In fact, before coming to Weihaiwei Wharf, the patrol ship found a large number of merchant ships in the open sea, Su Tiancheng expected it at that time, these merchant ships were ready to trade in Weihaiwei, which shows that the news released before played a role. What happened at Weihaiwei Wharf, of course Su Tiancheng knew it, especially some merchant ships that came in tentatively to trade, Su Tiancheng told Xiong Zijian, Su Jun and others that special attention must be paid to Weihaiwei Wharf, and the Governor's Mansion invested a lot of silver, the purpose is to make this wharf really successful, to earn a lot of silver, and become one of the main places to earn silver in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou.

Worries must exist, the warship formation came to Weihaiwei Wharf, I believe that those overseas shipowners can be seen, and they can rest assured, although there are still many tasks behind, but as long as there is such a large warship formation, it can represent everything, and it is not of much use to say that it is not very useful.

After getting off the warship, Su Tiancheng and his entourage first came to the City Ship Division.

The city boss lifted Su Jun, and he was too busy to say that it was impossible to go to the dock to meet Su Tiancheng, besides, Su Tiancheng did not ask Su Jun to greet him, these illusory things, he didn't like them in the first place.

After entering the City Shipping Division, everyone was busy, walking at a trot, after seeing Su Tiancheng, everyone stood still, they didn't expect that Su Tiancheng would come to the City Shipping Division first, it is said that he should go to the barracks first, or go around the dock to have a look.

Su Tiancheng asked everyone to continue to be busy, the port is about to open, when the time comes, a large number of merchant ships will come in, and the task of the city shipping department is very heavy, the purpose of the wharf construction. It is reflected in the work of the city's shipping division.

Su Jun quickly went downstairs, saw Su Tiancheng, and was about to kneel and bow, after so many years, Su Jun will not forget that he is still the son of the Su family.

Su Tiancheng grabbed Su Jun. In any case, Su Jun is a member of the fourth rank in the imperial court, and his identity and status are different. Seeing such a situation, Su Jun hurriedly took Su Tiancheng and his party upstairs.

"Su Jun, how is the operation of the City Division, what are the difficulties?"

"My lord, Xia Guan didn't expect that there were too many things in the city, and I thought that there were more than fifty people. I didn't think that even the shaft rotation felt that there was not enough manpower, the preparations for the past few days have all been completed, and the port will be opened tomorrow, and the city shipping department will operate at the fastest speed to ensure that the merchant ships will not be delayed to enter the wharf. ”

"Well, the main responsibilities of the city department are two aspects. The first is to collect taxes, and the second is to guarantee the merchant ships at the docks. If you can trade as soon as possible, if you delay time here, it will definitely affect the operation of the terminal. ”

"Xia Guan understands that he must do his best."

"It's been a month since the city port company was put into trial operation, and it has collected 300,000 taels of silver, which is very good. Once the purpose of Weihaiwei Wharf is understood, the rest of the merchant ships carrying valuable goods will continue to come to Weihai. It is estimated that there will be such a situation tomorrow, so the responsibilities of the city department are indeed not light, I have considered before, the staff of the city department is indeed a little small, it is difficult to undertake so many things, I think some personnel from the Wendeng County Ya will be transferred to the city department to relieve your pressure. ”

After saying these words, Su Tiancheng turned his head to Gu Xingsong and spoke.

"Gu Xingsong, this matter, you and Su Jun have a lot of discussions, today you have to implement the candidates, the county government must transfer elite soldiers and strong generals, the status of the city department is extraordinary, don't find those treacherous and slippery people, there are a lot of taxes here, people who love money, they must not enter, otherwise they will give their lives in vain when they come here."

Su Tiancheng said it was an understatement, but all the people who heard it understood in their hearts that Su Tiancheng did what he said and would never be polite, in this case, the people who entered the city and the company really needed to be carefully selected and selected to choose those who were flexible and loyal to come in.

According to Su Tiancheng's prediction, after the Weihaiwei Wharf began to operate, the tax could exceed 10 million taels of silver, that is to say, the daily income reached or exceeded 300,000 taels of silver.

Leaving the city, Su Tiancheng went to the barracks and the dock successively, and a few hours passed in a blink of an eye.

At night, Su Tiancheng lived in the barracks, he and Xiong Zijian, Ma Huabiao and others, talked for a long time, stationed at the wharf of the Jiangning battalion soldiers, the responsibility is great, to protect the safety of the wharf, to prevent the harassment of outsiders, but also to maintain the order of the wharf, it can be expected that Weihaiwei Wharf as the only wharf in Daming that can carry out overseas trade, personnel will pour in, just the transport team on the wharf, can exceed 10,000 people, plus so many shops and merchants, here will become Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou are the most lively places.

