The evening breeze blowing across the river subsided the scorching heat.

People finally felt much more relaxed.

There were workers squatting by the river, eating big mouthfuls. After they finished, they had to go to the ferry to unload the goods.

As the most prosperous city in the entire Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's commerce was very developed, and even Beijing was beyond the reach of this.

Every day, countless ships dock here, and various commodities transported from Bashu, Huguang and Jiangxi will be unloaded outside Nanjing City.

Of course, some ships entered the Qinhuai River from the Yangtze River and followed the Qinhuai River to the city of Nanjing.

When the sun was about to set, the crowds by the Yangtze River suddenly started to talk, and everyone's eyes were all set on the same place.

The team of Lanyue Army wearing light green new army uniforms landed on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

After landing, they were arranged neatly in the open space.

The cavalry and cavalry were arranged together, while the musketeers were arranged in blocks, while the artillery battalion was among the musketeers.

Those flintlock rifles attracted many people's attention.

This is the first time they have seen such an army and feel very curious.

Hong Chengchou was wearing iron armor, but he was just a light iron armor, weighing only a dozen pounds.

If it is a heavy cavalry, the weight of the equipment on the body may reach more than 50 kilograms, and the horses will also be wearing armor.

The heavy cavalry of the Beijing Guards was mostly in Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, and the Lunyue Army was still composed of light cavalry, musketeers and gunners.

The neat square array looks very shocking.

Hong Chengchou rode his horse, and the square formation in front made way out, and he walked along the road to the front.

A group of people trotted over in front of him, who were the guards of Yingtian Mansion.

After all, there is Nanjing City ahead, and this is an important ferry for ship loading and unloading. People from the Tax Department Office (the yamen that collected commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty) are also nearby.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, all passing ships must be paid taxes.

This was called tax in the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax, and to be more precise, it was called cash tariff.

There was no tariff on money at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The real tariff on money started from Zhengde and continued until the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

In the middle and late stages, banknote tariffs became the third largest fiscal revenue after the salt tax.

However, after all, the Ming Dynasty was an agricultural society, and commerce was mainly concentrated in the south, so most of the banknote tariffs were concentrated in the south.

Because there are many lakes and rivers here, there was a lack of transportation in ancient times, and rivers and canal transportation were the most convenient transportation channels.

Among them, there are Chongwenmen Chaoguan in Beijing, and there are several Chaoguans in the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou. In addition, there are also Chaoguans in Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huguang and Jiangxi.

The Chaoguan in Nanjing is set on the Shangxin River on the edge of the Yangtze River.

That is, the vicinity of Hong Chengchou crossing the river.

A man in an official uniform walked towards Hong Chengchou in front, and some officers and soldiers were following him.

The man said, "I wonder where this lord came from?"

Hong Chengchou's deputy general He Renlong said: "This is the commander of Hong Jun of the Lanyue Army."

"Shipman Hong Jun?" The man smiled and looked at the person next to him, "Have you heard of it?"

The people next to him also laughed: "I haven't stopped!"

"Have you ever heard of Lanyue Army? I had this army in the Ming Dynasty?"

"I haven't stopped either!"

"So where did this group of people come from? I dare to gather people. I am afraid that they will rebel!" The expression on the man's face had already darkened, "This is Yingtian Mansion. Do you think there are no soldiers in Nanjing?"

Hong Chengchou was not angry, but smiled and said, "Dare you asking about your name?"

"You are not qualified to know the name of this official."

Hong Chengchou glanced at the people next to him. He turned over and dismounted and walked to the middle-aged man with a smile on his face: "What is the experience of the Governor's Office of the Five Army?"

Experience was an official position in the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to the role of office director.

“So what?”

"Zhao Chengzhi?"

"Do you know this official?"

"Who doesn't know the son of Xin Chengbo?"

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong is a famous shameless person in history.

In orthodox history, Prince Yu Duoduo was at the city of Nanjing, and this guy was one of the people who came out to greet him.

Of course, the Duke of Wei, Duke of Bao, and other nobles came out to welcome him.

Zhao Chengzhi smiled and said, "Since you know the identity of this official, why don't you tie yourself up?"

Hong Chengchou just slapped him. With a snap, Zhao Chengzhi tilted his head and staggered for two steps, and some of them didn't react.

Everyone around was stunned.

"You dare..."

Before he could finish his words, Hong Chengchou slapped several times in a row, causing Zhao Chengzhi to fall directly to the ground, covering his face and crying.

The officers and soldiers immediately pulled out their knives.

The Lunyue Army raised the flintlock rifle in unison.

The atmosphere instantly solidified.

Hong Chengchou is a person who has passed the test and fought a strong battle head-on with the Eight Banners, and his mentality is definitely different.

His eyes were sharper and more ruthless than ordinary people.

"I came to Nanjing City for military exercises under the order of His Majesty the Emperor. Any unsightly dog ​​dare to block my way? Believe it or not, I will slash you with one knife!"

The officials of the tax department on the other side were confused.

Zhao Chengzhi shouted resentfully: "You dare to beat me! Do you know that this is Nanjing? You dare to act here!"

In fact, Zhao Chengzhi knew Hong Chengchou.

The new military and political affairs have caused a lot of controversy in Beijing. Some time ago, the Huangcai case and Gongtian case in Northern Zhili and Henan Province shocked the world again.

Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, was taken, and Li Yan went south to Nanjing.

These are all major events, and Yingtian Mansion is also surging now.

Zhao Chengzhi wanted to deliberately make things difficult for Hong Chengchou, but he wanted to see what Hong Chengchou dared to do to himself.

You should know that this is Nanjing, Yingtian, and he is a nobleman and serves in the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

Although the Governor's Office of the Five Army in Nanjing is basically scrapped, there are still some people below.

But he didn't expect that Hong Chengchou would just beat him.

No face at all.

Faced with Zhao Chengzhi's angry scolding, Hong Chengchou was not angry, but said, "Mr. Zhao, your experience as the Governor's Office of the Five Army is mixed with officials of the Tax Division. Isn't this suitable? Do you want to help Nanjing's Ministry of Revenue collect taxes?"

This tax department is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, so why is it not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing?

This is a historical issue, so I won't mention it yet.

However, it is definitely a taboo for people from the Military and Political Department and people from the Ministry of Revenue.

Everything that involves money and military power is very sensitive.

These two are together today.

Guess what would happen if the irritable buddy in the Forbidden City knew about it?

Zhao Chengzhi cursed: "What are you? It's your turn to take care of this!"
Chapter completed!