There was nothing to say all the way, and the next afternoon, Boss Yin took a guy to follow He Zhiyuan to Hejia Town. dragonb.

In the Ming Dynasty, doing business was so troublesome, especially for big business, you had to bring enough silver when you went out, otherwise there would be no way to deliver.

When I arrived in Hejia Town, it was not yet dark. He Zhiyuan also intended to befriend him, so he took Boss Yin around the town, mainly to let him visit a few workshops. This made Boss Yin feel greatly, he thought that He Zhiyuan was just a big landlord in Juzhou, but he didn't expect to have the wealth of almost a town. This is not at all comparable to those coal bosses in Luoquanzhuang.

In fact, He Zhiyuan hadn't let him see the Academy of Sciences, the Firearms Factory, and the soldiers in the Thousand Households of Ma Ya Mountain, which were completely built by the He family, and that was where the real strength lies.

Since Hejia Town is under construction, there is no decent inn yet, so He Zhiyuan asked Boss Yin to live in his family's mansion.

Of course, He Zhiyuan invited Boss Yin to a banquet at home in the evening, and at this time, Boss Sun had already gone home to take care of his own affairs, and he would take over the coal kiln in Luoquanzhuang in a few days. Therefore, in addition to him and Boss Yin, only He Zhiyuan's follower Yan Jihai and Boss Yin's buddies attended the family banquet.

The four of them drinking together are just good for talking about things, and it is too noisy for too many people to talk about things.

While drinking and chatting, the relationship between the two became a lot closer, Boss Yin hesitated for a while, and suddenly said, "Gongzi He, thank you for your hospitality." Tomorrow, when I leave, take seven thousand taels of silver, and I don't want the one thousand. ”

He Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Boss Yin, why did you say this?" ”

"He Gongzi, I can't stand you. In order to sell these three coal kilns as soon as possible, there is one thing I have been hiding from you. But I really can't help it, my son is still in prison, I want to raise money to rescue him first......" Boss Yin didn't finish speaking, and he cried.

He Zhiyuan and Yan Jihai were very surprised, they knew from the shopkeeper that his son was in prison, and it was understandable to hide this from them, but looking at the meaning of what he said just now, it seemed that there was something else to hide from him. As the saying goes, men don't flick when they have tears, but it's not time to be sad. Boss Yin cried in front of so many people, there must be something big.

Seeing Boss Yin crying so sadly, He Zhiyuan immediately comforted: "Boss Yin, don't be like this, I heard the shopkeeper say about your son." I was about to ask about it today, but I never found a chance to speak. Boss Yin may wish to say something, let's figure it out together. ”

Boss Yin stopped his grief and said to He Zhiyuan: "The thing I said about concealment is not my family matter, but a matter on the coal kiln. In fact, in addition to the regular tax of the government's 30 taxes and 1 regular tax, there are many ...... for the expenditure of coal kilns."

"I also know this, how can the government not set up a project to apportion. I've thought of this kind of thing for a long time, and you don't have to blame yourself for it. He Zhiyuan comforted.

In fact, the government's various apportionments to shops, workshops, and mining areas were common in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, just like the sprinkling of peasants, and merchants have long been commonplace, and it is not surprising. As long as it's not too much, most businesses can still tolerate it.

"No, no, no......" Boss Yin shook his head and said a few words before continuing: "I'm not talking about the various apportionments of the government, I'm talking about the collusion between the human tooth shop and the bandits in Heishi Mountain, and the capitation fee and land fee charged, which is the real burden of the coal bosses, especially the coal bosses who went to open mines in other places were tossed by them and miserable." ”

"Doesn't the human dental store charge a management fee? How do I still charge a capitation fee? Yan Jihai asked first.

Boss Yin explained: "That's the name of the manpower tooth shop, and the coal bosses all call it capitation fee, which actually means the same thing." As long as they recruit people, ten taels of silver a year, not one less. ”

He Zhiyuan asked again: "I have never heard of bandits in Heishi Mountain, where are their old suppressors?" ”

"In fact, these bandits turned out to be ruffians and hooligans who were bought by the human tooth shop. When the manpower tooth shop is needed, they will take the lead and do the work for the manpower tooth shop. When they had nothing to do, they went to the mine to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and the coal bosses gave them ten taels of silver in order to settle the matter. Later, there was a ruffian named Wang Heitou, who was ruthless and not afraid of death in battle, and became the leader of these people. He felt that such a small fight would not make a big deal, so he pulled up this gang of ruffians and hooligans to set up camp in the depths of Heishi Mountain, and often came to the mine to collect land money, saying that Heishi Mountain was their territory, and each coal kiln, regardless of its size, was a hundred taels of silver a month. If you don't give it, these ruffians will come and smash it, so that you can't get started. ”

"Do you know where these bandits are located? Have you ever been? ”

"It's in a valley in the southwest of Blackstone Mountain, and it's just a mountain road more than ten miles away from the coal kiln, but there's no proper road at all. I had only been to that place once, but I didn't go into their stockade, I just passed by from the outside. Boss Yin replied.

"Oh, then tell me about the situation of their stockade, is there any danger to defend?" He Zhiyuan then asked.

Boss Yin thought to himself, you can't ask these are the stockades that want to attack the bandits, right? But he didn't want to ask any more questions, so he replied: "That stockade was originally a small abandoned village, and then these bandits occupied it, and built a wall with stones outside, and it became the current stockade, and there is no danger to defend at all." ”

"How many bandits are in this gang, doesn't the government care?" He Zhiyuan asked.

