Xu Limu reported the matter to Wu Shigong. It turned out that these people were all people who did not listen to the advice of the Soldiers and Horses Division and insisted on picking up items from the ruins. After understanding the reason, Wu Shigong told Xu Limu: Put these
People will be screened. If they are picking up items at other places, they will be immediately charged with robbery and escorted to other yamen for sentencing. If they are just picking up items on their own property, they will be locked up in the yamen and then released when they arrive at the yamen at night.
, to keep these people's heads clear. He especially asked Li Mu not to beat or scold those who were locked up, and even if their relatives came to the Yamen to rescue them, they should not receive any red envelopes. He should patiently explain to these relatives that they would be there in the evening.
People will be released. Because this is a sensitive period, we must not provoke any civil uprising.
Xu Limu quickly nodded in agreement. Wu Shigong then pouted at the middle-aged man and woman and said to Xu Limu: "Just lock them up for three or four days. Do whatever you want. Give them
Just order some porridge and don't starve to death. But don't beat or scold me." Wu Shigong didn't dare to do anything. Since the middle-aged man and woman dared to yell at him as an official, they must have some confidence.
Wu Shigong didn't want to do anything to them before he figured out the background of those two people. Besides, the conflict between them, that is, the verbal dispute, was not a life-and-death enemy. It would give these two people a little pain.
In the end, Wu Shigong would also let them both out.
After listening to Wu Shigong's arrangement, Xu Limu immediately incorporated the two people into the escort team and took them to the Yamen together. When they parted, Xu Limu reported to Wu Shigong: the notice of requisitioning carriages from the carriage and horse shop.
, President Lin of the Carriage and Horse Racing Guild has been notified.
Wu Shigong was about to go back to the Yamen to rest when he suddenly heard someone calling him in the distance. When Wu Shigong took a look, he knew that person. He was the personal servant of his elder brother Wu Shixun. After calling the servant over for questioning,
, it turned out that his eldest brother Wu Shixun wanted to have lunch with Wu Shigong. Now, Wu Shigong's eldest brother Wu Shixun was waiting for him in the restaurant opposite the Yamen.
Wu Shigong could not naively think that his eldest brother invited him to dinner out of brotherly love. His eldest brother must be looking for him for something. After returning to the Yamen and changing into plain clothes, Wu Shigong followed the boy to the restaurant. The two brothers were a bit polite.
After the sentence, under Wu Shigong's continuous questioning, his eldest brother Wu Shixun finally hesitantly stated the purpose of his visit:
It turns out that Wu Shixun went to work at Taipus Temple. An important extra job of Taipus Temple is the annual review of the number of horses. Anyway, there are many tricks here, and Taipus Temple is able to unearth a number of horses every year.
Sell them in the market and give them to the officials of Taipus Temple as welfare. But it would be too troublesome to sell these horses piecemeal, and the return of funds will be slow. You can sell them in the mule and horse market. On the one hand,
These horses will never see much light. On the other hand, there is always money to be made in the mule and horse market, so Taipu Temple's income will be less.
This time, after the big explosion in Wang Gong Factory, the horse losses in Nancheng's carriage and horse racing business were not small. In addition to those horses that were killed and injured in the explosion, some other horses were frightened and were maimed and crippled in the collision.
Few. But this time, Taipusi had a larger number of horses, about 310. Therefore, Taipusi wanted to sell all the horses to the carriage and horse racing company. But there was no discussion the previous few times.
Yes. Because there are two differences. The first difference is that the price offered by Taipus Temple is relatively high. The price offered by Taipus Temple is twenty-five taels of silver per horse. This price is the market price. But the carriage and horse racing dealer refused, because they felt that
This price is too high. There is a problem between wholesale price and retail price here. The second disagreement is that Taipusi hopes that the carriage and horse dealer will pay the money in one lump sum. The carriage and horse dealer has suffered a relatively large loss this time, so
Want to pay in installments.
And this morning, President Lin of the Carriage and Horse Guild was negotiating with the officials of Taipu Temple. At this time, President Lin’s men reported to President Lin, telling him that the Nancheng Army and Horses Department wanted to requisition the carriage and horse guild.
So, Chairman Lin stopped the negotiation and went back to the horse and carriage business. After learning the news, the officials of Taipu Temple remembered that Wu Shixun was the eldest brother of Wu Shigong, the acting commander of the Nancheng Military and Horse Division, so he called
Wu Shixun asked Wu Shigong to help him move the carriages and horses to complete the deal for Taipu Temple.
Knowing the purpose of his eldest brother Wu Shixun's visit, Wu Shigong thought about it. In fact, when Wu Shigong and his father-in-law Xue Lian were discussing yesterday, they calculated that it would indeed take 1,500 carriages to clear the ruins, but his father-in-law Xue Lian promised to deal with 500 carriages from the Beijing camp, so Wu Shigong
Just requisitioning a thousand vehicles from the carriage and horse shop is enough. And the requisitioning time is not that long. It only takes four months after discussion. Why did Wu Shigong ask Xu Limu to send a message to the carriage and horse shop saying: Requisition of 1,500 vehicles
What about the carriage for six months? This is the principle of asking for a high price and paying it back on the spot. Wu Shigong also estimated that after the carriage and horse racing company got the news, they would soon send someone to bargain with him. Therefore, solve the problem of the eldest brother Wu Shixun.
