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

Chapter 613 A big tree attracts the wind
It's not that County Magistrate Zheng is not greedy, but it's really just a small matter and not worth the risk.

But it was different when Zhao Yurui offered five million.

The purchasing power of five million Yuan people today is at least equivalent to more than 50 million in the future.

With this money, County Magistrate Zheng could quit his job as a magistrate and even go abroad.

Among all the countries in the world today, the Yuan Dynasty is the one with the highest consumption. Overseas countries such as Eastern Yan and Southern Song have lower consumption. If he takes these five million to these countries, he will definitely live more comfortably than in the Yuan Dynasty.

But the key point is, do you, Zhao Yurui, have so much money?
"Zhao Xiaoqi." County Magistrate Zheng glanced at him calmly and said, "30 million yuan of capital must be put up by yourself first, and the subsidy will be given after the court's review is passed. With so much money, not many companies in Dinghai can afford to do it."

So far, those who have come to County Magistrate Zheng to seek the project's approval are all famous large companies with wealthy bosses from Dinghai or Zhejiang. Zhao Yurui is a nobody, just a small flag of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Why should County Magistrate Zheng trust him?
"Is the bid deposit one million?" Zhao Yurui asked.

"of course."

"Bang!" a passbook was thrown in front of County Magistrate Zheng.

County Magistrate Zheng took a closer look and saw that there was more than one million yuan on it. It was impossible that the owner was from a small flag unit of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so it was public money.

This guy is really brave. County Magistrate Zheng secretly admires him and asks in a deep voice: "And then?"

"If you go to a bank and apply for a loan, the interest will be a huge sum of money, so the bank will definitely agree."

"Is this possible?" County Magistrate Zheng looked incredulous.

Zhao Yurui thought that he didn't have to pay for it all. He could then divide the work into sections and subcontract it out layer by layer, letting each boss pay for the work first. The money he would need to pay out of his own pocket would actually be a very small portion.

As long as he has one or two million in hand, Zhao Yurui is confident that the entire project can run smoothly.

County Magistrate Zheng was a little hesitant. He wanted Zhao Yurui's five million, but was afraid that Zhao Yurui would not be able to do the job.

Seeing this, Zhao Yurui said again: "What is County Magistrate Zheng afraid of? If I can't do my job well, County Magistrate Zheng can take me back and reassign me. The court can still make a lot of money. If I am not sure, how can I do such a thing that will ruin my future?"

Zhao Yurui patted his passbook and said, "I'm mortgaged one million with you. If you're not sure, won't it be just giving it away to the county government for nothing?"
County Magistrate Zheng stared at Zhao Yurui for a long time, and finally sighed: "Heroes emerge from youth. Today's young people are really better than the previous generation."

In late September, Zhao Yurui personally met with County Magistrate Zheng and settled two things at once.

Taking the largest project in Dinghai County in recent decades, he also got County Magistrate Zheng to agree to Xiaoqi adding twenty temporary workers.

Now the matter of adding people to Xiaoqi's plan was just a matter of the last step, and Xu Zheng, the captain of Qingyuan Prefecture, nodded.

The next day, Zhao Yurui went to Qingyuan Prefecture in person to meet with Captain Xu Zheng.

Xu Zheng was also slightly moved when he heard this.

Zhao Yurui's name kept flashing before his eyes these days. This was the first time that the name of a low-level military officer at the small flag level caught his attention.

Zhao Yurui came over and said two things. One was that Xiaoqi would add more people, and the second was that one thousand acres of the ten thousand acres of grain field transformation plan would be allocated to Xu Zheng's relatives or family members to work on.

However, Zhao Yurui also made it very clear that Xu Qianhu's people must ensure the quality of the project, and I guarantee that Xu Qianhu can make a lot of money.

This was the first time that a small flag officer spoke so disrespectfully in front of Xu Zheng.

Instead of getting angry, Xu Zheng burst into laughter and found it quite interesting.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yurui immediately changed his tone and said, I heard that Captain Xu and Mr. Qi of Sihai Bank are classmates, please ask Captain Xu to give him a heads up. I want to borrow 5 million, of which I will use 4.5 million to do the project and Captain Xu will use 500,000.

"..." Xu Zheng was happy. He never expected that Zhao Yurui could do things this way.

He looked at Zhao Yurui solemnly for a few times and said in a deep voice: "With your ability, being a small flag is a bit of a waste of talent."

"I hope Captain Xu can give me more support." Zhao Yurui bowed without hesitation.

"Yeah," Xu Zheng said with a long "yes" but did not express his opinion clearly.

He said this, but we still have to look at Zhao Yurui's expression.

If Zhao Yurui can really complete such a big project and make a lot of money, Xu Zheng will definitely use him.

Five hundred thousand! With this five hundred thousand, I will have the opportunity to move up.

I wonder what Xu Zheng would feel if he knew that Zhao Yurui gave County Magistrate Zheng five million.

However, Zhao Yurui loaned 5 million yuan, so 500,000 yuan was quite a lot, and he was still very satisfied.

