Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1651 Leading Party
The days of "enjoying the fruits of victory" are always very sweet. Li Cunfa reconciled with the monk and made a fortune.Both lived the "Australian way of life".

The hearts of the people are not enough to swallow the elephant, and the profits from monopolizing the mat business gradually can no longer satisfy their appetite. The commercial economy in the Pearl River Delta region is developed, the proportion of cash crops in agricultural production is very large, and the rural usury market is very active.Li Cunfa started the money lending business after meeting two people: they have the aura of "Australian liaison officers", and they can be regarded as local tyrants. They have a background in doing this, and they have the capital accumulated in the mat grass business for several years.Soon on track, business is booming.Gradually, the capital cannot be turned over.So he focused on "reasonable burden".

Sanliang City’s reasonable burden is paid in cash—as Hu Xuefan said, it takes some time for mat grass to turn into silver, so it is acceptable for Sanliang City’s “reasonable burden” to be delayed by a few months.Li Cunfa started to play side-by-side, and delayed the payment for another month from the normal delay.

In a month's time, this reasonable amount of money can turn out a lot of interest, which is a good trick of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Although they did not embezzle Australians' money, it is somewhat "inappropriate".Sun Cunfa has always been a little uneasy-I heard that Australians are very fussy about money.

This time Chief Hong suddenly wanted to establish a "reasonable burden" for the liaison officers of various villages and towns to go to Guangzhou for a meeting, and he was a little panicked.However, I dare not not go.After arriving in Guangzhou, I realized that it was a "mobilization meeting".

This mobilization meeting was very strange.The meeting was presided over by the "Australian head of state". The topic of the meeting was very simple, that is, each village should set up a special "public warehouse" to store a certain amount of stones in advance according to the grain output of each village. food. "Available for use"

In addition to food, each village must also prepare firewood, repair a number of ships for "reserve", and ask each village to keep a record of the number of adults.This made the liaison officers in each village feel a little uneasy, which seemed to mean that the officials were preparing to "pass the army".This Australian only came to Guangzhou City a few years ago. Is he planning to come here again to ask for "the redemption fee"?
If such a trick came from the yamen, the villages would have been in panic for a long time: "passing the army" and being bandit were no different.Even if the army did not pass through the village, it would be a big burden to just pay for firewood and food, and it would be necessary to negotiate with the secretary office of the military room and pay a sum of money to settle the subordinates in the military room and the officials on the food platform.Otherwise, your food will be "mildewed and aged", and your firewood will be "soaked in rain and water", in short, it will be "neglecting military aircraft".

Because Australians have the impression of "no crime in autumn" left at the beginning, and know that they will be paid for all requisitions except for reasonable burdens, so the common people are not so afraid.But it's never a good thing to go to war.If the Australians and the officers and soldiers became stalemate, and the two sides fought back and forth, then nothing would be guaranteed.

The liaison officers who came to the meeting all went back full of thoughts.Li Cunfa also wanted to go back quickly and discuss with Dao: even if he loses the interest money, he should take back the money released-if the war breaks out, the money released will be in jeopardy.Unexpectedly, he received a notice telling him to stay and an "Australian" wanted to meet him.

"Are you Li Cunfa, the liaison officer from Sanliang City?" the Australian on the opposite side asked. Seeing his kind face and his ability to speak a little weird vernacular, Li Cunfa's mood calmed down a little.

"Yes, Xiaomin Li Cunfa." He made a bow.

"You sit."

"Yes, Xiaomin, please sit down."

The reason why Hong Huangnan wanted to summon Li Cunfa was not simply because he owed him a reasonable burden—in fact, this was not his business, the reason why he wanted to ask this matter clearly was to use it as a trick.

Considering him as a patriarch, there is no need to use this method against such a semi-naturalized citizen.But what he wants to do is actually related to Store No. 82—it's a private matter, and it's not loud on the scene.

"What do you do for a living in Sanliang City?"

"Xiaomin makes a living selling mats." Li Cunfa said cautiously.

"The income is not bad." Hong Huangnan said casually, paying attention to the other party's reaction, and sure enough, Li Cunfa's body trembled slightly—it was really tricky.

Hong Huangnan still doesn't know exactly what Li Cunfa did, but it can be seen that this incident made him frightened in front of the Senate.Considering that although Sanliang's reasonable burden has been delayed, it is still a lot of money, and most of them are bullying others, fish and meat villages and other things.

"The mat business is doing well," Hong Huangnan said, "I remember that the local tyrant who was hanged was also in the mat business."

Li Cunfa bit his head and said: "Master Luo is a big merchant, Xiaomin is just a small merchant, nothing can compare."

"It's comparable, it's not comparable, you know it best in your heart." Hong Huangnan didn't talk nonsense, "Are you just selling mats now?"

