Chapter 11 I don’t want to be a slave in this life!

Inside a ruined temple more than ten miles outside Dachen Village, this is where several of the most famous gangsters from Shili Mountain Village gather.

Those who can be called gangsters have no industry.

Huang Ba crossed his legs and lay on the half-upturned statue, exposing his belly.

This man has a very strong body, like a wild boar, but has a pair of bean eyes.

Someone pulled fleas out of his hair.

"Damn, that's weird, it's almost the autumn tax, and the Chen family are still carrying it?"

Huang Ba wondered:

"Then the old lady really wants to send her youngest son to do corvee service?"

"Brother Ba, do you think it's because his bastard brother left some money for his family when he committed the crime, so he is confident?"

Huang Ba usually hangs out with a few arrogant gangsters. One of them, named Xie Gouzi, has no real estate, is skinny, but has a lot of bad eyes:

"If this is true, brother, please report it again so that their family will never be able to stand up."

"Impossible! You work hard as a county government official. Do you know if Chen Xinzang is hiding anything?" Huang Ba is a smart man. He lowered his head and thought, "You must be gritting your teeth to be able to carry it."

"What should we do? His house is determined not to be sold. Should we make trouble again?" Xie Gouzi chewed his teeth when he thought of this.

"I didn't like that shabby house in the first place. How much is it worth? What I like is Chen Xin's wife..." Huang Ba's eyes flashed: "I like other people's wives, especially this kind of wife." The widow has a taste that the yellow-flowered girl doesn’t have.”

"That bitch Xu Lan... is pretty enough, she is both flirtatious and naughty..." Xie Gouzi was lustful, but found that Huang Ba looked at him with something wrong, and quickly said: "Brother Ba, what are you talking about?" Let’s do it?”

Huang Ba couldn't think of a way for a while, and finally said:

"Keep an eye on their house and look for an opportunity to chat with Chen Ku."

"Then who's going to keep an eye on it?"

"Me, me?"

…

Early the next morning.

Chen Ku got up, thought over and over again, and decided to visit Zhao Bocai's house.

"Is Brother Zhao at home?" Chen Ku shouted outside the door.

Uncle Zhao put on a coat and came out to open the door, "Here, it's Brother Chen Ku. Come in and say it's very cold in the morning."

After entering the main room and closing the doors and windows, it was indeed warmer.

Chen Ku was about to speak.

But he saw that Uncle Zhao had already turned around and went to another room.

After a while, a low-pitched argument came from the house over there, "Zhao Bocai, if the second brother spends money every day, our family can be considered worthy of the Chen family. Do you still think about it..."

Chen Ku's expression moved slightly.

Then Uncle Zhao came out soon, smiled bitterly at Chen, and said, "Don't mind."

Chen Ku explained: "Brother Zhao misunderstood, I'm not here to borrow money."

However, Zhao Bocai held a money bag, shook his head, and said: "Brother Chen Ku, I heard about Huang Ba. Brother, I have prepared some money for you. I will use it first and pay the autumn tax." Houses and people must never be sold. Your brother and I have a life-long relationship. He told me before the accident that he would take care of me if I could. Besides, you saved my baby, take it."

Hand over the money bag.

Chen Ku stood up from the chair, waved his hand and said, "I'm really not here to borrow money, but I do have something. I need to ask my brother for help. You should take a look at this thing first."

With that said, he took out the ginseng from the basket.

Zhao Bocai's eyes lit up when he saw it: "Such a big mallet, this, this is worth at least four or five taels of silver. You, you dug it?"

Seeing Chen Ku take out such a valuable herb, Zhao Bocai also knew that Chen Ku was not here to borrow money.

"Well, yes, but... I can't sell this medicine for money." Chen Ku said helplessly.

Uncle Zhao heard this.

He took a deep look at Chen Ku.

Immediately, he understood what kind of help Chen Ku was asking him to do.

"Are you thinking that you want me to be like that piece of dog skin again and keep it for you in private?"

Of course, he knew all about the exorbitant exploitation that herbal pickers were subjected to in the Yaochai Market.

I understand that this ginseng worth five taels of silver is really going to be sold in the medicine market. If Chen Ku can get just one tael of silver, it will be a blessing.

