Yuhang County is located to the west of Hangzhou, on the banks of the Tiaoshui River.
Because of its convenient river transportation and its location on a plain, it has the advantage of sericulture, and Yuhang is prosperous. The town is said to have 18 neighborhoods, 72 lanes, and more than 300 shops.
There are four major business gangs in Yuhang City, Huizhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing and Hangzhou. Huizhou businessmen control the financial industry and tea. Ningbo business district is mainly engaged in traditional Chinese medicine, food, and aquatic products. Shaoxing people are engaged in oil extraction and wine making, while local people are mainly engaged in grain.
and silk weaving.
A small city, but with a history of more than 2,000 years. Although Yuhang City is not suitable for river transportation due to the shallow water of Tiao River, starting from the Ming Dynasty, with the construction of the Xiatang Canal in the east of Hangzhou, Tangqi Town overtook it and became the first commercial center in the suburbs.
, but Yuhang County is still densely populated and industrially and commercially developed.
However, as the Qing army moved south to occupy Hangzhou, the Ming and Qing armies had already fought for Yuhang several times, and the wars made the city desolate.
A fleet sailed into the town along Tiao River. At the water gate, people from the Yandao Yamen had already come to clear the customs. The Yamen pacesetter directly planted a salt flag on the boat, so the fleet sailed unimpeded, and the Green Camp soldiers stationed in Yuhang did not dare to
eventful.
Although the Yanfa Daotai is only a fourth-grade one, it is an important position and a well-paid job. The people in Green Camp usually receive money from the Yanfa Daotao Yamen. They even often take on some private work on the salt road, helping to transport salt, etc.
What's more, they all know that Mr. Pan of Yanfa Dao Tai is deeply appreciated by Marshal Boluo. It is said that the great scholar Feng in the court has a very good relationship with him and is still an in-law. Although Boluo has left, Hangzhou
Governor Zhang and Governor Xiao also valued Pan Daotai.
"What good thing is it? There are so many cargoes?"
A green battalion leader asked with a smile.
The captain of Yanbiao replied, "I didn't know that. Our Yanbiao Pan Guoqi asked me to pick up the goods. It must be good stuff." As he said, he threw a money bag to the leader of the team, and there was a jingling sound inside, "Here.
Brothers drink."
The Green Camp team leader was not polite, and after taking it, he opened it and grabbed it out, "Hey, isn't this Dragon Silver from eastern Zhejiang?"
"dislike?"
"Well, this dragon silver is of good quality and is very useful here." When the leader of the green camp saw ten pieces of dragon silver, his face was very happy, and there was no trace of disgust on his face. Although this dragon silver was from Minglu Supervisor,
It is the country's silver coin, but its fineness is nearly 90%. Moreover, this silver does not need to be cut and weighed at all. It can be used directly at merchants. It can also be used directly by one tael of silver. It is quite popular. It is said that the reason is that this thing is used in
The one in East Zhejiang is very reputable and easy to use.
Ten taels of silver should be given to the Shangguan as a filial piety, and then divided among the brothers. No matter what, I can keep two pieces of silver. This trip is worth it.
The fleet entered the city.
All the way to a pier.
Yandao Pan Yinglou is already waiting there. During the recent period, Pan Yinglou has been in close contact with Fang Duanshi, Ruan Dacheng, and Ma Shiying in secret, and they are also very diligent in their private business.
At the beginning, Pan Yinglou took advantage of his position in the salt channel to smuggle salt from the salt field to eastern Zhejiang, using his power for personal gain. Selling salt openly was very convenient and profitable.
But soon the salt tax reform was carried out in eastern Zhejiang, and the price of salt fell sharply. Pan Yinglou's official salt now sold for five cents per pound, while the salt farms in eastern Zhejiang sold it for one cent per pound after collecting taxes. Salt
The price increase for salt by the vendors is not more than one and a half cents, which is lower than the tax of two cents and two per pound paid by Pan Yinglou and others.
Fortunately, Fang Duanshi and the others also had a way to get salt, so they made a switch. Fang Ruan and others got salt from Ningbo, Shaoxing and other places, and smuggled two taels of silver and one stone over to Pan Yinglou. Pan Yinglou used the private salt as
Public salt is sold directly in places such as western Zhejiang and even Susong for four cents, four and a half cents or even five cents.
Double your earnings.
Even if you subtract the joints in the middle, etc., this business is more profitable than before.
Then the business grew bigger and bigger. He also sold Hu silk from Huzhou and smuggled it to eastern Zhejiang. All kinds of goods were continuously smuggled through the Tiao River water channel.
He even began to resell ordnance. Driven by money, Pan Yinglou now made friends with many Green Camp generals in Zhejiang and obtained a lot of ordnance that was eliminated by the Green Camp.
Even a lot of the equipment was still brand new, but the Green Battalion officers reported it as damaged and then sold it all to Pan Yinglou.
One guy even got him two Weiyuan general cannons.
Many Green Camp soldiers also boldly sold their personal affairs to Pan Yinglou. If they had no more excuses to make up for it, they would just turn a blind eye to the matter as long as they gave their superiors some money.
Especially on the Yuhang side, because the Ming army was still fighting, under the arrangements of Pan Yinglou and Fang Duanshi, both sides fought several battles in their reports, and suffered a lot of casualties, not to mention the loss of abandoned weapons.
few.
In fact, the two sides have never met each other. They just take their soldiers out for a walk from time to time, and when they come back, they report where they met the enemy, how long the fierce battle lasted, and how many casualties they had.
Every time, dozens or hundreds of heads can be sent to Hangzhou, so even if there are casualties, ordnance damage, and even equipment, money and food consumption, it is normal.
