Recently, He Yusheng has cast nets around the sea, and released a large number of warships to search for merchant ships from the north according to the area of ​​the water. No one in Fujian can escape. After submitting the safety notice, a ship will be sent all the way to Japan or to the South China Sea. When it comes to the water surface outside Guangdong, it will be unrelated to He Yusheng. There is Liu Xiang's territory there.

Due to the rules of doing things with Yusheng, he really did things after collecting money and was never lenient in destroying pirates. Recently, the route from Fujian and Zhejiang to Japan has become very safe. Apart from natural disasters, the old pirate attacks have almost disappeared. It is very common for merchant ships to pay silver to get safe. From the beginning, the mood of being robbed has also changed to the feeling of paying taxes to the government. However, Shancai is reluctant to give up. Of course, there are still guys who are not open to their eyes and don’t pay voluntarily... Of course, they will not be polite to these people and Yusheng. In addition to fighting pirates, the warships released everywhere are also severely punished when they evade the route and try to get away with them. Li Pingzhi and Zhang Xuwen have important responsibilities on the north this time, but since they meet on the way, they will definitely not let them go.

Seeing that the lucky ship was still trying to snatch the wind and escape, the Zhenluo here also fired a shot without hesitation.

Amid the flames and the sound of cannons, the shells whizzed by within a hundred steps in front of Fujian, and the ship was so scared that it lowered the sails.

Here, another four-slurry whistle boat was placed and the owner of the opposite ship was transported over.

There was a lot of scolding below. Until the ship owner expressed his grief that he was willing to pay an extra 1,000 taels of peace, as a fine and a compensation for shell money, Li Pingzhi instructed: "Since that's the case, let the boss go."

The Zhenlu is the main battleship, and the captain is the oldest Zheng Shaolai. Even Zheng Zhilong can't compete with him for this position. Zheng Shaolai smiled and said, "Since Mr. Li talks, this boss, hurry back to the ship and send someone to pay the money."

The ship owner was so scared that he was sweating coldly, and he still bowed to thank him. Zhang Xuwen couldn't see it. He felt that his group was almost the same as the pirates. He comforted Wen Yan: "Don't be upset, in fact, we will fight when we encounter pirates every day, and the cost is not small. Moreover, the soldiers are in danger. Once the soldiers are damaged, the pensions are also very heavy. Of course, everyone needs to pay together. We will contribute to the ship owners and cargo owners. Is this the reason?"

"That's right, that's right." The ship owner wiped the sweat from his face and agreed repeatedly.

"Going to sea in the future," Zhang Xuwen said again: "There is no need to hire more guards. With our constant patrols on the sea, pirates will almost disappear. The serious merchant ships dare not do the activities of temporarily looting other merchant ships. If you find out, you can record it and report it to our people. We will definitely be the master of the good merchants."

This was very convincing. The owner's fear and anger subsided a lot. He left after repeated thanks. After a while, four thousand taels of silver were taken from the opposite ship and transported back to the large ship.

Zheng Shaolai told Li Pingzhi: "What should I do if these four thousand have not been recorded?"

"Put it into the silver cabin." Li Pingzhi said: "The military department is too short of silver. We will give more money and they will be less. After I go back, I will explain the accounts to the Finance Bureau of the Marching Department and make the accounts."

Zheng Shaolai nodded and said yes, and arranged for people to open the silver warehouse under the deck.

Many people came to watch the fun, and of course everyone liked the money, especially the large amount of silver that exceeded people's imagination.

Many people have greed, but they don’t think about beating these silver for death.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) All the money is recorded. The Marine Department has the accounting management of the Finance Bureau, the people from the Internal Affairs Division check the accounts, and the people from the Military Law Division supervise them. Don’t talk about the people below, even Chang Wei, Zhang Xuwen, Jiang Kui, the senior management of the military, and the captains of the warships, don’t want to make these money.

The silver bin cover opened, and everyone exclaimed in surprise.

Zhang Xuwen and Li Pingzhi were both attracted. The cabin was renovated and the original space of several gun spaces were cancelled and divided into an independent space. In addition, the original small cargo cabin was also connected together, so there was no other use. There was only one door left, and all the inside was filled with silver.

The fifty taels of silver ingots melted out by Taiwan are full of color and excellent in color. Each ingot has burrs like snow. The military officials are mainly using silver coins, but they still have to use silver to the outside world. Taiwan knows that the silver is tight here, so it simply melts into large ingots of silver. Some losses are also the ones in Taiwan.

Everyone looked at it. The cabin was covered with large white ingots of silver, layer by layer, and silver was shining, which was really intoxicating.

Even Zhang Xuwen, who has always been indifferent to wealth, couldn't help but take a look at him more at this time.

It is not unreasonable that gold and silver can become money circulation for thousands of years...

"These four thousand taels are also fifty-one ingots of silver." Li Pingzhi looked indifferent. Seeing the man putting the four thousand taels into the cabin, he turned to Zhang Xuwen and smiled: "This is a waste of trouble, otherwise there would have been no sign of us, and we would have come out with a bunch of pieces of silver to do something."

"Yes." Zhang Xuwen nodded and said, "There is 600,000 in the cabin. I have been informed by the post office before. I guess there will be a convoy to pick it up when we arrive in Tianjin."

