Chapter 257 Equity (II)

Among the guests present, except for Wang Er and his accomplices, the rest are real foot traders, but they know the consequences of talking nonsense, if this is changed anywhere under the rule of the Great Yuan Dynasty, if it is heard by the government officials and helpers, and you will be punished for the crime of criticizing the government, it will be the consequence of bankruptcy, and if you don't get it right, you will have to take your life.

I was regretting it, but I heard a hoarse voice coming from the back door, "I said you individuals, why don't you know what to do, except for our chief manager here, where else in the world is to pay taxes once and finish the matter, saying that the collection is small, but the card, the bridge card, the city gate, where will not be the knife to you", a trip to the goods down, can save the capital to burn high incense, and there can also be change to eat and drink outside." ”

Everyone was counted and their faces were flushed, and when they turned their heads, it was Xiao Qi, the grandson of the shopkeeper Lao Han, who came to serve food to Wang Er and others, and listened to everyone's complaints, and couldn't help but start to report the grievances for Zhu Butcher, that posture, as if he was Zhu Butcher's henchman guard, ready to risk his life at any time to defend the dignity of his owner.

Wang Er was worried that he couldn't lead the conversation to the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, and when he saw that the little seventh brother was uninvited, he was overjoyed, and immediately nodded, and responded very sincerely, "The little brother is right, although the taxes on this Huaiyang territory are higher, but they are all clearly marked with prices, and they will be collected once from beginning to end, unlike other places, there are no rules at all for eating cards, and if you calculate it carefully, the total number is probably more than forty percent." ”

"Forty percent, forty percent is cheap for you." Xiao Qi Ge pouted while placing dishes on the table, "It's not that our Yangzhou has not been managed by the Mongolian Tartars, from the wharf outside the city to my door, there are three cards for collecting regular taxes alone, plus other miscellaneous things, if you don't trust the relationship in the yamen, the stones will have to be squeezed out of oil by them." ”

"That's, that's." All the foot merchants have had the painful experience of being looted, and they all nodded in agreement, and inadvertently, they habitually swept their eyes around several times, checking whether there were any ears and eyes of the Zhu butcher around, so as not to cause trouble to their mouths.

"Don't look for it, no one heard what you said just now, except for me." Seeing everyone's cautious appearance, Little Brother Qi couldn't help but pouted lightly, "I just heard it, people won't care about you, and it's not the Mongolian court, so you don't even have this little belly." ”

Although he said the truth, he opened his mouth and closed his mouth to the Mongolian court, so that Wang Er and the spies around him could not feel harsh, and immediately, a spy snorted coldly and said with a smile: "Hey, listen to you say this, it seems that Mr. Zhu is so generous, I don't believe it, if those words just now are said in the open, the local officials will not trouble you." ”

"Speaking in the bright place, you just go to the gate of Yangzhou Mansion to say, and no one cares about you." After all, the little seventh brother is young, and he has not learned to speak according to the meaning of the guests, so he stiffened his neck and retorted loudly, "When the government posted a notice of the new taxation method, it was not that no one shouted on the street, but Mr. Zhu didn't care about them, he didn't have it at all, but posted a new notice, and the details of the taxation method were only levied once from beginning to end. As long as you sue, someone will definitely take care of it. ”

This is indeed bold, putting everything in the open, whether convinced or not, at least there are no invisible rules, and it also greatly reduces the possibility of officials at all levels reaching out.

When the merchants heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads, and they all felt that Xiao Qige was right, and Zhu Butcher was clean and beautiful.

However, the more the spies around Wang Er listened, the more uncomfortable they felt in their hearts, and they couldn't help but pout a few more times, and said abruptly, "Of course they won't be looking for trouble on the surface, but how did I hear that in the last two months, many people with heads and faces in this Yangzhou realm died without knowing it, saying that it was the rout who did it, who knows which one did it." ”

"You don't want to spew blood, if you have a kind, just show the evidence." As soon as the little seventh brother heard this, he was furious, patted the table, and was furious, "Zhu Liangzu went to Jiangnan, and now he is living happily under the account of Tamurid Timur, how can it be that he was ordered by Chief Manager Zhu, besides, those big families in disguise, which one should not die, Chief Manager Zhu kindly gave them a chance to govern the place together, but what about them, instead of knowing gratitude, they colluded to try to oppose the guest, and also secretly hooked up with Dong Shuxiao, so that the surnamed Dong could find an opportunity to come over and attack Yangzhou, they are good to do internal response, and want me to say, They died unjustly at all, if I can talk to Manager Zhu, I will mention that they will all be exterminated from their homes and the roots, so that there will not be one or two miscellaneous pieces who don't know what to do, pick up a life, and chew their tongues everywhere. ”

As he spoke, he used his eyes as a knife to glance at Wang Er and the others, as if the other party was the miscellaneous who had slipped through the net, trying to ruin Zhu Eighty-one's reputation.

