Chapter 49: Procurement of Military Rations (II)
The official affairs of the governor of Guangdong, the effect is naturally not trivial, and the banquet in Sihailou is far from the day when Fan Jin won the first case, and the wine and food prepared for one or two silver are comparable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info good Shaoxing South wine, big shrimp balls, seasonal seafood and good roast suckling pig, after a meal, the day has come to Shenshi. The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, the initial cooperation had been decided, and the next step was to negotiate the price, but it was basically irrelevant.
After getting out of the tooth line, he went straight to the rented residential compound, and under the sunset, Fan Jin's white face also had a few dividends, and he was a little fluttery when he walked. Liang Pandi's face was also a little hot, but she drank a lot of money, and she could still hold herself. Following behind Fan Jin, she whispered:
"Jin Zai, this grain business Hu butcher also wants to do it, he is still a big man, it is more convenient to come out to negotiate things, you should let him come out to be this agent."
"Hu Butcher is shrewd enough, but some are too shrewd, and they love to be cheap...... I don't believe him very much, if he is in this grain business, I don't know how many kickbacks he will take, and then it will be bad if he misses a big thing. The only person I can fully trust in the city is the third sister. β
"Don't talk about me, Butcher Hu is indeed a little more scheming, what about Sister Hu? She's very honest. β
"She's too honest to do the same. If Sister Hu is here, she will definitely be seen by Old Man Chen, and this play will not be able to sing. β
Liang Pandi sneered, "Yes, my sister never thought that you were so bold, aren't you afraid that they will open the envelope on the spot and look at the official documents inside?" When the time comes, as soon as your empty envelope is exposed, the trick will not be able to be realized immediately. β
"The first thing they didn't dare to do was to tear the envelope, which was tantamount to making it clear that they didn't believe in the governor of Guangdong, how could a small family be so bold. Second, even if I dare, I am not afraid. Only say that the military order is confidential and can't leak the news, what can they do? The third is that they want to turn against me, so what? I am the head of the Nanhai case, they hurt me a piece of oil, and I also have to bear the responsibility of insulting the scholars, and when the time comes, I will go to the yamen to fight a lawsuit, who do you think will lose? β
Liang Pandi rolled his eyes at him, "You have a lot of scheming." The white wolf with empty gloves asked Old Man Chen to put this money on the military rations first, but when it was time to deliver, what if the money was not enough? Now that the salaries of the Zhejiang soldiers have been handed over, the silver in the county yamen may not be enough to pay for the 500 stone military rations. If the township does not pay the money smoothly, it will be too late to make this payment. β
"If the money is not enough, it will not be given, this is not a big deal, dealing with the yamen, it is strange to get the money on time, and it is common to be in arrears. Therefore, the government buys things at a high price, firstly, it is better to kill official pigs than to kill private pigs, and secondly, it is troublesome to settle the payment, if it is traded at the market price, the merchant will suffer. So the proprietor himself also knew in his heart that the checkout would not be too pleasant, and the price would be higher, so I asked the third sister to be in charge of contacting, just to bargain with him. These dog things dare to look down on the third sister today, and when they go back to negotiate the price, give them a great taste. β
Liang Pandi shook his head and said, "You have been at home all the time, and you don't know the difficulties of our widows. When I first came to the provincial capital to do business, I suffered a lot more gossip than this, if it wasn't for my kung fu, I would have been bullied. Without the principles of life you taught me, and without the money you fought for me, I might have ended up in that little shack to do the leather and meat business. A few words are nothing, I'm used to them. β
Fan Jin saw that there was no one around, and suddenly grabbed Liang Pandi's hand, "Third sister, I know your suffering, but in fact, if you want not to be bitter...... It's not hard either. β
Liang Pandi pulled his hand back, and said with a straight face: "What my sister told you, I forgot it so quickly?" When you win the lift, everything is up to you, don't think about it now. Go back by yourself, and I'll go out of the city while the gates are not closed. When it comes to the price, I will do it for you and ensure that nothing goes wrong. β
Fan Jin saw that she insisted on holding on, so he had to take a step back, "Sister, then I'll accompany you out of the city, and I'll squeeze with Guan Qing Gu Bai tonight." There are a lot of things to say, time is tight, and now we are breaking up, and we can't explain everything. β
Although the prefect of Guangzhou did not approve the plan of exchanging silver for grain and employing labor with silver, Ling Yunyi, the governor of Guangdong, went to Nanhai County with documents, bypassing Tao Jianzhi, and directly approved Hou Shou's plan to collect taxes by converting silver for grain. Nanhai County is allowed to pay silver instead of grain, and the labor required by each township is also determined by the situation of each township. In addition, in order to prevent the villagers from profiting from it, committing fraud and favoritism, according to the county government, they sent staff to the countryside with license tickets and conveyed orders to the townships.
