Weihui House.

With the arrival of Jiangnan merchants, Weihui Mansion has returned to its former stability.

However, this popularity does not seem to have recovered, in the past, the streets of Weihui Mansion were always full of traffic, people came and went, and the city gate was even more congested, but now no matter on the street, or in front of the city gate, there are very few caravans.

But they all believe that it is only a matter of time before they recover, because all the workshops have already reopened.

Employees are also back to work.

Naturally, the number of merchants will gradually increase.

Lu Langzhai could finally sit in the prefect's seat with peace of mind and began to rectify government affairs.

And his ultimate goal is to return to the previous system.

Then the first thing to do is to strengthen the power of the government.

Guo Dan's biggest destruction is to weaken the power of the government, use the three houses to check and balance each other, and make everything fairer.

Lu Langzhai immediately abolished the rule that merchants were responsible for helping employees pay taxes, and he forcibly divided the residential areas into one by one, and then he appointed people to collect taxes.

A merchant is just an ordinary person.

But in the case of agricultural taxes, he calculates them in terms of the area of land.

Liang Kui and their big landlords are naturally very unhappy, you are so shrewd, why don't you do business, and what kind of prefect do you want, on the one hand, to limit the increase in our grain prices, but on the other hand, to calculate taxes on the field.

When Guo Dan was there before, the unification was based on the number of people tax.

The landlords only had to help the hired peasants pay taxes, which was also the motivation for them to improve their agricultural tools.

But the Jiangnan merchants who have just settled in are very happy, although they make a lot of money, they are also a person, and in the past, the merchants here also needed to help their employees pay taxes, but now they only need to help themselves pay taxes.

How cool is this.

When those big landlords went to Lu Langzhai to discuss, Lu Langzhai was very strong, just to do this, you don't hand it over.

Now the most powerful businessmen in Weihui Mansion are still merchants, and the landlords are no longer as powerful as before, so Liang Kui and they can only endure it, but fortunately, there will be large-scale tax exemption this year, and they can't pay much.

It can be seen that this Lu Langzhai is very means, he does not want to take refuge in the arms of the merchants, but at present, he has to rely on the Jiangnan merchants to stabilize the situation, and for the time being, he will not move them for the time being, and first subdue those landlords.

When the general trend has been decided, he will turn around and increase the business tax.

It is foreseeable that when he increases the commercial tax, the landlords will definitely applaud.

In this way, power will be concentrated in the hands of the government.

From an official's point of view, he was quite right.

......

And over there, Zhang Shifu also officially took over the largest textile workshop in Weihui Mansion, which is the most profitable business in Weihui Mansion.

"Brother Zhang, congratulations, congratulations, your textile workshop is just like picking it up for nothing."

A middle-aged man with a grade comparable to Zhang Shifu said with a smile.

This person's name is Shen Huai, a silk merchant in Nanjing, and Zhang Shifu's largest supplier.

"If I hadn't picked it up for nothing, I wouldn't have dared to pick it up!"

Zhang Shifu shook his head and said: "I won't tell you, in my life, I have never worked in such a big workshop and raised so many workers, and this pressure is not small!" ”

Shen Huai said: "This is all ready-made, the whereabouts of the old man Qin are still unknown, and no one can compete with Brother Zhang, so why should Brother Zhang worry." ”

"Lend you good words."

Zhang Shifu couldn't help but laugh proudly.

Suddenly, someone in front of me scolded: "You are a woman, you dare to steal things." ”

I heard another woman say, "I... I didn't steal. ”

Zhang Shifu immediately walked over, only to see a person in charge angrily scolding a woman, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

"Proprietor!"

When the person in charge saw Zhang Shifu coming, he hurriedly walked over to him and said, "Proprietor, the villain just found out that this woman stole our cloth." ”

The woman retorted, "I didn't steal it, I just wanted to pick up some rags and go back, because the proprietor had allowed us to pick them up." ”

When the steward saw that the woman still dared to refute, he couldn't help puffing out his eyes and said, "That was ...... before." ”

"Enough!"

Zhang Shifu glared at the steward, and said to the woman again: "Forget it this time, it won't be allowed next time, if you find it again, you won't need it." ”

The woman glanced at Zhang Shifu aggrievedly, "Yes, I know." ”

So the woman took out the rags from the sack, put them back in their place, and left with her mouth shut.

