Chapter three hundred and eighty second vote for the name, sigh the bitter scriptures
Not only was Little Peanut muttering in his heart, but the boy who had just returned to the shop was also furious. Wasn't it just to buy silk at a cheap price? Why would he threaten him like this? However, when he saw his big shopkeeper facing
When he looked at him and said he was going to guard the door, he could only lower his head even if he felt aggrieved.
But as soon as he went out, he suddenly remembered that there were still guests in his backyard! What on earth was the big shopkeeper thinking? He just told him not to make any noise when he went out to greet him, and just took the guests to the backyard, but now he left the distinguished guest behind
There... no matter how you look at Dr. Zhang Shoutang Guozi, he is much more important than this bullshit master from the Hejian Prefecture right now!
In the shop, Shopkeeper Hua stared at the aggressive Master Bi, and suddenly laughed and said: "Master Bi, although your family is in charge of the Hejian Mansion, it is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand, not to mention that there are still two people in the Changlu County Government.
Respect... no, there are three giant Buddhas. You are jumping up and down right now, planning to throw dirty water on General Zhu and Dr. Zhang. I only want to ask you one thing..."
"Is this really what your mansion meant?"
This sudden loud shout made Master Bi's heart tremble. When he realized that he shouldn't show timidity, he saw the big shopkeeper in front of him, whom he regarded as an insignificant Fahrenheit branch, with a sneer on his face.
Not to be outdone, he immediately said angrily: "Okay, Shopkeeper Hua is so angry! Since your family opened a store in Cangzhou, you have been hoarding money, which has caused many small private businesses to close down and their families to be separated! How can you, a profiteer like you, still think about it?
Climbing a high branch? Dreaming!"
"Even if a profiteer like me climbs a high tree, I am still better than a scholar who fails to pass the imperial examination but kneels down to lick a bullshit boy!" Shopkeeper Hua retorted without giving in. Seeing Master Bi's face suddenly turn into the color of pig liver, he
He couldn't help but laugh heartily and said, "When Emperor Taizu used the word kneeling and licking when he was scolding people, didn't you scholars secretly scold them vulgarly? It can be used on you, but it's a great idea!"
Master Bi finally managed to get completely irritated. He subconsciously picked up the teacup that the young boy had brought to him and threw it out angrily. However, Shopkeeper Hua tilted his head and dodged it lightly.
, only his shoulders were mostly soaked by the poured tea. However, with the clang of the tea cup falling to the ground, he finally realized that something was wrong.
Just a few days ago, when the magistrate of my family was talking about being happy in a wine shop, he got angry and threw a tea cup from the second floor. It was even said that he injured someone. Although later I found out that the injured person was taken to the hospital by passers-by.
After going there, no one dared to ask for money for soup and medicine, but the injured person was not found afterwards. After hearing about this, he always felt a little uneasy.
Now he is still in Fahrenheit's territory, but because he was angered, he smashed other people's things. What if the other party blackmailed him and said that this tea cup was some kind of official kiln porcelain from the Song Dynasty...
Before Master Bi could figure out how to give in in a symbolic manner without being humble or arrogant, and then hurriedly walked away, he saw Shopkeeper Nahua flicking a piece of tea leaf on his shoulder, and then laughed again.
Only this time, there was no irony in the laughter, but there was no warmth either, and it sounded sinister.
"It's true that like a master, like a servant... No wonder humanity is like a den of snakes and rats! Do you think that you are swindling around in the name of your family these days, and you are really going to kneel down when you see it, fearing you like a tiger? People
I am respectful to the parents of the Hejian Prefecture appointed by the imperial court, but even the Mr. Huang behind you is nothing without his father, let alone you!"
At this point, when Master Bi's face turned pale, Shopkeeper Hua suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Come here, take down this swindling liar and send him to the Changlu County Government to wait for disposal! Just call me Hua's Silk Satin Shop weeping blood."
We report that there is a traitor who is cheating and deceiving in Cangzhou City in the name of Hejian Magistrate, and is planning to do evil. Please envoys to seek justice!"
Little Peanut, who was eavesdropping at the back door, almost bit his tongue.
What's going on? Isn't it just buying silk and trying to get a lower price? Why did it suddenly turn into a swindle?
However, it didn't matter that he didn't understand. Almost the next moment, he heard startled and angry shouts and curses coming from inside the small door. Finally, he could no longer restrain his curiosity and opened the gap in the door curtain.
When I got a little older, I finally saw clearly that two burly men were twisting the arms of the middle-aged man in rich clothes, one on the left and the other on the right. Come to think of it, that person was that Master Bi.
"Hua, are you crazy? Are you hell-bent on going against my Lord?"
Facing Master Bi who was struggling and screaming desperately, the plump Shopkeeper Hua smiled, walked forward calmly, and suddenly patted Master Bi's face with his hand: "It's important for people to know themselves.
