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"Go ahead."

Zhang Tieniu came to pick up the hoe happily, and he was already exhausted from using the axe to dig the soil.

Zhao Han carried the sack back to the cabin, and warmed the man first, otherwise he would definitely freeze to death.

Pang Chunlai asked, "Who is this?"

Zhao Han replied, "I don't know, someone throws a body, and he's not dead yet. Can he see himself alive?"

Taking off the sack, the man was covered in blood.

Zhao Han quickly found a wound on his head, which seemed to have been hit by a stick, and a large hole was smashed on the forehead and hairline.There are also several bags on the head, all of which were beaten out by random sticks.

There were no medical supplies on board, so Zhao Han could only work with his bare hands and press the opened scalp back.

As for the rest, leave it to fate.

He took out another piece of clean clothes, and tore off the cloth as a bandage, which was more perfunctory than treating animals.

After tearing off another piece of cloth, Zhao Han wiped the blood on the man's face.

Suddenly, Zhao Han's expression became weird, and he couldn't help complaining: "Today's encounter is really bizarre, killing people and setting fires in the morning, and encountering acquaintances one after another in the evening."

Pang Chunlai asked, "Do you know this person?"

"We talked," Zhao Han explained, "Dan Jiao in the troupe is also a hard worker. I forgot his name."

Chapter 081 [Auntie can't be messed with]

One mile away from Henglin Town, there is a new illegal banknote checkpoint set up by the eunuch.

The office conditions were very rudimentary, and some thatched huts were temporarily built on both sides, which was the official's room where taxes had been handled.A rope was pulled up on the river to block the passage of boats on the river, and it was only allowed to pass after paying the tax.

At dawn, it was pitch black.

On both sides of the banknote gate, the ships were parked, all waiting to pay taxes and pass the customs after dawn.

The eunuchs set up private cards, which not only increases the tax cost of merchants, but also greatly increases the time cost.The river surface, which used to be unimpeded before, now has to queue slowly, and does not go to work at night.

Zhang Tieniu stood outside the cabin, looked at the checkpoint ahead, and said with a guilty conscience: "When the day comes, the eunuch finds that the heads of the two brothers are missing, will he send someone to stop the card and search here?"

"What are you afraid of? I'm not afraid of setting fire to the county government," Zhao Han said with a smile. "The big deal is to get off the boat and fight, burn all the money in the officer's room, and pour out all the money for him to pick up."

Murder and arson are like child's play.

Zhang Tieniu murmured in a low voice, "You're still reading the book of sages and sages, you're a killer."

After waiting for a long time, it was finally dawn, and the banknotes began to work.

After waiting in line for about half an hour, the tax collector boarded the ship for inspection, glanced at Fengfeng Zhaozi, and asked, "Fei's passenger ship?"

Zhao Han cupped his hands and said, "Ehu Fei's servant, at the order of the young lady, will send some New Year's goods to Jiujiang's mother's family."

"New Year's goods are also goods, and tax must be paid by the cargo ship." The tax collector made trouble.

Zhao Han hurriedly said, "I made four sheets of paper at home, and I'll give some to my relatives. Official, the imperial court has regulations, so that brush, ink, paper and inkstone can be exempted from tax."

"Then pay the cabin tax." The tax collector laughed.

"Returning the laborer and raising your hand." Zhao Han handed over a string of copper coins, all of which were cast by the Nanjing Ministry of Industry in the first year of Chongzhen, second only to the casting in Beijing in the first year of Chongzhen. Yes, because bad money drives out good money.

Chongzhen's four years of casting money was not enough, all the eunuchs were responsible for it, and the weight and materials became worse.

The tax collector weighed the weight and had an estimate in his mind. It was worth about five cents of silver. He immediately smiled and said, "Let's go."

"Aren't you going to give a tax stamp?" Zhao Han asked.

"Do you still want tax stamps?" the tax collector sneered, throwing his hands up, "Yes, you have to pay more."

Zhao Han hurriedly smiled: "I'll just ask, the official is going well."

There is a hammer tax stamp at the banknote gate set up privately by the eunuch.

The tax collectors recruited were not formal, and they were too lazy to enter the cabin to check the goods.Levying more and levying less, all depends on the mouth of the tax collector, and if you don't give enough bribes, you will die!

