Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters first come first
Chapter 893: First come, first served
Hang Baiqiu curled his lips slightly and continued to ask: "Also, have you asked about the bandit suppression tax? Is there anyone at the Gaopeng Inn to collect it?"
"Yes!" Chai Yan answered quickly and affirmatively, and continued: "I asked, and they said that they will come and collect it in about ten days. Adults will receive five hundred coins, and children will receive half of it. Same as Yao Zheng and the others.
The same amount, just yesterday, the top soldiers guarding the camp went to the inn to collect it..."
"What? It's only once in ten days!" Hang Baiqiu exclaimed in surprise: "That's three times in a month! Even if there are two adults and one child in the family, it still costs 1,250 yuan.
Well, three times is...that's..."
"That's three thousand seven hundred and fifty Wen!" While Hang Baiqiu was calculating silently in his mind, Chai Yan had already told the answer.
Hang Baiqiu said angrily: "Yes, it's 3,750 yuan! That's more than three taels of silver. Will this collection method allow the people to live?"
Chai Yan also nodded and said: "Yes, such a collection method is indeed too heavy. I finally understand what it means to tax as fiercely as a tiger!"
"Nonsense!" Hang Baiqiu became excited and immediately retorted loudly: "The imperial court does not have this tax. Jiang Yongshuang and the others collected it without authorization!"
Chai Yan hurriedly pressed Hang Baiqiu's button: "Auntie, please don't be so excited, can you? It's on the street!"
Hang Baiqiu didn't care what the occasion was, and said angrily: "What happened on the street? Even if I stand on the tower, I still dare to say it!"
Chai Yan explained: "It's not a question of whether you dare or not, I mean, we have to keep a low profile, do you understand? Keep a low profile..."
Under Chai Yan's patient persuasion, Hang Baiqiu's anger slowly calmed down.
Then, Hang Baiqiu felt very hungry, so he went to see Yu Tie and Zhang Youde, and complained in a low voice: "I've been waiting for so long, why are there no tables yet?"
Chai Yan also took a look at the door of Zhongyi Building and said: "This is the peak time, I guess we have to wait for a while, how about I accompany you to buy some cooking cakes and make a base first?"
With that said, Chai Yan pointed at a pancake stall in front of him.
"Good idea!" Hang Baiqiu took a look and immediately walked towards the cake stall.
Chai Yan looked at her like a big child, and followed her while laughing.
Just as the two were discussing how many cooking cakes to buy, there was a sudden burst of discordant sounds in front of the Zhongyi Building, as if someone was quarreling.
Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu looked over when they heard the sound, and couldn't help being secretly startled, because one party arguing was actually Yu Tie and Zhang Youde, and the other party were several strange men.
"What are you doing?"
Chai Yan frowned, and immediately ran to the door of Zhongyi Tower with Hang Baiqiu.
As soon as they arrived at Yu Tie and Zhang Youde's side, Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun also came over with their children in their arms.
Cheng Jiu put down the second baby and handed it to Guan Maochun, and then asked loudly: "Second brother, what's wrong?"
Yu Tie looked angrily, pointed at a few people opposite him and shouted "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh help me"?
"Hahahaha, it turns out he is a mute..."
Several people on the opposite side immediately burst into laughter, and at the same time they were also pointing and laughing at him.
Yu Tie suddenly became anxious, his face immediately turned red, and his anger level became even higher.
"Zhang Youde, tell me, what happened just now?" Chai Yan couldn't understand what Yu Tie meant, so he had to ask Zhang Youdao.
Zhang Youde swallowed and spoke quickly: "The waiter originally said that there were no tables, but when these people came, the waiter said that there was a table available, and then he wanted to let them in, but I couldn't see it.
So I ran over and said, 'We were here first,' and then... we started to quarrel with them!"
While listening to Zhang Youde's words, Chai Yan had already carefully observed several guys cutting in line across the street. Among them, a tall young man with fair skin stood out the most, not because of his appearance or size, but because of the way he was dressed.
The material of his clothes is the highest and most expensive, which is in sharp contrast with the people around him. One glance shows that he has the most say among them.
After Zhang Youde finished speaking, Chai Yan shouted loudly: "Where are you guys?"
This sound was very high-pitched, and no fear could be heard at all.
The waiter hurriedly came to Chai Yan and said apologetically: "Master, you may have misunderstood. In fact, Master Meng and the others have reserved the table early. The young one just..."
"No!" Zhang Youde immediately shouted and said to Chai Yan very firmly: "I personally heard him say that there was a table available, and when those people came, they also asked if there was a table. If they were
How could they ask such a question after they had already made a reservation? So they didn’t make a reservation at all!”
The clerk was immediately speechless, because what Zhang Youde said was true, and this was indeed the case just now.
Chai Yan nodded to Zhang Youde, and then asked the waiter: "Who are they?"
When the waiter heard this, he hurriedly lowered his voice and said in a tone that would never offend the other party: "Sir, that is Young Master Meng of the Meng family. His father is the head of our Hukou Town!"
The mayor is equivalent to the mayor of the town in later generations. He is the person responsible for all affairs of the town. Although his position is not high, his actual power is huge!
"Oh, it turns out to be Master Meng, I'm sorry!" Chai Yan said with a fake smile.
But Master Meng didn't take Chai Yan seriously at all, and immediately turned around and walked back to the restaurant.
"Stop!" But Chai Yan's voice made him stop.
Master Meng turned around, his eyes and expression were extremely contemptuous: "You already know who I am, why don't you get away quickly?"
After saying that, Master Meng said to the waiter: "These guys are not allowed to come in anymore, do you hear me?"
The waiter quickly responded: "Yes, I understand..."
Then, the waiter said to Chai Yan: "Master, I am really sorry. Master Meng has spoken, and we dare not not listen. Otherwise, you should go to eat elsewhere..."
Chai Yan couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that if a eldest son was so loud, wouldn't his eldest father want to go to heaven?
The next moment, Chai Yan called out: "Xiaojiu, Xiaoguan!"
Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun were stunned at the same time, but then they responded in unison in time: "Yes!"
After shouting and answering, Master Meng and the waiters all seemed a little surprised, wondering what Chai Yan was going to do.
Chai Yan grimaced and said extremely seriously: "Since some people don't understand the principle of first come, first served, then don't blame me for being arrogant and unreasonable... Listen, if any of these guys dare to go to the door
If you take even half a step inside, throw it out immediately!"
"Yes!" "Understood!"
Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun responded in unison.
Immediately afterwards, Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun stood in front of the gate of Zhongyi Building with a few strides. As long as Master Meng and others dared to go inside, they would be able to do what Chai Yan wanted!
When Master Meng saw this, he became angry. In anger, he raised his foot and stepped over the threshold...
But before Master Meng's feet touched the ground, Cheng Jiu's hand had already grabbed his chest, and then pushed hard, and the man flew out...
"oops!"
Master Meng let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground about a foot away.
"Alas--!"
The moment Master Meng fell to the ground, there was a sound of surprise all around.
It was at this time that the circle of people watching suddenly retreated and expanded, and the area in front of the Zhongyi Building suddenly fell into silence...