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With the mountain since following Wang Hai! Later, the days were happy, and he was just the leader of a ship, with strong winds and waves at sea, and the owner and the boss of the ship above, who were nothing small people. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Nowadays, it is very different, the sailors and shipowners on the Haihe River, and the shore begging for a living, who does not know that the "soup master" goods that speak well will be taxed at 20%. This makes a lot of less money, and when you go on the ship for inspection, the person who estimates the value of the goods fluctuates up and down, which is a large amount of money saved.

And even if there is no contraband, in order to make more money, everyone also hides some goods in hidden places around the ship, and pays less for the people

The person in charge of this matter is Tang Shan, who has been running at sea for so many years, and his eyes are very vicious, and he can't hide his eyes no matter how he hides.

Not only that, even people who used to know Tangshan by boat felt puzzled, in the past, this soup made him quite lazy, but now he has become iron-faced and selfless. Everyone gave some money in private, and they never agreed to let him be accommodating.

Everyone scolded Tangshan in private, saying that they used to eat together at sea, but now they don't even talk about this feeling, and they are really a scum and traitor who have taken refuge in the government.

However, I scolded and scolded, and when I met, I had to smile and shout "Mountain Master", and after collecting taxes, I would take some special gifts or something.

Wang Tong gave them a very generous commission for collecting the sea dagger trade tax and silver, and at the same time there were very strict rules, and the slightest violation was killed.

Tang Shan knows what money is a long-term benefit, knows what is a small bargain, and has always grasped it very well, plus he is indeed an expert in the sea, and everyone has more and more trust and respect for him.

There are so many boat-bow incense families on both sides of the Haihe River who are doing coolies, and those who have daughters and sisters are thinking about marrying their daughters and sisters to a good family, it is better than a family suffering here.

Tangshan has a status again, and his family resources are also good. It is quite popular, and there are many people who come to propose relatives during this period. He has already picked out his eyes, and when he used to mix at sea, he was looking for a secret prostitute to vent his fire. That's such a good thing coming to the door.

However, Tangshan also has a hope, that is, the identity of an official family, there are about 50 people who inspect the ship and collect taxes every day, of which there are fifteen from the tent, and twenty are also sea sailors who are willing to take refuge in Wang Tong, and the rest are those old soldiers of Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

The identities of these people are all ordinary people, even those old soldiers from indigenous backgrounds have been recorded as military members, that is to say, everyone is just Wang Qianhu's helpers at the moment.

Although Tangshan now has a name for the inspection of the Haihe River. But there is no official recognition of this number. No status.

A few days ago, Pan Ming, who was in charge of the work of the Haihe Xiangzhong, wanted to open a shop on the shore, so he invited Tangshan to go over to have a drinking relationship.

During the banquet, I knew that I didn't look at the hard work of the coolie leader, but Pan Ming was a captain in the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, and he was a real official and military member.

This treatment made Tang Shan itchy and red-eyed, and he wanted to find an opportunity to recommend himself several times, but he couldn't open his mouth, and Pan Ming deserved his name in Tianjin this time, Tang Shan was born as a prisoner, and now it is all up to the team established by Wang Tong to achieve this point, and there is nothing to say about it.

So since that day's banquet, Tang Shan has been more and more careful to handle errands, every time the Shanghai ship is carefully checked, never allow a little entrainment, and also keep a strict eye on the people below, urging everyone to turn around.

However, with the efforts to collect taxes, there are fewer and fewer sea vessels that cannot stand it, and there are fewer and fewer goods. Naturally, the taxes cannot be extracted, and the taxes and silver are less, let alone any meritorious service.

But after all, Tangshan has been messing around at sea for many years. I have seen a lot of all kinds of things, although the day of the closure of the port is near, but after all, it has not yet arrived, and there are fewer and fewer ships, and there must be something involved in this.

He is also a native of Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu. It is also convenient to inquire about some things in the system, and when I went to the canal wharf once, I guessed a few points, and hurriedly asked to see Wang Tong. ”

As soon as he entered the main hall and saw Wang Tong sitting there, Tang Shan did not dare to step forward, so he knelt down and kowtowed at the door. To be honest, at the beginning, Tang Shan was very unaccustomed to kowtowing to a ten-year-old five-year-old boy, but after a long time, the more natural this kowtow became, and he felt that he should take it for granted.

"Things over there in Haihe are doing well, Tangshan, you are diligent in your work."

This sentence was praised, Tang Shan felt that people were going to fly, but he hurriedly warned himself not to get too carried away, it was really difficult to be diligent in this errand, every two days, a group of different people came to check the accounts, and some people pretended to be merchants to bribe. There is not one person who has been killed because he is greedy for small gains. "More lords praise the little ones for coming this time, there are tricks to report, and the lord can notice that the tax money collected these days is less."

Hearing Tang Shan say this, Wang Tong picked up the scroll in his hand and flipped through it, and said:

"The tax silver is less, but this has nothing to do with you, it is approaching the cold winter, and the ship is coming

Wang Tong spoke like this, Tang Shan knew that the other party had misunderstood, and hurriedly said:

"The old man and the little one are not here to ask for sin. The ship is coming less, not because it is almost winter. It's that these ships are docked somewhere else. ”

"Oh?"

