Feng Fubao received the news and hurried back. As soon as he arrived at the yard, he glanced around and read out the content of the notice:

“It’s clearly listed above. The five big families, including the Qu family, the Chen family, and the Zhang family, need to donate 50,000 taels of silver.

The Fang family, who ran a wine shop, and the Feng family, who sold porcelain, donated 30,000 taels of silver.

Other merchants and wealthy families donated 10,000 taels of silver... one tael of silver per household.

For ordinary merchants and the public, the amount varies from 100 taels, 50 taels, to 10 taels.

Submit within three days.

If a traveling merchant needs to leave the city, he must pay silver according to the law before he can leave the city."

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, as they had reported that the escort agency was protecting a merchant and that they needed to hand over a minimum of 1,000 taels of silver.

Feng Ranhua sneered when he heard this, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that you can't leave Ai County? I'll throw him a thousand silver taels tomorrow and feed him like a dog!"

If I wasn't pregnant now, I would have robbed the treasury and granary clean.

“One thousand taels!!”

"Miss Feng!"

Everyone smacked their lips, then looked at Feng Ranhua with gratitude. The ladies burst into tears and shouted:

"I must have done something good in my previous life, so I met Miss Feng."

Feng Ranhua curled her lips. She couldn't stand the earth-shaking scene and was about to go back to the house.

A voice came from outside the door.

"There is new information. After the silver is collected, we will start recruiting soldiers. For every household with three male adults aged 11 or above, two will be conscripted.

Commoners with only one male adult were required to pay 100 taels of silver to be exempted from military service. Merchants with only one male adult were required to pay at least 300 taels of silver.

Three-quarters of the tax will be levied on each household with healthy horses in the county.

I’m afraid that we can’t keep our horses. It’s possible that you, Brother Song Jiang, who are outsiders and have no roots, will also be taken as exiles.

Even if we give them money tomorrow, they will never allow us to leave the city."

It was Xu Qing who came back. She had just returned from the secret post.

Damn it, if Prince Tang had the ability to sit on the throne, she would dare to pull the horse for him!

A person without character, morality, disloyalty and injustice!

Feng Ranhua frowned:

"If they are not forced to death, they will be trapped to death. Ai County still has many officials and their families from Yizhou. How can the upright gentry allow people from Wuzhou to do whatever they want? Let's find out what their plans are and then we can make plans."

Xu Qing blinked. Miss Feng was smart and she saw the truth in one sentence. She did have a plan, but it was not suitable for her to say it out loud.

The afterglow cast a golden glow on the earth, and darkness had covered half the sky.

Feng Fubao and Bai Qi finally returned in the twilight.

"Sister, our frequent messenger, Feng, said that they don't know where General Fu has gone. There are less than 200 soldiers in the city now. They are planning to break into the city and escape with the wealthy merchants and big families in the city."

Xu Qing looked up at the sky expressionlessly, the secret agent had finally done something practical.

Feng Ranhua made a prompt decision, "Let's break through the city and escape together with them."

On second thought, she felt that the head of the escort agency sounded very familiar.

The sky was white.

The courtyards all over the city were bustling with people packing their luggage.

At exactly 1 a.m., there was a knock on the door. Song Jiang opened it and saw a well-dressed young man coming in.

"Where is Mr. Bai?"

Bai Qi had gotten up long ago and had been waiting. When he heard someone calling him, he came out of the hall and saw that it was someone he knew. "I'm here, Feizi. What do you think of your boss Feng?"

Our boss said that we will meet at the food store on West Street in a quarter of an hour, so you should pack your bags quickly." Feizi said.

Bai Qi nodded, and Fei Zi hurried back.

Bai Qi walked to Feng Ran's painted window and called softly, "Sister, it's time for us to set off."

"Okay." Feng Ranhua took a long breath and stood up, holding up his huge belly.

Ever since leaving the cliff cave, Qing Ling has been feeling worried and distressed. "Miss, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Don't worry, the guys have woken up, and two of them are boxing." Feng Ranhua smiled with her beautiful eyes.

Qingling's eyes fell on the young lady's belly. Sure enough, there were bulges here and there under her robe. Her nervous mood relaxed a lot.

Breaking into the city and escaping is a big deal. Qing Ling got into the carriage to take care of Feng Ran's carriage. The carriage was driven by Bai Qi, and Xu Qing followed closely beside him.

Walking out of the alley, they saw thirty or forty people waiting for them from afar.

"Mr. Bai." A tall man wearing wrist guards and holding a big knife waved at them.

Bai Qi waved his hand and raised his voice, "Sister, the tallest one is Feng Baotou."

"Yeah." Feng Ranhua responded.

Soon, Feng Ranhua walked up to the car, lifted the car curtain and looked around.

This place is right at a crossroads, and every corner of the road is filled with shadowy figures. The person who planned this is quite smart.

The crowd was densely packed, and every household had a guardhouse. There were less than two hundred yamen runners and soldiers. If a large group of people gathered and swept through, they would definitely be able to clear a path.

Bai Qi jumped off the carriage and strode towards the Feng boss. "Boss Feng, is everyone here? If everyone is here, let's have a brief discussion and each family will select a master to lead the front."

Feng Ranhua listened, her eyes turned slightly and a smile appeared on her face. She didn't expect that the brat would have such a domineering attitude outside.

Bai Qi came back in a quarter of an hour. "Sister, let's lend six horses to Feng Batou. He has many experts. We can use the cavalry to charge the city gate."

"Okay, lend out the horses and let the men drive the carriage, and all the women can hide inside the carriage." Feng Ranhua let the boy make the decision.

"Who on our side will join the front line?"

Bai Qi: "Song Jiang and I, Xu Qing, will drive the carriage and protect my sister."

"Okay." Feng Ranhua.

The air suddenly fell silent, and everyone was waiting for a certain time.

A flare shot up into the sky, lighting up the gray sky at dawn.

"rush!"

"rush!"

In an instant, the men whipped their horses and rushed out like sharp arrows.

They were gone for less than a quarter of an hour.

A man in tight clothes took the lead, leading people from four intersections into the main city road.

Soon, people and horses at the four intersections filled the main road in an orderly manner. There was no end in sight, and at a glance, all they saw were heads.

They walked for less than a quarter of an hour.

Then the sound of gongs and drums rang out everywhere.

"Everyone rush together and escape from the city gate!"

With a loud bang, people from every household opened their doors and rushed out.

On the road, you can see families pushing carts and horse-drawn carriages, and people constantly rushing into the road.

The scene was spectacular.

Feng Ranhua was surprised and lifted the curtain, and saw a group of people as ferocious as hungry wolves, running behind the carriage and on both sides of the road.

Who was so smart that he not only mobilized the people in the city to flee the city overnight, but also aroused the fire of anger in the hearts of the people.

That's right. According to King Tang's cruel method of recruiting soldiers and raising funds, if they stayed in the city, every family would be separated by life and death, and there would be no way to survive.

It’s better to give it a try and find a way to survive.

The soldiers at the city gate had been on guard all night. When dawn broke, they yawned and dozed off on their sword pegs.

Suddenly, dust rose up in the city, and a black mass rushed towards them, before they could react.

call out!

call out!

I saw seven or eight hooks falling on the city wall. The soldiers on the wall who were about to stand up were chopped by knives and fainted.

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