The shrewd man lived a very comfortable life for three days. Every day he cooked a pot of old wine for his father and served a bowl of delicious dumplings to his wife. Then he and his wife and son ate some Xuan in the outer room.

The whole family really enjoys the steaming steamed buns.

In the past three days, the reason why this man was able to live such a comfortable life was because he got three oceans for free. What made him take advantage of the three oceans was a trivial matter. The big thing was that he had a hundred oceans in the bank.

, in the first year, you can get three oceans of interest, and by the end of the year, according to everyone's optimistic calculations, the dividend distribution received from participating in the development and construction of Tianjin City can reach at least half, then your own family wealth

At least one hundred and fifty taels.

The original 100 taels of silver were saved by the hard work of the father and son. For this reason, they had to eat half a meal every day and could not buy a new piece of clothing in a year. The clothes his own children wore were still worn by his grandfather.

The clothes are piled with patches, and they can be used as cotton-padded jackets.

But this time my decision was right. In just one year, I could earn 50 taels of silver. Thinking about the jingling foreign money that I had yet to get, I woke up laughing in my dreams.

After three days of comfortable life, waiting for pie to fall from the sky is not what an honest man should do, so this shrewd man followed his usual practice and ate two steamed buns and picked up the pole behind the door.

He put a rope, two steamed buns and a handful of precious pickles in his arms, said hello to his wife, and prepared to go to the canal dock at Chaoyangmen to continue working and earn some hard-earned money.

When it was dawn, I walked to the pier. It was already dark and full of people. Not all of them had savings to deposit in the bank to get a dividend in the future. Most of them still had to work hard to make money.

After a meal, and worrying about the next meal, everyone here is looking forward to the opening of Chaoyang Gate, and batch after batch of food supplies from the south will come in, allowing them to earn some money.

Now everyone is working hard and trying hard to save a little bit of money, because as soon as winter starts to freeze, the pier of the canal will be completely closed, and no more boats will come. In fact, it will not be able to get through.

, the canals in the north will be completely frozen, and the transportation between the north and the south will be completely cut off. Then the hard days for these people will come.

The work on the dock is gone, and there is no money to be made, so we can only spend the capital tightly. However, due to the freezing of the North-South Canal, the price of materials in the capital has also begun to rise. For example, food, the food in winter is less than in summer.

Going up to two floors is something that ordinary people cannot accept. But what if they can't accept it? It's like this every year, so life is so tight, so let's live it slowly.

The shrewd man squatted behind the person in front, adhering to the first-come, first-served rule. This was a rule that had been formed for many years. This was not allowed to be messed up, because if anyone dared to block the way, the people from the five-city military and horse division of the government would not care.

The Jin Yiwei walking all over the street are even more lazy to pay attention to you, but the brothers in the Cao Gang will never rub sand in their eyes. They are the real managers of this wharf and the canal along it.

The sun hasn't risen yet and the Chaoyang Gate hasn't opened yet, so everyone is squatting here and whispering hello and chatting to each other. Although everyone deliberately lowered their voices, there are so many people that it becomes a buzzing sound.

After the shrewd man said hello to the people around him, he felt that some of the current kickers were panicked.

This situation has been going on for a long time, and the specific source started with the opening of Tianjin Port.

The ban on sea transportation has been lifted. Someone who has seen sea-going ships said back that it is as big as a mountain. Every cargo shipped is equivalent to the transport capacity of at least ten ships. That thing is so powerful.

And it was precisely because of the opening of the sea that the imperial court decided to build a huge pier near the sea to the south of the old Tianjin Wei, and then build a new city. Once the new pier is built, people will now squat here to make a living.

A man with strong legs will be unemployed.

Behind everyone, there is a large family, waiting for dinner with their mouths open. Once everyone loses their job, they will not be able to survive the rest of their lives. With such a desperate reality, no one will be panicked.

But today this shrewd man is in a different mood than in the past, because he has confidence in his heart that even if he does not have this job, he will still get the bonus of 50 taels of silver every year. Now he wants to open Tianjin City as soon as possible.

