In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 612 Scared Half to Death
Zhao Yurui believes that the three most difficult ones are actually easier.

Because these three companies are not short of money, for rich people, problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

Someone from the Qin family holds an idle position in Xiaoqi Office, and Qin Zhongan doesn't want to fight to the death.

Zhao Yurui agreed to repay the money, and the bank was naturally happy to do so.

Wang Li was threatened, but she reluctantly agreed.

Those who make big money in business all want to make money through harmony, so these three companies, which were originally thought to be the most difficult, actually failed within a day.

But it is difficult for others to go elsewhere.

Many shops simply refused, and some even kicked the temporary workers out.

Some people even called on Zhou Guomin to return the money because he had taken their money.

For a while, there was a lot of complaints on the dock, and everyone was scolding the new flag bearer Zhao Yurui.

At five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Zhao Yurui collected a wave of information from everyone.

There were five or six companies that expressed the strongest opposition.

One is a silk shop that mainly sells silk fabrics, including silver jewelry imported from Japan.

Their shop is not big, only a few dozen square meters. According to Zhao Yurui's request, they only need to pay a few hundred yuan in safety fees every month, and then a few hundred yuan in fire protection fees, which adds up to about one thousand yuan, but they just refused to pay.

Be sure to check the documents and ask Zhao Yurui to produce the charging documents, especially the so-called fire protection fees.

Zhao Yurui ignored them and continued to send people away.

It took about a week to visit all the stores, warehouses, companies, etc.

The entire port office counted a total of 518 companies that needed to pay.

Only one in ten agrees, 60% are waiting and watching, and 30% strongly oppose.

One evening in late August.

Five or six shops and companies on the dock that had resisted most violently suddenly caught fire.

Among them, the silk shop was burned down by a fire, and all the cloth in the warehouse was burned.

Another family that was watching also caught fire.

But it just so happened that the Jinyiwei did not get off work at night and took people to help put out the fire, showing that after the so-called fire fighting fee was paid, there would be fire fighting services.

The fire burned for a whole night, and although no one was burned, all the goods in the shops and warehouses were lost.

The next day, some people went directly to the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi Station and made a scene, thinking that someone had set the fire on purpose.

At that time, this person was right in front of Zhao Yurui, and there was no one else around.

"Yes, I burned it." Zhao Yurui said directly.

"Hiss" the man took a breath of cold air, his face full of disbelief.

"Zhao Yurui, you bastard, I'm going to report you—"

"Bang!" Zhao Yurui slapped him on the face.

Ah! The man let out a strange cry and sat down on the ground.

Then Zhao Yurui drew his gun and carefully aimed it at the fur on the outside of his arm. Bang! He fired a shot, scratching the skin a little.

The man was stunned.

There was a thump-thump noise outside, and then someone ran in.

Zhao Yurui threw the gun to the ground in front of the man. There was no bullet in the gun at this time.

"Catch him. This bastard stole a gun, killed someone, and attacked Jin. He's guilty of all sorts of crimes. He's planning to rebel."

Chang Yuchun grinned grimly, rushed forward and arrested the man.

This man was finally scared. He didn't expect Zhao Yurui to be so cruel.

Soon, the news spread.

It was me, Zhao Yurui, who set the fire. If you don't hand it over, I will burn it down.

If you dare to cause trouble, I will sentence you to death in prison.

A few days later, two more houses caught fire.

The outside world is in an uproar now.

Zhao Yurui became famous overnight, and everyone knew that he was a madman who would do anything to achieve his goals.

At the beginning of September, all shops and the Jinyiwei signed payment contracts.

Each family pays for one year first.

Pay in September every month thereafter.

From more than 500 units, Zhao Yurui collected a total of 3.48 million, becoming the richest small banner in the entire Dinghai, and even in the entire Qingyuan Prefecture, shocking the centurion Qi Shan and the general Zheng Dezhi.

As soon as Zhao Yurui got the money, he paid off the debt to the bank.

Then they made up for the overtime pay and bonuses owed to everyone in the institute, and gave each person another 10,000 yuan as overtime pay for this period.

The whole station was filled with jubilation, and everyone praised Xiaoqi for his wisdom.

Then Zhao Yurui did a few more things.

The first thing was to find Qi Shan and ask him to buy fire-fighting equipment for the station, including fire extinguishers, fire-resistant clothing and so on.

Qi Shan didn't understand at first, but after listening to Zhao Yurui's guidance, he immediately understood.

In fact, Qi Shan asked his son to set up a company outside to purchase a batch first, and then Zhao Yurui went to Qi Shan’s son’s company to purchase in the name of the institute.

After going in and out, Qi Shan's son earned 100,000 yuan.

"Great, great." Qi Shan's son Qi Wei was originally a constable, but he never expected that he could make so much money.

There is nothing wrong with the key accounts.

Zhao Yurui used the public account to purchase on behalf of Xiaoqi.

Then Zhao Yurui wanted to expand the small flag station, build a house, and renovate it.