Zhao Han returned to the cabin and said with a smile, "It's really convenient to collect this tax."

Pang Chun said: "This is the case with private cards. I saw a lot when I was in Liaodong."

Zhang Tieniu lay on the couch and yawned: "Xiao Xianggong, it's almost New Year's Eve, where are we going?"

Zhao Han replied, "Go to Yiyang County first and find a doctor for treatment."

"That guy's head was broken, his skin was ripped open, and there were several bruises. I'm afraid he might not survive." Zhang Tieniu closed his eyes and started to doze off.

Arrive in Yiyang at noon.

The passenger boat docked at Gexi Water Station, and Zhao Han personally went to the city to invite a doctor.

The doctor was taken aback and said: "This hurts a lot."

Zhao Han said, "You just rule, you don't care whether you live or die."

The doctor removed Zhao Han's wrapping cloth, smeared gold sore medicine, and re-bandaged it. After some tossing, he took the money and left.

Take a boat all the way, pass Guixi, Anren, Yugan, enter Poyang Lake and turn to Gan River.

If you go to Ruijin, you can actually approach the road and go directly from Xinjiang to Fuhe to the south.But the waterway network is too complicated, and the boatmen of the Fei family can't figure it out, so they can only take a detour and follow the Ganjiang River, which can also avoid encountering water bandits.

……

Chen Maosheng woke up in the evening, and when he moved lightly, he felt pain everywhere.

"Awake?" Zhao Han put the pot on the charcoal stove, fiddled with the charcoal and said, "The porridge is cold, I'll warm it up for you."

Chen Maosheng was a little puzzled, and said weakly: "Is it Mr. Zhao? Where am I?"

Zhang Tieniu stepped over and sat down: "Last night, you were almost thrown into the river. It was Xiao Xianggong who rescued you onto the boat."

"Thank you."

Chen Maosheng had already recalled what happened last night, and he was invited to the house by the bad old man.Unexpectedly, there are guests at home temporarily, and the old man has been accompanying him, and he even went to hold candles to enjoy the snow at night.

He was arranged to rest in the guest room, and the young master of that house suddenly broke in, coercing and enticing him to do the pickling.

I was woken up at night and stunned by a random stick, and I have no memory after that.

Zhao Han asked, "Is there anyone else at home?"

"Yes," Chen Maosheng replied, "both parents are here, and I live in Yiyang County."

Yiyang County is just next door to Qianshan. It is one of the two birthplaces of Jiangxi opera. The Yiyang Opera later influenced the development of dozens of operas.

Zhao Han said, "Yiyang has passed. If you want to go home, I will find a county town to let you off the boat and give you some silver taels to recuperate at the inn. When you recover from your injury, you can go home by yourself."

Hearing this, Chen Maosheng didn't say anything, and stared at the top of the cabin in a daze.

"Hey, you are so naive," Zhang Tieniu was a little uncomfortable, "Xiao Xianggong is talking to you, if you want to leave or stay, you should open your mouth."

Chen Maosheng had to say, "Mr. Zhao, I don't want to go back, I... can I go with you?"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "I want to rebel, are you afraid?"

Chen Maosheng smiled miserably: "People who have died once, what else is there to be afraid of?"

"Haha, our rebel team has grown again." Zhao Han was very happy.

Zhang Tieniu complained in his heart: An old master, a little scholar, a singer, and a coolie like me, all four of them want to rebel?

Although he had no confidence, Zhang Tieniu couldn't help but fantasize.

He even arranged his duties. If Zhao Han became the emperor, Pang Chunlai could be the prime minister, and he could be the general, and Chen Maosheng would be castrated as a eunuch.

The cold porridge was a little warmer, and Zhao Han poured it into the bowl and instructed, "Tie Niu, help him up and move lightly."

How could Zhang Tieniu know how to take care of people? He stretched out his hand and grabbed the back of Chen Maosheng's neck and lifted his upper body at once, causing Chen Maosheng to almost faint from the pain.

Zhao Han sat down and fed the wounded porridge in person.

Chen Maosheng opened his mouth and took a sip. Thinking of his own experience, he looked at Zhao Han and said, "Mr. Zhao, you are so kind. When I recover from my injury, I will be a servant for you, and I will sing and serve you every day. Serving people, don't think I'm dirty."

