When he arrived at the Xu service room, Chu Heyun filled in the ship list first. List the owner's place of origin, name, type of vessel, beam head size, etc.

If it is a cargo ship, it is also necessary to fill out the manifest. Write the name of the consignor, the name of the goods, the type, the quantity, the place of delivery, the place of passage, and the place of arrival.

Since it was a passenger ship, I did not fill out the manifest this time, but I filled in the names and numbers of passengers on board.

Banknotes are not only about collecting taxes, but also have other functions, such as checking criminals and checking the certificates of past officials. There was even the task of checking the reception of foreign envoys.

After filling out the ship list, a servant went to the ship with the list to check it. At this time, the ship had already arrived at the reading hall, compared the ship and the number of people, and saw that there was no discrepancy, Chu Heyun filled in the tax form, and after being reviewed by the clerk of the internal office, he issued a small ticket, and then went to the shipyard to write a bill and pay the ship tax at the ship's cabinet.

Depending on the type of ship, a wooden tag was issued, and it was only after the wooden tag had been verified when it was time to leave the customs before it was released.

At this time, the ship has already arrived at the shipyard, because it is getting dark, and today it will stay here, and the ship will stop here, and the people will go ashore to live, and tomorrow, when the customs are closed, and then go south.

This time, there were four people who followed Jia Rui.

Jia Yun came to Jiangnan to develop the poker business. In the east mansion came the housekeeper Zhang Hua, in the west mansion came the housekeeper Lin Zhixiao, and Wang San was responsible for taking care of Jia Rui's diet and daily life.

Chu Heyun was more familiar with this place, so he took everyone to stay.

There are three kinds of inns, one is a collapsed house, which is relatively close to the banknote pass, similar to the guest house of the banknote.

The second is the official store, which is in relatively good condition, and is operated by the local government and the banknote customs, and the main customers are officials and wealthy businessmen.

The last type is a private inn, which is of different grades, good and bad.

Chu Heyun finally chose a private inn that he had stayed in better.

After Zhang Luo was in place, it was already dark. There was a tavern in the inn, and the group went down to eat.

There is a table for the shipwrights, a table for Lin Zhixiao, Wang San, and Zhang Hua, and a table for Jia Rui, Chu Heyun, and Jia Yun.

Jia Rui was happy that he would pay for everyone's drinks and food tonight.

The group was eating, and with a bang, the door was kicked open. Three fierce soldiers burst in, followed by a man in an official uniform.

A soldier's office moved a chair, and the man sat down and made a shrill sound.

"The shopkeeper comes out and pays the tax."

As soon as he heard the voice and looked at his official uniform, he knew that this person was a eunuch.

The shopkeeper hurriedly came out from behind the counter and nodded.

"Master Guan, last month's tax money has been paid, what else do you have to pay?"

"Stove tax, pot tax, poll tax."

"Huh? What kind of tax is this? ”

"The tax collected by the emperor, our family collects taxes for the emperor, don't you know? The stove tax is 500 Wen, the pot tax is 500 Wen, the poll tax, a few people in this house eat, one person is 50 Wen, pay the money, right? Come on, get busy. ”

The shopkeeper hesitated, but went back to get the money and pay it.

"I'm tired of walking, so I'll eat at your place, and avoid the idlers."

"Let's go, let's get out."

After the eunuch finished speaking, the soldiers began to rush the guests to eat.

"I'm eating, why ......."

Before one of the guests could finish speaking, the soldier's whip was drawn.

Jia Yun, Lin Zhixiao and others looked at Jia Rui, and when they saw that he didn't move, they sat still.

"What's the matter with you, you're tired of living, aren't you looking for a draw?"

A soldier's whip was drawn at Jaree. Jari grabbed the whip, grabbed his hand, and kicked the soldier out of the door.

"Rebels, take them all."

The eunuch stood up, and the soldier drew his sword, but he stood only on one side, and did not dare to come forward.

"Brother Yun, tell him who we are."