The decoration work was handed over to the brother-in-law of General Zheng Dezhi, who made another 50,000 yuan.

He asked Lao Zhu and Lao Zhang's Daming Trading Group to build the house.

The two men also had knowledgeable workers under them, and they earned three hundred thousand with tears in their eyes.

So I did it.

Zhao Yurui and Lao Zhu are already small wealthy men.

He still had nearly one million in the account of his small office.

At this time, he applied to Qi Shan, because Xiaoqi Station still had the task of firefighting, and requested to add more people and temporary workers.

Qi Shan agreed immediately.

Zhao Yurui recruited another twenty people from Lao Zhang and Lao Ma.

But whether they were temporary workers or not, their main salary was paid by the court.

This matter has to be reported to the higher-level Qianhu for approval, and then reported to the court for approval.

Because the local government also has to bear part of the wages, so the local government has to agree.

At this time, Zhao Yurui's KTV business was also relatively good. Together with Lao Zhang and Lao Zhu's manual labor at the dock, the three of them could earn at least tens of thousands of yuan every month. The three of them were getting richer and richer.

The Ming Trading Group Company founded by the three of them has begun to take shape.

It was still very hot in late September.

That day, Zhao Yurui and Hu Pian'er stayed in KTV for the whole afternoon. Except for the non-substantial work, they did everything they should do, and Hu Pian'er's face was still red for a long time after she came out.

After sending Hu Pian'er home, Zhao Yurui called Chang Yuchun and Zhang Youcheng, and took them to the county government office to meet the county magistrate Zheng Shiwen.

Zhao Yurui wants to add more people, but there is not much resistance from the Jinyiwei. The attitude of the county magistrate is the key. Part of the salary has to come from the local government, and most people are definitely unwilling to do so.

The overall financial situation of the Yuan Dynasty is not good now. Zheng Shiwen has no relationship with you, so why should he pay for you? Of course, Dinghai County and Qingyuan Prefecture are also relatively developed and wealthy prefectures and counties. If it were other poor counties, Zhao Yurui would not even think about it.

Zhao Yurui also did his homework. Before he came, Captain Qi Shan had already mentioned the idea to Zheng Shiwen in person, but County Magistrate Zheng did not express his opinion, neither saying he agreed nor saying it was okay.

In Zhao Yurui's opinion, this can work.

If he were the county magistrate, I wouldn't have to pay the money myself. It's public money anyway. If it benefits me, he will definitely be happy to do me a favor, right?
There was a reason why he waited until today to come.

He has been fooling around with Hu Pian'er a lot recently. According to Hu Pian'er, her father Hu Dianli often talks about him at home.

The county is going to do a big project recently.

The magistrate was very sad.

What project?
The grain tax situation in the Yuan Dynasty has not been very good in recent years. After losing Annan, a major grain-producing area, grain production has also been affected. In addition, there have been frequent natural disasters and wars in recent years, and now food is a little insufficient.

Qingyuan Prefecture was a prosperous prefecture in the Yuan Dynasty. Not only was its economy well developed, but its grain production was also always good.

When Zhao Yurui was here, his main business was sugar. In order to get a good price, many people stopped planting grain and planted sugarcane instead. The county in Dinghai also had nearly 10,000 acres of land planted with sugarcane.

Now even ordinary people can make sugar, and the price of sugar has been brought down.

Therefore, the imperial court decided to convert the 10,000 acres of sugarcane in Dinghai County into grain planting.

This project also includes the original sugar factory, and some factories will be converted into granaries.

This was a big project. From Qingyuan Prefecture to Lin'an Prefecture, many bosses used various connections to come to County Magistrate Zheng to get the project.

It is said that the total investment will be tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, but only County Magistrate Zheng himself knows the court's bottom price.

In the past half month, people from all walks of life have come to see County Magistrate Zheng through their connections. County Magistrate Zheng is very anxious and doesn't know who to work for.

The Yuan Dynasty's court project was commissioned by Zhao Yurui in the late Yuanzhen period.

The routine is different from that of later generations.

Usually the court would set a quota first, then ask for quotations from those below, and then choose one from the closest few.

For example, this time, the imperial court approved County Magistrate Zheng to act according to his own financial resources.

That is, the finances at this level and the finances of Qingyuan Prefecture, with the imperial court and the provincial level each providing support of two million.

Qingyuan Prefecture also expressed support for three million.

This way he had seven million in his hands.

Dinghai County itself had quite a bit of money on paper, so it discussed for a long time with officials from related departments, designers, craftsmen, etc., and concluded that it would cost about 20 million yuan to reconstruct 10,000 acres of farmland and convert the processing plant into a granary.

He also wanted to take the opportunity to renovate the county government office and his home.

This can be inserted into the granary project.

The final limit is around 22 million.

Of this, the local finance contributed 15 million, and the superior finance contributed 7 million.

Of course, there may be some appropriate additions at the end, which is also a normal operation, but it will definitely not exceed 25 million.

Such a large project has not appeared in Dinghai County in recent decades.

