The eyes of the people in front of Min Yuanqi flashed, the eyes of a few were firm and decisive, and they even felt a little brave enough to fight, but they were more hesitant, fear and panic.

What Yang Shida did was not legal, but everyone chose to surrender. Not only did Yang Shida himself have a considerable power, but he also had a more terrifying backer behind him.

If the person in front of him was not Min Yuanqi's identity as a 100-year-old and a general banner officer, and the family waiting to eat, they would not want to follow him and take risks.

Among the crowd, the small banner officials Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong were naturally included.

Both these two cousins ​​and Min Yuanqi had not yet had five squads. The previous generation of the Min family was a genius. Many of them were still in-service military officers, and many retired and retired. The military households had a difficult life, and the average life span was less than fifty. Many people were shaken when they were in their forties and had gray hair. They had already taken the post early and handed over the military position to their nephews who were still in their prime.

There are also conflicts of interest and internal disputes among the clans, but Min Yuanqi knows that if Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong want to continue to gain a foothold and not be excluded and bullied, they need to support Min Yuanqi in everything.

Yang Zhijin and Gao Cuncheng were also there, and the two of them had obvious hesitation in their eyes.

Liang Shifa was there too, which was beyond Min Yuanqi's expectations, but seeing this guy gritting his teeth, he obviously made a lot of decision.

Everyone has long spears or short knives in their hands, but they are like their robes, and even though many weapons have been polished, they can still see rust.

Min Yuanqi looked extremely familiar with the people in front of him. In addition to the small banner officials, Li Junsun and Wang Wumai were Min Yuanqi's servants. Their grandfathers worked for the Min family. At that time, there were more than ten servants in the Min Yuanqi family, but now there are only these two people left.

Except for the two servants who rely on Min Yuanqi to make a living, each of them looks very good.

Min Yuanqi did not see any soldiers with firm eyes, only a group of despicable men who were timid, wanted benefits but were afraid of taking responsibility.

It's not very strange.

In Min Yuanqi's memory, Dahewei did not undertake any military tasks after the Jiajing year, and it was not considered a military organization at all.

It is more like a group of organized farmers, stove owners, and canal boaters. In short, it has no connection with soldiers.

If it must be related to the identity of a soldier, they are wearing tattered and faded fat jackets, as well as standard swords, large swords and spears.

Min Yuanjin took the lead in clasping his fists, and everyone bowed, saying, "I've seen an adult."

Min Yuanqi nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Today I personally lead the team to take the boat to Huai'an Mansion. If the Shuiguan Yangou wants silver, he will hit it directly... If you want fists, you will give a knife. In short, the silver will not be given a penny. I will get salt from our garrison flag army. I will divide it with them 20% for free? As a test household, I am the head of your family. I also have the advantage that I want to be the master of the flag army brothers. I will rush forward in this matter. If you want to buy more food in the future and ask your parents, wife and children to eat more meals for a few more times, you will be at ease with me. If you are timid and afraid and willing to go hungry, you can leave now and I will not blame you. But if you run away timidly when you start killing, don't go back to my 100 households and go somewhere else to find a living!"

Everyone still looked a little hesitant. Xie Xiang, the most fierce among the flag army, had his face twisted and his body trembled.

Yuntiguan is based on Yancheng as the core, with a radius of hundreds of miles and a famous salt-producing area in later generations. The salt industry is naturally the pillar industry of these places.

According to statistics from the civil officials of Daming, each person needs to eat six kilograms of salt every month. According to this standard, each stove is set up. Regardless of the population, each stove is paid for salt per month. The government takes grain to the stove's house to change salt. Then the merchant goes to the government to obtain salt and then sells salt collected from the stove's house in the prescribed place. This is the standard official salt sales process.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, the salt tea rules were strictly regulated, and even the prince-consorts who violated the ban would be killed. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants were not good at fighting. After the middle period, the salt tea rules were completely corrupted, and the salt induction was rewarded to eunuchs and nobles at will. During the Chongzhen period, Min Yuanqi remembered that he had read the numbers. The salt course collected by the court was 250,000 taels of silver a year.

This number is outrageously low.

Between Huaiyang and Jingchu, private salt was flooded almost everywhere, and no one ate official salt. Not only was the price high, it was also sold in designated places. It was basically in the county towns. It was inconvenient for people to buy it, and the price was high and the quality was high. Of course, it would be defeated by private salt.

The Salt Class Office has long been unable to perform its duties, and no one has ever been concerned about private salt. The salt law almost no longer exists, and private salt has been sold openly.

This is generally the case in the last days of the dynasty. The law was defeated, and of course it was not just the salt law.

An official like Yang Shida is actually just a name. Everyone knows that his official position is to cover up his identity as a salt owl.

Of course, such a person is not easy to mess with. It is not surprising that the trembling expressions of the flag soldiers in front of him are not surprising.

After hearing Min Yuanqi's words, no one turned around and left, but no one said a few words. About ten people were silent, and no one spoke for a while.

Min Yuanqi was a little disappointed. He originally thought that he was motivated and involved in his own food and livelihood. There would always be someone who stood up to accompany him so that his morale could arouse. Only then did he realize that he was thinking too simply.

