Jin was already in a few counties near the northern barbarians.
A campaign to levy taxes began.
Zhang Laowu was a county captain and was in charge of local anti-smuggling.
The job of destroying the ghost market was naturally his.
In order not to leak the news, Zhang Laowu put his trusted aides from Liao Town in an important position.
The remaining soap workers were also selected from the poor families in the county.
Zhang Laowu was very strict as a county captain. He often led these soap laborers to train.
Although it was not as elite as the army, it could be considered a strong army in the county.
Zhang Laowu had already set his eyes on the Ghost Market.
Although the ghost market was called the ghost market, it was a secret that almost everyone in the county knew.
The ghost market was located in a valley dozens of miles away from the county town.
When the Ghost Market opened, the big families in the county would hire people from the county to drive donkey carts to the Ghost Market.
Zhang Laowu had already figured out the location of the ghost market.
The magistrate opened the arsenal of the county government.
Heavy crossbows, armor, and sabers.
These controlled weapons were distributed to Zhang Laowu and his subordinates.
They covered their armor with sackcloth.
The group of people took advantage of the night to sneak to the edge of the ghost market.
Back then, he chose this place as a ghost market because the valley was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, these wealthy families soon discovered that no one cared about them at all.
As a result, the trade became more and more rampant, and the private soldiers guarding the valley also relaxed.
Zhang Laowu was from the military and had killed Northern Barbarians before.
He had practiced the Ancestral Saber Technique in the army and was also a Rank-8 martial artist.
Among his trusted subordinates, there were also three Rank-9 martial artists.
In a place like Jin Land, this was already an incredible expert.
The sky gradually darkened, and the ghost market was already brightly lit.
Zhang Laowu made a gesture, and he and a few other martial artists 'trusted aides jumped up.
They raised their hands and slashed down, instantly knocking down these private soldiers of the wealthy families who had never fought with blood!
The people in the ghost market didn't know that the exit of the valley had been occupied.
Zhang Laowu looked ahead and said to his subordinates,"There are many people inside. If we charge in directly, there will definitely be people who will escape.”
Zhang Laowu said to a trusted aide,"Sneak in and start a fire. After the fire starts, we'll tie up our bags here and catch one after another!”
"Understood!"
Soon, the ghost market was on fire.
There were already some dead trees in the valley, and the flames began to burn fiercely.
The red flames terrified both parties.
They all rushed towards the exit of the valley.
However, Zhang Laowu was already prepared. He and his subordinates were lying in ambush on both sides.
This group of smugglers who were in a hurry to escape were caught like turtles in a jar by Zhang Laowu.
When the county magistrate saw the long list of local wealthy families and the Northern Barbarian smugglers caught by Zhang Laowu, he was shocked.
The usually elegant magistrate was overjoyed.
Now, the imperial court's mission could be completed!
It could also strike a blow to the local wealthy families!
The county magistrate then ordered Zhang Laowu to bring his subordinates to raid the families that colluded with the Northern Barbarians!
Zhang Laowu and the servants of the household brought the account books and confessions to the homes of these insufferably arrogant local wealthy families.
A few families still wanted to put up a last-ditch resistance, but Zhang Laowu and his men broke through their doors.
These families who resisted were naturally charged with treason.
The magistrate made a prompt decision and sentenced the head to death.
This intimidated the wealthy families who wanted to rely on their private soldiers to resist.
Following that, Zhang Laowu and One-eyed started to verify the business tax for each household.
Such a large sum of money made many wealthy families 'hearts ache to the extreme.
However, the county magistrate had also said that if they could not collect the taxes, they would be dealt with as if they had colluded with the Northern Barbarians to rebel, just like the previous few families.
All of a sudden, these wealthy families began to sell their land.
The county magistrate also took the opportunity to introduce a policy of low-interest loans to the poor who had no land.
Naturally, the local poor families shouted loudly that the land sold by these wealthy families had been snapped up!
A week later.
He looked at the pile of silver in the county government warehouse.
The county magistrate also found it a little unbelievable.
A county like this actually managed to collect 500,000 taels of silver all at once!
This was the county's land tax for five years!
The investigation of the local wealthy families had been completed. The magistrate immediately asked Zhang Laowu to bring the tax money and escort the Shangjing army.
In addition to the taxes, the captured northern barbarian merchants were also taken to the capital as captives.
After destroying the ghost market, a new market was being built.
Merchants could operate legally in the market, and the county government also collected business taxes according to the laws of the imperial court.
However, in the future, all trades with the Northern Barbarians will be cut off. No one is allowed to trade with the Northern Barbarians!
He had thought that this blow would make the county depressed.
Unexpectedly, after the market was built, many locals rushed over to watch the show.
The market sold a large number of goods in a day.
One-eye, who was in charge of collecting the market tax, rubbed his eyes in surprise when he saw the tax reported by his subordinate.
The market had collected a hundred taels of silver a day!
Don't underestimate this hundred taels of silver! That would be thirty thousand taels of silver a year!
A year's land tax was only 100,000 taels of silver!
Furthermore, the imperial court had decreed that the first three years of business taxes would be left to the county.
With some money in his hands, the magistrate was also full of ambition.
As an official, they also had the idea of benefiting one side.
Now that the wealthy families in the county had been defeated, the power of the county was concentrated in the hands of the county magistrate.
He had money in his hands again.
The county magistrate was preparing to build a few difficult mountain roads and dig more mountain fields.
Of course, education and culture could not be left behind. The overseer knew that the magistrate had money in his hands, so he came over to ask for some.
The local county school was expanded and hired a few local old scholars.
In an instant, the reputation of the county magistrate soared to the extreme.
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