The Ferry of the Heavens: Hong Kong Comprehensive Start

"Uncle You, you are too polite! Let me introduce to you first, what we can provide you here." Zhu Dachang said with a grin.

"Okay!" Chen You, the four-eyed Taoist, nodded and said.

"First of all, we provide the exchange of [Incense Money] here. There are two kinds of [Incense Money], one is ordinary [Incense Money], and the other is [Incense Money] that has removed the mark of the master. Two kinds of [Incense Money] 】The exchange price is different. The price of [Incense Money] that removes the imprint is [-] times that of ordinary [Incense Money]." Zhu Dachang said.

"Then how do you exchange it?" Taoist Chen You of Four Eyes asked.

"You can provide us with an estimate of the goods, and we will give you the equivalent [Incense Money], or you can exchange it through gold and silver. For example, one tael of silver can be exchanged for one penny [Incense Money]. If the 【Incense Fire Money】without the imprint of the land master is removed, then it will cost [-] taels of silver." Zhu Dachang said.

Ling Yaodong, of course, does not need secular money, but those temples that spread his beliefs and eliminate evil for him need it. Moreover, it takes a lot of money to open philanthropic halls and schools in the Earth Temple.

Although the mayor contributed a hundred thousand taels of silver from the Ma family.

This money seems to be a lot, and of course it is a lot, and there is still a lot left.

But in the future, as Ling Yaodong's beliefs expand to a wider area, the cost of opening philanthropic halls and schools will inevitably increase sharply. The one hundred thousand taels of silver may seem like a lot, but it will be exhausted, so it must be open sourced.

The four-eyed Taoist Chen You was quite surprised when he heard what Zhu Dachang said. He thought that such precious things needed to be exchanged with items from the spirit world. Unexpectedly, [Landlord Temple] actually allowed the use of secular things. Block things to exchange.

It is really not expensive to exchange one tael of silver for one penny [Incense Money].

The [Incense Fire Money] here is the most basic one, which is the [Incense Fire Money] that was forged by the white divine power when Ling Yaodong first achieved the God of Land.

Now Ling Yaodong has achieved the eighth-rank God of the Earth, and it is only one step away from the seventh-rank god. The quality of the divine power has long been far superior to the previous white divine power.

This kind of [Incense Fire Money] made by red divine power is worth dozens of [Incense Fire Money] made by white divine power.

Ling Yaodong made the [Incense Fire Money] produced by the red divine power into the pattern of copper coins.

so far.

Ling Yaodong has several kinds of divine power coins in his hands, namely [Sacred Small Money] produced by a little white divine power, [Sacred Big Coin] produced by ten white divine powers, [copper horns] produced by a little light red divine power, and a little red divine power Manufactured 【Copper Yuan】.

Each of them can be exchanged for secular gold and silver treasures in [Landlord Temple]. Of course, the exchange price of [Shenli Copper Horn] and [Shenli Copper Dollar] is much higher.

Make money, it's not shabby!
After hearing the price Zhu Dachang said, Chen You, a Taoist with four eyes, didn't think it was expensive, but thought it was worth it.

You know, outside, a tael of silver cannot buy this kind of treasure that can enhance the mental strength of a practitioner.

Of course, this kind of [Incense Money] cannot be used all the time, and individual circumstances can be considered.

It is also worthwhile for Ling Yaodong.

He has golden fingers, oh, no, it's golden thighs on his body, under [Hundredfold Amplification], divine power is actually worthless.

On the contrary, the secular gold and silver exchanged can be used in charity halls, schools, and earth temples to promote beliefs, cultivate a devout believer, and Ling Yaodong will earn everything back!

Chen You, a Taoist with four eyes, has been traveling between the mountains and fields for these years, traveling to and from the Guangxiang area, helping people drive away corpses, and earning a lot of money.

He has accumulated ten large yellow croakers.

A large yellow croaker has 10 taels.

Ten large yellow croakers are 100 taels.

According to the conversion ratio of silver to gold, 100 taels of gold is equivalent to 800 taels of silver. This amount of money is of course not worth mentioning to the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver accumulated by the Ma family for generations.

But having said that, if it is just a local rich man, the amount of silver accumulated by those generations is exaggerated.

Of course, the Ma family is not an ordinary land rich man. Someone in his ancestors was an official, and the official position was not small, otherwise he would not be able to leave this family fortune to future generations.

There is a saying that goes like this, three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflake silver.

