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But the problem is that the canal transport army is not only responsible for transportation safety. In order to save trouble and turn the blame, the Ming Dynasty court only conducted acceptance in the terminal warehouse. Any problems that arise during transportation will be borne by the military households themselves, and the time limit is strictly stipulated.

Just being fully responsible can be regarded as a heavy burden. As a result, there are still various levels on the entire canal to get the money for passing the standard, no money for floating, car money, warehouse entry fees, etc.

What's even more outrageous is that even the Ministry of Industry does not want to build or repair the canal ships as consumables, but let the garage office build ships and solve the problem by itself.

As for the money for shipbuilding, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the old ships would be worth 30% and the military households would pay 30% by themselves, and the remaining 40% would be allocated by the Ministry of Works.

In other words, the court paid only 40% of the money, not only did it get a new ship, but it didn't have to do the job of building a ship. This method of doing business is simply amazing.

What is the 996 sweatshop in later generations? Compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is really a silly witch.

Various levies and deficiencies were suppressed, and the military households in the canal transport were breathless and could only sell their weapons and their family property to survive. Even in the Hongzhi period of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, many military households had developed to the point where they sold their sons or wives and daughters sold their bodies to supplement their family income.

This is why, because of the rampant Japanese pirates in the Jiangnan region in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the military households under the garrison system were not as good as cattle and horses, so could they still be expected to fight for the enemy?

Bian He has been a senior official in recent years and has seen the tragic situation of the military households in the canal transport, so this grand scene is a history of blood and tears in his eyes!

At this moment, Cang Huotou, who had previously rented a boat, leaned over and reported to Shen Yichen: "Young Master Shen, the youngest has rented a sand boat and can board the boat immediately."

"Okay, let's lead the way."

Sand boats are not ships that transport sand. The full name is "sand-proof flatbed". They have the characteristics of square heads, square tips, flat bottoms, and shallow drafts. They are stable and comfortable to drive on the inland river, so there is no need to worry about stranding.

The sand ship rented by Canghuotou is not very large. It has more than a dozen rooms on two floors, about one or two thousand stones. If it were later measurement units, it would have a displacement of about a hundred tons.

However, compared to Shen Yichen's ship that could not even stand up straight when he went to Beijing for the exam, this can be called the "luxury cruise ship" level, so he naturally won't be too picky.

After everyone boarded the boat, the boss did not command the boatmen to anchor, because the canal was too congested, and even the empty ships heading south had a long line, and some canal ships were loading with cargo.

These goods were not transported by the court, but private work carried out by military households in the canal transport. The fundamental reason for this is that the court exploited them too seriously. If the military households did not use the canal transport to "smuggle", their families would be destroyed immediately.

"Mr. Shen, should you hang out the banner of official ships and let the canal ships ahead avoid it?"

Seeing that he could not set off immediately, Canghuotou asked Shen Yichen.

This time when he went to Shandong to take office, Shen Yichen did not use the banner of official title, because the position of Chief Censor was too conspicuous.

You should know that the Censorate has a special status and has the power to supervise all officials. This leads to the seventh-rank supervisor who takes office, from the prefect to the county magistrate, and after hearing the news, they will take the initiative to greet each other, for fear of being neglected and being worn in the future.

Not to mention the fourth-rank official Censor, the real official and the robe official of the Beijing official, if Shen Yichen showed his identity and under the banner of official title, he would not dare to imagine how many welcome banquets he would have to have along the way.

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