Starting yesterday morning, the Li family army entered the city in a mighty manner, "Bao..." The military boots hit the big bluestone slab, and the sound of shocking footsteps spread out. It was not until the third morning that day was completely stopped.

At five o'clock in the morning, small vendors who get up early to do food business must be brave enough to open the door and do business, or go out to set up stalls with food loads.

Yesterday, after the army entered the city, the ruling king had issued an order to not block the streets or curfews, and the business would be done.

In layman's terms, it means running, dancing, doing business, and nephew makes lanterns for his uncle, and everything is the same.

The small vendors were uneasy, but the problem was that the wives and children at home all hoped that they would support their families. Even if they were afraid, as the pillars of the family, they had to bite the bullet and set up stalls to do business.

The world is big, the most food is the best!

Whether it is the Chai family's court in power or the ruling king in power, aren't the common people paying the same taxes?

The demands of ordinary people are actually extremely simple. They do not expect the ruling king to help them reduce taxes and taxes, but only seek to give them a reward, so that their families will not be broken, and they can sell their wives and daughters.

It is not easy to live in Kaifeng!

Kaifeng, as the capital of the empire, has continuously poured in from all directions, creating the number one capital in Asia with a blooming flower.

In the history of the Celestial Empire, it has always been a political foundation and determines the economic system. This is also the root cause of Western economists who will never understand the economic logic of the Celestial Empire.

Among them, the political system is the foundation and the economic system is the epidermis, so it must not be confused.

The emperor comforts the four people, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!

In addition to studying and becoming an official, all of them are inferior, especially those who are low-ranking businessmen, and are even more widely looked down upon.

Under the unified imperial power, the official-oriented tradition of using officials as the teacher has been continued for thousands of years and has never been interrupted.

The social reforms recorded in history were all reforms led by the bureaucratic and literati class. There was the Shangjun reform before, Wang Anshi reform after, and the Westernization Movement later, all of which were like this.

Under the official system, if the power of the government is loose and the business is less, the exploitation will be five points less, and the lives of the people will be better.

On the contrary, if bureaucrats and powerful people take advantage of the privileges they hold, they will unscrupulously exploit the interests of the people.

The middle class in the imperial era - a large number of self-cultivated farmers must have gone bankrupt first and were forced to sell land, houses, wifes, and women to pay off their debts.

After the self-cultivation farmers were finished, the court's fiscal revenue also dropped sharply, and they were forced to impose more taxes, which opened up a vicious cycle of governance and chaos, and eventually the empire collapsed.

Before modern times, Europe was a real feudal society, with many lords who split and separatist. The war between lords robbed interests was started because of the small territory, small population, and small money, which forced the lords to borrow money from the merchants.

As the saying goes, people are soft-mouthed and their hands are short-handed. The lords continue to borrow money to fight, which leads to the status of Western merchants being particularly high.

Therefore, the Western economic logic is: the economic foundation determines the superstructure, while the Celestial Empire is completely different!

Since Li Zhongyi led his army westward, the hawker Zhang Dalang's cake cooking business has also plummeted.

The money from renting a house in Kaifeng City alone accounts for more than half of Zhang Dalang's profit in cooking cakes. Moreover, the only son was particularly prone to illness since the day he was born, and he spent a lot of money to see a doctor to get medicine.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads!

How could a poor wife be like a lady from a family, not leaving the door without leaving the door?

Zhang Dalang's wife has a great job of needlework. She can always receive a lot of work to repair the sewing and repair, and she can earn some money to supplement the household income.

However, the great turmoil in the current situation has caused Zhang Dalang's wife to have not taken over the work of mending for several days.

As the saying goes, antiques in prosperous times, cash in troubled times.

The Central Plains Battle against Hegemony was in full swing, and no one dared to spend money anymore. The business of small merchants must be very recession.

Even if the business is in a downturn, Zhang Dalang, who has no surplus grain at home, must carry a load and set up a stall to sell cakes. Otherwise, who will support his wife and son?

"Squeak..." Zhang Dalang, who had always been timid and fearful, opened a small gap in the door panel with fear and looked out the door.

Unexpectedly, on both sides of the street in front of the door, there were two rows of soldiers covered with quilts on their bodies. They were sleeping softly, and they could not see at first sight.

Zhang Dalang was so scared that his face turned pale and hurriedly closed the door. Unexpectedly, he used too much force and the door latch hit the door panel hard, "Bang!" made a terrifying loud noise.

"Wow!" After hearing the alarm, the soldiers of the Ding team were sleeping, they did not even open their eyes completely, and subconsciously lifted the quilt on their bodies, took out the sheathed waist knife pillowing under their heads with their left hand, and grabbed the spear on their side with their right hand.

Within a few breaths, dozens of soldiers from the entire Ding team had already formed their own combat formations and fully armedly set up defensive formations.

Four swords, shields and hands raised their shields in front, and four spearmen were behind them. Two crossbowmen had already been squinted, and were squinting their eyes, observing the movements around them, and were always ready to kill the invading enemy.

The devil is always hidden in the details!

Sweat more often in normal times and bleeding less during wartime is definitely not an empty slogan!

