Wine vendor? After hearing this, Zhu Wenxing's body suddenly bounced from the tree and stared at the idle man and said, "Can you see clearly? Is there really someone loading wine on the boat? Is that boat a guest from another place?"

The idle man nodded repeatedly: "I can see it clearly, and I will definitely not be wrong!"

Zhu Wenxing paced back and forth a few steps and muttered to himself: "Wine ban is prohibited from being sold in the county. If you buy wine and ship it to other places, you also violate the wine ban, but you don't know what the regulations are."

After thinking about it, I still can't determine the pros and cons of this matter. This year, Yongcheng County has been booming in business. Not only has it abandoned various miscellaneous taxes that are dependent on wine, but even the price of wine has dropped a lot. However, due to the number of people drinking, the total amount of alcohol tax has not changed much. In fact, in this year, alcohol tax is a type of luxury tax. The population remains unchanged, and the total amount will remain roughly unchanged. When the price of wine rises, the number of sold is small. Once the price of wine drops, more wine is sold. The imperial court wants to reduce the consumption of wine, but he is reluctant to give up the alcohol tax. One of the methods is to raise the price of wine.

If you want to collect more alcohol tax, one is to directly pay the tax by administrative means. For example, when there are weddings and funerals, some local governments have mandated the regulations on how much wine must be bought, and they should go to the designated place to buy the designated varieties. Another way is to sell wine to other places. Therefore, although there is a ban on alcohol, there is generally no restriction on buying wine from outsiders, and special checks on wine transported from other places.

Yongcheng is different from before. Zhu Wenxing is responsible again. After thinking about it, he stamped his feet and said, "No matter what, go and have a look!"

After saying that, he went to the dock with the idle man. He saw a ship in the river transporting goods. From a distance, in addition to a large number of fireworks and farm tools, there were also large jars one by one.

As he was far away, he couldn't see it in detail, so Zhu Wenxing couldn't help but gradually approached.

Just as I saw clearly that the jar was used to hold wine in the nearby "Wangjiang Tower" and confirmed that these people were selling wine, I saw a vicious middle-aged man coming to Zhu Wenxing, pointed the way and kicked him in the butt, and cursing: "This guy is thief-headed, what are you watching here! Could it be that the robber on the Bian River sent to Wangfeng? He is so blind, dare to make up our minds!"

Zhu Wenxing was kicked to the ground and almost fell to the ground. While rubbing his butt, he said, "What nonsense? The Guan Chuan is like ant on the Bian River. I don't know how many soldiers patrolling the river and where are the robbers coming from! You are so ignorant, I am the head of the tax collection here, to see if your family has any banned goods!"

The visitor looked at Zhu Wenxing up and down and said disdainfully: "It turns out to be a stylist. This county is too careless and sent such a useless guy to collect taxes here. My family buys goods, not sells goods. You stylist, what are you watching here!"

Zhu Wenxing was so angry that he was scolded that he made a fuss. He pointed to the wine jar that was still moving on the boat and said, "Isn't that wine? You are all foreign merchants, how can you buy wine and transport it away? The court has a ban on wine!"

The man laughed to the sky: "So what if there is alcohol ban? We bought it and drank it ourselves. Do you have any control?"

Zhu Wenxing was stunned. The wine was forbidden to be sold. He really didn't care if he bought it. But he was unwilling to be sent away like this. He stubbornly said, "How can you finish drinking so much wine! Even a family of hundreds of people will have to drink it for a year!"

The man scoffed at Zhu Wenxing: "How do you know how many people in our family are? If you can't finish drinking, it has nothing to do with you if we take a bath! Leave quickly, otherwise I will kill you and beat you away with a stick!"

Zhu Wenxing is used to being flattered by people at the dock every day. When he suddenly meets such a person, how can he bear it? He got angry and patted his chest with his hands and said loudly: "Grandpa is here to block my head, who doesn't give me some face? But you are so stupid! Okay, I'll check you!"

The man couldn't help but laughed, "A little official, here to shout and shout. I'll tell you clearly, our ship is from the governor of this prefect. If you come here to do some small business, do you still want to check it?"

Zhu Wenxing was stunned when he heard this, maintaining his arrogant posture, and he couldn't say a word. He never thought that he had found out that the magistrate's house was coming. Not to mention wine, he could take care of what he was carrying on the ship?

Opposite is Xia Gui, the manager of Xia Shu’s hometown. Looking at Zhu Wenxing’s appearance, it became more and more funny.

Xia Qian is the magistrate and cannot buy industries in the state, but it is still possible to do business. In fact, many officials will bring goods from their hometowns to sell them in their offices, and they can also be tax-free. Xia Qian's family is big and has many businesses and operates various industries. Yongcheng has developed recently and there are many good goods, so Xia Gui went here to buy and ship them to other places to sell. This is a normal business activity, and Du Zhongxiao and others have not been informed. Because Yongcheng wine is good, Xia Gui bought a lot of wine. First, the family drinks more by themselves, and can sell some after returning. Although the wine is prohibited, it cannot be banned from Xia Qian's home.

Shaking his head, Xia Gui ignored Zhu Wenxing and turned around and ordered people to continue transporting goods to the ship.

Zhu Wenxing was stunned for a while before returning to the big willow tree in a daze. Seeing the idle man standing there, Zhu Wenxing felt angry and kicked the man to the ground, cursing angrily: "You are such a bad guy. You said that someone violated the ban on selling wine, but you didn't think it was the home of the magistrate's minister. There are thousands or hundreds of people in that wealthy family, what's wrong with buying more wine!"

After hearing this, how dared that idle man say anything? He ran away with his head in his arms.

Zhu Wenxing looked at the back of the idle man leaving, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt inappropriate. He slowly calmed down and turned back to the Xia family boat. Seeing Xia Gui still standing there, he stepped forward and bowed, "Supervisor, it was me who misunderstood people, which led to this misunderstanding. Please forgive me."

How could Xia Gui have a similar experience with such a small person? He just waved his hand and asked him to walk away.

Zhu Wenxing was afraid that he would offend Xia Gui this time, so he didn't say that he would cause trouble for himself, even if he took his job and threw away his drink bowl in vain, it would be extremely unworthy. He bowed his hands repeatedly: "The supervisor is kind and does not care about the ordinary people, and he is grateful. The younger one is the stopping head of the dock, and everything is familiar. If you have any instructions, you will definitely do it with all your heart."

Xia Gui wanted to rush Zhu Wen to walk around and thought about something before saying to him: "I have packed the goods here and will set sail in the next two days. But recently, the husband is hard to hire, and no one is going to pull it off. I wonder if you have any solutions?"

When Zhu Wenxing heard this, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Some small things are covered by the little one! The water has risen recently, and there are a lot of boats on the Bian River. There are also field responsibilities there, and many boatmen have gone to open the fields, so it is difficult to find people. However, the little one has some reputation here, which is not difficult!"

Xia Gui nodded and said to Zhu Wenxing: "This is the best. If you do things well, I will definitely say a few good words to you in front of my husband. Not to mention wealth, it is not difficult to get a good job. I will say that my husband is coming to Yongcheng County these two days, so you must seize the opportunity."
Chapter completed!