Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 778 Water transport strike, threatening the court?

Chapter 778 Water transport strike, threatening the court?
Woo.
The sound of the whistle came from a distance, followed by the slight tremor of the ground and the sound of the wheels colliding with the rails. A train blew its whistle and spewed black smoke. Twenty wagons full of goods approached at an extremely fast speed.

"Hey, this is the new locomotive developed by the imperial court. Its speed is much faster than the previous trains. According to the horsepower mentioned by the imperial court, this locomotive can count at least [-] horses, right?"

"Yeah, it's twice as fast as the horse from the previous imperial court. It should have the strength of [-] or [-] horses, otherwise it wouldn't be able to pull so much cargo."

"Brother Yu, I heard that your business is doing quite well, and you even got in touch with those Mongolian Tatars. If the Mongolian Chi Road is repaired, your business will be great!"

"Hey, what's my little business? I'm still helping Zhou Wang and his old man. The little I earn is not worth mentioning. Zhou Wang is a big business."

"Isn't King Zhou doing logistics? Why is he still involved with wool?"

"I don't know. It is said that King Zhou asked His Majesty and got a good job from His Majesty. Now the business is booming."

"These have little to do with us. Now, I just want to see when the Chidao in Taiyuan and Luoyang will be repaired. When the Chidao in Jinan is added at that time, if these roads are connected, our business in the north will be much easier. Well, those southerners look down on us, but they can't keep up with this good deal!"

"That's right, those people in the south are greedy for our Chidao, spreading rumors everywhere that Chidao is going to be dirty, and the court doesn't care about it. These people are obviously fanning the flames. Fortunately, Master Zhang is as stable as Mount Tai, otherwise we will be in trouble now. "

"Yeah yeah."

A group of gentry and dignitaries in the north chatted and watched, seeing the new locomotive parked at the railway station in Tianjin Prefecture, each with a little envious expression in their eyes, when will this expressway be repaired by them?

The official notices from the imperial court, the Daming Newspaper, and the Chidao Yamen notices, together with the fact that the merchants saw the actual actions of the imperial court, completely disrupted and exposed some people's small actions.

Everyone can feel the recovery of the stock market. For a while, retail investors rushed into the market to buy stocks, which made some people feel uncomfortable.

For example, Zhu Youjian, after he found out that the imperial court had issued a notice, he couldn't help sighing, how could his father-in-law, who was so merciless and stingy like an iron rooster, be so lucky?
He thought he could make his hapless father-in-law go bankrupt, but in the end, he really didn't expect that Zhou Kui actually survived this difficulty. Now it's Zhu Youjian's turn to embarrass himself. After all, Zhou Kui was unlucky before when the stock market plunged He was gloating at Zhou Kui's misfortune, which was the result of being rich and unkind. Now that his father-in-law has recovered, it is probably not as good as him
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian was frowning. If his father-in-law ran against him in the capital, his life would be really difficult. Don't look at the prince right now, but a down-and-out prince is not as good as a chicken. He Zhu Youjian How can the three melons and two dates in his hand fight with his old man, this is going to be bad luck.

And if Zhu Youjian was just frowning, the faces of some people in the south have completely changed!
In the back hall of a certain river yamen, three or five people gathered together, each with gloomy and gloomy faces.

Mr. Li kept pacing, and the anxiety on his face couldn't be relieved. This constant walking made Mr. Fan, Mr. Wang and others a little bit unbearable. Mr. Wang said: "I said that Mr. Li My lord, what are you doing dangling here, I am dizzy."

Master Li snorted coldly: "It's better to be dizzy than to lose your head! I said before, don't provoke the imperial court, don't provoke the imperial court, let's work hard, and even if the imperial court wants to attack the Water Transport Yamen, we will be safe and sound. But Now, disaster is coming!"

Master Fan shook his head with a gloomy expression: "I really think that if I do things well, the court will let us go? If we do things well from the beginning, then there is something to talk about, but I will wait. Don't forget, what are we? The yamen is related to water transportation! Since we entered the river yamen, can we still do things according to our wishes?"

