The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

Shangwen expressed his helplessness for King Qin's incomprehension. However, the high-level meeting quickly determined that Meng Yi would be responsible for this matter. Shangwen could only stand by and watch. Perhaps Shangwen was unwilling to participate in this matter.

Just as Qin was solving its domestic crisis, an astonishing change was taking place in the far east.

"Taxation." A Qi official held a pistol and stretched out his thick arm and said.

"Another tax?" asked an old farmer.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Pay the money quickly." As he said this, the official reached out to grab it.

"Sir, please come on. I only have this little money for today. I just made this little money by blacksmithing for others. I don't have enough food at home." The old farmer immediately knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy.

"No. We are just on an errand. We don't care about other things." At this time, the official reached out to grab the old farmer's clothes.

"Sir, please." The old farmer hugged the official's thigh and continued to beg for mercy.

"No." The official refused sternly.

"You'd better let go of me. If you don't let go, I won't be polite." At this time, the official shook his thigh and said. But the old farmer refused to let go of his arm.

"Let go." The official scolded loudly.

"No. The whole family has no food rations. This will cost us our lives." The old farmer said at this time.

"Who is this?" The people on the side gathered around and said.

"Don't you know? It's Lao Mengtou from Xitou Village." A woman interrupted at this time.

"That family is miserable." At this time, the woman said.

"I heard that all three sons of his family were arrested and served in the military. The eldest son died in the war not long after his marriage. I heard that he died of poisonous gas. It was tragic when he died.

The eldest daughter-in-law was still pregnant with the child. The second son was also arrested not long ago and went to serve as a soldier. He also died. No, the younger son was also arrested not long ago. He was not married yet. What a great boy. What a pity.

Ah." The woman said with a pout.

"Oh, that's right. How can this family live?" A scholar asked at this time. Scholars did not have to pay taxes, and at the same time, they did not have to perform military service or perform corvee labor.

"That's not true. This old man with a hooded head is working for others by himself. How tiring it is. He only makes so little money to support his family. There is no other way. There is a daughter-in-law and a grandson at home. The grandson is still breastfeeding." That woman said this

Time continued.

"Bang." Just as he was speaking, a crisp crack of a whip came.

"You old man." The official took out his whip and slapped Lao Meng hard on the back. The clothes on his back were immediately torn apart by the whip. The force of the whip was very strong. It was so strong that it could

After the clothes were pulled open, a bloody wound was still exposed inside.

"Let me go." The official still waved his arms and yelled loudly.

"Sir, it can't be done. My family only has this little money. The children don't have anything to eat. Without food, there will be no milk. My family is so weak. Have mercy on us." Lao Mengtou was crying at this time.

said.

"Hey, this family is really miserable. Just have mercy on them." At this time, people began to come forward to persuade them.

"No." The official yelled at the people around him at this time.

"Let me tell you, no one can control this matter. All the taxes that should be paid must be paid. Anyone who refuses to pay is a sinner." The official threatened at this time. This threat made everyone around him stop moving.

"Hey, I can't control this matter. This Qi country is going crazy. You have to pay taxes on this. You have to pay taxes on that. The taxes are endless." An older Qi person said at this time.

"No, this Qi country has wars every year. We are beaten. Alas." Another Qi countryman sighed.

"How long has this war been going on?" the older Qi people said helplessly. Several years of wars have greatly consumed Qi's national power. Qi, whose national power was extremely depleted, had no choice but to increase the taxes on the people.

.Qi State is exhausting all the strength of the whole country in this protracted war with no chance of victory and no meaning.

"It's all because of this war that Qi has become less like Qi." Qi people said themselves.

"Hurry up and give me the money you need to pay." At this time, the official whipped Lao Mengtou hard again. Lao Mengtou was exhausted and lay on the ground with streaks on his back.

Blood stains. There were patches of blood on the face. It looked like the old head covering was no longer enough.

"My family is really in trouble. We can no longer afford to pay this tax. For the last seedling of my family, I can't pay it. Even if you beat me to death, I can't pay it." Lao Mengtou said at this time.

"You, an official, are simply inhumane. This old man with a hooded head is already like this. You are still so aggressive and want to let people live. This is already the case in Qi. What else can we do?" At this time, a scholar wearing a sword stood up.