Jia Yun took out the Guan Fang document and handed it to the eunuch.

This is the identity document issued in Shuntian Mansion before leaving.

"We are from Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion, don't talk about you, even Dai Quan, Xia Shouzhong, and Qiu Shi'an are here, and you have to give us some face, you dare to frame us as anti-thieves, do you want to go back to Shenjing together, and find Dai Quan and them to verify it."

The few people mentioned by Jia Yun are the three most powerful eunuchs in the palace at present. Because of Jia Yuanchun, they have always had dealings with Jiafu, and they have not received many benefits from Jiafu.

"Rongguo Mansion, huh? Hahaha, it's a coincidence, our family has been to your house, and your ancestors have also rewarded our family with silver. Dare to ask which son in the house is it? ”

The eunuch's expression changed suddenly.

"This is Jia Ruijia Tianxiang."

"Jia Ruijia Tianxiang? But that disciple of Wenchang Xingjun? ”

"Exactly."

Jia Yun was full of pride.

Jia Rui was a little surprised,

Am I so famous? Anywhere you go, you have my fans?

"Childe, I'm really embarrassed, the water washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family. Please forgive us for not recognizing you. You are busy, farewell, farewell. By the way, the shopkeeper, they invited our family this time, and it will be recorded in my account. ”

After the eunuch left, Jia Rui called the shopkeeper over.

"I don't need him to ask, don't worry, I'll give you how much money I should give."

"Thank you, guest officer, if you don't give money, the small one will die, alas, this business can't be done."

"What kind of tax is this stove tax, pot tax, and poll tax?"

The shopkeeper looked outside and sighed.

"Well, don't say it."

"Where is the tax, it's just that they make up nonsense and extort money"

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say it, but Chu Heyun said it.

"Alas, they are doing such nonsense outside, and I don't know if the emperor knows."

Jia Rui also sighed.

"Hmph, how can the emperor not know that he asked them to come out? It's still light. When the mining tax is collected, people are killed at every turn. Now in this court, whether it is the eunuch faction or the Xilin faction, there is no good thing. ”

At present, in the imperial court, the party struggle is very strong. Among them, the most fierce competition is the eunuch faction headed by several major eunuchs and vassals of some ministers. and the ministers and magistrates of the Xilin faction who represented the interests of the large landowners and merchants in Jiangnan.

In recent years, due to the inflow of foreign silver, Jiangnan's foreign trade volume has greatly increased, which has promoted the prosperity of Jiangnan's industry and commerce.

This was followed by a sharp increase in the demand for iron, copper, coal and other ores, so mines were opened in various places.

Most of these mines have not been approved by the government and are black mines mined privately.

The people who were able to open the mines were all rich and powerful big landlords and big businessmen, who were in collusion with the local government, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and shared the fertilizer.

The emperor had wanted to legalize these mines so that they could collect taxes.

But the officials and ministers of the Xilin faction all benefited greatly from the mines, some of which were even their own. Therefore, under the pretext that they cannot compete with the people for profit, they vigorously oppose the legalization of the mines.

Because as soon as it is legal, the tax will be handed over to the imperial court, and they will not have a place to make so much oil and water.

When the emperor saw such a large amount of oil and water, he asked others to take it away, and I didn't get any benefits as the emperor, how can this work?

So he sent eunuchs to the mines in various places to collect taxes, which was the source of the mining taxes.

As soon as those who had received the benefits saw that the eunuchs had come to grab the benefits, they bewitched the people, merchants, and miners into making trouble, and in some places even beat the eunuchs to death.

In short, every minute and every second is changing ways to make money, even the emperor.

With the strength of the wine, Chu Heyun became more and more angry the more he spoke. Seeing that he was open-mouthed, Jia Rui hurriedly drank a few glasses, hastily finished his work, and returned to the guest room.

Before going to bed, the shopkeeper specially reminded that there have been homeless people in the vicinity recently, close the doors and windows at night, and do not go out.

Alas, there seems to be a sense of the end of the world, and it seems that I have to be prepared.