To consolidate, you have to spend real money on it!
Su Wei followed Liang Chuan's instructions and took another large box of copper banknotes to give to Yu Gang.
The cost was a bit huge, but everyone found it a bit incredible that Yu Gang was asked to take the risk of not carrying out the order.
"Sanlang, your mouth can heal human flesh and bones, and even the people in the Palace of Hell can trick you into returning Yang!" '
Su Wei teased Liang Chuan.
After several days of silence, Qingyuan Port miraculously began to reload cargo.
When the workers got the news, they were all so excited that they burst into tears!
The court is merciful!
Many of them went directly to Weiyuan Tower to kowtow and thank them!
Such simple workers, they would be grateful to the court for giving them a bite to eat. After many days of waiting, they finally came to a miracle, and Qingyuan Port really reopened!
Many shipowners are also waiting and watching at Qingyuan Port. They even plan to continue to put sea-going ships on the Sun River if Qingyuan Port does not allow them to load cargo.
Anyway, it doesn’t cost money to dock a ship here. If the sea opens one day, they can load goods here as soon as possible.
As for going home, let’s take the land route.
Unexpectedly, their bet was right!
The shipowners who had already left did not expect that Yu Gang would be so courageous and let them reload the goods on the ship!
Yu Gang was also wondering. Even if he Qingyuan allowed these shipowners to load the goods, other seaports also implemented sea ban policies, which meant that the goods could not be landed. How could they sell the goods?
Yu Gang looks at the problem from the perspective of a scholar. As long as there are interests in this world, even if it is beheading, a lot of people will dare to do it!
Smuggling!
During the maritime ban, the most rampant thing was maritime smuggling!
Merchants have various ways of delivering goods to the shore. They can move goods by ants or directly land them. It just depends on the price they give!
If you have money, even the King of Hell will be willing to help unload the goods!
The people at the seaside are very united. Banning the sea is only a matter for the government, but smuggling is everyone's business. For the sake of a living, everyone can remain silent tacitly, and everyone helps to cover up to the government!
They suffer from the lack of cargo, so whenever a wooden plank floats over on the sea, they will help drag it to the shore!
As long as Qingyuan Port has goods shipped to various places, business can still be done even if there is a maritime ban!
In order to survive, they dared to risk beheading.
But Su Wei didn't understand why Liang Chuan was so sure that Yu Gang would listen to him!
Liang Chuan's explanation is very mysterious.
If it is Duan Peng, no matter what the court's policy is today, no matter who says it, he will definitely implement it to the end. This is his style.
Yu Gang is different.
In his eyes, profit and enjoyment are the first priority. The life and death of the common people has nothing to do with him. The bell is made of gold. Although it is a bit unlucky, Yu Gang still accepted the bell and rushed to this At one point, Liang Chuan concluded that this boy was shameless and was definitely a profit-seeking person!
With people like Yu Gang, just talk about the benefits!
Liang Chuan used his God's perspective to predict the outcome of Fan Zhongyan's Qingliu New Deal in advance.
Many people could have predicted this outcome, not even Qingliu's expectations. It's just that everyone thinks that Fan Zhongyan and others' approach is too extreme and has no benefit at all. Such an approach will definitely not be supported by the majority of people, so there is only one The outcome is failure!
Yu Gang had never thought about these things before, but Liang Chuan ordered them for him. Now is a good time to burn Xia Song's cold stove. If he burns it well, he can show his goodwill to Xia Song in advance. This will not reserve his future glory and wealth. !
This is a big gamble!
Liang Chuan was betting on Yu Gang's ability to place bets, and Yu Gang was also betting on whether he could win. They were all doing it for profit, so Liang Chuan won the bet as expected!
Yu Gang was shaken!
For Yu Gang, there are nothing more than two choices!
The first is to follow the trend of Qingliu's husbands, and he is also decent for a while, but after the ban, the husbands in the court still have meat to eat, and he, a small magistrate, can't even drink soup.
If the maritime ban policy is implemented to the end, Quanzhou Prefecture will be in ruins. Its own territory is too dependent on foreign business. Without business, it will not be able to collect taxes. In the future, the people will have nowhere to make a living. This shows how bad their political performance will be.
The one who suffered the loss was himself. Not only did he lose Liang Chuan Xiaojing’s gray income, but he also messed up his political achievements!
The second option is to open the door to these people who venture into the sea.
As long as I continue to implement the imperial court's maritime ban policy on the surface, provide soft protection behind the scenes, and turn a blind eye to these smuggling activities, I am not violating the imperial court's policies. It is really these shipowners who are too cunning, and let them They took advantage of it!
When the imperial court comes to investigate, it will not be too late to crack down on these smuggling activities! Yu Gang didn't believe it anymore. How could it be done so well in other places?
Between the two choices, no matter how stupid Yu Gang is, he knows that the second choice is definitely the most beneficial to him!
Alas, Liang Chuan is indeed a smart and thoughtful person. He came from the prime minister's house, and even a servant is so good at doing things!
The gift was so valuable that he couldn't bear to refuse it!
Yu Gang had already secretly sent people to other ports to inquire about information. First, he wanted to see if others were really like him and would not discount the imperial order.
The first wave of news coming back is generally true! This wave of new policies in the imperial court came too fast, and the big guys who led the innovation were all very perverted big brothers, such as Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, and Han Qi. These people were all typical people who were indifferent to their careers. Those who are in the way are those who don't recognize their relatives. If anyone dares to harm their affairs, they will light a lamp in the pit - looking for shit!
But the news that has been coming in these days makes Yu Gang a little scared!
The development of the situation was completely expected by Liang Chuan!
