Chapter 520 Heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, come to meet the heroes in the north
Ruan Xiaoqi first called Zhang Rong and asked him to put up a small boat and go to inform Ruan Xiaoer and Zhang Shun. Then he invited Meng Kang and Cheng Gui to board a wooden boat, and Ruan Xiaowu untied the ropes.
, rocking the oar, the speedboat swam away from the shore as if flying, and swam straight towards the dock in Banqiao Town.
After about half an hour, Ruan Xiaoqi, Ruan Xiaowu and others could vaguely see many ships coming and going on the sea. There were many small boats coming and going from the dock in Banqiao Town, and there were many workers on the dock.
They were working hard to unload the goods from the local ships and land them ashore. There were four or five clerks from the Municipal Shipping Department holding rosters and checking the goods entering the port.
These officials of the Municipal Shipping Department are mainly responsible for verifying whether the merchants entering and leaving the Municipal Shipping Department have official documents for sea trade, and also inspect whether the ships entering the sea and entering the port are carrying gold, silver, copper coins, weapons, horses and other prohibited items.
, and after verifying the imported goods, the fine-colored goods (precious goods) will be divided into ten, and the coarse-colored goods (general commodities) will be divided into shares. In addition, the ship tax will be levied according to the method of one out of thirty.
Xiao Tang was involved in the maritime trade, going in and out of the seaport established by the city's shipping department. At the same time, he also built sea-going ships on the grounds of expanding the scale of shipping. If he mobilized his green forest troops to deploy sea transportation, or transport
Prohibited supplies of ordnance and weapons were shipped out of the port from a privately built dock in a nearby sea town.
Many merchants who engaged in maritime trade also had the practice of bribing small officials in the Navy and the Shipping Department to make huge profits. As Xiao Tang's power in Baidao became stronger, he also had a habit of making huge profits in this area.
Qiao Town has been operating for many years, and the officials have been regularly inspected, and the shipping lawsuits have been handled from top to bottom, so that Xiao Tang's sea route has been very smooth, both openly and secretly. However, those officials in the shipping division who have benefited from Xiao Tang only know who is in charge.
Xiao Renxia, who was going smoothly in the court of Bianjing, also wanted to make more profits by taking advantage of ordinary businessmen. However, he did not know that in a nearby remote island fishing village, a navy also followed Xiao Tang's operations in Banqiao Town, Mizhou.
big, and gradually grew...
Ruan Xiaoqi and Ruan Xiaowu sailed past the dock where they were busy unloading the goods that had been shipped and loading them into trucks to be transported to various shops. Not long after, Ruan Xiaoqi, who had one foot on the bow of the ship, saw the port in front of him.
There were about ten people standing on top, the leader of whom was wearing a bun and a silk robe. Ruan Xiaoqi saw that person clearly and immediately put his hands on his hips and laughed: "Manager Xiao, I haven't seen you for a while.
, I called you to come for a drink, but you didn’t come either!”
On the surface, Xiao An, the steward who was in charge of Xiao Tang's shipping business in Banqiao Town, twitched his mouth slightly. He smiled twice at Ruan Xiaoqi, but he felt his head hurt again.
Compared with the three-tailed pheasant who was still working as Xiao Tang's helper in the Xiao Family Collection and Xiao Mansion, Xiao An was given advice on business methods by Yang Xu, the prince of Yiyi, and was entrusted by Xiao Tang to manage the sea trade business. Although he still made jokes occasionally,
But his temperament has become much more stable. He and his young master had shared life and death together. When Xiao An first heard about Xiao Tang's secret plan, he was shocked and stunned.
As a loyal servant of his young master, he is now Xiao Tang's confidant, so after some hesitation, Xiao An decided to assist his young master, no matter what Xiao Tang needed him to do.
However, according to Xiao An's temperament, he seems to be born to conflict with rough people, especially the three Ruan brothers, especially Ruan Xiaoqi! Where did the young master recruit these crazy guys? Who are these people? Vulgar, really too vulgar!
