Chapter 171: The People's Heart Is Like Iron
After just a rogue of guns, seeing Mr. Tan being beaten into a sieve on the spot, the private salt dealer behind him couldn't help but feel timid and rushed forward and was about to collapse. ~ Xiao,...o&1t;/p>
"Everyone rush! Their bird guns are useless." Suddenly, a private salt dealer roared, and other private salt dealers woke up as if they were dreaming, holding various weapons and continued to rush forward.&1t;/p>
Selling private salt is a death sentence, and there is no way to survive in surrender. Escape may not be able to escape much, but if you can make a fortune, you will definitely make a fortune this time.&1t;/p>
The most important thing is that the official army's bird gun has been fired for a round and has become a fire stick.&1t;/p>
Driven by interests and desperate situations, these private salt dealers are desperate.&1t;/p>
After the musketeers fired a round of gunfires, they did turn into fire sticks because the distance between the two sides was a little close. However, just when the private salt dealers thought that they could kill the official army with their courage, suddenly a group of soldiers in the Beijing camp took a few steps back, and three small cannons were revealed.&1t;/p>
Artillery!&1t;/p>
The private salt dealer rushing in front saw these three black cannons, and was so scared that his face was pale and he fled involuntarily, but he couldn't stop his feet.&1t;/p>
The gunners in Beijing have ignited the fuse with the torch.&1t;/p>
Boom boom boom...&1t;/p>
As the fire burst, dense iron sand flew out.&1t;/p>
"Ah~!"&1t;/p>
A row of private salt dealers fell to the ground screaming and rolled wildly on the ground. One of the private salt dealers had blood on their faces, and there was no idea how much iron sand hit his face.&1t;/p>
These iron sands are very small, only as big as rice grains. Under the shooting of these one-pound cannons, the range of these iron sands is not far away. But when they are shot in the face, they are not a joke at all. The iron sands are formed into a dense barrage. The private salt dealers rushing in front almost ran away, and they are all beaten up.&1t;/p>
However, these iron sands will not die for a while, but the trauma caused is painful.&1t;/p>
It's so miserable that it's so miserable that it's hard to look at it.&1t;/p>
"Lapgerman, move forward." The Beijing camp officer pulled out his steel knife and pointed forward. The spearmen rushed out like a wolf and a tiger. Under the cover of each other, he launched a ruthless strangle against those private salt dealers who still have combat effectiveness.&1t;/p>
"Run!"&1t;/p>
"Don't kill me, don't kill me."&1t;/p>
The courage of a group of private salt dealers was completely taken away, and they fled in panic, but a group of spearmen chased them relentlessly and directly chased them into the surrounding fields.&1t;/p>
When a private salt dealer who had lost his weapon and hid under the car was dragged out, he looked at the accomplices who were still screaming and rolling. He couldn't believe everything in front of him.&1t;/p>
As for?&1t;/p>
I even used artillery to catch a private salt. Is that the reason?&1t;/p>
In the dark night, I was still running away a lot, but it doesn't matter anymore. The private salts were intercepted.&1t;/p>
The same scene also occurred on the Caoyuan River. These rivers are easier to check. As long as you set up a card, you basically didn't run away.&1t;/p>
Under the moonlight, the canal ships heading south were sailing on the river. Li Debin was one of the canal ship owners. He took three canal ships and carried goods south. As a result, he encountered a checkpoint in the middle of the night, and the officers and soldiers were fully armed.&1t;/p>
To Wang Debin's surprise, today the canal transportation checkpoint began to check for private salt. There was an unlucky person in front of him who obviously transported a ship full of private salt, and was found out on the spot. The canal on the top was anxious and dived and wanted to run away. As a result, the official army actually fired a shot. After a while, a body floated up from the bottom of the water, which made people's scalp numb.&1t;/p>
"Stop, routine check."&1t;/p>
"Stop the boat, stop the boat quickly." Wang Debin hurriedly shouted. This time he went south to run the boat, Wang Debin did not smuggle private salt, so he was not afraid of inspection.&1t;/p>
However, Wang Debin was frightened and thought to himself that he was lucky.&1t;/p>
If it weren't for the sudden inspection of private salt in Tianjin this time, there would be less than so much private salt for transportation, and there were indeed many goods in northern Zhili that could be transported south, I'm afraid it would be over this time.&1t;/p>
"What are the things on the ship?" The inspector asked Wang Debin.&1t;/p>
