Chapter 286: Jingshi Has a Purpose, Tianjin Has Something

The news of Jingshi and Tianjin could not be delivered in one day, and Jingshi made a strange decree, and this news could not be delivered to Tianjin in one day.

The annual amount of gold and silver for the imperial palace and the emperor's reward increased from one million taels per year to two million taels per year, which suddenly increased by one million taels.

Although the newspaper had not yet been published, the officialdom of the Jingshi had already exploded, but only a little, because everyone was frightened by the appalling decree at the beginning, and then confused by the restrictions within the will.

Taxes are not increased, new donations are not opened, the Huangzhuang and Huangdian are not moved, and the public funds of the treasury are never crowded, and people in the world can't think of any other way to make money.

Could it be that the emperor drank wine that day, and he didn't know the gossip that came out of there, saying that the day before the decree, the emperor was reprimanded by the queen mother after returning to the palace, but he still did not change his original intention, and in the end, the queen mother was also helpless, and regarded this as a childish nonsense of the little emperor.

Jingshi has a legend inexplicably, saying that when the grandfather killed Shen Wansan, the cornucopia taken out of their house was dug up by someone in Nanjing, and it was sent to the Jingshi by the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department.

This legend is the story later, the next day after the court meeting, the cabinet vote was drawn up, and in the afternoon, the celebrant had already approved the red and issued an order to the world.

Why is it so fast, it is nothing more than afraid that Emperor Wanli has changed his mind, everyone can see that Emperor Wanli is determined to add gold and silver, but the reaction in the palace is so ambiguous, is there a few great eunuchs, or even the meaning of the Empress Dowager Li, it is better to settle it as soon as possible.

Emperor Wanli may have some ideas, but the organs are exhausted, and if there is any right or wrong at that time, everyone will make a fuss about this will.

On the 30th day of July, the Beijing division issued an order, and of course Tianjin did not receive any news on the first day of the eighth month.

The brocade guards, who had been staying in the courtyard of the house, suddenly lined up to leave the camp, patrolled the city, and saw soldiers with spears and swords walking in formation.

All kinds of people in the city were so frightened that those who could not go out did not go out, and the streets became much quieter.

The recruit training camp outside the city also had people riding horses around the camp for about two miles, and there were also large groups of soldiers patrolling like a sieve, and the idle people who had no intention did not dare to approach and left far away.

Anyway, staring at the work of Wang Tong and his subordinates is a long-term matter, and there is no hurry at this time, just postpone it for a day.

On 28 July, the people on the Tongzhou side who wanted to find a ship to do something suddenly found that they could not find a ship, including some boats that unloaded grain goods in Tongzhou and stayed for a few days to do some private work. Someone inquired and said that on the 20th of July, a big high-roller from Shandong got off the ship and didn't know what to do.

In addition to the port outside the city, there are many ships waiting in the upstream and downstream, and in the upstream of the port, there is also a fleet of more than 20 large boats docking.

The ship stayed for a few days and didn't look at the moving place, some people drove a big car to deliver food to the docked ship, and many people came in and out, but they were very strict, and they usually stayed on the ship honestly.

On the night of the first day of the eighth month, the place where the twenty or so big ships docked was brightly lit and full of people, but this place was remote, and it was not an important place, no one was watching, and they were busy at night and did not know what to do to see people, and even if they saw it, they were far away.

There is an unwritten rule outside Tianjin, don't meddle in things, this is the case on the canal and the Haihe River, open one eye, close one eye to live a long time.

It was a sunny day on the second day of August, and in the past few days, the two warehouses under Wang Tong's name have entered and exited the wharf, and many brocade guards in the city have come to help.

Wang Tong can't afford to offend, the wealthy businessman Gu Zibin who cooperated with him, and the Zhang family, who recruited a son-in-law, are all warehouses protected by Wang Tong, and it is better to provoke less.

Therefore, in the past few days, the eunuch Wandao River has also withdrawn to the city, and the canal transportation is very smooth.

The ships that delivered goods to the Wangjia Warehouse and the Zhangjia were unloaded, and they were all sailing offshore, and it happened to be a large fleet of ships upstream.

Walking on this canal, the more boats the better, everyone is connected from end to end, one is to walk steadily, and the other is to have a mutual care.

There are more than 30 large ships, and the boats are all bamboo-framed greenhouses, which are covered with tarpaulin, and you can't see what is inside.

Now the Haihe River is in a mess, many cattle and horses have run to the river, and more than a dozen men dressed as herding are busy there.

The laborers and sailors on the banks of the Haihe River all scolded:

"Whose livestock is this, if you don't take care of it, you come here, and you can't afford to pay for what goods you broke and bought this livestock!"

