Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 617 Contribution
He specifically went to the chief envoy's office to check, and it turned out that the county magistrate of Lingao Wu was a recently famous capable person in the province, and he was very popular in the chief envoy's office.He has reported the victory of the bandit suppression several times, and sent the heads of many pirates and bandits to the mansion - among them, there are quite a few key criminals who are wanted by the mansion and province.And the last time he reported a typhoon disaster, he didn't ask the government or the province for money and food, but he went there by himself, and no refugees were caused-the number of registered households in the county has increased.Last year's money, food and taxes were also paid in full.

County Magistrate Wu has been "Extraordinary" for two consecutive years, and if he continues to do this, he will be promoted to the magistrate, which is already expected.

On the one hand, the kun thieves occupied the bo shop, on the other hand, the county magistrate of Lingao became an unprecedented "capable member"-the collusion of officials and kun was indispensable.At least keep a tacit understanding.

Thinking about coming to County Magistrate Wu, he has benefited a lot from the Kun thief in the past few years.Lu Yizhong thought, if he is coming this time, he can have a serious talk with him.If Wu Mingjin is a knowledgeable person, not only can he continue to wear the black gauze of Lingao County Magistrate, but he can also go to the next level.

When the staff were planning the strategy, Li Xijue asked:

"Why don't you arrest Guo Yi, Pei Lixiu and others immediately? They are at least fake girls. The inside story of real girls can be found out at the first trial. If they are not arrested now, they will definitely flee when they hear the news, and they will leak military information."

"No, no." Lu Yizhong shook his head again and again, "Several properties of Zizihao are in full view in Guangzhou. I don't know how many people are staring at them. Once it is sealed up, it will be extremely difficult to deal with. It is better to stay still for a while. It’s just a fish in the bottom of the pot. If Nanhai County and Guangzhou government send more public servants to guard around, he won’t be able to escape—how can he easily leave behind such a large family business in Guangzhou and run away?”

It is precisely because the three properties of Zizihao are big fat meat that everyone covets, so they can't start now.Once Guo Yi and others are arrested and imprisoned, the name will of course be seized as a reverse birth.How to deal with it at that time will become an embarrassing thing. Not to mention, there are quite a few bigwigs in Guangzhou who want to eat a piece of meat.They are either local gentry, or celebrities in the officialdom, or eunuchs, ministers and relatives who can stretch their hands very long from a distance.

When these people come together, the matter of "handling adverse births" will become a hot potato.Thinking of this, Li Xijue couldn't help admiring the caution of his colleague.

"Anyway, Guo Yi didn't write the word "kun thief" on his head. It's reasonable not to arrest him. It's just a matter of lifting him." Lu Yizhong already regarded Guo Yi and others as the meat on his back.

At this time, Guo Yi was swirling in the core vortex of a conspiracy.He is very clear that the life span of Guangzhou Station is not many days.No matter how many unnecessary struggles I make, it is inevitable that the fate of the Guangzhou station will be determined by the upcoming battle on Hainan Island.

Although he has thought many times that this day will eventually come, he still feels somewhat sad when he thinks about everything he is about to face.Everything I built with my own hands.

The storm facing Guangzhou Station was getting closer and closer. Even in the secret room on Welfare Street, he could feel the deep chill coming.Many people are reaching out their hands here: those small fish and shrimps who pretended to be powerful are gone, and now there are real predators.While cruising around the target, he stared at the fat of the three shops of the Zizi brand, ready to swallow it in one gulp.

This safe room was no longer as calm as it used to be—the brazier on the ground was full of ashes.This was left by Zhang Yuchen who burned the telegram manuscript and materials when he hurriedly withdrew the radio station.Now he has retreated to a secret location in Guangzhou City, and continues to maintain contact with Lingao.

In Guo Yi's hand, he was pinching the telegram from the Ministry of Colonial Trade sent from Lingao. Although Skaide approved the idea of ​​the Foreign Intelligence Agency's "wide withdrawal of Leibao" from the Guangzhou and Leizhou stations, he was still concerned about keeping Guangzhou. There is still a glimmer of hope.He asked again in the telegram that while preparing for the retreat, he must try his best to seek the possibility of continuing to exist in Guangzhou.In the telegram, the Ministry of Colonial Trade agreed: If there is no other choice, the mode of handling the contribution can be considered—Gao Ju or Liang Cunhou are both better candidates

"Hmph, it's too late to think about this matter now." Guo Yi already knew who was spying on this big fish in Guangzhou Station—they were all heavyweight predators.Leaving aside Liang Cunhou's background, even Eunuch Yang, who is behind him, would not dare to provoke them at all.

