Yu Ren was not nervous when he saw that the other party was wearing the clothes of a yamen runner. He just asked Tian Jia to park the boat on the shore.

A middle-aged man of thirty-two or three on the Clippers said to the two: "Do you want to leave the river? Please pay a tax of five taels of silver for each boat!"

"What are you doing?" Yu Ren asked for money when he saw this person, and he really thought they were bandits!

"What are you doing? Didn't you see the clothes on us? Of course we are tolerants and taxes. We specialize in collecting water transportation taxes!" said the man.

"Hey! Qian Si. Don't think that I won't know you if I wear a cloak. Aren't you just Qian Si who lives in the alley next to us? Why, I want to cheat us! When I came out on the first day, right? I collected the cabin transportation tax, which was collected from the cargo ships on the river. Our ship did not carry cargo. What cabin transportation tax can be paid?" Tian Jia shouted.

Qian Si glanced at Tian Jia with a squinting eyes, "Who am I thinking? It turns out that he is the second child of the Tian family! However, I am in the office now, please don't get involved with me. The cargo ship tax you mentioned naturally needs to be paid, but your cargo ship also has to pay taxes." Qian Si said without doubt.

"Why?" Tian Jia shouted.

"Why? Just because you entered this river. Do you know that all ships entering this river, no matter how big or small, will be charged a flower appreciation tax of five taels of silver. This is the new regulation recently issued by our General Manager Liu."

Tian Jia was a little angry. "The flower appreciation tax is specially collected from cruise ships. If a small boat like us doesn't appreciate flowers, why should we pay this tax?"

"I can't control this. Who knows if you are deliberately taking such a small boat so that you can evade taxes!" Qian Si stared at the sky.

"You..." Tian Jia was so angry that he really wanted to push this guy into the water.

"Brother, you can bear it. Look at a broken boat like us, how could we go to appreciate any flowers! We are going to deliver things to the cruise ship ahead. Besides, we really don't have that much money." Seeing that the two of them were choking, Yu Ren wanted to show that the enemy was weak. Anyway, as long as you pass the test, it would be fine. He would be reluctant to let him pay five taels of silver for nothing.

Qian Si sneered, "Don't act like I don't know anything. You recently took a big order and received a deposit of 1,000 taels. This little silver is still a bitch to you! Why are you crying and poor!"

"Oh! So you're jealous when we take orders, right? We can get business, that's our ability. Why do you have to pay you the bank?" Tian Jia finally couldn't help but shout.

"You are right. If you can get business, that is your ability. We naturally have no right to control it. However, we have the right to collect the tax bank that has passed the customs. You must not refuse to pay it. In addition, I will say hello to you here.

We will collect your shipbuilding tax tomorrow, a total of 300 taels of silver. You ask Sun Menghu to prepare the silver for me first, don’t blame me for notifying you in advance!”

Tian Jia almost jumped out of the boat. "Three hundred taels! This is simply blackmail! Your cousin is building a ship with us in the same place. Why does he only pay a shipbuilding tax of three taels of silver a year?"

"He is a small business, and he can't compare with you. What you do is a big deal. If you do a big deal, you should naturally have more money to hand over to the court. It's not easy for the court! Isn't that easy, recently a big battle with the Jurchens in Liaodong, and how many people died! How much money would it cost to transfer more than 100,000 people to Liaodong?

You merchants are enjoying their peaceful days, so they should naturally spend more money.”

"That's too much! We sell two boats, and although we charge 1,000 taels of silver, don't we need to pay? Not to mention the brothers' wages, just how much money is used for the materials? You might as well let us not do it like this tax law!" Tian Jia said angrily.

"What does it have to do with me? Am I still afraid that you will not do it without it? Don't pay so much, pay five taels of silver first. Otherwise, you don't want to go back to have a meal." Qian Si said and wanted to jump on their boat.

Tian Jia couldn't let him jump onto the boat, so he shook the boat hard. Although Qian Si jumped onto the boat, he did not stand firm.

