Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 39 The most cowardly tone and the most domineering words
"Don't worry, Mr. Du, money is not an issue. I will give you as much as you want." The veiled woman whispered softly.

This is probably what the legend says, using the most cowardly tone and saying the most domineering words.

"Wu Ma, take the banknote."

"This is a 2000-tael silver note as a deposit. As long as you help the slave family win the lawsuit and you specify the balance, the slave family will be satisfied."

……

Li Yu, who had been eavesdropping, couldn't help but tremble.

widow?

Bah, it's obviously a little angel, a little baby.

She is rich, young, and you can tell she is a beauty even through a wall.

For a moment, he wanted to persuade Du Ren to marry this goddess of wealth.

If she doesn't like Du Ren, she can do it herself.

Marrying this girl will save you 10 years of hard work.

In order to achieve the great cause of rebellion and overthrow the dark Qing court as soon as possible, what does it matter even if you make some sacrifices?

He came out from behind the scenes:

"Madam, don't worry, Weigtang will definitely seek justice for you. We will defend your right to freedom of marriage and love at all costs."

"Who is this?"

"He is the master of our Weige Hall, Li Yu." Du Ren smiled happily.

The veiled woman stood up and bowed lightly.

A big business, just like that.

Li Yu changed hands and gave the banknote to Fan Jing, telling him not to save money.

Warehouses, observation buildings, large quantities of Guangdong iron, birch wood, coking coal, rice and noodles were all quickly launched.

Silver is a dead thing, and it can only be useful if you spend it.

Weigetang needs to race against time to expand his strength and grow up quickly in the harsh fish pond of Daqing.

The death of Thunder Tiger is bloody evidence.

A mere gang of Qiu Ba can cause heavy casualties to the hall.

What if the richest salt merchant in the world wants to touch him?

What if it was the government and the Green Camp soldiers wanted to touch me?
I am afraid that I will escape into Taihu Lake and become a bandit, so I don't want it.

Thinking of this, Li Yu added another purchase.

Ask Xiao Wu to help pick out a boat that can accommodate at least 20 people and is suitable for navigation in shallow inland rivers.

If there is no ready-made one, ask the shipwright to build one from scratch.

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Fan Jing smiled bitterly at the bill.

砖石瓦料290两，匠人工钱320两，粤铁1500斤500两，桦木10方33两……

As for shipbuilding, the price is hard to say.

If you use pine and fir to build a 100-ton sand boat (flat-bottomed boat), 150 taels will be about the same.

If you use iron wood to build a 100-ton ship, you will get 350 taels.

All of a sudden, all the 2000 taels were spent.

Laiji is now Tangkou’s purchasing contact.

This guy was born to be a dental professional. He knew exactly what kind of products he could buy from the right person and the approximate price.

He is responsible for negotiating the details of the purchase with the merchants, and then the merchants deliver the goods to the door and collect the money from the hall.

The money coming in and out is in the hands of Li Yu and Fan Jing.

Weige Hall covers an area of ​​nearly 15 acres, and the surrounding 15 acres were also purchased by Li Yu.

Land deeds stamped by the government belong to legal private territory.

Consider the increase in staff, and there will be more to come.

Li Yu asked the craftsmen to build three rows of new houses in the open space outside the wall.

It is no longer a three-in house, the cost is too high.

It is a collective dormitory that meets basic living needs, with rooms next to each other and sharing a wall.

In each room, there are four beds and a table.

At the end of each row of houses is the place where the grains are reincarnated.

If you need water, go directly to the river, which is a hundred or ten meters away.

These three rows of houses can accommodate a small 200 people, which is definitely enough for the time being.

The construction of the warehouse is nothing special. It uses stone bricks and tiles as much as possible to prevent fire and rain.

There are small windows high on the wall, which can be opened all year round for ventilation.

There are eaves covering the outside of the windows to prevent rainwater from entering.

In order to prevent birds and beasts from entering the warehouse and stealing food, a net was added to the window.

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Fireworks are strictly prohibited in the warehouse.

