Section 154: Trip to Foshan (20)

Liu San's trip to Foshan was a full return, not only procuring enough raw materials to make summer medicine, but also buying many precious medicinal materials that are difficult to obtain in Lingao and even Qiongzhou, especially musk, bezoar and rhinoceros horn. Especially musk, all of which are Henan Du Shengxingde. This brand of musk has always been known for its authenticity. Liu San had only seen samples of musk stock under this brand name in the university's library in the past, and he would see it with his own eyes and purchase it, and he was really excited.

Even his coveted Pien Tze Huang bought some. This kind of medicine is sold on behalf of the medicine store in Foshan, and the price is very expensive, and you can only buy a small piece of silver for one or two silver. And Liu San wanted to buy more--the pharmacy-store still refused--the stock was limited, and each person was limited to five tablets.

"It's all sold to you when you're old, what can you do if you need it urgently?" The guy refused, "This is a life-saving medicine-!" ”

Liu San walked away, but this traditional business ethics are really good.

As for all kinds of traditional Chinese medicine-processing equipment, I have also bought countless ones. Plus recruited a lot of - medicine - business guys. Yang Shixiang was a little surprised, although he had made a few big deals, Runshitang would not need these many people and things.

"Brother Yang, it won't be long before you don't have enough people." Liu San smiled very confidently. Yang Shixiang originally wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but he thought that although this person was very close to him and worshipped, he was an out-and-out "man". There is not a single person who is not self-confident and complacent - of course, in terms of their deeds, it is not surprising.

Thinking that since he made friends with this Dr. Liu, his life seems to be getting better and better day by day, and even his work has become surprisingly smooth - Yang Shixiang didn't know that Li Yongxun's matter was purely accidental, and he thought that Liu San was hiding his back hand, and he saw that his eldest brother was not cooperating. I am more and more impressed by the methods of this group of Australians.

As long as the Australian is in Lingao, his business will definitely become more and more prosperous. Yang Shixiang felt vaguely.

Before leaving Foshan, it was inevitable that there would be another entertainment, and when I heard that they were leaving, the leading figures in the Yang family came to set up a banquet one by one, and even Lin Ming sent a few gifts to see them off. The group said goodbye and ate wine for three days before setting off.

Foshan is dozens of miles away from Guangzhou waterway, and it is very convenient to take a boat. Liu San and his entourage did not need to escort the goods, so they hired seven or eight people to hire a ship to return all the way. The return trip is a package itinerary, which is convenient and comfortable by the standards of this time and space. Because the connection of all links along the road is quite accurate, Liu San is very suspicious, does Qiwei have a transmitter? inquired tentatively,

"It's nothing unusual." The "full escort" who is responsible for the escort - yes, it is called the full escort, not the dart master, and in fact, this person is not the work of the dart master.

"It's all delivered with carrier pigeons." He said.

Qiwei Dart Bureau uses the network established in the past year to divide its subordinate dart bureau into cabinets, carriage and horse shops, car dealers, ship dealers, freight inns, and inns...... All combined, in the province's several transportation hubs set up Huitong station, the information of various places is transmitted by carrier pigeons, three times a day in the morning, noon and evening. Although it was not as accurate as the telephone telegram, it was extremely accurate at the time.

When I arrived in Guangzhou, I boarded the Guangjia and the medicinal materials purchased in Foshan have been transported to the wharf warehouse in Qiwei, Guangzhou. The whole escort took the stack list to him, and Liu San and Yang Shixiang inspected that the goods were not missing or damaged, and they were stamped and loaded on the ship. The level of efficiency in it is that even Liu San feels surprised.

The group took the boat of Gao Guang Boat Company back to Lingao. As soon as I entered the port, I saw that a fence had been erected on the newly renovated passenger terminal, and there were several newly built stone houses, and a few people in naval uniforms were on duty at the fence.

When they got off the springboard, they realized that these dark-skinned natives were not navy, and each of them wore an armband: "Customs".

"It's rare." Liu San said that although he had known that the customs had been set up when the organization was adjusted, and a person named Ma Jia had been appointed as the customs chief, the customs had always been a department with a weak sense of existence among the travelers. For a long time, the General Customs Administration had only a vest and an indigenous customs officer at his disposal.

Ma Jia painfully realized that there was no work to be done in this loud-sounding customs office. First, the import and export goods of the traverser are not subject to export tax and import tax, and the entry and exit of ships do not need to pay tonnage tax. The Liliang Department of the Sea is in the nearby waters, and the "one-fifth" handed over by the fishermen is naturally not needed. As for the few merchants who do business in the high schools, which are encouraged by the commercial department to trade in high schools, the tax exemption policy adopted by the commerce department, and the fact that most of these merchants are small traders and have little oil or water to speak of. Ma Jia looked at the "Customs Law" and "Customs Tax Rate" written by himself, and couldn't help but sigh at the sky.

