The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 79 Seizure of Water Transport Terminal ([-])

Intimidated by Wei Shanying, the members of the Cao Gang lined up obediently.

The police of Jingzhao Mansion were in a dilemma.

"Master Yang! There are too many prisoners here! The prison in Jingzhao Mansion can't fit!"

Yang Qingyuan was embarrassed for a moment. Although he knew that there were a lot of Cao Gang to be arrested, he did not expect that there were eight or nine hundred people.

"It doesn't matter, they were locked in the prisons of Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion respectively. They were not allowed to stay in the hotel if they were squeezed together! If it is not enough, I will discuss it with the commander of Beizhen Fusi and borrow it. Prison!"

Say the most arrogant words in the most flat tone, the imperial prison, it is a place where ten people enter and nine corpses leave, and there is no fear of scaring people to death.

If it is really because there is not enough space, people will be imprisoned in the imperial prison. I believe most people will still be considerate. After all, the imperial court has difficulties with the imperial court, so what if it is a little crowded! ?Is it plausible to open a prison for such a trivial matter? !

"Any question?!"

"No... no more!"

After comprehending the will of the big brother, the ordinary gang members of the Cao Gang and the Jingzhao Mansion's arresters were tied together with hemp ropes, ten people and one rope, and under the escort of the sergeants of the Weishanying, they went to Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion. In the prison of the government.

Yang Qingyuan handed over the matter to Wei Shanying to participate in the Li Zhi Festival, and brought everyone from Dali Temple to the pier.

Because of the strict inspection of the incoming and outgoing ships the day before yesterday, countless ships were stranded, and the warehouses at the docks were almost full.

Seeing this scene, Yang Qingyuan couldn't help sneering. Once the inspection is strict, there will be so many ships and goods stranded, and the tricks will be known even if you don't want to.

Yang Qingyuan sent someone to the Water Transport Department Yamen to bring all the registration files of all ships and cargo.

Here is the cargo registry of every merchant ship, most of which are, of course, fake.

Yang Qingyuan looked at a page of dossier in his hand, and found the corresponding merchant ship.

This is a cargo ship that has just sailed into Shendu. Before it could unload the cargo, the Water Transport Wharf was searched repeatedly by the six doors. Finally, when the six doors left, Yang Qingyuan, the God of Plague, ushered in again. After the ban, the merchant ship stopped here.

According to the records in the case file, the ship transported Qiantang lotus root noodles, and the tax was also paid according to the price of lotus root noodles.

"You are the owner of this merchant ship?!"

Yang Qingyuan looked at the businessman brought before him and asked.

"The villain is right!"

The businessman was a little nervous, maybe because of the group of soldiers with swords and armor around him, or maybe because of other reasons.

"You transported these lotus root noodles all the way from Yuezhou Qiantang to the capital, can you make money?!"

"Hehehe! Let's make a living! The villain is just a shipper! Entrusted by the employer, transport this batch of goods from Qiantang to the capital! I don't know if it will make money or not!"

It was written in the file that the ship carried five thousand catties of Qiantang lotus root powder, and at the price of five Wen per catty, five taels of tax and silver were collected.

"Let's go! Check on the boat!" Yang Qingyuan jumped onto the boat lightly, and the three police officers also jumped onto the cargo ship.

Yang Qingyuan walked to a box that was loaded with goods, and said to the policeman on the side: "Open it and have a look!"

A policeman stepped forward and opened a box. Inside was a pile of oiled paper bags, which were quite tightly wrapped. The policeman took one out of it and opened it, which contained white powder.

The policeman dipped some in it, tasted it, and said, "Hmm! It's quite pure!?"

Just as the policeman was about to turn around and report, he saw question marks on Yang Qingyuan's face.

Brother, did you go to the wrong set?We are here to investigate smuggling!Not here to fight drugs!And where did you learn such proficient business techniques?
The policeman also realized that his behavior just now was a bit strange, so he smiled mischievously, "My lord, low-ranking women like to eat lotus root noodles, so low-ranking women also know a little bit about it!"

Yang Qingyuan glanced at the wooden boxes around him, and asked someone to pull out a wooden box from the middle and open it.

The inside is also full of oiled paper bags, but it is obviously different from the previous box, even the packing method is different, and it is wrapped in two layers.

Yang Qingyuan took out one of the packages and opened it, a fresh fragrance came out from it.

Tea, fine tea.

Although Yang Qingyuan is a literati, he doesn't understand wine or tea.But even so, he also knew that the price of tea was much higher than that of lotus root powder, and since the boat departed from Qiantang, the tea should probably be Longjing.

Yang Qingyuan took this bag of tea, jumped off the merchant ship, and found Li Xunhuan.

Li Xunhuan knew a thing or two about tea and wine, such elegant matters of celebrity.

Li Xunhuan, who took the tea, smelled it, "Brother Yang, the quality of the tea in this boat is not bad! They are all top-quality West Lake Longjing tea! It's worth a lot of money!"

"What is the price of this tea in the market!?"

If you want to find a government office that understands market prices best among the many government offices in Dazhou, it is definitely not the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This group of practicing trolls, led by Cheng Qingsong, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the censor of the capital, spends their days wandering among the public, going deep into the grassroots, collecting information, and playing upon hearing the wind. In a sense, it can be regarded as a special intelligence department. .

Li Xun Huan picked up a small piece of tea and put it in his mouth, "This quality is estimated to cost five taels of silver a catty!"

Five taels of silver a catty of tea leaves turned into fifty cents a catty of lotus root starch in the case file, and the tax receivable was less than one percent of the original amount.

Moreover, the tea tax is different from the ordinary commercial tax. The tax on ordinary tea is two out of ten, and the tax on high-quality tea is three out of ten.

Even if the tax is two out of ten, a catty of tea still needs to pay a tax of one tael!
If there is a thousand catties of such tea on board, that is 1000 taels of tax money!
No wonder the Xungui Group wants to do this smuggling business. The profit margins for these people to evade taxes are too great.

"You find someone to count the tea leaves on board!"

Then Yang Qingyuan walked to the side of a merchant ship according to another file.

This merchant ship was obviously smaller. This merchant ship was transported from the capital to the north.

According to the records in the file, all the goods transported above were linen, with a total of [-] pieces of linen.

The market price of a piece of linen is 150 Wen, one of ten taxes, and fifteen Wen of tax silver, totaling 30 Wen, which is [-] taels.

"Hehe!" Yang Qingyuan's face twitched slightly, this person who made fake accounts didn't distract himself at all!Even if your ship of linen is transported to the Northland, how much can you buy?How much profit can you make? !
I'm afraid it's barely enough to cover the freight, and there's something wrong with the ship even if we don't check it.

Sure enough, after the police of Dali Temple lifted the outer linen, the inside was full of silk and satin.

The market price of silk and satin requires at least ten taels of silver for a piece, one of ten taxes, and at least 2000 taels of tax silver.

I randomly found two ships that seemed to have problems on the books, and the tax evasion amounted to 3000 taels!
Yang Qingyuan did not expect that the water transportation of the Great Zhou Dynasty had been corrupted to this point.

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　　Chapter 3 here.

　　ps: Tea tax is also a special tax

　　Generally, it is ten taxes and one tax. For the needs of the plot, the author modified it

　　
　
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