"Brother Si Ming, let's go and see why Hu Ni has arguing with people."
Hu Ni stood in front of a stall selling lanterns, put his hands on his hips, and argued with the vendor.
Zhang Yuanyi, beside him, was holding a rabbit lantern in his hand, and looked up at him at a loss.
The vendor smiled and explained, and was still embarrassed: "The prices of lanterns in the city are like this now. It's really hard to live. The food prices are rising, so everyone wants to make a living, so it will naturally be expensive."
Hu Ni frowned: "I came from the capital. When it was the most expensive, this kind of lantern was only fifty cents per. Even if the region was different, the price was too high for you."
Zhang Yuanyi's voice was soft and confused: "Uncle, why do you say life is hard? Along the way, I saw people's livelihood and the people set up stalls to open shops and are self-sufficient!"
"That's it!" Hu Ni was very angry: "You can't see that we are foreigners, so we can start the price by taking the floor, right?"
"How dare you!" The vendor waved his hand quickly.
He looked around and lowered his voice: "Tell me the truth. Since the Marquis of Yongye led his troops to attack this city, officials of Qi have taken charge of Wuyue City and required each household to pay 50 taels of silver every month to serve as an Ah family.
fee."
Ye Siming frowned instantly: "An Family Fee? Is it sure that the Yongye Hou's people want you to pay?"
The vendor nodded repeatedly, feeling depressed: "How dare you lie to you? There is a notice posted by the government in front of us saying that we are not from Qi. If we want to stay here, we must pay tribute every month!"
Gu Nuoer's black eyes were flashing with a cold light.
This is not right, Dad doesn't know about this.
The vendor sighed: "The villain is helpless and has to raise the price. Although everyone is still making a normal living, many families have already lost money."
Hu Ni and Zhang Yuanyi turned their heads and looked at Ye Siming.
The latter looked cold and his eyes were gloomy.
Gu Nuoer patted his shoulder and signaled him not to reveal his identity here, so as not to be missed by thieves.
"For this little rabbit lantern is very cute, buy it." Gu Nuoer took out ten taels of silver ingots from her sleeve and handed it to the vendor.
The vendor nodded and bowed, Zhang Yuanyi carried the lamp, and the four of them walked along the street.
But it seems that they have lost the mood to look at the lights.
This time, Gu Nuoer paid attention to the past carefully.
You can hear the high-priced hawking sounds.
Those men and women who went out to shop and enjoy the lanterns only looked at them and didn’t buy them.
Whether it is setting up a stall or a shop, there are very few customers.
If it was really as the vendor said, each household would have to pay fifty taels of silver, the pressure would be too great.
No wonder it seems lively, but in fact everyone is trying to sell things to live!
Gu Nuoer turned his head and asked, "Brother Si Ming, whose person is in charge of Wuyue City now?"
Ye Siming's eyebrows were cold and he pondered: "The principle of proximity is that after I attacked Wuyue City, the prefect of Xianzhou sent officials to hand over the handover."
Local officials ordered a city to pay tribute every month, but such major events were not reported to the court.
Most of the money is in your own pocket.
Too brave! I want to make a fortune while the chaos is in trouble!
At this moment, in the restaurant where the storyteller was about to be heard, a man wearing a linen cotton coat was suddenly pushed out.
Then the two officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward and held him down.
The man struggled continuously, and the officers and soldiers kicked him.
"Be honest! You dare to slander Yongye Hou's reputation in the name of a storyteller and go back to the yamen with us!"
The man scolded angrily: "Yongye Hou pretended to be kind and righteous, saying that he would not kill innocent people. In fact, he had to use this method to force us to death! The sky has eyes, why didn't he kill this evil man to death!"