Li Yu selected a Dan citizen to take care of him together with a disabled brother from the original Tangkou.

There are two locks on the door, and each person keeps a key.

When goods are put in and out of the warehouse, two people must be present at the same time.Outside the warehouse door, there are two large water tanks, which must be kept full regardless of the cold or heat.

The system must be strict from the beginning.

Otherwise, as the organization grows larger, it will easily get out of control.

The third time we recruited people, we purchased refugees directly.

Just in the summer, the Yellow River burst its banks again.

In one breath, 18 counties were destroyed and 6 prefectures were affected.

When Li Yu heard about this, the first wave of beggars had already appeared in Suzhou City.

He discovered the abnormality when he went to the Yuanhe County Government Office.

I met no less than 20 beggars along the way.

There are men and women, old and young, all wearing cloth strips of no discernible color, and each holding a broken porcelain bowl.

He gave away dozens of copper coins, which attracted a large number of beggars.

Frightened, he quickly rode away and took a detour to avoid it.

Behind him, the furious curses of the government officials could be heard.

They used leather whips to disperse the gang of beggars who had gathered.

Because this is Shiquan Street (later renamed Shiquan Street), where gentlemen live.

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Arrive at Yuanhe County Government Office.

Menzi was very enthusiastic in helping to lead the horse, feeding it water and fodder.

Li Yu also very wisely rewarded him with a small piece of silver and received a lot of flattery.

Everyone in the county government knows that the county official attaches great importance to Li Yu.

He even tried to invite him to be a shadow magistrate, in charge of all business inside and outside the yamen.

There is also a rumor that the county magistrate wanted to be his Lao Taishan, but his daughter was too ugly.

In short, Li Yu is a popular person in the county.

The scribe led the way to the back hall, where Zhang Youdao and his family lived.

Under the big locust tree.

A table of simple but not cheap wine and food has been set out long ago.

Obviously, this is a family dinner.

In the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, family banquets were the highest treatment for entertaining distinguished guests.

Zhang Youdao's concubine was actually present.

Because it is not advisable for officials to bring their wives to office, the common practice is to take a concubine for entertainment when they take up a post in a certain place.

"Greetings to the county magistrate, madam."

"Mr. Li, please go and take off your clothes. It's so hot in summer. There's no need to be restrained. We're all members of our own family."

After a while, Li Yu, who had put on a silk robe, sat at the table.

After drinking for three rounds, we got down to business.

The concubine got up and avoided it very wisely. What followed was a big deal that she couldn't listen to.

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"Do you have any clues about that matter?"

"Yes. I was just planning to report it to the county magistrate."

The two of them seemed to be playing riddles, but they both knew it well.

The official warehouse of Yuanhe County is in short supply and needs to be filled as soon as possible.

"The imperial envoy sent it a few days ago. The imperial envoy will come down to inspect the floods in Huaibei, and at the same time urge the other prefectures to transport grain as soon as possible."

"When will the imperial envoy leave?"

"We will definitely arrive in Jiangsu at the end of this month or early next month."

"It doesn't matter, I will start operations in the next few days and make up for the shortfall."

"I'm afraid it's not that easy to make up."

"Sir, please tell me how much you are short-changing." Li Yu felt something was wrong.

"7000 taels. Cough cough cough."

Li Yu was shocked and stared into his eyes.

Zhang Youdao blushed, took a sip of wine and pretended to cough.

"Such a big gap?"

"This, this is my carelessness. The original deficit was only more than 2000 taels, so I gritted my teeth and made up for it. I misappropriated another 5000 taels of official silver to fry cotton cloth, and the result~"

"What happened?"

"A boat of cloth capsized in the Yangtze River."

Zhang Youdao is from Tongren Prefecture in Guizhou Province. He recently learned from letters to his family that the price of local cotton cloth has skyrocketed.

The price is twice as much as here!
So I wanted to make a time difference and earn him a small target.

As luck would have it, the boat capsized and the cloth was gone.

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(End of this chapter)