Chapter 183: Guilds and Annual Examinations (Part 3)

Every grain merchant was ready, thinking that Wang Fulin would open his mouth and put forward all kinds of conditions, and then he would have to bargain. No one expected that he would suddenly pierce everyone's aura as a big businessman, revealing the fact that he was glamorous on the outside but weak on the inside. Especially Wu Xingcai, who was a little tragic like a martyr, hoping that Wang Fulin would make his debut, he stared at the Wang Xiaoxiucai in front of him with a ghost-like gaze, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva for a while, and suddenly didn't want to go around in circles anymore.

"Little official, you can tell me, what do you want?"

"The original intention of setting up the shop was actually because Ye Xianzun mentioned to me that seeing that the reserve warehouse has withered for a long time, and now the grain stored is not even a thousand stones, once there is a famine, there is no grain to borrow, let alone relief. So, at first, I put up the shelves of this store, but it was actually to prepare for the revitalization of the reserve warehouse. ”

As soon as these words came out, I saw that all the grain merchants had delicate faces. At this time, some people thought that although the reserve warehouse was very prosperous back then, as the supervision of the imperial court became more and more weak, in the end, it was just fattening the magistrates and warehouse officials; Some people thought that if Ye Xianzun and Wang Xiaoxiu joined forces, with the behemoth of the official face of the reserve warehouse, it would be enough to blow the grain merchants even more disgraced; Some people also think that Wang Fulin is saying that he is just a temporary entrepreneur and will soon quit this business, so they don't need to worry too much...... All in all, in just an instant, there was a clear differentiation in everyone's attitudes.

In response to these reactions, Wang Fulin said with a smile: "And Ye Xianzun saw that Yidian was so prosperous, and heard what I said when I convened the rich gentry of the townships in She County in the Zhuangyuan Building, and his heart moved. After he recovered from his illness this time. Ever said to me. I hope to use the Yidian. In the future, it will be convenient for villagers to pay summer taxes and autumn grains. That is to say, as I said on the Zhuangyuan Building before, according to the fair price given by Yidian, the chief collects all the grain of the villagers and sells the grain to Yidian, and the Yidian directly pays the corresponding silver taels, and the chief pays it to the levy and transportation warehouse, so that the grain chief is only responsible for urging the department and the liberation. The storage link is responsible for its own director, which is much more convenient and labor-saving. ”

"Then dare to ask the little official, you agreed?"

"Why didn't you say yes?" Wang Fulin smiled and asked rhetorically - this year, because of the investment capital of various large households, plus Cheng Naixuan's private money, and the income of the two of them, Lin Muxuan's income, it is barely enough in the summer and autumn, and after gradually selling grain in the spring of next year, he plans to extract all the capital of everyone, and the part of Ye Xianzun's embezzlement of the county government funds should also increase in value, and then he will use Yidian as a blueprint to rebuild Shexian County's reserve warehouse. In this way, the people passed through the official road. Of course, he was not just for government business.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as an emperor and a merchant. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless to the heroes, but he was not bad to the people, in addition to the regular tax, he never let the subordinates prepare anything, but one emperor after another came down to intensify the exploitation, and the government even had to send shops to prepare all kinds of things that the emperor wanted for free because of the apportionment from above, and there was no need to even fight for white strips! As for those weaving and dyeing bureaus that are controlled by eunuchs everywhere, not to mention, even a white strip can be regarded as looking up to you! Even the salt merchants who guarded the branch in the early days, because the government didn't have so much salt at all, but they opened a lot of salt leads, how many people waited for them to go bankrupt?

Therefore, businessmen are all 100,000 careful about doing business with the government, for fear of being cheated!

At this moment, the grain merchants looked at each other. Even if She County is the first county in Huizhou, the annual summer tax and autumn grain, plus miscellaneous annual military expenses and various apportionments, are at most about 30,000 taels. And this number seems huge, but it is equivalent to this amount of food, but in Huizhou, where there are eight mountains, one water and one land, it is already a lot, after all, many families rely on business subsidies to make a living. After being entangled, someone asked: "Could it be that in addition to the summer tax and autumn grain, the Yidian will not do grain business?" ”

"How is that possible!" Wang Fulin suddenly smiled, he didn't care about other people's dark faces, and said in that kind of sincere tone, "I hang my card, and people want to send them to the door to sell food, so I can't push people out?" In fact, as I just said, instead of trying to make more money on the difference between buying and selling, you will toss desperately on the local one-third of an acre, and you will be scolded as a black-hearted profiteer if you make a few dollars, and you have to fight with each other, so why not look farther? Huizhou merchants are doing business in other places, which are the leaders of all walks of life, but the grain merchants who stay in the local area are cursed because of a few small profits, isn't it a joke? ”

"So, people say that you shouldn't lose both, and I completely agree with that."