Within a few years, Tongan Port and Longhai Port in the south were already in chaos!
Compared with Qingyuan Port, the scale and volume of these two ports are completely different, but there are also a lot of goods shipped from here, there is also a small atmosphere, and there are not a few workers in the two ports who work at sea!
Within a few days of the implementation of the maritime ban policy, many people came to the two ports. They smashed, looted and burned. From the beginning, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that they came to vent their anger. But later everyone discovered that there was a profit in it, so they began to behave like rogue bandits, and if they robbed it, it was their own!
Once this evil trend starts, it will be out of control!
For several days in a row, both ports were devastated, and the atmosphere that had been built up over hundreds of years was gone overnight!
The guard generals of the two places were also Liang Chuan's old acquaintances Yang Lin and Guo Canwo, who also hated the Japanese. They were tricked by Liang Chuan and led their troops to seek Qingyuan. Because of this incident, they were sent to Yongzhou.
If the two of them go to Yongzhou, they will probably tell you there.
Han Qi is a madman but not a fool.
Back then, he sentenced the two of them to go to Yongzhou, but kept them in prison without release. The whole world was watching Si Fangxing, but no one paid attention to these two little minions.
Longhai and Tong'an were both important towns and there was no room for error. Seeing how hard the two generals were working, Han Qi used his personal power to protect them. The Privy Council was in charge of these generals, known as the Xifu Xianggong, and whether they were promoted or not was a matter of course. Just one word from them.
But this is not the time to punish people. Han Qi only dares to beat them in Tong'an and Longhai. If another Japanese pirate dares to invade again, the court will also question Han Qi!
Just deal with Si Fangxing and let Guo and Yang put on a show for the world to see. Han Qi will have his own answer when he returns to the court, and no one dares to question Han Qi!
Everyone has favors, and Han Qi never excuses warriors!
Liang Chuan only paid attention to Si Fangxing, but later he also wondered why there was no news about Guo and Yang in Yongzhou.
After Guo Yang came out of Qingyuan, especially after escaping from Han Qi, the living king of hell, not only was his official position restored, but his waist became even harder. People who didn't know thought they were Han Qi's people, and they didn't dare to do anything to them. !
After escaping from the gate of hell and ascending to heaven, Guo and Yang became furious when they heard about the Japanese. They caught and killed each one, and would rather miss them than let them go.
They guarded the two places and looked at the port with flames rising into the sky. They thought the Japanese were coming again, but when they arrived with their troops, they discovered that the people who burned, killed and looted were actually the relatives of Qiu Ba. .
Wherever there are any Japanese, they are the ones we don’t like and are causing trouble!
Poor second general, he held a long sword in his hand but didn't dare to take a step out of the barracks, let alone slash the blade towards
Facing their former relatives, the troops defending the city were unable to take action and could only allow them to burn the port into a pile of scorched earth.
Officials from both places even prepared a rhetoric that the Japanese would cause trouble, plunder and then leave!
Where can we find these Japanese people in the vast sea? If the real Japanese knew how heavy this shit basin was, they would definitely give it a try. .
The reason why Qingyuan was not in chaos was that Yu Gang's delaying policy played a huge buffering role!
The workers in Qingyuan can continue to make money, so who will mess around?
There is another reason. The Liang family has installed a management team at Qingyuan Port. This team is composed of Guanzhong children. It is extremely fierce and has a frightening effect on workers. As long as they are still in the port for a day, the workers will not stop. Don’t even dare to let one go!
After receiving the news, Yu Gang re-examined Liang Chuan's words.
Comparing the chief officials in Longhai and Tong'an, a big accountability from the imperial court will definitely not escape!
The implementation of this maritime ban is not only futile, but also subject to punishment. The two of them must not be happy in their hearts!
Yu Gang would never want such a tragedy to happen to him again!
As Liang Chuan said, Qingyuan Port is not comparable to a small place like Longhai Tong'an. Liang Chuan has done the math for him. There are hundreds of thousands of workers here. Once these people get out of control, don't say that the port will be gone. , it is very possible to repeat the Qingyuan tragedy three years ago. .
There is no precedent for rebellion in the entire Fujian Road in history. However, in recent years, the Lin Ju Lin brothers have rebelled in Xinghua, and the Pu family and the Tang family have colluded with the Japanese to rebel in Qingyuan. These incidents have become more and more frequent, and the people are no longer as strong as before. obedience!
I didn't expect Liang Chuan's words to have some effect!
Yu Gang passed on the order and asked people to guard several major entrances such as Chaotian Gate. From now on, passing passengers must be strictly interrogated!
The only worry is the people in the court!
If the imperial court sends someone down to inspect, then he will have to take countermeasures! At least the blame must be passed on to the ship owners and the local people. The ship owners made the money. The blame cannot be placed on him, an official who seeks orders for the people!
Anyone who is dressed in a dignified and official manner will stop people immediately. No matter what means they use, they cannot be allowed to come to the port!
There are so many Japanese pirates at sea now, and the imperial court itself has banned the sea. Naturally, officials cannot come by sea, but only by land. As long as they are properly inspected, the problem will not be big!
It was beyond Liang Chuan's imagination that he could achieve such excellent results with just one blow!
It was undeniable that he also admired Yu Gang's courage for daring to confront the imperial court at the cusp of this new policy. This would cost lives!
It’s true that people feed on wealth and birds perish for food. As long as the price is in place, there’s really nothing you can’t do!
Before Liang Chuan could be happy for two days, He Baozheng ran to Qingyuan again!
'what's the situation? Liang Chuan looked at He Baozheng's panicked expression and asked anxiously.
'Something big happened in Xinghua! Go back and have a look! '