Build it, you can make money for two years, and then live frugally, use the money you can earn in these two years as a capital, and take your family with you to the new city of Tianjin to start a small business.

Compared with some jobs that are not available, it is more secure. If it goes smoothly, maybe within three to five years, I will be able to become a member.

Immersed in the beautiful days in the future, and looking at the companions around him, the shrewd man has a sense of superiority. He imagines that he will be arrogant in front of these old brothers in the future, and he is even more proud. A good life depends on calculation.

The success is not achieved through hard work. Just wait, when I have money in the future, I will provide good support to you good brothers.

Just when I was thinking about the good things in the future, I heard a few men squatting next to me put their heads together and murmured in a low voice: "Have you heard? Tianjin New City can't be built, it's all because of Mao Wenlong

Bastard's trick."

Another man immediately intervened and asked curiously: "No, Mr. Xu Guangqi has already designed it in Tianjin, and it will start operation as soon as the money is received. And just a few days ago, a project was specially raised for the construction of Tianjin New City.

The China Construction Bank has also opened. Even the emperor invested 5 million in it, and Mao Shuai also followed. Mao Shuai's gang of lonely ministers also invested tens of millions of money into shares. But the money is there, the money is there

Why not build it?”

As a result, the man who first spread the news gave him a look of disdain: "What do you know? That is a trap set by the Emperor and Mao Wenlong for everyone, just waiting for everyone to get into it."

People in Beijing are really well-informed, and they love discussing national affairs the most. As soon as national affairs are mentioned, they all immediately become the chief minister, and their aura of wisdom is higher than that of the chief minister.

When he heard about the bank's problems, the shrewd man quietly moved forward and prepared to listen to the gossip. The gossip was often more accurate than the official news.

The man continued to talk about the news he had received: "Everyone also knows that the treasury of our Ming Empire is short of nothing but money. Master Sun of Guan Ning and Yuan Chonghuan in front of them opened their mouths again and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs

I asked for money, but Governor Zhang from the south opened his mouth and asked for 1 million. Plus other things, the total was more than 5 million silver. Think about it, money doesn’t grow here, and money doesn’t exist in the world. Where does the money come from?

"

Five million, if this were in the mouths of the people in other places, they would not even be able to say it, but the people at the feet of the well-informed emperor would just open their mouths and talk as if they had tens of millions.

It's as casual as playing. This is the difference between the common people under the emperor's feet in the imperial capital and the common people in other places.

"Where did it come from? Isn't this obvious? When the bank was established, Mao Wenlong and Eunuch Wei raised more than 0 million silver directly in the bank in front of everyone. What did they use it for? They used it to fight, everyone.

But you have to know that war is a money-burning thing. You can only get in but not get out. If you wait for more than 0 million to be burned, you have to continue to take it out from the bank. Also, just yesterday, everyone saw it with your own eyes.

, Mao Wenlong loaded carts and carts of silver on ships and transported them back to his island. What was he going to do? Why did he transport everyone's money back to his home? Isn't this just greedy? In this way,

What else are we using to build Tianjin New City? This is not digging a hole, but what is it to deceive the people?"

"That's true. Is that possible?" To this end, some people still have objections.

"Do you know why Mao Wenlong claimed to be sick and refused to show up?"

"Why?"

"Because he is not in the capital at all. He has long since fled back to Pi Island with his boatload of money." When the man said this, he glanced at the shrewd man quietly, intentionally or unintentionally.

His eyes were filled with sarcasm of being deceived. Then he added: "When the emperor and those two guys Mao Wenlong spend all their money, what will they use to repay the people? If not for the last frivolous words, let all those

The person who originally had money in the bank suddenly lost everything. Well, he still wants to wait for the dividends from the construction of the new Tianjin City and live out his spring and autumn dreams."

The shrewd man's head was banged. Thinking about it, it was indeed the case. Mao Wenlong and Wei Zhongxian were standing on the steps and said this with red lips and white teeth. Why didn't he take it to heart at that time? Bad thing?

It's bad. I have to quickly get back the money I have worked so hard to save in the bank while others are not there. It's better to just bury it under the cesspit.
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