There is no need to know the benefits, no need to mention the conditions, no need to bargain, Wang Fulin actually threw out such a sentence lightly and skillfully, and most grain merchants only felt that their heads could not be turned. However, what surprised them even more was that Wang Fulin said another thing in an instant that made them even more confused.

"Before Mr. Nanming took office in Yunyang, he once said to me that agriculture is the foundation of the country, but why should business lose to agriculture? In particular, grain merchants are more engaged in the necessities of food and clothing for the people, so they are extremely important. It is normal for people to take profits, but how to make profits reasonably and reputably? Is it like some eunuchs, do you have to fight for life and death in the Xia tax silk case that caused a lot of noise before? Wang Fulin unceremoniously sacrificed Wang Daokun's killer weapon, and then continued, "Therefore, my opinion is that it is better for grain merchants in the six counties to set up a rice industry guild, and the cooperation will benefit both sides." ”

Wang Fulin came out like this, of course, not to give Ye Xianzun a political achievement in rebuilding the reserve warehouse in order to turn back, so that Ye Qinglong could exercise his ability to be a shopkeeper. Among the Huizhou merchants, such as Mr. Cheng, most of them took root in other places to do business, while Huizhou was left behind by some businessmen with small capital, and there was no close organization, such as various guilds. Just like these grain merchants right now, they are all sitting in business, and their capital is limited, maybe they will get together to discuss some countermeasures and make some decisions, but there is no such an organizational structure.

Taking advantage of the fact that the wealthy businessmen with strong capital can't look down on the acres and thirds of land in Huizhou's six counties, they just use it! He launched the so-called righteous shop, not only borrowed the head of the Qi family's army, but also sold the dog meat in the reserve warehouse in the future, which attracted a large number of large households in She County as a banner. Now he is arguing with these grain merchants. But just to form a guild.

"The Rice Guild?" Wu Xingcai's eyes narrowed keenly. Shen Sheng asked, "What is this rice guild for?" ”

"It's just a place for everyone to drink tea and chat." Of course, Wang Fulin knew that he didn't believe it, but even with so many dazzling eyes, he still smiled and said, "Make the price of grain collection reasonable, this is one of them; And take advantage of the strong characteristics of everyone's cooperation, and turn back to spring. When merchants bring in rice from other places, we can have the strongest bargaining power when we collect rice, which is the second. As for the third, don't you think we can do anything other than collect and sell grain?

is to lay out the facts, and to be reasonable, he also pulled out Wang Daokun's tiger skin, but of course everyone will not agree to such a big thing, and many people just want Wang Fulin to say that he will not be satisfied with the situation anymore. I don't want to toss anymore at all. Wang Fulin did not insist on it, and said that he would keep the existing price unchanged. will not continue to fight for price increases, so he sent such a group of people to the door with a smile.

It doesn't matter if you don't agree to form a guild now, but you'll know later!

Seeing that all the people were gone, he breathed a sigh of relief, and after entering the door, he stretched so much that he felt smoke coming from his throat. At this time, three people came out of the Ming Hall one after another. There are not only forsythia who served tea and water in it before, but also Wang Erniang and Wang Xiaomei. The faces of the two little girls were all confused, and it was obvious that the result of the eavesdropping just now was completely unclear.

Wang Erniang saw Wang Fulin urging Forsythia to get water to quench her thirst, so she asked in a low voice: "Brother, are you in a hurry to make money because of your father?" What can be read is important......"

As soon as the word reading came out, Wang Fulin's face suddenly lengthened. Thinking of Master Li's admonition, the upcoming annual exam must be passed every year, he only felt that the shoulders that were originally a little lighter suddenly weighed on a thousand catties, and finally couldn't help but interrupt listlessly: "Make money first, then take the exam...... Anyway, I've been studying for exams for so many years! The meal had to be eaten in one bite, and Ruth had to walk step by step. You and your little sister take good care of the house, I'll go to Master Li! ”

Wang Erniang didn't understand what the so-called exam-oriented education meant for so many years, but she found that her brother was in a bad mood, and she was a little sorry. Therefore, seeing that Wang Fulin went out like this, she couldn't help but ask Wang Xiaomei: "Little sister, go back and wait for Ye Qinglong to come back, and ask him, this Fucheng County, where is the temple and Taoist temple the most effective for the exam, let's go burn two more pillars of incense!" ”

The last time I had the kung fu to ask Master Li for the art of making, that is, the Bagu Wen, it was about ten days ago, so at this moment, Wang Fulin came again, and Master Li didn't have a word, and directly threw a copy of his own art book to him. For this kind of thing, Wang Fulin was already a little resistant, and he was sleepy after watching it for a while, but before he could officially finish sleeping, he suddenly felt that something hit his forehead, and when he looked up, he saw Master Li glaring at him angrily, and behind him, there were three little guys peeking at him.

