Chapter 232 Customs Duties (Part II)

grassland

A thousand miles, a small hill, Hu Erbo hung a long knife at his waist, his hands behind his back, and looked quietly.

Hu Erbo, who controls ten thousand households, has a majestic figure, stands tall in his hands, his eyes are condensed, full of charm and majesty, and he does have the majesty of a king.

Dozens of pro-soldiers around him were guarded, all of them fierce and murderous.

The boundless grassland is flat and vast, vast and breathtaking.

Thousands of fat flocks of sheep, horses and cattle can be seen everywhere.

In June, the grass is dense, and they eat butter grass, and their fur is shiny, and sometimes there is a faint jingle of silver bells, which is the silver ornament of the shepherdessman striking in the wind.

This grassland, which originally belonged to someone else, is now all owned by the Golden Family.

The grassland has always been chaotic, and tribes of all sizes have been fighting each other without stopping. It wasn't until his father took his brothers and generals to pacify the grassland that there was a peaceful situation now!

With Huerbo's original intention, he wants to cultivate for another year, stabilize power, and accumulate strength.

However, the rise of Wang Hongyi has broken this possibility.

The sound of a galloping horse sounded, as fast as thunder from far and near, and several cavalrymen were naked, wearing protective helmets, with longbows and quivers on their backs, full of long arrows, and came over.

When he reached the 100 meters in front of the hill, he turned over and dismounted, came up, and handed over a stack of messages.

"Is there any news from the south?" asked Hurbo, after a cursory look.

"Wanhu, there is no news yet. The bearded centurion bent respectfully and said.

Hu Erbo was expressionless, and said lightly: "Tell me to go down, and then contact my men to go to the south, and be sure to know the situation of the Chu army in time." ”

"Yes!" replied the centurion.

Looking in the direction of the Central Plains, Hu Erbo silently calculated the size of the new annexed army, although the new annexed army is only 3,000 now, but as long as it is broken, it can be expanded in large quantities.

Iron smuggling, the weapons of 30,000 horsemen have been equipped, as for consumption, as long as the city of the Han people is captured, there will naturally be a supplement.

As for the location of the attack, it is Bingzhou and Youzhou.

"The world will be my ...... after all" The voice was almost inaudible, as if talking to himself.

Voyage Port, Customs Yamen.

In the Yamen meeting hall, Song Han held a notebook in his hand, which was the report at the end of the month that was going to be sent to Jinling.

As for the tax situation in May, Song Han was satisfied.

In less than a month, a customs office has a tax of 64,000 taels of silver, which is a very considerable number!

"In the past month, you have worked hard, this official will report to the king, I believe the king will be very happy, and next, you will have to make persistent efforts!"

"No!" everyone present agreed yes.

"Let's send the song to Jinling. Song Han found someone and handed over the fold.

"Yes!" someone rode a fast horse and galloped towards Jinling City.

Standing on the tower, watching the knight disappear, he withdrew his gaze and descended the tower.

As soon as he walked downstairs, he was found by the officials who had come to report to him.

"My lord, a report has been sent, saying that the customs of Hecheng Port is about to be completed, have you come to check?" asked the official respectfully.

"Hecheng Port?" Song Han thought for a while, among the five customs, Yuanhang Port was the first to be built, and it was just a month's tax from the customs, which was already amazing, and it was conceivable that the importance of the customs was amazing.

For any customs, Song Han will not despise it, even if the place where Hecheng Port is located is just a small town, and it is a remote place even more remote than the location of Yuanhang Port.

This is actually Shanghai.

"After sorting out the situation in Hecheng Port, take it to this official. After thinking about it, Song Han commanded.

The staff was busy.

Although Hecheng Port has a city in its name, it is actually located in a small coastal poor town, and the original port is even more dilapidated.

However, the location here is rare, and it is not suitable for another place, so the construction of this place is earlier than that of the distant port, but the date of completion has been delayed for a long time.

Just when Song Han was busy, Wang Hongyi in Jinling City received a recital sent by Song Han.

In the side hall, Wang Hongyi was dressed in civilian clothes, and it was this twist and turn that he was watching with his hands unfolded.

It seemed to please him and made him smile.

"Sixty-four thousand taels of silver?" Looking at the numbers above, Wang Hongyi was quite satisfied.

However, how to say it, the customs has just been built, and it is the beginning, and it is rare to have such a tax.

The five customs offices have been completed, so presumably the treasury will be much more abundant this year, right?

This will greatly strengthen the combat effectiveness of the army, and to put it bluntly, it is still the word money and rice.

"The Song family has done it with all their heart, but other customs departments still have to send people to the Ministry of Customs!" put down the fold, Wang Hongyi got up, got down the high rank, and thought.

The five customs, except for the Yuanhang Port, the other customs cannot be directly controlled by the Song family.

The chamberlain hurriedly and cautiously followed.

"Today's lunch and dinner will be arranged at the queen's place. After Wang Hongyi took a few steps, he said without looking back.

The chamberlain who followed him listened, and hurriedly responded: "The minister will do it." ”

"Yes. ”

For Queen Song Xinyou, the husband and wife affection of the two generations naturally made him a little favored.

also for the concubine Zhao Wan, he is more merciful, these two, one is the wife of two lives, and the other is a person who died in the previous life, Wang Hongyi will not compare them with other women.

