This salted fish smells bad when pickled, but it tastes delicious.
But there are people making salted fish rice everywhere in Blade Port, and the old Yao family has its own ability to serve as a neighborhood canteen.
He Lingchuan ordered another piece of fried and peeled fish, as well as a piece of fried crab with ginger and green onion.
The store was very busy, but the proprietress loved to chat with others. He Lingchuan then asked her: "Sister, we are new here. Is this Blade Port under the jurisdiction of Qingguo?"
"Of course, the Qing Kingdom has a special shipping department here to manage ships, people and affairs. You have to pay money to it when entering or leaving ships. If you commit any crime, you will be arrested and imprisoned."
The customer next to me added: "There is also a charge for entering the goods, and it depends on what kind of goods it is!"
"I seem to have heard that this port was originally owned by the Bailie people?"
"Then you heard it's quite a long time ago." The landlady took away the dishes from the next table, "It was like this decades ago. Later, the Bailie people handed over the port to Qingguo."
"How can a golden rooster lay eggs without giving it to others?"
Blade Port is the largest deep-water port within two thousand miles east of Mou State. Countless cargo ships come in and out every day, and even the customs duties are collected. The key is that the money comes in very steadily.
According to the expired agreement in He Lingchuan's hands, Qingguo rented Blade Port from the Bailie people and only paid three thousand taels of silver in rent per year.
Three thousand taels is just a fraction of Blade Port's income, right?
How could Bailie people be willing to give up such a good property?
"Then who is willing to give up?" the landlady said quickly, "It seems that the Bailie people defeated the prince of Qing Dynasty and used this port to make amends."
A diner on the side said: "I heard that the Qing Kingdom directly sent troops to give this place to -" He stretched out his hand and made a circle, which meant to take it by force.
Anyway, Blade Port is now Qingguo's territory.
The landlady looked at He Lingchuan and the two with curiosity in her eyes: "Where are you two from?"
"West."
"Mou Guo? No, your clothes don't belong to Mou Guo." The landlady rubbed her chin, "Bejia?"
"Further west." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "I heard that trade is free here, and we want to look for business opportunities nearby. I wonder what the Bailie people's territory is like?"
The diner on the side said smoothly: "It's better to go to Qingguo."
Chapter completed!