Gao Chun raised his eyes and looked around, thinking of what Liang Chuan asked him to do just now. There is no doubt about the relationship between Liang Chuan and Sun Houpu. He wanted to do something to the Sun family. There can only be one explanation for it, that is, someone from the Sun family annoyed Liang Chuan. .
Then I thought about it, now half of Qingyuan relies on Liangchuan for a living, and most merchants have to ship and purchase goods at the port. Who dares to make trouble with Liangchuan? When I think about it, Gao Chun makes sense. It must be Xia Xue This daughter-in-law of the Sun family came back and made trouble with her family again!
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"The old man of the Sun family is having trouble with Sun Houpu?" Gao Chun asked weakly.
Liang Chuan didn't explain too much. It was always unpleasant gossip.
Gao Chun knew as soon as he saw Liang Chuan's expression that his guess was right!
"The old guy is so old that he doesn't do serious things and has trouble with these juniors every day. He doesn't even look at what his good-for-nothing sons have become. The only son who has some potential has to be pushed to the outside world. He longs to go to other people's homes to be others' sons. !”
Gao Chun cursed, "There are many people in Qingyuan City who have made money over the years, but there are only a few families who can do something to help their children and educate their children well. They all look like nouveau riche and have no tutoring and education." Family tradition.
Liang Chuan said: "Stop complaining. If they knew how to teach children, the family would be prosperous. Why do they have to do this business of selling private tea every day? Later, people from the Sun family will come to the port to move goods. You can find the right opportunity to sell the tea." Deduct it from me!"
Gao Chun thought for a while and asked: "This button is easy, what should I do next?"
"This batch of autumn tea is good. If the Sun family has a good attitude after detaining it, then find an opportunity to return the tea leaves to them. If they still dare to mess around, then I will just transport these tea leaves to Penghu. There is no food on the island. I'm afraid that my brothers may have health problems, so I just use this batch of tea leaves to moisten their stomachs!"
The port is extremely busy at night, no less busy than during the day. In Qingyuan Port, it is estimated that during the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, the workers can take a break and reward themselves with a few taels of wine throughout the year. In other seasons of the year, they are tired of fighting for a few taels of silver, day and night.
I rested for half an hour after the meal. As soon as the ship docked at the port in the dark, the goods on the ship or in the warehouse immediately began to be inventoried and moved.
Sometimes things get less busy in the second half of the night. Instead, it gets even busier when there are more ships!
The Sun family's workers usually get busy in the middle of the night. They transport roasted tea leaves from Changkeng, put them in bamboo baskets, and compact them into square bricks. Such tea bricks are easier to transport and store.
We usually start walking from Changkeng during the day, and it happens to be night when we reach Qingyuan. If the time is more accurate, it is usually in the middle of the night. The ship to be delivered is waiting at the dock. After the accounts are settled, the tea is loaded on the ship. , shipped to destination.
The tea-carrying horse team traveled for a day and finally arrived at the dock in the middle of the night. The familiar workers had already received their work licenses from the port office and were preparing to take over the Sun family's business. Before Tea could take over, he suddenly appeared. A bunch of people.
This group of people rushed over with murderous intent, and the workers were so frightened that they retreated one after another. When they stopped and took a look, they saw that these people were all wearing uniforms of Weiyuan Tower yamen servants. Who else could they be if they were not yamen servants?
"Routine interrogation, please be more honest!"
The leader of the team was none other than Gao Chun, who had hooked up with Liang Chuan.
After the Japanese attack, Liang Chuan took away most of the Chengguan Brigade and arranged it to Penghu Island to control the prisoners of war on the island. Because Qingyuan City recruited a new group of soldiers, the city defense work, including the port, has been Officially handed over to these soldiers.
The port has always been a place of great wealth, and Liang Chuan was too strong. Except for Si Fangxing, whom he recognized, no one else wanted to get a share of the pie, but there was no way.
The defense of the vacated port sometimes fell on Gao Chun's shoulders. Fortunately, there are no water tyrants on the water in the port now, and all the gangs on the shore have been cleaned up. It is said that Tang Jie still wants to make a comeback, but last time during the Anti-Japanese War, it was discovered that his father Tang Xiangtian was a traitor, and he has lost his face. Continue to mix in Qingyuan. There are not enough powerful people on the water or shore to pose a threat to Liang Chuan. There are only a small number of troops guarding the port, and generally there will be no trouble.
Mrs. Sun couldn't count on Sun Houcai, so she personally escorted the tea to the port. The port, which had always been peaceful, unexpectedly had an accident tonight.
"Which adult is on duty today?" Although Mr. Sun was angry, he still remained rational and asked these people on duty.
The yamen officer didn't even look at Mr. Sun, he let out a sigh, glanced at Gao Chun, and motioned him to go find Gao Chun.
Mr. Sun immediately became happy when he saw it. He looked up to Gao Chun and said, "Who is it tonight? It turns out to be Mr. Gao. What kind of wind brought you here? I just had sex with you." The autumn tea tastes very good, and I just left a few bricks for Mr. Gao!"
Gao Chun muttered in disgust, thinking, "I want to drink tea. There are many people who are filial, but I still need to ask you for tea?" Why don't I see you so thoughtful in normal times? You keep the tea for me as soon as it comes on the market. I have to withhold your tea before you can say anything nice about it?
