"Isn't that him?"

Liu Yan's eyes also lit up, and his whole face showed an incredible feeling.

This surnamed Ma is obscene, his face is yellow and thin, and no matter how many supplements he makes, he doesn't make up for his body, this man is wearing a mouse whisker, sitting proudly in a sedan chair, with a blue official uniform on his body, a black gauze hat with a high-sounding crown, a low belt, and his hands are also pressed on his head.

"It's really an old horse! Old horse, which one are you? ”

Dai Jun is bold and very direct, seeing that the sedan chair is sitting in the old colleague, and he is also half a friend, so he stood in place and jumped on his feet and shouted.

If it weren't for the fact that he was an acquaintance who had known him for many years, he wouldn't dare to borrow ten dares.

The salt merchants and the officials intersected in private, and it was nothing to hold hands and talk, if a merchant in a five-blessing shirt on the street dared to call him an official like this, he would have to strip his pants and beat him twenty boards on the spot.

Otherwise, where is the official authority system?

It is known by the imperial history, and if you participate in a book, the official hat and black yarn will not be able to be kept.

"Yo, I'm just in time for you!"

Ma Hongjun's thin face is also full of smiles, his feet stomped in the sedan chair, the sedan chair drivers are all born in the family, and they are cooked, and the sedan chair man knows the owner's intentions, and the sedan chair immediately stops steadily, and then the person gets down from the sedan chair.

After getting off the sedan chair, Ma Hongjun just bowed his hand to everyone, wearing a new official uniform on this gentleman, which is not a big deal.

Looking at Ma Hongjun, who was smiling and toothless, Liu Yan stepped forward and smiled: "What kind of play is this?" Old horse, I haven't seen him for a few days, and he has become an official? ”

"How dare you, how dare you." Ma Hongjun squinted his eyes, only cared about arching his hand, and smiled at everyone: "One is to get this official, and the other is that you are also suffering...... You don't know anything here, so let me tell you slowly. ”

"Pull it down!"

Dai Jun is very unaccustomed to this guy's style.

Everyone discussed the boycott, and there were those who were bold, or who were too deeply involved with the government, and also sent a lot of salt farm guards and family members to go up, and those who offended too much were either cut down or exiled at this time, and everyone was not deeply involved, so they were finally released.

This guy was beaten by Gao Hongtu's order in Nanjing, although the salt merchant was beaten by the official master, he couldn't save face in the end, so in a fit of anger, he returned to Yangzhou to sue for his illness, and by mistake, he escaped this great turmoil.

Now people look like dogs, triumphant, and everyone is sad, how can they stand this?

At that moment, Dai Jun said coldly: "Lao Ma sells this kind of pass, it's really not enough friends." Even if a banquet is a banquet for Bazhen, I don't care about Dai, this wine will not bother, farewell! ”

As he spoke, he was about to say goodbye, Liu Yan also smiled, arched his hand, and wanted to get on the horse.

Seeing the two of them like this, Ma Hongjun panicked, and hurriedly grabbed the two of them at the moment, and said with a white face: "You people, why can't you hold your breath at all?" Okay, okay, I said it...... This official uniform was donated by the younger brother! ”

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Can you buy official uniforms with silver?"

The people present, even if they stand on the street and shout "Ye is a rich man!" "I guess that there are not many people in the world who dare to come out to refute them.

This group of people, when it was the whole Ming Dynasty, and even the whole world was the richest group, in addition to the sea merchants, you have to count the salt merchants, salt and iron in the past was a strategic material controlled by the imperial court, this generation on the salt head of their hands, generation of business, some made a fortune two hundred years ago, several generations of accumulation, what is silver?

As soon as he heard that he could buy official hats and guards with silver, he immediately became chaotic, and the eyes of many salt merchants were shining, looking at the guy in front of them, they couldn't wait to take off his robe on the spot.

No matter how rich the salt merchant is, the identity he bribes the officials to operate is all false.

When they are unhappy, an unruly assistant can also point to their noses and scold, and what kind of "salt dog" and the like are endless.

If you can really buy an official uniform and an equal honor guard with money, what else can you say?

What everyone lacks is status, and what is more is silver, isn't this a happier thing than sleeping on a pillow?

Seeing everyone's situation, what else does Ma Hongjun not understand?

At the moment, I was afraid that everyone would be in a hurry, so I hurriedly said: "What my brother donated is not an official uniform, it is a serious Daming rank, we donate money to redeem it for the court doctor from the fourth rank, and the official honor is Zanzhi Shaoyin!" The order of our Yangzhou Mansion is the fourth product, and if you donate it, you don't dare to go to him...... No matter how big the water is, it can't overflow the ducks, right? ”

"Phew, can you redeem a product?" Dai Jun snorted and said, "If we want to redeem it, we will exchange it for a first-class Dr. Ronglu and Zuo Zhuguo, and give more silver!" ”

"A product?" Ma Hongjun hurriedly shook his head and said, "Donating officials can only get four grades at most, how can the state lord be easily awarded to people?" Now the state affairs are difficult, and the inventory is like washing, so the businessmen and gentry donate money, and the country does not hesitate to reward the lord, but it must not exceed the rules too much, so at most it is the fourth product. ”

"That makes sense." Liu Yan thought for a while, nodded and said: "No matter how you look at this, it doesn't seem like your old horse can say it, what's the matter, where did you see it?" ”

"Hehe, the Donation Bureau has entered the gate, and there is a sign on it."

was broken by someone, Ma Hongjun was not annoyed, only smiled and said: "Let's bring clothes from the four official honors, loose ranks, and honor guards, and a complete set of packages and redeem them, guess how much?" ”

"How much?"