Yu Ren, who was standing beside him, took the opportunity to pretend to stretch his waist and stretched his fist towards Qian Si. When Qian Si gave back, his body could no longer stand steadily and fell into the river with a "thump".

"Boy... you are so kind... you dare to beat the tax officer!... you wait..." Seeing this, Qian Si's other three accomplices came to save Qian Si.

Yu Ren saw the opportunity and quickly whispered to Tian Jia: "Go away!"

Tian Jia understood, shook his handle, lined up two fast boats, and drove out.

Qian Si saw that the two were about to run away. Although the person had not climbed onto the boat in the water, he couldn't help but scream: "Chasing, chasing!"

The three tolls pulled Qian Si onto the boat, and quickly turned the bow of the boat and chased Yu Ren and his two small boats.

However, Yu Ren and his two boats were much faster than their fast ships, and they had to turn around. When they turned around, Yu Ren and his two boats had already sailed into the Yangtze River. Although Qian Si tried his best to urge his men, their boats were still much slower than Yu Ren and his two boats.

After a while, Yu Ren and the others were left far behind.

Seeing that he could never catch up again, Qian Si stomped his feet and cursed fiercely: "Little bastard, you dare to plot against me! You can't run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple. I don't believe you can escape from my Wuzhishan." After cursing, Qian Si ordered his men to stop chasing me.

After Yu Ren and Tian Jia returned, they immediately passed Qian Si's words to Hu Zi. Hu Zi didn't seem to be very interested in this.

"It's no big deal. Isn't it just a 4-money! He still thought it was ten years ago! Ten years ago, their mining taxes allowed their pawns to run rampant, all because of the emperor's support. Over the years, various places have made countless troubles over the tax collection. Now the emperor no longer supports them like they are now. It is impossible for them to do whatever they want to do in the past!

He said that he would collect 300 taels of tax, so would we have to pay him 300 taels? Then I would pay him 300 taels of silver. If they were strong, we would not be afraid of him.

At worst, I can sue it to the yamen. I heard that the men in various departments in Nanjing have always been dissatisfied with the eunuchs sent by the emperor. Then we will sue them in the name of taking advantage of the people's wealth. Let's see how they can do us! Besides, Uncle Yu is here! What's afraid of them!"

Hu Zi has a very confident Tao.

On this day, Yu Ren climbed over the wall early and went home.

Seeing that his father had not come back, Yu Ren called Cao An over and asked him if his father had come to his study for inspection these two days.

"No! The master has been busy these days and doesn't know what he is busy with. He goes out early every morning and doesn't come back until late at night. He has been like this for several consecutive days." Cao An said.

Yu Ren was relieved. "Then, did Uncle Song and Aunt Ma find out that I was not at home?"

"Song Tuozi probably didn't see it. But Aunt Ma may know that you are out, Young Master. But Aunt Ma has never liked to talk too much. So you don't have to worry, Young Master."

So that night, Yu Ren fell asleep in the study with peace of mind. Due to several days of fatigue, Yu Ren had eaten, took a shower and went to bed. He didn't know when his father came back. Anyway, he only knew that after getting up in the morning, his father had already gone out.

Yu Ren deliberately walked around the yard before jumping away.

Now, he has become more and more aware of his wall-jumping technology. He doesn't need Hu Zi and the others to answer him from the other side.

By the time Yu Ren arrived at the shipyard in the deserted garden outside the city, Hu Zi and the others were already busy. Tian Jia seemed a little absent-minded, and the saw in his hand was sawing wood one after another.

"What's wrong? I'm still thinking about the little maid from the Guo family? Although you have any intention of her, she has no intention of you, and it's useless. I think you'd better forget her! Such a woman who doesn't argue about right and wrong may not be a blessing in the future even if you really marry her.

Now you and Huzi and others are building ships well. After you make enough money, are you still afraid that you won’t be able to marry a family?” Yu Ren said.

Although Tian Jia knew what Yu Ren said was reasonable, he still couldn't let go of it for a while.

Yu Ren wanted to persuade him a few more words, but then he heard a noisy in the distance and more than ten people walked over.
Chapter completed!