Liu Haojia thought for a moment and said, "No, but you should urge the guards on the pier to keep people separated so as not to cause trouble."
The servant nodded and agreed, pushing through the crowd to do the work. However, what made Liu Haojia happy was that before the servant arrived, the soldiers guarding the dock had already rushed over to separate the two groups. However, the people from the He Gang were particularly arrogant and even gave instructions. Swearing at the guard! This made Liu Haojia immediately turn cold!
However, the officer leading the team did not give up. He ordered the soldiers to whip out the guns and whipped all twenty people to the ground in the blink of an eye! Then press them down and kneel there one by one.
At this time, Hall Master He should have negotiated the price with Zhang Liuwang, and hurried over when he saw that one of his own was suffering a loss. There were locals among those soldiers. When they saw Hall Master He approaching, they said a few words to the leading officer. After hearing this, the officer signaled Hall Master He to come forward to negotiate.
However, the distance was too far and Liu Haojia couldn't hear what they said, but he could only see that Hall Master He was quite excited. The officer seemed angry too! Just when Liu Haojia was thinking about getting closer, he saw the officer commanding the soldiers to draw ten shots from each of the kneeling people before handing them back to Hall Master He.
Hall Master He didn't feel any sense of survival after being spared by the officers and soldiers. Instead, he looked aggrieved! But he didn't cause trouble. He just called a group of people to drag the beaten person down. Then, under the command of Hall Master He, the river gang members climbed onto the sea-going ship to carry the goods.
It can be seen that the people brought by Hall Master He are all powerful and skilled hands, and goods are soon being delivered in a steady stream.
At this moment, there was another noise. Liu Haojia could not see the place that caused the noise in the crowd, but he could hear the discussion in the crowd. Someone said: "Look, look, that's Boss Huang from Huang Ji Grain Store! His family has three rice shops in the city!"
"The thin one is shopkeeper Li. His silk and satin shop has the most complete colors and designs!"
When Liu Haojia heard these scattered discussions, he knew that the shopkeepers in the city had smelled it and came over! But what these people don't know is that their joy is destined to be in vain!
Sure enough, as soon as this group of people arrived at the dock, they looked around for the boss and asked about the source and price of the goods. Zhang Liuwang had no choice but to step forward and said: "My fellow shopkeepers, I am Zhang Liuwang, the commander-in-chief of the fleet! I am here to pay tribute to all the shopkeepers!"
Usually if these shopkeepers see Zhang Liuwang, they won't even blink! Now, everyone was smiling like flowers, surrounding Zhang Liuwang, and praising him so much that Zhang Liuwang couldn't say anything for a while!
But before the shopkeepers stopped talking, someone behind them loudly said: "Everyone, everyone! Don't worry about these goods, they are all owned by their owners!"
When these shopkeepers heard this, they hurriedly looked back, and smiles quickly appeared on their surprised faces! It turned out that it was Zhang Shunping who came with a group of people! He walked closer and cupped his hands and said: "Everyone, these shipments are all shipped from the south of the Yangtze River by our Liansheng ship. If you want to discuss business, why not sit in the teahouse nearby! The trumpet will send someone to deliver the samples. Go inside the teahouse."
Although these shopkeepers regret not getting low-priced goods, some business is still very good! So I congratulated Zhang Shunping again and again, and said: "Lian Sheng is really a big deal, sending ten ships to deliver goods at once!"
The one said: "You Lianshenghao dare to be the first in the world, you are so courageous!"
He kept saying all kinds of compliments, which made Zhang Shunping feel elated! Of course, they also know that these people are actually supporting Liu Haojia. After all, it is a well-known fact that there are Liu Haojia elements in Liansheng!
Zhang Shunping was very happy to be complimented by everyone. He repeatedly held his hands and led everyone to the teahouse not far away. After they left chatting and laughing, the order on the dock returned to normal. However, Liu Haojia still mingled among the crowd, keeping a distance where he could hear Zhang Liuwang's goods tax collector, and watched them count the goods item by item.
Finally, the tax collector opened a list and handed it to Zhang Liuwang and said: "Zhang Bituou, this list is the completed list. After a while, you will take this list and send the goods to the storage area. The people there will count it again and then start again." I’ll give you a receipt. You can go to Lend Lease Bank with two receipts and pay the tax!”
Zhang Liuwang said: "Brother, isn't this set of procedures too troublesome? Doesn't this mean that the goods need to be counted twice?"
The tax collector said, "Yes, you have to count it twice! I did this to prevent people below from tampering with taxes and evading taxes!"
After hearing this, Zhang Liuwang sighed repeatedly: "This Uncle Wu Ning is indeed upright and upright, but he just suffered a lot for you brothers!"
The tax collector smiled and said, "It's not hard at all! A position like mine is very relaxing, and the monthly salary is only two taels of silver! If you do a good job, there will be rewards at the end of the month and at the end of the year!"
Zhang Liuwang was startled when he heard this and said involuntarily: "So high? I thought you were like guards!"
It's no wonder that Zhang Liuwang was surprised. A guy like him only earned a few dozen taels of silver in the first year, and even including the reward at the end of the year, it didn't exceed a hundred taels! As for the sailors below, they got even less!
Seeing his surprised look, the tax collector said proudly: "Don't envy us for our high salaries, but if something goes wrong among us, the punishment will be severe! If there is corruption and is found out, not only will the stolen money be refunded, , and he will also go to jail! My uncle told him that if he is greedy for more than 20 taels of ink, he will be beheaded!"
The two of them just chatted and waited for the trucks and horses to arrive from the warehouse area to transport goods. Liu Haojia didn't want to listen anymore, so he found a place to rest.
The entire freight process in Tianjin is carried out in sections. Unload the goods from the ship to the stacking area of the dock, count the goods by the tax rate, write down the details, estimate the total value of the goods and write down the list. The warehouse area then dispatches vehicles and horses to transport the goods into the warehouse for storage and issue documents. Once the two documents are combined, they can be sent to Lend Lease Bank to calculate the tax amount and pay the tax. .
The main purpose of this process is indeed to prevent the people below from being greedy. But if you really want to be greedy, there are probably thousands of ways! Doing so is just to increase the cost of corruption as much as possible.
Another reason is that after the goods enter the warehouse, the owner can sell them with the inventory list, without the merchant having to see the goods at all, which can speed up the flow of materials. It needs to be reshipped and the tax collector will calculate the value of the goods and pay taxes. As for going to Lend Lease Bank to pay taxes, this is Liu Haojia pretending to be a public official for personal gain! In this way, the scope of banknote business can be expanded. At the same time, it can also prevent subordinates from being greedy to a certain extent.