But in fact, those heads were just some bandits, bandits, smugglers, and even some unlucky rural landowners in western Zhejiang provided by Pan Yinglou.
Relying on this hand, Pan Yinglou not only exchanged a lot of ordnance with the Green Camp officers for silver, but even achieved many military exploits.
In a short period of time, Pan Yinglou earned more than 100,000 taels of silver by reselling salt, grain, copper, iron, grain, and even weapons and horses. The money came in faster than just salt, and it was a steady stream, and he even made money.
getting bigger.
Yuhang has even become Pan Yinglou's smuggling headquarters. All the green soldiers of the Qing army stationed here have been completely bribed by him. They usually have a lot of money. They not only turn a blind eye to his smuggling business, but are even fully involved in it.
.
Pan Yinglou stood at the pier and looked at the fleet entering the city today, feeling that there were a lot of them.
"It seems there are a lot of goods today."
Pan Yinglou didn't even have the slightest suspicion. After all, they had been working together for so long and had made so much real money, so what else could there be to doubt?
Nowadays, boats come and go every day. Originally, Yuhang was not as good as Qitang, but now it has changed from usual and has become the busiest town outside Hangzhou. Countless salt, tea, silk, rice, etc. are gathered here, forming the East Zhejiang Province.
A place where commodities meet in western Zhejiang.
Pan Yinglou made a lot of money.
In fact, the governor Zhang Cunren and the governor Xiao Qiyuan may not be completely ignorant, but Pan Yinglou did not eat alone, and he paid a lot of filial piety. He himself earned one hundred thousand.
Ten thousand more, three to five thousand less, but they were all given in real money.
"There are so many ships, probably salt, maybe cotton, cotton, yarn, thread, pepper, betel nut, shark's fin and other Nanyang stuff." Pan Yinglou said, before they smuggled some silk and silk such as Hu silk to eastern Zhejiang, Zhejiang
From the East, a lot of cotton cloth and other goods sold from overseas were brought here, as well as South Sea spices such as shark's fin, etc., which are all very easy to sell.
He told Fang Duanshi last time that he could get more next time as it would be easy to sell and the profit would be high.
Talking room.
The boat docked and people began to get off the boat one after another.
All of them were wearing short clothes, but they were all strong and strong. At first glance, they were no ordinary migrant workers. They were probably soldiers from eastern Zhejiang. However, Pan Yinglou still looked at the ship leisurely, waiting for someone to come and give the cargo list.
give him.
He saw that these were soldiers from eastern Zhejiang, so what? He smuggled the goods there himself, so why not send soldiers from Yanbiao and Green Camp to escort the goods?
"Pan Gong!"
A strong man came over, and Pan Yinglou felt a little unfamiliar, "Well, why didn't Butler Fang come this time?"
"Oh, he felt a little uncomfortable before setting off and didn't come. He said that brothers come often, so he asked me to take his place." The strong man clasped his fists and said, "I'm the King."
"Prince Wang? You have the same name as the pseudo-Admiral of Zhejiang. I wonder what your current job is over there?"
Wang Xiang chuckled.
"The Admiral of Zhejiang whom Pan Gong mentioned is me."
"ah?"
Pan Yinglou was stunned. Wang Chuangzi was not well-known when he fled to Taizhou and worked as a guard in Prince Lu's Mansion. Pan Yinglou, who was still an official in Taizhou at that time, had not seen him, or had no impression of him.
He was still dazed.
As a result, Wang Xiang had already stretched out his hand to grab him and choked him, "I feel sorry for you, Mr. Pan."
Pan Yinglou felt that his mind went blank and he could not react at all.
The next moment, those people who got off the boat suddenly drew their knives and started to chop people. Another person came down from the boat with a bow and a blunderbuss. Then, there were even more people wearing armor and jumping out of the cabin.
There was instant chaos on the pier.
Pan Yinglou's vision went dark, he was so angry that he fainted.
When he woke up, Yuhang County had been captured by Wang Chuangzi.
Wang Chuangzi just snatched the position of vanguard from the Supervisory State, which made Liu Mu and Wang Zhiren very angry. What's even more outrageous is that this guy had been holding back in Zhoushan and Ninghai for too long and failed to keep up with the Northern Expedition, so he forced himself to practice in the rear.
For several months, the soldiers drilled their entire town until they screamed.
After finally seizing the opportunity to go out to fight, despite the dissuasion of his subordinates, he insisted on taking the lead. He took 500 elite soldiers from the Zhenbiao Battalion and came in on a boat pretending to be a smuggling team.
As he planned, he successfully entered the city and captured it easily.
They captured Yuhang without bloodshed, captured Pan Yinglou alive, and seized a warehouse of various salt, grain, silk, cloth and other materials in Yuhang city.
There were originally 1,500 green battalion soldiers stationed in Yuhang, and they were not all trash. But the problem was that these green battalion officers colluded with Pan Yinglou to engage in smuggling as a side business. During this period, they had already become accustomed to the coming and going of smuggling ships, so there was salt
The leader of the team will put up the flag and lead the way, and no one will bother to check.
After Wang Chuangzi led his men into the city to capture Pan Yinglou and started to launch an attack on the city, Liu Mu outside the city, who had been changed from the vanguard to the deputy vanguard, was also scolding her. As soon as he saw the signal, he said nothing.
Not to mention rushing forward with a big knife in hand.
This guy with the word "kill" written all over his face is full of murderous intent.
The Green Camp was surrounded by people and the city gates were not guarded. They watched Liu Dadao lead his troops into the city. Then these Green Camp soldiers who had made a lot of extra money recently surrendered happily.
Damn it, I haven’t even made enough money to spend it, so I won’t be willing to die.
