Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 737 Rich as an enemy

  The fleet is back.

  The Zhang family is still alive, and the Zhou family is also alive.

  The palace suddenly became joyful.

  Empress Zhang was so excited that she went to Renshou Palace to announce the good news.

   When the Empress Dowager Zhou heard about it, she stood up excitedly, trembling slightly.

  The news spread throughout the capital.

  Most people didn't feel much about the return of the fleet.

  The purpose of the voyage is to find the magical seed, but it seems that the seed has not been found yet.

  Of course, no one thinks that the seeds can be found after two voyages to the West.

  But...in Tianjin Wei, people are crazy.

  Tianjin Wei City Ship Envoy Yang Jing personally led people to welcome the fleet that arrived in Tianjin Wei.

  The ships, dragged by the lead ship, began to enter the port.

  Yang Jing was smiling, because news had arrived from the palace on a flying horse, asking Ambassador Xu Jing, Shou Ninghou and others to enter Beijing immediately after their arrival.

  Tianjinwei is mostly dominated by military households, because it is not only the gate of the capital, but also the center of the Grand Canal. The imperial court set up Tianjinwei, and these military households have multiplied. Now, because of this, it is becoming more and more lively.

However, because there are too many military households, at this time, the military guard system has completely collapsed. A large number of military fields are almost all occupied by military officers. Ordinary military households are almost reduced to serfs. The life of Tianjin Weijun households is It was horrible, many people were pale and emaciated, and had nothing to do. When they heard that there was a fleet coming, these idle military households also rushed up one after another to watch the excitement.

At the port, there were crowds of people, and one after another, Xu Jing, Shou Ninghou and others disembarked. Yang Jing hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, but saw Xu Jing, Zhang Heling and others, compared to those The sallow and emaciated military household was not much better, but Yang Jing showed admiration after seeing Li.

  The sailors started to disembark, but...

   "Eunuch, please prepare to enter the customs and collect taxes." Xu Jing cupped his hands at Yang Jing and smiled slightly.

  Yang Jing froze, what do you mean, customs tax?

  Yes, there is a tax. The Ming Dynasty has rules. All the gates are taxed. Of course, the commercial tax of this era is ridiculous. During the Hongzhi period, the commercial tax was 130,000 taels of silver.

  What does this mean? Among Daming’s annual revenue, various mining taxes and salt taxes add up to nearly three million taels, of which commercial tax only accounts for a few tenths, close to nothing. If the annual grain income of more than 30 million shi was added for comparison, the merchants who accumulated the most wealth in Ming Dynasty paid less than one percent of other taxes.

   Now Xu Jing asks to pay taxes voluntarily, which is a rare thing.

  Yang Jing is an eunuch. The tax court that entered the customs has issued an edict to confiscate the internal funds. That is to say, when the ships sailing to the West return to Hong Kong, they will be directly charged into the palace by drawing one out of ten.

   How much tax can this fleet collect when it enters the customs?

  Yang Jing smiled and said: "In that case, let's...hehe..."

  Shou Ninghou and others were impatient: "Stop talking, hurry up."

  Yang Jing glanced at Zhang Heling in fear. He was a little afraid of this Marquis of Shouning.

  The crowd began to commotion, why the people in this fleet have not disembarked yet.

Countless ragged military households, all with hippie smiling faces, in Tianjin Wei, because most of the military households are miserable, there are countless glib, bold and arrogant people here. They wander around in groups, because there is nothing In order to make a living, they must not leave the military household system, so they had to do nothing.

These people have known for a long time that people who go to sea are extremely miserable, quite a bit, and some people live worse than grandpa's life, haha, everyone's mentality of watching the fun, just want to see, those poor sailors Sallow and emaciated, he disembarked hungry.

  You can wait left and right, but no one is seen.

  So they shouted and cursed one by one, and there was a lot of voices.

  But at this time, a team of clerks from the Shibo Department who were in charge of customs clearance were recruited.

  Suddenly, people didn't know what happened, and everyone talked about it.

  These scribes also feel strange. At this time, I don’t know if the father-in-law of the city ship is welcoming the fleet, and what is it asking us to do?

   But they dare not neglect.

  When they arrived at the pier, the case books were moved one by one, and the pens, ink, paper and inkstones were displayed, and the scribes stepped forward in a daze.

  Shibo made Yang Jing look embarrassed, what was he doing, he was making a fuss out of a molehill.

  Can be invited by Ambassador Xu, but he has no choice but to do so.

  Teams of city shipping officers are waiting on the trestle, even the scales are ready.

   Afterwards, someone began to carry the box down.

   There are huge boxes that cannot be moved by several people. They can only place logs under the boxes, and then let the boxes roll on top.

  The first box is out of the trestle.

