Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 401

To put it bluntly, the so-called ship locks are several large ships connected end to end, usually moored in the pre-dug river bend moorings, drawn out when needed, and fastened with iron cables in the river.

This thing has never been used since it was set up, but Zhang Shiqiang gave an order here, and the other side of the lock immediately started to beat the gong, and the young and strong officers on the shore jumped into the boat in a hurry, paddling and punting, the canal was less than wide. Go there, and after a while, the two sides close together, and the two ships that come into contact are fastened to each other with large iron chains, and this is considered to be a closed gate.

Looking at the closed gate, the ships in front and behind were naturally unable to move. The prestige of the Tianjin Wei side had already been shown. Open the gate.

The following news spread quickly. Although everyone pays taxes obediently, it does not mean that there is no resentment in their hearts. No one wants to have less money. Hearing that there is a big eunuch in the back who not only did not pay taxes, but also took Tianjin Wei's The tax official was thrown into the river, and everyone applauded in their hearts, waiting to watch the excitement.

The tax card on the Tianjin Wei side doesn’t care about the officials or the people, no matter whether you are famous or not, all the goods on the ship will be charged. There are a lot of people who are dissatisfied, and there are even those who are famous and official. If you don’t accept this eunuch The money, why should we accept our money, and take the opportunity to make a fuss.

Notifying Wang Tong that the fast horse had set off, Zhang Shiqiang stood at the door with a knife in his hand, and teams of tax collectors ran over and assembled in front of him.

Compared with the importance attached to the Haihe River, Wang Tong has no other strength besides the tax collection team beside the canal. Except for dozens of apprentices who can write and count, the rest of the tax collectors are from the former Jinyiwei. There are about three hundred local soldiers.

In addition to those who cannot move in the necessary positions, Zhang Shiqiang now has 210 people standing in front of him, and beside him is the restless Hang Bridge.

Seeing Zhang Shiqiang standing there with a cold face, Hang Daqiao couldn't help but whispered again:
"Brother Zhang, you have to be careful about this matter. Others are fine with it. This is the new admiral eunuch. If we offend you severely, Mr. Wang will not be a good person, right?"

Zhang Shiqiang turned his head and glanced at him, and said:
"I lost so much face last time. Many people were whipped and fined. If this person is let go again this time, how can I look up to others under my lord's hands? Do you still want to keep this job?" ?”

After saying these words, Hang Daqiao's face turned pale for a while, but he gritted his teeth and shouted first:

"Brothers, there is a person downstream who does not pay the tax, and his ship is coming. I am not afraid to tell you that the one who does not pay the tax is the new eunuch who did not pay the tax. We closed the ship lock to make him pay the tax... ..."

Originally, Zhang Shiqiang didn't explain what he was doing when he called the staff, but when Hang Daqiao called out, the people below suddenly became commotion. The words "Yu Ma Jian" and "Eunuch" were really scary. Meaning to retreat timidly, Zhang Shiqiang frowned and looked at Hang Daqiao again, but Hang Daqiao continued to shout loudly without caring:

"Big guy is scared, isn't it? But think about the last time we were pushed back by the river, some of us who ran away were whipped, some were fined, and many were fired. We have a family and a family." , Without this errand, why don’t you go to work hard on the pier? Looking back, it turns out that the old Wang brothers of the [-]th household are carrying bags and doing work in a low voice every day, and the wife has returned to her mother’s house. Are you willing to live this life?”

The last time the new soldier Yu Jiyong and the eunuch Xu Guang came to the canal to grab the power to collect taxes. As a result, the tax collectors retreated, but Zhang Shiqiang pushed forward. Afterwards, a group of people were washed away to do this tax collection. Not to mention that the tax officials are popular and hot, and everyone is respectful. Without this job, I really don't know what to do in the future.

What's more, the eunuch of the Yumajian came out of the palace, and the backer behind Mr. Wang is also the emperor. Whoever is afraid of who will come, was encouraged by the sound of the Hangzhou Bridge. Although the people below still have expressions of fear, the commotion is much less .

"Line up to the gate!!"

Zhang Shiqiang nodded in satisfaction, and waved his hands to give an order. The tax collectors lined up in an untidy formation, and filed up the lock. Hang Daqiao just said passionately, but now he hesitated. direction, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and kept up with the brigade.

After Wang Tong's rectification, the entire canal was orderly in the upper and lower reaches of Tianjin Wei. Now that the gates were closed in front, the boatmen sent messages back and forth, and they all leaned towards the two sides of the canal.

In this way, it left room for Chu Zhaoren's fleet to go up. It didn't take long for the forward of the fleet to reach the lock.

After the commotion just now, Chu Zhaoren was full of resentment and anger, and instead of going back to the cabin, he just stayed on the observation deck there, watching the scene on the shore that was very different from before, while waiting to pass Tianjin Wei's wharf, just now, his subordinates have reported it, this place in Tianjin Wei is different from other places, the real problem is in the front, and the tax was collected just now to save everyone from traveling and troubles.

