Jiujiang Township has monopolized the right to fish fish in the Xijiang River since the Hongzhi period, and has therefore formed a quite prosperous freshwater fish breeding industry chain. The inspection task arranged by Zhang Xiao for Chen Wuren is to have an in-depth understanding of the local fish fry breeding industry in Jiujiang. He will not wait until dawn
, Chen Wuren and the cadres of the Agricultural Bureau put on wigs and civilian clothes, and under the leadership of Mo Yu, took a boat to the surrounding fish and flower markets - the market days of different markets are different.
Due to the market licensing system of the Ming Dynasty, there were many markets in various places that are not listed in local chronicles. As for the reason, many markets were illegal.
Only by applying for a license to manage the market can the market owner be legally recognized by the local government, either explicitly or covertly, and be included in the local annals. This is the tax farming system that many people in the Senate are opposed to. Naturally, many market owners do not have it at all.
Even if you obtain a license from the government, you can still collect rent and taxes. These people are people with strong backgrounds, and local officials often dare not offend them.
The Yuewan Ruins, Longyong Ruins, and Liangcun Ruins that already existed during the Wanli Period did not appear in Wanli's "Nanhai County Chronicle" or even the later Chongzhen County Chronicle, and the founders of the ruins, Chen Dacan and Huang Xian, were both from the Wanli Period.
Senior official.
In the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing, Xiang Qiao, the chief envoy of Guangdong, Si Fenshou, Lingnan Road and left to participate in the political affairs, promulgated the decree "forbidding market owners for the convenience of the citizens". He believed that the imperial court had established a customs system. Wuzhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture and other places
The customs levy tariffs on incoming goods and should no longer encroach on the profits of small markets. However, governments at all levels issue licenses to market owners and charge a certain fee, allowing the market owners to charge rent for the market space or draw points from the incoming goods.
Judging from his proposition, the intention is of course very good, and the starting point is to reduce the burden on the people. To put it bluntly, whether it is called points, land rent, sanitation fees, stall fees, the resulting costs will eventually be passed on to consumers
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But the prosperity of the market, to put it bluntly, is the demand of the market economy. This cannot be changed by a simple ban from the government. The local government still acquiesces to this behavior of prospering the local economy and increasing income. Xiang Qiao's decree
Obviously it has not played any role. At least in the Xiqiao area, the market owner system has spread on a large scale.
The Finance and Taxation Bureau is very interested in the market system. To be honest, the market is a handle for tax collection. Only with the market can we collect taxes from various sporadic economic activities. So Wang Qiyi and his wife have been thinking about how to collect taxes.
The market owner’s idea of “compliance”.
Zhang Xiao was also very interested, because the income from the market was an important supplement to local finance in the Ming Dynasty. Only by straightening out this income could local officials have money to do something.
Mo Yu used to be a gangster. In order to make a living, he joined Shi Shishi, robbed houses under the banner of Zhu Cai, and lived a life of licking blood. Later, he joined Lingao with Lin Baiguang. Because he had some understanding of machinery, he became a technical branch of the navy.
However, he suffered an accident due to paralysis during a routine exercise. His left hand was slightly disabled and he retired from the army. He was assigned to the police system as a casualty. Until the Senate went north and lacked manpower, someone with such seniority as him wanted to do something.
Actual disabled people have also been reactivated.
"Chief Chen, you may not believe it. Believe it or not, my underwater skills are quite first-class. I once held my breath for one minute while diving with bare hands and no equipment to catch a ten-pound dace...
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Mo Yu looked like an ugly version of Su Bingtian, but he liked blowing water very much. He talked non-stop along the way. Chen Wuren couldn't stand it, but he also learned a lot of useful information from him in advance.
"Every March, when the water rises in the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, large fish produce seeds that flow down the river and turn into fish flowers in the wide curves where the water is gentle. Households along the river have to join dozens of families to form a team to collect enough money to travel to Jiujiang.
Buy a fish license to catch and sell it to the "Zhuangjia". Jiujiang traders put the fish species first, counting the fish with the left hand and the money with the right hand. They all say, "When the clouds come out in April, Mr. Dan will drown to death." When the fish flowers come,
It is also a time when the situation is unpredictable. The winds and waves on the Xijiang River are strong and the water is strong. If you are not careful, everyone and the boat will be destroyed. You don’t know how miserable our life was when we were villagers..." Mo Yu
Thinking of the hard days in the past, I couldn't help but feel miserable.
Chen Wuren said: "We are both fallen people from the end of the world. If you follow the leader, you are following the right person!"
Mo Yu said: "Isn't that right? I am now a serious court official. In the previous court, I would be on an equal footing with the Jiangpu Inspection Department. I am a ninth-rank official!"
The group then blew some water.
Jiujiang's fish fry industry has a very fine division of labor. Households who catch fish from the fish port are called "Zhuangjia" and those who get the fish in the pond are called "Zhuangjia". Those who buy fish from "Zhuangjia" are placed in flower ponds and those who sell the fish after the flowers grow are called "Zhuangjia"
, those who buy fish from "Zhuojia", raise them in large fish ponds, drain the pond water to catch fish and sell them in the market after the pond is full or at the end of the year are called "cultivators". Zhuojia is responsible for the primary raising and sorting of fish fry.
After entering the pond, after 20 to 30 days of raising, it can be sold out of the pond. Because it is summer, it is called summer flower, and Zaojia specializes in breeding larger-sized summer flower fingerlings. Farmers buy summer flowers from Zaojia.