I was in a daze when suddenly the bell in the house rang.He quickly lit the telegram with a match and threw it into the brazier. After seeing it completely black, he opened the door and walked out.

The courtyard where the safe house is located can only be entered by the most confidant servants - all indigenous staff who have undergone strict inspections.Others can only ring the bell to ask for an audience after registering with the guard boy outside the moon cave gate in the yard.

According to the discipline of the Guangzhou station, the elders cannot be called out of the safe house without urgent matters.

The person who came to meet was Sun Chang, which was very unusual.As Sun Chang, he has to deal with many things, and he will never come to see him suddenly for no reason.

"what's up?"

"Someone is here to see you."

"Didn't it mean that all people who are not acquaintances will disappear?" Guo Yi knew that the people who would come here were definitely not good.If you see how entangled you are, it's better to avoid it altogether.

"The visitor's name is very high." Sun Chang took a step forward and said in a low voice, "It's Tian Huang's relatives."

"What?" Guo Yi didn't understand.

"Prince Tian's relatives are Concubine Tian's father." Sun Chang knew that Guo Yi was from overseas and knew little about the people of Ming Dynasty. "Lady Tian is the emperor's favorite concubine..."

"So you are the head of the country?" Guo Yi immediately thought of the "father of the country" in film and television dramas, and they are generally not good people.Generally speaking, people's feelings are quite accurate.

"Yes, it's Qi Wan." Sun Chang said a special term at that time, and Qi Wan was also a relative of the royal family's natal family.Tian Guozhang is Qi Wan of this generation, and his daughter is being favored, so he is different from other people in terms of reputation and power. "Tian Guozhang's power is second only to Lord Jiadingbo." Jiadingbo is the father of Queen Zhou.

"Why did he come to Guangzhou?" Guo Yi felt strange. Isn't this Tian Guozhang supposed to be in Beijing?I will not come to Guangzhou for no reason.

"Where is he himself? It's a servant of his family who specializes in helping him." Sun Chang said, "I'm afraid this person's intentions are not good."

"It's nothing more than coveting our property." Guo Yi originally wanted to say no, so he asked Sun Chang to deal with him and let him go, but on second thought, it's better to see him.Now that several parties have revealed their ambitions for Zizihao, it might be a way to delay time by keeping them in check.

The one who walked last was a round-faced man in his forties.He is wearing a six-in-one hat, a parrot green silk gown, and three silk official shoes on his feet.A pair of clothes that are neither expensive nor cheap.When he came to the yard, he stopped—seeing that Guo Yi didn't step down to meet him, he spread his legs apart, folded his hands behind his back, rolled his small eyes gloomyly, and gave Sun Chang a hard look.

"An abacuser dares to make such a big deal!" He cursed in a low voice, and then came up from the main steps.

Guo Yi met Li with him, and knew that the person who came was Tian Da, a "family member" of Tian Hongyu's residence.According to the Ming Dynasty system, royal consorts such as empresses, concubines, and concubines were all selected from the common people's "good family sons".This kind of family is generally not a wealthy family.The so-called "family" basically came from their own investment after they became prosperous. Among them, there are some "villains" in the localities who rely on the power of the royal family to do evil outside, even for the royal family and for themselves.

Tian Da's appearance doesn't look like he was born as a slave, but he looks like a local "live haunted ghost" or "bumping six cities" or something like that.

"Master Guo," Tian Da stared at the maidservant who brought the tea until he left the room, and then he stopped talking, "You are worthy of being the richest man in Guangzhou, you are very rich!"

"Where, Mr. Guo is just a foreign merchant. It is true that he got rich by selling some foreign goods. If you talk about the title of richest man, he is still far away." Guo Yi smiled.

Tian Da didn't hide his intention of coming, and directly proposed that Guangzhou Station donate Zi's three business names to Tian's family.

