[79] The back is against the big tree to enjoy the shade

"You mean the Marx who was called a traitor to Prussia by His Majesty Wilhelm I, Emperor Wilhelm I, and His Excellency Bismarck, Chancellor? If you refer to him, then from California to Moscow, almost everyone, whether nobles or paupers, knows his name. Meris's answer is very clever, without any political tendencies, and can be understood from two aspects. He made up his mind that no matter what Yao Fan's attitude towards Marx was, he just had to go along with it.

Yao Fan smiled: "Now he should be in London, I remember that the Metropolitan Police called him a 'notorious demagogue who was not loyal to his king and country', and the secret police monitored his residence every day.

If he was not in London, it is possible that his health had deteriorated again and he had gone to the mountains of Carlsbad in the Czech Republic to drink mineral water. Then all you have to do is contact his family. ”

"My dear Frank, what do you want me to do?"

"I want to buy the Asian rights to his work!

James, you helped me find him and sue him, I admire his work so much that I am willing to pay 1ooo pounds for the Asian rights to his work. When you get in touch with him, transfer my deposit of 1oo pounds to him. ”

"1ooo pounds? Oh, my God! I've heard that Mr. Professor is a poor man, and if he knew of your generosity, he would have fainted! ”

Merris knew it wasn't that simple.

Ordinary royalty income, even for the most famous novelists, is only one or two hundred pounds a book, and that is already a staggering income. As for academic works, due to the small amount of printing and the few royalties, it is already a great academic work to be able to get a dozen pounds.

Yao Fan saw Meris's guess and said with a smile: "With the progress of society, there will be more and more literate people and people who read books, and the publishing industry will be a gradually prosperous business." ”

In the end, Yao Fan said resolutely: "In short, James! Help me get in touch with Marx! ”

Meris listened to Yao Fan's order and knew that if he wanted to underwrite Yao Fan's dyes in the future, he would have to make a good job of finding Marx.

"I'll do my best, Frank, I promise."

So Yao Fan promised to transfer the goods to Merris early the next morning.

The next day, just after dawn, eight tin buckets were shipped from Yaojiazhuang, each containing 5o kilograms of dye.

"Here is 4oo kilograms of dye worth 20,000 taels of silver, half of it is your payment, half is my sincerity, and the half will be sold to you first, and then you will pay me the full amount after you sell it!" Yao Fan held Meris's hand and said sincerely.

"Frank! I swear I'll do this business all over the world! I promise! You will definitely make money in the secret dye factory of the Qing Kingdom! "Meris was fooled by Yao Fan last night, thinking that Yao Fan really opened a dye factory in the Qing Dynasty.

Merris believed Yao Fan's words, after all, he had never seen these dyes in Europe or any other market. He felt that it should not be difficult for a local snake like Yao Fan to open a dye factory after getting rid of the local bureaucrats. Although the Qing State forbade any private factories, the braided officials of the Great Qing State were so greedy and stupid, and Yao Fan seemed to be an authentic Chinese, and Merris could not think of any difficulty in this.

Soon after, in a letter sent home by Meris to his family, he boasted: "...... I have taken a lot of detours in the past, and I almost ruined my future...... To do business, you still have to connect with the real big guys! Yao Fan, Frank Yao, this is the first really strong landlord I have ever met, he is a civilized gentleman, he is Western-educated, he speaks German with a Baden accent very fluently, and I guess his German teacher is Austrian...... He is in this small place in Qingdaokou, and he can almost cover the sky with one hand. I heard that he owned his own estate and even had permission to form a small personal army. Although the Qing government did not allow private individuals to run modern factories, it is clear that he had secretly built a dye factory, and I even suspect that he also had a textile factory with first-class technology and equipment, but the production capacity was very low......"

In a hurry, Merris spent 4o copper coins on the dock and hired a liko to carry eight tin barrels onto a wooden sailing ship called Daifuku.

After Yao Fan said goodbye to Meris and his friends at the dock, on the way back to the city, He Wannian exclaimed: "Brother Yao is really talented, the German language is so neat, and he can't insert a word of translation that Meris brought." ”

Yao Fan smiled: "That translator can only speak English, and it is really awkward to communicate with an English translator who is a German who knows guò." ”

"Brother Yao, then in the future, all our dyes will really be underwritten by Millis? Didn't you say that his Merris was a leather bag company with a silver wax gun tip? He Wannian asked.

"Merris is a great candidate, a pioneering entrepreneur who dares to take risks! Bet! I have experienced ups and downs again! What such a person lacks is an opportunity. If we can help him up, if nothing else, he will be firmly on our side. Now that he has a monopoly source of goods in his hands, are you afraid that he will not be able to open up the market? ”

He Wannian was puzzled and asked, "Brother Yao's family is overseas, why do you want to explore overseas markets?" ”

"There is a cousin of mine who is doing it in the overseas market, but there is no rule at home, and I can't do it if he does it."

