Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1038
After Sha Dacheng came to Songjiang Mansion with his own fleet, because he was originally from Fujian, there used to be frequent activities in the south of the Yangtze River, Fujian and Zhejiang. There are no activities of sea masters that are too famous.

The vastness of the sea is vast, but there are only so many people eating in one area. If one family eats, the rest will have nothing to eat. Wang Tong and the Sha family are so powerful. Everyone knows the fate of being wiped out.

Fortunately, if they don’t become pirates, there are places where they can make a fortune. There are a lot of goods exported from Jiangnan through the Songjiang Mansion. Far from being enough, the pirates who are conscientious have a mouthful of food to transport goods, and they also earn a lot.

At this time, the benefits of Tianjin Wei's rules are revealed. Anyone who wants to transport goods must get a flag at Sanjiang Insurance Company, hang a name, and have a guarantor, and then they can carry goods on the ground in Songjiang Prefecture.

In fact, this is an extra fee out of thin air. Many people who are used to being free at sea are unwilling to be bound by this, but they hit it off with those greedy businessmen. However, without guarantees and constraints, what is there to do at sea? It's all hard to say.

After losing a lot of goods, the merchants finally learned how to behave. The Sanjiang Insurance Company's fee is for everyone to reduce risks, not for skinning.

Maritime trade is huge profits. If you transport a boat of sugar to Japan, you can get four times the profit at one time. Silk can also make more than three times. There are many rare goods that can even reach ten times. Japan is rich in gold and silver. Adding this factor, the profit is even higher .

Now that goods can be exported in large quantities, this actually lowers the profit. Of course, the profit is indeed low, but the total amount is larger, and more people get rich, so the benefits are even greater.

However, those who originally controlled huge profits suffered losses. Since the 17th year of Wanli, the pirates who made waves at sea are generally managed by these people.

The pirates focused on the merchant ships going out from Songjiang Mansion, and lost a lot in a short time. The insurance company posted a lot of the money collected from Songjiang Mansion in the early stage and the money collected from the land sale, so that it was considered a tie.

Since there were such bold pirates, Wang Tong's side would not be relentless, and Sha Dacheng's side led the ship to go out to suppress them, either escorting or setting up a trap at sea.

The result was quite unexpected. With such strict precautions, although there were fewer hands-on hands, there was nothing to be gained at sea. The pirates had such good noses. Wang Tong did not think that the pirates had such a great ability to ascertain the situation. He quickly made a decision. It is judged that it is not enough to clean up at sea alone, and we must start on land.

At this time, Liao Lang's ability is revealed. He is familiar with the rivers and rivers on the bank, knows where to hide, and where is whose family's den. Coupled with the cooperation of Nanjing Jinyiwei, he mopped up more than a dozen people in a row. Den of Thieves, the market is finally at peace, and no one dares to mess around anymore.

The pirates were wiped out, and the main messengers behind them were also found out one by one. To Wang Tong's surprise, quite a few of these people were from the families of officials and gentry, and some of them had a reputation of being virtuous and respectful in the local area. They are all powerful merchants at sea.

As for those in Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Ningbo, Wang Tong is not helpless. He wrote a letter to Jinyiwei Qianhu who is stationed in Hangzhou, and a letter to the governor of Zhejiang. Huna is under its jurisdiction. If your governor doesn't want to help, then our capital sees the truth. With this kind of relationship, the lucky people in Zhejiang will also be wiped out.

After this incident, Wang Tong somewhat understood why after Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang and others wiped out the pirates in the southeast, there were still so many people who opposed the opening of the sea. The bad thing is that it has some kind of relationship with the powerful family in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as the sea is banned, the huge profits can be maintained. No wonder after the sea ban was lifted, there were endless voices of opposition in the court.

However, these tricks are useless in front of Wang Tong. Wang Tong's attitude towards this kind of matter is that he will not engage in any political disputes with you.

After March of the 17th year of Wanli, those who are lucky or have other intentions have to admit that the opening of Songjiang port is unstoppable. In the future, the goods from Nanzhili and Zhejiang, as well as those along the Yangtze River , If you want to trade at sea, you can only go from Songjiang.

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Originally, many goods from Jiangxi and Huguang went to Guangdong by land, and then shipped to the sea. Now with the convenience of Songjiang Mansion, they can travel eastward by the Yangtze River waterway, and then take the sea route to Songjiang Mansion.

The line between Songjiang Mansion and Nanyang had already been established at the end of the 16th year of Wanli, and the communication became more and more close. The massacre of Han people in Luzon was spread to Songjiang Mansion at the end of February of the 17th year of Wanli.

