"There are several soldiers brought by Company Commander Liang with scarred faces, and two others had their hands chopped off. The warriors in the Northwest fighting Rong bandits are even worse off, yet you still begrudge giving some silver?"
The shopkeepers looked at each other, and said, "We know the soldiers work hard to resist the Rong bandits, but we've already paid the Kangrong tax and contributed, why do we have to pay again?!"
The shopkeepers were also very angry, as they had it tough too.
Zhang Sanjin said, "The Ministry of War has already sent people and brought the Emperor's decree. If we don't pay this silver, soldiers from the Ministry of War will come directly to chop people. I advise you not to be stingy, quickly hand over the silver, it's not like you don't have any. Besides, the court has also brought us medicine for curing the poisonous insect disease..."
Mrs. Chen, tired of listening to Zhang Sanjin's nonsense, said, "So, we're definitely paying this silver?"
