The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 91 Dengzhou Office

Ding Yi has grown a beard for the past two days, and he looks mature and powerful. With the elite soldiers around him, this little official can't guess the size of Ding Yi's official position, but he can compete with Zhang Keda, the commander-in-chief of Denglai. Discuss military affairs, it must be a big official.

Originally they wanted to come up to collect taxes, but now they don't know how to speak.

Ding Yi's thousand-material ship is very conspicuous at the entrance of the alley. According to the practice at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was called "assessing the ship's material and determining the tax".

In this way, one thousand guan is charged, which is equivalent to 1000 taels of silver.

Do you accept it now?If we want to charge, will we be chopped off?

During this period, Dengzhou is still quite afraid of the soldiers. Not long ago, Mao Wenlong raised his troops to show off his power, and the three of them were a little tangled.

At this moment, Ding Yi nodded backwards, and Ruan Wenyan threw a bag over without saying a word.

The little official caught it subconsciously, so heavy.

Gently pinch, already heard the sound of silver colliding.

He suddenly put out a friendly smile on his face: "Don't dare to disturb your lord, thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord."

Turn around and leave with people.

Halfway there, he thought of something, turned around and took something like a bamboo stick from his body, and handed it to Lu Chao.

Lu Chao nodded, and took it expressionlessly.

This is equivalent to a guide for the common people. It is said that with this gadget, Ding Yi will not be required to pay taxes even if he goes to other places in Daming with a full load of things.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was still a bit chaotic during this period, and in many cases, you may be forced to pay it again at other banknotes.

But most of the merchants at this time were like Ding Yi, who directly used money to buy off petty officials and exempted them from collecting taxes. Therefore, the business tax in the Ming Dynasty was low, and it was even more impossible to collect.

Like today, Ding Yi gave the little official 30 taels of silver, saving 1000 taels of cash.

Gained weight for the individual, but lost the court.

This was Ruan Wenyan's experience. Ding Yi took everyone off the boat and sent Qin Nan home first.

Qin Nan's father was still running a shop in Dengzhou. When he arrived, he found that it was a small shop that mainly sold sundries.

Qin's father was also very excited when he saw Qin Nan, and the father and daughter cried while hugging their heads.

After Ding Yi asked, he found out that this was the first time Qin Nan met after they got married.

Knowing that in front of him is Lushun Dusi, who is older than Zhou Yongguan, and seems to have a close relationship with his daughter, Qin's father is both happy and scared.

Ding Yi spoke to him warmly, and finally threw 1000 taels of silver notes to Qin Nan.

Qin Nan raised his head and stared at Ding Yi for a long time, with tears in his eyes.

Ding Yi didn't stay long and left soon.

As soon as Ding Yi left, Father Qin called Qin Nan into the house, and said earnestly, "Zhou Yong is dead, why are you still taking his daughter with you?"

"Give her away as soon as possible, and marry Master Ding."

Qin Nan shook his head: "Daddy, you don't understand, Mr. Ding is different from other officials of Ming Dynasty."

"So what? It's always bad for you to take Zhou Yong's daughter with you?" Father Qin asked anxiously.

Qin Nan still shook his head, thinking, if I don't care about Shuang'er, Master Ding, how can he care about me?
She quickly asked her father to sell the shop and looked for a bigger shop in Terengganu.

According to Ding Yi, this shop is similar to the supermarkets of later generations, and it only sells high-quality goods from Liaodong, such as ginseng, furs, and cloth, green salt, grain and other livelihood necessities from the south of the Yangtze River.

In the future, this place will be one of the shipping places of Lushun Merchant Ship in Dengzhou.

Ding Yi was still in a good mood when he left.

Both he and Qin Nan knew what they needed.

Right now he cannot marry Qin Nan.

After he has a regular wife, he will consider taking a concubine.

So he made it clear to Qin Nan on the boat and convinced her.

Qin Nan will open a shop here and ship goods for Lushun.

Lu Chao will be left behind and another secret base will be set up in Dengzhou.

Internally, Lushun served as the Dengzhou office.

He will send ten personal soldiers, and put two here in turn every six months.

At this time, he was walking with Lu Chao and Ruan Wenyan on the street.

The ten personal soldiers were divided into groups of two or three, and they were scattered around, following them at a leisurely pace.

Otherwise, it would be very conspicuous to have so many elite soldiers together.