Wang Tong raised his eyebrows, leaned forward, and Tang Shan continued:

"The Haihe side collects two percent of the tax, and everyone wants to make more money, always wondering if they can pay less tax, there are so many places to unload goods on this coast, and you can find a place not on the Haihe River."

Wang Tong groaned, but opened his mouth and asked:

"It's not on the side of Tianjin Wei, where else can it be transported directly to Beijing by water and canal, and many goods are not in Tianjin, and there are not so many merchants to distribute, if the distance is far, the cost of carriage and horses may not be cost-effective."

The cost of transportation is at most one-third of that of land transportation, and the coastline is long, and there are indeed many places where cargo can be unloaded, but these places often do not have roads to the mainland, even if there are roads. The cost of using animal-powered carts to transport it is too high, and the profit is too thin.

"The old man understands that it is not enough to have a harbor, but also to have a waterway leading to the canal, when the small one used to run the boat, I heard the old man on the boat say, the handsome Qi Jiguang of Longqing Nian had stayed in the Tianjin Acropolis for a period of time, at that time, everyone did not dare to enter and exit the Haihe River, so they found a small port. It is said that it is thirty miles or forty miles south of the mouth of the Haihe River,"

"Where?"

Wang Tong asked a question, Tang Shan showed a thoughtful look on his face, but he still shook his head, and when he saw that Wang Tong's expression was wrong, he hurriedly said:

"Master, you must know that this matter is also easy, let the villain catch a few people on Yun'er.

Seeing that Wang Tong still didn't quite understand, Tang Shan kowtowed and said:

"Whoever has a lot of foreign goods on the ship, naturally they have brought the goods from the south

Wang Tong understood at this time, and said with a smile:

"Dahai, send four people to follow Tangshan to say hello to Zhang Shiqiang on the other side of the canal, and say that it is an errand arranged by the official."

Sun Dahai outside raised his voice and agreed, and Tang Shan hurriedly got up to do it.

Over there, Tang Shan left, Wang Tong pondered in the house for a while, and said to Sun Dahai, who walked into the house:

"Find the soldiers and the sword, let them stand by in the military camp outside the city, ask the head of the Ministry of Engineering of the firearms workshop, let him wait for me in the house, prepare the horse, I will go to Lord Yu outside the city!"

Sun Dahai turned around and went to the courtyard, Zhang Shiqiang was relatively quiet and meticulous, so he presided over the tax collection by the canal, Sun Dahai was more irritable and rude, Wang Tong arranged him by his side, even if he was an assistant, he was also controlled nearby, so as not to make any trouble.

Everything is assigned to a small person, Sun Dahai still did a good job, and ordered to go down, and after a while, Chihei had already led the horse to the yard, and now Chihei followed Wang Tong to be born and died several times, and his status was very different. Although he still raises horses in the backyard, the monthly routine that can be taken is already about the same as that of 100 households, and Wang Tong goes out to do small things. Red Black is also a member of the retinue guard.

Riding out on horseback, you can't ride too fast in the city. But when he saw that the people in brocade clothes and uniforms came out, both the officials and the people avoided them. Wang Tong's majesty really didn't reach the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city were still the subordinates of the Tianjin general, but when they saw this group of people coming from afar, they hurriedly dodged away and didn't dare

Ask.

Now there are seven battalions in the Zhenbei battalion on the banks of the Haihe River, and six battalions in the scraping and training battalion, which rotate every three days, and it takes almost three hours to march on the road, which is very troublesome. But the change of guard and the march of these battalion leaders are, firstly, to exercise the march and the queue. The second is to show the force of Jinyiwei to people inside and outside the city, and it is still very effective to deter those nights.

Yu Dajiao's spirit is still very strong, and his health is also good, Wang Tong has suggested that he come to the house several times but has been refused, Yu Daxian said that he is more comfortable living in the barracks. It's not forced.

Wang Tong used to go to the barracks in the afternoon. When I came over in the morning, I saw Yu Prison sitting on a Taishi chair, surrounded by dozens of military generals sitting on the ground, and from time to time some military generals stood up and asked a few questions. Yu Dajiao replied slowly.

Seeing Wang passing, all the generals stood up and saluted in a standard posture, Wang Tong returned a military salute and ordered:

"Each of them will return to the camp, be in a state of combat readiness, and each battalion will select soldiers who know how to ride horses to stand by!!"

All the generals agreed in unison, and immediately disbanded and prepared, Yu Dajiao slowly stood up from his chair, looked at the backs of those young officers, and said with emotion:

"You sons and daughters can't pick out anything now, it's just that you see blood less often, training is like sharpening a knife, and a knife that doesn't kill people is not a good knife!"

Wang Tong didn't answer this. words, just clenched his fists and pleaded:

"Boss, please come forward and go to Jizhen's military camp in Tianjin to borrow some war horses

"What is it for?"

"Kill the thief!"