It can be seen that these officials who spend money to come up, whether they are poor or rich, are here to make a fortune, and there is no reason not to be greedy.

In recent years, there are more than 200 positions below the five grades, and as for which donation method is adopted, it is clear that the actual price is clear.

Contributions have also become a major source of wealth for the imperial court, with more than 2 million taels in the treasury every year.

Therefore, when Director Feng asked him to be the official of the Hanzhuang Gate, he had to give the above points.

In fact, Zhao Xiong didn't have a diploma, he wasn't even a showman, he bought a place for a child, and spent money to "donate officials!" "It's over!

Zhao Xiong just received 500 taels of silver from Li Hai in his pocket, and before he could cover the heat, he turned his hand and handed it over to Director Feng, as for the 500 taels of silver in the hands of the household department, it is still a question whether there are 100 taels.

He was very depressed and talked about it to his dog-headed military advisor.

Liu Tongxun smiled and despised him: "The gate official of Hanzhuang is a nine-grade official who is really lacking, and he can make a lot of silver in a year, and a lot of people spend one or two thousand taels of silver without a real shortage."

Ninth master, you only spent 500 taels of silver, be content! ”

Donating officials is also about luck, depending on the technique!

Just like Zhao Xiong, he guards the land money in the Grand Canal and earns a thousand taels of silver a year.

Once Zhao Xiong shook his head secretly in his heart, it wouldn't be long before disaster came to the imperial court.

Zhao Xiong boarded the Eight Pulp Patrol Boat and came out of the West Lake to the water street of the Grand Canal, at this time Taierzhuang did not have a city wall, and everything seemed very messy in the layout.

Zhao Xiong used a small telescope on the ship to look carefully from the space of Zhongshan Port.

There are many shops along the street, most of the signs are set up at the door, the flat boats on the canal are all loaded with goods, the crowd on the street is endless, the clothes are short shirts, or long clothes, or robes, the colors and materials are different.

Zhao Xiong knows that the ancient economy is actually the transportation economy, and only when the road is connected can the money be passed.

Due to the communication of the canal, Taierzhuang was "prosperous because of the river" and soon became a "dry wharf" for transiting goods from the north and south.

Every year, more than 4 million stones of grain are transported through Taierzhuang, and more than 10,000 ships and merchant ships pass by.

Some of the surrounding rural population has also moved to Taierzhuang.

Together with the dock workers, porters, sailors, officials, monks, tourists, and garrisons along the way, the population quickly increased to more than 50,000 people.

It is only lower than Jining, which has a population of more than 100,000 people, which really formed the earliest group of migrant workers.

There are many streets and alleys in Taierzhuang, such as T-shaped Street, Yuehe Street, Shunhe Street, Fish Market Street, Bamboo Pole Lane, etc., and there are many shops, such as Heshun, Dongchengyong, Sanyixiang, Hengji, Zhonghetang and other merchants.

There are more than 100 shops, as well as more than a dozen halal restaurants such as "Tongqingyuan" and "Jukuiyuan" restaurants and "Tongshun" and "Xinhe".

In order to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods from the water, many businesses and shops near the river have built fully functional stone wharves on the north and east banks of the canal.

Commonly known as "Watergate".

Zhu family, Yu family, Wanggong Bridge, Luo family, Xie family, small Yamen, small south gate and other more than a dozen large and small, stone steps and small wharves.

Since the Grand Canal has changed to Taierzhuang, Taierzhuang has been a large water and land wharf for more than ten years.

Therefore, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to draft the water, the squire of the warehouse is stationed here, and the local people who live by the boats and the warehouses do not know how numerous.

The Cao Gang and the "flower households" have various official and private connections.

The private goods brought by Cao Ding also had to be transported ashore to sell, so on a cold day in early winter, the tea shops and inn baths were full of people everywhere.

This further affirmed Zhao Xiong's idea of expanding the West Park Pier.

The water street opposite Zhaoxiong is the most prosperous street in Taierzhuang, T-shaped street.

Two or three miles of water street, one or two hundred shops, all of which are blue bricks and blue tiles, tall buildings.

Facing Zhao Xiong's line of sight was the T-shaped street Kaitai firm, and he looked at the Kaitai firm with a telescope, so the head of this shop was particularly large.

There are all kinds of goods inside, the guys who come in and out of the door are busy, the merchants are picking things, and the business is booming!

Zhao Xiong vaguely remembered that Kaitai seemed to have old Zhao Tong and dry shares, and as for the shopkeeper, his surname seemed to be Yang, and he didn't know his specific appearance!

If he wants to go to Yuehe Street, the gate official office (the official residence of the lock officer who manages the locks) must pass through the 'Buyun Bridge' at the intersection of Water Street.

The boat crossed the 'Buyun Bridge' and turned to the east of the T-shaped street where merchants gathered, and the west side was the lotus leaf street, where all the brothels of the Qinglou in Taierzhuang were located.

Of course, the most famous Wanhualou is at the intersection of Water Street.

Zhao Xiong raised his head and looked at the towering 'Buyun Bridge', like a suspension bridge in the Dark City in the World of Warcraft.

'Buyun Bridge' is constructed by a three-layer platform, which means "three levels in a row, a steady step, and a step by step".

Crossing the Buyun Bridge into Taierzhuang Town's main water passage 'West Water Gate', the water streets and alleys in the town all converge at the West Water Gate of Yuehe Street.

The West Water Gate is connected to the main channel of the Grand Canal, making it the busiest waterway.

The Eight Slurry Patrol Ship docked at a small pier, which used to be Lao Zhaotong's private dock.

Zhao Xiong went ashore and took Zhao Xiaodonkey to the back door of the gate office slowly, and after a while, Zhao Xiong returned to the small dock with a smile with his hand behind his back.

At this time, Yuehe Street is noon, the whole Taierzhuang Town is full of traffic, lively and extraordinary, the Chamber of Commerce is competing for the market, and the theater restaurant is bright.

Many beggars suddenly appeared near the dock, and the miserable situation was actually a bit late in the Qing Dynasty.

The ragged beggars on the road were wearing clothes that could no longer be called clothes, they were pieces of tattered cloth.

Some people carried a worn-out bamboo basket in their hands, and some carried a pottery or broken bowl and went from house to house to order food.

Zhao Xiong felt a little trance for a moment, and the lively Taierzhuang Town seemed to be incompatible with this cold and bleak winter.

Zhao Xiong asked Zuo Liangyu who came over in a low voice: "What's going on!" ”

Zuo Liangyu looked at the dozens of beggars on the street, and was begging along the street and said: "Those who fled from the north have been there some time ago, but there have been more and more recently, alas, what a world!" ”

Liu Tongxun also left, and said worriedly: "I asked, last year's drought in Henan and Hebei, this year's harvest has dropped sharply, and after the peasants have handed over the grain from the imperial court, there is nothing left at home."

But in order to survive, from Henan and Hebei, with the whole family, down the canal, to escape to the seaside, take a boat to Nanyang. ”

Zuo Liangyu continued: "This month, my uncle drafted a document in the New Town of Yixian County, and the manager of the Military Administration drafted a document, and he told my father that there are 1,000 displaced people who have recently entered the city to beg without Wu Bai, and even Prince De was shocked. ”

When he heard the news, Zhao Xiong suddenly felt very depressed, but he couldn't come up with any good way, he hadn't taken office yet, so he couldn't rob the canal granary and release grain for disaster relief!

This is the Great Kang Dynasty, and that's going to be beheaded!