"Hurry up...... I'll prepare the money in a moment. ”

The salt merchants have been in prison for so many days, and they were forcibly taken to Nanjing before, threatening and luring, plus for so many years, they have always been rich but not expensive, and the origin of the grievances in their hearts is not the same, but now that they have the opportunity, they are still acquaintances in front of them, what is there to hesitate about at this time?

At that moment, everyone inquired, and Ma Hongjun didn't dare to sell Guan Zi anymore, so he opened his slap with a smile and shook it.

"Five thousand?"

Hearing someone report this number, Ma Hongjun looked disdainful and replied: "This money, you want to eat when you are in the court?" It's the official robe that I got with this money, and it's awkward for us to wear, isn't it? ”

"The old horse has always been speechless, but this sentence is wonderful."

"So, 50,000?"

"Yes!" Ma Hongjun said with a smile: "The official silver with a foot pattern of fifty taels and one ingots has just come out of the family treasury, a whole thousand ingots, and I have changed this official uniform to say goodbye, so that I can comfort my ancestors and bless my descendants. ”

"It's worth it, it's worth it!"

Dai Jun's eyes were already staring, and the corners of his mouth were drooling, and these things in front of him were the best food for the salt merchants.

"Eat first, eat first." Ma Hongjun said happily: "A few days ago, the donation bureau was officially opened, and the brothers were the first to redeem it. Now that the official uniforms are available, the serious court has been awarded, and when we see the Ming Mansion, we can only finish it. He is not happy, and Lao Tzu does not have to stutter. When the magistrate saw us, he had to salute, and we gave the court 50,000 taels, which was also worth his favor. Speaking of the sky, he should be the magistrate of the county, and what serious errands have he done for the imperial court, why should we kneel down and give him a snort, and call him Da Yin! ”

"That's right."

"These words are very uplifting and resentful, these are Lao Ma's own words."

"Is this donation bureau from the imperial court, or just the prince's, and will the government recognize it elsewhere?"

Some people are cautious, but they are worried that this donation bureau is the prince's earthwork, and it will be completely useless when it goes out of the Huaiyang realm.

"It's not." Ma Hongjun said with a smile: "The emperor hit the holy decree issued by the Military Affairs Department, and engraved it with an iron plate in the donation bureau. ”

"That's right, Lao Ma," Dai Jun asked, "I can't donate him to a real county, to be honest, the silver will automatically come to the door when I sit at home, and I'm tired of making money." And in the future, he will take a new salt class and give the official a hand as a dog's leg, and this business is impatient to do it. It's better to donate a county, let's also go to be a parent official, and it is not allowed to fish in the township, not to build bridges and roads for the people, and to fight lawsuits, who is justified in whom, in three years, countless virtues! ”

"It won't work." Ma Hongjun shook his head and said, "I also asked at the beginning, no problem." The famous weapons of the imperial court can be donated and exchanged, if this pro-people official can also buy it with silver, won't it be a mess in the future? Spend money to buy a magistrate, and go back to office to double the income, how can this be done? ”

"That's right." Dai Jun shook his head greatly, very regretful.

"If you really want to be an official, you have studied for a few years, donate a prisoner, serve as a copywriter in the battalion, and if you have served in the camp for three years and have no bad character, you can be awarded an official position. Or, if you go to Beijing to take the exam and get a jinshi, you will be born on the right path, and you may be able to be knighted and worshipped. ”

"Pull it down, a few words I recognize, and now it's fucking back."

"Let's go," Liu Yan watched it for a long time, and he roughly had a quasi-score in his heart, and immediately turned over and got on the horse, arched his hand at Ma Hongjun, and said with a smile: "Brother go to the donation bureau first, respect the family's meal, and get it next time." ”

"Yes, Lao Tzu will go too!"

"Go together, go together!"

The salt merchants present, all of them are worth tens of millions, otherwise, they are not qualified to be locked up in it for so many days before they are released.

I heard that a person from the fourth grade is only 50,000 silver, and the top fourth grade is 80,000, what else can this group of people hesitate about? From registration to actual payment, it takes a few days to go through the procedures, and what will be delayed at this time, of course, is to go to the donation bureau immediately and report the name first.

So the angry horse is like a dragon, many people can't even sit in the sedan chair, and now they ask their subordinates to let out the horse, whip the horse, stir up countless dust, and leave only a Ma Hongjun, who has not been able to entertain, stay in place in a daze.

(To be continued)