Since the young master of our family has invited a group of scholars to go out for a tour, he will go on a tour and provoke Miss Zhu himself and get beaten, but he still wants to stir up trouble in Cangzhou? "
"In addition, after you, the loser who didn't follow him to Maliu Mountain and didn't see him running away in shame, you, the master, have tricked your master into death!"
Hearing what Shopkeeper Hua meant, Master Bi immediately felt like he was dead. But immediately after, before he had time to say anything, a cloth ball was stuffed into his mouth, and he was immediately picked up by the two sturdy men like an eagle carrying a chicken.
He carried it out easily.
It wasn't until this guy was carried away that Shopkeeper Hua took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped his shoulders. He saw the boy he had just sent out to look out for rushed in and looked at him with worry.
, and he smiled.
"Don't be afraid. I've known for a long time that this greedy guy is likely to come to blackmail our store, so I sent a letter to General Zhu in advance. Just like this kind of useless snack, a dog who thinks that he can be great after reading a book is not good enough.
Want to blackmail the Hua family? You are just talking nonsense!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the back door and saw that the curtain was still swinging slightly, as if the person who was peeping there just threw down the curtain and ran away. He didn't care about it, wiped his hands and said: "
Okay, let’s go meet the real distinguished guests!”
He said he was going to meet an important guest, but Shopkeeper Hua was not in a hurry. Instead, he went to the booth next to the front shop, changed out of his clothes that had just been soaked by tea, and changed into a new set of clothes.
He followed the young man through the shop to the backyard.
As for the wasted time, he originally asked the peeper to tell Zhang Shou the whole story.
If a big event like the Cangzhou turmoil happened under his rule, and there were greedy subordinates like Xu Cheng, the Hejian magistrate would have been implicated. At least he would be punished by the court, demoted in evaluation, or even demoted and resigned. Of course, these are all
It can work, and it is not impossible for the Hejian prefect to collude with some big shots in the DPRK who are dissatisfied with the results of Cangzhou's handling, and then try to turn the tables.
The problem is, this all requires behind-the-scenes operations, instead of letting an extremely stupid son and a master who flatters others and overestimates his capabilities to charge at the front, but in fact make enemies on all sides.
If he had to guess, I'm afraid that when this group of people left Hejian Mansion, the series of incidents of mobs occupying the palace had not happened in Cangzhou, and after they arrived, Zhu Tingfang suppressed the incident. Only then could Mr. Huang and others be proud.
He proudly continued touring the mountains and rivers, pointing out rivers and mountains, and then bumping into the eldest lady's iron plate, he overestimated his ability and challenged Uncle Zhu's family.
If his guess is right, the governor of Hejian is really unlucky! But he deserves it. It is the fault of the father if he is not raised or educated!
Thinking about it in his mind, when Shopkeeper Hua entered the small hall in the backyard, he forgot about Mr. Huang and immediately raised his hands in solemn salute. But before he could apologize for the "slaughter" just now, he only
Seeing the clear-faced young man in the seat, he suddenly raised his sleeves and asked something that caught him completely off guard.
"The Hua family is the richest man in Suzhou, but not the richest man in South Zhili. It is said that it is because he has never been involved in maritime trade?"
This Dr. Guozi has never been to Jiangnan, how could he know this? Young Master Jiang must be a quick talker! The third young lady in the family is a person with long sleeves and good dancing skills, so why does she have such a 250-year-old brother!
Shopkeeper Hua quickly summed up the countermeasures in his mind, straightened up and said with a wry smile: "Dr. Zhang's words really hit the Hua family's weakness. Suzhou is located in the southeast, adjacent to Songjiang Prefecture. During the reign of Grandpa Taizu, he began to send fleets to sea.
At that time, someone suggested choosing Liujiagang, east of Suzhou Prefecture. It can transport various materials from the canal to Loujiang, which is the most convenient, but..."
At this point, he paused and finally sighed: "But this suggestion was eventually rejected. Grandpa Taizu said that Liujiagang is good, and it was also used as the starting point for shipping grain in the Yuan Dynasty, but...
...But the terrain there is not good, and there is likely to be sedimentation in the future. Therefore, the official ship went to Ningbo for the first time. Now, Shanghai County has also caught up, but Liujiagang has been abandoned for many years. Grandpa Taizu
What a man of God, Liujiagang is indeed gradually becoming silted up, and now it is not as good as it was in the early years of my reign."
Hearing the evaluation of the great grandfather Taizu in front of him, Zhang Shou couldn't help crying or laughing.
Liujiagang was indeed extremely glorious in the early Ming Dynasty in history. It was the starting point of Zheng He's voyages to the West. Unexpectedly, today's Ming Dynasty was abandoned to this day because of Emperor Taizu's words! However, the siltation of Liujiagang has historically been
The above is true...
