The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

() When the two came to the side room of the lobby, Xu Wei cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I heard that Supervisor Li visited this morning, did you have a conversation with your lord?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Xu Tongjuan is quite well informed, there is indeed such a thing."

Xu Wei remained motionless, and said softly: "To tell you the truth, my lord, what Li Jianjun talked about with your lord was the result of my subordinate's suggestion. My lord came all the way to Weizhou City, how can we people The adults are excluded, everyone who has money earns it, Li Jianjun originally suggested to give the adults [-] guan per month, but the lower officials increased the amount to [-] guan."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Let me just say, Li Jianjun is so generous in his actions. People say that eunuchs love money and are stingy. How can he be an exception? It turned out that it was Xu Tong's judgment. The government would like to thank you gone."

Xu Wei hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, don't speak loudly, Supervisor Li is a eunuch, but you can't make fun of and slander him like this, if it gets to his ears, wouldn't it make him unhappy?"

Su Jin said with a low smile: "Yes, I forgot about this, the bald man is afraid of being criticized, the pockmarked man is afraid of being criticized, and the eunuch is naturally afraid of being criticized, so let's not talk about it."

Xu Wei rolled his eyes wildly, he had no choice but to hold a rogue, he came up to him with concentration and said, "I don't know what your lord's attitude is towards Li Jianjun's proposal in the morning?"

Su Jindao: "Although I received the reward for nothing, since you are so kind, I have no choice but to resign myself to it."

Xu Wei yelled at this pretender, and said with a smile on his face, "Since you are satisfied, why did you copy the market at the south gate?"

Su Jin was stunned and said, "What? This black market..."

Xu Wei waved his hand and said, "My lord, don't talk about the black market, this is just business, otherwise where will the money come from?"

Su Jin frowned and said, "I asked Li Jianjun in the morning, but he didn't say anything clearly. He just told me not to ask. How would I know which properties belong to us? Didn't the flood wash into the Dragon King Temple?"

Xu Wei said with a smile: "Those who don't know are not to blame. The adults care about the people of Weizhou. At first, they thought that someone was disrupting the market, so it is understandable for them to send people to seal up the black market. This is my fault, and it is not your business." .”

Su Jin wiped his sweat and said: "I feel relieved when you say that. No wonder this group of people refuse to admit it. It turns out that this is our property. They are afraid that we are not in the same group, and they have stabbed the basket by saying it."

Xu Wei heard Su Jin always say 'our property' and so on, he kept sneering in his heart, and thought: You don't have any share in this property, I just give you some honey to stop your mouth.

"The government is very curious. They say that the city of Weizhou is already so poor. Although the price of grain is high, how much can we sell it for? How can we make so much money?"

Xu Wei thought for a while, but stopped talking.

Su Jin said with a straight face: "Xu Tongpan still treats the house as an outsider, you can hide it, but in case I copy our own property in the future, don't blame me for not knowing the inside story. Make some gestures to the common people, and I won’t force you if you don’t tell me.”

Xu Wei weighed it for a while, and finally said: "Forget it, today I made it clear to Mr. Fuzun that we have opened two grain markets in Weizhou City, one in the north and one in the south, three brothels, two restaurants, and One is an iron workshop."

Su Jin opened his mouth wide and said, "So much property? There are tens of thousands of coins in a month at least. No wonder you don't even bat an eye when you give the government [-] coins a month."

Xu Wei heard that Su Jin seemed to be blaming less, so he hurriedly explained: "It's not as much as Mr. Fu Zun thinks, and you also know that Weizhou City is already exhausted, and there is not much oil and water."

Su Jindao: "This mansion is very strange. Since most of the people in Weizhou City are at the end of their lives, how can they have money to eat restaurants and visit brothels?"

Xu Wei never stopped doing two things, trying to solve Su Jin's confusion: "My lord, don't forget that the people in this city are indeed so poor that they can't get enough to eat, but there are still many wealthy households, so naturally they have such needs; How did you forget the group of people?"

Su Jin said: "Who else? There are only dozens of officials. Could it be...could it be... oops..." Su Jin screamed, as if he had realized something.

Xu Wei laughed and said: "Have you thought about it, my lord? Yes, it is the [-] soldiers in our Weizhou city. These people are provided by the court for food and drink, and they are paid every month. They can stay in the northwest for a few years. , I don’t know when I can go home, and I don’t know when I will lose my head, do you think they can eat, drink and have fun?”

