The sea breeze was slightly salty, and Zhu Wenqi, accompanied by a group of officials from the Department of Commerce and the Department of Shipping, appeared in the port area of Quanzhou Port.

"It's spectacular."

Looking at the endless shipping ship above the blue waves, Zhu Wenqi sighed sincerely.

"The daily throughput of tens of millions of pounds of goods, even if Quanzhou was at the peak of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was only three percent of today's Quanzhou, with tens of millions of annual tariffs and swallowing strange things from all over the world.

Zhu Wenqi sighed with emotion, and Xu Bin beside him echoed.

"It's all the work of today's long live, today's Quanzhou compared with the 31st year of Hongwu's Quanzhou, no matter what it is, it has expanded more than 100 times, and the economic volume of a Quanzhou is enough to be comparable to my Ming Dynasty 20 years ago."

"Food and clothing, for daily use, Quanzhou 700,000 Li Shu which family does not miss the grace of the monarch, my courtiers are also honored."

The big guys surrounded Zhu Wenqi, but they all patted Zhu Yunwen's ass in unison.

Zhu Wenqi listened, his face was also full of pride and pride, he really wanted to shout and raise his identity as a prince, but he still restrained himself rationally and continued to walk around and watch.

At this time, a chariot came, and the sound of horses' hooves interrupted everyone's speech, and Zhu Wenqi looked sideways and saw a man with a rich body walking down the stairs in the support of two small servants.

The face is like jade, and there is no beard under the chin.

This is a eunuch.

The identity is also revealed, the supervising eunuch of the Imperial Front Division stationed in Quanzhou Port.

"Oh, we're late, I'm really sorry."

This eunuch was also proudly tight, saying sorry words in his mouth, but his feet were slow and tight, obviously waiting for others to come forward to greet him, but unfortunately Zhu Wenqi did not move, and Xu Bin and others were embarrassed to be courteous.

"Which one is the new Zhu Sizheng?"

The eunuch's face was a little uneasy, but in the end, he remembered the identity of Zhu Wenqi's clan relatives, or restrained a lot of arrogance, and arched his hand at Zhu Wenqi, who was standing in the center of the crowd: "Our family Dou He has seen Zhu Sizheng." ”

Seeing the resignation, Dou He straightened his waist, and looked at Zhu Wenqi, and his face changed slightly.

A familiar face?

Not only Dou He, but Zhu Wenqi was also slightly nervous, although he had made a disguise in Quanzhou, but after all, it was only a fine-tuning, and the outline of his facial features could still be seen in a rough way.

Dou He is the supervising eunuch of the Imperial Front Division in Quanzhou, and he will also go to the palace to report some work to Sun Shuangxi every year, and it is normal to occasionally see Zhu Wenqi on both sides.

I won't recognize it.

Zhu Wenqi racked his brains, and immediately came up with a countermeasure, and laughed: "Father-in-law Dou, remember me." ”

In a word, first sat down on the basis that the two of them had a face-to-face relationship, and then without waiting for this Dou He to come back to his senses, Zhu Wenqi continued to speak: "At the New Year's banquet last year, I entered the palace with my father to face the saint, just in time for you to be in the Qianqing Palace, but unfortunately you left in a hurry before you had time to speak." ”

"Ahh

Dou He really couldn't think of it, but he also felt that it should be so, and slapped his forehead: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin?" ”

"No, no, no."

Zhu Wenqi hurriedly shook his hand: "My father-in-law is talking about my eldest brother Meigui, I am not a son." ”

"This is Zhu Meikun and Zhu Sizheng."

Xu Bin interjected at this time, and he took the conversation over.

Dou He entered the palace all the year round, and saw too many clan relatives, where would he think about the appearance of each clan child for a while, since he couldn't think of it at the moment, he didn't bother to think about it, and habitually put on a familiar posture, and talked with Zhu Wenqi, and the two of them chatted very hotly after two sentences of praise each other.

"This official is here today, that is, to take a look at it at will."

After hearing Zhu Wenqi's intention, Dou He volunteered: "Then we have to introduce our Quanzhou Port to Zhu Si." ”

Cheng Weizhun, deputy director of the Shipping Department, who accompanied him on the side, laughed: "How can I use it, Father-in-law Dou is here." ”

With that, he summoned an official in charge of the port area.

