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To put it bluntly, the so-called locks are several large ships connected at the head and tail, usually moored in the pre-dug bay moorings, rowed out when necessary, and fastened with iron cables in the middle of the river. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This thing has never been used since it was set up, but Zhang Shiqiang ordered here, and the lock immediately began to beat the gong, and the young and strong soldiers on the shore hurriedly jumped into the boat, paddling the oars, and the canal was not as wide as it was, and after a while, the two sides were closed, and the two boats that met each other were fastened with big chains, which was considered to be closed.

Looking at the gate, the ships in front and behind were naturally unable to move, the majesty of Tianjin Wei had already been made, and the ships coming and going from the south to the north could only complain when they saw this, and obediently stopped the ship on the shore and waited for the gate to be opened.

The news came quickly, although everyone obediently paid the money and paid the tax, it does not mean that there is no resentment in the heart, no one wants to have less money, I heard that there is a big eunuch behind not only did not pay the tax, but also beat the tax official of Tianjin Wei into the river, everyone applauded in their hearts, and they were waiting to see the excitement.

The tax card on the side of Tianjin Wei does not care about the officials and the people, whether you have a reputation or not, the goods on the ship are all charged, and there are many dissatisfied people in their hearts, and there are even those who have meritorious official positions waiting there, if you don't accept the eunuch's silver, why do you collect our money, you have to take the opportunity to make trouble.

The fast horse that informed Wang Tong had set off, Zhang Shiqiang stood at the door with his knife on his shoulder, and a team of tax collectors ran over and gathered in front of him.

Compared with the importance attached to the Haihe River, Wang Tong had no other strength by the canal except for the tax collection team, except for the dozens of apprentices who could write and calculate, the rest were the local soldiers of the former Jinyi Guard, about 300 people.

In addition to the necessary posts ∽ active, Zhang. Shiqiang now stood in front of two hundred and ten people, and beside him was Hang Daqiao, who was a little restless. Seeing Zhang Shiqiang there with a cold face, Hang Daqiao couldn't help but whisper again: "Brother Zhang, you have to be cautious about this matter, it's okay for others, this is the new admiral eunuch, if we offend ruthlessly, Lord Wang won't be a man on his side, right?" Zhang Shiqiang turned his head and glanced at him, and said:

"I have lost so much face last time, many people have been whipped and punished, if this person is let go again, how can I still look up and see people under the adult, do you still want to keep this errand?" When he said this, Hang Daqiao's face turned pale for a while, but he gritted his teeth and shouted first:

"Brothers, there is a man downstream who does not pay the tax, and his ship is about to come, and I am not afraid to tell you that the person who does not pay the tax is the new Imperial Horse Supervisor Admiral Eunuch, and we have closed the lock to let him pay this tax......

Originally, Zhang Shiqiang didn't explain what he did when he summoned people, but as soon as Hang Daqiao shouted like this, the people below suddenly became commotion, and the words "Imperial Horse Supervisor" and "Eunuch" were too scary, everyone looked at each other, and they all had the meaning of timid retreat, Zhang Shiqiang frowned and looked at Hang Daqiao 7 times, but Hang Daqiao continued to shout loudly without caring at all:

"The big guy is scared, isn't it, but think about the last time we were pushed back by the river, we ran these whips, there were also those who were whipped, there were also fines for silver, and there were a lot of grass cuts, we have a family and a mouth, without this errand, do you go to the dock to sell coolies, look back, it turns out that the old Wang brothers of the 400th household carry their bags every day in a low voice, and their wives have also returned to their parents' homes, are you willing to live this day?"

Last time, the new soldiers prepared for the power of Ji Yong and Xu Guang, the eunuch of the grain guard, to grab the power of collecting taxes by the canal, but the tax collectors retreated, but Zhang Shiqiang struggled forward, but a group of people were washed out afterwards.

What's more, the eunuch of the imperial horse prison came out of the palace, and the backer behind Lord Wang is also the emperor, who is afraid of who will come, and was encouraged by this Hangqiao Bridge, although the people below still have a look of fear, but the commotion is much less.

"Line up to the gates!!

Yu Shiqiang nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand and gave an order, the tax collectors lined up in an untidy formation, and the fish ran through the lock, Hang Daqiao just said excitedly, but at this moment he hesitated, looked ahead, looked back at the direction of the Haihe River, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and also kept up with the team.

After Wang Tong's rectification, the entire canal was in good order in the upper and lower reaches of Tianjin Wei, and since the lock was closed in front, the boatmen passed the messages back and forth, and they all leaned towards the two sides of the river.

In this way, it left room for Chu Zhaoren's fleet behind, and it didn't take much time for the forward of the fleet to reach the lock.

After Fang Cai's trouble, Chu Zhaoren was quite angry in his heart, and he didn't go back to the cabin, just stayed on the lookout on that building, while looking at the very different scene on the shore from before, while waiting for the dock of Tianjin Wei, Fang Cai's subordinates had already reported it, this Tianjin Wei place is different from other places, the real card is in front, and the tax is just to let everyone run less and spend less trouble.

