Chapter 851: A Great Harvest
Looking at the sea level from the high-rise building of Guangling City Port, first a mast slowly rises from the sea level, and then the body of the ship.
"What a small boat!" The people over there looked at the small boat cruising above the sea level and asked suspiciously.
You know, when it first went to sea, it was a whole big fleet, and now it has become a small ship.
'Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry! Isn't that exactly what is behind this? The people he had seen earlier shouted at the crowd below.
Those who can see it earlier are naturally climbing high and looking far away, standing high and looking far away.
They also saw the scene behind the boat.
The big ships followed, and soon the masts also rose. "Look at it!" Although the size of the fleet is not as grand as when it set off, all the ships have also been upgraded in the wind and rain, which is not ugly.
However, it is precisely this that brings a sense of vicissitudes to the entire fleet, and makes the entire fleet contain a connotation.
The people, how have they seen such pomp and circumstance, they are all dumbfounded.
In the fleet, there are naturally generals who waving flags to the defenders of the water village in Guangling Port. "Quick, quick, quick! The navy is back, quickly open the camp gate and let the navy enter the harbor! The originally closed waterway gate slowly opened, and the three thousand cannons that were supposed to be pulled out were also returned again.
"Let's go, come with us and the others, go meet our heroes, and return!" Liu Mang stood up and spoke to Chen Deng, the Xuzhou assassin beside him.
"Ahh Chen Deng was also stunned, originally His Royal Highness the King of Han appeared here, which had already surprised Chen Deng. It is enough to see the enthusiasm of His Royal Highness the King of Han for going to sea.
But I didn't expect it. His Royal Highness the King of Han actually wanted to greet him in person.
This treatment. Even some old people in Yangzhou don't have it.
The sky was not beautiful, and the clouds began to roll over there, and the black clouds were also overhead, and a light rain began to fall.
For ordinary people, it doesn't hurt to blow and rain this day, but for Liu Mang, it's different.
"Your Highness, let's wait for them to come back in this building!" Guan Hai on the side stopped Liu Mang and said, this goes out to get rainy. It's not good, but it's going to catch a cold.
"Cold?" The corners of Liu Mang's mouth smiled, although he Liu Mang has a very high status, but he is not yet delicate to this Cheng dù, you must know that before there is no family business, he Liu Mang is also a desperate San Lang, not to mention this drizzle, at that time, he Liu Mang was also going to the battlefield, and even several times, Liu Mang almost put his life into it.
So Liu Mang wouldn't care about these little rain at all, let alone that. For these Yangzhou soldiers who have just returned to the port, they have been tempered by the sea, and this is the hero.
The ships are getting closer and closer to the port. The first to enter the port was not the Sovereign-class warships, these Sovereign-class warships were all combat ships, and they entered the port just to supplement supplies, not to mention that he was the largest ship in the Yangzhou Army.
Entering the port, how can other ships be able to enter again?
So the first to enter the port were not those warships, but those merchant ships.
On the Galen ship, a middle-aged man can be described as high-spirited.
Although the face was blown from yellow to black by the sea breeze, the smile was visible on this person's face.
This person is Sun Wen, the Sun Wen of the Sun family, a merchant from Jiaozhou, or Sun Wen who has nothing to do with the Sun family in Jiaozhou.
At the beginning, this person can be said to have broken the kettle and put all his net worth into it, in order to take a ride on this trip to sea.
He was ridiculed as a fool, but now he's back.
"Wangcai, enter the port!" Naturally, there were people shouting over there, and immediately the officials of Xuzhou came up, some entered the Wangcai merchant ship to register the things on the merchant ship, and some arranged plans over there, such as how many people were on the ship on the Wangcai, just in case and something like that.
There are also some porters, and these individuals are found by Xuzhou officials to prepare to unload the goods.
"Master Sun!" The officials of Xuzhou are not stupid, they can do the position of the port in charge, and they will naturally learn about the period when Yangzhou Shouchun occurred, including the example of Sun Wen.