The businessmen who brought this news didn’t think much about it. They just thought that this incident was really deplorable and worthy of sympathy. It was also a topic of conversation when they came back to chat with each other and express their sympathy. Business should still be done.

There are also one or two bloody ones, that is, don’t do business with Spanish merchants. In the two places where Ming Dynasty opened ports, the idea of ​​Francois gradually declined. Everyone can distinguish between Portugal and Spain. Songjiang Prefecture and Tianjin Wei There are no Spaniards at all.

There is a rule in Songjiang Mansion for people who come back from the sea. When they come back to Kazi, apart from counting the goods and paying taxes, they also have to talk about what they saw and heard at sea and overseas ports.

Although there is no benefit in doing so, it is not a bad thing for the businessmen to chat and drink tea with the officials of the Songjiang Division in a friendly manner, and it is also a relaxation.

The people in charge of this work in the Songjiang Division are all spies under Jinyiwei, and all the information they get is compiled into a booklet and reported.

In the middle of March, that Bai Wu had already arrived in Songjiang. Although he was blindfolded by hatred, he was not a fool. Even after paying for travel expenses, he could also sense that this was pointing him the way.

From Guangzhou to Songjiang, more than a month's journey is enough, but Bai Wu was sick for a few days on the way because of his anger, and his money was exhausted. The last part of the journey was only possible by begging. Indeed, it is no different from a beggar.

It is easy to find out where the Liao State Duke's Mansion is. When he came here, he didn't dare to rush in when he saw the guards outside the door. He just walked [-] steps away, and when he saw the guards coming to drive him away, he knelt down. He kowtowed and said loudly:

"I beg the Grand Master to be the master!!"

Hearing this sentence, the guards in front of the Liao Kingdom's mansion did not drive them away, but said impatiently:
"The Duke doesn't care about civil affairs. If you have any grievances, go to the county government to file a complaint, or go to the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice to beat the drums, and I will give you a clear explanation."

Since Wang Tong rescued the Tongsheng father and son, there have been more people kowtowing and complaining in front of the door. From a neighbor stealing a chicken to suspecting that his wife stole a man, there are many things. I didn't bother to bother, Wang Tong sent them away when he had time, and later he got annoyed and set the rules, if he didn't leave, he would be kicked out of the yamen after a meal. .

"Only the Duke of Liao can make decisions about the villain, and no one else can take care of him except the old man."

"Everyone says that, whether you lost your chicken or your property was taken by a traitor, go to the county government and tell me."

The guards could still watch it as a joke at first, but after watching it a lot, they were deceived several times by the accused, and they all lost patience and were unwilling to continue talking nonsense.

"Several vice-lords, this is a big case involving tens of thousands of lives. The county government dare not take care of it, and the small ones go to the Guangzhou Navy to file a complaint, and they don't dare to take care of it!"

Bai Wu shouted at the top of his voice, the guards were about to make a move, but they stopped when they heard this sentence. They knew a lot about the outrageous grievances, but "tens of thousands of lives" is too shocking, Bai Wuchao He kowtowed his head a few times on the ground, and immediately blood came out from his forehead. This was also a way to show his determination, and among the guards, he could see a flame of hatred in Bai Wu's eyes. The appearance of a person with a deep hatred

Several guards looked at each other and stopped their movements. A more mature man stepped forward and said:

"Grandfather is not in the mansion, you go back and rest first, and talk about it when you come back."

These words couldn't scare Bai Wu, he just kowtowed again and said:
"One day the father-in-law doesn't come back, and the villain doesn't leave for a day."

After saying this, I thought that the guards would become angry and chase them away, but unexpectedly, the guards looked at each other and ignored them.

In the next few days, no one drove him away. At night, someone took out a blanket for him to cover him, and someone gave him food and water, but he was not allowed to kneel at the front door, and he was slightly sideways. Send him something to eat and chat with him kindly.

At first, Bai Wu didn't want to pay attention to it, but after all, others were taking care of him, and the favor was not small. After so many days, there was still a lack of someone to talk to, so he said everything.

He knelt at the door for the tenth day, and he was really desperate, because he had never seen the Duke of Liao come in and out. In Bai Wu's heart, he thought that this must be because the other party didn't want to see him or hid from him. Wu Kelian, could it be that he was going to the capital, Bai Wu even wanted to bump his head to death at this door.

Wang Tong returned to the mansion on the tenth day. He had been busy at the Gunboat Wharf for more than half a month, and he never cared to go home.
(End of this chapter)