Raise the fish and sell them.
The fish flower market is right next to the river, and it is convenient for the fish flower boats to load fish. Since the loading time of natural fish flowers starts in March, there are no fish flowers sold in the fish flower market yet, but many people have come to make reservations.
A fish flower boat docked on the shore, and two indigenous men stood on the shore talking, one tall and one short, contrasting each other.
The tall man took out a pack of Shengchuan brand cigarettes from his arms, took out one and handed it to the short man, and asked: "Are you still raising fish flowers?"
The short man looked dark and had a bad complexion. He took out a match and lit the cigarette he took, then lit another one for the tall man and said: "I don't want to do this, I'm too tired! I'm not in good health.
, I’m so exhausted that Uncle Ghost will take care of you.”
The tall man said: "That's right. Your son can support himself at home. Fortunately, after a lifetime of hard work, all the hard work has finally come to an end."
The short man didn't look very happy and said: "This is my fate, and it will be like this for the rest of my life."
"I heard something strange recently..." the tall man said slightly mysteriously.
"Oh? What's so mysterious?"
"I heard from a fishmonger in Leizhou and Gaozhou that business was so bad last year that he lost his pants."
"What's so strange about this?" The short man disagreed, "The Australians came in and the war was in chaos. What kind of business can we do without losing money?"
"Leizhou Mansion is very close to the home base of the Australians. It has been penetrated by the Australians like a sieve. As soon as the army arrived, it was decided by word of mouth. There was no chaos."
"Oh? What's going on?"
"The farmers over there bought fish fry from Lingao."
"What!" The short man's face changed drastically. Although the villagers of Jiujiang monopolized the fishing rights of Xijiang River, they also shouldered thousands of taels of fish payment. Jiujiang's fish flower sales network extends to Qingyuan, Shaozhou in the north, and Huizhou in the east.
, Chaoshan, and as far west as Fengchuan and Gaolei. In later generations, large ships even came from Luzon and Nanyang to buy fish flowers. Now, if someone no longer needs fish flowers from Jiujiang and their income decreases, the salary hanging on their head will be
Quite a few and a half cents.
The short man asked: "There is neither a big river nor a big lake in Lingao, so where can the freshwater fish and flowers come from?"
"Who can say clearly about the Australians? Some people say that the Australians created it with the power of water and fire."
"Guan Youde! Guan Youde!" Mo Yu, who came by boat, saw the short man from a distance and shouted.
The short man heard the sound and saw that it was Mo Yu. He immediately changed his expression with a smile. He obviously knew Mo Yu and responded from a distance: "Master Mo, why do you have time to come to the fish and flower market today?"
After the boat docked and stopped, Mo Yu threw a cigarette to Guan Youde and Guan Youde, and pointed to his companions and introduced him: "I have a few distant relatives who want to do the fish business. Let's bring them here for a tour."
Several naturalized cadres who were accompanying him all had Fujian and Cantonese accents. After putting on wigs and dressing up, they looked no different from the natives. Guan Youde believed it was true and said: "I am very familiar with this fish and flower market. There is nothing I don't know."
Since they are Mr. Mo's relatives, their affairs are my business. If you can use me, just speak up."
The tall man said: "Master Mo found the right person today."
Mo Yu didn't recognize the tall man and asked: "Who is your Excellency?"
Guan Youde introduced: "This is my good friend, Zhong Ji, who is a local builder."
"Then it's hard work!"
In this way, the inspection team started shopping in the fish and flower market under the leadership of Guan Youde. Guan Youde is a member of the Guan clan in Jiujiang. It is said that his ancestors can be traced back to Guan Yu and migrated here during the Southern Song Dynasty. The Guan clan in Jiujiang has a reputation for virtue.
Mei, Dianxun, Shide, Qiyi, Sichengliutang. In the rural areas of the old time and space, if a family had three sons, they could speak more effectively than the village police station. Therefore, the Guan family with thousands of people in the local area was definitely
A first-class wealthy family.
Chen Wuren used to be the director of the Lingao Popsicle Factory. He had supervised dozens of people and was mature and steady in his speech and behavior. Apart from Mo Yu, he was the oldest in the team. Guan Youde believed in his heart that he was the leader of these people.
Then he asked him: "I wonder what your surname is, old gentleman? Where did you live?"
"My surname is Chen, and I am from Xiangshan." Chen Wuren replied.
"Xiangshan, are you going to sell fish or raise fish?"
"fish culture."
"Then I want to be a farmer. The old gentleman will come to Zhong Ji to buy summer flowers. He will definitely not cheat you." Guan Youde blew out a puff of smoke, "Is there a ready-made fish pond?"
With the information he learned from Mo Yuchuishui along the way, Chen Wuren did not panic and said: "There are dozens of acres of family farmland in the clan. Because it is low-lying and close to water, the grain yield is not high. The elders in the clan have discussed changing it to fish ponds.
However, there are few fish ponds in our Xiangshan Mountains, and no one in our clan has such experience, so we were sent to visit the Precious Treasure Land to learn from it."
"Then you have come to the right place." Guan Youde said: "It's just that the cost of selecting a foundation to build a pond is not cheap. Mr. Chen and his family are really generous."
"Since ancient times, fish and mulberry trees have been the most profitable. If it can be accomplished, it will be the inheritance of the whole family for a hundred years."
"Mr. Chen is really far-sighted!" Guan Youde raised his thumbs up.
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