Time.
Time passed.
A few days passed very quickly. Today was the day of tax collection!
At this time, Commander Niu would send his subordinates.
There were all kinds of taxes to be collected in their own territory.
There were all kinds of taxes.
Business tax.
Grain tax.
Local taxes.
This was only the most basic.
What really made people feel strange were the strange tax categories.
For example, farmland tax, water tax, firewood tax, transportation tax
There were all kinds of strange taxes.
It made the people under his rule suffer!
Every time they had to pay various taxes, it was the time when the people's resentment boiled.
It was a pity.
It was useless no matter how angry the people were, because no one had the will to resist.
In a situation where there was no sense of resistance, it was useless no matter how much hatred he had.
It would only anger him.
If they had the will to resist, they would have rebelled against Commander Niu long ago.
In fact, the main reason was that the commoners were almost unarmed.
He didn't have a gun.
How could he resist?
Relying on a kitchen knife or a hoe to fight against other people's rifles? That was no different from sending themselves to their deaths, so they could only swallow their anger. In the end, they endured for more than ten years!
"Sigh!"
In a village not far from the Yang Family Residence, a farmer sighed in his home.
On the table in front of him were two pieces of money, which were his savings from months of hard work.
How much money could one earn from farming these days?
Apart from his daily expenses, he was already very thrifty to be able to save a few dollars. It could even be said that he was tightening his belt to live.
and now
These two dollars had to be used to pay taxes.
He didn't even know if it was enough!
if not enough
Then their family would be in trouble!
He had seen the fate of those who could not afford to pay taxes. The lighter punishment was that if there were young women in the family, they would be taken away and sold to brothels. If there were young men in the family, they would be sold to the landlord as long-term workers.
Such a punishment was actually considered relatively good. At least it could save one's life.
A slightly heavier trigger could even take a person's life. They would be shot by those soldiers!
Those who served in the warlords were all military ruffians!
Usually, these guys would definitely commit crimes.
homicide
To those warlords and ruffians.
It was like eating and drinking!
And they had guns.
Who dared to resist?
If anyone dared to resist, they would probably be shot several times!
"The child's father! The child's father!"
Suddenly.
An anxious voice came from outside. It was the farmer's wife."Father of the child, Commander Niu's soldiers are here!”
After hearing his wife's anxious words.
The farmer immediately opened the door and hurriedly said,"Quick, take the child and hide in the cellar!”
He did not want his children and wife to be taken away by these guys.
He waited until his wife took the child and hid.
Only then did the farmer grab the two pieces of money on the table.
With a very perturbed mood.
He walked out of the door.
At this moment, the villagers had already gathered in the village square.
Everyone was filled with worry and anxiety.
The sound of hooves hitting the ground could be heard.
It also made the villagers 'anxiety reach a peak.
It was the sound of a mule walking.
Commander Niu's men had arrived!
saw
More than ten warlord soldiers pulled a few mules, wore crooked military uniforms, and carried rifles on their backs. They walked over in a leisurely and lazy manner.
The villagers who had gathered in the village square fell silent at this moment.
No one dared to make a sound.
They were all silent.
More than a dozen fully-armed warlord soldiers soon arrived at the center of the square.
One of the warlord soldiers held a metal horn.
"Cough cough!"
He coughed slightly and shouted,"Dear villagers, today is tax day! Commander Niu knew that the harvest this year wasn't good, and the villagers were also suffering.”
"So, this time, Marshal Niu was merciful and lowered the tax amount!”
"This time, each household only needs to pay four dollars!”
"Listen up, four yuan per household!"
After the warlord soldier with the iron horn finished speaking.
The villagers in the square could not help but widen their eyes, their faces filled with disbelief.
four
Four?
A family had to hand over four dollars?
Didn't they say that Commander Niu was merciful and wanted to lower the amount?
The last time they paid taxes, each household only had to pay two yuan!
What kind of suppression was this?
This was raising his status!
"Junjun, isn't four yuan too much? Not many people in our village can afford it!”
An old man in the village said with a trembling voice.
"Can't afford it?" The warlord soldier raised his eyebrows and sneered,""I think you guys are just pretending that you can't afford it!”
A village farmer gritted his teeth and said,"Last time, you only had to hand in two junglers, why did you have to hand in so many this time?”
The soldier shrugged." Then you must have remembered wrongly. I remember it was five yuan last time."”
After saying that.
He suddenly took down a rifle from his back and pretended to pull the bolt.
"Don't play tricks on me, General!" he sneered.”
"Four yuan per household, not a single cent less!”
"Otherwise, hmph hmph!"
"Do as you see fit!"
It was obvious that this was a blatant threat, which made many villagers gnash their teeth in anger.
They gritted their teeth and glared at the soldiers.
However, these warlords and soldiers all had guns in their hands. The gazes of these villagers could not kill anyone!
problem is
Four yuan was really too much!
It was already their limit to be able to fork out two or three yuan.
Four Dollars
He would probably have to sell some of his family's valuables to be able to afford it.
But where did these farmers get their valuables from?
If they couldn't gather four yuan, their children and women would probably be taken away by these lackeys of Commander Niu!
This was blatant exploitation!
It was a blatant exploitation!
Many villagers looked as if the sky had collapsed. They felt that everything in front of them was gray.
Four Dollars
How?
How?
"Master Jun Jun, can you show some face?”The oldest old man in the village trembled as he walked forward to plead for mercy."Four dollars is really too much. Our village is poor, and not many families can afford it! General, can you lower the price?"
"You damned old thing, do you not understand human language?”
A soldier ruffian looked impatient and his eyes were filled with ruthlessness.
He raised his rifle and aimed it at the old man in front of him, smashing the butt of the rifle fiercely!
Bang!
The solid wooden butt of the gun hit the old man's head.
There was a light crack.
The old man's forehead actually caved in, and he fell to the ground with a painful howl.
His head was bleeding profusely!
His body remained motionless!
The soldier frowned and kicked the old man who had fallen to the ground. He spat disdainfully,"Pfft, unlucky. He really couldn't take a beating and was smashed to death in an instant.”
Soon after.
With a ferocious smile, he looked at the villagers in front of him, who were either angry or afraid. He smiled wickedly and said,"See, this is the result of disobeying General Niu!”
"Hurry up!”
"Hurry up and take out the ocean!"
"If you don't have money, you'll have to raise those animals. If you don't have animals, you'll have to hand over the womenfolk and children. If you don't have womenfolk and children, then take out the land deed!”
"Did you hear that!"
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