In a luxurious mansion belonging to a big grain merchant in the capital, two men in fancy clothes were talking.

"Father, did you get that message? It was the news that the woman surnamed Lin was named the county lord. ”

"Naturally, I already know the way." The middle-aged man sighed softly. "No wonder that girl climbed so fast, and she made a good move."

"It's just 100,000 taels of silver, and it's not that our family can't get it, but let a little girl who hasn't entered the industry take the lead." The young man's face was a little resentful. "If we had gone first, she wouldn't have had that kind of good thing."

The middle-aged man looked at his son who was not convinced on his face and sighed a little. "Don't underestimate others, 100,000 taels of silver is the price she bought, and now I'm afraid that it won't be sold for more than 200,000 silver, which is not a small amount. We have also investigated the net worth of Miss Lin's family, although I don't know whether Lu Dao accounts for one or two cents of the dessert business, except for the unmovable elements in the business, the family will never exceed 400,000 taels of silver, and it cannot be said that there is no courage to take out more than 100,000 yuan. And you also started to meddle in the family's business, and you also read the account records, right? ”

"Yes, father." The young man didn't understand what his father meant, and then looked at him, hoping for an answer.

The bearded middle-aged man sighed softly and said, "Our family has a lot of food hoarded, and there are also a few big grain merchants in the capital, but it is not so easy for us to mobilize so much grain at once, and the impact on business is not small." ”

He glanced at his thoughtful son, took a sip of tea and continued. "What I want to tell you is that she's far more generous than you think, and don't underestimate anyone. Even such a boudoir lady who is not married and has no support from her parents and brothers. And after all, she is the righteous daughter of King Qi, and she is the first to show loyalty to the emperor, daring to be the first in the world, and just solving the big problems of the imperial court. Even if the emperor gives a big reward, you say, what are you not convinced? ”

"Also, we didn't think of that in the first place." The youth was finally convinced. "In this situation, even if we get involved, we can't gain a lot. However, if the grain is sold, it will be profitable this year—"

"Idiot!" The middle-aged man with a mustache, who had always been very kind, interrupted his son sharply, "How many times have I told you, do business." It is necessary to have a baht. We can't take money too seriously, and if we can solve problems with money, we can solve them with money. Is this the time to make that kind of money? Don't you show your loyalty to the emperor and wait for the war to be cleaned up after the war! ”

He was a little disappointed in his son's words, and the young man's arrogance was nothing, but he couldn't even see the big picture clearly, and that was complete stupidity. However, seeing that his son gradually reacted, the anger on his face also dissipated a lot. Said slowly.

"Naturally, we can't have as much gain as the young lady of the Lin family, but it is also possible to make a profit. Not to mention anything else, as long as the status is slightly improved, we will not pay compensation, and we will win over those officials, as long as there is a little bit of power, which one is not thousands. If you can get the name of the imperial merchant after the war, it will be a big profit. ”

"Then my son Ming'er will go and prepare?"

"Tomorrow? No, it's too late. The middle-aged man with a mustache thought for a moment and said, "Now let's start preparing to see how much grain can be moved without affecting business and not losing money, and see where these grains are stored and which ones are moving." ”

There are still a lot of super-rich people with their hands and eyes, and these people can make such a big business, and they are all smart people. I know very well in my heart that if I don't come out at this time, I am waiting to be cleaned up, and even if I don't get cleaned up, I will inevitably be blinded and indifferent after the war.

As the saying goes, the combination of government and business, in the end, there are still people in the DPRK who are easy to do, and the status of businessmen is low now, in case the performance is good this time, it would be better if they could get an honorary grade. Although there were also those who sold officials and lords in all dynasties, only those mediocre dynasties could appear, and the officials at that time were actually not easy to be. Although there is a war in the Great Zhou Dynasty now, and several princes also have a slight tendency to form cliques, on the whole, they are still very clear politically.

At present, the status of businessmen is not high, of course, donating an idle job or something, of course, there is no need to think about it, it is a serious jinshi thing, but even his own son can't take the Jinshi exam, and his grandson can only take the exam, so he has to rely on the people of the branch and his daughter to marry to maintain his status.

