Liu Haojia was even more busy in the following days. This time he expanded the Wu'an Army to a certain extent, which he had already informed Emperor Wanli. The corresponding R&D departments also have to go around to see their progress. Now the gunpowder shop has joined forces with the blacksmith shop to develop explosive ammunition! Maybe it won't be long before the Navy will have explosive ammunition for use!
As a result, after just two or three days of busy work, a servant reported: "Master, a fleet has entered the port at Tianjin Pier, with a total of ten ships! Many people have gone to watch the fun, Master, do you want to go and see it?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Haojia knew that his own fleet had arrived, so he said, "I definitely have to see it, but I have to change into casual clothes."
Then Liu Haojia took the people to change their clothes and entered the pier. When I entered, I found that the pier was crowded with people. It was quite difficult to get close to the pier! Fortunately, Liu Haojia's servant Kong Wu was strong and protected him as he approached the trestle.
The reason why there are so many people is because this is the first fleet to arrive at Tianjin Port, so people from the surrounding area who have something to do come to the dock to watch the excitement.
There are a total of 12 trestles on the pier, and this fleet occupies ten of them. It's just that the dock has not been officially opened yet, so there is not enough effort. There are only a few people busy unloading the goods on the ship, which is very slow. However, Zhang Liuwang, the leader, was already at the dock delivering documents to the tax collector.
Liu Haojia used the cover of his servant to get closer and listened from a distance as the tax collector carefully read the list and talked to Zhang Liuwang about the tax amount. Just listen to him say: "...So this is a 15% tax! Also, is this raw silk also sold here?"
Zhang Liuwang said: "Raw silk is not sold here. Once the goods are unloaded, they will be transferred to another ship and shipped to the Japanese country."
The tax collector said: "Since it is not sold here, there will be no tax on this raw silk."
The people watching the excitement around heard that there was a lot of noise if there was no tax, and Zhang Liuwang even said in surprise: "It's a good thing, but why is this?"
The tax collector said: "My uncle said that if your raw silk is sold here, you will have to pay tax, but if you don't sell your raw silk, there will be no tax! But when you ship it out, there will be a special tax collected from overseas. The tax collectors from the trade tax came to collect the tax.”
The other one clapped his hands and said, "My uncle is really a reasonable man, and he deserves to be a prince for generations to come!"
When they heard the subsequent explanation, someone in the crowd nodded repeatedly and said that the rules set by Wu Ningbo were good and ensured the interests of businessmen. It was a good law! The tax collector said proudly: "That's natural! Let's move on to other things. You still have so much rice, it should be sold here, right?"
Zhang Liuwang said: "That's right, I wonder how much tax is charged on this rice?"
The tax collector laughed and said, "You are so lucky, there is no tax on rice!"
When he heard that there was no tax on rice, not only Zhang Liuwang was inexplicably surprised, but even the people watching nearby made a noise! Zhang Liuwang asked hurriedly: "Why isn't this rice taxed? What can you say?"
The tax collector said: "Recently, the price of food around Tianjin has increased dramatically, so my uncle has issued a special order that if rice from the south is shipped to the north, no tax will be levied in order to reduce the price of food!"
Zhang Liuwang nodded in praise after hearing this, especially the ordinary people who were beaming with joy! Because it is best for them to not tax rice!
Because of Liu Haojia's opening of the sea, a large number of people gathered in Tianjin in a short period of time, and these people need to eat, so they naturally consume the food stored in the market. At the same time, Liu Haojia has been in Tianjin for nearly a year. During this period, he recruited soldiers for training, gathered craftsmen and idlers to build various workshops, and also built infrastructure for opening the sea, creating a large number of jobs!
In the past, these people were hungry and full, and those who stuttered were forgetful! Now that I have a lot of money in my pocket, I naturally want to eat good food. Therefore, the supply of poultry and vegetables in the surrounding villages exceeds the demand. Many farmers are greedy for money and have switched to growing vegetables, resulting in a reduction in the supply of food on the market. Under these circumstances, Tianjin’s food prices have risen a lot!
Fortunately, Liu Haojia took away many idle people and freed up many jobs. It allows other ordinary people to have a lot of income, otherwise the people of Tianjin would have made trouble long ago! And the rice arrived just in time, just filling the gap in the market!
And many people have even thought of a problem. The canal is frozen for half a year in winter, so grain cannot be delivered! The sea will not freeze. Does that mean that in winter, a large amount of rice will come to the coast, and the price of food in the north will not rise in winter?
Not at this moment, a burst of noise was heard from behind the crowd, and then the crowd was pushed and split apart. Liu Haojia and several servants were skilled in martial arts and could stand firm. In addition, there were servants who pushed the surging crowd to the left and right, so when the crowd stopped, they were actually in the crowd. the edge of!
At this time, Liu Haojia saw 1,780 people pushing the crowd to pass in front of him. Judging from their clothes, they were clearly porters and Lifus. So Liu Haojia had a guess in his mind that someone from the He Gang should have arrived!
After these people rushed to the pier, a middle-aged man walked out from among them and stood in front of the crowd. He looked quite imposing! He turned around and said, "Go and ask the people who are unloading the goods if they are from our He Gang? If not, just drive them away!"
After he finished speaking, more than twenty people immediately walked quickly towards the ship. Then when the man saw Zhang Liuwang's attire, he knew that he was the leader. He immediately stepped forward and said, "This leader, my surname is He, is the leader of the local river gang. Now he is bringing someone to unload the leader. Why don't we talk first?" Negotiate the price!"
Hearing what he said, Zhang Liuwang, who had already looked at him again, raised his hand and said, "My surname is Zhang, and I am the leader of this fleet! We do need to unload cargo here, but I don't know the price?"
When Hall Master He heard that the other party was actually the chief, he immediately handed over his hand again and said: "It turns out to be the chief, I'm sorry! You are really good at bringing such a fleet here safely!"
Zhang Liuwang returned the gift and said, "I can't deserve the praise from the hall master! But I'm still worried about unloading the goods. Why don't we talk about the price?"
Hall Master He said: "It's easy to say! I just don't know if Mr. Zhang wants to charter the ship or calculate it by head."
Zhang Liuwang was about to speak when he heard a commotion coming from the pier! Liu Haojia also looked up and saw that there were more than 20 people over there chasing eight or nine people. Read the book
Liu Haojia narrowed his eyes when he saw this. The servant beside him whispered: "Master, do you want us to come forward?"