This official matter is tantamount to the confrontation between the governor of Guangdong and the prefect of Guangzhou, and the most direct victim of the contradiction between the two superiors is the subordinates. Although the governor's authority is much greater than that of the prefect, the prefect is the immediate boss of the prefectural order and is responsible for the performance appraisal of the prefectural order. If he offends the prefect, makes it difficult in the performance appraisal, or deliberately causes trouble in other official affairs, Hou Shouyong's life will not be easy.
It is difficult to be a wife between the two aunts, and the situation of Hou Shouyong is already advancing and retreating, so he can only hug the thigh of the governor of Guangdong, and use the power of the prefect. But he has no personal relationship with Ling Yunyi, and he has no contacts, and if he wants to be appreciated, he can only do errands. The outcome of the battle between the two provinces is unknown, but Hou Zhixian's own war is only allowed to win but not lose.
At this time, he was deeply glad to have accepted Fan Jin's protΓ©gΓ©, what a big help. There are many major events in the South China Sea, and there are two government offices in one county, so many things are extremely difficult to do. The entire expropriation work is all promoted by Fan Jin and the people of Fan Zhuang.
Fan Jin almost did not get his feet dirty in the countryside near Nanhai, and either went to the countryside to collect and preach, or went to the household to check the historical account books and calculate the tax figures over the years. As for Foshan, Fan Jin simply made a charter to push the boat down the river, and handed over all the work to the county Cheng Gao Jiangong, and the county government did not ask anything.
It seems that the county can't manage the county, but the official affairs of the governor of Guangdong are pressed on it, and if there is a slight mistake in Foshan, there is no way to pass the responsibility. Therefore, Gao Jiangong's errand is also done with extra care, it is said that people are tired and thin a few laps, and the snowflake silver over there in Foshan is not short and directly transported to the provincial capital of Guangzhou.
Comparing the two, I can already see some signs, Nanhai County is bigger than other counties, but the errand is very beautiful. On the contrary, on the side of Guangzhou Mansion, because the urging of the class was very urgent, there had been several changes in the countryside, and Ling Yunyi even sent a team of pacesetters to suppress it. Not only is the errand done beautifully here in the South China Sea, but there are also no people to make trouble, and this hero is naturally Fan Jin.
Whipping fast cattle, seeing the errand before seeing the commendation, although the silver was relieved, but the troops could not lack food, and they bought rice and hired a husband on the spot, and this errand still fell on Fan Jin's head. This errand is related to the success or failure of the entire silver substitution of grain, Hou Shouyong thought that Fan Jin's request would be harsh, but in the end, what he wanted was only a corner of the governor's official document.
Naturally, the governor of Guangdong, Yamen, would not really send a grain purchase official to Fan Jin, but he didn't want so much power, so he just invited Ling Yunyi's entourage to come out, and gave more than a dozen taels of silver public money, in exchange for an empty envelope stamped with a big seal. Even if this matter is disturbed, it is difficult to explain anything, and the chief follower is not embarrassed, Fan Jin immediately took a hollow envelope containing only a piece of white paper and came to the tooth store to buy food.
Liang Pandi said: "You promised to give Yaxing so much food, if they knew that it was only 500 stones, what should you tell them later?" β
"500 stone is the number that Nanhai County should buy, and with the number of military rations that should be prepared by the government in Guangzhou, excluding the accumulation of warehouses, thousands of stone grains are already too little. I said that tens of thousands of stones came out for fear of scaring him to death, so this is not a lip service. The difference is nothing more than such a big plate, whether I can eat it alone, but I can't lie to him. When this business is completed, the third sister is in the eyes of the people in Yaxing, and she is a big man who can make friends with Zhongcheng Yamen, and see who dares to look down on you. β
Liang Pandi shook his head and said: "I don't want to make friends with any Zhongcheng Yamen, just know Jinzai." Sister's face doesn't matter, your future is critical, after so many days, you have been busy with these and can't review, and now that you are about to try, you don't mistake yourself. β