The project on both sides of the Haihe River has not yet started, but the white ash is used to draw a grid on the barren beach, and if you want to rent a shop, pay the rent for the first three months first!

The merchants were suspicious, the reputation of Jinyiwei was not very good, this empty-handed painting cake, what if the deposit was swallowed, but warehouses and storage yards were already being built on the riverbank, and the construction craftsmen were busy, and the boats in the upper and lower reaches of the canal pulled the building materials into the Haihe River and unloaded them on the shore.

These warehouses and yards belong to the king of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, if you only store the goods transported by those maritime merchants, and there are no merchants nearby to eat, then you will lose money.

If there are no businesses nearby, it is better to unload the sea boat onto the boat and transfer it directly, Lord Wang repaired this warehouse, that is, he made a plan to have a large number of shops on this side of the Haihe River in the future.

After the Gu family and the Zhang family started first and settled on the store closest to the warehouse, everyone had no doubts and began to pay the deposit in full swing.

The rent for these three months is not set in stone, after the store a little far away from the warehouse was snatched up, the location is a little worse, but the rent has risen to a one-year down payment, and the outside circle has risen to two years.

I'm afraid of a lot of things in a hurry, and many things are easy to be coaxed up, not to mention that this is also a profitable business.

The merchants of Tianjin Wei came, the merchants of Jingshi, the merchants of Baoding, the merchants of Hejian Province, the merchants of Shandong and Henan, and the merchants of Shanxi.

The news spread around the Haihe River, spread to Beizhili, spread to several nearby provinces, and when the merchants in the south and Shaanxi knew the news, there was no place to give it on both sides of the Haihe River.

But there is such a place, seeing that the commercial center is about to appear, some powerful people must come in and get a piece of the pie, which is also a long-term plan.

The best location is not, then go to the city of Tianjin, just go to the bank of the canal.

***********

Of course, when the news spread to the entire Beizhili, it was already November, and at present, some discerning businessmen in Tianjin Weizhong have taken action, and many people have not yet recovered from the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Lord Wang, the account room here in Tianjin is too far away from the palace and the household department, and it is only now that a number can be calculated, if it can be sold according to the store that the adult said, invest 10,000 taels of silver every month, plus the deposit paid by the merchants, it should be able to support until completion."

Wang Tong's soldiers paid silver and the food of the strong men, which was a big expense, and there were also their own ironsmith workshops and other money-eating institutions, making artillery and building forts on both sides of the Haihe River, the cost was not small, and the construction of houses and roads on both sides of the Haihe River was spent like flowing water.

The money collected from the Ping'an brand, the silver allocated by the Beijing Division, and the remaining silver money given to Tianjin by the Imperial Court this time, in addition to training and raising soldiers, and then vacating some for construction, is really difficult.

Cai Nan has been leading people to calculate, he doesn't know much about this arithmetic, and he still relies on Wang Tong's guidance to give him some means to start.

When he told Wang Tong about the results of the budget, his expression was a little haggard, and Wang Tong took a charcoal pen to mark Arabic numerals next to the uppercase numbers, so that he could see it more intuitively.

Looking at it, Wang Tong's own brows also wrinkled, one hand covered his forehead, the paper was placed on the bookcase, and he drew it down one by one with charcoal, and only after a long time did he speak:

"This official said, you come to remember, the profits of the Gu family and the Zhang family belong to our dividends, except for leaving three points for the Zhang family, the rest are invested in this, Tianjin's peace money and the imperial court should be able to stay, so calculated, in the last five months, there should be a gap of about 6,000 taels per month."

Wang Tong's ability to do mental arithmetic is not comparable to Cai Nan, Wang Tong finished talking for a long time, Cai Nan nodded in agreement, Wang Tong patted the table, and said:

"That's half a year later, there should always be some way, at that time the warehouse and yard should also make money, and there should be some surplus after Haikou's tariffs are given to Jingshi."

"My lord, every year the imperial court allocates a lot of money to the firearms workshop, or it should be diverted and used first."

Hearing this, Wang Tong shook his head and said helplessly:

"It's ridiculous, although the official has this in his hands now, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring here, and he misappropriated it just to give it to others, so wouldn't he send it to the door to find death."

Cai Nan was ashamed to say no, Wang Tong waved his hand, and said with relief:

"It's okay, there are so many people here, everyone is a martial artist, you are tired inside and out, it's hard for you."

While he was talking, Sun Dahai walked in with a voice from outside and said:

"My lord, this morning, Wan Dao, who supervised the grain, sent someone to the river to inspect the entrainment, tsk, the canal has begun to block again......

*********

The eunuchs had a paranoia about gold, silver, and money, and they were alone and useless, but they were insatiable, which was almost the most manifestation.