A large group of people surrounded Zhu Wenqi and Dou He in the center and began to walk around Quanzhou Port under the guidance.

"This piece is the storage area."

The officials of the port acted as a guide for Zhu Wenqi, led everyone into a very wide area, pointed to one after another large warehouses several feet high, and introduced: "Whether it is the unloading of shipping ships entering our Ming Dynasty from overseas, or the loading of goods from the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Imperial Merchants Branch to the sea, the goods will be stored here first." ”

As he spoke, he gave Zhu Wenqi a detailed introduction: "Here, the warehouses in districts 1 to 10 belong to the Huangshang Branch, the warehouses in districts 10 to 20 belong to the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, and most of the warehouses outside the 20 districts are rented by some small businesses and foreign businessmen. ”

"Well, it's well planned."

Zhu Wenqi walked and watched, sightseeing along a main road, and from time to time looked sideways at the stevedores at the warehouse doors on both sides of the road carrying goods.

After walking around for more than half an hour, Zhu Wenqi walked along the main road to the end, turned his head, and saw that the storage area on his left hand was cold and silent, and it was not as crowded as other storage areas.

"What district is this?"

Zhu Wenqi asked casually, and found that the officials at the port were a little nervous, and they were keenly aware of something wrong.

At this time, Dou He took over the conversation: "Ah, this is the eighteenth district, and it is empty at the moment, so there are no workers." ”

Eighteen?

Zhu Wenqi always felt that this number was somewhat familiar.

He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly remembered.

"A shipping division only has eighteen taels of silver at home!"

This was said by Chen Tianzheng, and Zhu Wenqi was wondering at that time, this kind of counting of officials' stolen money is generally in charge of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office, and the dignified Quanzhou prefect is doing this.

Not to mention taking it out on purpose.

Especially Chen Tianzheng's last sentence of "hurry up and go to the shipping department to familiarize yourself with the work", and then think of Chen Tianzheng's earlier sentence "It's a pity that people died violently in prison, and all clues were broken".

Is the clue broken, apparently not.

All the clues that Zhu Wenqi is looking for are in this somewhat abnormal eighteenth district!

Chen Tianzheng knows everything, but he doesn't do it himself, and uses Lao Tzu as a gunman.

Zhu Wenqi scolded secretly in his heart, but he was also excited.

The shady curtain of smuggling in Quanzhou, at present, can be torn off with an outstretched hand.

"Oh, I see."

Zhu Wenqi shook his head with some disappointment: "Since that's the case, then there's nothing to see, let's go." ”

After speaking, he didn't even have the slightest idea of stopping with nostalgia, he raised his legs and left, which also made the port officials behind him, including the bureaucrats of the shipping department, breathe a sigh of relief.

looked at each other, and they both saw the luck in each other's eyes.

Thankfully, the new young business secretary didn't see any clues.

"This official has just arrived, and the work of the Department of Commerce has not yet been clarified, let alone this shipping department, the food has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the daily work of the shipping department still has to trouble Wei Si Cheng to do a lot."

Before leaving, Zhu Wenqi cordially shook Wei Zhun's hand and encouraged: "Hong Kong affairs, what should Wei Sicheng do or how to do it, this official is less here, you usually bother more." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Wei Zhun smiled happily: "Xia Guan should go to Zhu Sizheng to report and listen to the instructions." ”

The two of them pretended to say a few more words, and Zhu Wenqi turned to Dou He and said politely: "Dou's father-in-law is also a supervisor and a hard worker. ”

"It should."

Dou He waved his hand: "Our family bears the trust of Father-in-law Sun, how dare we slack off in the slightest, Zhu Sizheng is coming, it is better not to leave in a hurry, our family will set up a banquet for Zhu Sizheng tonight, please Zhu Sizheng to see the prosperity of our Quanzhou?" ”

"Yes, yes, we're very close to that Bay feast, so we might as well go there."

The people around him clamored for a smile, which also made Zhu Wenqi, who was going to leave, pause and smile.

"In that case, that's a real nuisance."

Seeing Zhu Wenqi agreeing to come down, the big guy smiled even more happily: "Zhu Sizheng is really polite, coming to Quanzhou is like being at home, everyone is a family, haha." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, the family doesn't talk to each other."

In the midst of Lang Lang's laughter, Zhu Wenqi glanced at the storage area again, and smiled even more happily.