However, he is the king of Chu.

There are some things that cannot be revealed, and he will refrain from it.

The way of balance, once broken, may be tender and sweet, but it will also become poison in the mouth, right?

But today he was really happy.

The Song family did give him a long face, and it was worthy of the Song family, which had hundreds of years of roots in Shu, and had no experience to follow in the matter of customs, but he still made such achievements, which made Wang Hongyi happy.

The reason why the first customs was handed over to the Song family was because they had experience, and they were afraid that it would be possible to delay for a few years.

I wanted to reward the Song family, but I felt that it was inappropriate, so it was better to give more grace to Song Xinyou in the palace.

At this time, Song Xinyou was in the back garden of the palace, sipping tea and watching the flowers.

Hearing the female officer coming in a hurry, she turned around: "What's wrong?"

"Niangniang, the king has commanded that today's lunch and dinner will be used by the queen. The female officer said with a happy face.

Song Xinyou listened, her face did not show a happy expression, and her tone softened: "Why don't you hurry up and prepare?

"Niangniang, I have already ordered to go down, and I am busy with it. ”

"Yes, that's good. What he said was plain, but Song Xinyou still showed a hint of joy.

Speaking of which, Wang Hongyi has a lot of respect for her wife, even so, in addition to her as the queen, there are also concubines, concubines, and several new and blessed women in the palace.

The show girls who entered the palace in Jingzhou have many officials and families sent in to marry, and now they all have some reputations, although their status is not high, but they are the same age as green onions, all of them are young and beautiful, and they will also have some grace on weekdays.

Some time ago, the Song family was reused, but she was a little left out in the palace.

Although he knew that this was a disguised protection for Wang Hongyi, he was still a little bored in his heart.

Today, when I heard the news that the king was coming, my heart was naturally happy.

"Niangniang, Xiao Chen will go and prepare clean water for you, adjust the water temperature, so that you can bathe and change clothes!" said the confidant female officer with a smile.

Song Xinyou glanced at her with a smile and went with her.

Just as Song Xinyou was preparing lunch in the palace, Wang Hongyi ushered in another news in the side hall.

It is the news about the incorporation of the Wu army.

“...... So, all the Wu soldiers have been absorbed?" Wang Hongyi looked at the soldier who was reporting to him below, and asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, all the old and weak have been eliminated and sent home, and the strong have been retrained in the camp and scattered and distributed to the capitals!" said the squire of the military department: "There are 374,000 people registered in the army now. ”

"Very good, well done. Patting the armrest, Wang Hongyi stood up and stepped down the high rank: "Sort out a copy of these compiled rosters of Wu soldiers and give it to Gu." ”

The squire of the military department didn't dare to say much, but just responded: "No." ”

"Also, Fan Liuhai is in the military department, right?" Wang Hongyi asked.

"Your Majesty, General Fan has been summoned and is now reporting on his work at the military headquarters...... although he doesn't know the meaning of the king's question, but he answers truthfully.

Wang Hongyi instructed: "Tell Fan Liuhai to let him enter the palace for a trip, and ask him if he has something." ”

"No!" the soldier stepped back.

Less than half an hour later, an attendant came in to report that General Fan had asked to see him.

"Let him in. Wang Hongyi said instructed.

"No. ”

The palace occupies an extremely wide area, the palace pavilions, the weather is solemn, after a while, the footsteps came from outside the hall, Fan Liuhai, who was dressed in an official robe, walked in from the outside, came to Wang Hongyi, and knelt down to worship: "The minister greets the king, may my king be a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

This is a great gift, that is, only the generals who are often not seen will perform this ceremony.

Thirty-year-old Fan Liuhai, majestic, heroic, and even a little bit of dragon and tiger, Wang Hongyi looked up, only to see the pale blue clouds on the top, after years of cultivation, with the meaning of pure green.

"General Fan, get up!" Wang Hongyi said lightly.

Fan Liuhai got up and stood respectfully.

Wang Hongyi walked in the hall, looked at the sunset, and said in a deep voice: "Come with the orphan." ”

"No!" Although he didn't know what Wang Hongyi meant, he immediately responded.

The palace is deep, Fan Liuhai hurriedly took a few steps to ascend to the stage, entered the hall, the palace was empty, and on a wall, Wang Hongyi personally tore off a piece of red yarn covering it.

A map hanging on the wall appears in front of you.

"Does General Fan know where this is?" Wang Hongyi pointed to a place with his hand and asked Fan Liuhai.

The ancient map was simple, but Fan Liuhai only looked at it for a while, and then said, "Is it the territory of King Wei?"

"Yes, this is the territory of Xu Wenhui, the king of Wei, that is, Guyu Prefecture, can the general have the confidence to be a pioneer?" Wang Hongyi said lightly.

At the beginning of the southern peace, it was not possible to use troops on a large scale, but it was a matter of course to build a stronghold.

Ben just had a premonition in his heart, but when he heard what Wang Hongyi said, Fan Liuhai was excited, but he pressed it and knelt down with a "snap": "The minister will definitely enter this place and be the vanguard of the king!"

"Okay, Lone will send you as the general of Zhengbei, lead 30,000 troops, as the vanguard, and attack Yuzhou!"

"The order of the minister, I will not disappoint the king's expectations!" Fan Liuhai knelt on the ground and kowtowed.