In mid-June, Li Yuntian and his entourage arrived at Huai'an Mansion, an important stop in Nanzhili.

Huai'an is the hub of Caoyun on the canal, the salt transport is rushing, choking the Caoyun, the salt transport, the river work, the pass and the post of the machine, the famous Caoyun Governor Yamen is in Huai'an City, and Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou are called the four major metropolises on the canal, these four metropolises are called the super first-class state capital of the Ming Dynasty, and have a very important position in the Ming Dynasty.

The happiest person to come to Huai'an is naturally Lei Ting, Huai'an is where she grew up since she was a child, not only her family is here, but her son Li Anyuan is also here.

Since Li Yuntian had an accident in the capital a few years ago, Lei Ting left Li Anyuan in Huai'an, in her opinion, although Li Yuntian is in a high position, but the companion is like a tiger, and accidents may happen at any time, so the heavily guarded Zhongwu Mansion cannot protect Li Anyuan's safety, and Jiaozhi is too far away, so she asked her parents to help raise Li Anyuan.

Once there is any disturbance in the imperial court, Li Anyuan will be sent by Lei Ting's parents to the Longjiang Shipyard, where he will leave for Jiaozhi on the navy's warship, the Ming sailor is built by Li Yuntian, Lei Ting believes that they will definitely protect Li Anyuan's safety.

There are three most important yamen in Huai'an, of which the first place is naturally the Yamen of the Caoyun Governor, and the remaining two are the Yamen of the Huai'an Prefect and the Yamen of the Huai'an Wei Command Division.

The governor of Caoyun is still Xue Lu, the Marquis of Yangwu, and with these years of comfortable and leisurely life, he has become more and more wealthy, with a big belly, and the flesh on his face is piled up with a smile.

Among the various positions held by the Ming nobles, the governor of Caoyun is undoubtedly the most lucrative and the most competitive.

Xue Lu vigorously introduced military attaches from the martial arts hall in order to manage the affairs of Caoyun, and with the assistance of those military attachés with professional knowledge, the affairs of Caoyun were well organized, so the throne of the governor of Caoyun was as stable as Mount Tai.

When Li Yuntian arrived in Huai'an, Xue Lu led Huai'an officials of all sizes to greet him in the palace boundary, and the welcome ceremony was grand and grand, and the people of ten miles and eight towns came to see the excitement with great interest, and they all wanted to see the demeanor of the dignified Ming Zhongwu King.

Two days later, one night, Huai'an City.

Under the cover of night, a carriage stopped at the back door of a magnificent mansion surrounded by more than a dozen guard-looking men, and two figures got out of the car and walked quickly into the door.

In an elegant courtyard in the back house, Lei Xiaotian, the leader of the Cao Gang, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, as if he was waiting for someone.

"Master, Miss and Uncle are here." A subordinate hurried into the courtyard and whispered to Lei Xiaotian.

Lei Xiaotian has only one daughter, and the young lady and uncle in this subordinate mouth naturally refer to Lei Ting and Li Yuntian, Lei Xiaotian's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was hurriedly discharged from the hospital to greet him.

"Father-in-law."

Lei Xiaotian didn't wait long at the gate of the courtyard, Li Yuntian and Lei Ting walked over quickly under the support of several guards, and bowed with a smile when they saw him.

"Yuan'er heard that you were coming and jumped with joy, but I couldn't hold it just now, so your mother-in-law coaxed him to sleep." Lei Xiaotian smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Li Yuntian, leading him and Lei Ting into the courtyard.

In a bedroom in the courtyard, a boy with red lips and white teeth was lying on the bed and falling asleep, and beside the bed sat a woman in rich clothes with gray temples, fanning him with a fan, and the weather in Huai'an in June had become hot.

"Mother-in-law!" Seeing the woman with the fan, Li Yuntian smiled and bowed, she was Lei Ting's mother Liu.

"Yuan'er said to wake him up when you come, this kid misses you too much." Liu got up with a smile and handed the fan in his hand to Lei Ting.

Lei Ting hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed, fanning Li Anyuan with a look of pity, if it weren't for Li Yuntian's need for her assistance, she would definitely stay by Li Anyuan's side to nurture and teach him carefully.

Li Yuntian saw Li Anyuan for the first time, standing beside the bed and looking at him lovingly, the sleeping Li Anyuan looked more like Li Yuntian than his brothers, and his eyebrows were very similar to Li Yuntian.

After leaning over and kissing Li Anyuan's forehead, Li Yuntian walked to the courtyard, Lei Xiaotian knew that Li Yuntian had something to say to him, so he followed.

"Father-in-law, how are things going in the gang?" After taking a seat on the stone chair in the pavilion in the courtyard, Li Yuntian asked Lei Xiaotian with a smile.

