If you open the newspaper of the sixth year of Zhiping, the most common word on it is "railway...... In contrast, even His Majesty the Emperor drove the expedition in person and expanded the territory to be overshadowed.

As we all know, the Grand Canal of Emperor Yang of Sui runs through the north and south, and the entire empire is connected.

In the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Empire survived the most difficult period of time and maintained it for more than a hundred years...... Since then, the Grand Canal has dominated the national transportation of the Central Plains, and the dynasties after the Tang Dynasty have almost raised the river transportation to an important position related to life and death.

Compared with the canal, the railway has a huge advantage, from south to north, from east to west, there must be a railway line through!

To build the railway to Lingnan, this is the unanimous call of the southern officials, who are full of grievances...... Because of the high mountains and long waters, Lingnan has always been regarded as the land of smoke miasma, a wild land, all officials who committed crimes were assigned to Lingnan, and Lingnan became the garbage dump of the Great Song Dynasty!

But in fact, the climate here is hot and the products are abundant, and since the opening of the sea, it has supplied one-third of the grain of the Great Song Dynasty...... We want to integrate into the economy of the Great Song Dynasty, we want a railway, no matter what, it will be built in 10,000 years!

In the face of this powerful wave, even the rulers of the political hall can't stop it.

But after a little calculation, they found that the original plan of 150 million yuan was not enough at all. In addition to money, the biggest gap is labor.

To build a road to Lingnan, it is necessary to cross mountains and rivers, and the project is dangerous and difficult, and it is conservatively estimated that 100,000 lives will be paid in order to build the road.

Obviously, any of the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty would not dare to joke with the lives of ordinary people casually.

Arrest!

Be the only option.

The first goal is to conquer the Japanese ...... Wang Ningan swore to the heavens, not because he hated the Japanese country, so he attacked the Japanese country, but because the Japanese people were really suitable to be slaves.

They are very industrious and can work all the time, which is comparable to the Han people. And they are very obedient, as long as they are subdued, they will do whatever they want, and they have no idea of resisting at all.

Even if they can't bear the oppression, they will only choose to commit suicide, how can they miss such a perfect labor force? There is a more interesting reason, since the Great Song Dynasty implemented the order to divide the fields and improve the status of women, the number of women who went to various families as servants has decreased by ninety, and it is difficult to find girls in Qinglou all over the country, and most of them have disappeared.

People with a little power, or those wealthy merchants, who want servants and maids, must fight outside ideas.

And the widow is the best choice among many women.

Because of this, the arrest of the Japanese as slaves and the capture of the Japanese as maids became the hottest business......

Since June, Lao Wen has signed 120 labor sales licenses...... Such a lucrative business, how could Wen Xianggong miss it.

Each license is worth 10,000 yuan, in other words, Wen Yanbo has already got 1.2 million yuan for this item. But it's a pity that the bookkeepers and accountants and taxmen around Lao Wen are all Wang Ningan's people, and Wen Xianggong is only responsible for work, but he can't put a penny in his pocket.

He was depressed, but helpless.

Of course, for the sake of collecting money for the country, Lao Wen's living standard still recovers quickly, for example, he has 3,000 yuan of funds every month, he can eat, drink and have fun, and he can do anything, but he can't fill his pockets, and he won't make up for it when he spends it, and the rest will be automatically confiscated, and he won't even keep some private money.

was so angry that Wen Yanbo scolded his mother, no, at the end of the month, there were still more than 800 yuan left in his account. Lao Wen simply invited his subordinates to the largest restaurant, order the best dishes, and drink the most expensive wine.

In front of the banquet, Lao Wen raised his wine glass.

"The big guys have worked hard, and from next month, we have to work harder, there are five new taxes to pass, and you all have the opportunity to go out and act as tax collectors...... The old man gives you people, gives you rights, as long as you complete the tax collection task, the rest is at your own disposal! ”

Wen Yanbo laughed and arrogantly declared: "In life, you can't be without power or wealth!" Follow the old man, you can rest assured, you can eat and drink spicy food! I can't spend it in a few lifetimes! ”

As Lao Wen spoke, he still looked at the Yama Nunu next to him, staring at him, full of contempt and ridicule.

"This old thing, he must know that the prince is here!" Chen Shunzhi said hatefully.

Wang Ningan didn't care, "He is now begging for a bargain, 30 million is not a small amount, there are so many projects in the future, when it comes to the ability to make money, no one can compare to Lao Wen, if you want to use others, you have to put up with him, there is no way!" ”

Chen Shunzhi also smiled, "Lord Wang, it's only been two months, and all kinds of taxes have already been obtained nearly 10 million, it seems that we will have to work hard next, and it should be easy to get 30 million yuan in half a year...... This money, plus the captured slaves, should have no problem building the railway in Liaodong...... It's just that I'm worried about one thing. ”

He didn't say anything, but Wang Ningan knew that there would be chaos...... After all, such a squeeze, even a clay figure has three points of earthiness, who knows if it will rise up......

