Rise of Another World: I Have an Empire System

As if seeing what was going on in Kang Lin's mind, Qiao Si stroked the short beard under his chin, without saying a word, just smiled and pointed his finger at the Water City Wharf area!There, there are at least ten Chinese-style hard sailing ships of different sizes and shapes, hanging the Golden Dragon, Sun and Moon flag, moored along the trestle, with guns and cannons on them, flags fluttering, and even sailors lying lazily on the deck blowing the sea breeze, Most of the flag soldiers also looked a bit brave and brave to fight, and they were strong and strong, so they were not easy to mess with!With this in mind, the gaze of the leader of Kangda at the merchant ship quietly changed from greedy to gentle!

However, there is much more to fear in Donghai Weiqian Shanshuizhai!

Fortress!Yes, it is an earth-stone structure fortress with artillery!As the most effective means of coastal defense, the Ming army built various artillery forts on various commanding heights in the entire Shuicheng.You must know that most of the lucky boats, sandships, and even Cantonese ships driven by pirates and maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty had the problems of thin skin, few guns, and poor structural strength. It doesn't matter much, but if it is hit by the general cannon or the Hongyi cannon at close range, then the problem will be big! A 5-jin or 10-jin iron shell, driven by gunpowder gas, is absolutely capable of tearing the thin planks of most ships on the East Asian sea!

"Damn!" As long as Kang Lin thinks of the black bowling ball bouncing forward on his ship with a scorching breath, breaking a lot of arms, and breaking one or two masts in addition to legs and feet, His back felt cold for a while, but he couldn't admit that he was afraid anymore, so he could only change the subject and chatted with Qiao Si about other things.

"Brother Qiao, when we arrive at the pier later, will someone come to check our identities? Also, while we are waiting for you to come back, can we go ashore first, after all, Uncle Six's injury can no longer be delayed , if there is a medical clinic in the dock area, we would like to go and have a look first..."

"No, Qiao's answer is no! There is a mixed bag of fish and dragons on the water village pier, and there are people of all religions and ranks. Generally, government servants and flag soldiers will not come here to check the identities of businessmen, unless you kill someone on the pier street. Or set it on fire, otherwise no one will care about where you come from and where you are going. The big shots in Wei Li only care about how much tax money you can bring them, and they don't care about what you do !

As for you wanting to disembark and go shopping in the dock area, Qiao has no objection. It’s okay for you to stay on the boat for the time being. Why don’t you go down and look around first, maybe you can find one or two doctors with real skills. The red wound on Master Liu was healed..." Seeing that the fat man who was over his head finally admitted obediently in the face of absolute strength, Qiao Si, who felt that he had won the game invisibly, did not say anything this time Attacking his allies, on the contrary, in order to prevent these guys from offending people or forces that shouldn't be offended, he even sent one of his cronies to lead them along the way!

"My lord, Master Qiao, the guiding ship is here, and they asked us to follow them and stop the ship at the No. 33 berth of the Renzi trestle bridge!" Outside the cabin door, the report of the officer on duty suddenly sounded, which caused the tension between the two sides to rise. The pleasant conversation came to an end temporarily, and the two who walked out of the cabin one after another found that

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, the sandships are in order, and it is their turn to declare and enter the port!Because in front of them, there was a small boat carrying two officials and four or five flag soldiers coming quickly to meet them.And these people are none other than the tax collectors of the guard and the officials of the Shibo Department in the former Shanshui village!

"Stop, stop, you gang of birds and hozens are still trying to drag the gentlemen up, are you trying to evade taxes, or is there something shady hidden on the boat?!" Before anyone arrives, the sound is heard first!Before the sailors of the sandboat dropped the rope to pick him up, an arrogant and rude voice rang in everyone's ears!The next moment, the red-faced Kang Lin's personal guards touched the Yanling knife at his waist one after another, and only waited for his leader to give an order, he chopped up the rude tax collector. However, the reaction of the person involved was It exceeded everyone's expectations!I saw the head of Kang Da, who was wearing a gray cloth-covered monk's robe, wearing a pointed bamboo hat, and holding a wooden staff with a ring, was lowering his head at the moment, clasped his hands together, and proclaimed the Buddha's name as if to let them stay calm , Everything is under Qiao Si's arrangement.

"Amitabha, everyone Tanyue, don't get angry, don't get angry, everything is under the arrangement of Shopkeeper Qiao!"

"Puff, puff!" Although they tried their best to suppress it, the laughter still rang out from the sailors on the ship and the ranks of soldiers. They really didn't expect that their own boss would appear in this capacity and appearance in the Ming Dynasty officials, soldiers, etc. In front of soldiers.Unexpectedly, their laughter was heard by the Ming Dynasty officials who had just boarded the ship, and they mistakenly thought it was disrespect to him, so they couldn't help but change their face, and they were about to explode on the spot!

