The accountant picked up the brocade box, and before opening it, he analyzed rationally: "Chief Chang's attitude today is kind, and it seems to be quite satisfying... Come to think of it, the thing in this box cannot be a dagger, or a sharp weapon.
Or intimidating objects such as human stumps..."
Trying to use the most rational tone to cover up the uneasiness and many terrifying fantasies in my heart.
After all, the other party was born in the war. After all, the heads of the salt dealers that were cut off yesterday dripped a lot of blood in front of their door...
What if the other party feels that their attitude is not humble enough and wants to further intimidate them?
Jiang Hai sighed heavily and waved to the accounting clerk, telling him to quickly open it and take a look. You would know if it was good or bad at a glance.
The accountant carefully opened the lock of the box. He tilted his upper body back slightly and slowly opened the box a small crack. He squinted one eye and took a look. He didn't see anything strange, and then he opened the box.
Open completely.
The accountant said softly "Eh" and took out the item inside, which was a rolled up piece of rice paper.
Jiang Hai looked over, then stretched out his hands, and the two of them each took one end and unfolded the paper in the carriage.
This piece of rice paper is five feet long with four large characters written on it.
Jiang Hai focused his eyes and read each word: "A generous person...?"
During the unfolding process, the accountant was still wondering whether there might be some hidden murderous words written on it. Now that he could see these four words in full, he finally dared to breathe.
Not only did he dare to breathe, he even choked with emotion: "Master, this is praise and recognition..."
"Do you even need to say this? Your boss and I are not that illiterate guy!" Jiang Hai's tense shoulders finally relaxed, and he squeezed out a complicated smile.
It's a bit funny to say that Jiang Hai, the powerful Jiangdu, would one day feel like he was going to suffer a disaster because of a four-word "praise and approval" from a seventeen-year-old girl.
There is nothing you can do, this moment is another moment, things are unpredictable.
"When my father was alive, he always said that I was a prodigal and that I was extravagant and extravagant. Sooner or later, the Jiang family's property would be wiped out by me... That year, I only spent ten thousand taels of silver to buy eighteen stunning dancers.
He slapped me in front of everyone."
Jiang Hai sighed: "I really should bring my father back to life to see what is truly 'extravagant'... It's just four words, but it cost me a million taels of silver."
At the end of the sentence, I couldn't help showing the pain in my heart.
Out of professional habit, Mr. Accountant heartbrokenly converted: "Four words of one million taels of silver, each word of sincere benefit of 250,000 taels..."
This is a real deal.
Jiang Hai stared at the four big characters over and over again, and said in a self-comforting tone: "At least this character is not bad..."
He also looked at the seal of the governor in the lower corner: "Not to mention, this Chang governor is actually both civil and military."
However, I still feel pain after talking about it: "The words are good, but they are really expensive."
"Yes, there's nothing wrong with it except that it's expensive." The accountant said with relief, "The owner has to think, no matter how expensive it is, it's not worth human life, so we can just spend money to eliminate disasters..."
This one million taels is not a purchase of a word, but a purchase of a life.
Jiang Hai nodded bitterly: "Yes, at least she didn't kill us. She could obviously grab the one million taels directly, but she was kind enough to give us a painting."
If you think about it this way, people are pretty good.
Jiang Hai sighed: "It's not like Xu Zhengye before, who just killed dozens of salt merchants and salt households, uprooting them all."
The reason why he was able to survive under Xu Zhengye's hands was because he gritted his teeth, cut his flesh and blood, and also relied on connections to manage things. This was how he could save the Jiang family.
Speaking of which, his family has been a salt merchant for generations and has often dealt with the government. This donation of money is not the first time. Whenever there is a disaster, Jiangdu salt merchants always take the lead.
Fa Zi, who is the richest among us?
After all, the big tree attracts the wind, and the flowing money is spent to buy "words", to buy an invisible "good" character from the court.
The reason why this time is particularly painful is that, firstly, Xu Zhengye has exploited his talents and has not yet recovered; secondly, he is still not sure of the temper of the governor Chang, and is worried that this million taels will not be able to eliminate the disaster at once.
If you are in place, if someone comes to ask for money from time to time in the future, who can bear it?
"Tomorrow I have to worship the Bodhisattva..." Jiang Hai rolled up the rice paper in his hand and sighed: "I ask the Bodhisattva to bless this Chang Governor and make sure that he does not become a King of Hell who is neither full nor well-fed."
He put the paper back into the box with both hands, and said with a mixture of love and hate: "I will invite the best framer in the city to come tomorrow at dawn..."
Then he changed his mind: "No, I'll ask someone to frame it when I get back!"
If he wants to hang it up, hang it somewhere conspicuous!
