Chapter 181: The First Year of the Great Shang
Myooji!
New Year's Day!
The incense was vigorous, although it was early in the morning, the people who came to burn the incense had already lined up dozens of meters away from the temple gate.
Different from the Qingfeng view of the incense self-take, the incense is arbitrary, the first incense of Miaoying Temple on the first day of the first month of the first month every year is the highlight, but anyone who is rich will want to fight for it.
Every year, in order to compete for this incense, the rich people in the entire Canglan County are all robbing their heads and bleeding.
"Let me be a trustee?"
Lin Ye listened to the words of his senior brother, the new abbot of Miaoying Temple, Senior Brother Daoyuan, and his expression was a little strange.
"Senior brother, your wealth is known to the people of Shangyang County, and if you make the bid, others will not doubt it, rest assured, our temple has been operating for many years, and the abbot used to let me be in charge of this part, and in the end I will definitely not let you spend this unjust money."
Lin Ye looked at Dao Yuan, and even the abbot felt that this was unjust money, but you can imagine how many wronged people there are every year.
"Senior brother, how much did the head incense cost every year in the past."
"In previous years, it could reach three thousand taels when it was good, and it could be three or five hundred taels in bad years."
Three thousand taels?
Lin Ye sighed, according to the ratio of money in the other world and modern times, three thousand taels is quite ten million.
In the real world, the head incense at this price is not cheap.
However, Lin Ye has been in the other world for so many years, and he knows that although the ratio of money between the other world and the real world is correct, the wealth situation is different.
In another world, the wealth of the powerful accounts for ninety out of nine, and for the rich, this money is really nothing, just take those old landlords in Shangyang City, it is just a month or two of rent money.
However, there is another reason why Lin Ye's expression is strange, is Senior Brother Daoyuan misestimating his financial resources?
Not to mention the silver taels he got from the real world, the workshops he bought in the past year, the products he sold and the restaurants he sold have earned tens of thousands of taels a year.
"Senior brother, don't act, I want this year's first incense, 10,000 taels."
Daoyuan Monk: ......
Ten minutes later, all the people who came to Miaoying Temple to burn incense knew that this year's first incense had belonged.
Lin Gongzi of Shangyang City won this year's first incense at a price of 10,000 taels.
"Lin Gongzi, that's no wonder, this is a good man."
"Not only is it a good person, but also money, I heard that the potty used by Lin Gongzi's family is made of pure gold."
"Nonsense, gold doesn't respond to people, people are obviously made of good jade, and the jade is round and doesn't hurt people."
"Yes, yes, yes, it's jade, my cousin's third aunt is from the Lin Mansion, and he said the same."
Lin Ye, who had just walked out of the door and set off for home: ......
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The first month of the other world is spent in this calm wave.
The fifteenth day of the first month passed.
The people of Shangyang City received an edict issued by the new dynasty.
New Dynasty Commercial Membership Reform.
All those who have the original business status can allow their descendants to participate in the imperial examination after paying the commercial tax.
As soon as this news came out, the ordinary people had nothing to do, and the shopkeepers of various workshops and trading houses were the first to boil, calling the saint wise.
Originally, although these merchants made money, but the other world has strict status restrictions on merchants, not to mention that they can't wear good clothes, the most important point is that they have entered the business register, and their children and grandchildren cannot participate in the imperial examination, so many large families even if they know how to make money in business, but they don't dare to do business for the sake of future generations, or look for someone in the family to be the shopkeeper on the surface.
And now the policy of the new dynasty gave these merchants hope, of course, as soon as such a policy came out, it was also opposed by the scholars.
For many gentry, the original merchant was a pariah, and they could control the merchant, but now that the status of the merchant has increased, it means that their authority has been challenged, and many gentry have written against it, including some retired officials who are at home.
The same is true in Shangyang City, where many students, under the leadership of the gentry, smashed some shops in the city.
According to what they said, the current move of the imperial court is to make the people put the interests first, which will mess up the foundation of the society.
Lin Ye, as the largest behind-the-scenes businessman in Shangyang City, was naturally the first to bear the brunt, and many workshops and restaurants were affected.
"Childe, in just three days, the workshop has lost hundreds of copper coins."
When Uncle Xu reported the situation, the old face was wrinkled in distress, although this was his son-in-law's money, but as a qualified housekeeper, his son's money suffered a loss, which made him more uncomfortable than the loss of his own family's money.
"Troublemaker?" Lin Ye sneered again and again, the last thing he was afraid of was the scholar making trouble.
"Have you investigated the family situation of these scholars?"
"This is the list that Yang Zhutou handed me before." Xu Bo was holding a list in his hand, which contained all the information of the troublemakers in Shangyang City, including their home addresses.
"All the relatives of these students in our workshop who are working will be dismissed, and the reason for the dismissal will also be told to them, saying that it is because his relatives smashed the shop, and all the family members of these students will not sell the items when they go to the shop to buy items."
"That's ...... Will it lead to the loss of business in the shop? ”
Uncle Xu was a little worried, these students almost included half of the families in the city.
"It's okay, we can afford it."
Lin Ye is not worried at all, he is not in another world to make money, these students enjoy the convenience of shopping brought by businessmen, and at the same time they want to smash the jobs of businessmen, how can there be such a good thing in the world.
"Over there in the notice shop, all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, if these students on the list come to buy, the price will increase tenfold, as for the yamen, I have already said hello to Yang Zhutou, these days he will arrange for the catcher to guard at the door of our shop, and if any student dares to make trouble, he will arrest people."
"Okay, I'll give you the order."
Xu Bo hurriedly went to convey Lin Ye's order to the shopkeepers of various workshops, Lin Ye took a sip of tea, but his eyes were looking in the direction of the capital.
"An Zisheng, An Zisheng, I hope you can end up well, the only thing I can do is to help you stabilize Canglan County."
Next!
The students of the entire Shangyang City were dumbfounded, they went to the bookstore to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but found that yesterday's set of pen, ink and paper inkstone was only half a copper coin, but today the price has increased to ten taels.
Ten taels, many students can grit their teeth and take it out, for some wealthy students, ten taels is the money to go to the flower building to drink a flower wine, but the key is that this is a consumable, who is not allowed to buy one or two sets a month.
They looked for the shopkeeper theory, but the shopkeeper said that now too many people are making trouble, and the people's workshops have stopped production, so there are so many left, do you like to buy it or not.
Naturally, these students would not buy it, but when they came in the afternoon, they found that the price had increased again, and this time it became twenty taels.
The students were in a hurry, and some even wanted to rob the bookstore directly like smashing the shop a few days ago, but as soon as one or two took the lead and prepared to do it, they were caught by the catchers who were guarding outside, and they were directly sent to the yamen.