"一qiē顺lì." Lei Xiaotian smiled and nodded, his eyes flashed with a hint of excitement, "There is a lecture martial arts to come out, the yamen of the wharves along the canal are very face-saving, and will jointly manage the affairs on the wharf with us, and the people in the gang are very happy to set up the 'Mingwei Shipping', so that not only can they avoid being harassed by the local government, but their lives are also guaranteed." ”

"Father-in-law, the water transport on the canal is only the most basic water transportation of Daming, and the sea transportation opened with overseas countries in the future is the main business of my Daming water transportation." Li Yuntian smiled and explained to Lei Xiaotian, "'Mingwei Shipping' will be the first professional firm of my Daming water transportation, and there will be many businesses to join in the affairs of water transportation in the future." ”

As early as after Li Yuntian put down the Jiaozhi rebellion, he had already begun to reorganize the Cao Gang, which was not only the largest gang in the Ming Dynasty but also responsible for the vital Cao Yun of the Ming Dynasty, so in Li Yuntian's view, it should be regularized and professionalized.

According to Li Yuntian's vision, the reorganized Cao Gang will become a firm name of the Ming Dynasty, which will not only pay taxes to the imperial court but also be protected by the imperial court to avoid being harassed and exploited by the government.

Lei Xiaotian very much agreed with Li Yuntian's suggestion, although the Cao Gang was huge, it was just a non-mainstream gang in the eyes of the government after all, and the government was also extremely vigilant against the Cao Gang, and from time to time it would find some trouble to restrict the development of the Cao Gang.

Not only that, the local yamen along the canal all regarded the Cao Gang as a piece of fat and tried every means to find the stubble of the Cao Gang.

Once the Cao Gang is reorganized according to Li Yuntian's plan, it will become a business name of the Ming Dynasty from a gang, which will make the local yamen dare not make things difficult and extort without scrupulousness.

At the beginning, the reorganization of the Cao Gang was not smooth, it can be described as difficult, not only the people within the Cao Gang were worried that they would be divided and eliminated by the people of the government, but also the local yamen did not want the Cao Gang to become a business, one is that they do not trust Cong Anbang, and the other is that it is not good to get oil and water from the Cao Gang in the future, and third, if the imperial court does not speak, who of them dares to contact the Cao Gang privately?

Lei Xiaotian gradually pacified the Cao Gang and explained to the gang the benefits of reorganizing the Cao Gang, so that the Cao Gang reached a consensus within the Cao Gang and agreed to the reorganization of the Cao Gang.

However, the local yamen along the canal have always been ignorant of the Cao Gang, and they have not talked to the Cao Gang about cooperation and reorganization at all.

It was not until after the establishment of the Daming Commercial Bureau that Li Yuntian sent officials from the Daming Commercial Bureau to coordinate this matter, and the reorganization of the Cao Gang was able to proceed smoothly.

Besides, after the Cao Gang was reorganized into Mingwei Shipping, the local yamen would receive a large amount of tax every year, so why not do it for those local officials?

It is worth mentioning that before the people of the Daming Commercial Bureau went to "talk" with the local yamen along the canal, the reorganization of the Cao Gang had been approved by Emperor Xuande, and in Emperor Xuande's view, such words could make the millions of people in the Cao Gang have a stable livelihood, so that they would not be instigated by some people with ulterior motives.

After the reorganization of the Cao Bang, the main hall in Huai'an will become the headquarters of Mingwei Shipping, and the branches in various places will become branches.

In order to avoid confusion of powers, Li Yuntian delineated their respective responsibilities for both sides, and each branch of Mingwei Shipping is responsible for the daily operation and management of the wharf, and the local yamen is responsible for public security.

The Daming Taxation Bureau will take the lead in setting up commercial tax officers in the local yamen where the branches of Mingwei Shipping are located, specializing in checking and collecting commercial taxes from the local business community, and their tax officials are all from the six colleges under the Jiangwutang and have undergone systematic training.

This means that in addition to the officials' rooms, household rooms, ceremonial rooms, workshops, torture rooms, and military rooms, there is also a tax room in the local yamen.

In addition to the tax office, the Daming Commercial Bureau will also send professionals to the local yamen, who are also from the six colleges under the Jiangwutang, to set up a commercial house dedicated to the management of local commerce.

As a result, there will be eight major institutions in the local yamen of the Ming Dynasty: the official room, the household room, the ceremonial room, the workshop room, the torture room, the military room, the tax room and the commercial room.

Different from the six rooms such as the official room and the household room, the tax room is not under the jurisdiction of the local yamen, but under the vertical management of the Daming Taxation Bureau, but the office is located in the local yamen, which has the power to check the local commercial tax.

The commercial house is more special, jointly managed by the Daming Commercial Bureau and the local yamen, responsible for local commercial affairs, its most important function is to issue business licenses to local businesses, only the business that has obtained the business license can do business, otherwise it will be severely investigated.

The reason why business licenses are issued is not only to better manage local businesses, but also to tax businesses.

At the same time, if the merchant is blackmailed and harassed by local ruffians or government officials, it can also be reported to the local commercial house, and the official of the commercial house will deal with it after verification to ensure the interests of the merchant.

Under Li Yuntian's careful planning, the functions of the local yamen in Daming are quietly changing, gradually moving closer to the pattern that Li Yuntian hopes to see, and will be more suitable for the future development and reform of society. R1148