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The fleet is back.
The Zhang family is still alive, and the Zhou family is also alive.
The palace suddenly became festive.
Queen Zhang was so excited that she went to Renshou Palace to announce the good news.
When the Empress Dowager Zhou learned about it, she stood up excitedly and trembled slightly.
The news spread throughout the capital.
Most people don¡¯t have many feelings about the fleet¡¯s return.
The purpose of the voyage to the West is to find the magical seed, but it seems that the seed has not been found yet.
Of course, no one would think that they could find seeds after two voyages to the West.
But people in Tianjin Wei are crazy.
Yang Jing, the shipping envoy of Tianjin Wei City, personally led people to welcome the fleet that arrived in Tianjin Wei.
The ships, dragged by the lead ship, began to enter the port.
Yang Jing smiled, because news had arrived from the palace on flying horses, asking Ambassador Xu Jing, Shouning Hou and others to enter the capital immediately after their arrival.
?? Most of the military households in Tianjin Weili are because it is both the gateway to the capital and the center of the Grand Canal. The imperial court established Tianjin Wei. These military households have multiplied and now, because of this, it is becoming more and more lively.
However, because there were too many military households, the military guard system had completely collapsed at this time. A large number of military fields were almost occupied by military attach¨¦s. Ordinary military households were almost reduced to serfs. The life of Tianjin guard military households was It was so miserable that many people were emaciated and had nothing to do. When they heard that the fleet was coming, these idle military households also rushed up one after another to watch the fun.
The port was crowded with people, and a ship docked. Then, Xu Jing, Shouning Hou and others disembarked first. Yang Jing hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, but saw Xu Jing, Zhang Heling and others, compared to those The military household with a sallow complexion and skinny muscles was not much better, but Yang Jing showed admiration after seeing the ceremony.
The sailors began to disembark, but
"Please, father-in-law, please prepare for customs taxation." Xu Jing cupped his hands towards Yang Jing and smiled slightly.
Yang Jing was stunned. What do you mean, customs tax?
Yes, there is a tax. The Ming Dynasty has rules and all passes must be taxed. Of course, the commercial tax in this era is ridiculous. During the Hongzhi period, the silver from commercial tax was 130,000 taels.
What does this mean? Among the Ming Dynasty's annual income, the total of various mining taxes and salt taxes was nearly three million taels, of which commercial taxes accounted for only a few tenths, close to nothing. If compared with the annual grain income of more than 30 million shi, the taxes paid by the merchants who accumulated the most wealth in the Ming Dynasty were less than 1% of other taxes.
It is rare for Xu Jing to take the initiative to pay taxes.
Yang Jing is an eunuch, and the imperial court has issued an edict to confiscate the money for the customs tax. In other words, when the ships sailing to the Western Ocean return to the port, they will be directly paid into the palace on a one-in-ten basis.
How much tax can be collected when this fleet enters the customs?
Yang Jing smiled and said: "In that case, let's just hehe"
Shouning Hou waited impatiently: "Stop being so long-winded and hurry up."
Yang Jing glanced at Zhang Heling with fear. He was a little afraid of Shouning Hou. He was like the Prince Consort Fang Jifan and could not be provoked.
The crowd started to commotion, why haven¡¯t the people in this fleet got off the ship yet?
Countless military households in ragged clothes, all with playful faces, Tianjin Wei, because the vast majority of military households are miserable, has made countless smooth-talking, bold and arrogant people appear here. They wander around in groups, because there is nothing To make a living, they could not break away from the military household system, so they had no choice but to do nothing.
These people have long known that people who go to sea are extremely miserable. Some people live even worse lives than grandpa. Haha, they all look at the excitement and want to see those poor sailors. I got off the boat with a sallow complexion and a hungry stomach.
But I waited left and right, but no one was there.
So everyone started shouting and cursing, and the crowd was full of voices.
But at this moment, teams of scribes from the Municipal Shipping Department responsible for customs clearance were recruited.
For a while, people didn¡¯t know what happened, and everyone was talking about it.
"These scribes also feel strange. At this time, I wonder if the father-in-law of the shipping envoy is greeting the fleet. What should we do?
But they didn¡¯t dare to neglect.
When we arrived at the dock, a case file was moved, pens, inks, papers and inkstones were placed on display. The scribes came forward confused.
Shibo makes Yang Jing look embarrassed, what is he doing?The pattern of life.
The guards and clerks did not dare to raise their heads and look directly into the eyes of these people. In the past, these guards were the most slippery and would often secretly stuff some things into their own pockets during customs clearance. But now, all of them have clean hands and feet. Very.
"Six thousand three hundred and seventy-three taels, gold!"
"Box B"
The officers, with smoke coming out of their throats, yelled out the numbers hoarsely and hard.
In addition, more and more ships began to dock. Some ships brought down boxes of huge ivory, some of them countless spices and even crystal clear things, but Take them out one by one. It's diamonds, emeralds and rhinoceros horns
These things are all extremely valuable and are the rarest things in the Ming Dynasty.
But here, it¡¯s like sand, boxes and boxes of it are being moved off the boat.
The people on the trestles knocked their heads one by one and kept shouting: "Ding box, one thousand five hundred and thirty-four kilograms of spices"
"Agatethree pounds and seven taels."
"Ivoryseven hundred and fifty-six pounds"
Yang Jing listened from a distance, and the numbers kept accumulating. He felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. How much is this how much gold and silver jewelry is it? This gold and silver jewelry is Did you pick it up?
Yang Jing felt that her knowledge was suddenly refreshed. Today she saw the world, and from then on What a rich man, a poor guy!
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