Chapter 183 Guilds and annual exams
Every grain merchant was ready, thinking that Wang Fulin would ask for various conditions, and bargain at that time. No one expected that he would suddenly pierce the halo of everyone as a big businessman, revealing the fact that he was glamorous outside and weak inside. Especially with a bit of tragic martyrdom, Wu Xingcai, who hoped that Wang Fulin would make his debut, stared at the little scholar Wang in front of him with a ghost-like gaze. After a while, he swallowed his saliva and suddenly no longer wanted to go around in circles.
"You little official, please tell me clearly, what do you want?"
"My original intention of setting up a charity shop was actually because Ye County Zun mentioned to me that the reserve warehouse had been withering for a long time, and now there is less than a thousand stones of grain in stock. Once a famine occurs, there is no grain to borrow, let alone relief. So, I set up the shelf of this charity shop in the beginning to make preparations to revitalize the reserve warehouse."
As soon as these words were said, all the grain merchants looked subtle. At this time, some people thought that although the reserve warehouse was prosperous, as the supervision of the court became increasingly weak, it only made the local officials and warehouse officials in the end. Some people thought that if Ye County Zun and Wang Xiaoxiucai joined forces to have the huge figure in the official position of the reserve warehouse, it would be enough to hit the grain merchants even more dirt-like; some people thought that Wang Fulin was just saying that he was engaged in the grain merchants and would soon withdraw from the business, so they didn't have to worry too much... In short, in a moment, the attitudes of the people became significantly different.
Faced with these reactions, Wang Fulin said with a smile: "When Ye County Zun saw the yidian so prosperous, he heard what I said when I summoned the wealthy gentry of various townships in She County at the Zhuangyuan Building. He was moved. After he recovered from illness, he once told me that he hoped that the Yidian would be able to facilitate the villagers to pay summer tax and autumn grain in the future. That is, what I said before in the Zhuangyuan Building, the village chief collected all the villagers' grains and sold grains in the Yidian. The Yidian directly redeems the corresponding silver, and the village chief paid it to the collection and transportation warehouse. In this way, the grain chief was only responsible for urging the department and reconciling the transportation. The storage link was responsible for the village chief, which was more convenient and labor-saving."
"Why would you agree if you ask the little official?"
"Why don't you agree?" Wang Fulin asked with a smile. This year, because he has attracted various large households to invest capital, plus Cheng Naixuan's private money and Lin Muxuan's income, it is barely enough for summer and autumn. After gradually selling grain in the spring next year, he plans to withdraw all the capital of everyone. At that time, the part of Ye County's embezzlement of public funds in the county government should also increase its value. At that time, he will use Yidian as a blueprint to rebuild the She County reserve warehouse. In this way, he will pass the official road from Min. Of course, he is not just for the government business.
There was no such thing as the imperial merchant in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless to the heroes, but he was still pretty good to the people. In addition to the regular tax, he never allowed his subordinates to prepare anything, but the emperors came down one by one and became more aggressive in exploiting them. The government even had to send shops to prepare all kinds of things the emperor wanted for free because of the stakes, and even didn't even have to fight white strips! As for those weaving and dyeing bureaus that were controlled by eunuchs, let alone, it would be worthy of you to write white strips! Even the salt merchants who were in charge of the early days, because the government did not have so much salt at all, they opened a lot of salt to attract them, and how many people were waiting to lose their fortunes?
Therefore, merchants are all very careful about doing business with the government, for fear of being cheated!
At this moment, grain traders looked at each other. Even if She County is the first county in Huizhou, it will be taxed for summer and autumn grain every year, plus the miscellaneous military expenditure and various levies, at most about 30,000 taels. This number seems huge, but the amount of grain equivalent to this amount is already quite large in Huizhou, which is a place with eight mountains, one river and one part. After all, many people rely on business to subsidize their livelihoods. In addition to the confusion, someone asked: "Is it possible that Yidian will not do grain business in addition to summer and autumn grain?"
"How is that possible!" Wang Fulin smiled immediately. He didn't care about other people's black faces and said in a sincere tone, "I hang my card. If someone wants to deliver it to the door to sell food, I can't push people out? In fact, it's what I just said. Instead of trying to make more money, I'll just be tempted to make the difference between buying and selling, and I'll be scolded for making a lot of money. I have to fight each other. Why not look farther? Huizhou merchants are in other places, and they are the leaders of all walks of life, but grain merchants who stay in the local area are cursed for a few small profits. Isn't that a joke?"
