Chapter 143 I only bid 20% of the market price
Young people don’t know the importance of it, and they are often enthusiastic about things they shouldn’t care about. This will make the idlers who are watching cheer, but it is often not so easy to end afterwards.
If the family has a way, either suppress it or lose money and eliminate disasters. If the family has no way, it is easy to be beaten. Many people are found to be punished for a reason, and even their lives are lost in the end. Of course, if the family background is too big, everyone will have to bow their heads and give in. Most of the jokes that criticize the stories that are so evil that they cannot beat the right ones are mostly derived from this.
The background of Zhu Da in front of him has collapsed. One died in a military disaster, the other did not know his life and death. He relied on nothing more than ruthlessness and skill. Such a role is indeed fearful. But if you really want to do such a stupid thing, such as taking care of the Tartars' invasion and plundering and making money, it is to fight against the entire Huairen County government office. From the magistrate to the bottom, the idle white soldiers will be enemies with him.
Even if Zhu Da was covered in iron and had three heads and six arms, all the people from Huairen County could refine him and break him up and completely crush him into meat paste.
When Chang Kai thought of this, the awe that had just risen in his heart disappeared, and the sincere smile on his face became much stiffer. He replied with a dry smile: "Everyone has family to support. Our Huairen County is a poor place. We finally have an opportunity and will not harm human life. We just make some hard money."
He didn't even ask Zhu Da what he was going to do next, but just thought about how to see off the guests. Zhu Da and Li He looked at each other, the smile on their faces remained unchanged, and even a little joking.
Chang Kai was about to find an excuse, but Zhu Dayouran said, "The yamen has plundered so much wealth. Do you just want to eat and use it at home? With the appearance of our four-mile and eight townships in Huairen County, we probably haven't squeezed out much money. They are all given physical goods. I believe everyone in the yamen will not be short of these things, but if they are distributed to the deputy and white servants below, wouldn't it be too much of a loss?"
Hearing what Zhu Da said, Chang Kai immediately swallowed the excuse of seeing off the guests. This was not the intention of being righteous, and it hit the minds of everyone in the yamen.
The so-called deputy servants and white servants are white, and do not receive labor and food silver from the government office. The official words are called "not in the book". Zhu Da's memory for more than 20 years also has a more vivid description of "outside the post" or "not in the post". According to the rules set by the Ministry of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty, the government received labor and food silver from the government, which means that there are only dozens of people who are legally remunerated by the government. With the deduction and vacancy, the amount of money that can be paid in real terms is probably only thirty people.
But the smallest county also has a population of over 10,000, how can it be thirty? Since the founding of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has always strictly controlled the establishment of officials. Any increase in the establishment will be criticized as "disturbing the people" and "unoffending the ancestor's system". However, local governments must do things, and taxes that should be collected must be collected, otherwise there will be no future.
Since there is this unkind rule, there are flexible ways to deal with it. If there is no work-to-food bank or staffing, then look for those who do not need to pay work-to-food bank and do not need staffing. The remuneration will naturally be paid from the collection outside of taxes. As for staffing, if you have money to make money and have power, who will still pay attention to the staffing?
Therefore, in the yamen all over the world, there are always two or three deputy officers around the registered officials and servants, but this is far from enough. Often, there are two or three white officers around a deputy officer, and there will be more and not fewer. Therefore, there are dozens of people who register for the yamen to receive the work and food and silver, and hundreds of people who actually handle the work and food.
You see, Chang Kai is just an ordinary constable in the yamen, but he also has more than 20 people in his hands, and he is called "Master" and "Master" outside.
This time, when the Mongolian horse team invaded, hundreds of people in the yamen were naturally mobilized, and the goods that were extorted at the city gate, silver, copper coins, gold and silver jewelry, etc. had been taken away by people with identity, and the remaining goods were piled up near the city gate.
Compared with the currency spot silver, the goods piled up on the city gate are more valuable because the quantity is large, but the officials in the yamen are worried about this. Such a large amount of real goods is worth a lot of money, but in this turbulent war, it is not easy to take action on these goods. However, if you divide these real goods, hundreds of people will have to divide them. Even if you divide them according to your status, you won’t have much to put in your hands. Work hard has become the benefit of equal division, which makes the people who are in charge of the matter really unwilling to accept it.
These things are naturally familiar to Chang Kai, who is in Huairen County, so he didn't take them seriously when he heard Zhu Da mention them, but he realized the next moment, how could he know? He couldn't know, so why was the intention of saying this?
Chang Kai cannot be said to be unsavvy. He came to a rough conclusion after a little surprised, because he saw a familiar expression on Zhu Da's face. The magistrate's magistrate's money and grain master, the clerks and merchants all had similar expressions.
