Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 604 Who is the profiteer
As for the kind of single one-time transaction, as long as it does not exceed 1 taels, high pragmatism has seldom calculated it carefully, so for the Jingnan Water Station, the postman proposed to go against the river and cross the Three Gorges, from Jingzhou to Kuizhou. He didn't care about the price tag of 100 taels of silver for all expenses.

But Zhang Jianxiu was quite dissatisfied. He was the one who didn't like to study the least among the Zhang family brothers, and he didn't speak like a scholar.

"If it weren't for the fact that you also happen to be surnamed Zhang, I would have slapped you the fourth master!" Zhang Jianxiu said bitterly: "Come on, come on, the fourth master will do the math with you, from Jingzhou to Kuizhou The total length of the waterway is less than 100 miles. If you charge [-] taels, that means [-] taels of silver to travel a mile? I don’t know what the price of the trackers is? There is work every day for a month. Two taels of silver?

Fourth master, I don't think it's that troublesome with you. Even if you use two hundred taels of silver for each tracker, it's only 400 taels.It will take you a fucking month to deliver this [-]-mile waterway? "

The Yiyi hurriedly said: "Master Zhang Si, this account can't just be calculated in this way, our water station has to prepare meals for the guests, and the food for the trackers is also prepared by the water station along with the boat... There are quite a lot of people this time. , Ms. Liu and her party are about 200 people, and the trackers also need [-] people, and Ms. Liu herself is a very important guest, so her food must be prepared in a separate stove, all of which will cost money, right?"

Zhang Jianxiu rolled his eyelids: "Fourth Master, I'll double it for you, 800 taels, that's enough!" Then he paused, moved closer, and lowered his voice, "Don't play tricks with Fourth Master, you son of a bitch. Will you use two hundred trackers? You can count on your conscience if you can get a hundred full! Besides, what do those trackers eat? I don’t know if they are fourth masters? Do you want to add some chaff? Are you willing to count the money?"

The Yicheng swallowed his mouthful of foam, looked around, and said with a dry smile: "Fourth Master, it's not good for you to say that... It costs money to buy the rope."

Zhang Jianxiu's face turned cold: "I'll just ask you, 800 taels, do you want to do it? Don't make any contempt for the fourth master. Something happened. It's inconvenient for me to find someone from Huyashan, but it's convenient for me to find you." tight!"

The Yicheng had a bitter look on his face, and begged: "Fourth Master, if you pay 800 taels, this job at the Yili Station will be for nothing..."

Zhang Jianxiu's complexion changed, and he was about to start scolding, but Gao Wushi reached out to stop him, and said, "How about this, you wipe off the change, 1000 taels."

Yicheng was overjoyed, and quickly raised his thumbs up and praised: "Sure enough, one side is sealing the frontier, and the end is extraordinary, and the person is even more arrogant! Since you keep talking, there is nothing to say, 1000 taels is 1000 taels, a fraction I will respect you when you are young!"

Zhang Jianxiu didn't want to show off his pragmatic face, after hearing this, he just mocked Yi Cheng: "Yo, is this still filial piety?"

That Yi Cheng is really good at doing business, so he pretended he didn’t hear these words, and said with a pleasant smile: “Directly pointing at the elder, you are old, but please rest assured, the young one will definitely take care of everything along the way, and will never let Ms. Liu saw half of Huya Mountain along the way, and I guarantee that Ms. Liu can enjoy the beauty of the Three Gorges along the way. What can be eaten in the city is guaranteed to be eaten on the boat. What's more, you can also catch a few nets along the river and eat some of the freshest river fish. The taste is not available in the city, so you can rest assured."

"I'll send someone to deliver the money in a while, and you should get the receipt ready." Gao Wushi said, and smiled again: "You are quite good at doing business, it seems that you have made a lot of money in this position..."

"Thank you, sir, a little hard-earned money, a little hard-earned money." Yi Cheng nodded and bowed his head: "It can't be compared to pointing at the gods who have been on the dragon and tiger list like the master, and the little ones are just for nothing, not worth mentioning , is not worth mentioning."

