Chapter 257 Equity (Part 2)

Among the guests here, except for Wang Er and his accomplices, the rest are real travelers, but they know the consequences of talking nonsense. If this is done anywhere under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, if the officials and gangsters hear you, you will be punished for criticizing the government. It will be the consequences of losing all your money. If you don’t do it well, you will have to take your life in it.

Just as I was regretting it, I heard a hoarse voice coming from the back door, "I said, you guys, why don't you know at least? Apart from our chief executive, there is still somewhere in the world that you can pay taxes and say you have to collect less, but no one will be able to cut you off," said that you can get a lot of money when you walk down, and you can still have a change to eat and drink outside."

Everyone was scolded and their faces were flushed. When they turned their heads and saw that it was Xiaoqi, the grandson of the old shop owner, who came to serve Wang Er and others. They heard everyone's complaints and couldn't help but start to report the injustice to Butcher Zhu. His attitude was as if he was Zhu Butcher Zhu's confidant guard, and he was ready to sacrifice his life to defend the dignity of his boss at any time.

Wang Erzheng was worried that he could not lead the conversation to the Huaiyang General Administration Office. Seeing that Xiaoqi Brother arrived uninvited, he was overjoyed and nodded immediately and responded sincerely, "I'm right. Although the tax revenue in the Huaiyang area is a bit higher, it is clearly marked. It is charged once from beginning to end. Unlike other places, there are no rules at all. After careful calculation, the total number is probably more than 40%.

"40% and 40% are cheaper." Brother Xiaoqi said while placing dishes on the table, "It's not that our Yangzhou has been controlled by the Mongolian Tartars. From the dock outside the city to the door of my house, there are three cards for collecting regular taxes, and other miscellaneous things. If you don't trust your relationship in the yamen, they will squeeze out the oil from the stones."

"That's it, that's it." All the merchants in the traveling foot had experienced being plundered. They nodded and agreed. Inadvertently, they used to glance around for several rounds to check whether there were any butchers around them, so as not to cause trouble from their mouths.

"No need to look for it. No one heard you said except me." Seeing everyone's cautious appearance, Xiaoqi Brother couldn't help but curl his lips gently, "I just heard it. People won't care about you. It's not the Mongolian court, and I don't even have this belly."

Although he was telling the truth, he opened his mouth to the Tartars and kept talking about the Mongolian court, which made Wang Er and the spies around him sounded unharmed. Immediately, a spy snorted coldly and said with a smile: "Hey, I heard you say that, it seems that General Manager Zhu is so generous, I don't believe it. If those words were said in the Ming Dynasty, the local officials would not cause trouble for you."

"In the clear place, even if you go to the Yangzhou government office to talk, no one will pay attention to you." After all, Xiaoqi Brother was young and did not learn to speak according to the customer's wishes. He stumbling his neck and refuted loudly. "When the government posted a notice on the new taxation method, no one yelled on the street, but did General Manager Zhu have any questions about them? There was no one at all. Instead, he posted a new notice, levying the details of the taxation method only once from beginning to end. He carefully explained it to everyone. In the end, he still didn't forget to tell everyone that if anyone dared to increase the taxation method, wherever they went, no matter day and night, as long as they sued, there would definitely be someone to take care of it."

This is indeed courageous and puts everything in a clear way. Whether you are convinced or not, at least there are no invisible rules, and it greatly reduces the possibility of officials at all levels reaching out.

After hearing this, the vendors couldn't help but nodded, and they all felt that Xiaoqi's words were justified and that Zhu Butcher Zhu did it cleanly and beautifully.

However, the spies around Wang Er felt more and more uncomfortable as they heard it. They couldn't help but whisper a few more words and said angrily, "Of course I won't cause trouble on the surface, but why did I hear that in the last two months, many well-known figures in the Yangzhou area died inexplicably, saying that they were the ones who did it. Who knows which one was going to do it?"

"Don't swear by others. If you have sex, just show the evidence." When Xiaoqi brother heard this, he suddenly became angry and slapped the table. "Zhu Liangzu went to Jiangnan and is now living a happy life under the tent of Timur. How could he have been ordered by General Zhu? Besides, there are any of the disguised big families that should not die? General Zhu is kind enough to give them a chance to govern the place together. But they not only don't know how to be grateful, but they colluded to try to turn against each other. They also secretly hooked up with Dong Tuanxiao and asked those named Dong to find an opportunity to attack Yangzhou. They are easy to be an insider and ask me to tell me that they are not wronged at all. If I can talk to General Zhu, I would suggest that they all confiscated their families and exterminate the family, and eliminate them, so as not to have one or two ignorant miscellaneous pieces, and they will still gossip everywhere."