Afraid of the temptation of the post-war exclusion and possible change in status, the big businessmen all took action, although these people did not appear like Shen Wansan's exaggerated wealth, but three or five tied together, they could temporarily support an army.

Originally, it was quite a sensational thing for the righteous daughter of King Qi to be crowned the county lord, and the imperial court intended to hype up this matter, but in three days, the whole capital knew about it, including the surrounding county capitals, and many people also learned the news. Moreover, the imperial court made it clear that it would increase the number of imperial merchants by five, and then choose among the current twenty in the number of donations, and it was rumored that if the imperial court was not satisfied with the current number of imperial merchants, it was very likely to replace a few imperial merchants and replace them with big merchants who performed well.

The news came out of the air, and the most common thing was that it was possible to replace half of the imperial merchant quota, which made the current imperial merchants who originally enjoyed the first-class status and rich money of the imperial merchants nervous. Originally, their status was already very good, even if they donated a large amount of money and food, they would not be greatly improved, and they had marriages with many family officials, and their positions were also very stable, and ordinary officials could not move them.

But this only refers to ordinary officials, if the emperor personally points out, with Yuwenji's current control over the imperial court, will anyone dare not do it? Yu Wenji will not care about the rise and fall of an imperial merchant family, after all, although the status is quite high and there is a lot of money, it is incomparable with those big families, and it can't get into Yu Wenji's eyes at all.

In this atmosphere, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly warm, and it seemed that everyone was vying to be a patriotic businessman. After all, there are only a few people who can raise a large amount of food, and food has special characteristics, even if it is a super grain business. I don't dare to hoard a lot. But if you don't donate food, you can donate clothes and medicine. Knives, guns, clubs and clubs cannot be donated, but horses can too.

And driven by this atmosphere, the whole capital is also in a particularly warm patriotic atmosphere, although it is this year's famine, but for the people in the capital, most of them are still passable, and there are many wealthy people. Many families also donated more than 20 taels of silver. Because the imperial court planned to compile a biography and a local chronicle, so that those who donated more than 20 taels of silver would leave their names in it.

There are many people with a lot of strength, and some of them are still at the superhuman level with super strength. Ten days later, the donation received by the imperial court made Yuwenji, a deep emperor, feel very good. This also made him extraordinarily generous to Lin Yu, originally because the title of county lord was an extra favor, and the government was also tightened. So some of the rewards and some of the procedures are a little simplified.

But under a large-scale donation campaign. From the imperial merchants alone, they received nearly three million taels of silver worth of grain, cloth, medicine, and other things. After the war was fought, it was very likely that the imperial court did not lose money, and it made a lot of money, and the money and food for the relief of the victims were also available, and the treasury suddenly did not have so much pressure. Of course, Yu Wenji also specially selected clean and honest officials to be responsible for this matter, and sent a full 12 overseers in the capital alone.

Lin Yu also vaguely reminded Yin Susu that this kind of activity must not cause any corruption scandals. There is a lot of power. There is no problem in making full use of the money of the people, especially the wealthy businessmen, and then using it for the people. It's really like a meeting in a previous life, something happened. Not only will there be no donations or anything in the future, but the reputation of the entire imperial court and country will be stinky, and even the emperor will not be able to raise his head.

Yu Wenji liked Lin Yu's performance of thinking for his sake, so he waved his pen, not only did he normally seal the things that the county lord had, Lin Yu had them, but also added six more Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, and the other rewards were also thickened by three percent, and he asked someone to build the county lord's mansion for Lin Yu. Don't underestimate Sancheng, those gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and jade and other things are actually difficult to estimate, and because they come from the court, they are all treasures, which is less than a hundred gold.

So, Lin Yu was pleasantly surprised to find that he was bold, and he originally planned to spend more than 100,000 taels of silver, but he also made a lot of money on the silver money. Not to mention anything else, the royal villages in the suburbs of Beijing are all big villages, and the smallest ones have 20 hectares of land, and they are all high-quality fertile fields, although there is no yield this year, but the value of the land is there. The value of the six imperial villages is already more than 100,000 taels, as well as gold and silver rewards, and things like the county lord's mansion, which add up to tens of thousands of gold.

