Chapter 314: Handing over silver
Let's say that Wang Zhi of Jinling City finished digging up the buried money of corrupt officials, and then led his troops to the countryside to dig out the buried money of powerful landlords' families.
Some landlords resisted tenaciously and caused many casualties to Wang Jun, but in the end, the mantis blocking the car was no match for Wang Jun.
Wang Jun had no interest in the powerful landowners' territory. They weakened the power of the powerful landlords and left after digging up the silver.
Because the Strict Party warns against killing innocent people indiscriminately, landlords and powerful landlords can usually save their lives as long as they don't resist to the end.
The banditry was like a comb of soldiers, and the civilians suffered a lot. Some of them were forced to become young men. The landlords and powerful forces were even more injured and sold their land to protect themselves.
When you have money, you can raise a group of thugs to protect the fields. When you have no money, you can only sell the land if you can't afford the thugs. Otherwise, the hungry people who lost their land will not come to settle accounts with him.
The buried silver in urban and rural areas of Jinling was completely looted by the pirate army. Wang Jun was busy moving the silver to the ship.
Ye Zongman led the fleet to leave Jinling City and sail to Jiangyin Port. After arriving at Jiangyin Port, Wang Jun moved the silver boxes to wooden carts. Three hundred taels of wooden carts loaded with two million taels of silver were transported to Kuaiji Mountain.
Wang Chuan opened up the Yunyin route, and the Yunyin convoy reached Yiwu County without any hindrance.
Wang Chuan was stunned when he saw Ye Zongman pulling over the endless silver box and said in disbelief: "So much silver!"
Ye Zongman said contemptuously: "What does this mean? This is just a buried silver in Jinling City. There are still many cities that have not been excavated."
Wang Shuan said angrily: "No wonder the foreigners complained about the lack of silver in the world. It turned out that they buried it underground."
Ye Zongman agreed: "You are right. The Ming Dynasty earns a large amount of silver from foreign merchant ships every year. Logically speaking, the Ming Dynasty will not have a silver shortage. However, the Ming Dynasty itself is also short of silver. It turns out that the Ming Dynasty has been buried underground by the powerful bureaucrats."
Wang Chuan said angrily: "We should dig out their buried money. If the money doesn't circulate, it will be difficult for us to do business."
Ye Zong said angrily: "The circulation of silver can create wealth, and the circulation of silver can increase industrial and commercial taxes to fill the national treasury.
Corrupt officials are so weird. When they don't have much money, they don't bother to bury it but spend it instead. When they have too much money, they bury it and refuse to touch it for fear of discovering the dirty money.
As a result, the world was in a silver shortage, and the Ming Dynasty's treasury was empty and unable to collect taxes. They buried the silver underground and really harmed others and themselves."
Wang Shu sighed and said: "I don't care about the Ming Dynasty. What I regret is that this batch of silver does not belong to us. How great it would be if the silver belonged to us!"
Ye Zongman warned: "Don't have such wishful thinking, I will give the silver to you, and your task is to give the silver to Xu Hai.
Remember, don't be petty and greedy for money. The master has a bookkeeper to record every cent clearly.
We must show sincerity and work hard, and we cannot offend our master by playing tricks."
Wang Chuan said unhappily: "I know, how many times have you said this? It's so long-winded!"
Ye Zongman returned with a team of empty carriages. Wang Shuo led troops to escort the silver convoy to Kuaiji Mountain.
He said to himself listlessly along the way: "Tianzi, Tianzi, where have you gone? I had a hard time looking for you."
The guard replied: "The spies searched everywhere and found no trace of her."
Wang Shu lamented: "If the woman runs away, the silver will have to be given away. What a fucking miserable life we are living!"
Wang Shuang arrived at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain and handed over the silver box to Cuiqiao. Xu Hai's bookkeeper recorded in detail the silver sent by Wang Shuang.
Cui Qiao pointed at the silver convoy and asked, "Is this batch of silver buried in Jinling City?"
Wang Shuan replied listlessly: "Yes!"
Cuiqiao laughed and said, "It seems that the young captain is a little unhappy. Are you reluctant to part with the silver?"
"Tsk!" Wang Chuan comforted himself, "Am I a person who is short of money? I just feel that my share is a little less."
Cuiqiao said aggrievedly: "How do you say there is still one layer of division? We can't get a single copper plate. You should be satisfied."
Wang Shun retorted: "Isn't the income from the Xu family's closed base more than my share? Don't cry and complain in front of me.