It was this Ruan Xiaoqi. A few days after the three Ruan brothers followed Xiao Tang's instructions and led the fishermen from Shijie Village to Banqiao Town, he and several boatmen and fishermen were drinking heavily on the sea in a wooden boat. , he drank until he was so drunk that he even fell into the water and didn't see any movement for a long time.
When Xiao An learned the news, he was immediately frightened. He quickly sent people to the harbor to search for and salvage the fish. After two or three cups of tea, this guy actually caught a big fish that was too slippery to hold on to, and brought it up. He kept shouting for someone to stew it to drink...
Ruan Xiaoqi, who was usually outspoken and quick-tongued, seemed to deliberately make fun of Xiao An, often choking him with words, so when Xiao An saw Ruan Xiaoqi, his head felt as big as a bucket, and he just wanted to leave him. Far away.
"It's not that I want to spoil Qilang's face. The matter entrusted by the young master is very important. There is still a lot of business to be managed in the shop, so how can we neglect it?" Xiao An laughed dryly again and said to Ruan Xiaoqi.
After hearing this, Ruan Xiaoqi laughed and said: "Even if the matter entrusted to me by my brother is so important, why don't we even have the time to drink? Otherwise, we rough guys can't make a fortune, and we can't compare to those who are used to being businessmen. We only think about it all day long." To make a fortune."
After hearing this, Xiao An's face fell again. Fortunately, everyone saw a large ship approaching the port from the sea. When Cheng Gui saw it, he immediately said to Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Meng Kang: "Yes. Three heroes, this is the ship that Uncle Mei Shi is riding on."
Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi said that they were looking towards the sea ship. When they saw the big ship approaching slowly and getting closer and closer to the wooden boat they were riding on, Cheng Gui shouted hello to the sea ship again. A few sounds.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly jumped down from the deck of the big ship. A man jumped up and stepped directly on the small boat where Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi and others were!
There was a violent turbulence, and the boat swung up and down on the water, almost being overturned by the inertia of the man who jumped down! Fortunately, the two Ruan brothers and Cheng Gui were good at water, and their feet seemed to have taken root. On the board of the ship, Meng Kang staggered. When he saw him being knocked off the ship, Ruan Xiaowu rushed up and grabbed Meng Kang, and then he stabilized his steps.
The man who suddenly jumped onto the boat acted as if there was no one around. He looked at the many large and small ships going in and out of the port, and the Banqiao Town Shipping Department. Suddenly he smiled and said: "Beidi's dock harbor It's nothing more than that, it's still not as good as Mingzhou. Wenzhou's shipping department is prosperous. They say that people from the south are good at boats and people from the north are good at horses. I really want to come and see what can be ridden in the green forest bandits in the north. An extravagant person who is good at fighting!"
The big man's behavior of leaping onto the boat and his indifferent attitude made Ruan Xiaoqi immediately furious. But when Ruan Xiaoqi stared at the man with wide eyes, he saw that he had thick eyebrows and a straight nose. His mouth was square, and his slender waist and broad shoulders were wrapped under the strong clothes. He looked very strong. The man also wrapped his hair with a Chu red scarf and held a grass stalk in his mouth. His expression not only revealed his toughness , with a bit of unruly color.
Ruan Xiaoqi saw the man again carelessly holding a long weapon with its blade wrapped in a green scarf on his shoulder. Judging from the shape, it seemed to be a long sword. There was also an iron chain around his waist.
The iron-tipped meteor hammer looks very heavy.
This man is not a good person! Ruan Xiaoqi suddenly had this thought in his mind, but he was a fast-talking man. Now that his heart was aroused by the man's rude actions, how could he hold it back?
Before Cheng Gui on the side could speak, Ruan Xiaoqi pointed his halberd at the man and shouted loudly: "Who are you, this fellow? How dare you be so rude and come to grandpa to beg for wildfire!"
The man raised his eyebrows, and looked at Ruan Xiaoqi coldly. The two stared at each other for a moment, and the man suddenly grinned, and the grass stem in his mouth stood up high: "Jiangnan Fujian Road Wuyishan Dazhai
The Lord of the Tiger Blade Shibao, I heard that there are many luxurious people in the green forests on the border between Shandong and Hebei, so I came here to see them and meet my colleagues in the green forests in the north!"