Chapter 446: What He and She Saw

After passing by the building boat, sure enough, the next journey was fine, and the world was peaceful, it stands to reason that the thief base on the water must not only be on the boat, after all, the big lake and the big anchor are all entrenched with great strength, and it is impossible for these bandits to hide in it.

Therefore, the hiding place of these bandits must be on the land on both sides of the riverbank, and the patrol of a building ship will obviously not deal with these hidden places on land. These bandits are often villagers in coastal villages or law-abiding citizens, and apparently, these people have also been eliminated.

This shows that the power of the Thirteen Chambers of Commerce in Jiangnan is obviously not only on the water, controlling the Cao Gang, but also has a similar situation as the Shandong Salt Society, perhaps controlling the heroes of the rivers and lakes on the Green Forest Road.

In ancient times, when communication and transportation were very underdeveloped, the dynastic government with the center in the north of the capital division was actually quite difficult to control the south of the Yangtze River, and in order to unify the world, the way adopted by the Ming Dynasty was to set up the six departments of Nanjing and various yamen in Nanjing, which were used to manage several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, there is still a vague centrifugal tendency in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, because after all, this is the richest place in the world, and many of the taxes in the world come from the south of the Yangtze River, even if the peasants' fields and forced labor are far higher than in other places.

Naturally, an organization like the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce in Jiangnan, his nature and bones, and the government are definitely not on the same line, when the country was founded in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang once made a targeted attack on the rich people in Jiangnan, but economic activities are often not controlled or controlled by personal will, and the businessmen in Jiangnan quickly recovered their vitality and developed to a larger scale.

In the current stage of the world's heavy business, it is not only Jiangfeng's Huazhou that is rapidly expanding, but also the wealth and power of Jiangnan merchants.

Jiangnan, in fact, is only the north of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, to be precise, Nanjing is not in Jiangnan, so when the ship arrived in Yangzhou, it was considered to have entered Jiangnan.

Yangzhou's river port, is really lively, and even there is the so-called 'traffic congestion' phenomenon, if the ship is moored at the wharf, in addition to queuing, if you want to berth, you have to pay a very high fee, if you are reluctant, there is a way, there is a remote place for you to moor, when the time is very inconvenient to get on and off the boat, that is your business.

Yangzhou's salt merchants make money easy, the more they like to compete in this situation, Yangzhou's so-called berths of the proper door, has risen to ten taels of silver a day, and it is still priceless, if you are rich, there is not a berth here, that is, you are embarrassed to go out to see people.

Jiang Feng's three boats, although the interior decoration of the ship is also comfortable, but the fight along the way, this ship is really not decent, and the people who come to lead are unwilling to pay attention to it, but fortunately, it is the silver that is the most effective, and when he handed over some benefits, his disdain immediately turned into a smile.

After leading into the berth, the steward's guard asked for instructions, and still paid for the berth for a day, after all, this is too conspicuous, and in case there is any problem, this is also the first place to be blocked.

Looking at the traffic on the shore through the curtain in the wing, Tang Xuan sighed infinitely in her heart, when the girl was fifteen years old, it was the age of the flower season, and she knew what it was like to be sad, Tang Xuan grew up in a different environment, and naturally she was much more mature than her peers.

I couldn't help but secretly think to myself, if she hadn't met Jiang Feng, what would she be like now, maybe she was tortured in the mansion where the salt transport envoy was guarded by Zuogang, or she was sent back and forth by Lin Yutang as goods, the kind of eagerness to be free and want to see her family was gone, and her mind was also clear, Tang Xuan thought about it and understood that her deed of sale was in the hands of the other party.

A weak woman, what can the other party's verbal promise do, even after it is done, it is simple for the other party to regret it, and it is not sent back and forth like goods, Tang Xuan is very confident in her appearance, she knows that it is not an exaggeration to describe herself as a national color Tianxiang, but she is born in a happy household, this is the biggest problem, no matter who she is, she looks down on her.

In the ordinary world, the people Tang Xuan met looked like they admired her on the surface, but she could still distinguish between disdain and disdain in secret. The Jiang Huifeng he met was a little different, and it could be seen that he also liked his beauty or had desires, but it was a very natural liking, and he didn't treat him as a person in the wind and moon, just a very pure liking and desire.

Looking at the shore, Tang Xuan remembered that the girls who were with him met Jiang Feng, was it good luck or bad luck?

