Chapter 541: Encountering a Merchant Ship Evading Taxes

When he went to Japan again, in addition to the warships that showed off his strength and the transport ships that loaded the soldiers of the guards and special combat teams, Xia Nan also brought two clippers with him, and by the way, he went to Suzhou to load a batch of raw silk and sell it in Japan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The speed of the INFO clipper ship far exceeded that of the battleship, so Liu Quan led the first set off to Suzhou, and after loading the goods, he went to the mouth of Songjiang Mansion to meet the large army.

With the experience of happy cooperation last time, and the Qiongzhou battalion is now more wealthy, the silk guild in Suzhou naturally responded to the needs of this God of Wealth, and within five days, 500,000 catties of raw silk were loaded onto the ship, just in time to meet the fleet that caught up.

On the way from Songjiang Prefecture to Nagasaki, the Qiongzhou Battalion fleet encountered many merchant ships, and nine of the ten did not have the "Qiong" flag planted in themβ€”all of them did not "pass" through the Tainan tax customs.

In the summer, Nanxia ordered the collision to stop, and sent people up to see that the owners of the ships were really Jiangnan people, and most of them were carrying raw silk.

"There is a long way to go to cultivate the public's awareness of paying taxes." Xia Nan said leisurely to Lin Weiye, who was accompanying him, "Should I monopolize the raw silk in Hangzhou, so that these tax evaders have no money to make?" It seems that it is more cost-effective to monopolize the raw silk industry than to collect taxes from these people......"

Lin Weiye was not on the list of this trip, but as a self-proclaimed patriotic otaku, how could he miss the drama of bombarding Little Japan - even if this is ancient Japan, not the militaristic Japan that launched the war of aggression against China? After learning about Xia Nan's plan, Lin Weiye said that he would follow.

Before leaving, Xia Nan was quite suspicious of his motives. "Are you sure it's not to make up for the regret of last time? I didn't taste a Japanese woman last time, but this time I have a fleet to escort you, and you want to learn from American GIs to leave your blood in Japan? ”

Lin Weiye naturally didn't admit it when he was killed, he insisted that he was just to watch the good show of beating the little devils, "This is better than the divine drama of tearing the devil, at least it is real." As a non-military person who was not on the travel list, Lin Weiye also got his wish and stepped on the battleship to Japan.

At this time, hearing Xia Nan's words, Lin Weiye replied: "With such a big plate in the raw silk industry, it is impossible for you to swallow it alone, and there are always risks in doing business, tax collection is the king, drought and flood to ensure income, and it will not be affected by the rise and fall of prices." We must teach these smugglers who evade taxes a good lesson, so that they are afraid that they will not dare to evade taxes in the next life! ”

"Oh? How can they not dare to evade taxes in the next life? Xia Nan asked with interest, "Grab the goods, grab the ship?" ”

"These are the bare minimum, far from enough." Lin Weiye said viciously, "You have to tattoo their faces, they don't have a face to see people, or they can cut off their ears to become ......."

Xia Nan shuddered, this honest man sometimes thinks quite extremely. Before he could speak, Sima De on the side shook his head again and again: "Absolutely not." Whether it is tattooing or cutting off ears, it is not only a mutilation of limbs, but also a great shame, these people are all figures with heads and faces in Jiangnan, and it is more uncomfortable to do so than to kill them. We're here to collect taxes, not to make mortal enemies! ”

Xia Nan agreed: "Mr. Sima is reasonable, these people are not devils or Tartars after all, there is no need to be so ruthless...... Zheng Zhilong's approach is to cut down such a person, but we can't copy this set, after everyone is killed, who will pay the tax? ”

Lin Weiye touched his head and asked a little embarrassedly: "My proposal is too radical?" Then I'll take it back. ”

Sima De added: "Although it is not advisable to tattoo or cut off the ears, it is possible to arrest these people and break their legs in public at the port of Nagasaki......"

Xia Nan and Lin Weiye almost fell, the bend was too sharp, and they almost overturned.

Lin Weiye asked puzzledly: "Is it milder to break a leg than to stab words and cut off an ear?" ”

"A broken leg can be healed, an ear cut can't grow back, and a carved face can't be erased, it's far from the same." Sima De explained, "Breaking a leg is enough to give them a warning, and it won't hold a grudge for life, and they will obediently come to pay taxes next time." ”

Xia Nan thought about it carefully, and seemed to have some reason, so he ordered: "Tie up the owners of the ship and put them in our bilge, let the captain continue to drive the ship to Nagasaki, and when they reach the destination, the cargo will be confiscated, and the owner will dispose of it uniformly." ”

In the midst of a cry of pleading, these Jiangnan shipowners were tied up into a rice dumpling and thrown in the cabin of the Qiongzhou battalion, and the captain of the ship was ordered to continue sailing towards Nagasaki, and if he dared to escape halfway, he would be sunk directly.

When the captains of these merchant ships saw these wolf-like soldiers, coupled with the towering and tall warships, no one dared to raise any objections, and they all honestly drove the ships according to their orders.

Everyone thought that under such high pressure, nothing would go wrong halfway, but unexpectedly, there were still people who had bad brains and had the idea of escaping.

One evening, as the fleet reached the Goto Islands, a fortune ship abruptly left its course and ran to the side without looking back, apparently trying to get rid of the warships that were eyeing the islands as it approached darkness and the cover of the islands.

The flagship, the "Canton", was the tallest, and the lookout was farther than all the ships, and was the first to discover the situation, which was immediately reported to the commander of the fleet, William. William immediately ordered two Wuyi-class warships to pursue and report to Xia Nan at the same time.

"General, a merchant ship wants to escape and has ordered a pursuit, what should I do after catching up?" With the speed comparison between a professional warship and a Fukubune laden with cargo, it was a breeze to catch up with the Fukubune that had escaped. It's just that how to punish and what to do after catching up must be decided by Xia Nan.

Xia Nan was having dinner in the cabin with Lin Weiye and others at this time, and he was very unhappy when he was disturbed by the meal, and slapped the table hard: "The tiger is not powerful, when I am a sick cat!" Sinking directly is to jump into the sea to escape without saving one, leaving no room for survival, and letting other merchant ships see the end of resistance! ”

The two Wu Yi class quickly caught up with the ship, surrounded it on the left and on the right, and opened the cannon window. Fu Chuan desperately raised the sails and turned the rudder, but he could not get rid of the situation of being caught in the middle. The captain of the ship knew that something was wrong, and ordered someone to shout at the other side, saying that he was confused for a while, and was willing to accept punishment, and only begged for mercy.

Unfortunately, it was too late to beg for mercy by this time. "Boom, boom, boom", the long and short guns of the two Wuyi-class battleships fired at the same time, and the solid bullets smashed on the Fu ship like a heavy hammer, smashing both sides of the Fu ship to pieces in an instant. The guy in charge of raising and lowering the sails had nowhere to hide, and was smashed into a blur of flesh and fell into the sea.

Under the fire of the sky and the earth, the captain and the guys knew that the ship would sink sooner or later, so they hurriedly jumped into the sea. For a while, the sound of "plopping" was endless, and the people on the boat jumped into the sea like dumplings, and then desperately paddled out to swim out, so as not to be dragged down by the whirlpool after the boat sank.