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On the third day, when the boat had turned around a large bay, the banks were gradually more populated, the desolation between the southwestern mountains was replaced by a gradually spreading plain, and the flow of the Chishui River became much calmer, and it was indeed peaceful.

"Ten miles ahead is Renhuai County."

Shi Lao'er smiled when he spoke, after Renhuai, it is the thoroughfare of the road, as long as he arrives in Luzhou, no matter how he goes, he doesn't have to worry about a strong man. From Renhuai to Hejiang, how can you reach it in one day. When you arrive in Hejiang, you can exchange all the wine for salt, and when the small half of the salt goods return to Renhuai, you can get out, and most of the remaining wharves along the way can also be sold while walking, but there is no risk at all.

Shi Lao'er was happy, but saw that a shallow bay not far in front had stopped several bamboo rafts, and the hands and tails were connected to the river, although it looked like it was only a shallow one, but it had blocked a large area of water.

Seeing that there was no hope of passing, Shi Gongsi had to slowly lean towards the dock according to the greeting of the people on the shore.

Wang Xingping looked at Shi Gongsi's worried appearance and asked, "Is this the county's banknote?" ”

The so-called banknote customs is a kind of tax customs, which is to collect commercial taxes and silver.

Listening to Xu Qianzhong behind him, he laughed, and his words were even more polite: "Renhuai District and county, which door is set up?" How many boats does the Chishui River take in a year? Enough for the goods on the shore? ”

The world's tax customs, the most famous are on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and only the huge amount of goods transported can support the daily expenses of these banknotes, not to mention the national and local financial support, although all of them are not known to outsiders, but by no means relying on the sparse boats on the Chishui River today can be supported, after all, plus the Shi family's boat, a total of only four were stopped on the dock, and they were all in tatters.

Just looking at the appearance of public men on the dock, and thinking about Xu Qianzhong's contemptuous words about the local officials before, Wang Xingping felt that most of them would not be good if they went ashore.

"It seems that civilian ships are going to be requisitioned, but I don't know where there is another war."

I don't want Xu to become famous, but it seems to wake up Shi Gongsi, and the old man, who was still slowly approaching the shore, slowed down, chattering like a headless fly, and I don't know whether he is begging or complaining.

"A whole cabin of good wine, how is this good?"

Obviously, the owner of the Shi family, who has been sailing on the Chishui River for a long time, knows better than the two young masters on the ship, and almost half of his net worth is on this ship, how can he not be annoyed.

Master Xu comforted him with a few serious words, after all, there was no road ahead, and if he went back, there would be no slender man on the shore to help, and when he was in a dilemma, there were not too many choices. After thinking about it, it's better than meeting a strong man, at least you don't have to worry about your life, you can fold some money horizontally and vertically, and besides, what is going on, you have to rely on the shore to be clear.

"What does Tiancheng think this is going to do?"

Three or four days of living on the same boat, whether Xu Qianzhong or Xu Chengfame, has a different view of the young owner of the Guiyang royal family, whether it is the talent or insight revealed in the speech, they are worthy of the blue eyes of these two. And just yesterday, Wang Xingping also promised Master Xu, and when he returned to Guiyang, he would go to Chishuiwei to set up a branch to discuss the establishment of an ordnance factory. Now that he has encountered something, Xu Qianzhong, who has always been unable to hold his breath, asked Wang Xingping.

Wang Xingping was honest, and said with a smile: "The little brother is not a heavenly immortal, how can he know that when he is on the shore, he will naturally understand what is going on." ”

Shi Gongsi also wanted to hear a few merchants come up with an idea, but since the customers had said so, he had no choice but to lean on.

There was still a foot or two of water wide from the pier, and the cable had already been thrown up.

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After passing through the winding paths and the dilapidated houses outside the city, there is an empty field independent of the houses, and a young man dressed as a monk has walked this part of the way, and finally returned to the courtyard at the end of the empty field.