Li Pingzhi said with a deep thought: "There are quite a lot of silver. The Military Department will probably send people from the Military Information Department as escorts, rather than ordinary escorts and escorts."

There were 600,000 taels of silver. Even if there were more than a dozen four-cars from He Yusheng, there would be a large number of escorts. Sometimes the Ming Dynasty would send out silver treasurys, and they would mobilize formal imperial guards to act as guards. No matter what, it would be a rare big deal to transport 600,000 taels at a time.

When Li Pingzhi and Zhang Xuwen mentioned the convoy and the guards, of course, they were not worried about safety issues for the military officers, but were actually arrogant and showing off. His face was clearly four words: Come and praise me!

Zhang Xuwen took a breath and said helplessly: "Chang Zhengshi has already asked for me for you. I guess you have obtained the deputy officer of the Marine Department. You are only under 20 years old. The speed of promotion is already monster. You are not just smart enough. You have come up with a safe idea. We have collected more than 600,000 in a few months. To be honest, I don't dare to think about this number..."

Li Pingzhi looked proud and laughed with his eyebrows raised.

Ping Anzhi's idea is of course Li Pingzhi's greatest pride in his life. He started collecting in April and collected 600,000 taels of silver in three months!

The main reason for so much silver is that the Fujian Navy and the Dutch are trapped in Penghu and cannot move. The maritime trade routes are almost monopolized by the Heyusheng family. The Li family did not collect this money. Of course, Heyusheng could not receive it from the Li family. However, from the north to the Fujian-Zhejiang area, as long as the sea ships pass through the Taiwan Strait, they will inevitably receive the safe deposit. Unless they go to the coast of Guangdong in this year, how many sea ships can not pass through Fujian and Taiwan?

Zheng Zhilong has gained tens of millions of dollars in more than ten years, and has raised more than 100,000 subordinates and has created one.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) The huge fleet of hundreds of warships has no choice but to fight the Dutch. Where did this money come from? Apart from the trade route with Japan, the Zheng family's fleet collected protection fees at sea!

He Yusheng's execution ability is a hundred times stronger than Zheng Zhilong's group of pirates. Moreover, these few months were originally the most prosperous period for sea trade. The trade volume will be significantly lowered in autumn and winter, and the profit will of course be greatly reduced.

However, it is estimated that no matter how much the reduction is, you can still earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. Because the military department lacks silver, Taiwan has trade profits to intercept and support, it is estimated that most of the money will be transferred to Tianjin and handed over to the military department.

Not to mention this, Chang Wei is of course the happiest and most excited one. When the Zhenlu Guard, which transported the silver, set off, Chang Wei personally held a banquet to see Zhang Xuwen, Li Pingzhi, Zheng Shaolai and other personnel on the ship fare. The table was filled with seafood. Chang Wei frequently persuaded him to drink, and he also drank very drunk!

No wonder Chang Wei, his pressure has been too great in the past two years!

"I'll be in Tianjin in a few days..." Zhang Xuwen told Li Pingzhi: "I'll report to Li Zhuang Junsi in person. You can go to Pi Island to contact the next batch of big trees on board. After the matter is done, we will leave together. My time will probably take about ten days to travel."

"Ten days?" Li Pingzhi said: "It's rare to go back. Can you not take a look at Puzhou?"

"My parents are in good health and have moved to Lizhuang with their grandfather. My family is already in Qingcheng." Zhang Xuwen smiled and said, "What are you going to Puzhou?"

Li Pingzhi did not speak out. He was almost a senior executive of the marching department. As usual, he had to move his family to Qingcheng to live. Only then did he wake up. In just a short time, everyone's lives had undergone earth-shaking changes.

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Six days later, the ship arrived at Tianjin Port.

I met two merchant ships that had just entered the sea near the coast, but this time the Zhenluwei was not very troublesome, just watching two big fish swim away.

"I can't run away from them." Zheng Shaolai pulled his beard with some displeasure and said, "When I get to the south, I have to keep them."

Zhang Xuwen smiled and said, "You won't take someone else to run away once, and take the initiative to buy a safe situation for us?"

"That's true." Zheng Shaolai immediately smiled.

Li Pingzhi didn't say anything. He looked nervously at the port. There were more than a dozen ships moored in the port. This scale was simply incomparable to Zhangzhou and other places. The trading ports such as Pinghu were far worse. However, in the north of the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin was already a very influential port with not weak radiation. During the Longqing period, the imperial court planned to change the river and sea pits to sea pits, and Tianjin was also the terminal station from the Yangtze River to the north. If the change of the canal transportation was successful at that time, Tianjin Port would probably not be so deserted.

However, Li Pingzhi was not paying attention to the pitiful ships in the port, but looking for something else.

Soon he gained something. In the port area, nearly forty carriages were obviously parked, with large black and streamlined carriages. The coachman was already waiting for the carriages to be pulled by four horses. More than a hundred people were standing next to the carriages and on the pier, obviously waiting for the boat to dock.

"My God." Li Pingzhi couldn't help but scream, and his reserved and calm image he had always maintained was completely destroyed in an instant.

Zhang Xuwen also saw it. His face turned pale and Li Pingzhi looked at each other.

After a while, Li Pingzhi finally shouted again: "How short of money is the Military Command!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!