Jiang Feng was sorting out his clothes and equipment, the curtain of the wing room where he was had been picked up by the boat boss, just looking at the prosperous scene of Yangzhou Lake Port, it was still early before noon, but it was like noon in many places.

And you can hear the sound of silk and bamboo spread leisurely, the painting boat of Slender West Lake is the world's famous gold cave, at this time there are actually people drinking and having fun.

This era is no longer the Ming Dynasty when Jiang Feng just crossed over, this kind of commercial prosperity and the lively atmosphere of pursuing pleasure are more and more similar to the society when he did not cross over, and it is getting closer and closer to the breath of the present world.

But Jiang Feng saw not only this, he also saw on the dock, with a serious expression, wearing a cyan uniform, carrying a short weapon or a wooden stick, patrolling back and forth there.

These men were obviously not soldiers, for the soldiers patrolling the city could be seen from the boat, and there were three or two people chatting in the corners with spears.

Those men wearing cyan uniforms, their clothes are very similar to those on the ship, obviously they are also the Cao Gang or the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce, they have not been to Daming for a long time, has the strength of the merchants reached such a level?

has actually participated in the maintenance of law and order among the people, which shows how far the chambers of commerce have achieved.

Jiang Feng and his entourage got off the boat, and the people from the local Sanjiang Commercial Bank and the Yangzhou branch of Huazhou Qianzhuang were already waiting there, so naturally Jiang Feng's guards got off the boat early and made arrangements, there were still carriages and horses here, and the carriages were provided because there were female dependents here, in order to cover the transportation.

Of course, Huazhou's money village will not say that it is Huazhou money here, but only say that it is the Sanjiang ticket number, in Jiangnan and Beijing is different, many shops and ticket numbers do not need the approval of the government, as long as it is recognized by the Chamber of Commerce, businessmen more or less have an understanding of the Sanjiang ticket number, know what kind of behemoth is behind this ticket number, so at least keep polite on the bright side.

In Beijing, the Datong firm regards the Sanjiang firm as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and is eager to eradicate it quickly, but in Yangzhou and Suzhou and Hangzhou, the cooperative relationship between Datong Money and Sanjiang Ticket is quite close, because the silver of the maritime merchants is often deposited in the Sanjiang Ticket Number, and then after arriving in the mainland, it is transferred to the Chase Bank or other places.

The reason why Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Datong Money Village in Beijing are incompatible and hostile to each other, but they can coexist peacefully in Jiangnan, this is because Jingshi's wealth plate is much smaller in Jiangnan after all, and Jingshi is you eat without me, but there is enough money in Jiangnan for everyone to spend, and you can't make enough money to make money, so why bother to fight and kill.

The directors and stewards here don't know Jiang Feng's own identity, because this is also an important source of wealth for Zhao Xiucai, the chief secretary of Huazhou, and Su Guanyue, the head of the inner government, and the Yangzhou branch of the Sanjiang Commercial Bank and the Sanjiang ticket number, which are all really experienced shopkeepers and account guys.

Those Sima engaged in some inconsequential positions, and externally they were all people who looked at the relationship between a certain magnate and close to customers, and took money to support idlers.

These people just know that Jiang Huifeng is the owner of Liaozhen's general number, and they come to Yangzhou to play, which is also a common ecology for rich people, the so-called "waist wraps 100,000 yuan, rides a crane down Yangzhou", Yangzhou's enjoyment of dogs and horses can be called the first in the world, and it is also the norm for their own bosses to come over to have fun.

These people are really well-founded, obviously old connoisseurs in the shopping mall, for Jiang Feng, who met for the first time, they didn't make any curious looks, just gentle and respectful, Tang Xuan got off the boat, and the others didn't squint, and the mother-in-law who had been waiting there for a long time went over to help him get into the car.

Jiang Feng also took full advantage of the big boss's style, greeted him reservedly, said a few words of encouragement, and went to the banquet set up for him to catch the wind and wash the dust. The woman was in the car, the man was on the horse, Jiang Feng was on the horse, and he walked towards that side under the crowd of people around him, and after walking for a while, a steward came over and said with a smile:

"The owner has worked hard all the way, and it's not too late to play tomorrow, here is a letterhead sent by the Songjiang branch, saying that it must be handed over to you."

When he arrived at the restaurant, looking for a chance to be alone, Jiang Feng tore open the envelope, the kraft paper was double-layered, and on the inner layer of the envelope, Deng Min's recent possible whereabouts and whereabouts were written with a hard pen, and it was very certain that the people of the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce must not have found him.