Although there is space, this season is the time when there are the most tank boats, and there are a lot of boats traveling from south to north. Although they are all on the shore, the navigable waterway is also very narrow. It's only a few miles away, but it took more than half an hour to get there.

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"Grandpa Chu, someone blocked the river with a boat ahead, what should I do!?"

Niu Qianwei, the commander of the soldiers, shouted loudly from below. Chu Zhaoren, who was on the watchtower, could see clearly without him shouting.

Eunuch Chu knew that there was a young man named Qianhu in Tianjin Wei who was a close confidant of Lord Long Live, but you were a close confidant, didn’t you stay in Beijing?Isn't he still kicked out of the capital and came to Tianjin Wei?Even Sun Hai, who was close to Lord Long Live in the palace, was taken down by the empress dowager, so what is your little Jinyiwei Qianhu, our family is the imperial horse supervisor appointed by the empress dowager as an admiral.

He had heard some rumors about Wang Tong before, but Chu Zhaoren felt that the two sides were on the same level, and even his family was a little higher.

The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, and when I saw the boat and the people on board blocking the river ahead, I couldn't help but angrily said:

"Niu Qianwei, didn't our family tell you what to do just now, why did you ask, we are not stopping in Tianjin Wei, go there early, go to the capital early, this place is not a place of goodness, and it is annoying to stay for a while!"

"It's easy to handle if the father-in-law says this. After seeing so many of my subordinates, I don't know that the official ship also charges money. This Tianjin Wei is indeed a bit of a jerk. Please do a good job. Let the subordinates give you money." acting!!"

Hearing what Chu Zhaoren said, Niu Qianwei immediately grinned and said, Eunuch Chu nodded in satisfaction, and said from the watchtower:
"Do well, our family will reward you!!"

Niu Qianwei, the commander of the personal soldiers, clasped his fists in front of him and bowed. After getting up, he immediately began to arrange. The personal soldiers on duty on each ship were gathered on the two ships in front.

The entire eunuch Chu's fleet is also moving slower and slower. The boatmen and sailors on and off the fleet are all veterans for many years, and they are proficient in the handling of the ship. Seeing that the fleet is moving extremely slowly, it still keeps moving. Then lean forward.

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The soldiers on the "ship lock" had no other drills except running in the morning and evening. Although they held water and fire sticks in their hands, they all panicked when they saw the approaching fleet in front of them.

"Brothers, hold on, they dare not bump into it!!"

Zhang Shiqiang held the handle of the knife, stared nervously at the front, and shouted loudly in front of the queue. The soldiers around were obviously agitated, and Hang Daqiao was even more nervous and sweating profusely. He shouted at the top of his voice:
"Master Wang is about to lead people here, let's not hold back, let them go, everyone think about the consequences, think about the wives, children and old mothers at home, think about drinking and eating meat this year!!"

He yelled like this, and finally suppressed some scenes, but the opposite ship was still slowly approaching, and it was about to collide.Suddenly, I heard a loud shout from the opposite boat, and saw the boatmen on both sides of the boat rushing into the river with long poles, but they stopped the boat with all their strength.

With this movement, the already extremely slow boat stopped as soon as it touched it, but the soldiers of Jin Yiwei were already extremely nervous. When the lock hit, the boat just trembled, far from the point of capsizing, but many standing The people behind subconsciously screamed nervously and jumped off the boat.

The sound of plopping into the water rang out, and it was really embarrassing. This scene looked like acting, and the people around couldn't help laughing.

Eunuch Chu's big boat had already rowed to the front. Eunuch Chu was sitting on the watchtower, and the women beside Yingyingyanyan laughed loudly when they saw this scene, which attracted the attention of many people on both sides. come over.

Many people fell into the water, and there was a panic on the ship lock. Niu Qianwei, the commander of the eunuch Chu's bodyguard, shouted at this moment:
"Rush up and hit the water!!"

Niu Qianwei and the others swarmed up with scabbards and clubs in their hands. These soldiers were also elite soldiers who practiced every day. They were not comparable to the idiots collecting taxes on the ship lock, not to mention the panic above them.Surrounded by these personal soldiers, they were immediately in a panic. Everyone was smashed and beaten, and jumped into the water in a panic.

Not long after, the place where the ship locks and ships are connected has been swept away, and several people are about to untie the iron chains,

The boats watching the excitement from the north and the south are all watching closely, and they are going to follow this checkpoint in the chaos. Anyway, it is always an advantage to pay less than [-]% of the tax, and all the families are setting sail and anchoring...
Chu Zhaoren watched from the watchtower of the building and laughed. No one noticed that at the tail end of the fleet, the boatmen and sailors on the last two ships jumped into the water one after another, and the ships parked on both sides of the bank also hurriedly avoided.

"Boom~~~"

a loud bang...
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