After Zhao Yurui ran around a lot, he not only successfully borrowed money, but also made friends with many relevant officials, and even established a relationship with his immediate superior, Xu Zheng, a captain of the Qingyuan Prefecture.

After returning to Dinghai, he borrowed 5.2 million yuan from Sihai Bank with an annual interest rate of .

The interest rate is not low, but it is within Zhao and Rui's affordability.

He immediately submitted a bid in the name of the Ming Dynasty Trading Group, and sent Lao Zhu and Lao Zhang to bid. In the end, they won the bid with 31 million.

The winning bid amount was higher than originally expected, but County Magistrate Zheng was very satisfied because, in his opinion, the bid amounts of other people were all higher than that of Ming Trade.

The lowest is nearly 40 million.

The court had no choice but to take the lowest possible cost and recalculate the costs. In the end, the court, the province, and Qingyuan Prefecture each had an additional 500,000 yuan, and the rest was supported by Dinghai County itself.

Zhao Yurui divided the 10,000 mu of farmland into ten lots of 1,000 mu each and reselected subcontractors to do the work, asking them to contribute money and effort.

The same is true for the granary, which is divided into ten sections.

His own Ming Dynasty trade was only for a short period of time, so the investment cost was relatively low.

By collecting money and doing engineering projects, Zhao Yurui became an instant celebrity in Dinghai. Both officials and businessmen basically knew this talented man.

Even if you don’t know him, you have heard of his name and legend.

As the saying goes, a tall tree attracts the wind. Zhao Yurui has become so popular recently that of course she has offended many people.

In mid-October, a ship returned from Japan and had just docked at Dinghai Wharf. Several well-dressed men on board accompanied a young couple down the deck.

There were four or five men and women standing at the dock. When they saw him appear, they immediately came forward to greet him.

"Young Master, Young Madam."

The visitor was Wu Li, a famous sugar merchant in Dinghai.

The Wu family has been engaged in the white grain business in Dinghai County for several decades. They were among the first group to cooperate with Zhao Yurui to make white sugar in Dinghai. After the word of casual white sugar production spread among the people, they also began to transform from making white sugar to selling white sugar, mainly to overseas regions such as Japan and Korea.

This time, Wu Li went to Japan in person, sold a batch of goods, and also shipped back a batch of goods.

After he got off the boat, he saw a large group of porters standing on the shore. When someone on their side waved, the porters cheered loudly and rushed up to help carry the goods on their boat.

Wu Li was very unhappy when he saw this, because they originally had their own employees who could help with the transportation, but that was the situation at the dock, these poor laborers were occupying the cargo and refused to let go, so they had no choice but to do so in order to keep the peace.

"Young Master, the cost of running has gone up recently." Old Li, the butler who was meeting him on the shore, whispered.

"The price has gone up, damn it?" Wu Li cursed.

Lao Li said that the Suzhou guys and Huaixi guys had teamed up to raise prices at the same time, and the bosses had no choice but to swallow their anger.

"What about the Yankees? Aren't those people cheap? Why not use them?"

"They were chased away." Old Li showed a frightened look on his face. "The Huaixi people were really ruthless. They chased the Yankees away."

Then Wu Li heard another bad news. A shop owned by his family at the dock was burned down because the family was unwilling to pay the money.

"The arsonist was Zhao Yurui, a small flag of the Imperial Guard. Everyone knows it, but we have no evidence and cannot prosecute him."

"The officials above protect each other, all for the sake of money, so even if we sue him, nothing will come of it."

The subordinates were filled with righteous indignation and were all cursing Zhao Yurui.

When Wu Li heard that his shop had been burned down while he was away, he was furious.

Jinyiwei knowingly broke the law? Lawless?
Is there anyone who charges money this way?
Dinghai City is so big, is there no one to take care of him?

They are Jinyiwei, officials, and not easy to deal with.

Wu Li got into his car with a heavy heart, his face gloomy as he thought about his problems.

After a moment, he looked around and saw that there were only his wife Qian Xiaoyu, the driver Lao Wu, and the housekeeper Lao Li in the car, all of whom were his confidants and close people.

He said in a deep voice: "Can we find Liao people to kill the Zhao guy?" The Liao people are the people from the original Liaodong area. It is said that they are very fierce in fighting and they have a force in the local area. However, they are not involved in the docks, but other things.

"It's not easy." Old Li said, "Zhao Yurui offended a lot of people by accepting money, and many people want to deal with him."

"But this guy has recruited more than 20 people in the small flag station. He comes in and out with a large number of subordinates every day. In addition, he has a gun on him, so it is difficult to kill him."

"And the scouts at the dock seem to be in cahoots with him. They're always with him. There are a lot of them, hundreds of them, like bodyguards, protecting him from all sides. It's really hard to take action."

Wu Li was silent for a moment, then said coldly: "I brought back a few guns from Japan. Lao Li, help me find some Liao people."

Old Li's expression changed slightly, but he still nodded.

There are many Liao people in Dinghai County. Some of them run red house businesses, some run blocking businesses, and basically they all do shady things.

