C38

Without the noise from the mill and the firewood mill, Crooked Yang County quieted down.

In addition, the higher-ups had suddenly ordered for taxes to be raised everywhere. Although they didn't say that they were going to war, the citizens were like cucumbers that were used to explode chrysanthemums every day.

Every time you want to fight a war, you have to collect taxes. If you don't pay taxes, then the money will be taken away by the military lord and bandits.

This year's Crooked Yang County had a good harvest due to tractor farming. Farmers could spend money just like farmers, and the economy of the county was also pretty good. With the addition of the mill and firewood mill, the prosperity of Quyang County's Taiyuan city was comparable. The higher ups wanted to increase the taxes, and the main reason was that they had to pay a certain amount of fees to the areas under everyone's jurisdiction. Wu Anguo could not bear to look at Crooked Yang County, which had finally become so popular.

With such a heavy tax, ordinary farmers with spare money would have to sell off their children to sell off their girls. With Song Yinghan urging them to go all out, Wu Anguo was still prepared to not raise the taxes.

Zhang Shiqing was very unhappy. If you didn't raise taxes, the farmers would only thank you, and most people wouldn't even say thank you. However, a county with so much money required more than just a small amount of money.

Seeing Zhang Shiqing's unhappy expression, Wu Anguo smiled bitterly, "Shiqing, I know what you're talking about. I know that it's not like what Han said, not collecting taxes can solve the problem, but now that you think about it, we're going to war, we have to leave a path of survival for the people. If we lose like what the military commander said, we'll run to Shanghai, but these people still have to live."

Zhang Shiqing took a long drag on his cigarette and sighed, "It's fine without a tax increase, but don't touch your private money. Not only you, but also your sister-in-law and a bunch of brothers and sisters. I'll handle this." "If Big Brother believes me, before the war starts, I would like to go to Shanghai first."

Wu Anguo reached out to hug him when he heard Shiqing's words. He patted him on the back and said, "You call me big brother. We've been brothers all our lives. I trust you."

The next day, Zhang Shiqing went to Shanghai, and only Wu Anguo and his wife knew about it. Xu Bao repeatedly told her that she remembered what kind of place the head teacher's wife said about Shanghai's Lu was very good. There were a lot of delicious birds and she was determined to buy a house there. Zhang Shiqing indicated that he would pay attention when he went over.

At the same time, the situation in Shanxi became more and more tense. A war was on the verge of breaking out.

Tai Yuan hadn't started a war yet, but the nearby counties were already showing signs of fighting. First, the price of food rose uncontrollably.

All of the valuable and soft parts of Wu An's country were taken to Shanghai by Shiqing, leaving behind only those that were of basic use. However, he didn't expect war to come so soon, nor did he know how long it would take.

In addition, more and more soldiers came to Qu Yang County, causing chaos. It was a mess outside, but Wu Anguo's house was even more chaotic.

Under his husband's cost-saving order, Xu Bao hadn't eaten meat for several days. What was worse was that the soldiers couldn't go to the mountain to catch rabbits for the big cats, as it was too dangerous to fight outside and they had to train their soldiers, but they also didn't have meat at home.

Finally, five days had passed. Xu Bao cried to his big brother until he was out of breath, "Big brother, what should we do? What should we do?"

Wu An Guo was originally very nervous, but seeing that the little girl was crying so miserably, he became even more nervous. He carried the little girl in his arms and asked, "What's wrong? Little Treasure, don't scare me like that, what happened? "

Xu Bao's tears flowed like a river without money as he dragged his busy husband towards the big cat's house. When he got there, he saw a tiger lying on its back with its eyes closed.

"Big brother, look, the big cat is dead. He doesn't have any meat to eat, so he must be starving. Quickly go and call the doctor. Let the big cat see if there's any hope!" Xu Bao was truly sad. She really liked big cats, but big cats could still grind noodles.

When a doctor arrived and saw a tiger sprawled in the wall, he was so scared that his legs became even softer. When he heard that the tiger had passed out due to hunger, he immediately kneeled down and begged for mercy, "Master Army, this little one is almost 60. "There's a doctor on the east side of the street. He's young, and I think it's best if you go and find him …"

In the end, the doctor had no choice but to cry himself to the point of fainting. He had no choice but to go to the young doctor.

As soon as the young doctor saw the tiger, he immediately fainted before he could even start talking.

After that, Xu Bao cried even louder, his tears wetting the military uniform on Wu Anguo's chest. He had no choice but to send more men to get a doctor.

As a result, all of the doctors came to see that the tiger had fainted. There were already six or seven doctors at the door, and they had no way to continue like this.

Xu Bao was crying so hard that he had no tears to shed. He recalled that in the first large families, their daughters would always stay on their beds and extend a hand for the doctors to take their pulse.

So he had fifty of his men carry the unconscious cat onto the bed, put the blanket over it, put down the bed curtain, and put one of the cat's claws outside, then send for the doctor.

All the doctors nearby had been hired, and there was only one medicine shop with a doctor sitting in the hall. He looked old and old, and it was not convenient for him to move about. He would not come out to diagnose normally. However, the biggest official in Crooked Yang County had to invite him. Even if he couldn't walk, he had to be carried.