As soon as Zhang Jianxiu heard it, he knew that the postman hadn't paid attention to the imperial court newspaper, and he didn't even know about the boy who spread wealth who was born in the Wan family. But……"

Gao Wushi interrupted with a smile: "By the way, after sending Miss Liu off, I have to go south from you... You have been a postman for a long time, so you should know which way is more convenient and quicker to go south to Guangxi from here?"

"I know, I know." The postman said with a smile: "If you go south to Guangxi, you will have to choose Gong'an County, the next stop of our Jingnan Water Station. There are two roads to choose from in Gong'an County. One is to go in the direction of Changde Mansion. After arriving at Changde Mansion, go all the way upstream along the Yuanjiang River, pass through Chenzhou to Liping Mansion, and then go southeast for two or three hundred miles to Guilin.

The second is to go to Yuezhou, go south to Changsha Mansion through Xiangyin, and then go upstream along the Xiangjiang River all the way, pass Hengzhou to Yongzhou, Yongzhou is the intersection of Xiaoshui and Xiangshui, but don’t worry about it, just keep going Walk along the Xiangjiang River, about two or three hundred miles away, and you will arrive in Guilin. "

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, and asked: "You mean, these two roads are simply speaking, one goes up the Yuan River, and the other goes up the Xiang River? They are all water stations?"

"That is, that is." The postman complimented: "Your old accent must be from the north, and the riding skills are naturally the best, but in our south, there are not as many horse stations as there are water stations, especially in the south of Huguang. On the way to Guangxi, the more you go south, the more hilly forests and mountains there are, all relying on the four big rivers of Hunan, Zi, Yuan, and Li. If you ride a horse, it will be slower than taking a boat.”

Gao Wu said honestly, "It's a good thing I'm bringing a "rider" this time. If I brought a rider, wouldn't it be that I lost seven points of combat power for no reason?
He touched his pocket with a smile, and originally planned to take out a piece of silver to thank him, but he didn't bring any money, so he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.Fortunately, Zhang Jianxiu saw it from the side, and he took out three pieces of silver and threw it to Yicheng, saying: "You are a lucky star today, and when you meet Gao Zhizhi, this old man who doesn't treat money as money, here, take it."

"Thank you two elders for your reward." That Yi Cheng had just negotiated a big deal, but he didn't really think much of three coins, but he never regarded himself as a court official, and always regarded himself as an official. As a businessman, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat... Three renminbi of silver is still money. In Huguang, three renminbi of silver is enough to buy sixty to seventy catties of white rice! (Wufeng Note: Calculated according to "Shu Wan Za Ji".)
Gao Wushi saw that the matter was done, so he didn't plan to stay for long, so he greeted Zhang Jianxiu to come out, and the postman accompanied him with a smile on his face, as respectful as he was serving his own father.

As soon as he left the main hall of the post station, Gao Wushi saw Liu Xin standing motionless on the edge of the river port, looking at the river, not knowing what he was thinking.

He walked over, and smiled from a long distance: "Why, Miss Liu looks south to the Yangtze River, and can't help feeling very poetic, planning to write a poem?"

Liu Xin turned her head to look at him, smiled sweetly, and said, "This kind of thing is more suitable for you, the champion of the six poems, how about you do one?"

Gao Wushi waved his hand: "Writing poems is not fashionable in our Gao family. I guess if my third uncle is still alive, looking at the Yangtze River here, the first thing he would probably think of is how to control the water."

"What about you?" Liu Xin tilted her head to look at him and asked with interest.

"Me..." Gao Wushi smiled, and said, "I will think about how to sell more cement while controlling the water, and I will also consider whether to stock up some land in some places with promising appreciation potential, or sell it in the future." Or rent, it’s all money.”

When Liu Xin heard this, she couldn't help laughing and crying, and spat: "You are a big profiteer who pretends to be a profiteer."

"Who is a profiteer? I said, what you said is not right. I think you are prejudiced against me. It is good that you say that I benefit from selfishness, but I have no false business! I am just riding the time Take off with the east wind... Hey, where are you going?"

(End of this chapter)