Not to mention the change in status, you just take 502,120,000 taels of silver to buy a county lord seat, you see if the court sells it to you!

"So, life is speculation." Even with Lin Yu's calm and calm character, he couldn't help but sigh when he looked at those luxurious and rich rewards, "When you see an opportunity, you have to have the courage to try." ”

Of course, Lin Yu's personality is actually still conservative, and she has some coincidence in this matter. If it didn't coincide with a major drought, the imperial court would have to be busy with both disaster relief and war, and the finances would be very tight. Lin Yu may have started a military food business in peace, of course, because she will not be short of catties or two, and she will not be shoddy, it is estimated that she will also get some awards, but there will never be such a high position.

Although Lin Yu took advantage of the fact that he recognized King Qi as his father-in-law before he could be crowned the county lord at once, but looking at Lian Yin Susu's special background and hard work, he is still staying in the county lord seat, and he knows how difficult it is to be the county lord seat. Of course, Yu Wenji promised to give Yin Susu the status of Princess Yin Susu in the future, and her current situation is not suitable for staying too high.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the procedure of sealing the county lord is still very complicated, after the decree was issued, a good day was chosen, a day of fasting, and then the incense table was placed to sacrifice to heaven and earth, and then went to the emperor to add the title, receive the reward, and then meet the queen mother and several concubines, etc., and tossed for a day.

And then there is a treat, such a thing of promotion and wealth, and the meaning of helping the court to do publicity, naturally it can't be too small, the guests who can be invited must be invited, it's one thing to come or not, it's one thing for you to invite or not. And everyone is not a fool, this incident is obviously a very popular thing for the emperor, if you don't come out to congratulate now, when will you come out to congratulate? Or do you think it's not good for the court to do this, no, and you're not satisfied with the emperor in your heart?

To be honest, there are also some people like the old master who have a solidified sour Confucian mentality who think that the imperial court is disgraceful in accepting donations from merchants and individuals, but most of them are not so stubborn, and Yu Wenji himself insists. Although these guys were a little dissatisfied in their hearts, they thought about it after all, it was also beneficial to the country and the people, so they didn't mumble any more.

But even these people can't deny that Lin Yu did the right thing, very good, and very touching. After all, a small, helpless and weak woman took out so much money at once to meet the urgent needs of the court, instead of selling the grain in her hands at a high price. The hype is so powerful, if there are the top ten people of the year who are moved by the Great Week, Lin Yu may be selected.

Of course, there are also people who are dissatisfied with Lin Yu, that is, some imperial businessmen, because Lin Yu gambled so boldly, they also had a lot of money when their original status was stable. But even before, as the righteous daughter of King Qi, Lin Yu, who was Yin Susu's righteous sister, would not be easily offended, not to mention that Lin Yu has now become the county lord, and he is still a kind golden county lord who is highly appreciated by the emperor.

Horizontal and vertical calculations have also come out of more than 100,000 taels of silver, although more is a little painful, but it is far from the point of hurting the muscles and bones, and I scolded in my heart.

To sum up, this banquet must be an unprecedented number of people, and it is far from being as simple as Lin Yu's previous marriage. After the final calculation, there may be more than 500 guests to be invited, note that this is only the guests, these people bring the maids, servants, small servants, coachmen, and the total total number of people must be 2,000.

And this is by no means what Lin Yu can invite to the second courtyard now, even Yin Susu's Lan Yuan, and Lan Yuan is outside the city, which is extremely inconvenient. There are still some places in the Qi Palace, but they are not convenient enough. Although she has a good relationship with King Qi herself, it is a big problem to hold a banquet in the Qi Palace's mansion for a few days.

And so many guests are coming, the population is super large, there are many disparities in status, and the relationship between them is also complicated. This must be separated for several days, Lin Yu still hasn't thought about whether to set up a seven-day banquet or a ten-day banquet, and he has a headache about it.

Fortunately, Yin Susu understood Lin Yu, borrowed her mansion in the capital and gave it to Lin Yu, and lent Yin Hong, the housekeeper who was in charge of the guests assigned by herself, to Lin Yu to help, which made her feel a little clue and discharged a brief form. (To be continued......)