Xiong Zijian, Ma Huabiao and others have long understood the importance of Weihaiwei Wharf, which carries the future of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, which is not trivial, for what Su Tiancheng decided to station 10,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers here, there must be a reason, Yantai's artillery base is only stationed 5,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers. After the opening of the wharf, there will be a lot of situations, all need to be solved by Jiangning Ying, Wendeng County is unable to assume this responsibility, where the business is concentrated, there must be a lot of disputes, and the standardization also needs a time process.

Until the time of the child, Su Tiancheng still did not sleep, he knew very well that the opening of Weihaiwei Wharf meant that Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou had officially embarked on the fast track of development, and he had to hurry up and try to enhance his strength when he did not cause the taboo of the imperial court, and Chen Xinjia was in Liaodong, and he didn't know when Lu Dao would take action, and Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, what kind of attitude was it, if these things broke out together, it was also a matter of maybe.

The first day of December in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

At three o'clock, Su Tiancheng came to the dock.

The opening of the wharf has a series of procedures, including worshipping the god of the sea, worshiping the god of wealth, praying for the prosperity of the wharf, and the shops around the wharf are to worship the god of the sea and the god of wealth in the shops at a specific time.

There are too many people on the wharf, not far from the sea, you can see a large number of merchant ships, already waiting, the news of the opening of Weihaiwei Wharf has long been spread, many overseas merchant ships, are waiting for this time, some merchant ships, even waiting at sea for nearly a month.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are very tightly guarded, there are too many people on the dock, and there are many people, and Lord Su Tiancheng has a requirement that he cannot close the road or prevent the entry of personnel, so in this case, ensuring the safety of Su Tiancheng has become the biggest task of Xiong Zijian, Ma Huabiao and others.

At the end of the day, Su Tiancheng began to worship the god of the sea, on the pier, there was an altar, on which there were pig heads, sheep heads, fruits and vegetables and other sacrifices, after Su Tiancheng burned incense, he knelt down to the sea and prayed for the blessing of the sea god.

After Su Tiancheng finished worshipping, he quickly left, and then, many merchants and ship owners began to respectfully worship the sea god, and countless sacrifices were thrown into the sea.

A few minutes later, Su Tiancheng came to the God of Wealth Temple located on the east side of the wharf, which used to be the only temple in Weihaiwei.

At the end of the hour, the worship ceremony ended.

It's time to open the port.

Su Tiancheng held a torch in his hand and lit the artillery fuse in the middle of the pier, with the roar of the artillery, on the sea in the distance, there was a huge splash, two miles away from the dock in the sea, the artillery on the Penglai No. 1 warship began to roar, many officers and soldiers of the naval division sounded the sea horn, and the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Weihaiwei lined up neatly, facing the direction of the sea, and pulled the flintlock pistol.

This kind of momentum, many businessmen have never seen it, dumbfounded, and even forgot to cover their ears, Su Tiancheng believes that the merchant ships in the distance must have seen the situation here through the telescope, this is deliberately arranged by Su Tiancheng, he needs to be powerful, maybe in the crowd, there are people sent by Zheng Zhilong, the biggest deterrent is just to show his own strength, so that the opponent does not dare to underestimate, dare not move, obedient.

After the sound of gunfire and cannons, the drums sounded, and the dragon and lion dance team organized by the merchants began to perform on the docks.

The ceremony of opening the port was carried out for an hour.

At that time, all the ceremonies are over, and Weihaiwei Wharf is the opening of the port.

However, in half an hour, a black-pressed merchant ship appeared on the sea, which could be seen with the naked eye, and there were many blonde and blue-eyed sailors on the merchant ship, and these merchant ships rushed to the dock.

On the wharf, the merchants of Weihaiwei Wharf stood on the beach in person, with a smile in their eyes, they said a few words to the officials of the city ship department from time to time, and looked at the oncoming merchant ships, these merchant ships in their eyes, that is, business opportunities, most of the officials of the city ship department have come to the wharf, they want to use the fastest speed, to the merchant ship to check, transfer the merchant ship's manifest, determine the tax, and then a large number of waiting at the wharf loading and unloading team, will begin to unload, the merchant ship that can be seen by the naked eye, It is estimated that it will take several days before the unloading can be completed.

Su Tiancheng was already standing on the temporary wooden platform, holding a telescope, looking at the swarming merchant ships, this time the opening of the port was very successful, but to maintain this momentum, the Weihai warship formation has something to do, they need to patrol the open sea, clear the pirate ships, as for what Zheng Zhilong thinks, or what measures will be taken, that is the next step. (To be continued......)