Li Cunfa was so intimidated by the previous sentence that he almost lost his soul, but at least he stopped asking about the matter after the last sentence, and finally his soul came back, and he quickly said: "In addition to selling straw mats, we also weave straw mats for sale."

"There are a lot of people in this town who make a living from this." Li Cunfa said, "It's just ordinary women who help make straw braids and mats. After a season, they get some money to supplement their families."

"Can straw mats like this be woven?" Hong Huangnan took out a thick booklet, and Li Cunfa took it over for a look. It turned out to be albums of mats in various patterns, most of which had never been seen before. There are dozens of fancy styles alone.This is probably an Australian product again!He hesitated and said, "Some of them are fine, but some of them have not seen the real objects——if there are real objects, a skilled craftsman can take a look at them and you will understand..."

"it is good."

Li Cunfa was a little confused, not knowing what "good" meant.But Hong Huangnan said: "This year's straw mat, don't make it up for now."

Li Cunfa was like a thunderbolt, thinking that the old man Hong Yuan wanted to punish him, his face turned pale immediately, and he said in a low voice: "Here, if you don't sell mats or make straw mats, you won't be able to pay the reasonable burden this year. Besides... besides... ..." He had an idea, "Many people in Sanliang rely on weaving straw mats for a living, if they don't weave, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be..."

"I didn't say I won't weave it." Hong Huangnan said, "You gather all the craftsmen and women in your area to weave straw bags, and after the rice comes to the market, you will also use straw to weave. I will send someone to send you the shape of the straw bag."

"Yes, yes." Li Cunfa still didn't understand.

"I want a lot of straw bags. I want as many as I want." Hong Huangnan said, "You can rest assured that we will pay for the straw bags according to the price."

"Yes, I understand." Li Cunfa settled down.But in an instant he understood: the Australians must be going to war!
Straw bags are mostly used for bulk cargo.On weekdays, nothing more than rice and salt are used the most.Three kinds of sugar.The Australians asked him to prepare a large number of straw bags. The reason is self-evident: they want to use straw bags to transport rice grains and support them with the army.

What does this Australian want to do with such a battle?Li Cunfa's hairs stood on end.But at this moment, he couldn't care less about these things. Seeing Chief Hong indicating that he could leave, he hurriedly said his goodbyes.

"Hurry up and go back to Sanliang City!" This was the only thought he had at the moment.

"Husband, why aren't you asleep?" His wife got up from the bed sleepily, looking at Lin Ming who was wearing a dress and dazed by the moonlight.Bibo under his feet was probably too hot, half of his body had already crawled out of the blanket, revealing his snow-white arms.

My husband, who has been away from home for a year, came home suddenly a few days ago.Lin Ming's wives and concubines could hardly recognize this handsome and vigorous official in the past: he was dark and thin, dressed in rags, and his hands were covered with calluses.Although he didn't talk about what happened to him after he came back, Mrs. Lin and the four concubines knew that her husband suffered a lot when he went out this time.

At any rate, he finally came back safely.The wives and concubines who had been in fear were finally relieved.Xianggong is the pillar of the family, without him there would be no family.Needless to say, taking care of the wind and washing the dust, the daily service is also for fear of being inconsiderate and thoughtful.

After Lin Baihu came back, he went to the institute to sell vacations as usual, and responded to errands every day, except that because he hadn't eaten meat for more than half a year, his wife and concubines slept together at night, but there was no difference.It's just that my temper has become taciturn, and I have little interest in drinking and having fun with my wives and concubines at home.It seems that there is something on the mind.

Madam Lin stood up, poured a cup of warm tea for Lin Ming, covered Bibo with a quilt, and whispered, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Lin Ming said.

"Sister-in-law must have suffered a lot this time." Mrs. Lin saw that the night was quiet and Bibo was asleep, and it was time for the husband and wife to talk about themselves, "Although Qianqian was not found, but Mr. Lin also searched hard, and did not find her. , it's also her fate... Don't blame yourself too much, Mr.

"I'm not worried about her." Lin Ming's mood was very complicated.After he was arrested in Lingao, because he had seen the strength of the Australians and was greedy for life and afraid of death, he had officially surrendered.After a short period of political study and training, he was sent back to Guangdong, where he was asked to go home and "lurk".Wait for the courier to inform you to act.

Although he feels that he has seen the "big trend" clearly, he also knows that in a few years, Australians will sweep the mainland and win the championship in Kyushu.Yet he still felt vaguely humiliated at the fact that he had bowed his knees and surrendered to the enemy.His hundred households in the Ming Dynasty have been passed down from generation to generation, and he has been an official for several lifetimes, so he surrendered to the enemy like this?Every time he thought about it, he felt very uneasy.

Although the Australians didn't ask him to shave his head, they let him come back for a reunion.But there is a price to pay. Needless to say, when the Australian army arrives, he is a natural leader. Around that time, he will have to shave his head and put on Australian short clothes, "turning into a hero again".

(End of this chapter)