The New Year passed quickly, and in desperation, Zhou Zhong finally said goodbye to his family and left Shuangyu Port and returned to Ningbo Port again, but this time he would not stay in Ningbo for too long, because in the next few months, he would slowly move the jurisdiction of the Sihai Governor's Mansion to Shuangyu Port.

The first is the army, although Ningbo Port is an excellent seaport, but with the sea ban, Ningbo Port has become much more depressed than before, but Shuangyu Port has become very prosperous because of the prosperity of smuggling, so Zhou Zhong has already prepared to include Shuangyu Port into the jurisdiction of the Admiralty.

However, it is not easy to govern Shuangyu Port, although Zhou Chong's Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has extended its influence to the entire Shuangyu Port before, but that is only to tie the interests of most people together, when encountering things, Zhou Zhong can use his influence to call on everyone to unite together, but this call is not mandatory, and even when there is a conflict of internal interests, it may cause some trouble, especially the smugglers in Shuangyu Port are originally a group of lawless people, Last time, Zhou Zhong was almost killed by Hongji Kamiizumi.

It is precisely because he clearly knows the situation of Shuangyu Port in Ludao, so Zhou Chongcai is ready to transfer the two naval divisions to be stationed near Shuangyu Port, and with the threat of the army, he will take over Shuangyu Port in the name of the Admiral Yamen, see who dares to oppose it?

The mobilization of the army is simple and simple, and it is troublesome to say that it is troublesome, and it is simple because as long as Zhou Zhong gives an order, the two naval divisions can immediately rush from Ningbo to Shuangyu Port, and he is in trouble because after the army moves to the new barracks, it will be much more troublesome to supply food, weapons, and other supplies in the future. In addition, the construction of new barracks had to be taken care of.

But no matter how troublesome it is, Zhou Zhong still decided to relocate the sailor, after all, Shuangyu Port has now become the largest and most prosperous maritime trade port in the Ming Dynasty, only here, he can collect enough taxes, with these taxes, he can feed the army, after all, he is not a philanthropist, it is impossible to always use the money he earns to feed the army for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Zhong returned to Ningbo Port. Immediately began to prepare for the relocation of the army. He had already discussed this matter with Shen Ying and others a few years ago, and he had made a lot of preparations in advance, so he didn't encounter any major problems, and the guarding work of Ningbo Port was also handed over to other guards. Although the soldiers of these guards are not evenly matched. And the combat effectiveness is also very poor. But there is no problem in doing some vigilance work, and besides, the new station of the sailor is not far from Ningbo Port, so there is no emergency. The sailor can rush back to Ningbo Port at any time.

Soon at the end of the first month, the entire naval army left Ningbo Port by boat under the command of Zhou Zhong and a group of generals, and then came to Liuheng Island, where Shuangyu Port is located, and then docked ashore in the area of Qidongao in the east of Beigang District.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the original Dinghai Hou was stationed in the area of Guo Ju not far from Shuangyu Port, which is also an excellent military port, and faces Shuangyu Port across the sea, the geographical location is very important, so Zhou Zhong did not give up, but divided a part of the troops to station, in this way, Guo Kui Port and Qidong Ao Port are completely stuck in the external route of Shuangyu Port, if there is an enemy to attack, the sailor is fully capable of preventing the enemy from entering Shuangyu Port.

The sudden arrival of the army also caused panic among many smugglers at the beginning, after all, they were all illegal businesses, and the imperial court had every reason to eliminate them. However, it was soon announced through the Governor Yamen and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce that the imperial court had decided to include Shuangyu Port in the scope of the country, and as long as the merchants here paid a certain amount of taxes to the imperial court, then the imperial court would not only not prevent them from conducting maritime trade, but even the Ming sailors would protect their safety.

If someone else announces this matter in the name of proceeding, I am afraid that the effect will be very limited, but Zhou Chong is different, because he is the largest smuggler in Shuangyu Port, although he is now an official, it is impossible to cut off his biggest source of wealth, so many smugglers slowly calmed down from the panic after receiving Zhou Chong's assurance, and still did their business as usual every day, and at the same time had a psychological preparation for the imperial court to levy taxes.

After the army was settled, after a period of preparation, the city shipping department finally came out of Ningbo Port, Yang Tong took over the original tax office, and soon recruited a large number of tax officials, and then under Zhou Chong's order, the official office of the city shipping department was moved from Ningbo to Shuangyu Port in one fell swoop.