At this moment, they came to a street corner where there was no one around. Ding Yi looked at the house opposite and whispered to Lu Chao: "I will give you 100 taels a month, and I will give you 200 taels for the first month. .”

Lu Chao stared, a little in disbelief.

"It's your activity expenses."

He didn't speak, but listened carefully.

Lu Chao is very clever, and Ding Yi also knows that he can read and write, which is one of the reasons why he was sent here this time.

"How many things do you mainly do?"

"1 When looking for foreigners, they are Fanyi, red-haired ghosts and the like. The waterways of Dengzhou Prefecture lead to all over the world. If you travel all year round, there must be Fanguis."

"Among the ghosts, there are people who are proficient in firearms, machinery, and maritime affairs. They are all the people you want to make friends with."

"If you can successfully win over and bring them to Lushun, you will be counted as meritorious service, and you will be promoted and rewarded with silver."

Lu Chao's eyes brightened even more.

"You can marry a wife." Ding Yi said in a deep voice at this time: "Find a good local woman, and you can get married."

Lu Chao looked incredulous.

He rolled his eyes, and immediately said: "The slaves are not destroyed, why do they start a family, and dare not be in a humble position."

"You must marry." Ding Yi said: "If you have a wife and children, others will think you are an ordinary person."

"Several big guys get together every day for a long time, what do the neighbors next door think of you?"

Lu Chao thinks about it, it seems to make sense?
However, this is not Houjin, why do we have to make it like a meticulous work?
Lord Dante must be right to say so, he naturally wants to marry a wife.

Men, there are those who don't want a wife, how can a wife in Lushun Island be as good as Dengzhou.

"I'll do my best." Lu Chao's eyes were filled with joy.

"2 Looking for a craftsman, a shipbuilder." Ding Yi continued: "The craftsman who is proficient in firearms is especially good. Same, if you get Lushun, you will be rewarded."

Lu Chao nodded, not understanding why the lord was so obsessed with firearms. Based on his understanding of the Ming army, firearms seemed to be useless.

But he naturally didn't dare to say anything.

"3 Scholars, the kind of down-and-out scholars who fail in exams, have a hard time living, and are underappreciated. Lu Chao, you are literate, and you know that there are not many literate people in Lushun."

Lu Chao nodded his head heavily, he can be reused because of his literacy, besides his cleverness.

Adults also value scholars very much, Lu Chao understands.

"4, develop offline." Ding Yi said again: "I will give you two people, but I will give you 100 taels of silver every month."

"You have to learn to develop offline, whether it's money or kindness, find someone to do things for you."

"Not enough money, tell me."

"Develop the downline, don't stand out, let other people come forward, no matter what method you use, you have to make sure that if the downline is caught, they can't catch you."

Lu Chao still doesn't understand, they are all smart people, who will arrest me?

"If you practice well, I dare to send you to Houjin. If you don't practice well, then I don't send others." Ding Yi seemed to see his thoughts.

Lu Chao suddenly realized that this was to prepare for his arrival in Houjin.

"My lord, I understand, my lord, please rest assured." There was an eager expression on his face.

Lu Chao's family was killed by Hou Jin, and he wanted to kill Tartar for revenge. Regarding this, he was as firm as Ding Yi, and he had never been afraid or flinched.

"5 As soon as possible, find out how many people there are in Dengzhou, how many rice sellers, how many rice stores there are, and who are the big families."

When Lu Chao heard this, he was thoughtful, but he didn't know what Master Ding wanted to do.

After Ding Yi finished speaking, he pointed to the house opposite: "This house is not bad, find a way to buy it, and it will be your office in the future."

Lu Chao looked up a few times, dumbfounded: "In front, it seems to be where the Governor's Yamen and the General Military Mansion are located."

There is no governor in Denglai at this time, and Zhang Keda's residence is also on this street.

"It's okay, it's always a good thing to be closer to Shangguan." Ding Yi patted him on the shoulder.

"No." Lu Chao turned around, ordered two soldiers, and took them away.

Ruan Wenyan waited for him to leave, and asked suspiciously: "My lord, are you not afraid that he will marry a wife, wear down his resolve, be greedy for happiness, and no longer want to kill Tartars?"

Ding Yi thought for a while, then slowly said: "When he gets married and has children, he can bring his wife and children to Lushun."

Ruan Wenyan suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)