One million taels!
It can’t just be their flesh that hurts from doing salt!
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The next day, Jiang Hai hung the plaque in the main business building. He also invited a lion dance, gong and drum team to beat and blow, and set off firecrackers. He held a grand unveiling ceremony and dispersed it to the onlookers.
With "Happy Money", the excitement is like arranging a wedding.
Other salt merchants also followed suit. Looking at the high-hanging plaque, the whole person seemed to be wrapped in a sense of security - who is not a generous person?
Yes, although the amount of money they donated was not as high as that of Jiang Hai, the governor treated everyone equally, and the characters they received were all "generous people".
Although they feel at peace in their hearts and have nothing to worry about, they still have to think and reflect.
Obviously, the time to consider everything will not be too long. From a certain point of view, this opportunity to provide help in times of need has been taken by the salt merchants. If they dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb again, they will really be a cripple - they can't do it.
Taiwan!
In a sense, Chang Sui Ning let the salt merchant express his position first, which can be regarded as a very subtle way of catching the thief first.
Therefore, in the next few days, there were more and more businessmen in Jiangdu City who wanted to be "generous people". One by one, they sent silver donation slips to the governor's mansion, and then they came out with a large character sheet.
In the study room outside the Governor's Mansion, Luo Guanlin looked at Chang Suining and shook his sore wrist, feeling that the wrist was priceless.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although in terms of real value, after this whole process, the most expensive thing is the brocade boxes used to hold the words.
On the side, Yao Ran and Lu Xiucai, who had been recruited by the governor's office the day before yesterday, were working on the abacus and the other was taking notes. Luo Ze also followed suit.
Lu Xiucai, who was writing quickly with a pen, was very excited.
There are two reasons for excitement. First of all, it is very exciting to sit here - the scholars who came to apply for the job in the same batch as him had to go through layers of screening, but he was exempted from the assessment and was directly selected by Chang Governor!
Those who came with him at that time were so jealous that their eyes were bleeding - and if they knew that he could directly enter the governor's study to work and had received the official title of clerk, those people would be so angry that they would not be able to sleep.
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There was no other way, who allowed him to meet the governor Chang at the end of his life?
Ahem, that’s not right. He was always the weakest one. At that time, the governor Chang was already the chief instructor of the army... At that time, the governor Chang ordered hundreds of people to be found, ranging from ordinary people to literati like them, just to write "for all the people"
Xu Zhengye’s crime.
Thinking about the original letter calling for killing the Xu thief on the 73rd, he also provided some creative ideas, including encouraging Chang Governor to add some ingenious ideas of "taking the opportunity to strengthen his own reputation and win people's hearts"——
At that time, he also attracted the disdain of his fellow literati for being a little flattering to the governor Chang, but after a little consideration, most of them chose to join him.
Facts have proved that he is so far-sighted!
And he was so willing to share that just last night, he had written a letter to his colleagues who also participated in the creation of the statement, inviting them to come and work together in Jiangdu!
The second thing that made Lu Xiucai excited was the amount of money he wrote. He had never seen so much money in his life... and there was still a steady stream of money being carried into the Governor's Mansion.
There were dozens of people who were counted. They were innumerable. They couldn't be counted at all.
So, who said that Xu Zhengye had completely emptied Jiangdu City?
It’s only the poor people who are really being hollowed out. These wealthy businessmen are still extremely fat!
Thinking that the money would be used for practical actions such as rebuilding Jiangdu and subsidizing the people, Lu Xiucai couldn't help but feel that Chang Jishi's move was a very official way of robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
Qie Chang, the governor, robbed the rich and gave to the poor, which can be called "stealing in a wise way". After looking through the tax amounts of merchants in Jiangdu in previous years and sorting out the list, it was clear who the big ones were -
After all, what works well and what works is what works, and all kinds of opinions are flying around. Seeing that these big merchants "pay money to protect themselves", small merchants "dare not disobey". Those who have no money can only borrow money and bring it to the governor's office.
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But those who were not on the list of big merchants were not accepted by the governor. He also asked the people below to explain the reasons in detail, giving reassurance to the small merchants.
At this moment, in the outer study room, everyone was busy performing their duties. Xi'er and Ache rolled up the large characters hanging to dry and put them into each brocade box.
Each brocade box has the same style, so there is no need to worry about confusion. The horizontal and vertical characters are also the same. It is more worry-free to make them in batches.
Chang Suining was really tired from writing, and when he sat back in his chair to rest, he happened to meet Luo's mother and daughter-in-law coming to deliver mung bean soup to relieve summer heat.