"The brat below, the King of Hades above, which one is easy to deal with? I'll wait for these. After dealing with the above, I'll deal with the bottom, and after I've dealt with the bottom, there will be those monsters and goblins outside! Alas, the water transport yamen is both prosperous and ruined. If we don't act , it’s long gone.”

Master Li sneered, and his voice was a bit weird: "There are little ghosts below, Hades above, and monsters and goblins outside, so what are we? Demons and monsters? If we use ghosts and monsters to attack the stock market, isn't that just waiting to be punished by the court? "

Mr. Wang became impatient: "Then what else do you want? The higher-ups want us to do something, can you not do it? And it's not just our side who do it? The river yamen up and down the canal, who didn't move in the open or in the dark, otherwise how could it be launched along the way?" Waterworkers on both sides of the river? Besides, we also lost money in the turmoil of the stock market. If anyone hasn’t bought stocks these days, then we have also lost a lot of money, just to keep the job in our hands!”

Mr. Li didn't look at Mr. Wang, he just sat down and took a sip from the cup of tea, and then sprayed it out: "Bah! Why is it cold!"

Putting down the teacup, looking at Lord Fan, and then at Lord Han who had been silent all this time, Lord Li suddenly said: "What do you mean by the Water Transport Yamen? Now the court must know that we are fanning the flames, whether it is His Majesty in the palace, Even the elders in the cabinet will not let us go, and the powerful gentry in the north who have lost their interests will not let us go. We must do something to avoid being killed as an example to others."

"Several people! Think about it! Maybe Jin Yiwei, who is taking people, is already on the way. Think about Jin Yiwei's prison. It is easy to get in, but it is impossible to get out!"

Hearing the words "Jin Yiwei", whether it was Mr. Fan who seemed as stable as Mount Tai or the overbearing Mr. Wang, they couldn't help shaking. The name of "Jin Yiwei" was a nightmare that had been haunting the heads of Ming officials for more than 200 years.

Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Xichang, Neiwei, these minions and spies under the emperor, since Emperor Taizu, weaved a dense big picture on the heads of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Internet, the emperors of all dynasties can rely on this network to control the news of the world.

Up to now, Zhu Youxiao has truly held power through a series of means, and Jinyiwei's network has become more dense and impenetrable. On the huge territory of the 24 provinces of the two capitals of Ming Dynasty, even in Liaodong, North Korea, and Grasslands, in Southeast Asia, and in Southeast Asia, cannot escape this net.

As long as the imperial court wants to arrest people, even if you run into some deep mountains and old forests, you may be caught by Jin Yiwei.

Emperor Tianqi is not a benevolent person, or his benevolence is not for these disobedient officials who dare to grin at his imperial power.

Strict officials but lenient to the people, internal sages and external kings, this emperor has a lot of means, not to mention, there is Zhang Xiangye who is the number one in the Ming Dynasty
Thinking of this, several people couldn't help but frown. From now on, their life will be difficult.

Mr. Han, who had been listening quietly but didn't speak, finally spoke at this time: "Don't worry, the court has no chance to make an example of others, and we will be safe."

Lord Li sneered and asked: "My Lord Han, why are you so arrogant? I'm waiting for safety? Right now I'm half a foot into the prison, are we still safe? The court wants to do something, we have no way out !"

Mr. Han said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, we have ways to survive, and there are plenty of them. Don't forget, the Cao Gang stood with us. Back then, they fanned the flames everywhere. If there were no people from the Cao Gang, how could we have survived?" It’s so easy to do. If this matter is exposed, the water worker may survive, but those people in the water gang, who can escape?”

"So when the Cao Gang helps us, it helps them themselves. With the Cao Gang, we have the biggest card in our hands. If the millions of water workers mess up, will the court be able to stand it?"

Boom!

It was as if thunder was exploding on the roof, Master Li could only feel his ears buzzing, as if he had been struck on the head by a thunderbolt.

He froze for a moment, looking at Master Han with a smile on his face, as if he was looking at a monster.