"So, everyone said that both sides should not suffer losses, and I completely agree with this."
Without knowing the pros and cons, without making any requirements, or bargaining, Wang Fulin actually said such a sentence lightly, and most grain merchants felt that their minds were a little unreal. However, what surprised them even more was that Wang Fulin said another thing in a flash that made them even more confused.
"Before Mr. Nanming took office in Yunyang, he told me that agriculture is the foundation of the country, but why should merchants bear it? Especially grain merchants, who manage food and clothing, so it is particularly important. Profit is a common human nature, but how to make profits reasonably and famous? Is it like some town officials who have to fight for one life and death in the summer tax silk case that was sensational in the past?" Wang Fulin bluntly sacrificed Wang Daokun's killer weapon, and then continued, "So, my opinion is that grain merchants in the six counties should set up a rice industry guild, and they can benefit from it."
Wang Fulin made such a move, of course, it was not to give Ye County the political achievements of rebuilding a reserve warehouse to let Ye Qinglong train his shopkeeper's talent. Among the Hui merchants, such as Mr. Cheng, most of the giant merchants who are rooted in other places to do business, while Huizhou is left behind by small-capital merchants and have no close organization, such as various guilds. Just like these grain merchants at present, they are all sit-in merchants and have limited capital. Maybe they will gather together to discuss some countermeasures and make some decisions, but there is no such organizational structure.
Taking advantage of the strong capital, the wealthy merchants looked down on the land of one prefecture and six counties in Huizhou, and they were just used! He launched the so-called charity shop, not only borrowed the heads of the Qi family's army, but also sold reserved dog meat in the future, but also won over a large number of Shexian large households as banners. Now he is arguing with these grain merchants, but just to form a guild.
"Rice Industry Guild?" Wu Xingcai narrowed his eyes sharply and asked in a deep voice, "What is this Rice Industry Guild for?"
"It's just a place for everyone to drink tea and chat." Wang Fulin certainly knew that he didn't believe it, but even with so many dazzling gazes, he still smiled and said, "Make the price of collecting grain more reasonable, this is one; and taking advantage of the strong power of everyone to go back to the spring. When merchants transport rice from other places, we can have the strongest bargaining power when collecting rice, which is the second. As for the third, don't you think we can do anything else besides collecting grain and selling grain?
He was showing facts and reasoning again. He also pulled out Wang Daokun's tiger skin, but of course everyone would not agree immediately for such a big thing. Besides, many people just wanted Wang Fulin to say that he would not disturb the situation anymore. He didn't want to follow him or her to make trouble. Wang Fulin did not force it, and said that he would maintain the current price and would not continue to raise prices and fight, so he smiled and sent such a group to the door.
You don’t agree to establish a guild now, and you have no relationship at all. You will know in the future!
Seeing that everyone was gone, he felt relieved. After entering the door, he stretched his waist and felt smoke coming out of his throat. At this time, three people came out of the Ming Hall. Not only did Lian Qiao, who had served tea and water inside, but also Wang Erniang and Wang Xiaomei. The two little girls were all confused. Obviously, the result of hiding and eavesdropping just now was that they were completely confused.
Seeing that Wang Fulin urged Lian Qiao to get water to quench her thirst, Wang Erniang asked in a low voice: "Brother, are you in a hurry to make money because of your father's business? But reading matters are important..."
As soon as the word "reading" was released, Wang Fulin suddenly stretched his face. Thinking of Master Li's warning, the students who were about to obtain the annual exam, he only felt that the shoulders that had been relaxed a little bit suddenly weighed down another heavy burden. Finally, he couldn't help but interrupt listlessly: "Make money first, then take the exam... After all, I have been through so many years of exam-oriented education! I have to eat at a sip, and Ruth goes step by step. You and my younger sister are looking for the house, so I'll go find Master Li now!"
What does the so-called test-oriented education mean for so many years? Wang Erniang didn't understand very much, but she found that her brother was in a bad mood. Therefore, seeing that Wang Fulin was leaving the house, she couldn't help asking Wang Xiaomei: "Little sister, wait for Ye Qinglong to come back and ask him about what temples and Taoist temples in this county town are the most effective in exams. Let's go and burn two more incense sticks!"
