At the gate of Chongwen in Beijing, there are endless ships back and forth, and this is the only waterway from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to enter Beijing.

The government runners were ordering ships and collecting taxes. The backlog of ships was already arranged far away, and the ship boss was cursing loudly. A row of more than 30 large river transport ships entered Chongwen Gate directly, ignoring the officials who were checking. The ship was hung with the flag of the Governor's Office.

Half an hour later, the fleet arrived at the canal pier.

There were crowds of people outside the dock, and most of the coolies were shirtless, and a few of them had a few rags on their bodies and flocked to the riverside. Another fleet of canal transport ships arrived. The soldiers from the Dock's canal transport governor's office held a whip and shouted loudly: "Don't squeeze, line up."

The coolies were only concerned about going forward, but they dared not retreat. If they could not strive to get a job for transport, the food for the whole family might not be settled today. This fleet of canal transport ships is not large, and only half of the coolies could get a job for it.

Beijing City is the center of the Ming Dynasty. The royal relatives and officials gathered countless businesses and traveled, and the daily supplies consumed were countless. The rice transported from the southeast through the Grand Canal to Beijing every year exceeds two million stones, as well as other cloths, porcelain, tea, silk and other items.

Millions of people in the capital have made the canal transport dare not be abandoned for a day.

Liu Quan walked up to the bow of the boat and stretched, looking at the crowded pier.

When he returned, he was used to it. In March, he went to Jiangnan and vomited all the way until Hangzhou did not relieve it.

This time the caravan traveled to Jiangnan and took up the imperial court's canal transport fleet, which cost a lot, but there were two benefits. First, safety, the imperial canal transport was of great importance. There were soldiers guarding the way, and the water bandits dared not invade; second, Liu Quan also wanted to use this to clear the relationship between the Governor's Office of the Governor's Office.

One of the most fat officials in the Ming Dynasty was the Governor of the Cao Transportation.

There were thousands of canal transport fleets, from Beijing to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and along the way were the most prosperous areas of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the imperial court only allowed the canal transport fleet to carry commercial and travel goods when it returned to the southeast from behind Beijing. Now this regulation has long become a piece of paper. There are a large number of empty spaces to seek rent on each canal transport ship, and freight is operated along the way. This also caused the rice transported from canal to Beijing to be reduced from four million stones in the early Ming Dynasty to two million stones, and the price of rice in the north has always been at a high level.

When Li Sancai, the leader of the Donglin Party, was the governor of the Cao Transportation, he was rich in the world. He always used gold and silver to support scholars and was known as a business genius. Of course, Liu Quan knew that there were no business genius in the Ming Dynasty. He either used his power to make profits or took risks with his own life. Just like now, if he did not compete with Zhai Zhe outside the Frontier, no matter how capable he had, he could only operate in small capital. If the Han tribe lost power one day, the Shang League would face the bankruptcy crisis.

The wooden boat swayed to the dock.

The soldiers on the boat took a good seat and put two thick wooden boards on the shore. The arranged coolies were on board to carry rice bags in turn and got off the boat from the other side. The barefoot big feet stepped on the ground and "slap" sounded. The rude man lowered his head and let out a heavy breath. Beads of sweat as big as beans rolled down from his forehead. The skin on his shoulders was sunburned red, and there was a layer of calluses on it.

In September, the golden autumn, tigers plunder in the autumn these days.

The Governor's Office of the canal transport ship walked out of the cabin and greeted Liu Quan. He raised his hand to block the sun, saying, "When the canal transport goods are over, you can go to the wharf to find a canal gang to help you deliver the goods."

The Cao Gang is a gang composed of coolies at the wharf, which is not large in scale. Single coolies often cannot take on work, and some fellow villagers gather together to join each other. In this way, the transportation capacity increases, and the merchants who come and go are willing to hire them. The Cao Gang can sometimes even deal with soldiers from the Cao Transportation Mansion, which makes it easier to survive.

Liu Quantou walked the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal at one time, and he didn't understand a lot of things. He was always very big on the way.

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Liu Quan bowed and said, "Thank you for your advice!"

