Hearing someone shouting outside the door, Wu Shigong kissed Xue Yufei on the face again before reluctantly leaving the house. Xue Yufei also reluctantly watched Wu Shigong leave. Until dinner, Xue Yufei and the five
The little maid's punishment ended with the cheers of the six little girls.
When Xue Yufei rushed to the dining room where she was eating with her parents, only Mrs. Zhang was waiting there. Xue Lian and Wu Shigong were still discussing things in the study. Mrs. Zhang took advantage of this gap and scolded Xue Yufei again with a cold face. Until Zhang
After the madam sent people to the study twice to urge them, Xue Lian and Wu Shigong left the study and came to the dining room. Wu Shigong also lowered his head and said nothing. Xue Lian "hummed" at them and lectured: "
You are already married, but you are still doing things so unproportionally. Tonight, you two will give me a good reflection." Then he said to Mrs. Zhang, "Madam, I am not at home for dinner. I have important things to go to now.
Wei Gong's place." Then he nodded to Mrs. Zhang and went out.
In the afternoon, after hearing that his son-in-law was about to be beaten, Xue Lian hurriedly sent out his guard leader Xue Yongli and a group of Beijing camp officers and soldiers. After Xue Yongli came back and reported the entire incident, Xue Lian then
He was not in the mood to put on a show at the disaster scene, so he hurried home and waited for Wu Shigong's return.
After Wu Shigong came back, the concierge who had been handed over by Xue Lian first called Xue Qiang and Xue Yong to the study. Of course, Xue Lian first reprimanded them for not going to protect their uncle, but for accepting red envelopes in the concierge, which was not their proper job. But
The key thing is that Xue Lian wants to learn about his son-in-law's every move in detail from Xue Qiang and Xue Yong, so as to judge his son-in-law's character and ability. Master Zhang is also listening and wants to review the details with Xue Lian.
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Xue Lian asked in detail about Wu Shigong's schedule for the day, and repeatedly asked Xue Qiang and Xue Yong about all the details of Wu Shigong's work. After that, he asked them to leave. According to Xue Qiang and Xue Yong, Xue Lian did not get anything
Too much information, because the two of them didn't actually spend much time with Wu Shigong today. Xue Lian frowned and thought for a while, and decided to call Wu Shigong over and ask Wu Shigong in person.
Wu Shigong soon came to Xue Lian's study. Unexpectedly, the conversation between Weng and his son-in-law completely deviated from the original purpose. Later, Master Zhang also joined their conversation. Because Wu Shigong proposed a plan to clean up the ruins and rebuild the houses of the victims.
Plan, this is also a worry for Xue Lian now. After understanding it carefully, Xue Lian and Master Zhang felt that the success of this plan was very likely. However, Wu Shigong's plan also had some shortcomings, but these shortcomings were not irreparable.
, Therefore, Xue Lian and Master Zhang, who were familiar with the rules and laws of the Ming Dynasty yamen, gradually improved the plan proposed by Wu Shigong. The three of them finally had a comprehensive plan to solve the problems of the victims.
The whole plan is planned like this:
First of all, solve the problem of rubble disposal at the disaster site. A rubble removal fee of one or two silver per house is charged from the homeowner of each house. This price is very cheap. Because if the homeowner hires manpower and vehicles to transport his own rubble,
It will cost more than 20 taels per house. Xue Lian decided to officially start the cleaning work of the ruins in ten days, and strive to complete the cleaning in fifteen to twenty days. Of course, the homeowner can also arrange for his own manpower to clean up the ruins, then
Don't pay the one or two silver rubble cleaning fee. But they must ensure that they clear the rubble within the specified time, otherwise they will be fined and forced to clean it up.
This made Wu Shigong, who had been in modern times, a little uncomfortable. In modern times, relief for disaster victims was completely free. Master Zhang answered Wu Shigong’s question. It turned out that in the rescue work of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the victims did not starve to death, disaster would not happen.
Due to the spread of the epidemic, this disaster relief work has been considered very successful. The government of the Ming Dynasty did not even care about the sale of children and daughters of the victims, so how could it care about the reconstruction of their homes? Therefore, they helped the victims clean up the ruins at a loss, and they have already
It's a great merit.
