Chapter 42: Murder
Xiuyuan Boliang let him think too much, from the very beginning, Wulun never had the idea of treating Yangxiong as a "Bole" and helping him advertise to create a celebrity effect.
Jing Dan and Wang Long are friends who have been together for a long time, shouldn't they stick a knife in their friends' ribs?
Yang Xiong is different, although Wu Lun only learned a little dialect from him intermittently, but in the eyes of others, he is already a teacher. Those old Yangxiong came to his house to eat and drink the wine and meat, and it was all a gift.
At that time, people attached great importance to the teacher, respected the teacher as a father, since they had the name of master and apprentice, they could not come nonsense. This bit of proportion, the fifth Lun still has it.
What's more, after more than a month of correspondence, Wu Lun gradually learned more about Yangxiong, and guessed that he would definitely not be happy.
Hou Ba, Yangxiong's eldest disciple, told Wu Lun: "When the master wrote the "Fa Yan", there were rich people in Shu who were willing to give 100,000 yuan, so they hoped to leave their names in the book. was flatly rejected by the master, saying that the rich merchant was rich and unkind, just like the deer in the pen and the ox in the pen, how could he record it at will? β
Now that Yang Xiong has entered the age of antiquity, he eats some wine and meat, and squats at home when he doesn't, indulging in his knowledge that is different from vulgarity, and thinks that he is happy to be poor.
Fifth Lun has read Yangxiong's "Chasing the Poor", which is known as the last fu. Beginning with "Yangzi escaped from the world, left the world alone", pretending to have a dialogue with the poor god, he initially blamed the "poor" for coming to him for trouble. "Poverty" defended this, and he was finally persuaded by "poverty", believing that poverty is a good thing, and determined to "live with you for a long time, and eventually be insatiable, and poverty will not go away, and you will live with me".
In short, Yang Xiong didn't owe money to become an old man, how could he let go of the dignity of a great writer and help businessman Jia Dangtuo advertise.
What's more, just relying on the unique restaurant opening drama in this era is enough to make briquettes famous, and if anything becomes famous, there will be no shortage of markets.
"Nearly 10,000 catties were sold on the first day!"
The fourth salty came to report happily in the evening, which sounded like a lot, but in fact, the fifth Lun weighed it, and one pound of the new dynasty was about equivalent to two halves of the later generations, and the weight of a small briquette. The goods that have been brought in one after another in the past few days have almost been swept away, and the first pass has been sent to transport them back and forth overnight.
Fourth, the first two are happy: "If we can get close to 10,000 every day, I am afraid that we will have to increase production by adding more people." β
The fifth Lun is not as optimistic as them, although the first day of victory, but the advantage of briquettes over charcoal is not much.
"This is only the first day, and it would be good to be able to sell a thousand catties the next day."
In the next few days, as expected by Wu Lun, the daily sales of briquettes became less and less, and finally stabilized at the level of more than 1,000 catties.
Don't look at how much briquettes sell, in fact, they are small profits but quick turnover, the fifth Lun has calculated, after deducting the freight and costs, a new pound of briquettes will probably only make a profit of two pennies, which is still the premise of not paying wages to workers. After the profits, the fifth clan made a maximum net profit of 30,000 or 40,000 yuan in a month, which could be exchanged for more than 100 stone of grain, which was equivalent to opening an extra 10 hectares of land in a year.
"If it weren't for Boyu's clever plan, I'm afraid I would have lost all my money this time." The fourth Xian sighed a lot, his family has been a businessman for many years, but when it comes to sales, compared to the fancy operation of the fifth Lun, he is a younger brother, and he can't help but feel ashamed, and even proposes that he is willing to share half of the profits to the fifth clan.
"The deed has been decided, how can it be easily changed? If it is to be changed, it is a malaise, and the three of them sit down and discuss it together. β
And then it was up to him to speak.
The fifth Lun reassured the fourth Xian, he would have more places to use the fourth clan in the future, and there was no need to take advantage of Xiaoli Xiaorun.
It seems that we still have to try our best to bypass the prohibition of the imperial court, secretly engage in some luxury goods, and cheat the money of the heroes of the lieutenant county, which is called huge profits. At that time, there is no need to rely on the means of production of the fourth clan, and it will be okay for them to get ninety percent of their profits.
The control of the imperial court around Chang'an was strict, and the merchants did not dare to barter, and the people in the north of the city mostly traded with goods and cloths and goods springs. But as soon as these copper coins were in hand, the fifth Lun asked the fourth to go to the market and exchange them for hard currencyβcloth and grain.
The new Mang Dynasty changed its order every day, from the officials to the people, no one dared to save money, and the three folds became a good doctor, and the people of the world have suffered many losses, for fear that one day Wang Mang will go crazy again and abolish the money that passes.