Zhang Shifu said to the steward again: "There are so many people here, everyone makes a mistake, you are shouting like this, can you shout?" ”

"Yes, proprietor, the villain knows it's wrong."

"You're wrong, you just don't like to use your brain, manage so many people, purely rely on brute force, how can you manage it, before doing anything, remember to use your brain first."

"The villain remembered."

......

"Sister Zhang, why are you crying?"

"Woooooo I wanted to pick up some rags and go back, so they wronged me for stealing. ”

"Hmph... These merchants are really treacherous, their wages have been reduced by 30%, and we have to pay our own taxes, and now we can't even pick up some rags and go back, which is really unreasonable. ”

"Who said no, in the past, I was able to support my family alone, but now we can barely support this family with two of us."

......

And the proprietor they were thinking about, since the Jiangnan merchants settled in Weihui Mansion, Guo Dan sent a letter asking them to return to Beijing first, and they all left Weihui Mansion in disgrace.

Of course, Lu Langzhai did not beat the water dogs, continued to chase and kill them, but showed off in front of them.

You don't look at how many catties and taels you have, and you dare to go against the government, without you, Weihui Mansion will still turn around, it's really a mantis arm as a car, I can't do it, even if I let you go today, I will have your good fruits to eat in the future.

Prize Pool Hall.

Qin Zhuang, Zhou Feng, Cao Da, Hu Yuan, Chen Ping, Chen Fangyuan and other wealthy businessmen were like roosters who had been defeated one by one, sitting in it dejectedly, silent.

"Guys, there's no need for this! With your expressions, I feel that even if I jump from here, I can't forgive my sins! ”

Guo Dan, who came to pick up the wind and wash the dust for them, was holding a glass of wine, leaning on the balcony fence, and smiled at this group of wealthy businessmen.

Zhou Feng raised his head, looked at Guo Dan, and said angrily: "We're embarrassed to blame you now, after all, the virtuous nephew has lost a lot more than us, and next year Yinuoya will have to close." ”

Cao Da nodded and said, "We can still make some money back with the shares in our hands." ”

Chen Ping was embarrassed and said: "Since you all know that Guo Xian's nephew has lost a lot of money, you still say so." ”

He made a lot of money, and this incident hit him the least.

Zhou Feng said: "We lost Weihui Mansion, we won't blame Guo Xian's nephew, after all, this matter is not Guo Xian's nephew's fault, but he shouldn't let us take the initiative to close the door and go against the government, now we have also offended those officials, how can those officials let us go." ”

Now they really don't have two shores, they used to have backers in the capital, but now those backers hate them to death, and they don't have the emperor's protection, it's terrible to think about!

This is life and death, and of course they have a grudge against Guo Dan.

Guo smiled lightly: "I asked you to close the door, but I didn't want you to help me fight against the government, and to avoid you losing your money." ”

Zhou Feng said curiously: "How do you say this?" ”

Guo Dan beckoned, "Come and have a look." ”

The wealthy merchants immediately got up and went out onto the balcony.

Guo Dan pointed to the horse racing area and said, "Look at it, how is it different from before?" ”

Zhou Feng sighed: "You don't need to point out, even the blind can see it, and there are not many guests left." ”

Cao Da choked up and said: "It seems that those old customers from before will never come to us again, even if the government doesn't deal with us, we will be finished." ”

Guo Dan rolled his eyes and said, "You are inevitably overestimating yourself, people will even give up eating, drinking and having fun for you, cut!" This has nothing to do with you, but the whole economy has problems, and everyone has less money in their hands, so naturally they don't dare to spend it indiscriminately. ”

Qin Zhuang was surprised: "Something is wrong with the whole economy? ”

Guo Dan nodded, and said: "A month ago, our money bank locked up nearly eight million taels of silver, plus the annual tax that needs to be paid, four million taels, a total of 12 million taels, although this is not very much for the entire Ming Dynasty, but at the same time I closed the money bank, which made it difficult for the currency to circulate quickly, and when I withdrew, I exchanged a large number of goods for silver ......." ”

Qin Zhuang suddenly shuddered and said, "I understand why Guo Xian's nephew asked us to compensate the employees for a large amount of surplus goods instead of paying a single penny. ”

Guo nodded with a smile and said: "In addition, they died by themselves and reduced the wages of their employees, so now they need to consume in the hands of the citizens, all of which are goods, but there is no silver." Yes, Weihui Mansion was able to resume production, but the question is, who do they sell to, in other words, the more they produce, the more they lose. We did lose a lot, but at least we were alive and they ...... They all have to die. ”

Zhou Feng and the others looked at each other.