"Brother, I'm sorry, I don't know whose bastard kid at the inn cut the reins, and as a result, all the cattle and horses ran away, and there was no drinking water in the morning, so they all came to the river!!"

The shepherds were sweating profusely, and Huang San and a few guys from the Xingcai Inn also came, and when they saw this scene, they were all full of wry smiles, and said loudly:

"Brothers, these cattle and horses belong to a guest officer of our Xingcai Inn, and the inn caretaker is careless, and they are all scattered, sorry, sorry, our shopkeeper said, send wine and meat over in vain at night."

Huang San is an acquaintance, and these people on the edge of the Haihe River are not easy to have too much, scolding and doing their own things, the busier they are, the more chaotic they are, it seems to be what they look like at this time.

Some herdsmen grabbed some cattle and horses, but they shouted and did not move in the same place, but some herdsmen drove the cattle and horses farther and farther, and even went to the side of the sea, it was a hot day and noisy, and many people in the sheds on the bank of the Haihe River were busy all night, and were sleeping there, and when they heard the people outside shouting and neighing, they were all woken up, and they were so angry that they scolded.

There was a convoy of boats that came in from the confluence of the canal and the Haihe River, more than 30 large boats, but this big boat was a flat-bottomed boat walking on the river, and it could not enter the sea at all.

But now the shore is in chaos, who cares about these boats on the river, anyway, they either come to load goods or go to the sea, load and unload at night, and go to the sea to die, who cares about you.

The shepherds on the shore always had some cattle and horses stopped, and they struggled to gather around them to appease them, trying to drive them back to their original places, and the fleet kept having several boats separated and docked on the shore, and it was a coincidence that the place where the boats docked was exactly where the shepherds stopped their cattle and horses.

It was also noted that where the cows and horses were piled up, the distance between the piles seemed to be the same, and the ships were only docked there.

Gradually, some people felt that something was wrong, and beckoned each other to come out of the shed and look, they were just sailors on the ship, laborers on the shore, and they looked wrong, but they just looked fresh.

The bow of the incense city was severely suppressed by Wang Tong, and the power outside the city was very large, but there were thousands of incense people, those who only knew how to do their work didn't know anything, and they just followed to watch the excitement at this time.

Finally, when someone felt that something was wrong, and wondered whether to tell the boss and the incense head above, the ship finally came to shore, and there were only a few sailors on each ship.

At this time, the closed hatch opened, and the sturdy men inside poured out one after another, running towards the shore, and those who watched the excitement were startled when they saw this, and subconsciously ran to the back.

However, they soon reacted, and the large number of men who poured out of the boat did not pay attention to them at all, but were busy on the shore.

"Don't mess around!! The first team first put the reins on the cattle and horses according to the prior arrangement, the second team went to help the ship dock and tied the cannons to the ropes, and the third team went to drag the two small boats directly up, being careful not to wet the gunpowder. ”

"Get off the boat and get the sword weapon again, and immediately go to the periphery to line up and be on guard after getting it!!"

"Go and report to your lordship, you've landed, you've landed!!"

The military academies of Jinyiwei were not wearing flying fish suits at this time, they were all dressed in short clothes, and some of them were still wearing their upper bodies, and they were all shouting loudly there.

The generals were either there to hand out their weapons or busy with the soldiers, and some of them took saddle bridles and put on the horses they had brought a long time ago, and rode in the direction of the city.

At this time, the outside of Tianjin City has become a pot of porridge, the distance between the Haihe River and the city is several miles, and the things here and there may not be known, the reason why it is so chaotic.

It was because the brocade-clothed guards who had been training in the new barracks suddenly poured out, with soldiers with whips and sticks in front of them and a team in civilian clothes behind them.

In the procession, more than a dozen horses surrounded a carriage, and listening to the orders on the carriage, the young men who were originally the storekeepers had also been trained for several months, and they were already a militarized organization.

When the soldiers in front saw those who were blocking the road, they were beaten and whipped and beckoned, so that the brigade behind them could pass.

In the city, whether it is the Jinyi Guard Office or the houses of several garrisons, the gate is closed, Zhuang Ke and the 100th household of the first battalion stay here to guard, Wang Tong takes dozens of cavalry on the road to wait for the brigade.

There were more and more people on the banks of the Haihe River, and no one dared to approach when they saw the swords and guns of the brocade-clothed guards.

"The rope bolt is firmer, this big guy who is thousands of pounds has fallen, and the adult has to march the law......."

"Alright, alright, let the animals move!!"

The shepherds on the shore were no longer in a hurry, shouting and whipping the cattle and horses that had been lined up, the cattle neighing, and the thick ropes tied to the cannons were slowly dragged to the shore.

"The ship with granite docks!! The brigade is coming, ready to unload the ship!! ”

"Wood no!? Isn't there a wooden shed over there, tear it down!! ”

(To be continued)