"Officials, mainly copper coins, iron pots, steel nails, and some glass." Wang Debin replied quickly, actively cooperating with the inspection.&1t;/p>
After lifting the mask, the goods on the ship were indeed copper coins and steel products.&1t;/p>
In the past, when the canal ships were heading south, there was nothing to transport, so they could only transport private salt in large quantities. However, recently, more and more goods were sold in the south by northern Zhili. First, copper coins minted by the Royal Bank were sufficiently used and exquisite in appearance, and there was a huge demand in the south. Because of the large amount of these copper coins, many canal ships turned to transport copper coins to the south. As for silver coins, the standard bank was generally responsible for special transportation, and it was not their turn to transport these canal ships.&1t;/p>
At the same time, due to technological breakthroughs in steel smelting in Beizhili, the price of steel products has become very cheap. Although the types of steel products in Beizhili are still somewhat different from those in the south, the quality is very good. The quality of the iron pots Wang Debin entered this time is no longer worse than the iron pots produced in the south.&1t;/p>
The most important thing is that the steel products in Northern Zhili are of better quality than those in the south, such things are obviously very popular in the south.&1t;/p>
As for the types of steel products, the Northern Zhili region is obviously also developing rapidly. A large number of private businessmen saw the business opportunities and purchased high-quality steel from Royal Steel Company and then created various products.&1t;/p>
"Have these things been declared?" asked the official.&1t;/p>
"I've reported it, I've reported it, this is a customs clearance document." Wang Debin hurriedly showed the customs clearance document. The so-called customs declaration means paying import and export tariffs.&1t;/p>
The official took the document, checked the seal, date, and registration status of the goods on it, and checked it one by one.&1t;/p>
"Okay, pay the river management fee!" The official returned the document and said to Wang Debin. Wang Debin quickly took out 20 silver dollars and handed it over.&1t;/p>
After Ye Xianggao served as the governor of the canal transport, he divided the canal transport into three sections: north, central and southern parts. The canal transport checkpoints are both fixed and non-fixed. There are at least twenty or thirty checkpoints during the entire canal transport route. Fortunately, as long as you pay the "canal transport management fee" once, you can clear the entire journey.&1t;/p>
Is the canal transportation management fee 20 yuan, or is it acceptable.&1t;/p>
The real thing is the tariffs in Northern Zhili. They are collected according to the proportion of goods. There are already great risks in transporting many goods to Northern Zhili, and many canal transport merchants have lost all their money. However, after knowing that the tariff process is very regular, many canal transport merchants have adapted to this rhythm. Some canal transport merchants have also set up the idea of smuggling. When transporting to the border of Northern Zhili, they switched 6 routes to secretly transported them into Northern Zhili.&1t;/p>
The intensity of this inspection is obviously beyond anyone's imagination.&1t;/p>
The main people responsible for this inspection were the Tianjin Governor Gao Bangzuo, the Governor of the Valley Transport Ye Xianggao, and the Governor of the Taxation Bureau Wei Zhongxian.&1t;/p>
Gao Bangzuo cracked down on private salt in Tianjin, Ye Xianggao cracked down on private salt transport, and the official ships were escorted. Wei Zhongxian cracked down on smuggling on the border of Northern Zhili.&1t;/p>
The three parties cracked down on anti-smuggling and all dispatched Beijing camps to cooperate.&1t;/p>
For a time, there were many checkpoints, which made smugglers unable to defend themselves. However, the benefits of private salt and the huge smuggling benefits generated under the tariff system are destined to be unable to be easily extinguished.&1t;/p>
Private salt production along the coast of Tianjin is still rampant, and private salt trafficking is the same.&1t;/p>
It is not only the powerful and businessmen involved in the trafficking, but also the ordinary people participated in a large number of participation. Especially the ordinary people have small goals and can go on the road with a bag of private salt on their backs. It is not easy for the government to investigate.&1t;/p>
It can be said that the people's hearts are as iron as iron. (To be continued...)&1t;/p>
ps: The second update is here, please give me a ticket for the next month.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!