This Sun Wen seems to be very valued by the lord.
Therefore, the Yangzhou officials of this port did not dare to hold it up, and shouted at Sun Wen over there.
Seeing the person in charge of the port, Sun Wen is also a sleek person, these port officials do this, not because of your Sun Wen's big face, but for the sake of His Royal Highness the King of Han, he Sun Wen can't give face without shame, if it passes, it will not be good, after all, the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult.
Sun Wen didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly stepped forward to talk to the officials of these ports, and even a few tickets in his hand were ready. "Adults, hard work, hard work!" While laughing, Sun Wen stuffed the Jiaozi in his hand into the hands of the officials at the port over there.
These officials are all human spirits, and they can be regarded as having experienced strong winds and waves, but they are also stunned when they look at the Jiaozi in their hands.
Why? Because this Sun Wensai is all Jin Lu Bu, worth 100 gold.
If the person who started to stuff one would forget it, but this Sun Wen is obviously as long as he can be named, these seven or eight officials all have a share.
That's seven or eight hundred gold at once.
This is really not a small amount, for a few hundred gold that day, the Sun family was a brother. A few hundred gold can even be compared to more than half of the Sun family, but this is how Sun Wen gave it away. I don't blink my eyes.
The officials of these ports, how much they want, that's Jin Lubu, even if they have been working for ten years and eight years, they are only this number of money, and now they can easily get it, and it is false to say that they are not impressed.
But the heart is moving, and now everyone dares to ask for it.
"Master Sun! This is absolutely unacceptable! The officials of each port spoke righteously, and their sleeves were clear. One looks more like a Qing official than the other. "What's wrong? Ladies and gentlemen!? Don't you dislike less? Sun Wen looked at these officials of Guangling Port suspiciously. There is no official in this world who is not greedy. As the saying goes, dogs can't change eating, even if you don't do it, the people below will take the initiative to be filial.
This is unavoidable, these officials suddenly became saints, and they didn't even want a hundred dollars, so Sun Wen could only have one association, that is, could it be that these officials and old men. Too little?
Thinking about it, this reason makes sense.
Gritting his teeth, Sun Wen on the side whispered to his subordinates, and soon a small wooden box was taken and opened, and there was a stack of Jin Lu Bu inside, and this wooden box looked like it was waterproof.
Sun Wen alone added another piece of gold Lu Bu, which is 1,600 gold, which is really a big deal.
But the nephew still doesn't want to play the lantern, and the officials in those ports still don't want it, and there will be demons if they use impermanence.
Just when Sun Wen was nervous. A voice rang out, "Hehe, our Sun family master is bold." This bribe official, that's all in 100 gold! ”
A young man walked out slowly, followed by the guards.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Sun Wen's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance who this young man was, wasn't that our master of Yangzhou, His Royal Highness Liu Mang, the King of Han of the Han Dynasty.
Sun Wen now finally knows why these port officials don't want that hard currency Jin Lu Bu, it's not that they don't want it, it's not that they don't dislike it, but they don't dare to ask for it.
This biggest boss is behind him, which one of them dares to take bribes. "Since, the head of the Sun family, how can you live up to the kindness of the Sun family master by sending golden tickets to you so generously!" Liu Mang walked forward and said to the port officials and Sun Wen. "Weichen doesn't dare!" Many port officials knelt down in unison, and knelt down in front of Liu Mang with Sun Wen.
"What don't you dare! I'll let you take you, and then you'll be there! This is a piece of the heart of our Sun family master, don't let it down! He took the small wooden box from Sun Wen's hand over there, opened it, and handed the golden tickets to the hands of those port officials one by one, Liu Mang obviously felt that the hands of these port officials were trembling, who was Liu Mang, that was his head boss, and now he was caught by the boss on the spot for corruption and bribery.
It's got it! The current port officials want to kill Sun Wen.
Liu Mang gave three tickets to these port officials, but there was still a surplus, so Liu Mang asked Guan Hai to lose weight, which was also a few hundred Jinde inputs.