Wang Er and the others were seen as numb, but they couldn't fight back openly, they gasped for a long time, smiled, and said in a low voice, "Little Seventh Brother is really a good mouth, it's a pity that Mr. Zhu didn't invite you to be an official there." ”

"Our Huaiyang officials are all tested on the basis of ability, but no one has seen me speak for the chief manager." Little Seventh Brother glanced at his mouth again, his immature face was full of self-confidence as a Huaiyang person, "I won't tell you anything, before Zhang Mingjian's dog thief burned my house, I also entered the school, and when the imperial examination is reopened this year, I have to enter the field to fight for a doctorate." ”

"Shout, I can't see that you are still a reader." Wang Er's entourage was overwhelmed, and sneered, "But if you really get in, aren't you afraid that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will come and find trouble for you and your family." ”

"The imperial court, the imperial court must have that ability." The more the little seventh brother spoke, the more proud he became, as if he had already become a member of the Huai'an army, "When our chief Zhu only has two or three thousand soldiers and horses, he can defeat the Huai'an garrisoned by tens of thousands of troops in the imperial court, and now the water in his old man's hands is all added together, not to mention seventy or eighty thousand, and he is afraid of a bird's feather court, if you want me to say, if it goes on like this, it won't take a few years for the chief manager to go straight to Huanglong and arrest the Tartar Emperor to him as a groom." ”

"Hey." Not only was the entourage so angry that they almost didn't jump, but Wang Er himself was so angry that his face turned black, no wonder Li Si was in a hurry to get rid of the army Huaiyang, and even a shop guy who had just eaten a full meal was bought so loyal to the Zhu butcher, and if it was delayed, Huai'an, Gaoyou and Yangzhou would not be run by the Zhu butcher into a monolith, this demon who killed pigs, what kind of demon method did he use, so that the people under his rule were so desperate for him.

Seeing that his grandson was competing with the guests again, he put the plate on the table and raised his hand to slap him, "Let you do some work, look at your style, just like you are an uncle, hurry up and get out of me, get out of the kitchen and help your mother-in-law wash the dishes, say a few words, no one will sell you as a dumb person." ”

"I'm just speaking up." The little seventh brother was beaten, but he was not convinced, and walked to the backyard with his head covered while defending loudly.

"Get out, go back and wash the dishes, if you dare to talk back again, take care of your skin at night." The shopkeeper glared at him, not angry.

scared away his grandson, he hurriedly put on a humble smile again, and apologized to Wang Er and the others, "Guest officer, don't be like him, he is a child, his hair has not grown yet, he listened to a few words indiscriminately outside, and then came back to brag, you have traveled north and south, and you have eaten more salt than he has eaten rice, don't be serious with a child." ”

"Hey, it's just a few words of gossip, out of this door, we all forgot about it." Wang Er originally didn't have the courage to make trouble on the territory of the Zhu butcher, so he smiled and deliberately betrayed the shopkeeper's favor, "Everyone, you say, is this the case?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's it, we just ran our tongues and went out, and no one remembered." The principle of the traders is not to make trouble for themselves, so they smiled and talked to each other.

The shopkeeper Lao Han was relieved, and made a circle at everyone, and thanked him with a smile, "Distinguished guests, your kindness, the little old man has thanked you first, our door is small, and it has just opened, there is nothing good to entertain, I will carry a jar of old wine to relieve the fatigue of the guests, don't want money, give it away in vain." ”

"This, how can this make the old man break the bank." The merchants waved their hands one after another, and the light on the corners of their mouths reflected the true thoughts in their respective hearts.

The shopkeeper Lao Han was well-informed, and he was not verbose, he staggered back to the backyard, and after a while, he came out with a big wine jar in both hands, depending on the situation, it weighed at least five or six pounds, enough for everyone present to have a drinking addiction, "Ladies and gentlemen, please use it slowly, the little old man will go to the backyard for a while, and then get a few side dishes to drink." ”

"In this way, thank you to my husband." The merchants smiled, stepped forward to take the wine jar, quickly smashed the seal, replaced the tea in front of them with rice wine, and scrambled to drink it.

A few large mouthfuls of cheap old wine fell into their stomachs, and between each other, the heart of precaution gradually disappeared, and someone raised his glass and touched Wang Er, and asked with a smile, "This brother, in Xia Li Yun, dare to ask Brother Tai what you call and what kind of financial business you do, in the past in Yangzhou, the little brother doesn't seem to have seen you." ”

"Well, it's a rare time for me to come too." Wang Er hesitated for a moment and began to make up nonsense, "My name is Zhang Xiaohua, from Zhending Mansion, and my family heard that someone in Yangzhou bought stone nitrate at a high price, so I asked me to bring a boat over to try my luck." ”

"Shi Ni, Master Zhang, you really have the ability, even Shi Ni can smuggle across the Yellow River." The vendors were stunned when they heard this, and they all opened their mouths to praise.

