The "piaohao" began to become trusted by the government to take over various tasks such as the remittance of funds, which were known as "huijie" (匯解), to other Chinese provinces in a process known as "xiekuan" (協款) or "xiexiang" (協餉), or by providing services such as the advanced payment for imperial troops known as "xiangyin" (餉銀) or "junxiang" (軍餉), or by providing the funds for the infrastructure of the local Chinese governments, these funds were known as the "xinjin" (薪金).