A magistrate can accumulate [-] snowflake silver in three years without scraping the ground, which shows how profitable this official is.

You may say that it is not for ordinary people to be such a big official as the magistrate (from the fourth rank in the Qing Dynasty).

But even a county magistrate who has a chance to fill the vacancy can make a lot of money every year.

for example.

In the fifth year of Tongzhi, that is, in 1866, a Juren named Zhou Yucheng in Guangdong.

He spent tens of thousands of taels of silver and worked hard in the capital for more than ten years, and finally got a real shortage, and he could be sent to Wujin, Jiangsu as a magistrate.

Wujin County can be a wealthy county.

His relatives and friends are congratulating him, saying that he can make a lot of money.

After Zhou Yucheng took office, he did some calculations and found:
Wujin County’s annual tax revenue is about 25 taels, of which 19 taels must be handed over to the household department, and the remaining 6 taels are at the disposal of the county government.

6 taels of silver may seem like a lot, but the county government needs more than 2000 taels per month for expenses alone, plus expenses such as receiving and delivering, at least 7 taels a year.After calculating the accounts, the Wujin county government has a deficit of more than 1 taels every year. According to the rules, the county magistrate has to pay for the money.

Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.

The magistrate of Zhou came to make a fortune, so how could he spend such a sum of money!

Wujin is a first-class county in Jiangsu, and it is also a wealthy county in the whole country. There are many shops, gambling houses, restaurants and foreign firms in the territory under its jurisdiction, and they all have to contribute "fees" regularly.

This figure is about 8 taels.

Zhou Yucheng took out more than 1 taels to fill the deficit, leaving more than 6 taels.

But the more than 6 taels could not completely go into Zhou Yucheng's pocket, because there were many other expenses.

For example, security officer.

That is to manage from top to bottom, to be filial to the boss, and to use part of it to invite the master and meet some public expenses.

In the eighth year of Tongzhi, as soon as the new governor of Jiangsu took office, he issued a document asking the counties to spend money to repair the governor's office. As a result, more than 800 taels were apportioned to Zhou Yucheng.

However, just half a year after the governor arrived, he was transferred to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and then another governor came. The new governor used the excuse of buying furniture for the governor's yamen to apportion it to the counties. Zhou Yucheng paid another 2000 taels for this.

In the ninth year of Tongzhi, the mother of the governor of Jiangsu celebrated her birthday. Although Zhou Yu's product grade was not high, his filial piety was also indispensable, and he spent 3000 taels of silver.

In the same year, Zhou Yucheng spent another 1000 taels when the prefect's young master married his wife.

Once, the magistrate hosted a banquet for officials from various counties, and invited everyone to drink and watch a play, but everyone had to pay for it. Zhou Yucheng did not dare to lag behind and paid 300 taels.

This is not all the expenses, there are also things like festivals, black and white weddings, etc., all of which need to be paid for.

After this year, the expenses are really not small, and the remaining 6 taels of silver are just enough, or even insufficient.

of course.

He should respect his superiors, and the people below should respect him.

Don't look at Qipin county magistrate, the county magistrate who broke the family, there are also many people who rely on him.

Zhou Yucheng's subordinates, they also had to give gifts to Zhou Yucheng.

Zhou Yucheng took a concubine and spent his birthday, and these people had to pay for it.

For example, once Zhou Yucheng celebrated his birthday, his colleagues in the officialdom, the masters in the county government office, the government servants in various classes, and even the local gentry and business shopkeepers all came to give him gifts.

There is a saying that the recipient of the gift may not remember who gave the gift, but he will definitely remember who did not give it.

This is the rule of the game that has been passed down since ancient times.

If you don't follow this set of rules, you are not in compliance with the rules, and if you are not in compliance with the rules, you are not in the group. As a result of not being in the group, someone will naturally replace you.

To be honest, an official like Zhou Yucheng is hardly a corrupt official (this is the most terrifying point, many rules are considered reasonable by default, in this era, officials lack effective supervision, and the risk of being a corrupt official is very small And being an upright official is very risky, if you don’t make money and don’t have money to honor your superiors, then you can imagine that you are not far away from packing up your clothes) There are more than 1500 counties in the Qing Dynasty, and more than 90% of them follow this routine.

The main source of income for a county magistrate is firstly the "fees" handed over by the local business community, secondly the "fire consumption" levied on farmers according to the old practice, and thirdly the gifts given to him by his subordinates.

