Chapter 157: The Nine-Year Period

Zhao Xuefei was silent, squirming his lips but unable to speak.

He is not afraid of ordinary businessmen, and even the upper lip touches the lower lip to ruin the businessman's family who dares to provoke him, but is Tang Xin'an an an ordinary businessman?

A businessman can do business in eight provinces and fifty-two prefectures, and also buy and sell in the two capitals, if there is no relationship with the sky, how can he be?

Li Feibai is right, if the silver belongs to Tang Xin'an, if he wants to borrow this person's silver and not return it, it is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, which will cause even greater trouble!

Cao Zhiyuan wanted to cause him to lose his official position, so he had to ask the inspector to write out the impeachment recital and send it to the Beijing division to be reviewed by the officials first, and then decided by the emperor. The time will be very long, and he may still be active, maybe the big thing will turn into a small matter, and there will still be a chance for this matter to be lost.

But if he borrowed Tang Xin'an's silver and didn't pay it back, people would borrow a strong relationship to make him lose his official position and lose his life in an instant. Besides, the shit on his ass is not a secret, asking Tang Xin'an to borrow silver must know that he is used to wipe his buttocks, and it is clear that lending this silver is meat buns and beating dogs, how can people borrow it?

Zhao Xuefei was unusually decadent, sighed palely, and said, "Is this silver really used by President Tang's shopkeeper to do business with you?" ”

Li Feibai heard the meaning of the words, this is Zhao Xuefei's suspicion that he is lying and deceiving people.

Yes, if he is a big businessman, it is reasonable for someone to spend 300,000 taels of silver to do business with him. But he is only a small shopkeeper in the stone carving business, and a slightly more normal person will not take 300,000 taels of silver to do business with him! What's more, the shopkeeper of Mr. Tang can do such a big business, he must be an extremely smart person, how could he take out 300,000 taels of silver to do business with him?

He smiled and said, "This money is not from Mr. Tang's shopkeeper, but from Mr. Tang's shopkeeper's palm pearl, Miss Tang Zilan." It was a coincidence, that day I went to visit Mr. Tang's shopkeeper, and I happened to meet Miss Tang and Mr. Tang's shopkeeper were angry, and casually said a few business, Mr. Tang's shopkeeper resolutely disagreed, but Miss Tang was willing to cooperate with me without hesitation. ”

Zhao Xuefei nodded slightly. It turns out that this is the case, Miss Tang took out such a large sum of money because she was angry with her father, and everything can be explained. Although Miss Tang was angry with her father at this time, he still didn't dare to fight the idea of this money. After all, people are father-daughter relationships, and if a daughter suffers a loss, how can a father not get ahead!

His eyes darkened, and he felt that he was really going to finish this time, and suddenly heard Li Feibai say: "My lord wants to survive this catastrophe, I have a way!" He was like a drowning man grasping the last straw, and his hands hurriedly pressed Li Feibai's shoulders and shook him twice, saying, "Say it quickly, what is the way?" ”

Li Feibai smiled and said, "My lord, you hurt me!" ”

Only then did Zhao Xuefei notice that his nails were pinching Li Feibai's shoulders fiercely, and he hurriedly let go of his hands and said, "You just said that there is a way to survive this catastrophe, tell me what the way is?" ”

Li Feibai said: "Cao Zhiyuan wants to put the adult to death, and he can't use two tricks." First, the adults built coal cellars and iron smelting institutes, which made the county's money and grain exhausted, and it was not a county order at all. Second, the adults owe tens of thousands of taels of food and silver to the craftsmen and farmers, and the craftsmen and farmers are very dissatisfied, and large-scale conflicts may break out at any time, and even attack the county town to rebel. If the food and food money owed to the craftsmen and the people are distributed, and then the deficit in the county is made up, it will not resolve Cao Zhiyuan's two tricks invisibly! ”

Zhao Xuefei also said that Li Feibai had any way, it was not the same as he thought before, and the joy in his eyes immediately dimmed, and said, "Where can I borrow so much silver!" ”

Li Feibai said: "If you sell the coal cellar and the iron smelting house, won't you have silver?" ”

Zhao Xuefei's eyes lit up! yes, why didn't he think about selling the coal cellars and iron smelting? Although the coal cellar and iron smelting station were built with the county's money, they are considered official cellars. The imperial court has repeatedly ordered that the official cellar shall not be sold privately, but there are policies and countermeasures, and there are not many huge profits in the world that have been turned into private cellars by high-ranking officials and nobles with a little money.