The soups were all mung bean soup, but in the bowl that was served to Chang Sui Ning, Luo's mother put two pieces of yellow rock sugar separately. This move was blatantly biased, but in Luo Guanlin's eyes, there was no lack of scheming - mother could obviously have prepared the soup in advance.
After dividing it up, Chang Suining put the rock candy in advance, but her mother insisted on doing it in front of her... So sophisticated, so sophisticated.
In the past few days, my mother has come frequently to bring food. Yesterday, she also made burritos from her hometown. Everyone shared the food, but Chang Sui Ning’s pancake was particularly fat, and the vegetables and meat wrapped in it were too big.
The crust of the pie burst... so my mother had to lie down on the crust of the pie and wrap herself in it!
Chang Suining naturally saw this. In fact, this old lady of the Luo family was not only well-versed in the world, but also articulate and clear-minded. She was actually a rare person. It was a pity that she was just busy with trivial matters in the kitchen.
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After Luo's mother divided the soup, she left without disturbing Chang Suining and the others as they continued to do their business.
When Chang Suining put down his spoon, he looked at the pile of brocade boxes beside him and casually said with emotion: "When I was in the capital, I once thought that if one day I was too poor to survive, I could still sell calligraphy and paintings to make a living.
I didn’t expect that the calligraphy and painting business would become so big.”
Luo Guanlin: "..."
This business is quite big. After all, it is buying and selling by force. How can it not be big?
"The governor's business seems to be a huge profit, but it benefits the people of Jiangdu instead of the governor himself. It is really well-intentioned and touching." Lu Xiucai sighed with emotion: "However, the governor often talks about 'supporting the family'.
It is also applicable to the current situation... The governor has clearly treated the people of Jiangdu as his own subjects. If Jiangdu is his family and the people are his sons, then the governor can truly deserve the position of the head of this family.
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Luo Guanlin frowned frequently when he heard this, and goosebumps fell all over the floor.
This is the person named by Chang Suining to be recruited? What is the reason? Isn’t he a person who has the ability to flatter people?
Luo Ze nodded lightly. After all, his grandmother said yesterday that he should learn from Lu Xiucai, not his father.
In the past, when he was in the court, Luo Guanlin hated the flattery of his ministers. Now that he saw his son actually agreeing with him, he became even more displeased with Lu Xiucai, and it rose to the level of doubting Chang Sui Ning's human judgment.
Luo Guanlin was speechless when he thought that when she looked through the recruitment list for these days yesterday, there was still a "Mr. Ventriloquist" left behind. Luo Guanlin was speechless - one of them really dared to come to the door and the other dared to retain someone!
It can be seen that her style of recruiting talents is no longer eclectic, but all kinds of strange!
Luo Guanlin didn't want to worry about this. Yesterday, he sneered in his heart, "Let her be." But now he couldn't help but ask: "...Yesterday, the governor left a ventriloquist behind. What does he intend to use it for?"
"Mr. Qian, don't tell me--" Chang Suining said seriously, "This ventriloquist gentleman's surname is Liu, and he is the sole successor of the Liu family's ventriloquist in Qiantang. If it weren't for Qiantang,
We were also affected by the war, and they happened to be passing through Jiangdu, so they didn’t come to my place to answer the call."
She looked like she had picked up a treasure and continued with a smile: "With such talent, it is convenient to watch ventriloquist performances on weekdays, let alone talk about it. In addition, sir, should you know the origin of the term 'cock crowing, dog thief'?"
Luo Guanlin was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that when he saw her smiling face, he had a bad feeling, so she wanted to...
"At that time, I will ask Mr. Liu to teach some simple ventriloquism, such as cock crows and dog barks, for use as secret codes." Chang Suining looked at everyone in the study equally: "We will learn together then."
Luo Guanlin fell into silence. These street skills were considered an unfashionable profession in the eyes of literati. He could not imagine what it would be like for him and a group of people to gather around and make sounds like dogs barking, roosters croaking, or even weirder sounds.
Being her scribe means you have to learn so much!
Unexpectedly, Lu Xiucai enthusiastically agreed again and almost wrote "One Hundred Wonderful Uses of Ventriloquism" on the spot.
"This is just one of Mr. Liu's uses." Chang Suining picked up the pen again and said to Luo Guanlin: "The reason why Mr. Liu is kept here is for another purpose... After some time, Mr. Liu will naturally know it.
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At this time, Ah Zhi came in and announced that Chu Xing was back.
Chang Suining, who was behind the desk, immediately raised his eyes and said, "Please come in quickly."
Chu Xing quickly entered the study, raised his hand and saluted: "Girl."
"Uncle Chu is back at this time, but there is something unusual about the Japanese army?" Chang Sui Ning asked seriously.