Hearing this, Zhao Han felt a chill all over his body. He quickly restrained his emotions and said, "I want to rebel. When I become emperor, there will be no low-ranking in the world. There are no happy households, and no family slaves. Do you think this is good?"

"Isn't there a scumbag?"

Chen Maosheng's eyes lit up, like the stars in the night sky, and an inexplicable emotion was ignited.He was full of enthusiasm and full of spiritual strength: "Mr. Zhao, I will rebel with you, you must become emperor!"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely be the emperor. You can fill your stomach first."

Zhang Tieniu supported Chen Maosheng with one hand and touched the axe at his waist with the other, and muttered, "Another crazy one."

After a short contact, Zhang Tieniu was already certain that Pang Chunlai was a neurotic.

Often, without a few words, Pang Chunlai talked about the current affairs. He talked about how brutal the Tartars were and how corrupt the court was. Anyway, he wanted to strengthen Zhang Tieniu's determination to rebel.

That kind of crazy attitude, it's no wonder that there is no problem with the brain!

……

Goose Lake Town.

After Lao Wu got off the boat, he hurried to Fei's house. He came back later than Fei Lin.

He bribed the master that day, and the fifth did not leave the county immediately, but went to drink and have fun.

When I was slightly drunk, I suddenly heard a loud noise, as if someone exclaimed that there was a fire.

The fifth didn't take it seriously, and continued to finish the food and drink, only to find out that the situation was serious when he went out, and the clerk who escaped was telling stories.

The old fifth was so frightened that he flew out of the city and went home quickly.

Rushing all the way back to the inner courtyard of Gongbei Garden, the fifth old man was so tired that he stuck his tongue out, lying at the door of the study and shouting, "Old... Master, huhuhu...not good...huu...not good!"

"Come in."

Fei Yuanyi is reading a collection of poems.

The old fifth bent down and moved into the study, with his hands on his knees, his throat was dry and said: "No...it's not good...huhu, let me take it easy...a little...huhuhu..."

Fei Yuanyi frowned and asked, "Did the eunuch increase the tax again?"

"No... not..."

The old fifth breathed heavily, and after recovering a little, he finally said in full: "That Zhao Han killed the master and Dianshi, and also killed a lot of yamen, and set the sixth room of the county government on fire. When I went out of the city, the county magistrate We are organizing manpower to put out the fire!"

"what!"

Fei Yuanyi stood up in shock and shivered: "How dare he?"

The old fifth was also frightened: "Master, do you think he will know that we spent money to put him in jail? This fellow dares to kill and set fire in the county government office. If one day...if he comes to our house..."

"No, no, he doesn't dare..."

Fei Yuanyi walked around in the study, the more he talked, the more guilty he felt, as if Zhao Han would come to take his life at any time.

The fifth reminded, "At the eldest grandma's side, Zhao Han also has a younger sister."

"Don't touch her," Fei Yuanyi said quickly, "don't touch his sister, this kind of desperado, must not be provoked again. He dares to burn the county government, what else can't he do?"

The fifth explained: "Master, I mean to mend the prison, how about accepting his sister as a righteous granddaughter?"

Fei Yuanyi shook his head again and again: "No, killing and setting fires in the county government office is like a rebellion. This old man is innocent, how can he be related to the rebels?"

"Then, reward his younger sister with some wealth?" The fifth asked tentatively.

"That's fine."

Fei Yuanyi untied the jade pendant from his waist and urged, "Take this jade pendant, and give it another five taels of silver, and send it to Jingxingyuan."

The fifth was so panicked, even more so than Fei Yuanyi, because he handled the matter himself.

Only a thousand days of being a thief, there is no reason to be a thief for a thousand days.

Zhao Han's whereabouts are unknown now, who knows if he is hiding nearby?

In case one day he goes out to do business and is stabbed to death by Zhao Han, there is no place to complain when he arrives in the underworld.

Desperados, can't be provoked, can't be provoked!

The fifth was very regretful in his heart, so he took the jade pendant and the silver pair and quickly ran to Jing Xing Yuan to make a good relationship.

From now on, Zhao Zhenfang is his aunt.

Chapter 082 [Children of the Fei Family]