"Xuzhou is all listening to his orders, his father is the deputy chief catcher of the Yamen, the father of the second leader is the chief catcher, and the father of a partner is the thousand households of Xuzhou Wei, these people can't splash the water of Xuzhou's business, and there is no place to start."

Ma Chonghao frowned and listened there, and asked in a deep voice after hearing the most talking: "Ma Liu, we are not storytellers on errands, the storyteller's open mouth is 100,000 soldiers, he is a Xuzhou stick, and he actually has 100,000 people in his hands?" And this 3,000 family ding? How many can the chief soldiers of the Nine Towns have, and he will make three thousand? You're someone I trust, and I won't blame you for anything even if you don't see it, but you can't talk nonsense. ”

"Master, the little one is honest, back then, when the little one was fished out of the prison of Nanzhen Fusi, the little one swore a poisonous oath, and he would never hide it from the old man, if the old man didn't believe what the little one said, the little one was willing to swear, or cut off his arm." Na Ma Liu said solemnly.

Ma Chonghao waved his hand irritably and said, "You and I don't need to get this, if you say so, wouldn't it be impossible to get it!" ”

Before this Ma Liu could speak, Ma Chonghao himself said first: "I can take it, but I have to kill a lot of people, and if I don't do it well, it will cause a big mess. ”

"Now this regulation, the general of Xuzhou and the deputy general of Wolf Mountain alone can't be controlled, it's hard to suppress the three provincial capitals, and there is still Caoyun to Jin, then Zhao Jin is also a figure in Pizhou, if the Caoyun is cut off, even if the long-lived master does not go to court, he will be alarmed." Ma Liu added.

Ma Chonghao's brows furrowed, and he wondered there: "Xuzhou's poor and remote place, how can he toss such a big situation with a stick, and there is no one behind him to teach him?" ”

"Maybe there are two people, this Zhao Jin's uncle was in the army everywhere back then, and later returned to Xuzhou with injuries and illnesses, and then there is a Wang Zhaojing among the brothers of Zhao Jin, this person's father is Wang Youshan, the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, this Wang Youshan is not that kind of corrupt Confucian, nor is he a person from Donglin who forms a party for profit, but he is friendly with several people in the inner court, these people are very smart, this Wen Yiwu, maybe this is the origin of this Zhao Jin." Ma Liu's inquiry was very detailed.

Ma Chonghao sighed: "That is, you can inquire in such detail, counting on these bones in Nanjing are soft, it is really impossible to do things, I really want to go and see if I have the opportunity, this Zhao Jin is not as good as you said, this time you have worked hard, how much you have spent, how much you have spent, and then go to the counter to get six hundred taels, and go to the Qinhuai River to find a boat to live happily for a few days." ”

Over there, Ma Liuyi bowed down and said: "Dutang, Zhao Jin should be cautious over there, and there will be chaos over there, I'm afraid it won't be less than Ningxia Bibai, and Bibai is only nearly a thousand bows and horses in his hands, how many people died in that matter."

Ma Chonghao waved his hand angrily and said: "I can save it, there is so much money in the south, you don't have to keep an eye on this family, you go down!" ”

Looking at Ma Chonghao sitting there, Ma Liu wanted to say more, hesitated or turned around, but before he walked to the door, he heard Ma Chonghao clapping his hands behind him, Ma Liu turned around, but saw Ma Chonghao with an extremely excited look on his face, and beckoned him to come forward.

"Then if the clay stick surnamed Zhao in Xuzhou does a rebellion, it will definitely be a state of defeat after the worst, right?"

"Of course, although Xuzhou is deserted, but after all, it is a hub place, and it is at such a key point in the south of Zhili, once there is chaos, the Quartet will inevitably suppress it, and the soldiers and horses of the north and south Zhili, Henan and Shandong will be moved, so even if Xuzhou Zhao Jin has great ability, he is just a country stick, how can he compete with the imperial army, it must be killed."

"In this case, if we find out about this chaos and make a contribution after exterminating the thieves, will we have a great achievement?"

"According to the rules of merit, it is true!"

"Then will we be promoted by a few levels because of this merit, or will we return to Beijing to resume our duties?"

Ma Chonghao's face was full of excitement, Ma Liu was silent for a while before nodding slowly, and said in an uncertain tone: "It's possible, but it's too risky."

"What are you afraid of? What are the dead afraid of, as long as we can go back to Beijing, or go further, and pay attention to what we do, as for the risk, we are not in a hurry for a while, just keep an eye on it, I don't believe he can bear it! Ma Chonghao said with a cruel smile.

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After the Yellow River seized Huai, the northern section of the Grand Canal gradually silted up, and the ability of navigable ships became weaker and weaker.

Grain is the most important thing in the country, and the folk travel goods that can pass through the north and south can not be delayed, they will choose the best and most convenient way to travel and transport goods, and those who have conditions can take the boat, and those who are not conditional are to transfer to the carriage and horse in the place where they need to queue up.

At the beginning, Xuzhou was the place where the carriage and horses were transferred, but the Jiahe River was opened, and Xuzhou was defeated, and the location of the carriage and horse did not turn to the Yutou Town of Pizhou, but went to Qingjiangpu, another important hub.