Of course Xue Lian and the others will not lose money. Xue Lian will receive nearly 10,000 taels in ruins cleaning fees. He will give 2,000 taels to Shuntian Mansion and 2,000 taels to Jingying, asking them to each send out 5,000 people.
Days later, Wu Shigong took part in the work of cleaning up the ruins. Wu Shigong recalled what the officials of Shuntian Prefecture and the officers of the Beijing Camp said when he attended the meeting that day, and was worried that such a small amount of money might not be able to meet their requirements. But Mr. Zhang patted his chest and assured that these
The money was completely enough, and he would personally negotiate to ensure the completion of the task. After listening to Master Zhang's explanation, Wu Shigong understood that the Shuntian Prefecture sent corvees, and the Jingying officers sent soldiers from below. The use of these people was actually
They don't need to spend any money. And these two thousand taels of silver are completely for themselves. As long as they have the money, who cares whether they are busy in the summer or whether the soldiers have food or not. Wu Shigong can only shake his head helplessly.
, sighing that the Ming Dynasty was really dark, even darker than his gang boss.
Xue Lian also gave Wu Shigong 2,000 taels of silver and appointed Wu Shigong as the commander-in-chief of the ruins cleanup. Because now, the task of cleaning up the ruins is a hot potato, and no one will take over, so Xue Lian asked his son-in-law to do it.
This hard work can also show one's integrity in front of the emperor. Of course, when their plan is implemented, the hot potatoes will turn into fragrant steamed buns. When the discussion was over, Xue Lian was in a good mood and joked with his son-in-law
He said: Let him use his own money to pay the silver reward given to the slaves of the Xue Mansion and the soldiers in the Beijing camp today. So what about the last four thousand taels of silver? Of course it is reserved for Xue Lian himself. The goose will not pluck its feathers.
It's going to be struck by lightning from the sky.
There is a problem here, which is the transportation of rubbish from the ruins. Xue Lian plans to requisition the carriages and horses from the horse and carriage shops, and also call some carriages from the Beijing camp to solve the problem. Because most of the carriage and horse shops in the capital are concentrated in Nancheng, Xue Lian asked
Wu Shigong, the commander of the Army and Horse Department in Nancheng, came to negotiate with the owner of the horse and carriage shop. Wu Shigong confessed to Xue Lian that in fact, the garbage in these ruins was also valuable. Although those houses were turned into ruins in the explosion, these houses were always
Some wood and bricks can be reused, and some scrap copper and iron can be recycled. Therefore, the ruins of a house can be worth at least half a tael of silver. Requisitioning some and using the money here to hire others can completely solve the problem of carriages and horses.
.And he can still keep some money. Wu Shigong's confession made Xue Lian and Master Zhang stunned, sighing that they are like mountains apart. Xue Lian from Dayue said on the spot that if he can keep some money, all the money will belong to Wu Shigong.
There is a more important issue. From now on, no other personnel will be allowed to clean up the ruins. Wu Shigong reported to Xue Lian that he had issued this order in Nancheng. Xue Lian also said that tomorrow, he will also ask
Other soldiers and horses also carried out this order. Moreover, after today's discussion, he will immediately report to Wei Zhongxian and ask Dongchang and Jinyiwei to also carry out this order.
The next step in the plan was how to rebuild the houses. They decided that the construction cost of each house would be twenty-five taels of silver, and the Ministry of Works would arrange for craftsmen to build it. The price was slightly lower than the market price, but not much lower. The Ministry of Works
You will earn four or five taels of silver from each house. Because the official craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty also had to serve, the cost of using them was particularly low. Why was the Ministry of Industry unwilling to accept the reconstruction of the houses of the victims at that time? It was mainly because it was afraid that it would not be able to collect the money.
It is impossible for the Ministry of Industry to send so many people to collect the construction costs of houses one by one from thousands of disaster victims. But now, Xue Lian will guarantee payment to them and pay according to the construction progress of the Ministry of Industry.
But where does Xue Lian's money come from? It turns out that Xue Lian will issue an order to the victims. After the ruins are cleared, he will build his own houses within the specified time. What if you don't have money to build? That doesn't matter.