After being dazed for a moment, he raised his finger tremblingly and pointed at Master Han: "Master Han, Han Jiu, are you crazy?! If you want to make troubles for millions of waterworkers, it's a conspiracy, it's a rebellion! It's not just If you lose your head, you will be punished by the nine clans! The imperial court has 12 new troops stationed in Nanjing! Their strength, even if a million water workers are reversed, it will not take a few days to flatten them! You will not seek death like this of!"

The northern and southern capitals of the Ming Dynasty exist as the two centers of the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of troops are stationed inside and outside the city.

For example, 15 troops were stationed in Shuntian Mansion, and 13 troops were stationed in Yingtian Mansion, which were divided into several towns to deter evil in all directions.

Previously, Yingtianfu sent 12 troops to conquer the Netherlanders in Nanyang, but now [-] have returned, and the remaining [-] are guarding Batavia to maintain order in Nanyang. The [-] new troops of Yingtianfu are all full-time professional soldiers. After North Korea's military reform and rectification, the most cutting-edge firecrackers and artillery, with excellent armor, received the latest military training.

They train daily and have enough food. They are the most powerful force of the imperial court in the southern country. These people are the absolute elite. They are only 1 out of 800. Five, the sharp man who blocks ten.

But now, Tianqi Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of such ruthless people!

Anyone who wants to cause chaos has to weigh how many people in the imperial court can be resisted with the little capital and things in his hand.

The imperial court's [-] troops can fight the [-] Manchu-Mongolian coalition forces that have been defeated for thousands of miles, and there is no one in ten. What do you use to fight the imperial court?
Mr. Wang’s complexion was not good. He stared at Mr. Han, and he didn’t even bother to use his honorific address: “Han Jiu, that’s not what was agreed at the beginning. I didn’t quite agree with it at the beginning. I will act, and you, Han Jiu, can guarantee that we will not have any accidents. Is this your guarantee?"

Han Jiu was extremely calm, picked up the tea and blew away the heat, and took a sip: "Why, if you don't do this, how can you and I survive?"

"The imperial court has already started to deal with the water transportation. You don't really think that the imperial court will let the water transportation go? In the past 200 years, has there been little trouble in the water transportation? I don’t know, or the court doesn’t know? It’s just that the court has been relying on water transportation, which is equivalent to interdependence, and it’s hard to clean it up. But even so, which dynasty’s water transportation can’t be cleaned up?”

"Now Your Majesty, against the pressure of the world, abolished the ancestral system, opened the sea ban, and repaired the roads. The importance of water transport has long since been wiped out. The current water transport is a piece of meat on the lips of this Majesty. , he can eat it whenever he wants."

"Do you really think that you are safe? Do you really think that you can continue to be an official if you stand by and watch? How can such a good thing happen! Where is the new party now? You also know in your mind."

"That's right, water transport won't be completely abolished, and river yamen will exist, but the officials inside will definitely not be you or me, but those sanctimonious guys from the New Party!"

Lord Fan sighed: "Oh, Lord Han, what do you think we should do then?"

Han Jiu spread his hands: "Of course we rely on the water workers to make the court submit. Otherwise, how can we survive?"

Lord Wang suddenly put away his reckless look, stared at Han Jiu and looked left and right: "Master Han, speaking of you and I have worked together for these years, I always think you have an extraordinary background, what is your origin?"

Han Jiu smiled: "I am an ordinary person, just like Lord Wang, Lord Li, and Lord Fan. To put it bluntly, being an official for thousands of miles is for fame and wealth."

The back hall suddenly fell silent, and the few people stopped talking, sitting on their own, staring at the others, thinking and calculating in their hearts, the bugs outside kept making noises, but no one in the hall opened their mouths, the silence made people a little scared , a little trembling.

"Since there is no way out, let's try it out. Even if the court wants to attack us, the court will always be scrupulous if there are millions of water workers around." Lord Wang said suddenly.

Master Fan calmly analyzed: "However, those people in the Cao Gang are not stupid, they all crawled up from the mud pile. These people are usually obedient, but when encountering this kind of thing, they will not be completely obedient. Listen to us."