While talking, he used his eyes as a knife to scan Wang Er and others, as if the other party was just the miscellaneous miscellaneous who had missed the net, trying every means to ruin Zhu Bashiyi's reputation.

Wang Er and others were numb from seeing their scalp, but they could not fight back openly. They panted for a while, laughed and whispered, "Brother Xiaoqi is such a sharp mouth. It's a pity that Mr. Zhu didn't invite you to be an official in his place."

"Our officials in Huaiyang have to take the exam based on their abilities, but no one sees me talking to the general manager." Xiaoqi Ge glanced at him again, and his tender face was full of confidence as a Huaiyang person. "To be honest, I also went to the school before Zhang Mingjian's dog thief burned my house. When the imperial examinations are held again this year, I must enter the court to get a chance."

"Yeah, I can't tell you that you are still a scholar." The entourage beside Wang Er was furious and sneered and hit him, "But if you really pass the exam, aren't you afraid that the court's troops will come over and cause trouble for you and your family?"

"The court, the court must have that ability." Xiaoqi Ge became more and more proud as he spoke, as if he had long become a member of the Huai'an Army. "When our General Manager Zhu only had two or three thousand soldiers, he could conquer Huai'an, where the court was stationed in tens of thousands of troops. Now his old man had all the water, land and troops, and at least 70,000 to 80,000. He was afraid of a bird-haired court. He asked me to say that if this continues, it will take a few years for the General Manager to attack Huanglong and capture the Emperor of Tartars to be a groom."

"Hey." Not only were the followers so angry that they almost jumped up, but Wang Er himself was also so angry that his face turned black. No wonder Li Si was in a hurry to get rid of the hair and send troops to Huaiyang. Even the shopkeeper who had just had a full meal was so loyal to the butcher Zhu. If he delayed it, wouldn't the three places in Huai'an, Gaoyou and Yangzhou be managed by Zhu's butcher Zhu's butcher? What kind of magic did he use to make the people under his control so devotedly to him?

The old man in the shop was so angry that he walked in with a plate of steamed fish. Seeing his grandson fighting with the customer again, he put the plate on the table and raised his hand and slapped him, "Let you do some work and see your style, just like you are an old man. Get out of here, get out of the kitchen and wash the dishes for your wife. Say less, no one will sell you as a mute."

"I'm just speaking up for justice." Brother Xiaoqi was beaten but was not convinced. He covered his head and walked to the backyard loudly.

"Get out, go back to wash the dishes. If you dare to talk back, carefully your skin tonight." The old man from the shop owner glared at him and was arrogant without anger.

He scared away his grandson, and quickly changed into a humble smile and bowed to Wang Er and others to apologize, "Guest, don't be as good as him. He is a child, and his hair is not yet grown. After listening to a few words outside, he came back and bragging. You have traveled around the world and eaten more salt than the rice he has eaten. Don't be serious with a child."

"Hey, it's just a few casual talk. After leaving this door, we all forgot." Wang Er didn't have the courage to make trouble on Zhu Tuhu's territory. He smiled and deliberately sold favors from the owner. "Everyone, do you think this is the case?"

"Yes, yes, that's right, we just talked and said, and no one remembered when we went out." The principle of the vendors was to not cause trouble for themselves, and they smiled and intervened one after another.

The old shop owner was relieved and bowed to everyone, thanking him with a smile, "Dear guests, you guys, thank you for your kindness first. Our house is small and just opened, and there is nothing good to entertain. I will bring a jar of old wine to help you all the guests. I don't have any money and give it to you for free."

"This, how can this make my father spend money?" The merchants waved their hands one after another, and the light on the corners of their mouths shone out the true thoughts in their hearts.

The old man from the shop owner was knowledgeable and not long-winded. He walked back to the backyard with a moment. After a while, he came out with a big jar of wine in his hands. Depending on the situation, it weighed at least five or six pounds, which was enough for everyone present to enjoy drinking. "Dear guests, please use it slowly. The old man went to the backyard and got a few side dishes for drinking."

"For this reason, thank you, my father-in-law." The merchants in the world smiled and walked up to take the wine jar, quickly slapped the seal, replaced the tea in front of them with rice wine, and scrambled to drink it one after another.

After a few big mouthfuls of cheap old wine, they gradually became more careful. Someone raised his glass and clashed with Wang Er, and asked with a smile, "This brother, Li Yun, I dare to ask what you call me, what is your business of making a fortune? I have never seen you much in Yangzhou before."

"Oh, it's rare for me to come here." Wang Er hesitated for a moment and began to make up nonsense, "My name is Zhang Xiaohua, from Zhending Mansion. I heard that someone in Yangzhou bought smelt salt at a high price, so I asked me to bring a boat here to try my luck."

"Stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stone-stained across the Yellow River." The vendors were stunned when they heard this and praised them.