The government will help you build for free, but you have to hand over part of the land to the government. The government will build shops and houses on these lands and sell them to wealthy private households to use the money to solve the problem. On the surface, this order looks like
It's very fair and just, but actually, there are more tricks in it.
The land that the government requires these homeowners to hand over must be those facing the street. Modern people know that the prices of commercial real estate and residential real estate are completely different. Moreover, Xue Lian can definitely set a price when selling these street-facing properties.
For relatively low-level official families, those real estates will definitely be sold to powerful eunuchs, nobles and officials. In this way, after the benefits are shared, a huge interest group can be formed, and Xue Lian himself can also gain both fame and fortune. Also, there is always
The ownerless real estate of the whole family is simply a business without capital. It depends on how Xue Lian's disaster relief ledger is kept.
Wu Shigong also gained something. The carriage and horse transportation of the carriage and horse shop is two-way. What is transported out is garbage, but what can be transported in can be building materials. Wu Shigong can definitely make a small profit from the transportation costs.
This plan is so perfect. The victims can get their houses built by the government at a low price or even for free. And the various government officials involved in the disaster relief can get more or less their own share of the income. See the solution.
Xue Lian felt completely relieved after being weighed down by a big stone in his heart for so many days.
Wu Shigong took the opportunity to make two requests to Xue Lian. One was to ask Xue Lian to help him say hello and let the Ministry of Works build a building for free at his ruined shop in Xuanwumen. Regarding this small matter, Xue Lian was
He agreed immediately. Another request Wu Shigong made was that he wanted to promote a deputy commander in the Nancheng Military and Horse Department to comprehensively handle firefighting work. Xue Lian thought about it and confessed to Wu Shigong: Xue Lian can basically guarantee that, as long as
He proposed to Wei Zhongxian that after the disaster relief work was completed, the word "acting" in Wu Shigong's title of acting commander would definitely be removed. By then, Wu Shigong's request for promoting a deputy commander would definitely be met. Wu Shigong thought to himself: It seems,
The relationship between his father-in-law Xue Lian and Wei Zhongxian seems to be far closer than imagined.
After completing all the negotiations, Wu Shigong felt a little proud. After traveling to the Ming Dynasty, his first big business had such a good start, and some of the income even exceeded his expectations, which made him unable to help himself.
He was a little smug. Wu Shigong was a little carried away. He thought he had just completed an important business cooperation negotiation with a partner. He forgot that he was now negotiating with his father-in-law. His whole body relaxed, and he almost
He crossed his legs. He didn't notice that his father-in-law Xue Lian winked at Master Zhang, nor did he notice that Master Zhang had quietly left. Suddenly, his father-in-law's angry shouts rang in his ears.
The father-in-law looked excited and yelled at Wu Shigong repeatedly. The scolding was so fierce and high that it was unbearable. Wu Shigong was scolded by his father-in-law and stood up from his chair. He was scolded face to face by his father-in-law again and again and again and again.
Finally, he was scolded by his father-in-law and retreated to the corner. The father-in-law's anger seemed to be endless, and Wu Shigong's face was covered with saliva. Although he always felt uncomfortable being scolded, Wu Shigong was not angry or angry at all.
He knew that this was his father-in-law's kindness to him. Today's father-in-law scolded him full of his concern and worry for himself. Although a large part of it was because of his daughter, the father-in-law still felt wronged.
People do treat themselves as relatives.
It wasn't until Mrs. Zhang sent someone to invite them both to dinner twice that the father-in-law stopped teaching Wu Shigong.
After Xue Lian left home, Mrs. Zhang and the young couple had dinner quietly. Seeing the pitiful appearance of the young couple lowering their heads to eat without saying a word, Mrs. Zhang was angry and funny. She gave them both lovingly
Each of them had a chopstick of vegetables in their bowls. After a while, Wu Shigong raised his head and said to Mrs. Zhang, "Mother-in-law, we all knew we were wrong this time."
Mrs. Zhang looked at them both with a smile and nodded happily.
The young couple remained pitiful until after dinner. After saying goodbye to Mrs. Zhang, the two of them walked out of the dining room. At the door, they looked at each other and couldn't help it more and more, and finally involuntarily
She let out a cheerful laugh. Seeing the cheerful back of the young couple holding hands and leaving, Mrs. Zhang smiled and shook her head helplessly.