Although there is space, but this season is the time when there are the most boats, there are a lot of ships coming from the south to the north, although they are all docked, the navigable waterway is also very narrow, and Chu Zhaoren's fleet is not small, although it is only a few miles away, it can take more than half an hour to arrive. "Father-in-law Chu, someone stopped the river with a boat in front, what to do!? Niu Qianwei, the commander of the pro-soldiers, shouted loudly below, no need for him to shout, Chu Zhaoren on the lookout could also see clearly, and he could also see that the boat in front of him was full of soldiers wearing uniforms.

Eunuch Chu knew that there was a young man in Tianjin Wei who was a cronie of the Long Live Lord, but were you a cronie or didn't stay in the capital? Wasn't he still driven out of the capital division and came to this Tianjin Wei? Even Sun Hai, who was close to the Long Live Lord in the palace, was taken down by the Queen Mother, what is your little brocade cloth Wei Qianhu, our family is the Imperial Horse Supervisor named by the Queen Mother as the Admiral.

He had also heard some rumors about Wang Tong in the past, but Chu Zhaoren felt that the two sides were originally on the same level, and even his own was a little higher. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and when I saw the boat and the people on the boat in front of me, I couldn't help but say angrily:

"Niu Qianwei, didn't our family tell you what to do just now, why do you still ask, let's not stop in Tianjin, go early, go to Jingshi early, this place is not a good place, it's annoying to stay for a while!"

"It's easy to have a father-in-law say this, my subordinates have seen so much, and I don't know that the official ship also has to collect money, this Tianjin Wei is really a bit of a bastard, and please do a good job of my father-in-law, watch your subordinates give you an old act!!"

Hearing Chu Zhaoren's words, Niu Qianwei immediately said with a cruel smile, Eunuch Chu nodded with satisfaction, and said on the lookout: "Do it well, our family will be rewarded!" ”

Niu Qianqi, the commander of the pro-soldiers, bowed down with his fists in front, and immediately began to arrange after getting up, and the pro-soldiers on duty on each ship were concentrated on the two ships in front.

The entire fleet of Eunuch Chu is also getting slower and slower, and the shipwrights and sailors up and down this fleet are all veterans for many years, and they are skilled in controlling the ship, so they watch the fleet go extremely slowly, but it never stops

Just lean forward.

The soldiers on the "lock" had no practice except for running drills in the morning and evening, and although they were holding sticks of fire and water in their hands, they could look at the approaching fleet in front of them, and they were all panicked. "Brothers, hold on, they don't dare to bump in!!"

Zhang Shiqiang held his hand on the hilt of the knife, stared at the front nervously, and shouted loudly in front of the queue, the surrounding soldiers were obviously in a commotion, Hang Daqiao was even more nervous and sweaty, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Lord Wang is about to lead people here, let's not hold it, let people go, everyone think about the consequences, think about the wives and children at home, think about the wine and meat in the past year!" ”

He shouted like this, and finally suppressed some scenes, but the boat on the other side still slowly approached, and it was really about to collide. Suddenly, I heard a loud shout from the boat opposite, and saw that the boatmen on both sides of the boat were holding pennies and sticking into the river, but the force used was to stop the boat.

This action, the already extremely slow ship stopped as soon as it touched, but the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard were already extremely nervous, as soon as the lock collided, the ship just trembled, far from the point of capsizing, but many people standing behind subconsciously shouted nervously, and jumped directly from the boat.

The sound of falling into the water resounded, it was really embarrassing, this scene looked really like acting, and the people around couldn't help laughing.

Eunuch Chu's boat had already rowed to the front, and Eunuch Chu was sitting on the lookout, and the warblers and Yanyan women beside him were all laughing when they saw this scene, but they attracted the attention of many people on both sides.

Many people fell into the water, and the lock was already in a panic, and Niu Qianwei, the commander of the pro-soldiers on the side of the eunuch Chu, shouted at this time: "Rush up and hit the water!" ”

Niu Qianwei and these people held scabbards and rods in their hands, and rushed up, and these soldiers were also elites who practiced every day, but they were not comparable to these straw bales collected by the lock, not to mention the panic on it. was embraced by these pro-soldiers, and immediately embarrassed, everyone was smashed and beaten with their heads and faces, and jumped into the water in a panic. In a short time, the place where the locks and ships were connected had been swept away, and several people were about to unload the iron cables.

Beibei saw that the lively ships were staring closely, ready to take advantage of the chaos to follow this real card, no matter what, the tax of the small and micro and twenty percent always took advantage, and each family set sail and anchored .......

Chu Zhaoren laughed when he watched from the lookout of the building, and no one noticed that at the tail end of this fleet, the boatmen and sailors on the last two boats all jumped into the water one after another, and the ships parked on both sides of the shore also hurriedly avoided it.

"Boom~~~ There was a loud bang, eleven, eleven, eleven

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