"Lao Chen, you are staring at it carefully, I heard that our steamship is going to be successfully studied! Between the Great Song Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, additional mail ships will be opened, and the latest news will be transmitted in a timely manner, and if there is any danger, take action immediately and eliminate it in the bud! ”

"I understand!"

Chen Shunzhi immediately went to arrange, Wen Yanbo's celebration banquet was still going on, and he drank until late at night, everyone was smiling and dreaming of making a fortune.

Everyone has their own style, after Wen Yanbo's training, these people have become full of misers, all of them are extremely fierce, scatter them out, go to the Wa Kingdom, Goryeo, what will be the result, can be imagined.

It's just that Wang Ningan didn't expect that among these places, the first problem to occur was actually Bohai...... A merchant fleet slowly sailed into the southernmost point of the Bohai Kingdom, that is, Suzhou of the original Liao Kingdom.

The fleet was loaded with 10,000 quintals of tea, and in addition to the immigrants of the Great Song Dynasty, there were many nomadic tribes in the Bohai Sea, and they could not do without tea for a meal.

If you eat greasy beef and mutton, if you don't drink a few bowls of tea, you will get sick for a long time...... And tea can also provide valuable vitamins, so since ancient times, tea is one of the most important goods between the Central Plains and the grassland, the Central Plains Dynasty wants to punish the opponent, often use economic sanctions, under normal circumstances, a few months can not get tea, some small and medium-sized tribes will bow their heads, if there is no tea for a few years, the powerful tribes can not hold on, such as the Western Xia because of sanctions, and willing to negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty.

However, the situation has changed recently, and the Duke of Wen issued an order to strictly prohibit the tea merchants in the southeast from trading with the Bohai Sea, and the merchants of the imperial court are in charge instead.

In addition, the imperial court also set up a special tax card at the wharf, and a 100 percent tariff was levied on tea...... This money will not be handed over to Bohai, but will be directly transferred to the household department of the Great Song Dynasty.

In addition, the people who came to buy tea had to pay an additional 20% of the tea donation, half of which would also go to the Great Song Dynasty, and the other half would be used to support the garrison in the Bohai Sea.

Because these two skins are peeled off, the price of tea has directly tripled!

This is not the end, just the price is high, maybe it can be tolerated, but the quality of the tea is seriously discounted, and the tea leaves shipped are no longer fresh, all of them are old tea, and some have rotted and worms.

There are also tea leaves, mixed with a lot of leaves and gravel and soil...... This kind of tea, let alone sold in the southeast, even if it is given for free, no one drinks it.

I got it to Bohai Country, but I can sell it for several times the price!

"Di Shuai, I'm not welcome, if I change it, I'm going to expose the uprising, and it's not over if I don't pull Wen Kuanfu's head off!" Zhe Kexing grumbled while drinking wine.

Di Qing was obviously very old, but his waist was straight, and he sighed, "Don't blame Xianggong Wen, although he is not a good person...... But it is also an order, after all, there are too many places for the court to spend money, so we must understand the difficulties of the court. ”

Zhi Kexing smiled, "It's not that I don't understand, but in the past few months, more than 20 taxes have been added, tea aside, and stamp duty...... I saw with my own eyes that some people rushed into the homes of the people, and found all kinds of things, and everyone with words had to pay taxes...... There was a family that hid a perpetual calendar, and was fined 50 yuan, and some people were also fined money with pawn tickets...... Tsk, if this is in the Great Song Dynasty, I have to cut down those tax collectors! ”

Di Qing persuaded Xie to do it on the surface, but he was also uneasy in his heart.

They drank until midnight, Zhi Kexing said goodbye and left, and Di Qing sent it out.

As soon as they got outside, they suddenly noticed smoke billowing in the distance and flames soaring into the sky!

"It's the dock!"

Di Qing immediately felt that something was wrong, and Zhi Kexing reacted quickly, "Di Shuai, you wait first, and then the last general will go and take a look!" ”

Zhi Kexing greeted more than 100 people and rushed to the dock, far away, you could see many people, chaotic, some ran to see the excitement, and some people fled with their heads in their hands.

In the panic, some people fell to the ground, or fell and were injured, or trampled, and let out a terrible scream.

He walked through the crowd, getting closer and closer to the dock, and he could smell the tea in the air, it was very obvious!

It turned out that in the middle of the night, I don't know where a few small boats came, and after approaching the Great Song merchant ship, they threw flying claws from above, and dozens of people climbed onto the big boat.

Like wolves, they rushed into the cabin and threw the tea leaves into the sea, there were too many tea leaves, and there were soldiers guarding the docks, and when they saw that they could not destroy it, they chose to set it on fire, and the three ships full of tea were all engulfed in flames...... When the fire ignited and became uncontrollable, the attackers jumped back into their ships and quickly vanished. The belated Zhekexing only saw the flames, and there were many leaflets scattered on the dock, with slogans such as refusing to exploit and drinking tea......

The corners of Zhi Kexing's mouth twitched, and he felt that a storm was coming!