Brocade legend

Chapter 285
The new commander of the Xicheng Army and Horse Division, surnamed Shi Mingyong, was just promoted from a poor and remote place in Yunnan. It is said that he has put down banditry and rebellion, has some bloody courage, and has made some military exploits.

It's just that the newly transferred commander Shi Yong has a bigger appetite than the previous commander.

I heard that he was able to enter Beijing because of his connections. As for whose connections, the Commander always smiled mysteriously without saying a word.

However, his behavior is arrogant and domineering. It seems that he is very confident in his backstage.

In the first month after Shi Yong took office, he set a quota for the monthly routine tribute that was originally an indefinite number of deaths.

He doesn't care what shops are in the market below, and how much profit they make.It is just that each deputy commander is required to hand over five taels of silver to him a month, and the rest is for the deputy commander and his brothers.As for the poor official, Lord Shi Yong said that he was just playing with his pen, and he didn't consume much energy. He only needed to be able to eat, and the court's salary was enough, and his filial piety was also exempted.

In the first month, Guo Ming and the others barely handed it in.

But in the second month, Shi Yong was raised again, requiring each deputy commander to hand over to him eight taels a month.

In the second month, Guo Ming gritted his teeth and put up two taels by himself, which was considered enough.

In the third month, Shi Yong rose to ten taels again!
In other words, every moonlight gave him as much as 40 taels of silver!The people from Xicheng Bingma Division secretly scolded Shi Yong for the official who didn't know how much money he spent to come here. He was so poor and crazy that he searched for money so ferociously as soon as he took office!

How could Guo Ming and the others not scold them!In the past two months, let alone a little extra money, honest people like Guo Ming have already given money back!The brothers below have been eating porridge for two months!

But no matter how they scold?What should be handed in still has to be handed in... They also ran away from the relationship and reported Shi Yong's black complaint to the higher-ups, but there was no response from the higher-ups.

From this point of view, this Shi Yong does have some background, and the people above are not willing to be a prong for the sake of dozens of taels of silver every month.

That being the case, Guo Ming and his four deputy commanders had no choice but to accept their fate.

They can't give Shi Yong out of their own pockets!Therefore, the source of the money still falls on the vendors on the street.

As a result, Xicheng soldiers and horses complained a lot, but they couldn't fight against the Yamen just because they paid a little more money. In desperation, the only way they could think of was to raise the price...

The result of the price increase can be imagined.

Guo Ming, who was caught in the middle, was in a dilemma, and he was not a human being inside or outside.

Guo Ming has been busy for more than half a month, but he couldn't help but not get the ten taels of silver, and he was scolded coldly.

He had spent half his life in the Xicheng Bingma Division, and he was the oldest and most familiar with the people on the street, and he was the one who never looked up and looked down.Therefore, he is also the one who can't open his mouth among the four deputy commanders.

In the end, he simply refused to accept it, and put in some money himself. On the day of the end of the month, he went to Xicheng Bingmasi angrily.

When he arrived at the Bingma Division in Xicheng, the other three deputy commanders were already crying and handed over the money.

"Old Guo, are you here?" Shi Yong said with a smile, "Have you brought your regular money?"

"..." Guo Ming sullenly threw the silver onto Shi Yong's table.

Seeing Guo Ming's rudeness, Shi Yong's face sank, but when he saw the white flowers and money, he smiled again, and said: "Look, my lord has already said that these profiteers and tricksters are rich, and they live in the poor and remote areas of Yunnan. In a place where even a county magistrate can earn a lot of money, this is the capital city! Not to mention ten taels, even 100 taels a month, they can still get it!"

"My lord!" Guo Ming finally couldn't bear it any longer, thinking that he was also an old man of the Xicheng Bingma Division. To be fair, he would be fine!

"Master Shi! Now the streets are full of complaints, and if this continues, we soldiers and horses will become street rats!" Guo Ming said loudly.

Shi Yong looked gloomy and said, "Master Guo is blaming me?"

Guo Ming said bluntly: "To tell you the truth, my lord, the lower officials have paid a lot of money for the past two months, but next month...but there will be no more!"

"Oh?" Shi Yong looked at Guo Ming fiercely, stood up, and said, "So, Mr. Guo is going to confront me?"

"I don't dare..." Seeing that Shi Yong was angry, Guo Ming thought about the difference between the superior and the superior, so he could only swallow his anger and cupped his hands and said: "What the subordinate said is the truth, this month is fine, next month, the subordinate is really serious." I can't take out ten taels of silver!"

"Collect it if you can't take it out!" Shi Yong shouted: "What a waste, you have been an official for so long, can you not even collect money?!"

"You can't collect money indiscriminately!" Guo Ming said angrily, "The common people can't afford so much, so should I grab it?"

"My lord doesn't care whether you take it or grab it!" Shi Yong patted the table and said, "Anyway, my lord will see ten taels of silver next month... No! Put 15 taels of silver on the table!"

"You!...It's unreasonable!" Guo Ming heard that the price had risen by five taels again, and couldn't help being anxious, he shook his hand, turned around and left!
"I didn't finish my sentence, you dare to leave!" Shi Yong shouted, but Guo Ming didn't stop, and continued to stride out the door.Shi Yong's hostility from suppressing the bandits and suppressing the chaos could not help but surge up. With a loud shout, he gritted his teeth and said, "I have no respect for the elders! The next one is the next one!" Kicked over!
Guo Ming is also a martial arts practitioner. He felt a strong wind coming from his back, so he knew it was not good, but he had neglected to practice for a long time, his body was much dull, and he couldn't react in time. land!
Guo Ming wanted to turn over, but felt a huge pain in his lower back, so he couldn't help but yelled, exclaiming in pain!

Seeing Guo Ming screaming on the ground, Shi Yong felt that it was too much, so he didn't make any more moves.

Seeing this, the other three deputy commanders quickly asked someone to remove a door panel, carried Guo Ming to it, and ran to the medical hall.

Seeing them all leave, Shi Yong felt a little uneasy, but when he saw the money on the table, he settled down again, grabbed the money, and gave a "bah" to the door, saying: "Let you be arrogant! Master has Yinzi! The Lord has a backing! What is wrong!"

……

Guo Ming wailed for a long time in the medical hall, and the doctor also treated him for a long time, sweating profusely in panic, but it couldn't relieve Guo Ming's pain.

Guo Ming's wife couldn't help it, and suddenly remembered that Guo Ming had mentioned before that there was a genius doctor who lived in the Lu Mansion, so she hurriedly brought a gift and went to the Lu Mansion to ask for help.

The miraculous doctor Guo Ming mentioned was not Li Yanwen, an official of the imperial hospital who had a close relationship with the Lu family, but his son, Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen is 19 years old this year, and she is already a handsome young man.

(End of this chapter)