Supervising the grain Wan Dao is a member of this majority, the situation inside and outside the city has changed abruptly, and the pattern that has been stable for nearly ten years has changed suddenly, Wan Dao was slapped in the face by Wang Tong again when he inspected the entrainment by the river, and he also restrained for a while.

However, August and September are the busiest times of the year in the canal, and the boats come and go, and I don't know how many entrained boats there are, which is equivalent to silver coming and going on the river, and I can't help but stretch out my hand.

Seeing that Wang Tong was making a fuss around the Haihe River, the canal outside the city has not interfered, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gonggong Wan sent out all his errands.

The vermilion boat had been docked at the river, and there was a flagpole on the boat, and after the flagpole was hung on the flagpole, it meant that the ship was going to be inspected.

Wan Gonggong's servants have been in the city for a long time, this time they are released one by one than in the past ten points, there has been no entrainment on the river for two or three months, word of mouth, everyone thinks that they are not checked, each boat has brought a lot more than the previous one.

This really made Wan Dao's subordinates "like fish in water", and they grabbed one that was ruthlessly seized, and the chickens and dogs jumped on the canal, and it was a mess.

When the eunuchs came out on errands, there would be no more than five people under them who ate the court's money, but there were hundreds of them, all of whom were scoundrels, ruffians and bandits, and miscellaneous garbage in the place.

The crowd became more and more noisy, and after lunch, several boats were piled up to inspect the fines and confiscated goods, and each person's pockets were bulging, and then they began to do nonsense on the river.

Shen Shi said, before the time arrived, the river was a little bigger, a person from Changzhou came to Beijing to visit relatives, the boat brought a dozen silk, and some lacquer porcelain or something, it is estimated that it is used when the Beijing teacher gives gifts and walks around.

This man is considered a rich man, and the things he carries are not for sale, and the seven customs along the way are really tax-paid, and there are not many goods and little money anyway.

He was stopped in Tianjin, and was given the certificate of tax payment, and the officers who went on the ship to inspect the certificate read the certificate, tossed around the ship at will a few times, and then prepared to get off the ship.

There is no oil and water in such a civilian boat, these people are fritters who have been checked for a long time, and whether the ship carries goods or not, you can see it at a glance, everyone is scolding and scolding and about to get off the ship, but there is a poor person who is not honest and touches the rich man's maid casually.

Follow the maids from south to north, ten of them are not clear with the master, and if it is their own daughter, watching the female dependents being taken advantage of, the rich family will immediately quarrel with the poor people.

In this quarrel, the poor people who were responsible for the loss were annoyed and angry, and one of them grabbed the list of taxes paid with his hand, tore it to pieces, and then pointed to these things on the ship and said that it was entrained, and the one who was not honest just now was doing it again.

The rich man immediately screamed and cursed, but was kicked in the stomach by a messenger, and the rest of the men followed with punches and kicks, and several of the ladies who accompanied the boat cried loudly, and became a mess.

It's like this, there are still people around the canal, the whole canal is blocked up and down, and the water is blocked, and the boat's belongings are taken away, and then people are thrown into the river, which is a common routine.

Just as he was lifting the man up to throw it away, someone shouted:

"Down, down!!"

"What's down?"

"The flag on our big ship has fallen!!"

Wan Dao's servants looked over in amazement, but found that the flagpole of the big vermilion ship docked on the shore was tilting towards the shore, and there was no wind on the river, so it would definitely not be blown down.

Then the reason was understood, there was a rope tied to the upper end of the flagpole, and it was being pulled to the side, and the messengers didn't care about beating people, so they hurriedly rowed a small boat back, who had such courage.

"Who made you do such a thing on the water!!"

There was a loud shout on the side, and before the servants could turn back, a dozen sticks poked across the boat, screaming and screaming, and the people fell into the water.

The surface of the river was already blocked and crowded, and they were more agile, jumping all the way from one side of the river bank to the other without touching the water, and Wan Dao's men suddenly found themselves surrounded.

The people who surrounded them were all fierce, holding wooden poles and long sticks in their hands, and it was too late to react, and the sticks that split their heads and covered their faces hit them, directly knocking people into the water, and when they arrived in the river, they were not finished, and the sticks kept poking downward, making it difficult for people to float.

Hit to this point, people don't even have a chance to fight back, the canal water drowning personal problem is not big, just after a while, Wandao's servants just can't stand it, and shouted in the water:

"Don't fight, do you know whose family we are, we are the subordinates of the Father-in-law of the Grain Prison!!"

Gonggong Wan is a figure sent to Tianjin by the palace, and if he beats his subordinates, he will slap the face of the palace, and no matter what the official is, he must be afraid of three points.

But the sticks still rained down, and the men who beat people replied coldly:

"Grandpa is Wang Qianhu's people!!"

(To be continued)