From Danzhou to Qiongzhou, the land is full of mountains and rivers. Although the diameter is only about 200 miles, it is the most troublesome, and shipping is the fastest way.

Danzhou is located in the northwest corner of Hainan Island, while Qiongzhou (Haikou) is the northeast corner. It takes less than three hours to walk on the sea route.

Baisha Port, now Haikou Port, is a must-visit place for merchants from south to north.

"Qiong County was once called "Happy Land", and it was known to the world for easy governance. It is old... The strange fragrance and strange wood, the product of Wenjia, merchants and merchants moved north, and entered the Yangtze River, Huai, Fujian and Zhejiang, and the annual number of them was 10 million, and their products were abundant." It also said, "Haikou is the gate of the port and the gathering of sails!"

"The Biography of the Eastern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty" records that when Jianzhen lived in the home of Feng Ruofang, the leader of Wan'an Prefecture, when he saw Feng Ruofang meet, he would burn the incense he robbed from abroad, which was as high as more than 100 kilograms each time. The incense of the incense is also the best among frankincense and a best-seller in maritime trade at that time.

From this we can see that Hainan has no desolation as seen by the world, and the business of the transit port is like Hong Kong in later generations.

When Li Jia brought several large ships of thousands of materials to Shenying Port, she saw this scene:

Large ships came out of the port and loaded and unloaded towering trees, including precious woods such as golden nanmu, which were heavy in water. Baisha Port was shallow, and hundreds of boaters were sweating on the shore, constantly pulling, and their skin was bronze.

Those entering the port were salt, iron fish, rice and other foods, which were very heavy. Due to the sparse population, the most popular one in Baisha Port is the boatman.

Li Jia and others came from Danzhou. The ship was loaded with copper coins except for some cloth, so they didn't eat much, so they didn't need a boatman and would naturally enter the port.

Thousands of sails passed by, and the traffic was full of traffic, not a so-called adjective.

Hundreds of sailboats are constantly coming and going. If it weren't for the benefit, how could they have sweated and worked hard?

I have never seen such a prosperous ancient port. Li Jia was relished for a moment. Baisha Port is so prosperous. What should the legendary Guangzhou Port and Quanzhou look like?

"New? Three large ships with thousands of materials should be paid 150 knots!" The tax collector glanced at the three large ships in the air, sneered, and took notes in his hand, and said casually.

"Why are there so many?" Li Jia said in surprise.

"This husband, Baisha Port should pay five stakes for every 100 materials, and you three large ships with a thousand materials, and you should pay one hundred and fifty stakes!"

The tax collector looked at Li Jia's silk-looking appearance, with a rather extraordinary temperament, and his tone instantly became much softer.

"Save it!!" Hearing this, Li Jia didn't know whether to scold herself for being stupid or to scold the Taotie appetite of the Maritime Corporation.

In public, if Li Jia directly bribes, she would not be able to afford this person.

Under the jealous eyes of people around, a box of copper coins was lifted out, and then dozens of strong sailors came out with armor and knife, and their fiery eyes instantly converged.

"Who knew that the tax collection was not calculated based on the value of the goods, but on the size of the ship. It was ridiculous! The ship's transportation was not the same as the price of everything, and the tax was naturally not the same as the tax. Tax evasion, and the country's great damage!"

Li Jia sighed.

"Mr., I have been like this until now. The officials are lazy in their power, and the court can do anything about it. Such a method is a good idea!"

Zhang Weiqing also came with him at this time. The strategy of training troops was still following the rules and the real three-talent formation had not yet been formed.

Li Wei stayed in Danzhou and commanded the work of these hundreds of sailors to Zhang Weiqing.

Left the necessary guards, Li Jia and a hundred people came to the shore in a mighty manner.

Baisha Port is not big, with two streets in a horizontal and vertical direction, about three or five miles long, with shops lined up, tortoiseshell shops, leather shops, wine shops, rice shops, noodles shops, gauze shops, lacquer shops, porcelain shops, etc. The largest and most are grain shops and spice shops.

Hainan is short of food, and although the food of merchant ships from Leizhou Peninsula is cheaper than that of spices, the tax calculation is the same, and the grain price is more than 30% higher than that of the mainland.

The port is small, and merchants speaking local dialects are constantly coming and going, sweeping shoulder to shoulder and sweating profusely. It is not just an adjective, it is extremely crowded.

As expected, the Arab businessman was still the one with the most merchants, and Li Jia felt a little disgusted.

After walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Li Jiacai brought a hundred people to his own warehouse, where he stored goods transported from Yongzhou and purchased goods transported from Hainan from north to south.

"Langjun, this kind of cargo warehouse is very common in Baisha Port. Our house occupies land, and the rent alone requires dozens of traffic every month!"

Looking at Li Langjun, he looked left and right, and the shopkeeper in charge of Hainan affairs explained with a smile.

"It covers a lot of land!" Li Jia nodded, and the warehouse was in front of the store and the back of the store, about the size of a football field. There were about a dozen people coming and going, full of energy and carrying goods, and they were quite energetic.

"We have to unload some Yongbu and other things on the boat later!"

"I knew you were coming for a long time, and the ground was vacated!"

After resting for a while, Li Jia became interested and began to think about going out for a walk.

"If you are interested, you can let him lead the way!" The shopkeeper waved his hand, and a young man ran over, nodding and bowing, looking very clever.

"Langjun--"

"Let's go!" Li Jia waved his hand, took a few people, stepped out of the threshold, and walked on the stone street. He began to think about the next step in his mind.

“Where are you going?”

"Let's take a walk first!" Li Jia said casually with a thought.

"It's so rude!" The guy's eyes moved and he nodded quickly.

Li Jia didn't speak all the way until she stopped in front of a butcher shop. The shop was originally two or three meters wide, revealing half of the empty meat case. Several red-headed flies were hovering on the meat case. A butcher with big arms and round waists was lying on the bamboo chair behind the meat case, snoring.

"Bullshit, butcher!" Li Jia walked to the meat case, slapped the door panel twice and shouted. The butcher was sleeping half asleep and half awake. He opened his eyes and said impatiently: "The meat has been sold out, come again tomorrow!"

"Your butcher shop sold out so early? Is the business still done?"

The butcher saw Li Jia dressed neatly and looked generous. He knew that he was not an ordinary person. He stood up and muttered:

"There are fewer people eating pork. Once there are more customers, the business will be bad. In a few days, we will have to change our business, otherwise it will be difficult to support our family!"

"Is there a channel for beef?" Li Jia looked at it and asked casually.

"There are at least 20,000 people in Baisha Port. Not to mention beef, there are also delicacies of all kinds of mountains and seas. However, the ox is expensive and the food is less! It only has two or three heads a month."

"Just have a way!" Li Jia smiled, took out a handful of silver beans from the bag and placed them on the meat table. The butcher's eyes instantly shone.
Chapter completed!