"Oh." As soon as He Wannian heard that this involved the factional struggle within the Yao family, he immediately stopped talking about it and changed the subject: "Brother Yao, Sun Maowen sent someone over yesterday and said that he wanted you to go to the Yamen. I asked a familiar steward, only to know that I wanted your Xiangyong to help him go to the countryside to collect autumn donations. ”

"There were only two drizzles in August, and now all the grain in the field is empty and can't be filled, so he will collect a bird?"

"Alas, Brother Yao doesn't know, this time when the autumn harvest is approaching, the rolling orders above and below are like snowflakes, although our Jiaozhou is not big, but there are more than ten Zhuangzi villages below, this autumn donation in August, let alone three or four thousand taels."

"He Sun Maowen asked me to help him collect autumn donations, what do you mean by this?" Yao Fan asked for advice from He Wannian.

"These miscellaneous taxes are not as apportioned as field taxes, and there is no fixed number for collection, if it is a good year, it is also a pile of fertilizer. Generally speaking, as long as the tax collector below asks Sun Maowen for a fixed amount, how much he can collect next depends on his own ability. But now in this drought, it is a question of whether the account can be smoothed out, where can there be any money, I think no one is willing to take this job. ”

"Tender! If no one does it, will you leave it to me? Tell my townsmen to go to the countryside to collect roll-off orders, and I'm not familiar with the local gentry. ”

That's why Sun Maowen invited Brother Yao to go to the yamen to discuss. Brother Yao, don't worry, I'll accompany you. I guess Sun Maowen will always come out with a charter. Besides, Brother Yao, you must know that after this autumn donation, it is a time for promotion, whether an official has the ability or not, just look at this autumn donation. If you can't collect it, it's not uncommon to lose the top. If you collect a lot, you will naturally have the capital to honor your superiors, even if you can't get promoted, it's good to be able to do it peacefully. ”

"Since there is a great drought everywhere, I don't even think it is possible to guarantee money and food this year, what if the officials can't collect the donations?"

"In that case, the government above will naturally donate, as long as you donate money, you will give a fictitious official body, this is also a good business, and the person who draws in the middle is a fat shortage."

"Will the emperor waive Shandong's money and grain this year?"

"Brother Yao said it's funny, what if the emperor is exempt from the money and food in the disaster area? Don't you have to pay the donations of the government and the rent of the landlords?

Brother Yao just waits, this year's drought will wait until winter, and even our Laizhou Mansion will definitely starve to death. If Brother Yao has the land he likes, he can sue Sù Diyazi first, and then take the opportunity to get the land, and the price must be extremely low.

For my brother, I have taken a fancy to a neat watering ground, a full 16 tilts together, just on the edge of the Longquan River in Jiaoxi, and it is beautiful! When the time comes, I'll put my teeth on it. ”

After He Wannian got rich in the past two months and divided the silver, he immediately thought about buying some good land. Land annexation has always been the nature of China's rich people.

"Lao He, you said that if I take over the work of collecting donations, can I make the Guo family a chicken?"

"Hey, hey! My lord! Don't do that! When Yao Fan said this, He Wannian's face turned green with fright.

"Then Guo Jixiu ate you last time, I heard that after being carried back, he was so angry that he almost died, and now although he is alive, he is still lying on the bed and can't get off the ground! But I can't afford to toss you anymore. Besides, Guojiazhuang is on the boundary of Jimo County, and our Jiaozhou donation collection faction can't reach over. ”

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To say that Guo Jixiu was really unlucky, he was beaten by Yao Fan and broke his leg and arm, and he was bedridden all the time, and even his favorite cellar torture could not be carried out normally.

After Guo Jixiu was carried back to Zhuangzi, he was burned unconscious and delirious in bed, and he tossed in a groggy state for more than ten days.

Of course Guo Jixiu hates! I can't wait to eat Yao Fan's meat raw!

When he woke up, although the family had reported to the official, Yao Fan had also reported to the official!

Jiaozhou Nazhou judge and dog official Sun Maowen didn't know what the way was, so he actually taught the two yamen of Laizhou Mansion and Denglai Qingdao to go to the sea to arrest the official document, saying that they wanted to arrest a group of gangsters with knives who blocked the road and robbed, and described the armed family and smuggler who directly pointed at the Guo family.

The Guo family sells smuggled salt, so the family is rampant, and usually dares to openly bring a knife to protect it, usually Jimo County has a county order Zhao Nian cover, naturally nothing happens, but in any case, this is a taboo crime of private possession of weapons.

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