After a drizzle, the Weishui pier was shrouded in white fog, and the visibility was not very high.

To be on the safe side, many ships wait until a little brighter to start loading and unloading cargo.

However, Dali and Anan arrived at the dock early as usual.

"Dali, I spent five cents a few days ago to buy a bottle of fairy water, and it was really good after applying it to the itchy places every once in a while, and it was really fairy water. I heard that this fairy water was also developed by Guanshishan Academy, and your eldest man is also in Guanshishan Academy, right? What is he doing there now? ”

Anan usually didn't care much about the learning situation of the children of the Dalijia family.

Even he didn't agree with the idea of letting his children stay in the school all the time.

Isn't it good to come out and move things at the dock when you're a teenager?

Every day, you can earn dozens of dollars without saying anything, and in a few years, you can buy a yard in Chang'an City.

However, it just so happened that he was using the magical fairy water that he had passed down in the past few days, and he knew that this was made by the people of Guanshishan Academy, so he remembered that his partner who worked together every day, and his baby was also in Guanshishan Academy.

"My eldest man is now studying at Gewu Academy, and this fairy water is made by the medical school, and the things studied by the two colleges are different."

Although Dali doesn't even know much about big characters, he knows quite a lot about the affairs of Guanshishan Academy.

Every time someone reads "Datang Daily" there, as long as it involves the news of Guanshishan Academy, he listens attentively.

When chatting after dinner, as long as he heard the information related to Guanshishan Academy, he would prick up his ears and pay attention to it.

"Not medical school? I also wondered if he could make a batch of fairy water for us to use. ”

Anan's words are quite reasonable.

It's really too familiar with the two of them, but they didn't come and go politely there.

"Although he is not in the medical school, he also knows a little about the situation of this fairy water. Anan, if you buy it again in the future, you only need to buy the two pennies a bottle, and the effect will be the same. ”

Dali's family also has the fairy water brought back by his son.

In fact, many families in Chang'an City have begun to use fairy water as a regular medicine at home.

Who doesn't have an itchy skin?

For two pennies a bottle, there are too many people who can afford it.

"How can it be the same? The five-dollar one obviously looks better than the two-dollar one. If I hadn't thought it was expensive, I would have wanted to buy it, and that bottle would have looked much better. ”

"The bottles of fairy water are naturally different at different prices. But there is actually no essential difference between the fairy water inside. In the words of my eldest man, it is nothing more than the difference between the concentration and the addition of some auxiliary items, and there is no essential difference in the efficacy of the medicine. For people like us, it's the best deal to buy a bottle for two pennies. ”

Dali and Anan sat on stone benches on the edge of the dock, chatting and waiting for which ship would start loading and unloading.

And just as he was talking to Anan vigorously, in the middle of Weishui, a fleet of ships was also slowly approaching the dock.

"Vigorously, there is a big event today."

Anan had good eyesight and saw the fleets of ships that were docking.

"Hey, those people on the deck seem to have come back from the sea."

Having worked vigorously on the docks with Anan for so many years, he can basically guess the situation of each ship at a glance.

For example, a ship going to Gangnam Province to transport rice is completely different from a ship returning from the sea, and the temperament of the crew is completely different.

It seems that now this gang looks as dark as Kunlun Nu, and most of them look lean, and nine times out of ten they have come back from the sea.

And it's still the kind of person who floats at sea for a long time and comes back from the South Sea.

Under the leadership of the East China Sea fishery, it is not uncommon for Datang to go to the South China Seas now.

Almost every month, ships returning from the South Seas dock at Weishui Wharf.

However, due to the influence of waterways, most of the sea ships cannot sail directly to Chang'an, and need to change ships in the coastal state capitals.

"There were so many people standing on deck, and it seemed very excited. Vigorously, I guess these people have been floating at sea for at least three months. ”

"Maybe it's not all, judging by the degree of tanning of these people, they should have been in a sunny place for a long time. It's spring now, and the place where the sun is very strong can only be in the south, and this time the South Sea comes and goes, and it will be gone for half a year, so these people are likely to have been floating at sea for more than half a year. ”

Dali and Anan were bored there, discussing the ships that were docking, while waiting for a new life to come.

This appearance is like some splashes in the West Market, standing on the street, commenting on the little lady passing by who has a good figure, while looking for an opportunity to make money.