"What should Mr. Zhu want to do? Let's listen, Lao Chang can't make the decision, just listen." Chang Kai said in a very subtle way.
"If the captain often calls Mr. Zhu, call me brother Zhu or Xiao Zhu, I will say straight to the point. I will buy these scrapped goods with cash, but only 20% of the market price. I will be allowed to pay half of the credit and pay the other half in a month." Zhu Da said it very clearly.
Chang Kai opened his mouth again. He guessed a little, but he didn't expect that Zhu Da had such a plan. Chang Kai subconsciously said: "Young Master Zhu, Brother Zhu, only give 20% of it. Isn't this too low?"
"Brother Chang, you are not the one who makes the decision. How much can you get for the sale? This is not the benefit between us brothers. You can hand over this first. If the person who makes the decision does not allow it, it will be nothing more than a talk." Zhu Da smiled and fulfilled his words.
The Chang's wife brought the tea there and enthusiastically kept Zhu Da for lunch. Chang Kai did not slam or interrupt, but just pondered there without saying a word.
After a while, Chang Kai slapped his thigh and said in a muffled voice: "Old Chang will believe Brother Zhu for a while. I believe Brother Zhu won't lose my benefits. Brother Zhu will go back first and wait for the news. I will go to the yamen to pass on the message."
"Please rest assured Brother Chang, I am not a person who treats my friends badly." Zhu Da certainly understood Chang Kai's hint and responded with a smile.
The relationship between the two sides was not as good as a guest for dinner. Zhu Da thanked the Chang's wife for her enthusiasm and took Li and Chang Kai out together. Before leaving, Zhu Da introduced Li He to Chang Kai. When he heard that it was Zhu Da's sworn brother, Chang Kai became much more polite.
While still in the yard, Chang Kai couldn't help but say: "Brother Zhu is like working in the yamen for generations. But even those who have worked in the japanese for generations, who are the same age as Brother Zhu and even older than you, cannot do this like you. This is like doing business as old as official business."
Regarding this question, Zhu Da just smiled and didn't say anything.
After Chang Kai was discharged from the hospital, the three young men squatting beside him stood up, greeted him with a smile, saying, "Good Mr. Chang." These three young men were dressed in a barely neat manner, all of whom were ordinary semi-old cloth robes, with a bit of frivolous look in between their eyebrows and eyes. They didn't look like children of good families. Although Chang Kai was very polite to Zhu Da, he was very generous in front of the three people. He just nodded calmly and pointed at a casual voice, saying, "Hei Shitou, take this young master to the place where the goods were piled in the south of the city. If someone asked, he would say he was a distinguished guest in the yamen. You have to serve him, otherwise you would be skinned!"
The man who was called Black Stone was a strong man, who was only a few years older than Li He. When he heard Chang Kai's order, he quickly flattered and bowed and gave a big gift, saying, "Please rest assured, Mr. Chang, the younger one must serve Mr. Zhu well, otherwise I will strip this layer of skin myself before you can do it."
Zhu Da nodded with a smile, and greeted Chang Kai again. The three young people noticed Captain Chang's polite attitude towards Zhu Da, and the black stone's waist bent a lot.
He is flattering and slick and respectful to Chang Kai. Zhu Da already has a rough judgment on these three people. It should be Chang Kai's deputy and Bai Jun, and he should have a higher status than ordinary people and is considered a confidant.
"Brother, don't worry, this little brother, Men Qing, is the old shopkeeper in the business that year, admires his ability." Walking towards the south gate, Li He boasted a few words.
Zhu Da nodded. Many people praised Li He's ability in front of him. Zhu Da reminded him: "Now the war is in chaos, the price of daily business will rise, but the merchants and goods will fall. Huairen County is not a commercial road. Many goods can only be sold at the price after leaving Shanxi. They have no place to sell, so they can only stay there. They are anxious and the price will be low."
The city is not big, and it didn't take long to go to the south gate. Yesterday, everyone went into the city in a noisy way, but today they were out of the city, and the streets were not so messy and dirty. The officials didn't think about not allowing them to leave the city to extort money, because they were not in a hurry anyway, and they were no longer interested in being slaughtered. If you don't let me go out, I'll wait for a few days.
Some people even went to the shed where the goods were piled up for it, and there was no good ending. The officials' sticks were smashed down without any mercy.
"There are such neat furs, and these horns are not vague."
"Reply to the words of the two masters, the Tartars were in a hurry at that time. Some caravans ran away and threw the goods down. The masters in the yamen left the city and transported the things back."
"What's going on with these cloths? The Tartars came and went quickly, killed the caravans and left before they could set fire. A group of poor men thought they had a good start, but after entering the city, they were confiscated by the men."
Chapter completed!