There is no guest house in the county, even if there is, it can not accommodate these many people, so it has to take the Chaotian Palace outside the city, the temple is not big, and it has been in disrepair for many years, the earthen walls of the front and back are more dilapidated under the scorching summer sun, the room can only barely live people, and even the main hall and the courtyard have been set up with felt tents.

Originally, there were two fire foremen, and now they are also doing miscellaneous work for the tribute envoys, and earlier the county household promised a minister silver of 500 yuan per person, but he didn't even see a shadow. And because of these tribute envoys, even the pilgrims who came with them did not come back for several days, but they lost a lot of income. Now the two of them only hope that this team of monks can set off early, so that they can have a clean life.

"Guru."

When he entered the door and saw Suo Nan Jian Shen who was sitting in the room, the young man immediately relaxed his steps and whispered.

"It's Gadari, you're back so soon?"

Suo Nanjianshen's eyes widened slightly, looking at Gadari's eyes with wisdom and compassion, among the sons and nephews of the clan, this one was the one he valued the most. Before dawn today, Gadari was sent by him to the county to urge today's arrangements, because the peach blossom flood was delayed for a long time, and he took a detour to this remote Renhuai County, which delayed the trip. Seeing that I haven't arrived in Chongqing yet, I will go from Chongqing to Yangzhou, and then go north along the Grand Canal to Beijing.

August 17 of the Han calendar is the birthday of the Ming Emperor, but also the origin of the tribute, speaking of which is only more than three months away from now, but this time really has to be carefully calculated, or tighter, the weather is really weird in recent years, the road to the river is thawed much later than in the early years, and the natural distance has rushed a lot, and the tribes on the plateau are saying that this is a sign of disaster.

"I just went to the dock in the south of the city, and there are only three or four ships requisitioned there, which is still not enough for us to use."

Gadari's answer was tinged with dissatisfaction, although the government would not ignore the use of the mission by virtue of the survey, there were only four post boats in the county, and two of them had long been in disrepair. Without relying on the requisition of civilian ships, it would be impossible for these many people and tributes to be loaded, but if the government had said that this was the case, the official road from Renhuai to Hejiang along Anle Creek would have arrived in three or four days.

But Wu Xianzun said that in order to prevent nuisance in the place, but also for the safety of the tribute, the mission had to wait for two more days. In Gadari's opinion, it's just that the county is taking advantage of the people again, although it has only been two or three days here, the official reputation of this Wu County Zun has long been heard.

After all, the various Shuiguan wharves controlled by the government are better controlled than the post roads in Gan and Qing, but it is not inflexible, and for so many years, it is not impossible for the tribute envoys to change the route in private. What's the disturbance of the place, the envoys of the various departments of Wusi and Tibet have always paid tribute to the name and benefits of the imperial court, and caused trouble in the interior, not to mention the center of the imperial court, that is, the local governor made a look, and there are many tribes on the plateau who are willing to help the old man share their worries.

But the messengers in the county requisitioned materials everywhere in the name of tribute envoys, and most of them had to be counted on the head of King Xianhua, and he was a little angry when he thought about it, and Gadari felt that it was better to leave here as soon as possible.

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"Luo Tou, there's another one upstream."

Luo Wei was sent by the county early to dispatch the errand of the people's boats, and took a group of people to the suburban wharf to drink the wind, and most of the time for half a day only collected three small boats, all of which were in tatters, and did not catch some oil and water.

With his many years of behavior in Renhuai County, he will not easily believe the words of his subordinates, not to mention that most of the people brought this time are the people of his hometown, what kind of virtue these people are below, he knows better than anyone else, and he is eager to scrape oil on the chicken bones. At any time, there will be nothing wrong with doing this by yourself, otherwise you will be the leader of the strong class for so many years.

"The ship's cargo has been inspected?"

"The little ones are counting."

Luo Wei stood up and followed his subordinates towards the dock, and before he could get closer, he saw a group of people gathered together.

"What's the noise?" After many years of Jiwei, a word calmed the scene.