Most Liao people can make a lot of money and may not be willing to do something like selling their brains.

So it would be better for Lao Li to find some Liao people who had just arrived in Dinghai.

While he sent people to look for workers everywhere, he came to their shop again.

The shop was dark; it had been set on fire last time.

There was actually someone on duty in the store at the time, but the other party threw stones and smashed the glass in advance to lure the people inside out, and then set the fire, so they were not burned to death.

The other party did not cause any loss of life, so Lao Li thought that it was inappropriate for Wu Li to send people to kill Zhao Yurui.

But Wu Li insisted on doing it, and Lao Li had no choice but to support him.

There were a lot of people at the scene, and the employees were cleaning the store and redecorating it.

It has been almost half a month since the arson incident, and the fire has not yet been completely cleared.

Old Li looked around the scene and found more than a dozen people there, but most of them were slacking off, working listlessly and slowly. Only three people were working hard to move things.

The key point is that these three people are very unfamiliar, and they seem to be a bit like people from Liao or the north.

"Blessing."

"Here." Lai Fu, the second manager of the store, ran over immediately.

"It's been more than half a month and it's still not finished. When can we start decorating?" Old Li was furious and started cursing, saying that these people were being lazy at work.

Lai Fu had a bitter face, because most of them were employees of the company, and he didn't pay them extra, so of course they were slow.

"What's going on with those three people?" Old Li finally pointed at the three people.

"These three people had just arrived in Dinghai and had no work to do. A few nights ago, they slept in our burned-down shop. I felt sorry for them, so I gave them some food and asked them to work. They did a pretty good job."

In order to make a living, the three of them basically rushed to do the heavy and tiring work, and now they are considered the main workers.

"Where did these three people come from?" Old Li's heart moved.

"It's either Liaodi or Beidi, a bit like Mongolian."

Now in the Yuan Dynasty, there are a large number of Mongolian descendants in Liao and the northern people.

"Call them to the back. By the way, what's the leader's name?"

"Wang Baobao."

"Okay." Old Li walked to the back yard. After a while, Wang Baobao brought two people and Lai Fu to him.

Old Li sent Lai Fu away and questioned the three of them for a while.

The other two people basically didn't say anything and just looked at Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao was an eloquent speaker. He said he was from the north, but had lived in Liaodong for a long time and had just recently come to Dinghai by boat.

His family was an ordinary citizen from Liaodong, making a living by hunting.

I want to work and earn money in the developed areas of Dayuan.

However, they have little education and no skills, and have not found a job yet.

"Boss, we can endure any hardship. Please take us in." Wang Baobao said finally.

"What are you capable of?" Old Li asked calmly.

Wang Baobao thought for a moment and said, "Shooting a gun. We make a living by hunting in our village, so we know how to shoot a gun."

"Lance?"

"Yes."

"Can you play with a pistol?"

"They are all the same and can be played." Wang Baobao said curiously.

"If you can hunt in the wild, can you beat people?" Lao Li asked again.

Hiss, Wang Baobao’s face changed drastically.

He turned his head and looked at his two other fellow villagers, but the two of them didn't react much and just looked at Wang Baobao calmly.

Seeing this, Lao Li waved his hand and said, "Forget it if it doesn't work. Just pretend I never said anything."

"How much?" Suddenly, someone next to Wang Baobao finally spoke, and he asked directly how much it was.

Wang Baobao gently pulled him and signaled him not to say such things. They came here to make money, not to be killers.

"Just one person, 5,000 yuan each." Lao Li said, "After the matter is settled, I will arrange for you to work in a factory and guarantee a stable salary."

Lao Li just casually mentioned a price, but he actually planned to wait for the three people to bargain.

Unexpectedly, the man didn't even bargain, and immediately nodded: "Okay."

During this period, they didn't have a penny on them and even had to scrape together food and accommodation. Five thousand yuan per person was a huge sum of money for them.

"Wait a moment." Wang Baobao stopped them in time, and then the two of them went to the side.

"You're crazy, you're killing people." Wang Baobao said in a deep voice, "How can you agree to this so easily?"

"We have no money to eat, what else can we do?" The man said, "Killing a person is like killing a pheasant. We can just shoot him and be done with it."

"I don't know who to kill, so how can I agree to this?" Wang Baobao was more intelligent. He knew the target wasn't clear, so he couldn't agree to it carelessly.

"Then ask again?"

Another person also replied: "Baobao is smarter, so listen to him."

The three of them returned to Lao Li.

Wang Baobao asked: "We want to know who was killed."

"A junior military attaché."

"Hiss" Wang Baobao sucked in a breath of cold air, and the three of them looked at each other.

"Why, are you scared?" Lao Li asked deliberately.

Someone nearby was very anxious and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao asked: "Do they usually carry guns? How many people are there?"

"There would be a few people following him, but he was usually the only one with a gun, a sawed-off gun."

Wang Baobao thought for a moment and held up his finger: "Ten thousand per person."

"make a deal."

(End of this chapter)