The problem is a matter of favor. Moreover, it is not without his own interests. Wu Shigong is a little greedy for these horses. So Wu Shigong basically agreed. However, he did not say anything to death, but assured his eldest brother,
Regardless of the outcome, good or bad, give his elder brother a clear message within three days.
Wu Shixun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Wu Shigong's answer. Today he came to see Wu Shigong. On the one hand, Wu Shixun still had a scholarly mentality and did not want to talk about business nakedly; on the other hand, he was worried about what Wu Shigong had other thoughts about his marriage. And if
If Wu Shigong rejected him, Wu Shixun would be embarrassed in Taipus Temple. Now that the result was achieved, Wu Shixun was relieved. So the two brothers had a pleasant lunch. Before they parted, Wu Shixun asked Wu Shigong politely,
Asked him when he would take his wife back to the Wu Mansion? After hearing this question, Wu Shigong blinked and was stunned for a long time. The new daughter-in-law has a rule of returning home in three days. Does the new son-in-law also have this rule? So Wu Shigong could only vaguely agree.
Come down.
As expected by Wu Shigong, President Lin of the carriage and horse guild came to visit Wu Shigong just after noon, bringing a meeting gift of three hundred taels of silver. As soon as they met, President Lin poured out his bitterness and told about the carriage and horse industry.
The tragic experience of the bank was so tragic that it made people cry. Wu Shigong ignored President Lin's talk and called President Lin into the inner hall, and the two negotiated behind closed doors. After more than an hour of intense bargaining, President Lin finally smiled.
He left the Bingma Si Yamen.
The content and explanation of the agreement reached by Wu Shigong and Chairman Lin are as follows:
The first point is: the Military and Horse Department will requisition one thousand two hundred taels of carriages from the carriage and horse shops, and the requisition period is four months. President Lin of the carriage and horse trade guild will organize the carriages of each carriage and horse shop, and on June 10
On the fifth day, the ruins were gathered on site;
The second point is: the chariot and horse shop will spend 7,750 taels of silver to purchase 200 horses from Taipus Temple. Payment will be made immediately when the horses arrive. In other words, the chariot and horse shop will spend 25 taels of silver per horse.
Purchase 310 horses at the price and give 110 of them to Wu Shigong;
The third point is: because the number of carriages requisitioned by the Army and Horses Department this time has accounted for nearly half of the total number of freight carriages in the carriage and horse industry, the carriage freight will increase. However, in order to ensure that the increase in freight does not affect the daily lives of ordinary people,
The Army and Horse Department will stipulate that the carriage freight will be increased by up to 50%. Moreover, by the end of the year at the latest, the carriage freight will return to the original standard. Of course, with the support of the government, the carriage and horse company will definitely increase the carriage freight by 50%.
completed and maintained until the end of the year;
The fourth point is: the ruins of the houses transported by the carriage will be sorted and disposed of by President Lin himself, but for the ruins of each house, President Lin will pay the Bingma Division, which is Wu Shigong himself, a processing fee of three coins;
The fifth point is: after the carriage has transported the ruins of the house, if the empty carriage returns to the city, if the carriage and horse company arranges to transport the goods, half of the freight will be handed over to the Soldiers and Horses Division, that is, Wu Shigong himself. Vice versa.
Chairman Lin is of course very satisfied with this agreement. Although this agreement has given Wu Shigong a lot of benefits, the carriage house will not suffer. Even in the disposal of the ruins of the house, Chairman Lin himself will benefit a lot. In addition,
If the number of carriages requisitioned by each carriage and horse shop can be properly arranged, the big carriage and horse shop owned by President Xiang Lin will put on a good show of big fish eating small fish and swallow up those small carriage and horse shops.
Wu Shigong was also very satisfied with the agreement. Although Wu Shigong transferred part of the interests to Chairman Lin, he also left all the miscellaneous things to Chairman Lin. He could then free up his hands to develop new financial resources and save money.
own time.
After President Lin left, Wu Shigong called Shumo over and asked him to go to Taipusi Yamen to inform his eldest brother Wu Shixun that the transaction had been completed.
After finishing all this, Wu Shigong lay on the chair and wanted to relax completely. At this time, a clerk from the Military and Horse Department ran in in a panic and said to Wu Shigong: "Master Commander, there is someone from Dongchang outside.
Looking for you."
Wu Shigong felt a little strange in his heart. Why do you, a small official, have to panic when people from Dongchang come? He didn't know that in the Ming Dynasty, there was no one who didn't panic when he saw people from Dongchang coming to visit for no reason.
Wu Shigong stood up and went out to greet him. Unexpectedly, the fan from Dongchang was very polite with a smile on his face. He saluted Wu Shigong, handed over a greeting card and said: "Commander Wu, we, the 100 households, will hold a banquet tomorrow."
Welcome to your appointment. Li Qianhu from Jin Yiwei will also accompany you. Please appreciate it, Commander Wu. This is a post from our Lord Baihu."