Han Jiu smiled and said: "Isn't that what the Cao Gang is like? Speaking of which, these people are not even as good as low-ranking people. Their current money and power are all dependent on our Hedao Yamen. If these dogs are disobedient, just change to some obedient ones." ?”

The Cao Gang has an embarrassing position in Daming.

The Cao Gang, which was originally born on the basis of water transportation, has always been in a semi-grey recessive state.

It exists, and it does not exist, at least it does not exist on the surface. The imperial court does not recognize the Cao Gang, but the local government needs the Cao Gang. This is also the reason for the embarrassing status of the Cao Gang. People in the local area were bullied or ate together at the pier. Once they came and went, the Cao Gang came into being. Where there was a river and a dock, there was a Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang also had rules.

Today's Cao Gang is developing on a very large scale. It can be said that millions of water workers are attached to each Cao Gang. They work together, occupy each wharf, and contract business in one place. The large area involves the upper and lower canals. , Jianghuai Huguang, those who do business in the rivers and lakes, all know the power of the Cao Gang.

If the Cao Gang is allowed to make trouble, then the imperial court may really have to submit.

"Where is the water gang, let me tell you, everyone, don't worry, the water workers must make a fuss, so that the court can see that our water transport is very good." Han Jiu said calmly, as if he was not a The official of the river course looks like a Confucian general who strategizes, quite elegant.

That night, Han Jiu, who was wearing a black cloak, went to the boss of the local Cao Gang, and it wasn't just that he was acting here, there were a few people wearing black cloaks in the Cao Gang everywhere.

Maybe his name is Han Jiu, maybe his name is Ye Shen, maybe his name is Wei Yi, maybe his name is Zhu Si, maybe his name is Gu Qi
These people negotiated with the bosses of the Cao Gang in one place and another, coercing them, making promises, and using various means to force these bosses of the Cao Gang to submit.

"Master Han, you asked me to take my brothers to wave the flag and shout. The nature of this matter is a bit serious. If it is not done well, the brothers will lose their heads." One-eyed Zhao, the boss of the Cao Gang, was very embarrassed. Gu Zi looked at the two iron balls in his hand with a tangled expression.

Han Jiu stood, quietly looking at the one-eyed Zhao's appearance: "Oh, you are promising, Boss Zhao, in front of this official, you have also put on a show."

Hearing this, One-eyed Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly got up and invited Han Jiu to his seat, and then he stood aside in a polite manner and smiled: "How can it be, the little one is, I just feel that this is too dangerous. Brothers are afraid they won’t dare to do it.”

Showing off his power outside, there is a large group of brothers under him occupying the dock business. The one-eyed Zhao, the boss of the Cao Gang who is used to fighting for strength, now smiles shyly in front of Han Jiu, shrinks back, and shrugs his shoulders like a tall man. Like mice.

Han Jiu nodded, and then looked at One-Eyed Zhao: "Then Boss Zhao, so you don't plan to continue doing business?"

Hearing what Han Jiu said, One-eyed Zhao lowered his head, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, but when he raised his head again, he still had a sneer on his face: "Hey, Mr. Han, look at what you said, little ones If you count on this to support your family, how can you not do business."

Han Jiu reassured: "Then do as I say. You should be clear, Boss Zhao, the water transportation is getting worse and worse. This is not for us, but for yourselves. If you don't give it to you Ask for a job, who can give you a meal?"

"In other words, even if your brothers are no longer in the water gang, they can still go to factories, farms, ports, and Nanyang to ask for work, but if you, Boss Zhao, don't have the ability to transport water, what else do you have? What is it? Even if you want to take your brothers to other places to beg for work, will the other places really give you a bowl of food? Your brothers really listen to you like that?"

Hearing these words, One-eyed Zhao's expression was also cold, his face was a little tangled, and a little ferocious, he said, "Then, Mr. Han, what do you say about the younger ones, and the younger ones are all up to you."

Han Jiu sneered, looking at the one-eyed Zhao's groveling appearance: "That's it, that's right."

"Next, what do I do, what do you do."

(End of this chapter)

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