

"Really?" Fu Chen's big eyes lit up suddenly, and he turned his head and said in a half-coque tone: "Young master, Fu Chen has already cooked so many meals for you. When will you compensate Fu Chen for beggars?"

Hu You was about to speak when he suddenly heard a fight coming from downstairs, and he couldn't help but look downstairs. There were about a dozen people downstairs, and I don't know why they wanted to fight each other. The clothes of these people were very weird, not the same as ordinary civilians. To put it nicely, they were just alternative, and to put it badly, they were called brainless. There was a guy who actually dug a hole in his pants and wore them as clothes. That was not brainless.

"Those are all gangsters in the world." Zhu Daneng saw Hu You's face and explained.

"A gangster in the world?" Hu You became interested when he heard this term. He was born as a gangster in the world, but he really didn't expect that there were gangsters in the world.

Zhu Daneng is different from Hu You. He was originally from Tianfeng Continent. He grew up here since he was a child and knew more about things than Hu You, who joined the military camp and ignored the affairs outside the window.

Zhu Daneng explained: "A gangster in the world can also be said to be gangs. There are hundreds of people, and the fewer are three or five in total. They do not belong to the military or noble private soldiers, but idle people gather together. Usually, they rely on helping people to keep goods, bodyguards or vent their anger for others. Some of them also act as horse thieves and casino thugs, etc., which cannot be said to be good or bad.

Because they are unconstrained and have a great impact on social security, His Majesty Rijkald has attacked them after the founding of the country, and it has almost disappeared. The years have not been good, and many people cannot survive and have started to engage in this business again."

"So that's how it is." Hu You nodded and thought to himself that these gangsters in the world said that they were similar to those of the martial arts people I saw in books before. They all took advantage of their skills and were not under the jurisdiction of the government and were lawless.

In the short time that Zhu Daneng explained, several people had been cut off and died of blood. Seeing this situation, the timids ran away, while the bold ones were watching with interest.

Hu You pointed to a group of soldiers wearing gray local garrison uniforms and said, "Aren't those defenders in Hehong Town? They are watching the fun while watching the fun, not even taking care of it."

Hou San interrupted, "I know that those who cut people must have paid the tax on people. In Hehong Town, as long as they pay tax on tax, they can do anything. If they don't pay tax, they will do nothing."

Hu You said in surprise: "There is also a tax on cutting people, it sounds fresh." Duanmu Wuqing is too talented, and he can even think of such taxes. I really don't know what his brain is doing.

Hou Sanle said: "This is pretty good. I saw someone paying the tax on robbing the women of the people just now."

There are all kinds of things in the world. Hu You thought he had seen too little, and Hehong Town really made him more knowledgeable. He had to pay taxes for eating, staying in a hotel, and going to the toilet. Although it was unreasonable, it was reasonable. If you pay taxes, you could cut people. If you force a woman to rob her, it would be too scammers.

While talking, the fight below was over, and the people who had chopped off the people clapped their hands and left. The officials who were watching the fun found the two civilians, dragged the dead man away, and sprinkled some soil on the blood. It was the end. After a while, the calm downstairs returned to peace.

Hu You saw that there was nothing fun and was about to turn back to the table and continue eating. Suddenly, he saw a figure appearing at the stairs. Hu You was stunned, then a smirk appeared on his face and murmured: "I don't know if this Hehong Town has any tax to tease men."

Zhu Daneng and Hou San with inexplicable expressions behind him, Hu You walked towards the figure and pinched his throat and said to the figure, "Young Master, do you want to accompany me?"

The stairs were not far from Hu You and the others' tables, and the sounds on the other side could be heard very clearly here. Fu Chen's eyes widened when he heard Hu You's words. Ximen Xue was even more miserable, and the dumplings in his mouth flew out.

Who is the person Hu You met? He can actually make him like this. The person who came up from downstairs was nothing but someone else, but Wu Xuewen, the military advisor candidate who Hu You has always been thinking about.

Wu Xuewen is a very typical scholar. He can only be literary but not martial. As soon as he went upstairs, he heard Hu You's strange words, and almost scared him downstairs. His eyes were as big as an egg, and he looked at Hu You as if he had seen a ghost.

Hu You seemed to feel unsatisfied, and then said in a sharp and pointed female voice: "Young Master, I am talking to you, why are you ignoring me?"

The man behind Wu Xuewen heard Hu You's words and didn't even dare to go upstairs. He turned around and ran downstairs. He had seen someone who played Long Yang, but never seen someone so cruel. He was afraid of being beaten to anus.

At first, panic flashed in Wu Xuewen's eyes, but soon he calmed down and stared at Hu You's face carefully. Gradually, his eyes flashed with ecstasy, and he hugged Hu You.

Although Hu You's makeup was wonderful, he almost made him another person. However, Wu Xuewen and Hu You ate and lived together in the Columbia Military Academy for so long, how could they not recognize Hu You?

The hugs of the two men made many people vomit all over the floor on the spot. Hu You's four maids and others looked strange. They couldn't understand why Hu You suddenly changed his sexual desire after seeing a fight. He actually took the initiative to hook up with a man. The most terrifying thing actually made him succeed.

Wu Xuewen hugged Hu You and said excitedly: "You kid, you haven't seen him for so many years, and he still looks so slapped." Wu Xuewen is not physically strong, but his mind is very good. When he saw Hu You's outfit, he knew that Hu You was hiding his identity, so he did not call out Hu You's name.

Hu You laughed and said, "This is called "Even if the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. You are not the same. You haven't seen each other for so long, and you are still like a slutty face. How about it? Have you found a rich woman to give you a gift?"

"Go to your rich woman." Wu Xuewen punched Hu You lightly and scolded, "Brother is not doing well and is about to go to you to ask for a bag*. I didn't expect to meet you here. It's because of the north."

Wu Xuewen did not explain clearly what happened in the north, but they both knew that it was referring to the matter in Baoning City.

Hu Youwei nodded and said, "Let's find time to talk about this, go to my table, and introduce you to some beautiful women."

Hu You pulled Wu Xuewen to his table, and Hou San was very clever and immediately added a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Wu Xuewen. Wu Xuewen sat down and found that there were so many beauties at Hu You. From left to right, Huang Jinfeng, Ximen Xue, the Sun, the Moon, the Star, the Fu Chen, and the Zhebei dressed in men, also saw through his daughter at a glance.

Wu Xuewen sighed, "Okay, you haven't seen each other for a few years, and you have squeezed the seven fairies. There are not many beauties in this world, so you can leave some for your brothers."

Hu You waved his hand and said, "It's all your own brothers. Don't be polite. You'll choose who you like."
Chapter completed!