Feudal scholar-bureaucrats reborn: marrying a husband and marrying a virtuous

As the warm sun sets, the brilliance gradually fades away, like a charcoal fire that is about to go out, the sky reflects a crimson color, and the sea surface also reflects a crimson color.

When the fisherman returns home, the waves go with the boat, like a silver knife in its sheath. There are ripples on the sea surface, and ripples on the heart.

In the distant sky, gulls circled, perhaps lost their way home, and flew over the black warship singing over and over again.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Zhu Xianzong, with Wang Xiaowen and the prefect of Ningbo, Kong Anxian, was listening carefully to Commander Chen's report after investigating the scene of the accident.

"The fleet of Ouyang's family was attacked by pirates before leaving Zhoushan. When the officials arrived, the bandits had disappeared and there were only two looted large ships left. After the inspection, except for a few seamen, Mr. Ouyang is no longer among them."

After Wang Xiaowen finished listening, he asked expectantly, "Could it be that Ouyang Qing is still alive?"

"this……?"

No one was alive, no dead body was seen. Commander Chen did not dare to draw conclusions. He only guessed based on the situation at the scene: "Looking at the traces of fighting on the ship, the bandits seem to have the upper hand. must."

Wang Xiaowen and Kong Anxian are Taixue brothers, and the relationship is not bad.

This person usually said three words to others, but he wanted to say two and a half sentences, but now he quietly shrank aside, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

It's a pity that things didn't go as expected. After listening to Commander Chen, Zhu Xianzong said in a calm tone: "Master Kong, the emperor changed the state of Chang to Zhoushan and brought it under the rule of Ningbo Prefecture, but now bandits and bandits are running rampant. You, the magistrate, are a bit negligent. .”

Kong Anxian's expression was tangled, and he wanted to say that there was a lot of inside information about this matter, and he had tried his best, but His Royal Highness was right to blame him, so he could only admit it, "It's because the officials are incompetent, and they have owed the emperor's favor."

At this time, Wang Xiaowen, the senior assistant of His Royal Highness, a warm-up expert, half-jokingly said: "Senior Brother Kong, don't be so busy blaming yourself, but I will trouble you to explain to everyone first, what is the root cause of this man-made disaster? It can't be just for property!"

"Why can't it be just for property, the world is bustling for profit, Junior Brother Wang really lived for nothing all these years."

Kong Anxian choked his junior back first, then gave him a supercilious look, and said respectfully to the prince, "This man-made disaster in Ouyang's family is simply a conflict of interests. The reason for this is the shipping market."

Next, the prefect Kong told the two of them in detail what he had discovered in these years.

It has been stable for a hundred years, and thanks to the convenience of water conservancy, the southern coastal areas have developed to this day. It can be said that maritime commerce has been very developed. Porcelain, silk, and tea in the south of the Yangtze River are sold overseas.

In the previous dynasty, sea commerce was privately traded by the common people, and the court was not organized. When Emperor Yangdi established a shipping department in Ningbo, it was said that it was to manage commercial transactions, but in fact it did not play any role. Instead, Emperor Yangdi’s confidants relied on the sea. Trade earned Emperor Yang a lot.

At present, the first emperor reorganized once when he was in power, and formulated a series of unified and complete market ship systems.

First of all, if a merchant wants to go to sea, he needs to declare at the city ship and obtain a public certificate for going to sea. The public certificate records the goods brought by the merchant, his entourage and the places he went to sea this time.

After the declaration, the Maritime Shipping Department will also send people on board to inspect the ship, mainly to check whether there are weapons, copper coins, fugitives, etc. carried on without permission.

In the early days, the municipal ship tax was collected when the sea-going ship went to sea and returned to the port, also known as reading the truth. The goods on the ship were divided into two types, thick and thin, and several parts were drawn according to a certain proportion, and the goods were collected.

Later, it was estimated that it was troublesome and delayed the effort, so it could be replaced with silver money, and the goods to go to sea were even paid when the declaration was made.

Maritime merchants also need to pay a certain percentage for the goods shipped from other countries. The Shibo Company can also buy certain goods according to the specified price. In the end, the remaining goods still have to be issued with a company certificate according to the standards of the Shibo Company before they can be shipped to other places. Sale.

A perfect system does not necessarily mean a perfect implementation, not to mention that some large merchants are backed by powerful families and dignitaries.

In other words, the Shibo Division has long been

It is filthy, can't afford to offend the six big families, uses power to squeeze small merchants, deliberately makes things difficult when declaring, does not issue official certificates without giving benefits, overcharges when drawing, and buys at low prices when buying, etc., it is simply ugly.

Nowadays, no one abides by the market ship system, and small and medium-sized maritime merchants follow the rules of the Six Great Masters.

What is the rule of the six families?

The Six Great Masters have divided up all the commercial routes on the sea. If other maritime merchants want to go to sea, they don't have to go to the Maritime Shipping Department to declare, but directly anchor in the fleet of the Six Great Masters. Of course, they have to pay a certain percentage of protection fees.

Even foreign businessmen from Siam, Japan, and Europa traded at the trading venues held privately by the six major families, and did not go to Shibosi. As for where the trading venues are, it seems to be different every year. The prefect Kong said that he has not yet investigated clearly.

As for the Six Great Masters and the Department of Shipbuilding, there must have been some agreement. The prefect Kong said that he hadn't investigated the details yet.

