In April of the new year, several sea ships arrived at Haidu Port, Huang An boarded the sampan and went ashore with a tired face, and after nearly two months of sailing, he finally brought in a group of orphans, and now he had to go to the newspaper first, and then settle the orphans on board. This chapter is available for online reading ()

There are seven wharves in the entire Xindu port, which are scattered on the shore of several miles long in the bay, except for a wharf for mooring only military warships, the rest are all for commercial ships to dock.

Huang An got on the dock and couldn't help but gasp, the dock had just been built when he sailed back from here four months ago, and in the blink of an eye, it was full of traffic and businessmen.

At the exit of the wharf stood two straight tax collectors, and behind them were two flags, which said in various scripts that the Maritime Trade Tax Office was twenty feet ahead, and the unloaded goods were taxed according to the size of the ship.

Huang An first went to the sea trade tax office, this is not big, only three cement houses, there is a three-zhang long long table placed in it, behind is a row of tax inspectors with abacus are carefully inspecting various accounts, on both sides are dozens of tax collectors with weapons in hand, there are several maritime merchants sitting on the opposite side of the tax check to inquire about their own taxes, Huang An took a closer look, but felt that this place is not like a yamen, but like a pawnshop, and these tax checks that sort out the account books are somewhat similar to the pawnshop's court.

Huang An found a place and sat opposite an idle tax inspector, and before he could say a few words of flattery, the tax inspector spoke first, and he nodded politely at Huang An: "This son, but you are here to pay taxes?" ”

Huang An said: "Exactly, Huang took three large cargo ships over, but I don't know how much the tax is?" ”

The tax inspector began to fiddle with the abacus, and explained to Huang An: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the tax for each large cargo ship going to and from the port is one hundred taels of silver, and three ships are three hundred taels. As he spoke, he grabbed a brush and dipped it in ink, wrote two receipts on a blank piece of paper, and said, "If you want to unload the goods." Pay the tax of three hundred taels of silver, and take this list to take the freight out of the dock. ”

Huang An felt that it was a novelty, he was a maritime merchant family, and he had gone to dozens of ports if not a hundred, and he had never seen such a rule, so he couldn't help asking: "I received this list." Will the tax collectors who are guarding the port be allowed to unload? Aren't you afraid that someone will forge a list? ”

The tax inspector was very interested in explaining to Huang An, he pointed to another list and said: "There are two of these lists, one is for you maritime merchants, and the other one will naturally be submitted to the inspection department of the Beizhen Fusi, and the taxes guarding the port are all managed by the inspection department. Naturally, they will take out another list and compare the two to confirm that your list is not fake. ”

Huang An nodded as if he didn't understand. Although this method is somewhat troublesome, it is equivalent to dividing the right to collect taxes into two parts: the tax office and the inspection department, and unless the inspection department of the Beizhen Fusi and the tax office managed by the household department are in the same stream, it is impossible to extort tax money, which is beneficial to the maritime merchants.

Huang An finished handing over the silver. Received the tax check and opened the land list. Shui Cha smiled again and said, "Is Childe satisfied with serving in the field?" If satisfied. You can write a few words of praise at the tent at the door. ”

Huang An turned his head. Sure enough, I saw a local official wearing a seven-grade official robe in front of the door, and he was doing it in the corner in front of the door. There is a full floor of books in front of the desk.

"That's the Dali Temple Supervision Department. If the merchant is satisfied with the work of our tax office, you can write a good review there. If you are not satisfied. There is a bad review that can be written. If someone asks you for a bribe, you can write it. The supervision department of Dali Temple came to investigate and deal with it. The tax inspector explained on the side.

"It's more than that. Imperial historians also come to inspect it often. So I asked Childe to help me write a good review below. At the end of the year, you can give more bonuses. "The tax check smile is very professional. It's like a little two in a tavern. And not the officials.

Huang An couldn't help but be surprised. A small local tax office actually gathered the tentacles of several major departments such as the Ministry of Households, Beizhen Fusi, Dali Temple, and Yushi Dao. So. Ministries and institutes are constrained by each other. Not to mention corruption and bribery. I'm afraid that even if there is one more fly, someone will report it to the emperor's ear. Who else dares to bend the law for personal gain. No wonder this tax inspector treats himself so politely.

Huang An should undertake the tax investigation. In front of the Jiupin official case, he used a brush to check the tax check and gave a good review. I got out of the tax office. The streets are already full of people. Occasionally, people came: "Sell newspapers, sell newspapers!" "Cheng Zhu Sage Words" Hanlin Academy chief writer Zhao Desheng personally refuted Yang Ming's Xinxue article. The emperor's grace is immense. His Majesty ordered the household department to open a porridge shed in the west of the city. Helping the lonely, widowed and weak. ”

Huang An walked a few streets, asked passers-by, only to know the path of the hall of the Ministry of Rites, according to the emperor's instructions, the orphans escorted to the Ministry of Rites first reported to the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites handed over and settled.

When they arrived at the Ministry of Rites, a hall official received Huang An, and after a few polite words to each other, the hall official instructed several officials to go to the dock to pick up people. The hall official arched his hand and said to Huang An with a smile: "Mr. Huang has been working hard for me. The emperor has already made a will, if Mr. arrives in Haidu, let people report it immediately, and the emperor wants to see you. ”

"Thanks to the emperor's wrong love, he killed the villain." Huang An returned the salute with a polite word.

"Then, Mr. Huang can take a look around the city, now the city of Dihai is the same every day, there are new things every day, there is a circus on East Street, Mr. Huang might as well go and see the excitement. It's just that at noon, you must come to the hall of the Ministry of Rites, and at that time, the emperor almost sent an internal eunuch to announce that Mr. Huang would enter the palace. ”

"There's Lord Lao." Huang An hugged his fists and thanked him, then went out of the Ministry of Rites and wandered on the street, but because he was traveling back and forth to Jiangnan, although he tore off his braids to Zhu Jun to show his loyalty, he still grew braids after returning to the voyage, attracting pedestrians to stop and watch. Until noon, Huang An, who was still unsatisfied, sighed at the changes in the new capital and returned to the hall of the Ministry of Rites.

The emperor really had a will, and a little eunuch had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly announced the decree, and the carriage was parked at the door, and Huang An was brought into the palace to see His Majesty.

"The villain Huang An knocked on the emperor, long live my emperor." Huang An's first reaction when he saw Zhu Jun was to be busy playing thousands, and when he woke up and came to the rule of the Manchu Dynasty, he hurriedly knelt down and confessed: "The villain should die, he almost met my king of Huaxia with the gift of barbarians." ”

Zhu Jun knew that he had been in Jiangnan for a long time, and the etiquette of Manchu had not changed for a while, so where would he be blamed, so he hurriedly helped him: "Huang Aiqing, you have lost some weight again, you want to come to the sea and toss a lot, sit down and talk." ”

Huang An cautiously sat on a round bench in the hall, and said: "The villain is fortunate not to be dishonored, this trip brought three large ships over, and a total of 1,300 orphans were transported here, but the wind and waves at sea were too great, and a few thin people along the road could not stand the bumps and died. ”