When the old doctor entered the room, he saw that the old marshal and his wife were both standing there sorrowfully, their beds tightly closed. It was unknown who it was, but his eyes were blurry and he needed the support of soldiers, but his manners were still considered satisfactory. He bid farewell to Wu An and Xu Bao and said, "marshal and his wife, this vein must be quiet, it's best to wait outside for the others."

Xu Bao shook his head. Wu Anguo also shook his head. He was afraid that if the tiger woke up, he would eat the doctor in one bite.

The doctor sighed. There was nothing he could do, so he began to feel the pulse. He was very good at etiquette. He didn't open the bed curtain, but reached his hand in and touched the tiger's arm.

The doctor thought: strange chirp, all these years practicing medicine, I have never seen a girl with so much hair, and this pulse is always uncertain, I feel it beat very fast, the qi and blood is very full ah! He wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief and turned his head to look at the nervous faces of the old man and his wife. He wondered if it was because of his old medical skills that he was regressing.

This time, he couldn't even find the pulse and the old doctor was sweating even more. But with his many years of experience as a swindler, he stood up and unhurriedly said, "His blood is overflowing and he's anxious. He'll be fine once I open up two pieces of medicine and drink it."

This was because this old doctor was the only doctor who was willing to prescribe medicine. Only the dead cat could be considered a living cat doctor.

The old doctor prescribed medicine, and Xu Bao had his men take the medicine to the big cat. He was afraid that the big cat would suffer from the pain from eating the medicine, so he specially prepared a large piece of raw meat for it while it was nervous. Be ready to take it when you're done.

The big cat didn't move at all after it finished eating the medicine. Xu Bao threw the raw meat inside. The big cat smelled the bloody meat and immediately opened its eyes and turned over. It cried out a few words before it started to eat the meat.

Xu Bao thought that the doctor had cured her big cat and insisted on giving the doctor a plaque so that Hua Tuo could reincarnate. That old doctor was very pleased with himself when he heard Xu Bao say, "You actually managed to cure my big cat's illness. You're too amazing."

The old doctor humbly replied, "No, no!"

Then he asked her why her name was Big Cat.

Xu Bao said, "A big cat is not a girl's house. A big cat is a tiger."

In the end, the old doctor remembered the hairy arm that he had touched that day and immediately fainted. He was scared to death.

Xu Bao, who was in trouble, ran back home, not daring to say another word.

As more and more people started to infiltrate Qu Yang County, although most of them were friendly troops, if this continued, the entire county would be emptied of food, and it would become more and more chaotic. Thus, Wu Anguo ordered, "In order to ensure the security of Qu Yang County, all soldiers passing by must turn in their weapons, and then issue a weapon certificate. When we leave Qu Yang County, we can use the certificate to exchange them."

This wasn't considered excessive. Even though he had handed over the items from his friends, he was still willing to return them to him after he left, so he didn't meet with too much resistance.

At the same time, Wu Anguo also remembered that when Shiqing left, he had told him that the people in charge of the casinos in the county were all trusted aides of his. He called these people over and asked them to accept the weapon certificate as gambling capital.

Thus, during these chaotic times of war, the soldiers that passed by Qu Yang County had a rare period of peace and colorful life. Furthermore, the gambling business here was flourishing, and all of them were outside fighting for their lives.

The rules of this casino were very strange. It didn't matter even if you lost. As long as you could wrestle with one of Qu Yang's mysterious men and win, the goods would be returned to you. It was unknown if no one had ever lost, or if no one had ever won. In short, this mysterious man was very mysterious, and there were also good things that he had done, such as breaking hands and spending some money, but he would be free if he won. However, the casino response indicated that this was against the rules, and the mysterious man was not feeling well recently.

Soldiers were people who had nothing better to do. The more nervous they were, the more excited they would get. With this final challenge as a guarantee, more and more people rushed to the casino.

When one's eyes turned red from gambling, how could they care about the importance of a gun's certificate? Moreover, it was just a piece of paper, lightly held in one's hand. Even if one threw it away, it wouldn't be as painful as throwing a gun.

When the soldiers came, they were armed, plus rations, military pay and some private money, they left completely naked, they really came softly, I left softly, waving my sleeves, not taking a single thing with me.

There were also soldiers who were bachelors. They really wanted to break their wrists with that mysterious gentleman after losing.

This soldier was tall and strong. His palms pounded against his chest, creating loud bangs! Everyone gathered around to watch the show. They wanted to see if the casino kept their promises. If they won the bet, they would be able to get everything back.

"Fellow villagers, what you talk about when you are away is just credit. I, Li San, am here to ask everyone to help testify. If I, Li San, win, the boss, will return everything." The man shouted to the bystanders with a determined look on his face.

Immediately, cheers and applause rang out.

At this time, the mysterious man finally arrived late. The big cat hadn't eaten meat for several days. It shook its fur lazily and shouted, "Roar!"

He was immediately shocked by Mr. Li San, who was giving a speech! On the other hand, with the smug look on his face, he shook his leg and said, "This, this, this is Mr. Mystery? I, I, I don't want to compete anymore, okay? "