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Chapter 203 Annual Tax Payment

After the matter was over, I asked the officer and the soldiers to go into the house to rest. The officer refused and said that it was the time to be busy and he had to lead his troops to patrol.

Before leaving, he bit my ears a few words and said that business was good recently. He had saved fifteen long spears, eighteen short spears, and nearly five thousand bullets. This surprised me very much. Most of the firearms seized in the mission had to be handed over, and it would be good to save one at a time. In just a few days, he had saved more than thirty guns and nearly five thousand bullets, which was a bit too efficient.

I found it strange, so I asked him. The officer replied that this year was more chaotic than in previous years, and more people were making trouble with guns than in previous years. Many of them were equipped with guns, and most of the seized guns were new guns. He felt that most of these guns were leaked from the army, but he didn't care at all where they leaked.

This man must have forgotten that before doing this business, his group sold me one hundred and thirty-five pistols. There is no doubt that among the batch of guns I want to collect from him, there must be ones sold from Bi Jin.

Bi Jin spent money to buy guns from the Seventh Army to sell them, but the sold gun was paid back by the Seventh Army and sold them to me again. They made two shares of money at once. This made me feel a little amused and sighed casually, "The oil is so great." The officer smiled and continued.

"Isn't that? Although there are risks, but nowadays, where can I get money if I don't take risks? Master Gun, I'm not sour. I want me to see. Nowadays, it's better to wear big green than big green. How much is it with big green? Especially in Beijing, I can make a thousand-eight-hundred-yen-year-old yellow, so how much does it take to make a lot of big yellow? Now that you have become big green and still work under Mr. Wen, can you still make money? Can you still be as comfortable as before? Do you think?"

"Who said no?" I shook my head with a wry smile, "I am born to be hard-working, I can't enjoy happiness, I can't help it."

"Oh, I just said that, don't listen to me." The officer said again, "Working is better, and hard work is better. You will be promoted quickly. When it comes to future, I will definitely not be able to compare with you. You are a colonel at this age, and you are steadily a general before thirty. I have been like this in my life and I have no idea, but you are different. You are a person that Mr. Wen has praised. Maybe you will be recorded in history books in the future. This honor is not something that everyone can have."

When I said this, a gun was fired in the north. When the officer saw that the mission had come, he immediately lit the troops and headed for the direction of the gun. I heard that the frequency of the gun was not right, and it seemed that it was getting more and more intense, so I wanted to go with me habitually. When my family saw that I was carrying a gun and wanted to go with me, they immediately hugged me. Before I could react, they were forcibly dragged back to the house.

After entering the house, I found that all the women at home were coming out. They should have heard the gunshots and were worried that something might happen outside, so they came out to check the situation. If they were in a hurry, they should have heard what my mother's family and I, that is, the Li family, said.

But for now, this is no longer the point. When I was dragged into the house, my uncle kept shouting, saying, "Put me tightly and don't let me run with the soldiers." Everyone heard the second round of gunfire and immediately understood what my uncle meant. The whole family came over and dragged me into the house together.

Everyone was squeezing and dragging me, which made me very uncomfortable. In desperation, I could only shout loudly and ask them to stop, but they did not stop immediately. They let go of my hand and the people scattered.

I casually cleaned my clothes, pulled out the magazine, then pulled out the bullets from the chamber, stuffed them into the magazine, then put the magazine on, hung it on, and stuffed the gun back into the holster. After that, I sighed lightly and said to everyone.

"Oh... I'm used to it with the team. I'm thankful for you, otherwise I'll go with you."

Everyone felt at ease when they saw that I had put aside the idea of ​​following the army. But they were not completely at ease. Grandma asked Yukage, Yumi and Koharu to look at me in an endless manner, so as not to get angry and go to take risks with the Zhenjun.

When lunch was about to be had, Grandpa and the second grandfather came back. At this time, Qian Bai and his grandfather had already left. The uncle told the second grandfather about what they had come. Grandpa thought that his arrangement was right and praised him a few simple words. After the uncle was praised, he immediately raised his tail and started to brag, and then he was kicked by Grandpa both feet.

In the afternoon, my family went out to visit relatives again. My family and my aunt had no relatives to leave, so I stayed to guard the house. I was bored and wanted to go out for a walk, so I changed into casual clothes, brought a gun, and led Yukawa, Yumi and Koharu out.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Yuanxing had nothing to visit. There were people who were visiting with gifts everywhere, and the road was very crowded. When the municipal government started to set off firecrackers, it was very noisy outside. Before long, Yuying and the others felt annoyed and wanted to go back. I also felt a little annoyed, so I took them back.

"Why are there so many people squatting beside the road..."

On the way back, Xiaochun muttered like this. Only then did I notice that during the Chinese New Year this year, there were more people squatting begging by the Tao with a dull face than in previous years, and there were many young and strong men. These young and strong men begging not because they were lazy, but because they really couldn't find a job.

Even if there is, it is hired by the municipal government. This job is nothing else. It is to clean up those frozen people in Yuanxing City who have been frozen to death, carry the bodies to the crematorium and burn them, and then transport the ashes out of the city to throw them away.

Even for such a job, most people cannot get into the trough. In order to prevent these refugees from causing trouble, every New Year, the municipal government will charge an additional "year security tax". In addition to the embezzled part, the remaining tax is basically used on them. During the Chinese New Year, the municipal government will give them a slap corn flour cake every day. The cakes are bought with tax money, and the person who distributes the cakes is also hired by tax money.

The annual tax is collected on the head. Everyone except soldiers, police and people working in the government must pay, and even newborn children must pay. In addition to the head tax, merchants also have to pay "donation tax", which means paying taxes according to the scale of the transaction and according to certain standards. This tax is forced, but in name, the merchants donated voluntarily to the municipal government, so it is called "donation tax".

As the number of refugees increases year by year, the annual tax on the tax is also increasing year by year, and the head tax this year has actually increased to 20 cents. Because of this year's tax on the tax, the relationship between Yuanxing people and foreigners, especially unemployed refugees, has become worse and worse. The relationship between foreigners is also getting worse year by year. They form cliques, and the first ones are excluded and later, and the other people are running away from other people. Sometimes, large-scale fights occur due to work robbery, causing deaths.

For gang fights like this, the municipal government does not care about it, the police department does not care about it, and the military does not care about it. At most, the police department sends a team of people to wait outside the field. If both sides can be reconciled, everyone will go back to their own places and be at peace. If they can't get along, then fight. It doesn't matter if they like to fight, and it doesn't matter if they beat everyone to death.

When they felt that the two sides had almost fought, the police began to blew the whistle. After the whistle, they would wait for a minute or two before starting to arrest people, and arrest whoever ran slower. When the police arrested people, they would ask the arrested people to deal with the wounded and the bodies at the scene. The minor wounded and others arrested the crime. The seriously injured and the bodies were transported to the incineration plant run by the municipal yamen for burning.

If the matter is very big and alarms the people above, they will kill those who have been arrested and punished, and settle the matter. If the people above are not alarmed, they will continue to be imprisoned and wait to punish others. However, there is never a shortage of scapegoats in the cell of the Yuanxing Police Department. If it is really short, they will deceive some refugees from the street, which will be easier.

So generally speaking, the General Police Department will not care about this kind of thing. If they want to fight, they will let them fight. Even if they smash their shops, they will smash them and have nothing to do with the General Police Department.

It’s okay to report the case, get the attendance fee! If you can’t afford the attendance fee, then I’m sorry, the police are very busy, you can handle such trivial matters by yourself!
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