"The pier is very messy, you have to be careful!" He kindly reminded him.

Liu Quan smiled and nodded in greeting, saying, "I am lucky enough to know you. There are many places to rely on you in the future." He brought more than 20 guards, not afraid of anyone making trouble.

The Shang League took more than half a year to go to Jiangnan for the first time. After staying in Hangzhou Prefecture for nearly three months, he built the branch of the Shang League, and inspected several prefectures along the canal - Yangzhou, Suzhou and Songjiang, etc., which were the richest cities in the Ming Dynasty. After the first time, if you want to purchase goods from Jiangnan in the future, you don’t need to make such a big fuss. You made friends with people from the Governor’s Office of the Canal and helped take care of them along the way. Although you spend more money, it is much more convenient, and more importantly, you are safe and secure.

The man always understood and replied: "It is also fate to be able to recognize the Liu Dong family. If you have any useful things, just open your mouth."

It took nearly half a day to transport the goods from the canal transport ashore. After that, Liu Quancai found a Shanxi Caogang to transport the goods from the Shang League. He was the largest cargo merchant in the canal transport fleet this time. He loaded several ships of tea, cloth and rice. He continued until the sky was blurry before transporting the goods into the warehouse of the Shang League's branch in Beijing City.

He pointed and pointed all the way, but although he didn't reach out, Liu Quan was still busy and sweating profusely.

Once the shopkeeper Wang of Dexiang Pavilion was carefully served. After the Shang League grew, his status rose and he is now the shopkeeper of the Beijing Branch.

Liu Quan asked someone to fetch water, wiped his sweat for a while, and then he recovered and asked, "How is the Datong side?" He also heard the news of the Jurchens invading Datong in Jiangnan, and was worried along the way.

"Some time ago, the news came from Fan Dongjia and Manager Ning that Datong Mansion should be fine. You Yu didn't know much, and it seemed that he had never heard of the Jurchens invading You Yu."

Liu Quan felt a little relieved and asked: "Have the business alliance suffered losses?"

"It's not a big deal. The Jurchens did not attack the city, but the trade routes in the west entrance were cut off and they couldn't make ends meet!"

Most of the fur goods in the past have been sold out. The business has been light these days, and Manager Wang is a little worried.

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Liu Quan thought for a moment and said, "The Jurchens always have a time to retreat. They will first reduce their salary in the past few months. As long as the goods sold back are delivered to the grassland, there will be some money."

The branch of the Shang League is located outside Xuanwu Gate in the south urban area of ​​Beijing, and is not a top-notch and prosperous area. Liu Quan chose this because the Shang League just wanted to use Beijing as a transit place for goods from north to south. This place is cheap and has convenient transportation. It just happened to acquire some courtyards as warehouses.

As the hour of Xu was approaching, when it was dark, there were few pedestrians on the streets, and the Jurchen army in Xuanda Town had more or less had some impact on the capital.

Seeing the goods entering the warehouse, Liu Quan arranged the guards and then he was relieved to prepare for rest.

At this moment, a person came over the street and did not ask him to directly enter the door of the business.

The guy hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "It's closed, come again tomorrow."

The man bowed and said, "I heard that the Liu Dong family in the Guijiao came back from Jiangnan, right?"

Liu Quan heard it clearly at the door and was surprised. As soon as he arrived, why did someone come to him? He turned around and looked like the man was tough and daunting, saying, "I am, is there anything wrong?"

"The boss asked me to send you a message. I'll ask you to stay in the Tianzi Room of the Moon Tower tomorrow at noon."

"Who is your boss?"

"You know what you are familiar with, and you will know it when you see it." After explaining this sentence, the man hurriedly left and disappeared in the dark streets.

Wangyue Tower is a famous restaurant in the Nancheng District of Beijing. It is famous for its roast duck. After traveling to Beijing, many people will come here to taste it specially, and have been praised as "There is nothing better than ducks in the capital, and the ones with flames are better."

Liu Quan secretly wondered, as he was tired all the way, and he didn't think too much, so he quickly fell asleep.
Chapter completed!