However, after listening to Shopkeeper Hua's overly candid words, he knew that the other party's candidness was because he was afraid that he would ask for too much, so he pretended not to know and asked with interest: "Even if official ships cannot go to sea from here, what about civilian ships?"
?Although Taizu designated five major naval camps in the world, didn’t Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian, Huizhou Prefecture in Guangdong, and Shanghai County of Songjiang Prefecture you just mentioned go to sea?”
"Because Suzhou's silk products have always been the best, the Weaving Bureau was worried that we would ship first-class products overseas and send second-class products to the court, so they have always obstructed the opening of Liujiagang. After all, once the annual allocation of clothing materials is insufficient,
, we can all report directly to the court. There have been 20 weavers in the Weaving Bureau, and 12 of them have lost their heads due to greed for ink, so weavers and merchants have always been enemies."
Little Peanut was listening, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "No wonder you dare to be so aggressive with that master!"
As soon as Shopkeeper Hua heard this, he knew that the boy who had just been peeping at him from behind the door must be this boy who looked like a servant. However, seeing that Zhang Shou did not stop, he knew that Zhang Shou was at least not interested in the local Suzhou businessmen's behavior against corrupt officials. Not disgusted.
So, he told the story in detail about the purchase system established by Taizu, and how the court repeatedly tried to cut down the money for clothing materials, but people often fought back with the family tradition of Taizu's ancestral teachings - and even got their heads chopped off. There were many weavers, some of whom were sincerely greedy, and some who wanted to save money for the emperor. Many Suzhou merchants who resisted had their families destroyed, but it also resulted in a result.
That is to say, all merchants will treat their servants well, because when fighting against the government, these servants are needed to rush forward. Because of this, the so-called chaos in Cangzhou is nothing to worry about in Suzhou!
In addition to not kidnapping the eldest prince as seriously as he did, the merchants and servants in Suzhou have done more exaggerated things - they set the Zhizhi Mansion on fire, and drove away the prince Yingzong who went to Jiangnan to scrape land, and fled. .And because Ruizhong later received the support of the Rui Qiying Camp and immediately decided to make the Ding Dabao at three moments, the matter eventually came to nothing.
As for the prince... Well, it was his luck that he died inexplicably on the way back to the capital in a hurry. Because his other brothers who competed for the throne only survived and endured the humiliation of the king...
Zhang Shou didn't know much about the history of this dynasty. Most of what he knew before was from the literati's notes collected by Ge Yong. As for Suzhou, no shopkeeper Hua could explain it in such detail, so he listened Have to relish it.
However, Ah Liu didn't pay much attention to these things that interested him. The young man just stood there with his eyes closed and meditated, and he had mastered the unique skill of sleeping standing up.
As for Xiao Peanut, if he hadn't thought that he was now Zhang Shou's follower, he would have been shocked several times. Especially when he heard that a group of weavers in Suzhou who resisted weaving ended up with only the leader in jail. Although he was initially said to be dead , but later when he was released after being imprisoned, he really wanted to ask if this operation could be repeated here in Cangzhou.
Zhang Shou asked a casual question, which triggered a eloquent story from shopkeeper Hua. When the big shopkeeper finally came to an end, he chuckled and said: "According to what you said, although Suzhou produces silk and Suzhou embroidery, its sea trade cannot Don’t rely on others. If you want to go to sea, you can usually go to Jiaxing through the canal, and then go to Shanghai County from the river to go to sea? This shipping will cost a lot more money every year, right?"
"That's right." Shopkeeper Hua said without hesitation, and then helplessly showed his hands, "So the Suzhou merchants headed by the Hua family pay more attention to the canal. Every year, more than half of all kinds of silk and Suzhou embroidery are sent to Tianjin. And the capital, because the cost of domestic sales is much lower than that of export. Sea trade is good, but if the merchants in Songjiang unite, even if we have money and people, we can't get the customs certificate."
"The situation in Ningbo Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture is similar. No one wants merchants from Suzhou Prefecture to get involved in sea trade. As for Fuzhou in Fujian and Guangzhou in Guangdong, apart from the sea route, the land route is too expensive. As for the Tianjin by the canal..."
Shopkeeper Hua smiled helplessly: "The merchant ships that were robbed and robbed by Tianjin Linhai Camp included Beishan's ship, and also included a ship belonging to one of our Suzhou merchants. Moreover, the camp roar last year really scared everyone! Besides,
, Tianjin has been infiltrated by many businessmen from the southeast in the early years, and it has long been a muddy water that cannot be easily stepped into. "
Hearing this, Zhang Shou completely understood. He asked with a half-smile, "What if Cangzhou also wants to build a port?"