"Role model, role model!" Master Li hated iron and steel, and when he saw Wang Fulin sitting up straight, he said, "I set off on the first day of September. Take a boat to Hangzhou first, and then head north from the canal. It's slower, but it's better if there are no bumps and there is time to read a book on the way. I had recommended my former teacher to the county, and the letter had already been written, and he would arrive at the Huizhou Mansion around the time I left. However, I heard that Mr. Nan Ming also recommended a person, or is it the teacher of Second Master Wang? ”

Ye Cannon is also too fast-talking, why do you tell Master Li about this?

Wang Fulin suddenly had a headache, because Master Li was usually serious and arrogant except for occasional smiles, so he was not sure if this person was not very happy, so he could only solemnly state that when Wang Daokun recommended the teacher, he didn't know that Master Li also recommended the candidate. What he didn't expect was that Master Li said in a low voice: "If the two gentlemen come in the future, you might as well let Second Master Wang's master teach Ming Zhao Jinbao and Qiu Feng, the foundation of the three of them is not bad." As for my teacher, he can guide you in your karma. I thought that I could get Nanzhili Yayuan at the beginning, thanks to him. ”

If I'm going to take a Xie Yuan or a sub-dollar, I'll be ecstatic, but now I'm thinking about how to cheat and fly low!

Wang Fulin thought that with Master Li's temper, the teacher who taught him might be more obedient and stern, how dare he mess with it. On the contrary, Wang Daoguan is indulgent and wanton, and the karma teacher may get along better. But of course, his face would not show it, and he quickly agreed again and again. Just then, a voice came from outside.

"Wang Xiaoguan, the head of the soap class Zheng said that I am looking for you in an emergency."

The matter of the third class and six rooms of the Yamen in Shexian County, Master Li deliberately took a deep understanding of the incident of Shu Tuiguan forcing the palace before, and then he felt strange. Ye Xianzun, or Wang Xiaoxiucai's cronies in the county government, are mainly Liu Hui, the secretary of the household room, Wu the secretary of the torture room, Xiao Zhenyue, the warden, and Zhao Wuye, the head of the Zhuang class, and the rest of the people are a little worse. As for the soap class Zheng Bantou, that is a character who failed to smash the field last time and is about to be swept into the garbage heap, is he trying to intercede with Wang Fulin at this time?

Wang Fulin thought about it, but decided not to disturb the atmosphere of Master Li's class, and left the study with a confession. When he got outside, he learned from the little guy who reported that Zheng Bantou was at the back door, so he went straight out. When he arrived at the back door, he saw Zheng Bantou, who was dressed in casual clothes, pacing back and forth, so he stepped forward in a good time.

"Zheng Bantou is in a hurry?"

Zheng Bantou suddenly raised his head, and as soon as he saw that it was Wang Fulin, he immediately rushed over. If it weren't for the fact that it was in the back street of the county, he would almost want to kneel down immediately.

"Little official, you must save the little one! The things you ordered before, the small ones have been spread out according to the instructions, and now they are spreading everywhere, and the Wang family in Zhuchuan not only does not help the people sell grain, but also instigates those grain stores to make trouble! But the little one had a spy under him, and the third old lady of the Wang family actually knew that it was a small rumor! He let out his words, and he was going to knock out the small rice bowl in three moments! After saying this, Zheng Bantou saw that Wang Fulin had no expression on his face, and he turned his heart sideways, so he threw out the killer feature.

"The grandson of the third old lady, that is, that Wang Youmin, he is not only a talent, but also a county school student for a long time, and it was his handiwork to incite people to make trouble before. He said that this year's annual examination must make you a petty official, and you will be embarrassed! As if he was afraid that Wang Fulin would not pay attention to it, he added another sentence, "I heard that he also took out a large amount of private money, and was going to open a shop opposite Lin Muxuan, a small official, and he also sold the little walnut, saying that he was fighting to lose money, and he must smash your business!" ”

ps: In the last 50 hours, the third more than 4,000 words for a monthly pass, and a recommended ticket for a recommendation, thank you! The update will start after 0:00 today (to be continued...... R1292