The things on the face still have to be done, he waved his hand and said: "Oh, this poor master has worked hard, come here, look at the reward, a little tea money, hard work." ”

The man dressed in black refused to accept it, and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, the lord took this invitation, and he will go to the meeting after noon the day after tomorrow, and there will be a night banquet in the evening." ”

Fan Yongdou looked at it and felt strange for a while, suddenly grabbed him, and said: "What did this poor master say, when you come to my house, why don't you entertain and entertain for pastime, don't go, my brother has to ask you, what kind of charter is this." ”

"Master, I really don't know, I only know that the people invited are all prestigious and capable big businessmen in this Zhili and several provinces, and they are all famous masters, so you can get closer to them when the time comes."

Fan Yongdou looked at this person, thought about it, and suddenly took out something from somewhere in the study, took two steps closer, stuffed it into the man who delivered the letter, and said: "Brother and brother, you accept this, it is not a respect, let's look at it, look at it." ”

The thing had been stuffed into his hand, but the messenger looked at the thing in his hand, it was actually five pearls, similar in size, although he didn't know what was good about this thing, what was good, but he also knew that this was something more than gold and silver, but it was as if he had touched a hot potato, and immediately put it on the table, and said, "Don't dare to accept it, don't dare to accept it." ”

In this era, no matter who it is, this kind of official errand above work, especially for sending letters and the like, always has to collect some foot money, tea money, and it can be regarded as a subsidy for meager income, but in the end, the subsidy is already higher than the salary, so it is naturally more unintentional work.

But how Fan Yongdou pushed and tempted, the person who sent the letter was just not moved, Fan Yongdou looked at it, and asked strangely: "Listen to the accent, my brother is not a native of the imperial capital, is it ......?"

He thought of the previous rumors and seemed to be not very sure, but this man told the truth.

"I am a native of Beizhili, a few years ago, the Tartars entered the customs and robbed, the whole family was just me, took advantage of the night to hide in the grass, the other wives and children, have long been ruined to death, and the family can't go back, I am in this imperial capital, do some miscellaneous work to live, this is not, the dynasty has changed, a lot of soap in the yamen have done all because of bad things, and they have gone out for Kaige, I don't know why, I have made up for the shortage, and I have run errands."

Fan Yongdou took a closer look, the person in front of him, the clothes he was wearing, all in jet black, the upper body was a rare gown, the black buttons could not see the material, compared to the original officials worn, the color was similar, but the style was very different.

He seemed to realize something, and said, "You mean, the old people in the yamen are all gone?" ”

"I don't know this, I just do what I am told."

"Okay, this thing, my brother can keep it, it's not easy, the tartar is also destroyed, it's good to take it to live."

The man shook his head and said, "The above is very tight, and the salary is also very high, almost ten times more than in the previous dynasty, and this is naturally not good to take the people's money. ”

"Oh, oh."

Fan Yongdou doesn't seem to have seen this situation, he has never seen this situation in his life, there are actually people in the yamen, don't talk about money, he said generously: "Don't worry, brother, my old Fan is a man, I have been frank and honest all my life, there is only you and me here, I can swear here, God knows that you know I know, and there is no possibility for outsiders to know, otherwise, let me be punished to death." ”

This is a very serious statement, after all, it is ancient, everyone is superstitious, and they swear retribution, and you don't have to complain, it is really possible to fulfill it.

The man seemed to be very frightened, and said: "Master, thank you for your kindness, my money is enough, and the top is also strictly controlled, you don't know, the immortals in the palace are powerful, they are a few miles apart, and they know everything, and they have helped with errands before, collected some taxes, and they were caught, and the evidence is conclusive, he has spoken, and the voice has sounded again." ”

Fan Yongdou seemed a little frightened, and said, "It's just two people, but the voice will be heard?" ”

"Yes, okay, I'm leaving, I'm a temporary patrol officer of the Imperial Capital Police Department, and the police number is this ......"