Can,

To put it nicely, this is called tax avoidance; to put it worse, it is helping to evade taxes.

What happened could be big or small.

Hesitation appeared on Zhao Bocai's face.

Chen Ku stepped forward and said, "I know you have to bear the risk, brother, so I will give you 20% of the money sold."

Zhao Bocai looked at Chen Ku: "You sit down first."

When Chen Ku heard this, he knew that there was nothing going on. Although he felt helpless, it was not a big regret. After all, he had to take risks, but he came here to ask for advice.

really.

After Uncle Zhao asked Chen Ku to sit down, he slowly said: "It's not that I won't help you, I'm an Orion. I sold the dog skin last time and no one would suspect anything, but if I help sell herbal medicine, anyone with a discerning eye will take a look. You can see that continuing like this is not an option.”

Chen Ku took a breath and said, "That's the truth. I didn't think carefully about it."

Zhao Bocai sighed and said: "It's not that you are not thoughtful, this is the way the world is. It forces people to follow some crooked ways, otherwise they will not survive. To tell you the truth, Brother Zhao and I have done similar things before, but Let me tell you, I can't do this, mainly because my second son is about to transfer to the county, and I can't let anything go wrong. "

Chen Ku stood up and said slowly: "I've put you in a difficult situation."

Zhao Bocai hesitated for a moment.

Finally, he said:

"slow."

Chen Ku was about to pick up the basket when he turned to look at Zhao Bocai.

Zhao Bocai hesitated and said:

"Although I can't help you, if you just want to avoid exploitation and sell the herbs, I can show you a way."

Chen Ku's eyes flickered slightly and he quickly handed over his hand: "Brother Zhao, please give me some advice."

This was his original purpose.

I have no way out, because my current status is too low, and I don’t have access to many circles and information.

Brother Zhao was different. He had a very good relationship with his eldest brother back then. He was considered the number one hunter in the entire Baojiao County, and he could even send his younger brother to practice martial arts.

What he wants is some guidance from Brother Zhao.

Zhao Bocai took a deep breath and said: "There is light and darkness in the world. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The taxes of our Daji Dynasty were so heavy on the people, and naturally they also spawned many shady people among the people. The serious one is smuggling and selling illegal salt, and the less serious one is...the black market."

"Black market?" Chen Ku immediately understood what these two words meant.

"Yes, Yaochai City is an official trading market. Everything must be subject to heavy taxes stipulated by the imperial court, and there are also exploitation by the government officials. Even if you are registered as a household, you have to peel off your skin when you enter Yaochai City. The reason why you still have to go to Yaochai City is because you know that most people are calm and honest. Even if they are exploited by vampires, as long as they can survive, they will not dare to have other ideas, but the pressure will be greater. "

Zhao Bocai said quietly:

"But those brave people who can't survive can't take care of these many things, so they have spawned a black market. Although there are protection fees and stall fees for transactions there, it is only 10% of what is exploited in the Yaochai market. Forget it, you can at least get back four or five taels of your five taels of ginseng on the black market, but the danger is also great. If you are caught, you will be fined even more, and you may even be decapitated, so you have to be mentally prepared."

"I know." Chen thought hard for a moment and nodded: "Brother Zhao only said where the black market is. I am very grateful."

Next, he needs a lot of money to practice martial arts, buy meat, and buy medicine.

If you go to Yaochai Market for five taels of silver, you will be exploited for 70% to 80% of the money. If you can get 20% to 30%, it depends on the look in the eyes.

This kind of exploitative environment means that even if he works hard and is exhausted, no matter how many herbs he finds, he will still be unable to make ends meet for martial arts training and cannot bear the consumption. Therefore, he must overcome this layer of exploitation in order to Quickly accumulate itself and develop and grow.

Regardless of the previous life or this life.

He understands one thing.

If he is honest and down-to-earth, then there is no shortage of people like him in the world.

As long as you can endure hardships, there will be endless hardships to endure. You are a natural working body.

He has to work hard for himself and change his destiny. Instead of being a bully, he must become a master.

Zhao Bocai said: "The black market is thirty miles away... On March 69, the market opens in the early morning and closes before dawn."