After waiting for half an hour, someone on the boat on the shore had already begun to jump off the deck and stand on the pier,

However, to their surprise, the fleet did not call for the coolies to help carry the things, and seemed to want to carry them themselves.

This situation, although not impossible, is definitely not the most cost-effective method.

Unless you don't have anything on board.

"Anan, it's a little weird. Look at these people, the two of them are also very difficult to carry a box, either the contents of the box are very heavy, or the strength of these people is too small. Aren't these people who come back from going to sea very generous? Why can't you even pay a little handling fee? It's not like we don't have a way to live. ”

Vigorously followed a group of coolies on the dock, standing near the fleet that had just docked, Zou frowned and watched as people were busy working there.

"Looking at their appearance, there seem to be a lot of things on the ship, but they have to carry everything by themselves, which is indeed a bit weird. Could it be that these things can't see the light of day? ”

What Anan hates most is this kind of fleet that does everything by himself.

If it weren't for the sheer number of their crews, there would definitely be coolies on the docks who would have gone over to find trouble.

After the waterway from Luoyang to Chang'an has been cleared and widened, all ships coming from Yangzhou through the Grand Canal can go directly to Chang'an.

The number of coolies who depend on the docks for a living is also decreasing year by year.

These coolies are often small groups of fellow villagers, each united in a small circle.

Of course, in Chang'an City, these people can't make a big fuss, and they are more likely to form a self-preservation group.

Even honest people like Anan and Dali are no exception.

"Look, someone's going to look for something."

Even Dali and Anan couldn't look at the fleet in front of them, let alone some grumpy coolies.

It had been raining continuously for the past few days, and many ships had suspended the loading and unloading of cargo, which was equivalent to a sharp decline in the income of these coolies in the past few days.

Not every coolie saves his money as vigorously as he does, and some people live a life where they are drunk and drunk, and they don't keep any money for the next day.

There is no income in the past few days, and the quality of life has immediately dropped a notch.

"Bang!"

I saw two crew members carrying a box of things slammed into it by a coolie, and then the coolie burrowed into the crowd and disappeared without a trace.

And the two crew members were already trembling when they were carrying a box together, and suddenly, one person was hit, and the balance of the box was immediately broken.

The box fell to the ground and the contents were emptied.

At this time, the dark clouds just drifted away from the sky, and the sunlight slowly revealed its figure.

The golden sands poured on the pier shone brightly in the sunlight.

"Ahh Gold...... Gold? ”

Anan couldn't help but swallow, his eyes staring at the glittering thing on the dock.

Gold coins have been in circulation in Chang'an for several years.

Although none of the coolies on the docks had gold coins in their hands.

But there are quite a few people who have seen gold coins.

Obviously, these glittering things in front of me should be gold that has not yet been minted into gold coins.

"Bang!"

Li Geng, who was originally standing on the dock and watching, immediately pulled out his saber and took more than a dozen elite guards to quickly drive away the coolies on both sides, so that they didn't get so close.

Wealth touches people's hearts.

Although Chang'an City is the best place, there are few people who dare to grab things at Weishui Wharf in broad daylight.

However, under the stimulation of a large amount of gold, and under the latent consciousness of not being held accountable by the law, as long as this sprout is not suppressed, some kind of chaos may arise.

Fortunately, their fleet has been on the dock for so long, and the personnel stationed at the Weishui Wharf of the East China Sea Fishery have already come over.

Seeing the situation in front of them, they all helped to maintain order.

The crowd, which was originally a little restless, was finally suppressed.

"No wonder they don't want to hire us to carry things, it's such a precious gold inside."

Energetically, it dawned on me.

However, Anan asked, "It can't be all gold, right?" ”

"These people seem to be students of Guanshishan Academy, and a few of them I feel a little familiar."

After observing it for a while, he noticed some faces that seemed to be somewhat familiar.

Although these people have become a lot darker, thinking of a group of people from Guanshishan Academy who went to sea last year, I feel that there is a good chance that they are these people in front of me.

"Guanshishan Academy? Could it be that they came back from the South Seas? I heard someone say that I saw an article in the "Chang'an Evening News" somewhere, saying that there is a sea ship called "Gewu Academy" in Guanshishan Academy that has been out to sea for a year and has not returned, and nine times out of ten it is gone. ”

Anan belonged to the Nikko clan, but he knew more information than Dali.

"Get out of the way!"