"Huh!"

Zhou Feng suddenly became happy and said: "As long as I can let out this evil breath, even if I lose some money, I am willing." ”

"Then we'll wait for this show." Cao Da laughed so hard that his eyes were gone.

They are not stupid, now they are poor and only have money left, and when everyone is short of money, they will become saviors!

.......

Weihui House.

Hot Spring Pavilion.

"Oops! My father-in-law is really wise and powerful, but fortunately, my father-in-law has already ordered us to reduce production, otherwise, we will have to squeeze a lot of goods in our hands now. ”

The shopkeeper of the rouge workshop patted Ji Gui's ass with a flattering face.

Ji Gui asked, "How much has the shipment decreased this month?" ”

"Oops! That's more than half! ”

"Huh!"

Ji Gui smiled and said: "Guo Dan, this kid is really powerful, and he can even calculate how much he has decreased. ”

......

Daimyo's house.

"Hasn't this Weihui Mansion been restored? Why hasn't there been an increase in boats on this river? ”

When the daimyo prefect Cheng returned, he came to inspect the river and was surprised to find that there were not a few boats on the river.

Suddenly, I heard a wail from the front, "Li Tong, you bastard, you can't die well, don't let Lao Tzu meet you again, you ......." ”

Cheng Guishi looked up and saw a chubby middle-aged man scolding by the river, frowning and saying, "Isn't that Cao Guihe?" ”

He walked over and said, "Cao Guihe, what are you crying wolf here?" ”

When Cao Guihe saw Cheng Gui, he hurriedly said: "Governor Cheng, you came just in time, you have to make the decision for me!" ”

Cheng Guishi said: "What are you talking about?" ”

Cao Guihe immediately said: "Governor Cheng doesn't know, some time ago, Li Tong sold the warehouse and fleet here to me, but after I took over, this business is not as good as day by day, I originally thought that Weihui Mansion recovered, and it would be the same as before, but as a result... It turned out not at all. ”

Cheng Guishi said curiously: "The official is also curious, why there are fewer and fewer merchant ships coming and going. ”

"I don't know."

Cao Guihe cried with a sad face, "And now I have to spend money to repair these warehouses and ships, this is really a loss to me, Li Tong, you big liar." ”

......

Nanking.

Inside a liquor store.

"Copper coins?"

The shopkeeper had to look at the ten copper coins handed by the customer.

The customer said, "What? Isn't copper money money? ”

"No, no."

The shopkeeper said, "It's just ......" He pointed to the wooden sign on the side and said, "It is clearly written on it, if you get a copper coin, you will get fifty yuan, but if you pay the bill with silver, you only need three cents of silver." ”

"When did copper coins become so worthless?"

"Alas... I don't know about this, but recently everyone is using copper money to buy things, and I don't know where the silver is going. ”

"That's it!"

......

Nanjing, Yinuo Money Village.

"The third brother is really amazing, in just two months, he was able to raise tens of millions of copper coins, and the younger brother admires it! Admire! ”

Kou Yi smiled at Hu Du, who had just arrived.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Hu Du said: "This copper coin is much easier to get than silver, let's take the silver to exchange for copper coins, and fools will come to exchange it with us." It was Steward Kou's methods that made me really admire, and he scattered those copper coins so quickly. ”

Kou Yi waved his hand and said: "I'm just a worker, in the end, this is all a method that my uncle came up with, didn't we cooperate with many textile workshops at the beginning?" So I took the silver and copper coins and gave them the silver for themselves, and distributed all the copper coins to the employees, and each employee was given an extra ten cents a month. ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Hu Du laughed and said: "With so many copper coins pouring in at once, I'm afraid I can't find this silver." ”

......

Datong, Shanxi.

"Brother Tatam, I'll leave this matter to you."

Xu Han bowed to a Mongolian dressed in a strange suit.

The Mongolian named Tatamu smiled and said: "Brother has seen the outside, although I haven't met Guo Dan yet, but since he took charge of Weihui Mansion, not to mention how much our business has improved, even the border war has been less, of course I will support Guo Dan, you can rest assured, within this year, we will not buy goods from Weihui Mansion again."

Besides, you have sold so many goods to us before, and we don't need them for the time being. Ha ha......! ”

"Well said! Say! ”