"This official, this official, let's listen to what Joe says, let's listen to what Joe says!" He raised his head and glared at the sailor who was still grinning silly, and Qiao Si lined up all the people, and the more people came As soon as he came up, he bowed his hands to the tax collector of the guard, "This official, don't be angry, don't be angry, Xiao Ke is Qiao Si, the treasurer of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, and has often done business with you Weng Si in recent years." As far as the official is concerned, he can barely be counted as half of his own! As for today’s incident, it is true that Qiao’s subordinates were wrong first, so I hope the official can see that Qiao and Weng In the face of being acquainted with the officials, hold your hand high and let this group of blind and lazy bastards go..." Hidden needles in the cotton, Qiao Si's words were not leaking, and he blocked the anger that the tax collector was about to spew back into his body again. He also left this fellow speechless, causing his fair skin to flush red, and several of the three well-maintained beards were torn off by himself.

"Feng Sheng, please step down. I have an old relationship with you as an official. From my point of view, you can only swallow the humiliation of today..." Different from the furious official surnamed Feng, he was a body behind him, dressed in In light blue dark clothes, wearing a square scarf, the refined-looking official of the Shibo Department looks very kind, but the words that come out of his mouth make people even more vigilant and displeased!Compared with the arrogance of the official surnamed Feng, this guy's speech is even more yin and yang, and he is sociable when he speaks. He just looks like he is watching the excitement and is not afraid of big things.Moreover, the careful Qiao Si also found that this guy had fair skin, handsome facial features, and no beard that was common to men in the Ming Dynasty. girly smell...

This is a eunuch, or an eunuch!Qiao Si's thoughts turned, and soon

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I figured out the identity of the official of the city ship department in front of me.No time to worry about why an eunuch would pretend to be a small official of the Municipal Bureau, resisting the unspeakable smell faintly coming from the tip of his nose, Qiao Si immediately bowed his hands to the blue-clothed small official of the Municipal Bureau with a more respectful attitude.

"I didn't know that there was a nobleman here, and it's a death penalty. Come, come, invite the nobleman, and drink a cup of weak tea in Qiao's cabin, so that Xiao Ke can have a chance to accompany the nobleman!" During the words, With a smile on his face, Qiao Si and Kang Lin exchanged glances inadvertently, then he slightly bowed, and raised his hands to let the two little officials with different faces into the poop, where Kang Lin Prepared some yellow and white "no", let the shopkeeper Qiao, whose pocket is cleaner than his face, bribe these two arrogant and domineering officials, so as not to cause them to shout and cause unnecessary trouble!

"You guys are waiting here. Mr. and Mrs. Feng first went into the cabin with the shopkeeper Qiao to see what good tea he has for us to wait. It just so happens that after such a long business trip, it's time to stop and rest your feet. !" As soon as they heard that there are benefits to be gained, the faces of the two petty officials immediately showed satisfaction, and the next moment, amidst their shouts, the tax bureaucrats temporarily served by the Banner Army hurriedly ended the inspection work , retreated quietly to the side, and they themselves, swaying and swaying, followed Qiao Si into the poop building with steady square steps.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Mr. Qiao, thank you for your hospitality. I still have official business, so I'm leaving!" With a bonus of 20 taels of silver in his pocket, the tax collector Feng and the blue-clothed city ship secretary quickly smiled satisfied. Yi walked out of the poop, and when they passed by the mainmast in front of Master Wuyuan, who was bowing his head and reciting the "Buddhist scriptures" silently, the two satiated bastards couldn't help but praise the monk, "Tsk tsk, Mr. Qiao, The great monk on your boat is really majestic, if one day he doesn’t wear the monk’s clothes, but wears the golden armor of mountain script, the general court generals are really not as powerful and domineering as him!”

"Mr. Chu, Mr. Feng, they are eminent monks who have attained the Tao and a good man who practiced since childhood. This time, he came down the mountain to travel for alms in order to raise funds and rebuild the mountain gate. We can't make fun of him, otherwise the Buddha will find out and come down If a disaster comes to punish us, it will be very bad..." People in this era still believe in ghosts and gods, so when they heard what Qiao Si said, the officials surnamed Chu and the officials surnamed Feng put away immediately. With a frivolous look, he clasped his hands together and began to recite the Buddha's name silently.Among them, a tax collector surnamed Feng who was very respectful to the Buddha took a step forward, put a bunch of copper coins in Kang Lin's hands, and said to him in a deep voice,

"Promote Buddhism, save sentient beings, and raise funds to rebuild the temple gate. The master has worked hard. I only hate Feng for his humble words and not being able to share the master's worries. Otherwise, he will spend a lot of money to help the master rebuild the temple as soon as possible..."

"Tanyue, more or less money is for the sake of Buddha. If you have such intentions, it is enough. The Buddha will surely bless your official career and family safety..." The fake monk Kang Lin stretched out his hand and put the heavy copper coins in Put it into the bag at his waist, then bowed to the little official surnamed Feng, and said a very Zen word.

"Thank you, master!" The little official surnamed Feng returned the salute again, and then saw that his companion, the little official surnamed Chu, showed an expression of impatience, so he had no choice but to apologize to the rowboat that he boarded with him, and wobbled away!

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