Let's go back to Zhao Ji Department Store first, and then go to Yamen! ”

Under the gaze of the little beggar, Zhao Xiong and his group walked ninety-nine steps to the Canal Street in Hanzhuang Town, walked along the bluestone road, and turned a corner to the most prosperous Fuzi Street in Hanzhuang.

Fuzi Street is a bluestone road more than three meters wide, and there are three or four hundred meters running through the entire Hanzhuang Town.

The two tallest buildings in Hanzhuang Town are Zhao Ji Department Store and Dafeng Restaurant!

They are all on the same street, one at the end of the road and one at the end of the road.

Zhao Ji Department Store was bought by Zhao Xiong with a small amount of money in the past two years, and the real behind-the-scenes boss is Zhao Xiong, and his second uncle Wang Liangcheng is just the boss on the surface.

The rulers of the past dynasties were the harshest in the Dakang Dynasty, and the "Law" clearly stipulated that officials above the fourth grade were forbidden to do business, and those who embezzled them were to be stripped of their skins and displayed to the public.

However, the prosperity of business and the wealth of the officials of the past dynasties have been up and down for 3,000 years from ancient times to the present, and the Dakang Dynasty is the most, one is that the population is nearly 30,000 more, and the other is the development of maritime trade.

Especially during the Yonghei period, this trend was unstoppable, and it is said that "everyone from the prince to the lord and the bureaucrats and doctors were engaged in business."

Moreover, the bigger the official, the more business he conducts, and this phenomenon has never been seen before.

Especially in the past two years, it has become more and more intense.

After a while, everyone came to Zhao Ji Department Store, and Zhao Xiong stood in front of the store of Zhao Ji Department Store for the first time, and felt that Zhao Ji Department Store had a sense of history and had been some years.

The green tile gray wall, the eaves and arches, the vermilion lacquer door is open to the inside, and the two-zhang high lintel is written in block letters with four gilded characters: Zhao Ji Department Store.

The door is paved with bluestone slabs, Zhao Xiong has seen the drawings, there are more than 200 square meters in the front building, and the backyard is full of warehouses, even the three water streets.

On the dam of the water street behind Zhao Ji Department Store, there is no end in sight, and Hanzhuang Yongping Yicang is neatly arranged.

Hanzhuang Yongping Yicang is said to be the Yicang of the common people of Hanzhuang, but in fact, most of the inventory is occupied by Lao Zhao Tong and grain merchants.

However, after the death of Lao Zhao Tong, the Zhao family gradually withdrew from the circle of grain.

Zhao Ji Department Store used to be the largest silk village in Hanzhuang Town.

He bought it two years ago and used it to make a department store, and he also retro the layout of the supply and marketing cooperative, and then he took out a lot of goods in the space and sold them here from the warehouse in Zhaozhuang.

Now Zhao Xiong can only enter the Zhongshan Port warehouse once a day, and the things he takes out are the same as the weight of his body, that is, about 150 catties.

Of course, he can't take some rice oil and the like, which is not only weighty but also can't sell it for any money, this period of time mainly glassware, and the income is still passable.

There is a dozen taels of silver every day, and the highest one sells more than 100 taels of silver a day, and he is more satisfied with the report, after all, the goods do not have to pay for the cost, and they sell a single to earn a single order.

At this moment, a big fat man with a bloated body ran quickly from the inner hall to the gate, and shouted: "I knew that the ninth master would be back this afternoon!" ”

The fat man was too fat, and the faster he ran, the more his body was bumping and bumping, like a big wheel rolling on the ground, which was very funny.

Wang Donghai, the nephew of the old lady, is as old as Zhao Xiong and is very proficient in arithmetic.

Recently, the old lady sent him to learn to do business with the big shopkeeper, in fact, he was the superintendent of Zhao Ji and Zhao Xiong's right-hand man.

The fat man was followed by three accounting rooms, and he was afraid that the fat man would fall.

Such a cold Heavenly King Fat Man was indeed sweating profusely, but after all, he was young and flexible, and he rushed to Zhao Xiong's side in a few steps.

His face was as excited as a blooming flower bone, and he whispered in Zhao Xiong's ear.

"Master, it's been sent, the 50,000 stone grain that Li Hai hung up and transported to the Yongping warehouse last night has not yet been signed and has become an ownerless thing, and the big shopkeeper doesn't dare to make a decision, so he will wait for the master to come back and get an idea!"

"What, Lehi is dead!"

"Yes, the news came in the morning, Lehi was beaten to death by the rioting homeless people in Zaozhuang!"

"Really?" Liu Tongxun on the side frowned and asked.

"Of course it's true, I received the news and went to Thirty Miles Zaozhuang to take a look in person."

Zuo Liangyu sneered and asked: "Wang Fatty, you are so cowardly, you actually went in person, those riotous homeless people will eat people, aren't you afraid?" ”

Wang Fatzi looked at Zuo Liangyu with contempt and said, "I'm not stupid, I just took the telescope given to me by the Ninth Master and looked at the boat before it docked, and Lehi's body was hanging on the flagpole of the pier."

There is only one round belly in Yixian, it is really Lehi! ”

Zhao Xiong seemed to be fine on the surface, but he was very shocked in his heart.

His biggest enemy actually died inexplicably, or on the day he took office, although he was killed by the homeless people, but no one saw it.

Zhao Xiong found that this matter was strange everywhere.

However, if Lehi died, he would die, and even if Lehi did not die, he would not pose any threat to him as an official.

But the grain Lehi left behind was indeed a prick!

"Fifty thousand stone rice!"

Zhao Xiong instantly calculated in his heart how much a stone of rice should weigh.

Zhao Xiong vaguely remembered that one stone of rice in the Dakang Dynasty weighed more than 150 catties.

This catty is not a catty of 500 grams now, about 600 grams of a catty, and that stone of rice is about 92-94KG.

50,000 stones, probably, 5,000 tons!

Zhao Xiong gasped, what a lot!

With the large-scale cultivation of sweet potatoes, of course, the population has increased by more than 20,000 people after more than 100 years since the opening of the dynasty.

But the common people have no oil and water in their stomachs, and the amount of food must be off the charts.

Zhao Xiong quickly calculated, 50,000 stones, in the case of a burst of food, is enough for more than 10,000 people to eat for a year.

The fat man next to him continued to whisper:

"The 200,000 stones from the Xuzhou Guangyun warehouse were transported to Hanzhuang a few days ago, and Li Hai was indeed enough to directly float 80,000 stones.

A few days ago, Li Hai transported 30,000 stones to Guangshou Cang in Zaozhuang, and the remaining 50,000 stones were placed nearby in Hanzhuang Yong to close the position, but they had not yet signed for shipment.

Moreover, Guangshou Cang, last night Zaozhuang Town was robbed, and it caught fire, and those displaced people nearby looted the huge Guangshou Cang, and it was a mess!

Master, should we ...... Collect the 50,000 stone and sell it immediately! ”

Xuzhou Guangyun warehouse, transported to Hanzhuang Town, not far away, 200,000 drifted 80,000, these moths digging the country!

"Drifting" refers to the loss caused by the goods being swept away by wind and waves during transportation, or the sinking of the ship.

The word "drifting" is used well, and I like it!

It's a peaceful day now, but later!

In the past three years, there have been major floods, droughts, earthquakes, and displaced people, and this year, there are several times more beggars and displaced people in Yixian County than in previous years.

I don't know when there will be chaos, if it comes to the years of chaos, who can control whom!

Recruit troops, rich and shi, you are the uncle!