Su Jin took a deep breath, and really admired how well these guys made money. After draining the common people, they began to drain the soldiers' wages. There are more than 2 soldiers. This consumption base is not small. Moonlight can extract more than [-] guan from these soldiers; especially the land of brothel fireworks is the first choice for entertainment for soldiers outside, and the money spent is also expensive. It is estimated that the money and goods of these soldiers are also spent on These are above.

Seeing Su Jin's surprised look, Xu Wei was secretly proud of himself, and said softly, "This is what you want, and we didn't force it. As long as the military accommodates and doesn't punish the soldiers for committing adultery, then the money will flow."

Su Jin understands that Li Jianjun and Ge Huaimin are the commanders-in-chief of the army. As long as they turn a blind eye, the soldiers will not be punished for their violations, but what Su Jin cares about is another So I asked: "This is a border area, wars are raging, who wants to come here to do skin and meat business. I'm afraid bitches don't want to come here. Twenty thousand hungry wolf-like Qiuba, who wants to come and suffer , No matter how much money you give, I’m afraid I won’t want to.”

Xu Wei said: "Didn't your lord want to ask what the words on the account book mean? The women in the brothel are not the prostitutes invited from all over the place as your lord thinks, but the women in this city. Some people are willing to buy food for a stone." Dedicating our daughter for ten days, for the sake of the people's stomachs, we can only agree, right? These women who voluntarily exchanged rice grains were sent to the brothel to pick up the guests. After the time limit expired, they can go home freely. It is not mandatory to stay, after all, we are also at the request of the people, and it is also a matter of your love and my wish."

Su Jin almost slapped Xu Wei's fat face with a slap. What this group of people did was a matter of cutting off children and grandchildren. Su Jin has a clear understanding of the whole matter; first, control the food in the city and withhold relief The people’s food is not distributed, and a black market is set up to sell it; because the price is ridiculously high, people regardless of whether they are rich or poor will end up in abject poverty, but in order to feed their stomachs, they can only find ways to get food, so some people are willing to mortgage their wives and daughters Humiliation for others in exchange for food.

However, Li Zhihe, Xu Wei and others simply set up brothels, using these women as prostitutes to recruit piao from the outside world. Soldiers, officials, and a small number of wealthy families in the city will naturally have such needs. It is even more profitable, and naturally the money is rolling in.

Su Jin suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked quietly: "Is there no objection from the common people? This is something that damages Yin's morality."

Xu Wei contemptuously looked at Su Jin and said, "Your Majesty actually said such righteous and awe-inspiring words, and the subordinate officials are very impressed. Do you really have a next life as a human being? If so, who was your last life? Do you remember?" ?Since I don’t remember anything, it’s the same as if we didn’t? So we’re living in this life, and adults come here to be an official in order to make a fortune, isn’t it just for the sake of being rich and respectable? We have the same picture, so there is no need to belittle each other; moreover, when the common people mortgage their wives and daughters, they have to draw and sign. If you don’t choose this path, it’s still a matter of your love and my willingness to fight and suffer.”

Su Jin heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It really is a good business. The government really admires it. Listening to Xu Tong's sentence today is better than me, Su Jin, who has studied hard for ten years. If things go on like this, we will all make a fortune." gone."

Xu Wei laughed and said: "That's natural, Mr. Fu Zun, don't worry, I have a good life with you, Weizhou City seems barren, but in fact it is full of treasures, hehe hey; if Mr. Fu Zun is interested, you can also go to the brothel Just for fun, there are all authentic women from good families, some of them are still young, and they are fresh; if the adults go, I want them to pick a little lady that no one has touched before, and let the adults take good care of them."

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "That's unnecessary, the people in the room are like tigresses, if Madam finds out about this, is there any way for me to survive?"

Xu Wei felt the same way, and secretly despised Su Jin, telling you to marry the daughter of the Yan family in order to climb up the ladder. Now it’s no fun. I guess you wouldn’t dare to touch any other women except the daughter of the Yan family, and life would be less fun. So much, it's just self-inflicted.

Speaking of this, Su Jin should know and knows everything. Xu Wei must have been entrusted by everyone to have a showdown with him when he came here today. He was afraid that he would search randomly again. After all, the affairs in the city are not counted Any secret, as long as you have the heart, you can find out, and there are naturally many places to check if you want to find out; secondly, they can be regarded as showing a gesture of their own to Su Jin, although they are still not at ease with Su Jin, but always the best policy First, win over him first, and then think of a way to get rid of him if he can't.

After sending Xu Wei away and releasing everyone caught in the black market, Su Jin hid in the inner hall alone to think hard, and when all the inside story of the matter was known, he came to a dilemma.