According to him, Guo Yi wanted to "honor" the father-in-law 4 taels of silver at a time, and 6 taels of silver every year thereafter.

"...As long as you become the property of Tian Guozhang's family, no official in the world will dare to embarrass you." Tian Da said spitting, "No one will dare to call you a pirate."

This number made Guo Yi gasp -- this is really a lion's mouth.Not to mention that he didn't have this plan at all, even if he did, he would be criticized in the Senate if he agreed to this condition.

"This matter is very important, and I will allow you to think about it for a few days."

"Think about it or not. It's up to you. It's just that if you think about it, you will go to prison. Why is Boss Guo so closed?" Tian Da pointed his nose with a fan unceremoniously, "The court is about to move. The soldiers are going to destroy your old nest in Australia. When the time comes, your whole family will be sold by officials, and even the grass under your feet will not be named Guo. Now I have invested in my master, a mere hundred thousand silver, to protect you Wealth and security—the calculation is very good!"

After finally seeing off Tian Da, Guo Yi then met with several envoys who either expressed or hinted that he wanted him to contribute.Even Gao Ju sent his butler to come twice.Tell him that Mr. Yang is going to Guangdong to buy ivory.If you want to contribute to the name of Eunuch Yang, this is a good opportunity.

"Eunuch Yang likes the Australian goods you donated very much. If you donate to him this time, Eunuch Yang will definitely look at you differently."

Guo Yi had no choice but to express one by one, "I have to think about it for a few days", and made a plan to delay the attack first.

Although the Ministry of Colonial Trade has agreed that "contribution" can be considered as a measure to preserve property in a state of emergency.But he is very clear that once this matter is done, it will inevitably cause an uproar in the Senate.

From a good point of view, it is a good way out to vote for Tian Guozhang or Yang Gonggong. The two can not only provide a strong umbrella, but also establish a very extensive relationship between the government and the opposition.

However, he is well aware that there is no such thing as a free lunch.It is unknown how much appetites Eunuch Yang and Guozhang Tian have, and how their tempers are.Now it is agreed that it will be increased after 6 taels per year?How would they deal with directly intervening in the personnel and management of the three purple brands?Or the worst situation: as the owner in the legal sense, he can kick Guo Yi and others out at any time, and directly occupy these three purple-brand enterprises.He has seen this kind of thing many times in Guangzhou, many small and medium-sized shops that originally wanted to take shelter of the gentry, because the owner who invested suddenly turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and ended up ruined and ruined.

"This is a matter of principle." He muttered.In the hesitation, he suddenly understood: the destruction of Guangzhou Station is inevitable, and the sound of Lingao's cannon will also announce the rebirth of Guangzhou Station.Letting it change its name and surname now will only increase troubles in the future.

This will suddenly enlighten him.Zichengji, Ziminglou, Zizhenzhai, the existence of Australian goods without Australians is an empty shell without a soul, whoever wants it can take it.

He hurried back to the safe house and quickly drafted a telegram, reporting his specific plans.

In his telegram he clearly opposed the vote.This will add to the complexity of their return to Guangzhou in the future.Once the name is owned by others, it will be very difficult to take it back, and continuing to operate will cause problems that are difficult to control.

Guo Yi reported his response plan in the telegram: he is going to start the evacuation operation immediately, and evacuate most of the indigenous staff who have been vetted—not all of them need to be evacuated to Lingao, they can be evacuated to the counties under the Guangzhou government for a while. live.The local folks and craftsmen developed a half-year settling allowance and were temporarily sent home.

Guo Yi believes that the Guangzhou station will be closed for a few months at most, a year at most.As the battle situation in Lingao becomes clearer, it can be reopened.He is very confident in this.

Once the goal is set, it will be much easier to do things.Guo Yi immediately called the people in Guangzhou Station to hold a secret meeting.It is decided that Delong Bank will clear the accounts with Zizihao on the same day, and all outstanding deposits will be written off and cleared, so as to prevent the officials from going to Delong to claim the deposits once Zizihao is blocked.

For the goods in stock, he has already sent Sun Chang to Gao's house to negotiate, and sold all Zichengji's stocked goods to Gao's house on credit.The Gao family will definitely accept it now.