It was over, I forgot that the imperial court had embargoed the squat and salt. Wang Er's heart skipped a beat and almost stopped beating. However, after all, he was the elite of the Prime Minister's Mansion. His reaction was very fast. In the blink of an eye, he closed his fear and said proudly, "Isn't this a little bit of a problem at home in the local area, so I took the risk to come here. If the price is worth continuing, I will do it often in the future. If it is not worth it, I will only do it this time. Next time I will do something else. Whoever has the same head, how can I always stop playing around on my trouser bags?"

"That's, that's it." Everyone was skeptical, and their eyes were circling around him and their followers.

"What kind of business do you guys do? Judging from your accent, you are all from the south." Wang Er was afraid of revealing his identity, so he quickly took the initiative to change the topic.

"What else can I do? Just transport grain and salt to transport out." Everyone smiled and told their own business frankly.

In this season, except for the Red Turban princes, most of the others transport grain in and out of the fine salt. Huaiyang Business now produces a fine salt, which is whiter than snow and purer than green salt. When transported outside, the price can be several times higher than ordinary coarse salt. It is definitely a profitable and good deal. Because Yangzhou was burned, local grain prices have been high in the past few months. Although the General Administration tried every means to suppress it, vendors could still make a fortune by reselling grain to Yangzhou.

"My brothers have good eyesight." Since Wang Er dressed up as a vendor, he must have done some homework in advance and knew which businesses are best done in Huaiyang area now, so he put on the posture of showing off.

Everyone was drunk and had a dazzled look. Of course, they couldn't see any flaws. They raised their wine bowls and responded with a smile, "I'm just a little bitch, and a little bitch, no matter how much I compare, I can't compare to you, a person who has the ability to do saltpeter."

"I happen to have a way." Wang Er was unwilling to let everyone look at him, smiling and changing the topic again, "By the way, have you heard about the Grand General Administration selling Huaiyang Business Company's share capital? 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 Business Company." When the vendors heard this, they were stunned. When they looked at Wang Er, the stars suddenly filled with stars.

"Ah, that's right. I heard that it's okay to buy someone who has always paid for it. I don't know if it's serious, so I want to ask, so everyone just thinks I'm bragging. Anyway, no one of us remembers when we leave this door." Wang Er's face was hot and he quickly spoke to make up for it.

"Why is it bragging? If you are willing to bet once, of course you can buy it. Just go in at the gate of Huaiyang Business Hotel, and the second house on the left is still being sold." Everyone was obviously wrong about his meaning, and smiled and gave instructions.

"Not it? It's sold openly, just like a cannon, as long as you are willing to spend money."

"But now, a share of more than one-month money is more than one-month money, at least two-month money and two-month money and sixth money."

"Why are you still selling?" Wang Er was stunned for a moment, with a puzzled look on his face, "Hasn't you sold it long ago? And why did the price increase again?"

"You don't know this." Everyone was drunk and showed off proudly. "When General Zhu invited local gentry to invest, everyone was reluctant to pay for it, for fear of provoking him. The rich people from Huai'an, Yangzhou and Gaoyou barely raised more than one million yuan. No one wanted the remaining 900,000 shares, so the general manager gave the order and placed it in the shop of Huaiyang Store and sold it publicly."

"As a result, the next day, the chief executive took out the artillery workshop, and then successively assigned many industries to Huaiyang Business Company. He also said that the gentry who purchased more than 50,000 shares would participate in political affairs. When the local wealthy people saw it, they all regretted it. They ran to the company to buy the stocks with a stern face. As a result, the remaining stock price instantly doubled. It was not until the chief executive put the one million jin in his hand in the company and allowed all those who purchased the shares to sell at any time, so that the price of each share would fall back to about two jin and five, which was a full double and a half times higher than the initial one."

"It's so expensive, so who can buy 50,000 shares at least affordable. Will people who buy less profit?" Wang Er felt the more hesitant hesitated. He thought for a while, and hesitated to ask.

"Why don't you? You can buy high and low." The vendors looked at him, as if they were just looking at a newcomer who had just started. "If you do it, you can make money without leaving Yangzhou. Even if you don't do it well, you can just throw it all into your own hands. Think about it, more than a month ago, the chief executive just calculated the artillery workshop in the business. At the beginning of this month, he created a new thing called cement, mixing sand and water to build a house, and it is extremely fast. It is not a problem to build a brick house in one sleep. Next, maybe there are any other ways to make money. Throw it one by one into the Huaiyang business. How can the merchants get a discount? Let me tell you the truth. We only have less money on hand, otherwise, we might also buy a few shares to bet on luck. As long as the Huai'an army does not defeat the war, we will definitely make a profit and will not lose money."
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