The person who is as depressed as him is Fu Baiwen, yes, it is Fu Baiwen, the inspector of the Bopu Inspection Division who fled into the county seat after the D day last year, this nine-grade little military attache now has no face to stay in the county anymore, under the strict urging of Wu County's order, which is quite disgusted with him, Fu Baiwen does not dare to disobey, nor is he willing to lose this job, after weighing it again and again, he is still forced to return to Bopu.

The "thieves" were generous and expressed their heartfelt welcome to his arrival -- the return of the inspection department to Bopu was one of the agreements reached by the two sides in private. The crossing group abides by the treaty and returns the original house of the inspection department to him, and even the glass windows installed inside have not been removed, and although the electric lights are gone, they still generously provide him with a biogas lamp.

Even the establishment of his twelve archers was returned to him - of course, this "yet" was to be put in quotation marks, and the traverser prepared a squad of twelve people for him, these twelve people Fu Baiwen did not know at all, they were all selected by the traversal group, and they were essentially in the service of the vest. This team lived in the inspection department in a grand manner and received the food and salary of the inspection department. Fu Baiwen was also very knowledgeable and did not give any orders.

As a result, the customs and the Daming Inspection Division of the crossing group coexist in one place, which is almost two brands and one team. All the current behaviors of the traverser to collect taxes and check passengers, and in the name of the Bopu Inspection Department, Fu Baiwen is a bit like the principal leader of some units, who only signs and does not engage in routine work.

Fu Baiwen is very clear about his status, he is just an empty signboard. And everyone around you is an enemy country - even in the county town, it is not necessarily safe. Especially recently, when he went home to visit relatives, he saw with his own eyes the first-class boxes hanging out of the two rows of roads at the entrance of the county. These are more or less familiar names to the people of Lingao, who once made children dare not cry, and the characters whose county gates were closed are now their heads in wooden cages and neatly hung on wooden poles, and the grinning crows are allowed to gnaw at them.

This group of thieves can sweep away even the most intractable bandits, let alone a small county town. Fu Baiwen simply came to the same dust with light, and every morning after getting up, he didn't do anything, just drank tea, practiced swords, read books, and read newspapers sent by thieves. For dinner, go to the canteen of Bopu - the food here is not bad, and there is also a good supply of wine from time to time, which is much better than the bad houses in the county. He was also accustomed to smoking paper cigarettes, and discarded the dry tobacco sticks that had to be cleaned from time to time.

For this reason, he took care of his family, and exchanged the money he received every month for a part of the Lingao grain circulation coupons for consumption. Unconsciously, this kind of consumption is getting bigger and bigger, and the meager money is gradually not supported. At this time, the vest will quietly send him some negotiable coupons. Fu Baiwen also laughed - anyway, it is the rule of officialdom to collect money.

Ma Jia seemed bored, in addition to working on his various customs regulations and writing maritime law provisions, he would sometimes sit in Fu Baiwen's inspection department - this was also his task, monitoring this Ming petty official who was in the key part of the group.

On this day, Ma Jia and Fu Baiwen were playing chess, and in the middle of the game, a customs officer broke in:

"Commissioner Ma! It's here! ”

"Arrived?!" The vest stood up suddenly, and the so-called arrival of goods means that there are large quantities of goods that can be taxed - the first time that Bopu Customs has arrived.

"Don't have a tax exemption certificate?"

"There is no small person who has asked the people on the Guangjia number, the owner of the goods is the shopkeeper of the county Runshitang, and this batch of goods is he came in from Foshan. It's worth the old nose money. It's all - medicine - herbs! ”

"Don't panic," Ma Jia commanded, "tell Ji An to wait for me on the docks." ”

Ji An was recently promoted from among the ordinary people of the traversers. He has been a customs broker for ten years and is very familiar with the regulatory process of import and export commodities, which is much more professional than the vest full of maritime law.

"Old Fu, I'll come when I go." He said hello and hurried to the dock, where Ji An had already arrived.

"How?"

"This has to be valued." Ji An said, "Let's check the tax rate table again." ”

"Just ask him what the goods are worth." The vest has a headache when I hear it, and the valuation is nothing more than a poor commodity manual. There are all kinds of them in the book, but the problem is that no one can recognize this medicine-material......

"There is no invoice here, how can I confirm the authenticity." Ji Anzheng was talking, and Liu San, who had already passed the customs gate, ran back again.

"What's going on?"

"Import taxes are imposed." Ma Jia was quite excited, "Finally, a large number of goods have been imported......"

"This is the Ministry of Health's production-medicine-raw materials!" Liu San almost jumped up, "Does this also have to pay taxes?" ”

"No, it won't. If it is an imported material from the Ministry of Health, it should be notified by the Ministry of Health. Besides, this batch of goods is obviously Runshitang's! Ma Jia said.

"The value of the goods is quite large." Ji An looked at the stack list, "The tax rate of Chinese-medicine-materials is divided into three grades, the highest is ginseng and deer antler velvet, and the tax rate is 50%......"

"Is there a mistake?" Liu San thinks that the Ministry of Health's business has just opened, and the customs will come to collect taxes? He would never agree to this.