Therefore, the money is cheap and the grain is expensive, and the fourth salt is a little distressed, but he also knows that there is no way, so he only secretly complains to the fifth lun: "It would be nice if I could exchange the copper coins for gold and keep them like the former Han Dynasty." β
During the Han Dynasty, gold was the upper currency, but Wang Mang issued a ban on the state of gold, requiring that private gold was not allowed from the liehou down, and that it must be sent to the treasury in exchange for equivalent items. However, the fourth salt said that it was not equivalent at all, and one pound of gold could only be exchanged for two copper wrong knives of "one knife flat five thousand", which was simply a clear robbery!
"Everyone said that gold is replaced by copper, and the gold that has not yet been handed over is heavy!"
What's even more beautiful is that the wrong knife was abolished after a few years.
Fifth Lun sighed, Wang Mang is really a skilled leek farmer, although many people have hidden gold, but they dare not take it out and use it, only legend has it that Wang Mang collected all the gold in the world in the palace, and the gold cakes were piled up into a hill.
Fifth Lun licked his lips: "I don't know who will be cheaper in the end with that gold?" β
Now restricted by the imperial decree, after obtaining commercial profits, it is not feasible to buy land, slaves and maids as in the past, and the grain has a shelf life, and it is not easy to exchange too much at one time, so the excess profit funds are only left for one purpose.
"Expanding the ...... of Reproduction"
Fifth Lun smiled, Wang Mang has so many saucy operations to block the merger, and then think of the five-average system of loans to small industrial and commercial owners, it is not because he wants to force out a capitalist sprout.
He asked Sixian to hire craftsmen to build water mills, make molds to improve the efficiency of making briquettes, and then find a way to buy some iron to replace the tools of the workers and farmers. The efficiency of the small coal kilns must be improved, and once the snow falls, it will not be able to dry again by December, which will really freeze to death.
The production and sales of briquettes are on the right track, and Wu Lun doesn't have to run over there, and on the third day of rest in November, he can finally find time to do something that has been delayed for a long time.
"Go to Maoling!"
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There are three bridges on the Weishui River, and the West Wei Bridge is also called the Benmen Bridge, which is the only way for Chang'an to travel with the west of Yongzhou.
After crossing the Benmen Bridge, Wu Lun looked up, but saw that from east to west, there were many small hills distributed on the loess plateau, the trees were abundant, and there was still green in the cold like midwinter. In fact, it is not a mountain, but the tomb of the Han emperor.
From the Yangling Tomb of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the Changling Tomb of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and then to the Anling, Weiling, Pingling, etc., a total of nine. Although the former Han Dynasty died in Sheji, these giant tombs are like the remnants of the empire, standing quietly.
The westernmost and largest mausoleum is the Maoling of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The capital of Jingwei County, which has been renamed "Xuancheng County", is located just north of Maoling.
Although the tip of the mountain has been seen in the distance, but the mountain runs a dead horse, from Chang'an to the hundreds of miles, back and forth takes two days. On November 17, as soon as the fifth Lun left the Lang Office, he left the city in a hurry, and when the moon rose to mid-heaven, he came to the Xiliu Pavilion north of the Benmen Bridge, intending to rest here for the night.
This was the former Han Zhou Yafu garrison to defend the Xiongnu place, now has been abandoned, the camp was bulldozed and developed into fertile land, the roadside is a small pavilion, for the passing post horse, passers-by to rest.
Only then did he enter the fine willow place, but he saw several people standing in the courtyard, all of them were officials with knives, who were pushing the prisoners who were escorted into the prison next to the toilet in the pavilion. Fifth Lun only looked at the prisoner's back with some familiarity, and before he could take a closer look, the door of the prison was closed.
A hearty laugh sounded on the side: "Isn't this Boyu?" β
Looking back, it was the horse aid who helped the Fifth Clan a month and a half ago.
"Madu Post ......"
"Just call me Wen Yuan, you don't have to be angry." Ma Yuan is also wearing armor, wearing a scarf on his head, and a knife hanging from his waist.
"Boyu passed by the Xiliu Pavilion late at night to stay, where are you going?"
"I'm going to Maoling...... Xuancheng. Fifth Lun said: "These days, I have been delayed in Lang's case, and I don't have time to visit Wen Yuan's house to thank you, and I don't want to meet here." β
"I've almost forgotten all the little things." Ma Yuan waved his hand, he didn't care much about helping the Fifth Clan get rid of the crime last time, he has a chivalrous and affectionate personality, he has walked the rivers and lakes for so many years, and I don't know how many people he has helped.
Ma Yuan glanced at the little prison guarded by his subordinates, and suddenly asked: "Boyu has a wide range of friends, I am afraid that this is not just to find me?" β
"Indeed."
Knowing that Ma Yuan likes to go straight, Wu Lun did not hide it: "In the autumn, I inherited the love of the original Juxian, and I also want to visit the Yuan family and admire the heroic demeanor of Guanzhong." β
"Isn't that a coincidence?" Ma Yuan put the scabbard on the desk and said, "It's a shame that Boyu met me halfway, otherwise he would have to run for nothing." β
"Why?"
