My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 384 Liars
Tianjin Customs is located in the west of the port. Standing on the customs building, Zhu Zhanhe just saw the entire port.

I saw hundreds of boats fighting for the current and tens of thousands of ships in Tianjin Port. The masts lined up looked like bamboo forests, and the huge sails almost covered the entire sea.

Looking at the bustling Tianjin Port, Zhu Zhanhe also nodded in satisfaction. Compared with before the opening of the sea, the number of ships entering and leaving Tianjin Port has exploded by more than ten times, and it is still growing rapidly.

There is no way, Daming's sea ban for many years has made Ming's sea trade has been in extreme depression. Now that the sea is finally opened, and there is only one port in Tianjin, the demand for sea trade has suddenly exploded. The recent influx of people into Tianjin is quite astonishing.

Compared to the bustling port, the customs at the foot of Zhu Zhanhe was also very lively. Countless people were seen going in and out of the customs to handle various businesses, and some vendors simply ran to the gate of the customs to set up stalls, forming a lively market.

"There are too many people coming in and out, and the street vendors are occupying the road, almost blocking the gate. It's time for someone to plan!"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the bustling but messy vendors at the gate of the customs, and couldn't help but whisper to himself.

As for these small business vendors, Zhu Zhanhe did not let anyone chase them away before. After all, it is not easy for these people to support their families, but now there are too many people, occupying the road, and indeed affecting the flow of people.

What's more, this is a customs office, and it doesn't look good to be blocked by a group of vendors. Therefore, it is necessary to plan and set aside an area for the vendors to do business in this area.

While Zhu Zhanhe was thinking about the vendors, he suddenly saw a commotion at the gate of the customs, and then a man who looked like a businessman was driven out by the officials of the customs.

However, the businessman refused to leave, crying and making noise at the gate of the customs, which attracted many people to watch.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Zhanhe frowned, and immediately ordered: "Go and call Liu Tiju!"

After a while, I saw a middle-aged official in his 30s walking up quickly, and immediately saluted Zhu Zhanhe: "My lord!"

This middle-aged man was named Liu Ming, and he was one of the two vice-presidents of the customs office, and also Zhu Zhanhe's right-hand man.

"Liu Tiju, what happened to the businessman outside the door?"

Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the crying businessmen outside the door and asked, and there were more and more people watching the excitement, and those peddlers who were occupying the road almost blocked the entire customs gate.

"My lord, this businessman is simply making trouble out of no reason. He shipped a batch of goods from overseas, but he was cheated. He insisted that our customs partnered with someone to cheat him, and even clamored for us to pay. You said this is not a rogue. ?"

Liu Ming glanced at the crying businessman outside, and then replied helplessly.

"This happened again?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned, the customs was established, and all kinds of goods need to go through the customs, which also spawned a lot of black industries. For example, there have been many scammers recently, specifically targeting these businessmen.

"Go and bring people in, I will personally take care of this matter!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered again, regardless of whether their customs was responsible for this matter, the other party was blocking the customs gate and crying, which had already affected the order of the customs, so he had to ask.

Liu Ming agreed, and immediately asked someone to bring in the businessmen from outside.

After a while, this businessman was brought in. He was not very old, he was in his 20s at most, but he was quite fat and chubby, with Zhu Gaochi's demeanor.

"What's your name, why are you making trouble outside the customs gate?"

Zhu Zhanhe's expression became serious, and he asked in a deep voice.

"The villain Jin Jin, it's not that the villain is causing trouble, but that the villain has a grievance. Please ask the adults to make decisions for the villain!"

This Jin Jin saluted Zhu Zhanhe while wiping his tears.

He could also see that the young man in front of him was a distinguished man, and he might really be able to help him.

"What wrong do you have?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"The villain imported a batch of goods from North Korea some time ago, and planned to transport them to Kaifeng. Everything went smoothly, but when he entered Tianjin Port for customs declaration, he was taken away by someone. If you can't find this Batch of goods, I'm afraid the villain will have his family ruined!"

When Jin Jin talked about the goods being cheated, he couldn't help but burst into tears again.

"How could your goods be claimed by someone else?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked puzzledly, the customs is only responsible for the declaration of the goods, and taxation and other matters, the goods are still in charge of the owner himself, it stands to reason that it is impossible for others to claim it.

"Your Excellency, I don't know. I came to the customs for the first time, and my eyes were dark about the tax declaration. Then I met a dentist at the gate of the customs. He said that he had a way in the customs and could help me declare the tax faster, so I Let him file my taxes for me..."

Following Jin Jin's narration, Zhu Zhanhe finally understood why he was deceived, and everything was due to him trusting that toothpaste too easily.

It turns out that after Jin Jin's goods have been declared for tax, they need to be transferred from sea ships to small boats traveling on inland rivers, and then transported through the canal to Kaifeng for sale.

As a result, after the Yaman helped Jin Jin with his tax declaration, he said that he had a way to help Jin Jin find the river boat he needed. You must know that there are too many goods coming in and out of Tianjin recently, and both boats and carriages are in short supply. It may take half a month or even longer for the goods to find a suitable means of transport.

Jin Jin heard that Yaren had a way, so he was also very happy, and immediately gave the other party a fee to help him find the boat. As a result, the boat was found soon, and Jin Jin also asked people to transfer the goods to the boat. He left Tianjin with the boat the next day, but he didn't expect that the boats carrying the goods disappeared that night.

It wasn't until this moment that Jin Jin realized that he had been cheated. The boat that the toothman was looking for was faulty, in order to cheat his goods away.

"Wait, it's that jerk who lied to you, why did you ask our customs to make trouble?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked in puzzlement.

To be honest, although Jin Jin's deception is sympathetic, it is more because he was too careless and has nothing to do with the customs.

"My lord doesn't know, that guy said he had connections with the customs, and when he was helping me with my tax declaration, he found a Zhou Limu to say hello to me. It was because of that Zhou Limu that I trusted him so much, but I didn't I thought he was a liar!"

Jin Jin cried again with a mournful face.

Limu is a small official of the ninth rank in the customs, mainly in charge of various documents, or responsible for some miscellaneous affairs, which is equivalent to the head of a small official. Although the rank is low, it is an official position with real power.

"Zhou Limu!"

Zhu Zhanhe's expression darkened when he heard the words, if it was true that officials inside the customs colluded with others, then he must thoroughly investigate this matter!

(End of this chapter)