"
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Cui Qiao changed the subject, "I heard that the mermaid you like, Jiujiutazi, appeared in Yiwu County. Did you hire her?"
Wang Chuan replied: "Yes, but she has disappeared again. I am looking for her. Is she in a closed base?"
Cuiqiao was surprised and said: "Why is she missing again? We didn't find her."
Wang Shu asked again: "Didn't she enter the closed base?"
Cui Qiao said: "Nowadays, people with foreign accents are not allowed to come in. The main reason is that they are afraid that your female cadre will sneak in, so she will definitely not be able to come in.
Besides, she is yours now, how dare we let her in."
Wang Chuan said displeasedly: "Since she is not in the closed base, forget it. If you find her, remember to send someone to tell me."
Cuiqiao agreed: "That's no problem. I'll send someone to tell you as soon as she appears at the foot of the mountain."
Wang Chuan clasped his fists in thanks and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Xu Hai."
Wang Shuang led his troops and left. Cuiqiao received the two hundred taels of wooden carts and two million taels of silver sent by Wang Shuang.
Chen Dong led the troops to pull the convoy to Taizhou City. The length of the silver convoy was like a long dragon winding on the mountain road.
At this time, Xu Weixue and Xu Hai were both staying in Taizhou City. Nightingale learned that the buried silver from Jinling City had been sent to Taizhou City, and after personally inspecting it, she was very satisfied that no flaws were found.
Nightingale said to Xu Weixue's uncle and nephew: "Yan Shifan confessed that the first batch of silver was sent to Jiaozhou Port from Haimenwei, and half of the silver was unloaded and handed over to Yan Shifan's son, and then the remaining half of the silver was sent to Zhigu Port and handed over to the Ministry of Revenue.
Officials took over.”
Xu Hai asked: "Will half of this batch of silver be unloaded at Jiaozhou Port, Shandong?"
Nightingale explained: "Yes, the half sent to Jiaozhou Port was taken by Yan Dang himself, and the half sent to Zhigu Port was given to the treasury.
Of course, the half that was handed over to the treasury was also taken over by the people of the strict party. They had to peel off another layer of skin along the way, and when they arrived in the capital, they had to take another layer and send it to the emperor's small treasury.
The amount of silver that can really be sent to the treasury is estimated to be only three levels."
Xu Weixue smoked a cigarette and said, "This is to be expected."
Nightingale reminded: "This errand is very important. Your Xu family must handle it well without making any mistakes, otherwise your Xu family will fall out of favor, and your competitor Wang Zhi may take your Xu family's place."
Xu Weixue assured: "Don't worry, envoy, we, Xu Hai, who have been running missions for many years and have won the trust of our master, will not make any mistakes."
Nightingale said with satisfaction: "That's good, of course I hope the Xu family will always be favored.
Wang Zhi did a great job this time, your Xu family can’t lag behind!"
The nightingale left. Xu Weixue asked Xu Haidao: "There should be no problem in transporting silver to Zhigu Port this time."
Xu Hai analyzed the enemy situation at sea and said: "Wang's army was trapped on land and could not get out. Yu Dayou of Fujian was strictly prohibited from going northward by the Ministry of War. Xin Wulang was placed under house arrest by us. The military situation at sea is now very favorable to the Xu family.
Now the vast sea belongs to our Xu family, so there will be no accidents when transporting silver."
Xu Weixue said worriedly: "Isn't there a navy of the Tang Army on Yangshan Island? They have been wiped out many times but they cannot be wiped out. This navy cannot be underestimated."
Xu Hai said contemptuously: "I know where that navy is our opponent. They will run away when they see our main warship.
They only have two large warships, and they can't carry silver. Once they are loaded with silver, they can't run fast and are easily hit by cannonballs, and they can't withstand hits.
If their small and medium-sized warships were loaded with silver, they would be even less able to run, and they would become living targets, unable to escape.
Even if they use sand ships to load silver, they will not be as fast as our warships and will surely be surrounded by our warships.
So how can Tang Jun's warships be threatened? It is impossible for them to dare to rob the silver."
Xu Weixue said cautiously: "However, the navy escorting Baiyin must be at least twice as strong as them."
Xu Hai patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll just send Wu Min to escort Bai Yin. The strength of the warship is guaranteed to be three times that of Tang Jun. I don't believe that Tang Jun can
The one who has the guts to come close."
Chapter completed!