Suzhou in September, the autumn is high and cool, accompanied by the gentle sea breeze, has been a little cool, now is the harvest season, the people in the city, whether tenant farmers, or workshop workers, have a smile. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The tenant farmers had a bumper harvest, because the reform of the farming tax had increased their income by at least 30 percent, so they became generous, and from time to time the tenant farmers who had sold out of grain went in and out of the shops and restaurants in the city, bought household goods, or had a good meal.

The workers in the city are also elated, and in recent months, their wages have not only doubled, but also because business has been getting better recently, so that they often work overtime and earn double wages.

In the past, the workers hated overtime the most, but now they hear overtime one by one, but they are as energetic as chicken blood, which makes a group of workshop owners cry out in their hearts.

In short, in the whole city of Suzhou, in addition to those landlords and old wealth, who hated Li Hongfei so much, tenant farmers, workers, craftsmen, including merchants, were grateful to Li Hongfei in their hearts.

And Li Hongfei, who was talked about by the people of the city, finally had his first property after coming to Daming for nearly half a year.

That's right, Li Hongfei has moved to a new house.

The prefect's yamen is only equipped by the imperial court for the prefects in various places, a temporary residence, although it can live in people, but it does not belong to Li Hongfei's own house.

What's more, the people working in the yamen are all a group of big men, and Li Hongfei didn't even dare to recruit a maid in order not to corrupt the officialdom.

It doesn't matter if he is a man, the key is that Chen Yuanyuan, a female dependent, is there, and it is very inconvenient to go in and out.

Even during the days when Chen Yuanyuan was in the prefect's yamen, he basically didn't go out during the day, and only went for a walk in the courtyard at night to breathe, which was no better than being in prison.

Therefore, buying a mansion is the goal that Li Hongfei has been striving for for a long time.

"Just a match factory, a month's dividend, can buy such a big house in Suzhou, Lord Li doesn't go into business, it's a waste!" Zhou Furen, who came to congratulate, said with envy.

Can he not be envious, this match factory was originally supposed to be put into production by the Zhou family, but because he received an order from Qi Hongying for 30,000 flintlock guns, all the funds were invested in the procurement of raw materials, and he couldn't withdraw the funds for a while, which made Cao Hong of Suzhou Cloth Workshop cheaper.

"If this official really goes into business, aren't you afraid?" Li Hongfei asked rhetorically.

"It's ........ Master Li should continue to be the parent official of Suzhou. Zhou Furen hurriedly said.

He is really afraid that Li Hongfei will be in business, this person is really too demonic, he can make a lot of money by thinking of an idea casually, faster than their Zhou family digging silver mines.

"Don't worry, the official won't rob you of your job, the profits of this match factory are enough for the daily expenses of the official, if you take a few more shares, those officials in the court will have to say that the official is competing with the people." Li Hongfei gave Zhou Furen a reassurance.

In the past, tax collection, fundraising, and even dividends from government-run enterprises all belonged to the property of the imperial court, and Li Hongfei did so much that in fact, he didn't dare to spend a penny except for public use.

Li Hongfei's reform measures have already offended a large number of people, and he is on the cusp of the storm, and if he is reported for embezzling public funds, then the matter will be a big deal.

However, everyone is rich, and Li Hongfei can't just get a little dead salary!

His little money is even lower than Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing, who are from the six-grade officials, but he is the director of the research department of Suzhou Heavy Industry, and he takes the imperial court and Suzhou Heavy Industry two shares, in addition to the research share, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a daily progress.

Li Hongfei, as the boss of Suzhou, although he can be reimbursed by the yamen for his food and drink, there is still a woman at home, and he can't let his own woman live so shabby!

So he also began to eat "technical rice", cooperated with Song Yingxing (mainly Li Hongfei provided ideas, and Song Yingxing implemented them), and finally made a new type of match.

The match factory was invested and built by Cao Hong, and did not belong to a government-run enterprise, Li Hongfei accounted for one percent of the dry shares, Song Yingxing accounted for two percent, and the remaining seventy percent belonged to Cao Hong.

Although Li Hongfei didn't want much, he earned a full three thousand taels of silver in just three months' dividends, and he could still have more than half left after buying this mansion.

"If you want me to say, that cigarette is a huge profit, if you can let the lower officials invest in cigarettes, even if they only account for one percent of the dry shares, the lower officials are willing!" Cao Hong, who was on the side, also spoke.

With the match factory, Cao Hong was not satisfied, and he never forgot the cigarette in his heart.

And several businessmen who came with them also felt pity, and they didn't know why Master Li wanted to hand over the cigarette factory to the Ministry of Commerce.

"Since you know the huge profits of cigarettes, you shouldn't play the idea of cigarettes, after the reform of Suzhou, the economy is much better than before, as long as you are willing to work hard, no matter which line you can make a fortune, this cigarette is naturally no exception, but have you ever thought about it, such a huge profit, except for the imperial court, who has the ability to do this business?" Li Hongfei asked rhetorically.

This cigarette is a generous gift from Li Hongfei to Zhu Youzhen, and it is also an important weight for him to gain a firm foothold in Suzhou, and it is also an important source of future tax revenue for the imperial court.

"Don't look at the old man, the old man runs Suzhou Heavy Industry, it's enough, and he doesn't have the energy to pour cigarettes." Zhou Furen saw several people looking at him and hurriedly made a stand.

Zhou Furen is not stupid, this Suzhou Heavy Industry has made him the richest man in Suzhou, and there is a faint trend of becoming the richest man in Jiangnan.

And the most taboo thing for ancient businessmen is that they are rich enough to rival the country, if your money is more than the national treasury, isn't that a grudge against the emperor?

And Li Hongfei handed over eighty percent of the profits from cigarettes to the state treasury, and the remaining two percent as the reserve fund of Suzhou Yamen, which was equivalent to helping all the businessmen present and raising the upper limit of making money.

Because if you want to make more money and not be hated by the emperor, the best way is that the emperor is richer than you, and the assets of the treasury will increase, and the businessmen below will not, so it is easy to have a situation where the rich rival the country is.

"I said that everyone finally got together, and it made the house smell of copper, is it interesting? Anyway, we are all officials of the imperial court, should we care about this major event in the world? Su Dinghe, who was on the side, changed the topic.

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