Fan Yongdou sent this patrol policeman who was an ordinary coolie a month or two ago, but now he began to walk with his chest held high, due to the lack of reliable manpower to the extreme, now they are patrolling and on duty, while slowly being trained, however, in the daily ear mentions, plus the high salary of two taels of silver per person a month, almost made this group of people very energetic, at least after Fan Yongdou noticed, they were very different, compared with other small officials, very different.

It's going to change.

Fan Yongdou has been waiting for a long time, there is nothing to do, at this time, the documents, handwriting, and notes that can be destroyed have been destroyed, and even the buddies and thugs who know that they are secretly trading with the Manchurians, can move to the grassland to hide, and even those who can't go, they are all ruthlessly "disposed of", after all, the news has been coming for so many days, especially after the Dolgon army is completely wiped out, and Azig and Duoduo surrender, who knows if these Tartars will betray them at any time.

But people, people, there's always a chance mentality, I mean, the elders, don't notice them.

That's a good night.

The door of the study was slowly pushed open little by little, and a man walked in, and said respectfully, "Master." ”

"People are gone?"

"Gone, clean."

"Didn't take anything?"

"I didn't take anything, I just left."

Fan Yongdou said with a little emotion: "In the past few months, the officials of the imperial capital have not collected less money. ”

"How can there be, sir, it is naturally good for the new official to take office with three fires, but this new court can really toss, and it is preached in all directions, let us sell the land to them, saying that this is the old city, and from the south of the city to the old city to change the new house one-to-two, it is really a mess."

Fan Yongdou said: "What do you know, these people really have some new things in their hands, so they can naturally start building a new city in a big way, that is the ability of others, most of the houses in the city are adobe houses, and the south of the city is mostly new brick and stone houses, so can it be the same." ”

The servant didn't seem to be much younger than Fan Yongdou, and he was much more familiar with him, but said: "But the new city, the old decay can't understand, there are no city walls, city gates, how to collect taxes, what if there are bad people in and out, and that kind of facilities, which makes people feel weird, really, the house in this imperial capital can be sold for thousands of taels of silver, and that house, as well as high-rise buildings, just don't have a yard, how can people live." ”

Fan Yongdou said: "This, let's not question others, they have that spaceship, if the spaceship is handed over to me, I can earn a million taels a year, but they use it to slowly transport food, it is really a woman's kindness." ”

Fan Yongdou is a perennial businessman, he has a sense of the price, the value of new products, and the characteristics of new transportation channels, after all, how much grain the spaceship loaded at one time can be learned from the grain merchant friends in Jiangnan, and the imperial capital that took a few hours to arrive, naturally there are friends who can help inform it.

In fact, he did a small "experiment", one day, the rice brought in by the Millennium Falcon, those rice bags, all made of Matsue linen, still have marks on them.

Four hours, only four hours, the spacecraft flew to the imperial capital, and I don't know if I turned around in the middle to Luan County.

In fact, the financial and manpower spent on changing rice bags in vain were all paid for by Fan Yongdou, but the information obtained was amazing and valuable enough.

In other words, people are not deceiving people these days, they can really send hundreds of loads of grain to one place in one go, and even send them to another place without any problem.

This means that the biggest problem that plagues the world's businessmen, logistics, has been solved.

At all costs, how much money is spent, how many dry shares are given, who can grasp or "contract" the transportation right of the spaceship, it is basically a good day to make money every day.

"A few days ago, I was in charge of the accounts, and it seems that the chief of the security guard doesn't want money?"

"This is true, there were a lot of people who needed to go to the dots before, but in the past few months, there have been fewer and fewer, it seems to be news from the palace, the yamen has salaries up and down, and it is naturally not good to collect more money from the people, it seems to be very tight, but I don't know who secretly reported the news, anyway, when two people are in the house, and there is no third person, they hand over money to each other, but they will also be perceived."