"Get out of the way!"

Before Dali and Anan could take a closer look, a group of men came over to help maintain order.

Obviously, after the people's fleet docked, they immediately arranged for personnel to call for helpers.

"Li Langjun, do you want to let the staff of the city department come over too? When our ship changed ships in Hangzhou, we didn't pay the city tax. ”

Next to the dock, Yang Qiwa stood in front of Li Yixie and reminded her.

As the first person to follow the East China Sea fishery to the sea, Yang Qiwa witnessed the establishment process of the Municipal Shipping Division, and naturally knew some of Li Kuan's requirements and expectations in this regard.

"Ichibu?"

Li Yixie naturally heard about it, after all, Li Kuan was in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the city.

However, he really didn't expect that the things on his ship would also have to pay taxes.

After all, they are not merchant ships.

"Yes, all merchant ships going to sea are subject to the Municipal Shipping Tax. Although we are different from ordinary merchant ships, we also bring back a lot of things from Australia and the South Seas, and according to the regulations of the Municipal Shipping Department, we also have to pay taxes. ”

Yang Qiwa explained on the side.

Even though they don't pay taxes, people from the city department don't necessarily come and look for trouble.

However, in the end, the rules are broken.

"We don't need to call it. Well, the people from the city have already come. ”

Just when Li Yixie was still thinking about whether to pay or not, Zhu Tong behind him motioned for everyone to come over.

As a special taxation agency in Datang, Li Kuan customized special clothes for the officials of the city, which can be seen by a discerning person.

"Since the people from the city department have already come, let's pay the tax according to their rules."

Li Yixie is no longer entangled, at this time, it is useless to entangle.

……

Fang Wei is an ordinary official in Chang'an City.

Since most of the ships going to sea depart from Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and pay the city tax in these places, Fang Wei's daily work is not too busy.

In many cases, there are not necessarily a few ships in a day that are subject to the city tax.

Originally, today, as usual, he was drinking the fragrant tea of the merchants' filial piety in the office building next to the Weishui Wharf, reading the "Datang Daily", and just passing the day.

However, before today's pot of tea was brewed for the second time, someone came up to inform everyone to go to the dock to collect taxes.

There was no way, he had to follow everyone out.

The Municipal Department has been established for many years, and there is a set of established methods on how to collect taxes.

Most of the time, it is based on the data declared by the merchant itself, and then the compliance is confirmed by random inspection, and then the tax payment begins.

So the work is not so complicated.

Of course, he also heard that in Hangzhou and other places, a large number of sea ships come in and out every day, and the personnel of the city department there are much busier than himself.

"How many of these goods are there. Don't you know it yourself? ”

When Fang Wei followed the steward to the dock and was about to start working as usual, he found that the situation did not seem to be quite the same as usual.

"The things we brought back are all in these boxes, don't you know if you weigh them?"

Li Yixie was a little unhappy when he saw the steward of the city division looking at him with questioning eyes.

These gold were all discovered by accident in Australia.

In order to avoid the news that there was a large amount of gold on the ship, no one was arranged to take stock along the way.

As for weighing and the like, no one does it anymore.

"That'...... Let's weigh it. However, it will take a long time. ”

The steward of the City Ship Division also knew that the fleet in front of him was under the Guanshishan Academy, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to do anything too much.

Everyone knows that Li Kuan attaches great importance to Guanshishan Academy, so he is not so stupid and can't get along with his own boss.

"I see that these boxes are basically the same size, and the contents are all the same?"

When it was their turn to do the specific work, Fang Wei and these officials were about to go out.

So when he finished weighing the box that had just been poured out of the golden sand, he asked casually.

According to the way they used to work, if every box was the same, it was often just smoked and weighed.

"Each box is different, since you have to pay taxes, let's weigh them all, lest someone impeach us for tax evasion and tax evasion in Guanshishan Academy."

Yang Qiwa coordinated the weighing of the boxes taken down from the ship.

"Okay, let's weigh them all. The first box, golden sand, two hundred and thirty-four pounds. ”

Fang Wei recorded as he spoke, and then confirmed again that the box contained golden sand.

As the official of the city, although he was a little shocked that there was so much gold in this box, he was just shocked.

Many of the caravans that come back from going to sea come back with priceless items, otherwise who would want to go to sea?

So, a box of golden sands is nothing.

If you have the ability, every box you have is golden sand!