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Guangming Building is located on the main street of Chibi City, and there are people coming and going at the entrance, which is very lively.
As soon as the three of Zhou Heng walked in, a young man greeted him with a smile.
"Are the three of you staying in a hotel or eating?"
The waiter in Guangming Building sized up Zhou Heng and the three of them asked.
"Stay in a hotel."
? Zhou Heng replied, and Xiao Er brought Zhou Heng and the others to the counter, "What kind of room do you want, you three? We have a room here, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied with your stay."
Xiao Er began to recommend rooms in Guangming Building to Zhou Heng.
"Brother, come to the upper room, and Tian Zhang and I can have a common room." Li Xingba stood behind Zhou Heng and said.
They are rough people and don't need to live in a house, but Zhou Heng is different, Zhou Heng's identity is here.
"good."
Zhou Heng didn't hesitate either.
? I asked for an upper room and an ordinary room, but there is actually no difference. The upper room is on the second floor, where it is quieter and no one will disturb you. The ordinary room is on the first floor, so it is easy to be disturbed by many people.
After the room was booked, Zhou Heng asked for a box on the second floor.
"What do you three want to eat?"
Xiao Er followed Zhou Heng and the others to the box.
Zhou Heng observed the box and stood at the window. Zhou Heng saw that the people on the street were moving towards both sides. From the west side of the street, there were government servants opening the way, and behind them were horse-drawn carriages.
"What's this?"
Zhou Heng asked casually.
Xiao Er curiously followed Zhou Heng to the window and took a look.
"Hey, this is the matter with you. You are an outsider at first glance. This is already a common thing in our Chibi City." Xiaoer thought it was a big thing, but he didn't expect to talk about it. .
"Do you know about this?"
Zhou Heng took out an ingot of silver and handed it to the waiter in front of him, and the waiter immediately understood what Zhou Heng meant after taking the silver.
"This is the food and tax money collected by the magistrate from everywhere!" Xiaoer said here, with a bit of dissatisfaction and anger in his tone.
"so much?"
Zhou Heng was surprised.
This is at least 500,000 dans of grain.
"That's too much? Guest, you really haven't seen what it means to be too much. You go to the Dongcheng granary to have a look. It's full of grain. Every granary can't hold it. That's how much it is."
Xiaoer said disapprovingly, thinking that Zhou Heng really didn't know what it was.
"It seems that this is to hoard food!"
After hearing Xiao Er's words, Zhou Heng immediately thought of what Tian Nong was going to do. The granary was full, so it must be hoarding grain.
"Who knows this!"
Xiao Er couldn't answer Zhou Heng's question, he was just a restaurant runner, how did he know how to hoard grain and grass, he only knew that the granaries in Chibi City were almost full.
"I heard that the taxes in Chibi City are also high!"
Zhou Heng thought about it for a while and inquired by the way. To inquire about the news, he had to inquire from the waiter in the restaurant. They met all kinds of people every day, so they were well-informed.
"Yes, there is such a thing, the day before yesterday I heard that the court will increase taxes!"
Xiaoer replied immediately.
"Increasing taxes?" Zhou Heng was stunned. He clearly remembered that the Ministry of Household Affairs had lowered taxes, so why did they suddenly increase taxes? This is impossible.
"Why?"
"Because of the war. I heard that the prince needs a lot of money to conquer Xiyi." Xiaoer replied.
Now that the imperial court is at war, Prince Zhou Heng led the army to attack Xiyi. This will cost money. Since it costs money, it is natural to increase taxes to make up for these costs.
Moreover, the Three Kingdoms Alliance is pressing the border, and the situation in the court is now tense.
"Now, the people in Chibi hate this prince very much." Xiaoer said with a sigh.
"It's nonsense."
Zhou Heng suddenly said angrily.
"There is no problem with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War when the imperial court is fighting. How can taxes be increased? Even if taxes are increased, they are taxes in the east. What does it have to do with the southeast?"
Zhou Heng said seriously.
?He led the army to fight the war. This time he went to Xiyi, he seldom relied on the imperial court. It is nonsense to increase taxes.
Xiao Er was a little frightened by Zhou Heng's words, he didn't expect the person in front of him to suddenly get angry.
"Guest how do youWhat a? This is not my tax increase. "Xiao Er said aggrievedly.
Only then did Zhou Heng react.
"Sorry, I lost my composure in this matter, you go down."
Zhou Heng ordered food and asked Xiao Er to go down.
Only Zhou Heng and three people were left in the room.
"Brother, what the hell is going on here? How can someone exploit the people here in your name." Li Xingba stepped forward and said angrily.
"His Royal Highness, did the imperial court really increase taxes?"
Tian Zhang asked, maybe they don't know yet.
"Impossible. Before I set off, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War calculated that the cost of this expedition can be fully supported, and there is no need to increase taxes for the people. This must be because someone wants to take advantage of the war to fish in troubled waters."
Zhou Heng clenched his fists and said.
No matter who it is, if anyone makes money when the country is in trouble, it will be against Zhou Heng.
He must make him pay the price.
"If this is the case, someone must be using the war to make a fuss to gain ill-gotten gains. Your Highness, you are the one to blame." Tian Zhang also understood what it meant from Zhou Heng's words.
"Who? I'm going to kill him."
Li Xingba said angrily, Zhou Heng was running around outside for the sake of Da Zhou, and someone behind him plotted against Zhou Heng, black Zhou Heng.
Such a person can be punished.
"Let's not talk about it now, wait until Mu Guang and the others come over!"
Zhou Heng felt that his thoughts were a little confused, so he didn't continue the chat.
After eating, it soon became dark.
When it was completely dark, Mu Guang and the others also came to Guangming Tower.
"here!"
When the three came in, Zhou Heng asked Tian Zhang to greet them on the second floor.
Come to the upper room where Zhou Heng is.
"Your Highness!"
The three of them saluted Zhou Heng, and the three of them also showed great respect to Zhou Heng. Now that they have decided to follow Zhou Heng, they have to abandon some of their quack spirit and have a rule.
"Um."
Zhou Heng asked a few people to sit down. This is not an imperial court, so there is no need to be restrained. He sets up his own rules, not to make everyone trembling and respectful, but to let everyone have a restraint and not be too indulgent.
"I didn't expect that you are Jiangyang thieves!" Zhou Heng said jokingly.
"Your Highness is laughing, the three of us are probably dishonoring the name of Bandit Jiangyang." Zhen Feng said with self-deprecation, they are worthy of Bandit Jiangyang.
"That's right, Jiang Yang's bandit is at least like Tai Sui Chen Jiu." Pang Zhong then added that Zhou Heng didn't expect Chen Jiu to be so famous.
"What's going on?"
Zhou Heng asked the three of them, Zhou Heng must know the matter at this time, why did he assassinate the magistrate.
"Let Mu Guang explain the situation to His Highness about this matter!" Zhen Feng looked at Mu Guang who was on the side.
Everyone looked at Mu Guang.
"To be honest, Your Highness, I am from Chibi City, and our family has its own food store in Chibi City!" Mu Guang began to talk to Zhou Heng in detail. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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