1055. Weishui Wharf

Weishui, the largest direct flow of the Yellow River, the river originating from Longyou flows through the Guanzhong Plain, joins the Yellow River in Tongguan, as one of the eight waters of Chang'an, the Wei River, which is nearly 1,000 kilometers long, flows through the north of Chang'an, is one of the important waterways of Chang'an, transports hundreds of thousands, even millions of stones of grain into Chang'an through the Wei River every year, merchant ships come and go, endlessly, the largest ships can carry seven or eight hundred stones, once the war, the military ships come and go continuously, and the water transport is extremely developed.

Not far from Weiqiao, there was a large wharf, on which the crowd was surging, and countless rows of boats were docked on the shore, and the tax collectors of the household department were shouting and checking here.

This is a normal situation, everyone is accustomed to it, including Zheng Chengye, Zheng Chengye is Zheng Chengji's younger brother, about fifty years old, but he is a concubine, Zheng Chengji's father's concubine was born, so his name has nothing to do with inheriting the Zheng family's business, and he was ordered to manage the Zheng family's business. In fact, Zheng Chengye knew that Zheng Tong was a ghost.

When Zheng Chengji was in power, he still reused him in brotherhood, although he couldn't study to become a master, but he managed the Zheng family's business, and he was also a person with a head and a face, and people had to call Zheng Yuanwai when they saw him, but when they came to Zheng Tong, they directly brought him to the merchant ship, isn't it just afraid that he would seize power, Zheng Chengye was also very angry, and he was pitiful that he had to run around with the merchant ship when he was over half a hundred years old.

Their merchant ship is a small ship of 100 stones, the ship is full of grain, the front-line war has not stopped, the most sought-after thing to sell in Chang'an at this time is the grain, his Zheng family also has a small grain shop, the grain has been tuned for a long time before the grain of the 100 stone grain to be sold in Beijing, as long as you enter Beijing, the 100 stone grain is sold to the grain shop of the Zheng clan of the clan, and the ship escort task is over.

Zheng Chengye was lying on the couch, his mind wandered, he also knew that there were other things mixed in the hundred stone grain, but he also knew that basically there would be no problem, who in Datang didn't know the Zheng family, seeing the Zheng flag on the bow of the ship, no tax collector dared to strictly investigate, Zheng Chengye thought of it like this.

"Steward, the dock has arrived." The curtain was lifted, and a small servant came in to report.

Zheng Chengye also knew that it was there when he heard the excitement outside, but he still glared at the little guy, he didn't like others to call him in charge, the manager was just a subordinate, he still liked others to call him the third master, which showed that he was also a member of the Zheng family.

When he came to the bow of the ship and saw that everything was as usual on the dock, Zheng Chengye also nodded, frowned and said, "Hit the flag and pass the inspection quickly."

The little guy should be at the bow of the ship with a flag, but it is the Zheng flag, and many fleets that were lined up saw a small ship rampage and went directly to the front, and they were also angry, but after seeing the flag on the bow, they also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

The dignified Xingyang Zheng family, what's wrong with cutting in line? Is there a problem? No problem. Comments? No comments. This is the Maison.

When he came to the wharf, a tax collector's eyes lit up when he saw Zheng's merchant ship, and he was busy with the service of bowing his head and bowing his waist, Zheng Chengye didn't even look at the tax collector, after all, he also put this kind of official who was not an official in his eyes, and pretended to be arrogant, "Check quickly, don't miss my Zheng time."

Zheng Chengye said, and the tax collector waved his hand and said: "No, no, Zheng's merchant ships don't need to ......."

As soon as the words were said here, suddenly, a gong sounded, and the people on the shore avoided one after another, only to see a middle-aged official in a scarlet official robe striding towards the dock, followed by dozens of officials, and hundreds of sergeants, the crowd was shocked, not knowing what kind of scene it was.

Zheng Chengye was also surprised, but the tax collector was not surprised, seeing that the middle-aged official's eyes lit up, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I have seen the fifth langzhong."

The people who come and go also know that this fifth is naturally not the fifth Lang, but the fifth Qi in the imperial court, Zheng Chengye has also heard of it, and he is busy bowing his head and giving his hands, and he is a small county wealthy family who has nothing to say to this kind of court official.

Fifth Qi looked at the scene, waved his hand and shouted: "Continue to investigate, this official is watching here."

A tax collector didn't know what the top boss meant, but he didn't dare to carry it, Zheng Chengye was shocked, looking at this, it seemed that he wanted to strictly investigate, and there was the fifth Qi here, wouldn't it be dangerous, he immediately took out the money bag from his arms and handed it to the tax collector who came to the front, and the tax collector looked at the fifth Qi in the distance and didn't pay attention to this side, and he quickly put it into his arms.

glanced at Zheng Chengye with a smile, and let them go after a while. Of course, the tax collector didn't think that there would be such an earth-shattering thing as private salt in this, and he just thought that the Zheng family wanted to pay less taxes or something, which was normal for these families, and it was often the case before.

But the fifth Qi is not a muddy person, just the fifth Qi is proficient in arithmetic, thoughtful, sweeping and heavy, thinking of the seriousness of this matter, how can he rest assured that the abacus will be handed over to his subordinates, you must know that this thing is not good, he is going to lose the black yarn hat, and the restless Fifth Qi came straight to the place of inspection.

It happened to be seen that the Zheng family had been inspected and unloaded, and at this time the Zheng family had already taken off the banner of the Zheng family, after all, it was okay to use it once in a while for convenience, but if they used it often, they would not dare to use it from other places.

Seeing that the sacks of things unloaded on this small merchant ship seemed to be quite heavy, Fifth Qi also stepped forward with his back and asked with interest: "What kind of cargo is this?" ”

Seeing that his boss was asking, the tax collector replied respectfully: "Hui Langzhong, this is a hundred stone river east wheat."

Hearing this, the fifth Qi nodded, twisted his beard and looked at the merchant ships coming and going on the river, and sighed leisurely: "The war is together, but the price of grain, which has finally stabilized, has fluctuated again."

Fifth Qi, as the chief official of the Du Branch, has worked in the Du Branch Division for many years before assisting Fang Xuanling, who is also in charge of the Du Zhi Lang, and he knows the market very well, and the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee may not know how much the grain price is, but this is always known about the market, taxes, and revenue and expenditure calculations.

When the tax collector heard this, his eyes rolled and he said straightly: "Lord Langzhong is worried about the country and the people, he is really a model and good official." I bought rice yesterday, and the price of this rice has definitely risen by a penny."

Fifth Qi shook his head bitterly and smiled, not planning to talk much about the tax collector, but the tax collector's next words scared him.

Seeing the expression of the fifth Qi, the clever tax collector knew that if he wanted to make the boss look at him differently, he had to say what he wanted to hear, obviously this fifth lang was worried about the price of grain, and immediately said: "Don't worry about the fifth adult, although the price of grain fluctuates, the price of grain in a big shop like this Zheng's grain shop is still relatively stable, and there is food replenishment from all over the country every day, so there will be no shortage of food." As he spoke, the tax collector pointed to the Zheng family's merchant ship that was unloading and smiled.