There are Linqing and Jining in the north, Yangzhou and Changzhou in the south, but the status of these places in Caoyun is not as good as Qingjiangpu, and this is the real center.

The imperial court originally set up the governor of Caoyun to be stationed here, but later this official position and the governor of Fengyang were combined into one, and the location of the festival was also changed to Taizhou, which may become the official office of such a special administrator, which itself shows his status.

Qingjiangpu chokes the transport, salt transport, river engineering, Yuguan, the machine of the post station, the boats gather, the market is dense, the sails of the boats are tailed, stretching for several miles, the stone wharf of "the three forks of the dawn, even the trees gather ten thousand", each session of the Caoyun, "the sails are like a forest, and the department store is accumulated". The boat covers the water, the stream is endless, the world's businessmen gather in Qingjiangpu by boat, "the south ship is gathered, the merchants have the convenience of selling it", "the Sifang Department Store, believe in the past".

Zhao Jin set up a salt market in Xuzhou to attract merchants from all over the world to trade, and gradually formed several bazaars, so that the vicinity of Hejiazhuang looked extremely prosperous, but compared to the world's merchants gathered in Qingjiangpu because of the Caoyun hub, it was the gap between fireflies and the sun and the moon.

Speaking of prosperity and wealth, Suzhou, Changzhou, and Songjiang in the south of the Yangtze River are naturally famous all over the world, but Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River relies on the benefits of salt and transportation, which is not inferior in any way, and the same is true of Qingjiangpu, relying on this transportation hub center, and the convenience of the world's granary transit, compared with Yangzhou and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, it is not weaker than half a point.

According to the rules of the household department, "Jiangxi, Huguang, and Zhejiang **** 1.5 million stone in Huai'an Cang, Su, Song, Ning, Chi, Lu, An, Guangde people transported 2.74 million stone in Xuzhou Cang", and so the canal moved from Xuzhou to Pizhou, and Yutou Town did not have such a large storage capacity, and the Xuzhou warehouse grain storage was changed to Huai'an Cang.

Huai'an Cang is located in Qingjiangpu, the name on the official list is Changying Cang, although thousands of ships are transferred every year, the grain stored in the warehouse is no less than one million stone all year round.

Such an important transshipment hub, such a huge granary, not to mention, the Ming Dynasty also has a tariff card in Qingjiangpu, collecting taxes, transportation, grain, tax silver, these are the lifeblood of the household department, naturally there must be an official in charge, the Yunnan Division of the household department is located in Qingjiangpu, and the other division is just a seven-product director, but here it is necessary to put a foreigner from the fifth grade.

What's even more interesting is that the population of Qingjiangpu is close to 600,000, accounting for almost three-fifths of the entire population of Huai'an Prefecture, and such a huge city, in the official name, is only a bazaar within the limits of Shanyang County, the capital of Huai'an Prefecture.

Shanyang County is no more than seven products, and even the Huai'an prefect of the fourth rank has no jurisdiction over the Yuanwailang from the household department, so this Yuanwailang is actually the jurisdiction official of Qingjiangpu.

There are rights and benefits in Caoyun and granaries, and there are two armed forces of Cao Ding and Kubing can also be driven, this foreigner can also be regarded as having the right to have money and soldiers, there are so few, naturally he has become the master of this Qingjiangpu, of course, the local chambers of commerce, guilds and gangs in Qingjiangpu are another part of the statistical class, and everyone jointly manages the second most prosperous place in Jiangbei.

The Ming generation, are all to Beijing officials as the precious, although there are many benefits to being in this Qingjiangpu, majestic, but those Qingliu scribes who pursue progress are still reluctant to come here, and those who can come over are old and hopeless, these people don't ask for any official reputation, and naturally have no scruples about doing things, white and black, never care about anything.

Not to mention the staff of the household department, the first month of the month of the month of Qingjiangpu is the most idle time of the year, needless to say when the canal is unimpeded, when the canal is inconvenient to navigate, it is often necessary to repair the warehouse, turn over the grain storage, and check the accounts, which is also busy, that is, when it comes to the month of Layue, everyone has to be free.

The rich and noble people gather for a feast, the poor do their best to get through the New Year, the Cao Ding who stay here go everywhere to have fun, and the treasury soldiers are to buy New Year's goods, up and down, can manage this big granary, in and out I don't know how much benefit can be reaped by the road, and we must ensure that we stay in the coming year.

In addition, there are some people who are also busy for the coming year, the southerners are not good at cars and horses, Qingjiangpu this nearly 10,000 cars and coachmen are Henan, Shandong, as well as Xuzhou and Pizhou, the significance of these cars and horses is no worse than Caochuan Caoding, a large number of private business goods are relied on them to go to all parts of the north.

There are thousands of business travelers who converge from the south to Qingjiangpu, so many people, so many goods, if these big cars and coachmen are allowed to solicit themselves, they will definitely be congested abnormally, not to mention chaos.

In addition to these, there is also a lot of grain that has been deducted from the Cao Yun, and in addition to water transportation, these grains must also be sent to various places where the waterways are not accessible by carts.

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It seems that I have to think about a change, not in the past few days, there are many things, people are tired, but there must be one time this month, and I can only promise this at present, Xie Lu Thank you