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Chapter 80 0078 [Shuo rat moth]

When he came to sit next to Zhou Tian, ​​Han Zhen asked, "Changzhi County asked you to collect the summer tax?"

"Ok!"

Zhou Tian nodded.

He is a little afraid of Han Zhen now, and he dare not be as casual as before.

"I have prepared the summer tax."

As Han Zhen said, he winked at Xiaochong.

After a while, Xiao Chong gnawed and dragged a basket of copper coins.

"Here, the Xia tax is here, take it back."

Zhou Tian looked at the basket of copper coins, then at Han Zhen, with a troubled expression on his face.

A basket of copper coins is only twenty or thirty coins, which is not enough to pay the tax of Xiaowang Village.

"This... I can't explain to the county magistrate when I go back." Zhou Tian said with a mournful face.

The two tax collectors also looked like they had died.

There are more than 500 mu of land in Xiaowang Village, even if the uncultivated fields are excluded, there are more than 200 mu.

Of the more than 200 mu of land, the corn harvested in autumn accounts for about [-] mu, and the rest is wheat.

In the first half of this year, the weather was good. It is not a problem to harvest one stone per mu of wheat. The tax of two out of ten is at least more than 300 yuan.

In the past, when Master Xu was here, if they couldn't collect taxes, they had to make up for the rest.

More than 300 guan, even if the three of them are squeezed out, they still can't get it out.

"Don't worry, Changzhi County will not make things difficult for you."

As Han Zhen said, he took out the booklet he had prepared and handed it over.

Even though he was reluctant in his heart, Zhou Tian had no choice but to take the brochure and nodded yes.

As for the two tax collectors, they dare not say a word.

"Then let's go back to the county office first."

Putting the booklet into his arms, Zhou Tian got up and said.

"Go."

Han Zhen waved his hand.

The tax money of five or six hundred per year is nothing to him, but he can't start with it.

These officials are not so easy to get along with.

Today Changzhi County dares to send people to collect taxes, but tomorrow they dare to extend their hands to the salt factory...

Therefore, Han Zhen must express his attitude at the first time.

……

……

In the county government.

Changzhi County glanced at the copper coins in the basket, and asked calmly, "Is this the tax collected from Xiaowang Village?"

"It's true, Magistrate County."

Zhou Tian said, took out the booklet from his arms, and handed it over.

Chang Zhixian took the booklet out of curiosity, flipped through two pages, and immediately laughed angrily, and threw the booklet heavily on the ground with a slap.

Zhou Tian was startled, his eyes worried.

Seeing this, Changzhi County didn't make things difficult for him, he waved his hands and said, "Go down."

"Yes."

Zhou Tian didn't dare to stay, and hurried out of the lobby.

After Zhou Tian left, Uncle Fu at the side said, "Ah Lang, why are you so angry?"

Changzhi County sneered and said, "You can see for yourself."

Hearing this, Uncle Fu picked up the pamphlet on the ground and looked through it carefully.

The booklet records the household registration of the villagers in Xiaowang Village, but there should have been more than 120 households, but now there are less than a dozen households left.

What about the rest?

They were robbed by bandits in Songshan Mountain, and all of them were killed. The harvest in the field was also burned by bandits.

The key point is justified and well-founded. Shi Bao did rob Xiaowang Village, which is impossible to refute.

Moreover, the bandits in Songshan Ridge have also been wiped out now, and there is no proof of death.

With Changzhi County's thoughts, how could he not see that the other party told him clearly that Xiaowang Village was his Han Zhen's territory, so don't be tempted to be your second-hand dealer in the future.

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable, this Han Er'an dares to deceive me like this!"

The more Chang Zhixian thought about it, the more angry he became, he grabbed the teacup and smashed it on the ground.

After closing the brochure, Uncle Fu persuaded: "Ah Lang, peace makes money. If he wants to make troubles, let him make troubles, why bother to be angry."

"Humph!"

Changzhi County snorted coldly and remained silent.

The reason why he was angry was more because he became angry after Xiaosi was exposed.

However, Changzhi County had no choice but to swallow this sulking breath.

At this moment, a yamen servant on duty walked into the lobby quickly: "Report to the magistrate, there is a businessman outside the county yamen who claims to be Zhu Yuanwai."

Zhu Yuanwai?
Chang Zhixian's eyes lit up, and he ordered: "Call him in."

After finishing speaking, he got up and said: "I'll go to the study first, you will bring Yuan Chen in later."

"I know."

Forber nodded.

……

Zhu Ji, styled Yuanchen.

Changzhi County had known each other since childhood, and later Changzhi County married his sister and became his brother-in-law, and the relationship between the two became closer.

Zhu Ji is thin and thin, but he has a thick beard that is fashionable at the moment, and he is wearing a loose brocade robe, which looks weird.

The Northern Song Dynasty is very interesting. It clearly emphasizes culture over martial arts, but thick beards are fashionable. It is said that this kind of curly beard is more masculine.

Seeing Zhu Ji's face full of dust, Chang Zhixian said with emotion: "These days, Yuanchen has worked hard."

After receiving the hot tea from Changzhi County, Zhu Ji smiled and said, "It's not bad, it's better to have something to do now than to be bored in my hometown."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chang Zhixian asked, "How is the deal this time?"

"I've never had such a smooth business."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ji suddenly became interested, and said in an excited tone: "Brother, you don't know. Ever since I entered Jinan Mansion, I only let out some rumors, and those wealthy businessmen came to the door after smelling the smell. After I made a bid, they didn't even pay back the price, so they sold out all the goods."

"Brother, do I think the price should go up a bit?"

Hearing this, Chang Zhixian thought about it: "How much does Yuan Chen think is appropriate?"

"One liang of white sugar is forty guan, two and a half guan of refined salt is one catty."

"hiss!"

Chang Zhixian couldn't help but take a deep breath.

You know, this is almost twice the price he paid for the goods.

Surprised, he couldn't help worrying: "Is it too high? If it attracts those wealthy businessmen to join forces to boycott, I'm afraid there will be more troubles."

"not tall."

Zhu Ji waved his hand and explained: "That means we have no foothold in Tokyo City, otherwise, if we can sell it in Tokyo City, the white sugar can at least be sold at the price of one tael per hundred."

Recalling the appearance of those wealthy businessmen who were almost insane after seeing the white sugar, he even felt that the forty pens were sold at a price of one tael.

Changzhi County pondered and said: "Let's try it first, I don't know anything about business, Yuanchen, you should pay more attention."

"Brother, don't worry about being an official, leave these matters to me."

Zhu Ji took a sip of hot tea and reported: "This time I made a net profit of 850 guan, and purchased materials such as saltpeter, sulfur, and pig iron, which cost 620 guan."

"Why so much?" Chang Zhixian frowned.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the output of salt and iron was high. Although the imperial court strictly controlled it, the price remained very low.

During the reign of Shenzong, a catty of pig iron only cost 25 Wen. Even now, with the depreciation of copper coins, it has only risen to 38 Wen.

Two hundred catties of pig iron is only more than ten guan.

Add a few carts of saltpeter and sulfur, and you can get more than 600 guns.

Zhu Ji gave a wry smile: "These materials don't have much money, but in order to get through the relationship with the iron supervisor, I really spent a lot of unjust money. Just to invite the host, I have invited seven or eight times."

"This bunch of corrupt officials are really rat-worms!"

Changzhi County snorted coldly.

"..."

Zhu Ji couldn't answer these words, so he had to drink tea in silence.

(End of this chapter)