But the benefit of the hereafter is that those who are willing take the bait.

If you feel you can't bear the risk, if you don't do it, no one can force you to take it.

It's not like this these days. If you are chosen, if you don't accept it, you are disobedient and just waiting for the house to be ransacked.

There are countless small businesses going bankrupt.

Just because business taxes are low does not mean that the business environment is good.

It's just extremely bad.

Because the court cannot accept it, but the officials will have 9 ways to accept you.

So when Wen Rensheng saw the gift from this merchant, he understood what was going on.

If others don't answer, he will.

If others dare not do it, he will do it.

So Wen Rensheng asked Li Da's father to call this man in.

He received the man in the side room.

After all, it is a merchant, so it cannot be in the main room or study room.

The person who came was a middle-aged man in his 40s with a sad face.

His eyes looked a little clever, but at this moment they were full of heaviness.

As soon as he came in, he immediately knelt down to Wen Rensheng and kowtowed heavily.

"The villain Xie Changgeng has met Mr. Li."

"Okay, get up now. I understand your thoughts for giving such an expensive gift," Wen Rensheng said directly.

"Thank you for your understanding. If you can pass this test, I am willing to give all my property to you." Xie Changgeng stood up cautiously, lowering his head, not daring to look at Wen Rensheng.

"I know what you want. You want to avoid having to buy it."

"My lord is wise, I beg you to lend me a helping hand."

"Oh, then do you know who ordered your home?"

"Your Majesty, this is Mr. Hu, a sixth-grade veteran of the Qing Military Department in the city." Xie Changgeng answered cautiously.

"Oh, then why did he decide to marry you? Is it just a matter of chance?" Wen Rensheng asked.

"I don't dare to lie about this. My previous backer was Lord Zheng, the county magistrate in the city. However, Lord Zheng was impeached and removed from office by Wu Xun. I haven't found a new backer yet." Xie Changgeng answered carefully.

"Very good, then what kind of business are you doing?"

"The small one is in the grain store business. There is one store in the east market and one store in the west market in the city."

“How do you usually collect and sell grain?”

"Reporting to your lord, the villain collects grains while the two taxes have to be paid in summer and autumn. Households need money to pay taxes, so they collect coarse grains and refined grains at low prices, and then sell grains at high prices during the lean period in spring and summer. In short, this is

Buy low and sell high, this business must be backed by officials and adults."

Wen Rensheng nodded: "Your business experience is pretty good, but how much grain can you harvest every year?"

"You can collect 10,000 taels of grain every year and earn about 2,000 taels of silver. That is to say, you can earn two taels of silver for one stone. 1,000 taels of it will be given to Zheng Zhixian, and 500 taels will be distributed around it. The villain has worked hard for a year, but he can only save three or four hundred taels.

"My hard-earned money." Xie Changgeng looked sad, "If the adults can help the villain pass the test, the villain is willing to give all the silver to the adults."

"Okay, if you don't make money, how can you be interested? Don't say such things in my place from now on." Wen Rensheng shook his head.

Xie Changgeng quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

He immediately realized that although the boy in front of him was young, he was very resourceful and could judge people very accurately.

It is indeed the same as the recent rumors.

No wonder the governor relied on Zhong, and he might really be able to pass the test this time.

"Then how rich is your family now?" Wen Rensheng stared at him and asked.

"I don't dare to deceive you. The younger one has been engaged in this business for 40 years for three generations, and his family's total wealth of land, land and buildings is 20,000 taels."

"Twenty thousand, and you have no backing, no wonder someone wants to eat you." Wen Rensheng nodded.

Xie Changgeng only kowtowed on the ground, and Wen Rensheng did not let him get up this time.

"I also understand. I have accepted your gift. I will protect your shop from now on. I will give you a letter. You can take it and show it to Mr. Hu and tell him that I have a banquet at Taibai Tower."

If he doesn't come to my dinner, you come to me again." Wen Rensheng said calmly.

As he spoke, he wrote a post.

"Thank you, sir." Xie Changgeng kowtowed again.

Wen Rensheng quickly wrote a letter and asked Xie Changgeng to take it back.

The content is very simple, just invite the other party to a meal.

after one day.

Xie Changgeng came back with a frustrated look.

"Replying to your lord, Sir Hu said that he couldn't come to your banquet because he felt cold." Xie Changgeng still accompanied him and said cautiously.

"Hmph, it's just as I expected."

Wen Rensheng has figured out the factions of officials in the city in the past few days.

In other words, we have figured out the interest groups.

This is a characteristic of the late Ming Dynasty.

gang.

Behind Hu’s experience was Wu Xunjian.

He and Wu Xunjian were Jinshi in the same year.

This is a very hard relationship.

If there is anyone in the local area who can deny face to the governor, it is the governor.

Compared with the governor, the rank of the governor is only seventh grade, or even lower, but he is more trusted by the court.

Because the governor has gradually become a local official.

The inspector was still an official sent by the imperial court, and he only served for one year.

He truly represents the court.

It is also responsible for supervising local officials, including the governor himself.

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The rank is small, but the supervisory power is high. It cannot do anything, but it can deceive people.

This puts many officers in bad luck.

It can also ensure that if there are rebels among officials, they can be discovered in time.

However, they could not deal with the local households, those who had strong local influence, such as the Jiangmen chieftains.

They can only deal with mobile officials.

Officials without foundation.

That’s why Hu’s experience gave him the confidence to not give himself face.

Of course, Wen Rensheng also understood that he had just entered the scene and had not done anything big yet.

Outsiders don’t know how well they can recognize people.

It is for this reason that they don't care about themselves.

Well, let the other person take a good look at your energy.

Since we can only use the skills of this era, Wen Rensheng naturally uses the methods of this era.

Then Wen Rensheng called his three adopted sons, Li Da, Li Er, and Li San.

"I will teach you something today."

"You go and talk more and hook up with the family members of that Inspector Wu, and I will give you money. Your purpose is to find out his illegal activities."

After Wen Rensheng finished speaking, he took out another 50 taels of silver, which was a huge sum of money.

"Sir, this money should be paid by the villain." Xie Changgeng said quickly.

"Okay, you've already given me a huge sum of 5,000 taels, how can I ask you to pay more? I'm just giving money to do things here, and I will never owe anything." Wen Rensheng wanted to stop his character.

Otherwise, even if someone wants to repay the favor in the future, they won’t dare.

If I give you money and you don’t do anything, who will pay you back in the future?

Unless you take it by force.

But if you grab it once or twice, if you do it too often, firstly, it will be inefficient, and secondly, you will eventually end up like Yang Zhi and Li Kui.
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