In the private room!

Facing Ying Ziye's questioning, the waiter didn't show any panic.

"normal!"

"Young master, you don't know. The taxes here in Chen County are higher than in other places."

Ying Ziye's frown deepened, and his keen intuition allowed him to smell something unusual.

"Aren't taxes uniformly formulated by the Qin Empire?"

The waiter shook his head helplessly and said, "The taxes here in Chen County are half higher."

"If the young master feels that it is too outrageous, you can talk to the county governor, or you can go to Xianyang to appeal!"

When he talked about this, there was a trace of ridicule on his face. It was obvious that he himself was dissatisfied with Chen County's tax issue.

But what can a mere waiter do?

"Understood!"

Ying Ziye's eyes burned when he heard this, he nodded and took out the money to settle the bill.

Chen Jun, that’s not right!

Immediately, Ying Ziye led Hou Qing and others out of the restaurant and went to other inns and restaurants.

"Waiter, I would like to ask you about the prices for food, drinks, accommodation, etc."

Arriving at an inn, Ying Ziye reached out and took out five cents, handed it to the waiter in front of him and said.

When someone asks a question and gives money, the waiter in the shop smiles and takes the money.

"Can!"

"Sir, the price of accommodation in our inn is twenty cents for the lower room, fifty cents for the middle room, and one hundred cents for the upper room."

"A pot of rice spring wine costs sixty cents, and the food..."

I asked several stores in succession, and the results were similar. They were all the same, half the price than other places.

At this moment, a group of county and city government officials, dressed in official uniforms and strutting their stuff, walked from the street toward the restaurant where Ying Ziye and his group were staying.

Vendors along the way avoided each other for fear of offending each other, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to look up.

"snort!"

The leading tax officer held his chest high and his head high, looking around as if he was looking down at the world and not taking anything seriously.

"Shopkeeper, come out and pay your taxes!"

His tone and posture were arrogant and domineering.

"Hey, it's coming!"

The shopkeeper at the counter hurriedly ran out, bowed and said politely: "Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen."

"This is this summer's tax, a total of two gold!"

The shopkeeper said and took out a cloth bag. When he opened it, it was full of yellow, orange, orange and gold.

"snort!"

The leading tax officer looked cold and pulled him over, took a look at it, weighed it in his hands, and said, "Not bad."

"Hey!"

The shopkeeper smiled flatteringly and said, "How dare you deceive the official?!"

Then he took out a handful of copper coins, tied them with a hemp rope, put them in the hands of the chief tax officer, and said respectfully: "This one hundred and twenty copper coins is to honor you and several officials. The weather is hot. How many copper coins are there?"

You have worked so hard for me, an official, and petty remarks are not a sign of respect."

"Ha ha!"

The head tax official smiled softly, pointed at the shopkeeper, and said, "That's quite interesting, man."

"Bring me two more bottles of wine. My brothers and I are thirsty."

"no problem!"

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand and told the waiter: "Go get two pots of rice spring wine."

The waiter left immediately, went to the warehouse to retrieve the wine, and handed it to several clerks behind the tax official.

"That's it!"

The tax officer smiled proudly, full of authority and pride.

As for the drinks, I don't pay at all.

The restaurant manager had a look of pain on his face.

He already paid more taxes, and even gave some money to the tax officials.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually took away two bottles of wine before leaving, which was more than a hundred cents!

"well……"

The restaurant manager couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, with a bitter look on his face.

When Ying Ziye and others saw this, their eyes looked thoughtful, and they did not alert the snake.

"Shopkeeper, they have always been like this. They charge extremely high taxes. Do you have to pay for food and drinks?"

The restaurant owner sighed again and said helplessly: "I have already gotten used to it. Those who are not used to it have already been put in jail."

"I see."

Ying Ziye nodded slightly to express his understanding.

Then he led everyone out of the restaurant and walked on the streets, patrolling Chen County and looking at everything around him.

Ying Gou carried Shu Lou on her back and jumped up and down with her calves. She looked curiously at the vendors everywhere and bought something from time to time.

Ta-ta-ta!

Suddenly there was an urgent sound of footsteps.

A group of government officials rushed over and shouted: "Quick, catch him!"

An 11 or 12-year-old boy in civilian clothes had a look of fear on his face. He squirmed around and rushed into the crowd, desperately trying to avoid being pursued by the government officials.

"You scumbags, bad guys!"

The commoner boy ran without looking back, yelling and swearing angrily.

"snort!"

A group of government officials quickly chased the commoner boy, pointing at him with a fierce look and shouting loudly: "Boy, don't run away!"

"Your father just ran away!"

The commoner boy mocked: "Your dad and I haven't done anything bad, why do you arrest me?!"

"Hey!"

The government officials smiled ferociously, getting closer and closer to the commoner boy, and said disdainfully: "I don't need any reason to arrest you!"

"Eh?!"

A yamen servant was attracted by the lively Ying Gou. He pointed at her and shouted: "There is another one here!"

Seeing this, several other government officials separated into three groups and ran towards Ying Gou.

"Hello!"

Yinggou's face turned cold, evil energy condensed between his hands, murderous intent emerged between his brows, and he shouted: "What are you going to do to me?!"

At the same time, Hou Qing and others shouted for help toward Ying Ziye: "Come here and help me!"

However, Ying Ziye, Hou Qing and others did not move, but watched with interest, like a crowd of people eating melons, with no intention of taking care of it.

For one thing, Ying Ziye and others wanted to use Ying Gou to investigate the government's purpose of arresting people.

Secondly, Ying Gou's strength is enough to deal with it. Even a finger is enough to turn these government servants into nothing and wipe them from the world.

"hateful!"

An angry look appeared on Yinggou's face, and strong winds swept across her face. She glared at the three government officials who rushed over and was about to kill them.

"Don't do it!"

Ying Ziye sent a message: "Don't get serious with them, let's put on a show and see what these government officials want to do."

Hearing this, Ying Gou snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Why, are you still planning to attack us?!"

"A mere girl can be so ignorant of the heavens and the earth!"

The few people were completely unaware of their brush with death and rushed towards Ying Gou with the chains in hand.

Ying Gou's eyes were cold. If Ying Ziye hadn't asked her to act and test the situation, she would have been killed by these rubbish.
To be continued...