Chapter 33: The First Exhibition
After a while, the maid who accompanied the wine came, danced a few dances to help the fun, and withdrew, and did not eat at the same table, let alone any unsightly absurdity, although Wei Fatzi had some ideas, but was ruthlessly rejected by Du Xianling.
Qin Hao is also a little strange, could it be said that this Du County Order really has a habit of moral cleanliness, and he is not in the mood to play because of the catastrophe?
Qin Hao briefly mentioned the matter of the disaster relief performance to the boss, and the boss seemed to be quite interested, but it was a little inappropriate to say this today, so he just wrote down this matter and found a chance to talk about it in detail when he went back.
Today, Qin Hao is going to talk about the construction of the southern city wall.
"Virtuous nephew, the matter of contracting the wharf, the county basically agreed after discussion, of course, you and Xu Jie also have to ensure the construction of the south city wall, you see what else we can help? As long as it is for the sake of the victims, the county government will do its best. β
This is a beautiful statement, and it is also said to those rich businessmen, the county government has done its best, and you will naturally have a little blood.
At the same time, Qin Hao couldn't help but be secretly frightened in his heart, contracting Luoyang Wharf, this kind of thing, didn't need to be reported to Chang'an? Can the county government decide?
How did he know that Wei Zheng was sitting at a table, and he was relieving the disaster on behalf of the sky, and his power was powerful, so there was nothing wrong with cutting it first and then playing it.
Other wealthy businessmen also tacitly agreed to each other that they had always had to break their wealth and avoid disasters after a famine, but it was actually better to deal with it when the victims of disasters like this one had their own than in previous years.
Of course, there are still discordant voices, such as Wei Fatzi.
"What? Uncle, you're not kidding, just this stinky guy who wants to eat, repair the southern city wall? Hahahahahaha, hahahahaha, it's so funny, hahahaha, repair the south city wall. β
After laughing for a long time, he found that he was the only one laughing at the table, and he couldn't help but feel very embarrassed, he really couldn't understand, why did everyone give face to this disaster victim like this?
But he heard Qin Hao ask with a smile: "I don't know if Gongzi Wei has a business in Luoyang?" β
"Humph! Tell you don't be scared, listen up, there are more than 4,000 catties of white porcelain from the hands of my son every year, and even the white porcelain used in the palace is a special supply from our Wei family, do you know how much it is? 60,000! β
Wei Fatzi was beaming proudly, looking forward to Qin Hao's stunned appearance of kneeling and hugging his thighs, but who knew that Qin Hao actually didn't like him at all, the expression on his face did not change, and he still smiled faintly.
Sixty thousand, why didn't he react at all?
But I heard Qin Hao say lightly: "Well, it's good, but from today onwards, you won't be able to get a piece of white porcelain." β
"What?"
Wei Fatzi was stunned, and said reflexively: "Cut, why, you are so old." β
Qin Hao didn't seem to look at him, he arched his hand with his fists, and greeted the rich businessman in this big house and said, "The canal is still too crowded, especially in the disaster year, everything is mainly grain, and the rest of the things, I'm afraid it will inevitably have to be reduced, and I hope you can cooperate in the future, everything will come according to the rules, you should still line up, and the hard work of loading and unloading will give us these stinky food, how about it?" β
Everyone is a human spirit, and when they hear the sound of the piano and know the elegance, they naturally stand up and bow their hands in return, and they say nice words in their mouths in return, and at the same time secretly think about it in their hearts.
Wei Fatzi was stunned for a long time, and then he kicked his dining table away, and stood up angrily, but he was casually put down by the three masters without any suspense.
At this time, he couldn't care much, and scolded: "You... You can't do this, Cao Yun is an important matter of the country, Lord Du just handed over the dock to you to manage, as long as I pay the commercial tax of the merchant ship, you have no right to stop my ship. β
Qin Hao said again and again: "Oh, Wei Gongzi, what are you talking about, the conscience of heaven and earth, merchant ships have always been managed by the river yamen, whether they can dock or not, and how much commercial tax they pay are the affairs of the imperial court. β
Wei Fatzi's eyes breathed fire, if it weren't for being controlled by the three masters, he would have rushed up and tore Qin Hao apart, although he was a fat boy, he was not a fool, Qin Hao's words were so clear, there was no way he couldn't understand it.
The north-south canal, Luo-Yang is a crucial point, the Grand Canal stops when it arrives at Luo-Yang, which is why the people of Guanzhong have to come to Luo-Yang to ask for food after the disaster, and the forbidden water that Luo-Yang has to go to Chang'an seems to be connected with the Grand Canal, but in fact it is two rivers, and the capacity is far from being compared with the Grand Canal, so any goods must go ashore after arriving in Luo-Yang, and then they can be sent to Chang'an.
Qin Hao is just in charge of the wharf, he really has no right to decide which boat can go ashore and which boat can't go ashore, the system of the Tang Dynasty is special to pay tolls according to the size of the ship, as long as the tax is paid, the family can go, the benefit of this tax can not fall into the private hands of Qin Hao, but the problem is, Qin Hao can decide to line up!
Even after a thousand years, cargo ships have to queue up to unload their cargo after entering the port and passing through customs, let alone a thousand years ago? It's too normal for a ship to wait for a month or two to unload, and if Qin Hao has the final say on the dock, just who unloads first and who unloads later, can play countless tricks.
If no one unloads the ship when it arrivesγγγγγ
Qin Hao smiled and said: "In the past, the grain ships and cargo ships transported by Luo-Yangcao were all five or five, but now the catastrophe has become eight grain and two goods, this ship that usually needs to wait for three days may have to wait for ten days to arrive, and the shopkeepers can't blame the kid." β
The crowd said, "Where and where, natural disasters are like this, we understand, understand." β
With a roll of his smart eyes, he roughly understood what Qin Hao was thinking, and asked tentatively, "This... If someone cuts in line... β
Qin Hao immediately said: "What do you say, how can there be such a bad thing as cutting in line at the dock I manage?" But you also know, we are all disaster victims, and sometimes the people at the bottom unload the goods first for those good people who have donated food, and I don't care about it, do I? β
Hey, it's the first time I've seen the abuse of power for personal gain so open, awesome!
"I, Huang San of the Silk Village in the south of the city, donated 20,000 stones of millet to the disaster victims, natural disasters are ruthless, and some small things, the disaster victims don't have to take it to heart."
"Okay, we stinky people are not people who don't know how to repay their kindness, and when the merchant ship of the Huang shopkeeper arrives, our disaster victims will definitely unload it for you as soon as possible. Two boats. β
Yes, this is a clear price, 10,000 stone grain and a shipload of grain.
Wei Zheng listened to the fact that his beard was almost not pulled off by himself, how could there be such an operation? Let's talk about this in front of me, the imperial doctor, okay?