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A new gang on the Bund dock was born, and the first object they attacked was the previous boss, who was generally a bully ruffian, controlling the loading and unloading business on the dock, and he had to cut off half of the coolie's hard-earned money, unwilling to pay? Yes, then don't try to gain a foothold on the docks, which boss doesn't have a few wolf-like thugs under his command. Ding Li and the coolies had a ruthless head on their heads, but now he couldn't be ruthless anymore, because an axe had just grazed his head and flew over, and the blade had slightly deflected one ear to his eating.

Since it is not an ordinary person to be a leader, it has become an ear-and-ear head that has been pulled hundreds of helpers in half an hour, holding iron rods and killing them violently, in a vain attempt to nip the infant axe gang in the bud, although there are a few coolies who practice martial arts, but most of them just rely on brute force, and they can't help but panic when they see more people killed by the other party, at this time the reinforcements sent by Xu Wenqiang's eldest brother arrived in time. Fifty Rishengchang's carefully trained swordsmen were not comparable to ordinary hooligans, and in a few moments, one hundred and ten hooligans were beaten to the ground, and they begged for mercy on their knees, and the Axe Gang stood on the docks after this battle.

The establishment of the Axe Gang is only the first step for Liu Ziguang to intervene on the beach, and the next step is to explore the shady scenes of the City Ship Division, ** Well said, there is no right to speak without investigation, so Liu Ziguang personally disguised himself as an export merchant to go to the Yamen of the City Ship Division to investigate.

The face of the Yamen of the City Bo Division is very large, the style is extraordinary, there is a sign under the flagpole at the door, and a line of big characters is written on it: it is forbidden to set up stalls within 30 zhang of the Yamen. A few green-clothed city patrol personnel nearby were wandering around with sticks, the gate of the city port division was closed, and the office had not yet been opened for office after three o'clock in the morning, which was very similar to the style of those big yamen in the capital, Liu Ziguang dressed up as an ordinary businessman, and lined up among the merchants waiting for customs declaration at the gate of the city port division.

Liu Ziguang and a person in front of the queue chatted a few words, and learned that this person is a local small and medium-sized export agent in Shanghai, specializing in acting as an agent for the export declaration of various goods in the mainland. I heard that Liu Ziguang was a newcomer, and the man talked a lot about the city, and he seemed to be a very expressive guy.

"Why?" Liu Ziguang took out a cigar and gave it to the man, and asked with an open look.

"It's not because Lord Qincha is coming, every time the imperial court sends someone to inspect, the city has to sort out the account book, you think, they are so greedy, the account book must be made more beautiful, I heard that the Qin Cha who came back here is a difficult character, presumably the old men of the city are afraid, so they will not open the door until now." The man was holding a cigar and vividly introducing the so-called insider.

"Wouldn't that delay the collection of taxes? There are so many ships coming in and out of the port, and there are so many people lined up here, how much less money will be collected at this gate. Liu Ziguang asked.

"We don't look down on these small shrimp people at all, big businesses like Fuyuan pay money on an annual basis, and there is no need to queue up here, so they won't charge a penny less silver, anyway, we are all cooked ducks can't fly away, can we still send the goods to the city of Quanzhou, Guangzhou, thousands of miles away, not to mention whether there is a ship over there to receive the goods, even the road expenses are enough to choke."

"The eldest brother is really well-informed, and the younger brother admires it, come, another cigar." Liu Ziguang took out another cigar and saluted it, the man had not finished smoking the previous one, so he took it and put it on his ear with a big grin, and continued to popularize common sense for this newcomer in the industry.

"The city of the Yamen said that the big is not big, said that the small is not small, although the promotion of the adult is a five-grade official, but every year the silver of the national hand is not less than the second grade of the household book, you think, every year in and out of the port of Shanghai, the goods are more than 10 million, no matter in and out of the city of the port to issue a public certificate, no public certificate to go ashore privately that is smuggling, was caught by the private for a long time to be fined a bankrupt, bad luck will go to jail, for example, I now have a ship of porcelain to export, you have to write clearly the quantity, price, landing and other information to the city of the port for the record, Paying taxes and receiving the official certificate, this step can never be saved, and those who are queuing up here today are here to do this. ”

"What kind of world, paying taxes depends on people's faces. How to do this promotion! Liu Ziguang shook his head, this city was too bureaucratic, which reminded him of the situation when he went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to collect debts, and there was a faint anger in his heart.