After all, Min Yuanqiang was not long after he took office, and his temperament was sloppy before... Simply put, Min Yuanqi was a young man who was ignorant of a big word. Although his martial arts skills were high, he had no brains and had no experience in society and officialdom. Although the small banner officials and bannermen in front of him were generally not old, they were too wishful thinking to ask them to accept Min Yuanqi's obsession or to convince them by just one word, and to make them work hard.

Although no one supported him, fortunately no one opposed him. Min Yuanqi turned around, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little relieved.

Indeed, as Min Yuanqi said, there are people selling private salt everywhere. Salt owls like Yang Shida, with green-skinned rogues, fight for thugs, and form a vicious force. Set up checkpoints along the river to charge fees. Min Yuanqi's monthly income of dozens of taels of silver is the food and silver of the family of hundreds of flag soldiers. Yang Shida divided 20% of these flag soldiers must have been angry for a long time, but no one took the lead before. Although Min Yuanqi was not the best candidate, the person in front of him obviously planned to try it with him.

"Let's go, come with me." Min Yuanqi was not angry when he understood this section, but his heart became more and more peaceful. He held the sword at his waist, waved his hand, and turned his tall and burly body, and walked towards the bank of the north.

The other ten people followed slowly, and the footsteps rustled. At this dawn of darkness, it seemed that only the footsteps were left between heaven and earth.

...

Min Yuanqi walked forward all the way, and when the sound of the river that seemed real and illusory became real, a big river that stretched across the east and west like a jade belt appeared in front of him.

This is the Huaihe River. At this time, Yuntiguan is the outlet of the Huaihe River. Hundreds of years later, the beach has been pushed forward over a hundred miles, and Yuntiguan has lost contact with the sea. Moreover, the Huaihe River has also changed its route many times, which has caused great harm to the land of fish and rice at this time.

In addition to the Huaihe River, there are Guanhe and Lixia River to the south. Lixia River is also the mother river of the counties in the south. The basin range is very wide, and the soil in the plains is fertile and rich. In comparison, the Huaihe River can be regarded as a disaster river, and the damage to the local area is far greater than the benefits.

For the military officers of the Dahewei flag army, their feelings for the Huaihe River are even more complicated.

The entire guard is centered on Huai'an, with Yuntiguan at the east, and there are also prefectures, prefectures and counties such as Haizhou, Huai'an, Shanyang, and Dongyang. In Nanjing, there are many guards under the Central Army Governor's Office. The guards in Jiangnan have long been abandoned. However, the two Jiangbei guards, Huai'an guards and Dahewei, still maintain a general integrity, and the fleeing of military households is not serious.

When Min Yuanqi arrived at the pier, it was already bright. There were about twenty canal ships moored on the simple dock. These ships were similar to the lucky ships, but they were smaller than the lucky ships that ran through the sea. They were all single-mast, hard sails, and flat bottoms. These canal ships were parked at the dock for maintenance. It was only February, and the large-scale canal transport began in April. The amount of canal transport undertaken by Dahewei was 120,000 stones, and the share of Yuntiguan Defence Station was 20,000 stones.

As long as the ship is not dry and the condition is well protected, the task of 20,000 stones is not high for each hundred households. However, the damage to the ship and the dry water to the north are the norm. Each garrison takes turns to leave the transport army, and each transport army regards the annual transport mission as a fear of the way. Even if it is not a life-threatening life, every time the transport transportation is completed and the return of the transport transportation, it will almost remove a layer of skin.

According to the official records at that time, "the canal ship will move for ten days, or the centuries will struggle to pull it away."

There are many water locks on the canal, which makes it more difficult to travel. According to the record, "The canal in the Danyang section of Jiangnan is shallow and difficult to travel. When the canal passes through the Jingkou gate, three or four hundred people often need to pull one boat and pull a boat to get out of the gate."

The grain transport was transported separately from the early Ming Dynasty, and the people were burdened with great burden. Later, all of them were transported by the military. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were 120,000 rated transportation troops approved for the early Ming Dynasty, and they were in charge of Hou Bo. After the middle period, they gradually became customized. Each guards set up a general to control the transportation of the army. The grain transport was the main artery of the country and was never negligent. Although all the water journeys northwards were reversed, a 10-man cabbage ship was set up with a gang and a five-man cabbage ship. These were under strict supervision, and they went up against the current, raising boats and pulling ships. They fought hard with nature during the countercurrent and dry seasons. The Ming people said: "The army transported one person, and they were not in the transportation for a day. They were pulled under the red sun, and then they would grow scales on their backs, and they would tear them into a hurry, and they were sobbing and crying out bitterly."

A thousand miles away, heading north in the wind and sun, and the food and clothing were not maintained. He was exploited and bullied. The miserable army was really bloody and tears.

Here in Yuntiguan, every year, every year, we go to each water pass to collect grain. The grain ships in front of us are to collect grain and return to the cabin.

After the renovation, we will set off in February and we will not be able to return until October.
Chapter completed!