"This is the first time, and I hope this is the last time!" Liu Mang's complexion was like the weather in June, and when he said that the changes had changed, he had just asked these port officials to collect the money, and he changed his complexion here.
The port may have been Qingshui Yamen before, but now it is different, once the sea route of this sea is developed, Liu Mang knows that this must be a very big piece of fat, the Maritime Silk Road.
How much wealth did the Silk Road bring to the Han Dynasty?
And Guangling Port can be said to be the most priority among the ports of the entire Yangzhou, even if some ports in the east of the Song River are developed in the future, but it is useless Guangling Port has an inherent advantage.
So the position of the officials of this port can be imagined.
If you are a person who knows how to operate, you can still get 5,000 gold in this position for a year and a half.
These seven or eight people add up to tens of thousands of gold. People are greedy, for the sake of these money, there will be many dirty things, so Liu Mang must kill them in the bud, and it is too important for him Liu Mang to go on the Silk Road.
Liu Mang didn't need to pay much attention to it before, but now he has noticed that the power is too great, and that brings corruption is it.
"Let the Criminal Department and I send some officials!" Liu Mang said to his subordinates, if you want to be not corrupt, then you can only take care of it, restrain it, and all the procedures are supervised, and the responsibility is assigned to everyone, and these individuals don't dare to do anything for themselves to take pictures.
As for letting the Criminal Department do it, Liu Mang's inspection department has not done it thoroughly, so he can only let the Criminal Department temporarily replace him.
"Your Highness!" Sun Wen over there looked at His Royal Highness the King of Han in horror, none of those officials was good, he almost lost his life, and his official position was not reported, but it made him Sun Wen startled, the reason why he Sun Wen is rising now is inseparable from Liu Mang's help.
Without the start-up capital of the 5,000 gold rewarded by Liu Mang, he Sun Wen would have been gone long ago.
On the sea, several ships leased by Sun Wen also sank, and this sinking was rented with Sun Wen's money, if there was no money from Liu Mang, it was still a problem whether Sun Wen could get back.
So for Sun Wen, for His Royal Highness Liu Mang, the King of Han, he is respectful and afraid.
Respect is because His Royal Highness the King of Han gave him a new life for Sun Wen, and because of the fear, this qiē can be regarded as given by Liu Mang, the king of Han, if Liu Mang of Han is unhappy, he can take back his Sun Wen's qiē.
Shouhui Sun Wen's one qiē? Liu Mang won't do this! This sea route, but it is related to the overall situation of Yangzhou in the future, he did everything possible to encourage the sea, how could he take back Sun Wen's qiē?
He also wants Sun Wen to be a model, so that the world will envy, envy and hate her and join in the opening of the shipping route of this sea, Liu Mang can now shoot the warship to open a new route, and he can't do it all in the future, it will take until Ma Yue can clear the channel.
Only by encouraging the people, a profitable business, so that those discerning adventurers, those merchants, and even those scholars are moved, as long as there are enough benefits, what is a small fate.
One ship after another goes out, then a slow route will appear.
Liu Mang had already made a plan, even if Sun Wen lost money on this trip, he, Liu Mang, would take out money from his treasury to fill the vacancy for Sun Wen.
But it is obvious that this harvest has exceeded Liu Mang's budget early, "Let's talk about it, what a big gain from traveling like this!" Liu Mang asked Sun Wen over there.
"Back to Your Highness, you have received a total of 39,512 gold, five ships of grain and grass! The rest of the supplies are countless! Sun Wen said to Liu Mang.
"Thirty-nine thousand five hundred and twelve gold?" Liu Mang was also dumbfounded, more than 39,500 gold, simply round it up, that is 40,000 gold, and how much is the Chen Ben that Liu Mang gave him, that is 5,000 gold, this is an eightfold harvest.
This is not counting the value of the five boatloads of grain and grass, if the grain and grass are also sold, it will be able to make a thousand more gold. (To be continued......)