In the end, the cause and effect of the Ouyang family's accident was probably that the first daughter of the Ouyang family married the second son of the Kang family as his first wife, but the second son of Kang spoiled his concubine and killed his wife. In the end, Ouyang died of depression without leaving any heirs.

The Ouyang family's fleet has been going out to sea with the Kang family, so the owner of the Ouyang family can only swallow his daughter's death.

However, his youngest son and his sister have a deep relationship and couldn't bear it, so they found an opportunity to beat the second son of Kang in private and didn't say anything, and they didn't go with the Kang family's fleet when they were about to go to sea, and something happened in the end.

But to be honest, there is no such a coincidence, Zhoushan has a guard, so there are so many bandits, but what is the real reason, Kong Zhifu said that he has not investigated clearly.

After listening for a few times, I don’t understand, not to mention Wang Xiaowen, even Zhu Xianzong couldn’t help but rolled his eyes in his heart, and said helplessly: “Master Kong, Mr. Kong Ge strongly recommended you at the beginning, and I seem to have expected too much. ah."

The magistrate of Kong had the same rough beard on his rough face, and a good-looking Shaanxi man said with a smile at this moment: "This..., the past few years since I left Beijing, I have always reported good news but not bad news in my letters. My father may be Seriously, in fact, it is really difficult for a northerner to show his fists in this den of southerners."

"Ha ha……"

Zhu Xianzong was annoyed and funny by his words, and he also said with some emotion: "It must have taken a lot of hard work for the prefect of Kong to sort out these many cruxes. The relationship between interests and interests is really strong, making it difficult to start. No wonder When Grandpa Huang was there, he hesitated a few times but did not make up his mind to rectify it."

After hearing this, the prefect Kong and Wang Xiaowen both looked solemn and frowning, and finally the prince needed to explain: "Okay, don't get entangled, interest groups can also be replaced, and in a few days, other places will listen to it." The businessmen who have heard of the wind should arrive in Ningbo one after another, and then is the time to do it."

Wang Xiaowen nodded and said in agreement: "Shang Taifu and other famous people are also helping to build momentum, it must not be too long, but..., although there is little hope, if Ouyang Qing is really still alive, it would be better to start. "

Zhu Xianzong also agreed in his heart, but he didn't want to pin his hopes on things beyond his control, so he just said casually: "Commander Chen will send someone to inquire and investigate again in the past few days, and there is no need to spend too much energy on this matter. Today's things are more important, don't chase the end."

Just as the prince thought, whether Ouyang Qing would survive or not was beyond his control. This kid was probably just trying to hold on when he ran for his life.

After revealing his identity, he suddenly developed a fever. I don't know if it was caused by a broken bone in his left arm.

Lin Fangxu felt that the key witnesses that he had gambled on the safety of Xiao Yun and his clan brothers could not just be gone. With such a patient, he would face all kinds of pursuits. Realistic.

Ouyang Qing couldn't sit still on the horseback, Lin Chong turned back to support him and asked, "Master, do you want to put him in the carriage?"

The old horse pulling the cart and Lin Chong's fast horse were both maroon red, and they looked the same in the afterglow of the setting sun. Seeing this, Lin Fangxu quickly decided: "Brother Yuan, you are riding Brother Chong's fast horse and hurried to Ningbo. City for help, the carriage should be unloaded first, Brother Chong and Ouyang Qing can ride away on the old horse."

Lin Fangyuan got the order, quickly unloaded the carriage, took a set of saddles prepared for departure from the partition of the carriage, put them on the old horse, and helped Lin Chong put Ouyang Qing on the old horse.

After doing this, Lin Fangyuan felt a little scared, but he was more worried about his young master's safety, so he hesitated and said, "Master, I'll stay? You and Jiang Shaolang go first!"

"Heh...! Brother Yuan, stop talking silly!"

Lin Fangxu took out a seven-star crossbow hidden in the closet in the carriage, put it in his hand and gestured twice, and continued: "If you didn't go there just now, Kang Ziyou's subordinates might not know you, otherwise, Brother Yuan, you might It cannot be easily escaped."

The seven-star crossbow is the hand-held military continuous crossbow with the longest range in the Wei Dynasty. It is expensive to make and is currently only equipped by the Jingshi battalion.

The one in Lin Fangxu's hand is of course not his. It was lent to him by his future husband for self-defense. When he first got it, he was excited for a long time, just like when his elder brother gave him the first slingshot when he was a child.

When I got a slingshot when I was a child, I could be overjoyed when I got a slingshot, and I could immediately take Lin Fangqi to the field to compete for two rounds, but when I grow up, I can’t do it anymore. Lost style.

Lin Fangxu finally had a chance to take it out again today, and he tied the crossbow arrow barrel around his waist impatiently. Holding the crossbow trigger in his right hand, he waved it proudly, and said in a firm tone: "Okay! Brother Yuan, hurry up and leave now. It's too late."

Not daring to delay any longer, Lin Fangyuan galloped away on his big brown-red horse. When he looked back, except for Ouyang Qing who was unconscious, the other three were all armed with weapons in their hands, and they looked like they were on full alert, while they were hundreds of meters away from them. There seemed to be a figure flickering in the path.

Lin Fangyuan's heart trembled, and it was only at this moment that he finally believed that this was not a war game played by the clan brothers when they were young, it was about fighting for their lives.