Shi Gongsi, who was surrounded in the middle, saw that a leader was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and begged bitterly.

"Master Rongyu, I am the owner of this ship, the government said that the ship would be used, and our people had nothing to say if they delayed their business, but now a few poor masters said that these urns of wine in my bilge are in the way, so I have to move them ashore."

Shi Lao'er looked behind him as he spoke, and his eyes were clearly asking for help from the two customers.

When he said this, the other three boatmen who had been waiting next to him also pleaded.

The leader of the people Zhuang did not give up, and looked at him as he spoke, "Luo Tou, this ship can hold some goods in this bilge, and it is not easy to do it if you don't move it up." ”

Luo Wei didn't pay attention to it, first looked at the situation on the dock, and saw the appearance of a few merchants who came down from the ship, then turned his head and said softly to Shi Gongsi: "Today I was sent by the county, and there is a tribute envoy from the king of Shenhua to go to Hejiang here, and you need to recruit some civilian ships to go together. ”

Shi Gongsi softened his head when he heard this leader's words, and immediately called Qu, "It's not that the villain doesn't want to work for the officials, but in fact, these guests have already rented my family's boat, and they all have the money to pass through Sichuan, so they really can't afford the lawsuit." ”

Luo Wei frowned when he heard this, thought about it, and suddenly changed his head, "Do you have a tax deed for this boat?" ”

Shi Lao'er listened to this Luo Bantou first, and felt that there seemed to be room for maneuver, but now when he heard this, he was immediately taken aback.

Although the Ming Dynasty was not as good as the Tang and Song dynasties, the liquor tax was contracted to large merchants or the government itself. But it can't be said that there is no control at all, although the rules are a lot more relaxed, but the bad brewing has to find the county to buy koji, and the brewed wine must also have a tax payment certificate when it is sold in the market, although the cost is not much, it is also a local input. Naturally, rules are rules, and no one will care about it in practice, and the restaurants in the market will not put out the tax deed, but now this Luo Bantou asked, how could Shi Gongsi not understand the meaning of the words.

Shi Gongsi's forehead was already sweating, although the tax of a pound of wine is only a penny of silver is not much, but tax evasion is a sin, on other people's territory, it is naturally big or small, not to mention that he even carries goods here. He was regretting that he shouldn't have taken this unlucky job, but he heard a familiar voice behind him.

Wang Xingping said unhurriedly: "This wine was purchased by my boat family at Banbianqiao, and it was originally going to be sent to Chongqing Mansion. ”

Seeing that a savior had come, Shi Gongsi didn't wait for Luo Wei to ask, and hurriedly introduced, "This is the young master of the Wang family from Guiyang, and he is the employer who rented my boat." ”

Luo Wei looked the young man in front of him up and down, and saw that Wang Xingping was not very old, so he didn't let go of his mouth and continued to play an official tone.

"No young master can break the law of the imperial court."

Wang Xingping's mouth would not suffer, he laughed and said: "The official song of Moutai Township will not be bought from Renhuai County. ”

Renhuai County is separated by two or three hundred miles of waterway from Yongzhenyi, and it is a countercurrent, and the bad fang there has always bought koji from Zunyi Mansion, and even if it is brewed with private koji, it is also the business of the bad fang, and it has nothing to do with the buyer, but this is full of ridicule in Luo Bantou's ears, and he will not admit defeat in words.

"In addition to the tax set by the government, there is also a quasi-sales tax."

Wang Xingping replied: "I bought this wine for my own drinking, and then ......."

"Even if you want to sell it, the tax money for the sale will be paid to Chongqing Prefecture, and it doesn't seem to be doing anything in Renhuai County."

"The head of the team asked Wang the court law, but now he understands?"

Anyway, along the way, Wang Xingping also planned to make some trouble, not to mention that this time he took care of the matter, and there were so many people witnessing it, with what he did today, he should be able to spread a good reputation, but after hearing this, the Luo Bantou on the other side had turned into a pig's liver.