"Little brother, don't talk nonsense, it's troublesome to be heard by others, our Shanghai Bo Division's promotion is a young man, graceful, and people can become such a big official at a young age in their twenties, do you think his backstage can be small? It's terrible for you to hear bad things about him, and you have to peel off your skin if you don't die. Big Brother puffed out his eyes and taught Liu Ziguang a lesson.

"And what exactly is the origin of this promotion?" Hearing that he was only in his twenties, Liu Ziguang suddenly became curious.

"There is a famous lap-mei shop in Shanghai, the shopkeeper's surname is Chen, he does a good sausage, known as the small intestine Chen, he has a son and a daughter under his knees, the daughter gave birth to a flower and a moon, and the son is handsome and chic, and then our governor married the daughter as a concubine, and the son became the governor's brother-in-law.

While he was talking, the door of the city office department opened, and a team of indigo soldiers in indigo clothes ran out at a trot with water and fire sticks, separating the merchants in line outside, and then carrying out a number of green sedan chairs inside, Liu Ziguang couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and smiled that the city port division was just a yamen from the fifth grade, how could there be so many green sedan chairs that only three grade officials could ride.

A man in charge shouted at the merchants in line: "There will be no official certificate today, everyone will disperse." The crowd in line suddenly boiled, and people shouted dissatisfiedly: "Why haven't you worked after waiting for two days, when will this be?" A bold man in the team shouted, "Can you open it tomorrow?" ”

"Tomorrow can't be, when will Lord Qincha leave, when will it be opened, if you want to blame it, blame Lord Qincha." The steward said with a look of disdain.

"Lord Qincha hasn't arrived in Shanghai yet! If he doesn't leave when he comes, then won't we never be able to get the official certificate, and if we can't get the public certificate, we can't unload the goods, and won't we starve to death? The crowd was excited, and rushed towards the gate of the yamen, but was stopped by the water and fire sticks of the messengers.

There was a short merchant who didn't know where he got the strength, but he broke through the blockade of the errand and stood in front of a green tweed eight sedan chairs and knelt down: "My lord, you can pity the little one, the little one is doing import business for the first time, and he has entered a boatload of Song fruit waiting to be unloaded, if he can't drive the fruit on the official basis, it will be rotten!" All of Xiao's net worth is on this boat of fruits! ”

Four guards rushed out from behind the sedan chair, punched and kicked over, and the short businessman's head was bleeding, but he was even more energetic, and he actually pounced on the sedan chair and grabbed the sedan bar and did not let go, still shouting in his mouth: "Adults are gracious, the life of the small family depends on this boat of fruits!" Please, give the little one a public certificate! The small ones who pay taxes according to the rules will never dare to escape. ”

The short merchant's words resonated with the other merchants, and they fell to their knees, and everyone cried and begged, "If your lord is gracious, give us a certificate." ”

The sedan curtain opened a corner, revealing a handsome face, but this face has been a little distorted by the bold actions of the Diao people, he whispered a few words to the steward who ran over to listen to the instructions, and the steward immediately shouted to everyone: "Chen Tiju is going to rush to the governor's palace for a meeting, and if you dare to stop it, you will be punished as obstructing official business, and hand it over to the yamen to fight the board!" Don't get out of the way yet. ”

The short merchant still didn't let go, it seemed that his consciousness was a little unclear, and he couldn't stop crying as he grabbed the sedan car, and his bloody face was miserable. The guards broke his fingers so hard that they couldn't break them.

"Come on, cut off his hand for me." The steward saw that the lord lifted the sedan curtain with a blue face, and knew that the lord was angry, if he couldn't solve this Diao Min, I was afraid that he would be the unlucky one, so he gritted his teeth and gave the order to die.

The guard drew his saber and was about to cut it down, when suddenly a loud shout came out, "Stop!" I saw a man with a sallow face standing out of the ranks of businessmen, staring angrily at the sedan chair of the lifting adult, this person was Liu Ziguang in disguise.

The servants came to their senses after a few seconds, picked up the water and fire sticks and smashed them, but Liu Ziguang grabbed the sticks, snatched them and swept them, beat those officers on their backs, and then walked to the green sedan chair and asked coldly: "You are the son of Xiao Gu Chen?" ”