"The original giant got into trouble first." Ma Yuan said quietly: "Now that the door is closed, no one will be seen." β
So unfortunate? Fifth Lun asked curiously: "I heard that Yuan Juxian's speech is more effective than that of the county slaughter, and it has always been his guests who provoke people, who dares to provoke him?" β
Ma Yuan sighed: "It's not the crime of treachery in the imperial court, the former Xuancheng County Governor was imprisoned, so he went to a new county magistrate, known as Yin Gong, known as a cool official." But on the day of Yin Gong's appointment, everyone greeted the city gate with wisdom, but Yuan Shi did not come. β
The original hero is too big, Wu Lun shook his head secretly, this era values human affection and etiquette, and if you are not careful, you will offend people, especially those who are narrow-minded. Yuan was used to being arrogant, and he called the county chief Yin a brother and a brother, and he couldn't even look down on the real county slaughter, not to mention a "fake slaughter" in Yin Gong's district.
Ma Yuan flicked his finger on the case: "At this time, the original family went to the market to buy meat, relying on the arrogance of the original family, arguing with the butcher. β
Until now, Wu Lun still has the mentality of eating melons and watching the play, and he is happy when he hears the words: "Could it be that the butcher wants the butcher to chop ten catties of gold cartilage into a zi, so as not to see some meat on it?" β
Anyway, the butcher was not good at stubble, and the two argued, and the original doorman drew a knife on the spot, severely injured the butcher, and then ran away.
Just like when Guo Xie was killed by his subordinates, the arrogant guests were a double-edged sword, but fortunately, the fifth Lun confiscated those evil boys when he was in Changling. He would rather discover honest people from the clan, or take in children with good temperaments such as Zhang Yu and Zhu Di to cultivate them slowly.
Ma Yuan said: "If it is placed on weekdays, such a trivial matter is to send someone to arrest the doorman, and no one dares to embarrass the original Juxian." But when Yin Gong took office as a new official, he wanted to gain prestige to subdue the heroes of Maoling, and the imperial court strictly investigated corruption, so Yin Gong put the two things together, and wanted to punish the original crime of conniving at the doorman, and investigate the original family's governance of the tomb and the extravagance of the system. β
Yuan Shi was filial piety for his father for three years, refused tens of millions of funeral money, and after Bo became famous, he felt sorry for his deceased father, so he spent a lot of money to rebuild the tomb. He bought land to open the road, built the cemetery to the Zhou Pavilion heavy gate, and set up a stone carving watch, the specifications are comparable to the princes, and the locals call it "the original family".
"Yin Gong has the support of the Wuwei Siming Mansion, and there is a subordinate Peng Wang You Weng to admonish, and the two crimes will be punished, and the original giant will be killed to establish his authority. Bo Yu should know that at this juncture, even the county magistrate did not dare to rush to help Yuan Yuan get rid of his crimes. β
Indeed, Fifth Lun's move advocated that Zhan avoid the affairs of his family.
"Fortunately, Yuan Shi has many friends, and the Gongsun clan and the Qin family of the same county are all friendly with him, so he persuaded Yin Gong to let Yuan Juxian go. In the end, Yuan Shi had to tie himself up, put arrows through his ears, and ran to the county temple gate to apologize. β
Feng Shui takes turns, exactly the same as the way Yuan Chu humiliated the Seventh Biao in the autumn, Yuan Chu never expected that his father would have such a day.
Wuwei Si ordered the case to be reported to the imperial court, and Duke Yin was directly promoted from a temporary fake slaughter to a real county slaughter. The matter ended here, and it was just that he was humiliated by the county governor and his reputation was discredited, but he was just ......"
Speaking of this, Ma Yuan stopped, and approached the fifth Lun and said: "Yuan Ju was convinced first, but the children and guests under his command were quite angry, and they learned that Yin Gong listened to the words of the subordinate Peng Wang Youweng and demolished the 'Yuan Family', and he was even more angry. β
Fifth Lun said: "He will never kill the county magistrate Yin Gong?" "In that case, it must be a big case that alarmed the sixth lieutenant, and the original involved will either flee or directly rebel.
Ma Yuan shook his head: "The Yuan clan usually returns to the horizontal, but they don't have that guts. But yesterday, someone went to the house of Wang Youweng under the door, killed Wang Yougong and his father, and left with two heads broken. β
As soon as this tragedy came out, the case that had been settled immediately made waves again, and the original involved was not going to become Guo Xie second, and the fifth Lun thought of the prisoners escorted by Ma Yuan, and suddenly realized: "The prisoner held by Wen Yuan is not the guest of the Yuan family?" β
"However, the murderer went to the county this morning to report himself, and the county will complete the interrogation in two hours."
Ma Yuan looked at Wu Lun and observed his expression: "The prisoner I was ordered to take to Chang'an Siming Mansion happens to be an acquaintance of Boyu. β
He smiled and said, "It's that Wan Yu, Wan Jun You." β
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