"I said, Mr. Sun, this is your fault. I asked you, are you so stupid in your business that you don't even raise your eyes to look at the road?"
Mr. Sun is also a well-known figure in Qingyuan. Although he cannot be compared with the Wu and Pu families who have monopolized the big business, he has also made a small fortune in smuggling tea in recent years. In addition, it is said that his son has climbed into Xia Song's family. My daughter, her face seemed to be shining when she walked out. Who wouldn’t give him three points of thin noodles? Gao Chun’s merciless words at night were like a stick that knocked him back to his original shape. Only then did he remember that he was still the same person. That tea smuggler, no one thought of him as a piece of cake!
Mr. Sun's face turned red. He didn't know what he had done wrong. He didn't know how to answer the question.
Gao Chun stretched out his hand to Master Sun, shook it, and said impatiently: "Where is Cha Yin?"
Mr. Sun's face was still red just now, but when he heard the word "tea yin", he turned green with fear. These two words seemed to have magic power, or rather, it was a reminder. If the smuggler had this thing, why would he still smuggle it?
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, tea is a controlled bulk commodity. Without the permission of the market to issue a tea quotation, the consequences of privately selling tea are the same as privately selling salt, and there is only a dead end!
Most of the imperial court's tax revenue relies on these specialized commodities, and some valuable commodities are even linked to customs and defense. Private transactions without authorization are a serious crime.
But Mr. Sun has been doing a lot of work in Weiyuan Building these years. This Gao Chun in front of him has also received a lot of benefits from the Sun family. He usually acts like a blind man, but why did he act so serious today!
Gao Chun is not a fool. He cannot tell Mr. Sun that you have offended your wife and I am here to stand up for her. This is too low-level and easy to offend others. There are many ways to offend others, choose the casual one!
Since ancient times, officials have been officials, and thieves have been thieves! Thieves are afraid of officials to the core. Mr. Sun, the tea smuggler, is just like a thief, afraid to the core of his soul.
Business has been so smooth in the past few years that he has forgotten the days when he was chased by the government.
Gao Chun looked at Mr. Sun who was dumbfounded on the spot and shouted again: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Take it out quickly!"
Mr. Sun almost cried. Where could he have tea for Gao Chun? In desperation, Mr. Sun took out a bag of gold coins from his arms and was about to stuff them into Gao Chun's arms.
This is the most primitive and brutal method of bribery. Mr. Sun has not used this method for a long time, but he even used it in desperation!
This is the stupidest way! It worked before, but not today!
In the past, Gao Chun would accept people's money gracefully and then wish them a safe journey. Not today. He came with a mission. He couldn't deal with Liang Chuan unless he killed or maimed this grandson, oh no, Mr. Sun.
"What? For bribing official business, you are committing an extra crime!"
Gao Chun slapped the money bag out of Mr. Sun's hand and scolded this arrogant man in front of his subordinates.
This is what happens between officials and the people. When things go well, they can call each other brothers, but when they fall out, it's usually a matter of life and death! Most of the Sun family's clerks were scared to death and smuggled tea, so they were also accomplices! The other government officials followed Gao Chun, and they all looked like tigers and wolves. They had long wanted to take action on this fat sheep!
Liang Chuan stood in the port office and laughed to the point of tears. Looking at Mr. Sun from a distance, he was about to cry but had no tears. It was really helpless for the old man to be forced into this situation.
"No tea guide? I'm sorry, Mr. Sun. Today, the brothers have received orders from above and can only do business!"
What an upright and awe-inspiring official business!
Gao Chun gave the order, and the government officials were about to bring the tea back to brew it. Mr. Sun grabbed Gao Chun's clothes and said in a good voice: "You can say that my son is the same now... He is also in the dynasty..."
When Gao Chun heard that he was going to move his son Sun Houpu out, his eyelids almost rolled to the sky. He spat out thick phlegm, poked Mr. Sun's chest and said, "Thank you for not being an old fool. You know who is supporting this." A business!"
Mr. Sun was a little stunned. He vaguely seemed to know what happened today, but he hadn't figured it out yet.
Gao Chun said every word: "Let me tell you, Mr. Duan is very unhappy!"
What, Duan Peng is involved again? When did he offend Duan Peng?
"Master Gao, please give me some guidance so that I can deal with the trouble, otherwise it will be so unclear..."
Gao Chun glanced around, pulled Mr. Sun to the side, and whispered: "Do you know who our prefect Duan is's disciple? Yes, by the way, you have some knowledge, he is Xia Xianggong's disciple, Xia Xianggong Mr. Duan, who was specially recommended by my husband, came to our Weiyuan Building from Xinghua to be the master. Do you know who your daughter-in-law is? I heard that she has come to Qingyuan to visit relatives in the past two days."
"Good guy, take care of your family. Who can you quarrel with? You can't get along with Xia Xianggong's daughter. Are you blind? Mr. Duan is favored by Xia Xianggong and doesn't stand up for his girl. If word spreads, his reputation will be tarnished. Mr. Duan asked me to trouble you tonight. He said that if you don't handle it well, the previous accounts will be calculated together with the principal and interest! I will only tell you the fate of this. Go back and educate your family. That hole! Wouldn't it be better to be her wife at home? Don't make yourself uncomfortable every day!"