"Five or six hundred men, they all have weapons and horses. The officials of the government couldn't help them. Boss Yin said sadly.

He Zhiyuan said angrily: "There are dozens of coal kilns in Heishi Mountain, can't a dozen coal bosses unite and deal with them together?" ”

Boss Yin shook his head and said, "Who dares!" These bandits and man-toothed people wear a pair of pants. The boss of the manpower tooth shop and the people of the government are in the same group, if there is a slight resistance, the boss of the tooth shop will make a bad thing behind his back, give your coal kiln a collapse, and make a big accident, the government will immediately seal the kiln regardless of 3721. Therefore, in recent years, the kiln owners have dared to be angry and dare not speak, so they can only swallow their anger and consider themselves unlucky. ”

He Zhiyuan nodded, thinking in his heart, it seems that the situation in the coal kiln in Luoquanzhuang is much more complicated than he imagined. Not only did the miners become the targets of exploitation, but the kiln owners also became the targets of exploitation by local bandits, gangsters, and the government. But he wasn't too worried, it was a big deal to arm the family team and fight with these bandits, anyway, they had the name of a bandit, and everyone could punish them.

Thinking of this, he said to Boss Yin: "I know all these things, you don't have to worry, I have a way to deal with them, Boss Yin, you don't have to feel guilty, you should give you a lot of silver." ”

Boss Yin said gratefully: "Thank you Gongzi He, but you must be careful." These people have all kinds of bad ideas, they are very vicious, and one of them accidentally falls into their way. ”

He Zhiyuan remembered his son's matter at this time, and immediately asked again: "Boss Yin, you just said that your son is still in prison, what is going on?" ”

Boss Yin said: "This matter has a lot to do with the human tooth industry, but I can't find any evidence. ”

"Can you elaborate on that?"

So, Boss Yin put what happened two months ago

One piece comes slowly.

It turned out that Boss Yin's family was Yanzhou Yi County, and his name was Yin Jianren. After the autumn harvest, several villagers in his hometown heard that he had opened a coal kiln in Yizhou, so they found this place to find a job. Unexpectedly, Boss Luo of the tooth shop found him unwilling, saying that he had broken the rules of the tooth shop. This matter is simply unreasonable for Boss Luo of the tooth shop, these miners all came to the door by themselves, and they have nothing to do with the tooth shop, how did it become a bad rule of the tooth shop? So the two bosses quarreled a few words.

Unexpectedly, Boss Luo held a grudge, and took advantage of the opportunity of Boss Yin's son to deliver coal to customers in the city, and spent money to buy off a few hooligans, deliberately knocking over his coal truck, and as a result, smashing a passer-by on the street. These hooligans took the opportunity to make trouble and instigated the bitter lord to go to the yamen to complain that his car had deliberately hit people and injured passers-by. In the yamen, regardless of the 3721 car and arrest people first, Boss Yin's family is trying to find a way to catch people on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have to treat the injuries of the sufferer.

Surprisingly, the passer-by who was smashed was not a very serious injury that should have healed slowly after treatment, but he died suddenly. Since then, the nature of this case has changed immediately, and it is even more difficult to fish for people, seeing that the money that Boss Yin used has been wasted. In order to rescue his son, Boss Yin had no choice but to sell the three coal kilns he relied on to raise silver to rescue his son.

After listening to Boss Yin, He Zhiyuan understood that the manpower in the town and the bandits in Heishi Mountain were the obstacles to coal mining.

"Thank you Boss Yin for telling me this, I know how to deal with them next. Boss Yin sold all the coal kilns, what do you plan to do in the future? He Zhiyuan asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet, let's get my son out first." Boss Yin replied helplessly.

"So, with these eight thousand taels of silver, you can save your son?" He Zhiyuan asked suspiciously.

After Boss Yin drank all the wine in the cup, he shook his head painfully and said, "I don't know, from the cell head to Zhizhou, everything that should be checked up and down has been checked, and it should be released, right?" ”

He Zhiyuan shook his head and said to Boss Yin: "Boss Yin is thinking too simply, in fact, the root of this matter lies with Boss Luo of Yaxing, if he gets in the way, no matter how much money you spend, it will not help." ”

Hearing He Zhiyuan say this, Boss Yin asked in despair with tears: "Then there is no way to rescue my son?" He Gongzi, how is this good? ”

"It's not impossible. I'm just saying that it's not the way to sprinkle silver like this now. He Zhiyuan hurriedly comforted, and then asked, "Do you know who Boss Luo's backer is in the official mansion?" ”

"It's not very clear, but Lord Zhou of Zhizhou must be his backer." Boss Yin replied.

"That's right, Zhizhou is his backer, how can you fight this lawsuit? I advise you not to spend any more unjust money. He Zhiyuan said, and then he changed the topic and asked, "Have you found a lawyer?" ”

"I found it, all the lawyers have looked for it, but they heard that this case involves Boss Luo of Luoquanzhuang, and they didn't dare to take it, so in the end I had to come forward myself." Boss Yin said helplessly.

Hearing this, He Zhiyuan nodded and said: "This is also expected, Boss Luo of Yaxing is colluded with bandits, and Zhizhou is a backer, which lawyer dares to take such a case?" ”

Then He Zhiyuan said: "However, I'm not afraid of them. I've helped you fight this lawsuit, and I'm sure I'll get your son out of jail! ”

When Boss Yin heard this, his jaw almost dropped.

(End of chapter)

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