Said. This scholar was very elegant, and the sword was just for decoration. During the Warring States Period in ancient times, the style of sword was very popular. All men wore swords.

Although the emergence of pistols quickly weakened the style of sword-wearing in the Qin State, scholars in the East still retained this tradition. The sword is a symbol of literati. The significance of carrying a gun is far less than that of carrying a sword.

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"Huh. Scholars, you have too much control. This is a matter of the government. Of course, the government will take care of it." At this time, the official said. In fact, the officials of Qi State are subordinate to their government on one side. On the other hand,

Sometimes they are also subordinate to the local nobility. The essence of taxation is that the government gets a smaller part for state affairs, while a larger part becomes the private property of the nobles.

When the Qi State was engaged in continuous wars, the nobles of the Qi State did not give up the opportunity to make a fortune from the war. They took the opportunity to levy and extort money. They levied high taxes. These taxes made them richer and richer.

But the people are getting poorer and poorer. In Qi State, there has been a serious polarization. One side is living an extremely comfortable life, while the other side can't even eat.

"You have to take care of it even if you can't control it." At this moment, the scholar suddenly pulled out his sword.

"Hehe." The official smiled coldly at this time.

"When are you still using a sword? Look what I'm using?" At this time, the official took out his own gun. The official pointed his own gun at the soldier.

"Which is faster, your sword or my gun? If I hit it, you will die." The manager said disdainfully. In the era of muskets, the role of the sword is decreasing. The usability of the sword is getting lower and lower.

Swords can no longer keep up with the needs of the times. The literati's approach seems to be like this. They can no longer adapt to this era of fast muskets. Speed ​​is far more useful than decoration.

"Death is not a pity." The scholar said.

"Hmph. You're tough." The official said disdainfully.

The scholar didn't say anything.

"Pah." As he said this, the official slapped Lao Meng's head again.

"Why did I get whipped?" the official said provocatively.

"Today, I want you to see the consequences of offending the government," the official said.

"I just want to destroy your Lao Meng family. You are just a single seedling. You don't want to pay taxes. I will destroy that little bastard of yours." The official said with disdain.

Hearing that the officials were going to destroy their family, Lao Mengtou struggled. Everyone has forbidden areas. Once the forbidden areas are violated, people will burst out with a strong sense of resistance.

This sense of resistance was so strong that they didn't even know it. When Lao Mengtou heard that he wanted to kill his whole family, he used all his strength to rush towards the officials.

"I'll fight with you." Lao Mengtou didn't know where the strength came from. He rushed out. He knocked the official to the ground. He himself didn't know he would have such great strength.

Then Lao Mengtou and the official were entangled on the ground, fighting hard.

"Beat him to death." The people around him shouted loudly. The followers who followed behind saw that the situation around them was getting more and more out of control. They retreated in panic and hid behind to wait for the situation to happen.

"Bang." During the tearing process, a gunshot sounded.

"Damn it." Lao Mengtou collapsed on the ground. He lay on the official's body. The official pushed the limp Lao Mengtou away.

"I will kill you." The official said at this time.

"Old Mengtou is dead." At this time, a person shouted loudly. At this time, everyone stopped. The world around them suddenly became much quieter. No one spoke.

"He killed Lao Mengtou." A person shouted in panic. But everyone was silent. They knew what happened. A life disappeared in front of his eyes.

"You are a cruel official, as cruel as that Qin dog." As he said that, the scholar straightened up his sword and stabbed him.

"Poof." There was a sound of metal piercing flesh.

"Ah." A scream. The official screamed after being assassinated.

"Beat him to death. Beat him to death." At this time, the people came forward one after another to beat the dead official to death. Perhaps only in this way can they relieve their anger. Only in this way can they calm down the hatred in their hearts.

For a moment, in fact, what the people are venting is just their usual dissatisfaction. Taxation is too unfair to them. What they need is just a release of long-term depression.

"It's not good. The situation is out of control. Tell the adults quickly." At this time, his follower realized that something was wrong and ran away immediately. He went to the government to report the matter.

"My lord, things are not going well. There are signs of riots among the people in the city." This official's follower mistakenly exaggerated the consequences of this kind of thing.

"What?" a higher-ranking official asked loudly.

"A riot. The people are rioting," the attendant said immediately.