Xu Jing stepped forward and said: "The Marquis of Shouning was ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and obtained the decree. It was stated in advance that all overseas property will be rewarded to sailors and sailors, but since it is overseas income, it needs to pay customs duties to fill the national treasury. "

  Yang Jing said with a smile: "No, no, now the rules have changed, changed, and now it is used to charge the government, not the state treasury."

"Oh." Xu Jing nodded, but it seems that it doesn't matter whether it is used for internal money or for the national treasury: "Then, please ask the Shibo Department to convert it. From now on, convert the payable tariff on the spot, and then distribute it. General."

   As he spoke, he slowly opened the first box...

  Suddenly, Yang Jing's eyes flickered.

   Then... Yang Jing's legs became a little weak.

   "..."

  Silver...white silver, this white silver makes people dizzy, it is a full box, look at the fineness of this silver, it is the best silver.

   Those servants and scribes are also confused. Where did the money come from? Overseas...is there any money?

"Hurry up, work!" Zhang Heling was annoyed. Although the silver is good, it is a pity that it is not his own. , It's a pity that the owner is not me, so my heart hurts like a knife, and I have nowhere to vent my anger.

  Yang Jing had no choice but to gather herself together: "Come on, weigh silver!"

   The guards did not dare to neglect, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, they began to take out the silver and weigh it!

   At the end, the guard reported the number: "Total, seven thousand two hundred and ninety-four taels!"

  The scribes are busy taking notes.

   But their ink was still wet, and then came the second box, the third, the fourth...

   Now, I'm dumbfounded...

   "Hurry up, there are still several ships." Zhang Heling urged: "You are so dawdling, three days and three nights, you can't count them all."

   All of a sudden, Yang Jing's breathing stopped.

  He is a eunuch.

And luckily, he was assigned to the Shibo Department. Yang Jing is a person who has seen the world. After all... there will be countries coming to pay tribute, and they will pass through Tianjin Port. Those missions will also mix in merchants from various countries and act as envoys. In the name of the government, there are many envoys who will carry some private goods. All in all, Yang Jing's oil and water are very rich.

   To be honest, a person with a fat job like Yang Jing, he doesn't look down on ordinary things.

   But now...he was dumbfounded.

   Fuck.

   Immediately afterwards, the guards reported the number one by one: "Box B, five thousand two hundred and fifteen taels of silver!"

   "C box..."

  People are sweating profusely.

  The scribes bowed their heads to count one by one, and the hand holding the pen was trembling.

   Feeling crazy.

   How many boxes are these?

   On the other side, there was another pier, a ship docked, and the scribes had to be transferred to another pier. On this pier, there were boxes...gold...

  When the box was opened, everyone was going crazy.

   is genuine gold.

  The golden gold, piercing people's eyes can't open...

   If you take a small piece from this box, it is enough to squander it.

  The scribes were shocked at first, but trembled all over, and had countless reverie, but this reverie was instantly brought back to reality by the fierce sailors.

These sailors gave them a bad feeling. Although they were yellow and emaciated and dressed in ragged clothes, they gave people a strange feeling. Their skin was tanned, and many of them even peeled off their skin like scorched. As for the mixture of new leather and old leather, their eyes, especially the sharp ones, made them feel uncomfortable after being swept over by them.

   Murderous...

  These people who were born to the death, fought against the big waves in the sea, killed people and robbed them, whoever had a few lives in their hands, they endured the pain that no one could bear, and what they had in their eyes was the pattern of life.

The officers and clerks did not dare to raise their heads to look directly at these people. In the past, these officers were the most slick, and they would often secretly stuff some things into their private pockets when they cleared the customs, but now, they are all hands and feet clean very.

   "Six thousand three hundred and seventy-three taels, gold!"

   "Box B..."

  The officers, with smoke coming out of their throats, yelled out numbers hoarsely and hard.

In addition, more and more boats began to dock. Some boats lifted boxes of huge ivory, some of them were countless spices... There were even crystal clear things, but they were all ivory. Take the handle out. It's diamonds, emeralds... and rhino horns...

   These things are all incomparably valuable, and they are the most scarce things in Ming Dynasty.

   But here, it is like sand, boxes are moved off the boat.

  Every trestle knocked on their heads, shouting continuously: "Ding box, 1,534 catties of spices..."

   "Agate... three catties and seven taels."

   "Ivory...756 catties..."

Yang Jing listened from a distance, the numbers were constantly accumulating, he felt his heart was about to jump out, this... this... how much... how much gold, silver and jewels, are these gold and silver jewels... picked up? ?

  Yang Jing felt that her cognition had been refreshed all of a sudden, seeing this world today, since then... what a rich, poor ghost!

  ………

  The weather is getting colder and colder, and the heart is getting colder and colder. Here is a monthly ticket to support and warm up the tiger's heart.

  (end of this chapter)