What's more, Jiyuan's coal cellar and iron smelting institute were originally a loss-making business, and every year they had to ask the political envoy Yamen for silver to make up for the shortfall, and the political envoy Yamen had already had a headache, if he could sell the coal cellar and the iron smelting institute, the political envoy Yamen would not have a headache, and maybe he would praise him for doing things!

However, he only had a light in his eyes. The coal in the coal cellar cannot be sold, and the iron in the iron smelting station cannot be sold, so how can a fool in the world spend 150,000 taels of silver to buy two deals that are destined to lose money?

He said: "It's a good way, but where to find the wrongdoer?" ”

Li Feibai said: "How about I be the boss of this wrong? ”

Zhao Xuefei's heart moved. Yes, Tang Zilan's money can't be borrowed, but Tang Zilan's money is used to do business with Li Feibai, isn't it a business for Li Feibai to buy coal cellars and iron smelters? Li Feibai is trying to find a way for him, he is simply his life-saving benefactor! However, he didn't believe that Tang Zilan would be stupid enough to spend 150,000 taels of silver, and hesitated: "Can you persuade Miss Tang to take 15 taels of silver to buy a coal cellar and an iron smelting station?" ”

Li Feibai said: "You don't need her money to buy it!" ”

Zhao Xuefei hesitated again and said, "Do you have 150,000 taels of silver?" ”

Li Feibai said: "No! ”

Zhao Xuefei was unconsciously angry, wasn't he playing tricks on him? Said: "Then what do you buy it?" ”

Li Feibai said: "As long as the adults promise me a few conditions, I can buy the coal cellar and iron smelting!" ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "Say, what conditions!" ”

Li Feibai held up a finger and said, "First, after I buy the coal cellar and the iron smelting plant, how to operate it, the county can't interfere!" ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "If you buy it, it's yours, what kind of hand is the county interfering?" ”

Li Feibai raised a second finger and said, "Second, after I buy the coal cellar and the iron smelting plant, you have to give me nine years to run it." You have to give me tax exemption for the first three years, you have to collect tax at the rate of 30 for the middle 3 years, and 2 out of 30 for the last three years. After these nine years, the tax can be collected at the rate of 1 out of ten. ”

Zhao Xuefei said in his heart: "The coal cellar and the iron smelting institute have not been traded for many years, so where does the tax come from." Do you really think that you can win these two deals? Said: "This is easy to do!" Not to mention that there is no tax for three years, it can be achieved without tax for nine years. ”

Li Feibai put up his third finger and said, "The seventy-five thousand taels of silver for buying the coal cellar and the iron smelting station, I will cash it out to you in five years!" ”

Zhao Xuefei immediately shook his head and said, "No!" Such a discerning person can see that it is a delaying tactic, and besides, it is 150,000 taels of silver instead of 75,000 taels! ”

Li Feibai smiled: "If the adults say that, it's not right!" ”

Zhao Xuefei asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Feibai said: "You sold the coal cellar and iron smelting to me, and the food and silver you owe to the craftsmen and people will naturally be borne by me, and it has nothing to do with the adults, why do the adults ask for the 75,000 taels of silver?" ”

Zhao Xuefei thought about it and said, "Then it won't work for you to cash out 75,000 taels of silver in five years, isn't this an empty glove white wolf?" ”

Li Feibai thought for a while and said, "I'll give you 75,000 taels of silver, but there's a request!" ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "What requirements?" ”

Li Feibai said: "After three days, you will deposit the silver in the bank I opened." ”