"The collection day for the Dragon Boat Festival in May has come. What we owe the Gao family and what the Gao family owes us must be settled," Zhang Xin said.

"Try to balance the accounts." Guo Yi said, "Bring back the surplus money for future use."

"For what?"

"The withdrawal is due." Guo Yi said.Many people who deposited money in Zizihao have now heard the news and asked for withdrawals one after another.Many people don't even ask for interest, they just want to withdraw the principal.

The money is actually stored in Delong in Guangzhou, but now it is a safe period, Guo Yi does not want to have too much money with Delong, and decides to only offset the accounts with Delong, and the repayment of the deposit will be directly implemented by Zizihao.

As for the payment due to other merchants owed to Guangzhou Station, immediately collect it.Originally, Zhang Xin considered trying to transport the silver back to Lingao or buy the goods and transport them back.But it may be difficult to do it now-according to the reports of the staff, there have been many public eyeliners in the vicinity recently, and the bulk of silver transportation and transactions may not be transported at all, even if they are transported, they cannot be hidden.Guo Yi instructed him that all the money returned should be used to clean up the accounts.

"People don't have to rush to pay back what they owe us—they dare not refuse to pay back in the future; what we owe to others must be paid off in full. Keeping the money in our hands is also a waste of money for the corrupt officials in Guangzhou." Guo Yi said, "We If you want to leave, you have to leave behind the reputation of Australians who keep their promises."

"Understood." Zhang Xin nodded, "At first, I was worried that it would not be easy to deal with the situation of running out of deposits, but now this batch of payment should be enough."

As for the account books, land deeds, house deeds, person deeds, IOUs, receipts... all kinds of evidence, he has already told people to pack them all up and prepare to transfer them out. He has secretly destroyed all the account books related to Delong. Most people don't know Delong's true face, and it is very likely that he can be preserved.

"This is our 'Bian Tian Zhang'." Guo Yi said to Zhang Xin, "When we come back in the future, this is the evidence for recovering the capital."

Zhang Xin asked, "How will these dozens of boxes of ledgers be shipped out?"

Guo Yi said: "Transfer out in batches. It is best to transport this batch of ledgers back to Lingao. If it cannot be done for a while, they will be temporarily stored in the secret stronghold."

While talking, a servant came to report; Shen Fan came.

"Please come in." Guo Yi was going to talk to Shen Fan about Zizhenzhai's disposal method.

"Proprietor!" Shen Fan came in a hurry, even waiving the usual etiquette, "The government really wants to seal Zizhen Zhai?"

"How could this happen!" Shen Fan wiped his sweat anxiously, "Didn't the villain offer advice to the Liang family?"

"Even if it is offered to the Liang family, the Liang family may not dare to take it." Guo Yi told him about Tian Da's visit.

"What?! Tian Guozhang is also interested..."

"That's right, if he offered his hand, who else would dare to ask for it?" Guo Yi shook his head and said, "I've made up my mind, I'd rather have a jade broken than a tile. This city of Guangzhou can't accommodate us, so let's go..."

"You want to go back to Australia?" Shen Fan asked anxiously.He has worked for Guo Yi for more than two years, and the host and guest complement each other well. He is also very happy that he can still be such a prosperous shopkeeper of a big name in his old age.

Now suddenly it is said that the government will seal it up, and Dongzhu Guo has to go back to the country.Shen Fan couldn't help but had a thought in his mind: How could the world of Ming Dynasty not allow people to do business and live a good life.

"I have to go out to hide from the noise." Guo Yi whispered, "If I stay here, I'm afraid I will be sued for no reason."

"Is it so serious?!"

"Exactly, I also wanted to talk to you about the disposal of Zizhenzhai..."

"Yes..." Seeing his solemn expression, Shen Fan knew that it was absolutely true.Thinking of the young man's life-saving grace to his grandson, he treated himself well.Seeing such a thriving business of flowers and brocades coming to an end, she couldn't help feeling sad and sighed heavily.

"How many goods are there in Zizhenzhai?"

"Not much more." He took out a booklet from his pocket, "This is an inventory book." He hurriedly added, "There have been a lot of people coming to the counter to withdraw deposits these days..."

(End of this chapter)