Fan Yongdou seemed to nod and said, "These immortals are really rich, and they really feed the people in the imperial capital." ”

His gaze turned to the desk, where there were a few silver coins, very thin and smooth, and he suddenly touched them again, giving people a very comfortable feeling, and the handwriting on them was simple: "Republic Tongbao." ”

On the back is: "A penny of silver." ”

Yes, although next year will be the first year of the republic, as a trial version, these silver dollars have already begun to be used on a small scale, following the salaries paid to the officials and others, as well as the purchase of materials.

As for the effect, it is very good, at least Fan Yongdou groped for the silver dollar, he was very greedy and yearning.

"The new city of the imperial court is a good place, as for this inner city, they want it, they will give it to others, and everyone will withdraw, naturally there is also the truth of others, as for money, yes, Li Zicheng came to the imperial capital empty-handed, but these, immortals, but they are really so rich, when the time comes, in that new city, let's buy more houses, you see, if this new city can be so neatly and uniformly laid out, a lot of trouble will be very less, then the people who used to do business are also concentrated on one street, so who can buy it...... What's that street called? ”

"Master, it's a pedestrian street, but you are not allowed to ride a horse, drive a carriage, or walk over."

"No street, pedestrian street, it's really vulgar, hum, maybe people are really immortals."

"As for this, sir, those streets that specialize in concentrating big businesses, one is called Carrefour, one is called Wal-Mart, one is called Darun, and the other is called Tesco, all of which are stores on the street, two-story small buildings, front stores and back shops, and one is for the merchants to do the accounting room, called ...... The office building, and, according to the bureau, is about ten stories high. ”

"Well, very good, if you can, buy the next street, buy that...... Darun is good, and then it's good to collect rent. ”

"Master, you can buy a residence, but you can't buy it on the pedestrian street, so the adult said, only rent, not sell."

"Well," Fan Yongdou lowered his head and thought about it, and after a long time, he said: "High, high, well, then wait, when the ground breaks over there and the pre-sale begins, let's rent a few storefronts with better locations first, but you also hurry up about the affairs in the palace, can you really not find any of them." ”

"Master, this war is in chaos, it's really difficult, those who can send their daughters into the palace are all real poor households, a few years ago it was a military disaster, and there was a food shortage, and there are really not many people who can live."

"But in the palace, at least the dozens of women who were fortunate couldn't wait, haven't you heard that those people, the palace maids who slept, ate well and slept well, obviously very favored, who knows who will fly on the branches and become phoenixes in the future, this kind of cold stove thing, don't do it, I'm sorry for the ancestors."

"Master, among those elders, who is the leader, they claim to be the stars in the sky and descend to earth, but it seems to be the same thing."

Fan Yongdou pointed to the sky and said, "With that spaceship, who doesn't think they are immortals?" Who doesn't scold them, okay, go quickly, live under the eaves of the world, naturally to please others, think of a way, those palace maids were hugged into the quilt with open faces, and in another year, a bunch of little dolls were born, although I don't know until now, who is the emperor, but, now we know, those 300 people, but they all have authority, they all have to please, okay, try to continue to search, it is enough to find one. ”

"Holo."

Fan Yongdou looked at it and said: "I want to rest early today, tell Qiuhong not to come and serve, I have to take a good shower, and I will have a meeting tomorrow, but I have invited the big merchants in the entire imperial capital, I have to recharge my energy and see how many opportunities there are to make money." ”

"But, sir, ...... over there"

The old housekeeper, probably the person who has been working with Fan Yongdou for the longest time, a confidant, several generations of family members, loyal, naturally was not purged or sent to Mongolia, but continued to serve.

Fan Yongdou waved his hand and said, "It's been half a year, and Naduoduo and Azig all know about me, but neither of them betrayed me, and recently, even if Shengjing has fallen...... Oh no, it's the recovery, the recovery, and I haven't seen anyone bother us, this page has passed. ”

"Is it really okay, the place where the meeting is held, but in the cabinet, in case of them."

"You don't know, hehe," Fan Yongdou seemed to be very confident, and said: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet, except for our family, you don't do business with Tartars when other people, it's just a big and small thing, so-called, the law doesn't blame the public." ”