The surname is Feng, I don't know it!

The people from the county barracks, why are you looking for me?

Liu Yuanshan's mind turned, and he suddenly thought of chatting with Qin Jiaoyu in the morning, as if he heard that the scribe in this military room is called Feng Kexing, is this the goods?

Then go and greet it!

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Now that I have a firm foothold in Fang County, I must not do that arrogant thing!

Liu Yuanshan took his shoes downstairs and ran to the door, and sure enough, he saw a tall man in his thirties standing there, looking around in the front yard with his head up, with two subordinates by his side, all wearing soap clothes.

"But Lord Feng?" Liu Yuanshan smiled and saluted the man.

"Don't dare to be!" Master Feng returned the salute, and then said, "I'm Feng Kexing, disturbing Liu Gongzi!" ”

"You're welcome!" Liu Yuanshan smiled innocently, approached Feng Kexing's side, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know ...... Lord Feng is here" As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you can't go to the Three Treasures Palace, Lao Tzu is not familiar with this product, he definitely didn't come to see the scenery.

"I'll just take a look at ......" Unexpectedly, Feng Kexing really didn't seem to have anything important, his eyes kept looking around, he sighed deeply, and said: "The scenery is still the same, but people are all going their own way, it's really embarrassing." ”

"Adults have been here before?" Liu Yuanshan asked.

"Hmm!" Feng Kexing nodded, glanced at Liu Yuanshan deeply, and said, "Ten years ago, I lived here. This was originally my Feng family's property, but it was just ...... Alas, if you don't talk about it, can you go and have a look at the back? ”

"It's an honor, Lord Feng, please!" Liu Yuanshan led Feng Kexing all the way through the triple courtyard and came to the small wooden building at the back.

Feng Kexing nodded and said, "Yes, I haven't stepped into the courtyard gate for ten years, and I can't imagine that there is not much change, but it is a little desolate." He pointed to the empty piece of land behind him and said, "There were originally two acacia trees here, and I don't know who cut them down." ”

"It's so fragrant, Liu Gongzi is drinking tea?"

"My lord, please go up and drink a cup of herbal tea to cool off!"

"It's good!"

Feng Ke walked in front, Liu Yuanshan walked behind, and the people involuntarily stopped downstairs and didn't dare to go up.

The old wooden ladder was squeaky endlessly, Feng Ke walked very slowly, and said softly as he walked: "The purpose of coming here today, in addition to taking a look at the mansion that I haven't seen in the past ten years, there is another important thing to tell you." ”

"Your Excellency, please speak!" Liu Yuanshan went up the stairs at the back, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Hmm!" Feng Ke went up to the third floor and sat down on a small stool in the corridor, and Liu Yuanshan also sat down and poured him a cup of tea.

"I know everything about your going to Hu Sanlai's house!" Feng Kexing took a sip of tea and said slowly.

"Huh?" Liu Yuanshan's heart jumped, and he paused for a moment and said: "I didn't expect to hide anyone from this matter, the kid just looked at those children for pity before he went to ask for justice." ”

"The result?" Feng Kexing put the teacup on the small table and looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

"Alas......" Liu Yuanshan sighed and said: "It's not good to be a teacher, I wanted to spend some money to buy those poor children, but I didn't expect the surname Hu to be so arrogant and didn't take people in his eyes at all." ”

"You're thinking too simply!" Feng Kexing said: "There are three classes and six rooms in this yamen, which one is the master who is short of money?" Hu Sanlai is the dog of Chen Chenglu in the household, you can't move him in the past with such a swagger, and besides, you still startle the snake! ”

"Huh? Act rashly and alert the enemy? Liu Yuanshan was a little inexplicable.

"Heh......" Feng Kexing said: "There are so many people in the entire Fang County, who pity those children, and those who hate them for levying protection fees, is you the only one?" ”

"No!" Feng Kexing shook his head and said to himself: "This bowl of water in Fang County is deep!" Everything is planned and moved, and running up in a hurry like you will only startle the snake! ”

He drank another cup of tea as he spoke, got up from the small stool, threw his big sleeves behind him, and walked forward in the air, his eyes slightly narrowed at the dock not far to the east.

"Look!" Feng Kexing stretched out his right hand and pointed to a tree on the pier, and said to Liu Yuanshan: "See, there is a person under the tree on the pier." ”

Liu Yuanshan also stood up, looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw a tall shady tree in the corner of the wharf, and a small square table was placed under the tree, and there were tea sets on the table, as well as pen, ink, paper, inkstones, etc.

Is there something wrong with this man, who has nothing to do and runs to the dock to study?

"This is the nephew of Yuan Sishan, the scrivener of the workshop, don't you look at him sitting there and being a character, but I don't know how many people are disgusted, do you know what he sits there there every day?"

Feng Kexing asked.

Liu Yuanshan shook his head and said uncertainly: "It won't be bookkeeping, right?" ”

"It's bookkeeping!" Feng Kexing said: "The maintenance of the wharf is usually in the hands of the workshop, and it stands to reason that this is also their business, but this Yuan Sishan is good, and he tries his best to exploit the past businessmen here, and stipulates that every ship entering and leaving the dock must pay maintenance fees, and this person is the one who collects money for him Yuan Sishan to keep accounts." ”

"Huh?" Liu Yuanshan was drunk.

This is also okay, the notorious toll fee of the later generations of Nima actually appeared four or five hundred years in advance.

In other words, the officials of the Ming Dynasty really have a good business mind.

"It would be fine if the money collected went into the county treasury and handed over to the imperial court, but unfortunately, Yuan Sishan paid only two or three taels of silver to the county treasury every year, and the remaining ninety percent went into his own pocket."

"Don't you ask?" This is the most doubtful place in Liu Yuanshan's heart, Lord Huang is from Jinshi, as the leader of Fang County, can he be so indulgent with his subordinates.

"It's not as simple as you think!" Speaking of Lord Huang, Feng Kexing stopped at a shallow taste.

Liu Yuanshan nodded secretly, this Yuan Sishan should not have swallowed all the money privately, and he had to honor the county lord a little bit or two, otherwise Lord Huang would not give him convenience even if he didn't ask.

"See the coolies who are carrying goods at the docks?" Feng Kexing pointed and asked.

"En......" Liu Yuanshan had already noticed them.

"These people say they are coolies, but in fact they are just little minions under Hu Sanlai. All the passing merchant ships, the goods on them can only enter and exit the dock through their handling, malicious extortion, sky-high prices, and delays, making the entire Fang County into a miasma. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yuanshan's heart suddenly moved.

He didn't care much about anything else, but the matter of this dock really involved his vital interests.

In the future, whether it is the large-scale production of osmanthus soap, glass, silver mirrors and other industrial products, or the purchase of goods from outside, most of them will definitely have to be transported by water.

Once you take the waterway, this pier is a must-stop.

Not to mention how much money is going to be exploited by these people, just these few dock porters dominate the market and don't let others carry goods, which is enough for him to drink a pot. If there is a mountain of goods, when will it be able to be transported? (To be continued.) )