It's over, I forgot about the stubble of the imperial court's embargo of stone nitrate, Wang Er's heart chuckled, and he almost stopped beating, however, after all, he was the elite of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his reaction was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, he put away his panic and said triumphantly, "Isn't this a little bit of a way in the place at home, so I'll take a risk to come over, if the price is worth it, I will do it often in the future, if it's not worth it, just do it this time, and do something else next time, whose head is one, how can you always don't play around in your trouser pocket,." ”

"That's, that's." The crowd was skeptical, and their eyes wandered around him and his entourage.

"What kind of business are the brothers, listen to the accent, you are all southerners." Wang Er was afraid of revealing his identity, so he quickly took the initiative to change the topic.

"What else can I do, bring grain over, and carry refined salt out." Everyone smiled and told them about their business.

In this season, those who come to Yangzhou to do business, except for the people and horses of the red turban princes, most of the others are to transport grain in, transport refined salt out, Huaiyang business now produces a kind of refined salt, whiter than snow, the taste is purer than green salt, transported to the outside, the price can be several times higher than ordinary coarse salt, it is definitely a profitable good deal, and because Yangzhou was burned, in the past few months, the local grain price has been high, although the governor's office tried all kinds of ways to suppress, but the traders resold grain to Yangzhou, or can make a lot of money.

"A few brothers have good eyesight." Since Wang Er was dressed as a vendor, he must have done some homework in advance and knew which businesses were best to do in the Huaiyang area now, so he put on a posture that seemed to look the same.

Everyone drank the wine, their eyes were familiar, of course, they couldn't see any flaws, they raised their wine bowls one after another, and responded with a smile, "Small fights, small fights, no matter how you compare, it can't compare to you who has the ability to make saltpeter." ”

"I also happen to have a way." Wang Er didn't want everyone to always look at him, so he smiled and changed the topic again, "By the way, have you heard of the sale of the Huaiyang firm's share capital by the Governor's Mansion, but unfortunately my family is far away and I didn't get the news in time, otherwise, I would have to get a kick." ”

"Your family wants to buy the share capital of Huaiyang firm." When all the merchants heard this, they were all stunned, and when they looked at Wang Er, their eyes were full of stars in an instant.

"Ah, that's the case, I've heard that it's okay to buy the same money, I don't know if it's serious, so I want to inquire, everyone will brag about me, anyway, out of this door, none of us remember." Wang Er's face was burned when he saw it, and he hurriedly made amends.

"Then how is it bragging, if you are willing to gamble once, of course you can buy it, just enter at the gate of Huaiyang Firm, the second house on the left, and it is still being sold." The crowd was obviously mistaken about what he meant, and they smiled and pointed out in a rambling manner.

"But isn't it, it's open to sale, like a cannon, as long as you're willing to spend money."

"But now, one share is more than the usual money, at least, at least two five, to two six."

"Why are you still selling?" Wang Er was stunned, his face full of puzzlement, "Didn't you sell it a long time ago, and why did you increase the price again?" ”

"You don't know." Everyone was drunk and proud, "When the general manager Zhu invited the local gentry to join the shares, everyone was reluctant to pay for it, for fear of provoking his old man's work, Huai'an, Yangzhou and Gaoyou The rich people barely scraped together more than one million yuan, and the remaining more than 900,000 shares were not wanted, so they were ordered by the general manager to put them in the shop of the Huaiyang firm and sell them publicly." ”

As a result, the next day, the chief manager took out the artillery workshop, and then, 66 continued to allocate a lot of properties to the Huaiyang firm to operate, and said that the gentry who bought more than 50,000 shares should be allowed to participate in political affairs, and the local tycoons saw it, and one by one regretted it, and ran to the firm to buy the share capital, and the price of the remaining share capital was instantly doubled, until the chief manager put his own 1 million yuan of share capital into the firm to sell, and allowed all those who bought the shares to sell at any time, so that the price of each share was made, fell back to two and five times, a full and a half times higher than the original. ”

"It's so expensive, so those who buy enough 50,000 shares can finally get a good deal, and those who buy less will make a profit." The more Wang Er listened, the more he felt that his head was big, and after thinking for a while, he hesitated to ask.

"Why not, you can sell high and buy low." The merchants looked at him, as if they were looking at a new Ding who had just started, "If you get it right, you don't need to leave Yangzhou, you can make money, even if you don't get it all in your own hands, think about it, more than a month ago, the chief manager just counted the artillery workshop in the business, and at the beginning of this month, he made a new thing called cement, mixed with sand and water, and used it to repair the house very quickly, and a brick house was built overnight, which was not a problem at all, How can the business be discounted, to tell you the truth, a few of us have little money on hand, otherwise, maybe we will also buy a few shares of gambling luck, as long as the Huai'an army does not lose the battle, it will definitely make a profit. ”

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