However, although the Guangdong Customs is mainly responsible for managing foreign trade and collecting tariffs, it actually has a variety of functions such as foreign affairs, coastal defense, trade, and internal and external prevention, and its operation is centered on the Governor of Guangdong and Guangzhou.

It is precisely for this reason that as soon as Yu Kun arrived in Guangzhou, he would first visit the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Ministry before taking office, of course, this was just a courtesy visit, and no one would talk about official business.

Sending Yu Kun away, Yi Liang also got up at will, turned back to the signing room, and as soon as he sat down, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then said to Yi Zhicontent: "Yu Kun was promoted from Suzhou Weaving. ”

Listening to this, Yi Zhicontent is a little inexplicable, Suzhou Weaving Bureau - Suzhou Government-run Weaving Bureau, specially designed for weaving silk fabrics required by the court, the chief official is Suzhou Weaving, is the fifth grade, although the grade is not high, but it is the emperor's henchman, this is to remind him that Yu Kun is Daoguang's henchman?

Seeing that Yi Zhizhi didn't understand, Yiliang smiled and said: "Contentment doesn't know, Suzhou weaving is also in charge of Hushu Pass, Hushu Pass is a hot potato, over the years, there is no year of tariffs that can be collected in full, successive Suzhou weaving will lose money because of the insufficient tariffs of Hushu Pass, and the unlucky ones can lose tens of thousands of taels of silver."

The situation is similar to that of Suzhou weaving, and the Huai'an customs superintendent, since Jiajing, the Guangdong customs superintendent is mostly promoted from the Suzhou weaving and Huai'an customs superintendents, which is to make up for them in disguise, so that they can get enough compensation to make up for the deficit of silver. ”

Co-authored Guangdong Customs Inspectors are all greedy and excessive, or is this the reason? Yi Zhicontentment had a feeling of crying and laughing, the imperial court was simply deliberately conniving at the Guangdong Customs to supervise corruption!

Seeing that Yi Zhi's expression was quite exciting, Yi Liangtun smiled. Said: "In this world now, strange things emerge one after another, this is nothing, the imperial court is so arranged, it is also forced to be helpless, otherwise no one dares to do Suzhou weaving and Huai'an customs supervision." ”

"Master Xie." Easy to know that you owe yourself to the body. Yiliang's words are indeed to mention him, Yu Kun is here to get silver, to befriend him, simple, stuff silver!

"You're welcome to be content." Yi Liang said with a smile: "There is a way that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and each line has its own difficulties. Yin eats the grain. As he spoke, he turned his head and said, "Grow good quality crows in the vassal country." How sure is contentment? ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "If you want to confirm it, you need to send someone to try the seed, otherwise there is no basis for your words." ”

"Where Burma, Annam and Yunnan meet." Yiliang sighed lightly and said, "If I am the governor of Yunnan. It's not that hard. After a moment's pause, he turned his head away. He said, "Can contentment go to the trial planting through the business route?" ”

Crow. It can be planted anywhere, and it doesn't necessarily have to be at the junction of Burma, Annam and Yunnan, but Yi Zhizhi hopes to solve the British tea plantation in Assam at the same time, and he muttered slightly, he said: "As far as I know, the Sichuan-Tibet-Yunnan area has an ancient tea horse road leading to Myanmar, Annam, and India. However, I heard that the caravan is both businessmen and bandits, and if you want to send someone to try breeding, you have to form a caravan that can be controlled. ”

Ancient Tea Horse Road? Yiliang's eyes lit up, and he was not a lonely person. It seems that he has heard of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and it is a good idea to form a horse gang that is also a merchant and a bandit to go to that place to try breeding, and he does not take any risks, if it is successful, the position of the governor of Yungui belongs to him!

After a slight hesitation, he smiled and said, "It seems that contentment is also inevitable for that treasure land." ”

"Your Excellency said you were joking, didn't you?" Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "It's just a businessman below, and your hand can't reach that far." ”

"Raven. Profiteering, isn't it tempting to be content? Yi Liang glanced at him and said: "This matter is for the benefit of the imperial court, once it is successful, the imperial court will have a reward, and that treasure land will inevitably be taken care of by contentment for a few years, which is really a matter of fame and fortune." Saying that, he said briskly: "What are the conditions, contentment just say, but whatever I can, I will never shirk!" ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Adults are strictly forbidden to crows." Tablets without confidence? ”

"Is it faith to be content?"

"If it's a crow sucker. The filmmaker is guilty of a capital crime, but it can also ban crows. Slice. ”

"Impossible!" Yiliang said categorically: "Suck crows." Most of the filmmakers are officials, gentlemen and businessmen, and if the court announces a one-year period, they will not quit crows. The film is a capital crime, and there will inevitably be civil strife, and the court does not dare to take this risk! ”

After being silent for a while, Yi Zhizhi said: "Silver is not a problem, it doesn't cost a few silver to form a small-scale horse gang, but if the name is not right, it is not good, since it is to serve the imperial court, it naturally needs a proper name, otherwise it is not conducive to recruiting people." ”

To be famous, this requirement is really not excessive, Yi Zhizhi is a businessman, and he is the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi, Daoguang's personal reward of the four products, no reputation, how can he do this thankless thing? However, this simple request can stump Yiliang, the Eight Banners don't have to think about it, the green camp is also customized, and the group training is okay, but there must be a reason, there is no banditry, he is drumming up the group practice, which is tantamount to breaking his ass and attracting wind - looking for his own disease.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yiliang couldn't come up with a way, looking at his sad face, Yi Zhishu was really anxious for him, and couldn't help but mention: "I heard that there are often bandits in the following prefectures and counties." ”

Yiliang was stunned, and then reacted, why not run a group exercise in Guangzhou, which prefecture and county below can't hold a group exercise, and it's not Yi Zhixiang who trains in person, he just gives out the money, thinking about this, he said with a smile: "I can't give the title of the teacher of the imperial court system, the only name I can give is the group practice, where do you want to do the group practice, just toss a little movement out." ”

It was enough to have his words, and Yi Zhixiang was not in a hurry to express his position, and immediately said: "This is not a trivial matter, I have to think about it carefully, and I will reply to the adult later." ”

Yiliang nodded again and again: "I really have to think carefully." After a pause, he continued: "I'm afraid that the small-scale horse gang can't help, since it is a legitimate group training, the scale might as well be larger, let alone two or three hundred people, but it is a crow." piece, to make sure that nothing goes wrong. ”

This was exactly what Yi Zhizhi wanted, he nodded, and said: "What my lord said is true, but this has to recruit people from Yunnan and Guangxi, where there are deep mountains and dense jungles, and Cantonese people can't adapt to it." ”

"It's still contentment and thoughtful." Yi Liang laughed and said: "However, recruiting people from Yunnan and Guangxi must give some benefits to the local squires" (to be continued.) )