These sums of 10 taels should be available, but most of the money has to be spent.

Because everyone is in this circle.

However, even so, at the end of the day, it is no problem for Zhixian to keep 2 taels of silver in his hands a year.

As long as this magistrate is not too extravagant.

This is how the Ma family's ancestral property of more than one hundred thousand taels of silver was accumulated.

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Four-eyed Taoist Chen You's 100 taels of gold was nothing compared to the [-] taels of silver owned by the Ma family, but for ordinary people, it was already a huge sum of money.

100 taels of gold can be exchanged for 800 coins of the most basic [Incense Fire Money], or 320 pieces of [Incense Fire Money] that have been removed from the Landlord brand.

Jia Le definitely can't use so many [Incense Money], his soul can't stand it.

With his current cultivation base, a few [Incense Money] is enough.

Chen You, the four-eyed Taoist, can also use it, but at most it will use dozens of pieces, and if there are more, it will be unbearable.

Although the four-eyed Taoist Chen You could afford the [Incense Money] and had plans to buy [Incense Money], but he didn't immediately take out gold to buy it, but asked Zhu Dachang, "Except for this [Incense Money]?" , what other goods are sold here? "

"Of course!" Zhu Dachang smiled, took out a list from under the table and handed it to Chen You, a Taoist with four eyes, and said, "There are details on it, Uncle Friends, please read."

Chen You, a Taoist with four eyes, took it and looked up. Jia Le also came over curiously.

The four-eyed Taoist Chen You glanced at his apprentice in disgust, but he did not push him away.

He took a quick look at the list, and found that there were quite a lot of things on it, with prices on the side, and they could be purchased with gold and silver coins or [Incense Money].

However, there is a problem that Chen You, Taoist of the Four Eyes, found that these goods are generally expensive.

For some products in the cultivation world, such as yellow talisman, cinnabar, black dog blood, rooster blood, Yinming soil, etc., the price is more expensive than what he buys outside, [-] to [-]% more expensive.

This……

Originally, the four-eyed Taoist Chen You had already taken a fancy to some of the products, such as [Forging Blood Pill] that can increase Qi and blood, and [Spiritual Marrow Pill] that can increase mana.

Pills are rare in today's cultivation world.

Whether it is the alchemist who refines the elixir or the genius treasure that is the raw material of the elixir, there are fewer and fewer.

The lineage of Waidan has declined.

Because of this, pills that can assist cultivation are becoming more and more rare.

The prices of the two elixir marked on the list are not low.

However, because of the previous comparison, Chen You, the four-eyed Taoist, subconsciously thought that the price of this elixir was also more expensive than the price outside.

Even if it is [-]% more expensive, it is still a lot of extra support.

So the four-eyed Taoist Chen You hesitated.

Zhu Dachang noticed this situation, he smiled slightly, and said to the four-eyed Taoist Chen You, "Uncle You, you are new here, so why not go shopping outside first and see if there is anything you want to buy."

"But there is one thing I have to say to you first. We don't care whether the things you buy outside are real or fake. We are only responsible for maintaining the order of this place." Zhu Dachang said with a serious face .

"You mean, there are people selling fake things outside? You don't care?" Jia Le blurted out and questioned.

Zhu Dachang smiled and said nothing.

"How can you do this..." Jia Le said with a frown.

"Jia Le." The four-eyed Taoist Chen You drank Jia Le, "If you don't have this bit of vision, you will be cheated if you go outside! Losing money is a trivial matter, but losing your life is..."

"Thank you for understanding!" Zhu Dachang chuckled, and he said some rules, "You don't need to charge for buying goods or hanging out here."

"However, Uncle Friends, if you want to set up a stall here and sell some things you don't need, then you need to pay us [Landlord Temple] rent."

"The rent of our temple fair is not expensive, that is, one penny [incense money] per night."

One penny [Incense Fire Money] is one tael of silver.

Is this not expensive?Jia Le smacked his tongue in his heart.

But Chen You, the four-eyed Taoist, looked flat and thought it was normal.

"In addition, there is another point, fighting is prohibited here! If there is a conflict, please go outside to resolve it, and don't affect the order here. If someone doesn't listen,... there is a team of Yin soldiers stationed here... Of course, we don't want to appear This situation..."

Zhu Dachang said with a smile, but his eyes were very calm, without a hint of a smile.

"Don't worry." Taoist Chen You of Four Eyes nodded, indicating that he understood.

(End of this chapter)