When Zhao Yurui was emperor, Dinghai undertook many large projects, including the two current docks, important ports, the largest shipyard, military camps, etc., all of which were built by Zhao Yurui.

After he stopped being emperor, this project was considered the largest one in recent decades.

For such a big project, of course people from all walks of life came forward to take part.

Not to mention Dinghai County, people from Lin'an Prefecture also came, and they used various connections to find County Magistrate Zheng.

County Magistrate Zheng was under a lot of pressure, as he had his superiors, relatives, and classmates to deal with, but he still held on.

How can such a big project be completed without a reliable person? How can we get the benefits?

So in the past week, many bosses have come to see County Magistrate Zheng.

As soon as County Magistrate Zheng told the project volume, the other party quoted a price, either 40 million, 35 million, or 50 million.

County Magistrate Zheng could only smile and remain silent.

The rumor is that it is tens of millions, but no one knows exactly how many tens of millions it is.

"Zhao Yurui, a small flag of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, wants to see you?" County Magistrate Zheng was also stunned when he heard the report from below.

The official rank of the Jinyiwei flag of the Yuan Dynasty was the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, both of which were of the seventh rank.

Although the status of military officers in the Yuan Dynasty was much higher than that in the Ming Dynasty, there was still a gap compared to the seventh rank of the county magistrate.

If this happened in the Ming Dynasty, County Magistrate Zheng would have slapped him in the face. How dare you come to see me? The two sides are not on the same level.

But now it is the Yuan Dynasty. When Zhao Yurui was in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yurui vigorously improved the status of military officers, so both sides are of the seventh rank, and the Jinyiwei is slightly lower.

Of course, County Magistrate Zheng knew what Zhao and Rui were here for. They just wanted to add more people to the small flag station.

You are going too far. You added more than 20 people all at once and asked our county government to pay for it. Why?
He did not revoke Qi Shan's title in person, but that did not mean he could not embarrass Zhao and Rui in person.

"Let him in." After thinking for a while, County Magistrate Zheng decided to warn Zhao Yurui.

He had Zhao Yurui taken to the guest room and deliberately left them in the sun for half an hour.

Half an hour later, he slowly walked towards the guest room.

In the guest room, Zhao Yurui waited for half an hour and realized that County Magistrate Zheng Shiwen might not be easy to talk to.

As soon as Zheng Shiwen appeared, Zhao Yurui knelt down on one knee without saying a word and said, "Your humble servant, Jinyiwei Zhao Yurui, pays homage to the magistrate."

Zheng Shiwen was stunned. He didn't expect Zhao Yurui to be so polite.

As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit a smiling person, so he had no choice but to step forward and pretend to help him: "Zhao Xiaoqi, there's no need to be polite, please stand up." His tone was much better.

Zhao Yurui chuckled and said, "I really have no choice but to disturb County Magistrate Zheng."

After saying that, he pulled out a thick envelope from his sleeve and stuffed it into County Magistrate Zheng's sleeve.

There were only two of them in the room, and County Magistrate Zheng did not expect Zhao Yurui to come up and stuff money into their pockets so directly and rudely.

"Ah, Zhao Xiaoqi." He screamed, but failed to stop Zhao Yurui, who had already been stuffed into his sleeves.

He reached out and touched it. Wow, it's so thick. It must cost at least ten thousand, right?

County Magistrate Zheng had prepared many unpleasant words, but now he was unable to say them. With a depressed expression, he asked Zhao Yurui to sit down.

Zhao Yurui immediately said, "I came here this time because I heard that the court intends to rebuild the grain fields and renovate the granaries."

"Yeah." County Magistrate Zheng looked at Zhao Yurui meaningfully. He didn't expect that Zhao Yurui would mention this matter.

But what can a small flag of the Imperial Guard do with such a big project?
Before he could react, Zhao Yurui continued, "I am so bold as to take on this project, to contribute to the court and to serve the county magistrate."

"..." County Magistrate Zheng looked at Zhao Yurui in disbelief, and it took him a while to come back to his senses: "Does Zhao Xiaoqi know how much money he has to invest?"

"I offer 30 million." Zhao Yurui said immediately: "The actual cost will be around 25 million, and the other 5 million is for the adults."

"Hiss" County Magistrate Zheng took a breath and stood up suddenly.

The whole person was frightened.

At this time, the Yuan Dynasty was not as exaggerated as later generations in terms of engineering construction.

Zhao Yurui understood this and launched a surprise attack.

In ancient times, one could be a prefect for three years and earn 100,000 silver coins.

Zhao Yurui offered five million right away.

This is money that you can never spend in a lifetime.

County Magistrate Zheng's face turned green after hearing this.

Before Zhao Yurui, others would also come to offer benefits and talk about interests, but the practice of later generations had not yet been formed. Generally, they would offer tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan, trying to directly bribe County Magistrate Zheng.

County Magistrate Zheng did not dare to nod easily for fear of something going wrong.

Now Zhao Yurui asked for five million, which scared him half to death.

(End of this chapter)