Last time I had time to ask Master Li for advice on the art of making, that is, eight-legged essays, which was about to be found more than ten days ago. So, at this moment, Wang Fulin visited him again, and Master Li didn't say anything, and threw him a copy of his own art book that year. Among the exercises, he had a good structure such as solving the topic and explaining the topic. Wang Fulin was already a little resistant to this kind of thing, and then he felt sleepy after reading it for a while. But before he could finish his sleep, he suddenly felt that something hit the forehead. When he looked up, he saw Master Li staring at him angrily, and behind him were three little guys who were secretly looking at him.
"A role model, role model!" Master Li warned with a grudge. Seeing Wang Fulin sitting upright helplessly, he said, "I set off on the first day of September. I took a boat to Hangzhou first, and then went north from the canal. Although this was slower, it was better than not bumpy, and I still had time to read books on the road. I recommended my former teaching teacher to the county master before, and the letter had been written long ago. He would go to Huizhou Prefecture before and after I left. However, I heard that Mr. Nanming also recommended someone, or was the teacher of Master Wang Er?"
Ye Dapao is too quick-talking. Why tell Master Li about this?
Wang Fulin suddenly had a headache, because Master Li was not only smiling occasionally, but he usually looked serious and arrogant, so he was not sure if this person was not very happy, so he could only make a solemn statement that when Wang Daokun recommended the teacher, he did not know that Master Li also recommended the candidate. What he did not expect was that Master Li whispered: "If both gentlemen come in the future, let Master Wang Er's master professor Ming Zhao Jinbao and Qiu Feng, the three of them had a good foundation. As for my teacher, he can guide your career. I thought that I could get the Nanzhili Yayuan, thanks to him."
If I plan to take the Jie Yuan or Ya Yuan exam, I will be ecstatic, but at this moment I am thinking about how to take advantage of the loopholes and cheat and fly by at a low altitude!
When Wang Fulin thought of Master Li's temper, the teacher who taught his master might have a more eccentric and harsh personality, he did not dare to mess with him. On the contrary, Wang Daoguan was indulgent and the teacher might be easier to get along with. But of course he would not show his face, so he quickly agreed. At this moment, a voice came from outside.
"Xiaoguanren Wang, Zheng Bantou Zaoban, said that if you have an urgent matter, you will be asked."
After the matter of the third and sixth rooms of the She County Yamen, Master Li deliberately learned about Shu Tui and forced the palace to find out more in-depth. At this time, he felt very surprised. Ye County Zun, or Wang Xiaoxiucai's close confidants in the county Yamen, were mainly Liu Hui, the clerk of the House Office, Wu Sili of the Criminal Office, Xiao Zhenyue, and Zhao Wu, the head of the Zhuang Team, and the rest were all a little different. As for Zheng Banting, the last time he failed to break the scene and was about to be swept into the garbage dump. Are you trying to plead with Wang Fulin now?
Wang Fulin thought about it and decided not to disturb Master Li's atmosphere of class. He claimed the crime and left the study room. When he got outside, he learned from the servant who was informing him that Zheng Bantou was at the back door, so he went straight out. When he arrived at the back door, he saw Zheng Bantou, dressed in casual clothes, paced back and forth, and then he had time to walk forward.
"What's urgent for Zheng Bantuo?"
Zheng Bantou suddenly looked up and when he saw that it was Wang Fulin, he rushed over immediately. If it weren't for the fact that he was in the back street of the county, he would have almost wanted to kneel down immediately.
"Little official, you must save Xiaodi! The things you told me before were spread out as you told me, and it is spread everywhere. The Wang family in Shuchuan not only did not help She people sell grain, but also instigated the grain shops to cause trouble! But the spy appeared at the bottom of the little one, and the third old master of the Wang family actually knew that it was Xiaodi's noise! When he spoke, he immediately knocked off Xiaodi's job in three moments!" After saying this, Zheng Bantou saw that Wang Fulin had no expression on his face. He made up his mind and threw out his killer move.
"The grandson of the third old man, that is, Wang Youmin, is not only a scholar, but also a county school student. It was his work before inciting people to cause trouble. He said that this year's annual exam must be a student student, and it is also embarrassing!" As if he was afraid that Wang Fulin would not pay attention, he added another sentence, "I heard that he also took out a large amount of private money and planned to open a store opposite the little official Lin Muxuan. He also sold the little walnut. He said that he was trying to lose money and must destroy your business!"
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