Of course, the tax office in Ningbo has not been abolished, and there are still officials of the city department who collect taxes there, but Shuangyu Port and Ningbo Port implement a tax system, that is to say, if the same batch of goods has paid taxes in Ningbo Port, then after this batch of goods arrives at Shuangyu Port, they can not pay taxes with the tax bills they pay, so as to avoid double taxation.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that because Zhou Chong's sailors are limited, the scope of patrols is temporarily limited to the area off the coast of Ningbo, and he cannot interfere with the tax revenue in Guangzhou for the time being. However, after defeating the Portuguese in the future, he will expand the jurisdiction of the Yamen, the governor of the four seas, and not only will Guangzhou be included in the jurisdiction, but even if possible, he will also want to open up a few more foreign ports, even if the name of the sea ban is still there, but it can actually break the influence of the sea ban on the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Zhou Zhong was busy rectifying the affairs of the Yamen of the Four Seas, in the slum area at the three-fork mouth of Shuangyu Port, Qi Yanming, who was alias Wen Wu, had fully recovered after a period of recuperation, and he also joined this group of coolies, carrying bags and working on the dock every day, after all, he couldn't always eat white food.

Speaking of coming from after escaping to Shuangyu Port, Qi Yanming felt a complete relief and relaxation, after all, when he was in the Ming Dynasty, he had to worry about the pursuit of the government all the time, and he might lose his life if he was not careful, which made his nerves also in a tense state for a long time, even if he slept, he turned a blind eye, and he didn't dare to talk to others casually.

However, Shuangyu Port no longer belongs to the land of the Ming Dynasty, so Qi Yanming does not have to worry about someone chasing him at all, although he can only do some rough work to make a living now, but he eats and sleeps soundly every day, it can be said that since he became a horse thief more than ten years ago, there has never been such a comfortable feeling as now. Even Qi Yanming sometimes thought that he might as well stay in Shuangyu Port like this, and with his ability, it would not be difficult to earn an industry, and then he would simply live here for the rest of his life.

But as the so-called "life is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten", just when Qi Yanming just adapted to the comfortable life of Shuangyu Port, Zhou Zhong began to merge Shuangyu Port into the Ming Dynasty's land plan, the result is not only stationed next to Shuangyu Port Army, but also on the port There are some more people in the city, and even in order to maintain law and order, the original Nanyang Town Jinyi Wei Thousand Households also began to expand, and mobilized a group of Jinyi Wei from Ningbo to settle in the three major port areas of Shuangyu Port.

With the entry of these brocade guards, the security of Shuangyu Port has indeed become much more orderly, at least the robberies and thefts that often occurred in the past have been significantly reduced. In addition, what made Qi Yanming even more uneasy was that two days ago, Jinyiwei actually caught several criminals who had been absconding for many years, these people were the same as him, because they broke the law in Daming and fled to Shuangyu Port, but they didn't expect to be able to escape Daming's pursuit in the end.

It was also the above things that made Qi Yanming, who had just settled down, feel uneasy again, and the sense of crisis when he was hunted down before enveloped him again, and even he had begun to think about where he should go?

That night, Qi Yanming and Zhu Jiu returned to their residence after finishing their work, and everyone talked about what they encountered today while walking. There are more than 50 of them in this group, and they all do it separately when they work, after all, it is rare for someone to hire so many people at once, so they are all distributed all over the port when they usually work, and they are all the most prophetic people in the port, and they can be said to be the most well-informed people in the port.

"Brother Jiu, I heard that there is a small fleet of five ships going to North Korea, but it is said that there is a war on the North Korean side, and the coastal area is not very peaceful, this fleet is relatively short of guards, so now it is recruiting guards on the dock, as long as it is a person who dares to fight and fight, I heard that you can earn fifteen taels of silver in one trip, which is almost enough to build a house in Nanyang Town." At this time, I only heard the young man nicknamed Lu Xiucai speak, his face full of longing.

However, as soon as Lu Xiucai's words fell, he heard someone in the crowd laugh and said: "Lu Xiucai, although the fifteen taels of silver make people drool, but with a small body like you, I'm afraid that people won't want you when you go, at least you have to be a strong man like me and Brother Jiu to be recruited!" ”

"Who said that people don't want me, fighting is not like us fighting, you can't rely on strength alone, you have to dare to fight and dare to fight, I don't lose to anyone!" Lu Xiu was very unconvinced at this time. He is thin and a little incongruous in a group of burly Shandong strong men, so he is usually teased by his companions, but although Lu Xiucai's appearance is thin, he is notoriously fatal when he fights, and the last time they fought with others, Lu Xiucai's head was broken, but he still gritted his teeth and put down a strong man on the other side, which also won the respect of his companions.

Zhu Jiu finally smiled at this time: "Lu Xiucai is right, fighting is different from our usual fights, martial arts and strength are secondary, the key is whether you have the courage to kill, with Lu Xiucai's ferocity when he fights, maybe he will be braver than any of us on the battlefield, but I advise everyone not to take that risk, after all, we don't need to earn that money!" ”

Most of the people nodded at Zhu Jiu's words, after all, they are all people with small families, and the money they earn now is enough to support their families, so there is no need to risk losing their lives to be guards. However, Qi Yanming, who was following behind Zhu Jiu, had a fine light in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued......)