In view of the fierce street fighting in Bozhou, Li Zhongyi wrote an order by himself while waiting for Han Tong's army, requiring all units of the army to organize and practice street fighting in strict accordance with the requirements of the regulations.

The army camped in the field and encountered police. The regulations required that they be organized as soon as possible and gathered large troops to counterattack the enemy's sneak attacks at night more effectively.

In the streets and alleys of the city, small groups of enemy troops attacked by sneak attacks mainly by crossbows. If we continue to emphasize collective ranks, unnecessary casualties will be caused due to excessive targets.

Therefore, after training, the veterans grabbed their weapons and got up from the ground, and they cleverly dispersed themselves in the form of small combat formations, hiding behind the shield.

In street fighting, only by protecting yourself first can you more effectively kill the enemy.

The team leader Li Qiang hid his waist behind the giant shield and carefully observed the situation around him. The street was empty, so where was there any trace of half of the enemy?

"Be careful! Without my orders, no defense is allowed." After repeated observations, Li Qiang finally confirmed that it was not the enemy who came to attack, but he still issued a defensive order to protect himself carefully.

"Why is the same?" Li Qiang squatted behind the shield and asked his subordinates loudly.

"Report to Li Guzheng, something happened inside the door behind me." The first person to hear the sound of the door panel, he also squatted behind the shield and reported loudly about the cause of the incident.

"Oh, you can go and have a look at the boss." Li Qiang originally wanted to check it out in person, but the doctrine did not allow him to do so.

In the Li family army, unless it is a particularly urgent counter-charge, grassroots officers are forbidden to lead a team to charge.

You should know that it is not very easy to train a qualified team leader or a leader.

Li Zhongyi's army emphasized the power of collective cooperation and despised the nonsensical courage of ordinary men.

Just imagine, the team was rushing forward with a silly sword first. As long as there was a mistake, the combat effectiveness of the whole team would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the regulations clearly deny that grassroots officers act recklessly regardless of the occasion.

In layman's terms, when it's time to fight to the death when we meet on a narrow road, grassroots officers shout "fight with me", which is a must.

In addition, the main responsibility of grassroots officers is to organize their subordinates and participate in offensive or defensive wars in a coordinated manner.

Zhang Dalang didn't even expect that he just accidentally bumped into the door panel, and there was a huge storm on the street outside.

"It's over, it's over, offended the soldiers, and now it's going to be in great trouble..."

In Zhang Dalang's past memory, no matter it was the imperial guards of the court, the local wing army, or the servants in the yamen, there was no good thing, all of them were grandfathers who rode on the grass-roots and acted as a mighty grandfather!

In the past, when the official army passed through the border, it always burned, killed, looted, and did everything evil, which was ten times worse than the bandits in the mountains!

These grandsons have to find fault with them when they are fine and grab money from Zhang Dalang's pocket, not to mention that Zhang Dalang accidentally caused trouble?

Zhang Dalang leaned against the door panel and was so scared that he was trembling. His legs and feet, which could walk dozens of miles without rest, were inexplicably weak and could not move half a step.

"Oh..." Zhang Dalang has been selling cooked cakes on the street and has seen some of the world. Since he caused a big disaster, he could only spend money to eliminate the disaster.

However, Zhang Dalang's trembling hands touched his whole body, and there were only fifty copper coins.

With such a little money, it is impossible to send away the evil "grandfathers" who are so vicious. What should I do?

The more Zhang Dalang thought about it, the more he became desperate, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his family was destroyed, and it was probably inevitable that he would be unable to avoid it.

Unexpectedly, after about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Dalang was leaning against the door panel and gasping heavily when someone gently patted the door, "Is Zhang Dalang here? I am Wang Lizheng..." The unknown fear is the most scary thing. When Zhang Dalang heard the voice of his old acquaintance Wang Lizheng, he was not as scared as before.

Zhang Dalang held the door panel with his hands, looked through the crack of the door carefully, and found that Wang Li was standing outside the door with a smile.

Zhang Dalang, who was in a state of confusion, barely stood up straight and moved away two steps away. When the king heard the movement inside, he smiled and said, "Zhang Dalang, don't be afraid. The ruling king's troops are all from Ren Yi's army. They have rules and cannot trespass on the house..."

It was not until this moment that Zhang Dalang suddenly realized that the densely packed soldiers on the street would be easy to break into the door and capture him. Why should he find Wang Lizheng in one go?

In fact, when Wang Lizheng said this, his heart was full of joy. These nice words were said by Li Qiang’s team, and how could he know whether the Li family army was benevolent or righteous?

After all, Wang Lizheng was a local snake. Not long after he entered the door, he learned the truth from Zhang Dalang's mouth.

When Wang Li was coming out of the door and explaining to Li Qiang with a smile, he had actually had two hundred copper coins found by the Zhang family's wife rummaging through boxes and cabinets in his arms.

In these days, the people of the grass are asking for help from officials and family members to do their jobs, and plucking their hair by geese. Wang Lizheng only collected 200 copper coins from the Zhang family, which was considered to be very compassionate and sympathy was flooded!
Chapter completed!