high official

Chapter 117

"How did the two of you sign the contract?" The members poured their anger on Yuanwai Yang and Yuanwai Wang, accusing them angrily, "I'm looking at letting them fall into a trap!"

But the two were full of grievances and said: "I brought the documents back the day before yesterday, and you all read them. Which one saw the problem?"

Everyone was speechless immediately.The thickness of the deed is unimaginable, and it is only seen by most people in their lifetime.They patiently read each article one by one, inevitably dizzy, and even vaguely understood many articles.It's like this cheating one. In fact, everyone has seen it, but no one thinks there is a problem. It wasn't until someone detonated the bomb that they suddenly realized that it was a trap!

"If it's going to be a lawsuit, I'm afraid it's hard to say that it will win, right?" Yu Yuanwai whispered after a long silence.

"Hmm..." Li Yuanwai nodded, and said in a muffled voice, "How can there be a real lawsuit? It won't benefit anyone if this kind of thing becomes a big deal."

"We can't just let them renege on their debts!" ​​All the members couldn't accept it.

"I can't afford it! Doesn't the surname Wei just want to procrastinate this matter? Don't think about it!" Li Yuanwai said angrily: "If you don't show him some color, he doesn't know who owns Fuyang County!" He glanced across the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about this matter, let's put it aside for a while and talk about it later. The most important thing right now is to sell grain. He is not benevolent and I am unrighteous, so we don't need to pay attention to the ban. It doesn't matter if it is money. , workshops, and the like are open for purchase!" He hammered a few cases and said: "There is no grain left for the [-] shi. You can buy what you can buy, and you can buy as much as you can. This is our fight against the surname Wei. capital!"

"Okay!" "Yes!" "Understood!" All the members responded loudly.Grandma is a bear, they have always been the only ones who play tricks on county officials, and the surname Wei dares to turn against the guests and play them like monkeys!The rage was burning fiercely, turning into infinite motivation, they were going to fight with the surname Wei!
The outsiders walked out of the main room of the Li family again with the mourning attitude of the wind and the wind, but Wang Yuanwai's son stumbled and ran in again, shouting loudly: "It's not good, the big thing is not good..."

"Shut up!" The outsiders roared together, "We already know!"

"Uh..." Wang Yuanwai's son was taken aback for a moment, and said, "You guys knew it just after it was posted at the gate of the yamen?"

"Is it the notice of Canyue to suspend work?" Li Yu and Li Xiucai said: "I have already reported to all uncles."

"It's not that." Wang Yuanwai shook his head and said, "Later, another one was posted..."

"What?" Everyone was taken aback, "Another one?!"

"Yes." Wang Yuanwai nodded and said: "The government said that they established the 'Fuyang County Grain Bank'. The first batch of [-] shi of rice purchased from Huguang will arrive in Fuyang two days later. The common people are open to supply." Swallowing hard, he said: "In the future, there will be a normal supply of [-] shi of low-priced rice every month..."

The former notice could still make the outsiders jump into a rage, but the latter one directly stunned them.After a long time, Wang Yuanwai hissed, "The low price...how low is it?"

"One tael of silver and one stone." His son said in a tearful voice.

"Ah..." The outsiders finally couldn't take it anymore, and three of them fainted on the spot, and several others couldn't stand still, and immediately fell to the ground.Although the rest of the people were standing, they all described them as astonished, as if mourning, and some even cried loudly.But this time Li Yuanwai didn't stop, because he was one of the three people who passed out...

Although the first notice from the government made the members hate it, it did not cause them any loss, because after all, they had [-] acres of farmland, and even if they got [-] shi of grain, it would not be considered a compensation.What's more, the [-] mu of planned land always has a saying, the worst is to refund one and compensate one according to the contract, and they still make money.

Therefore, it was more anger caused by being fooled and humiliated, but this second notice killed them!

The imperial examination system was implemented in this dynasty, and privileges were given to those with meritorious reputation. Therefore, most of the country gentry and wealthy families in this dynasty were linked to the imperial examination system.Whoever can pass the exam, the family will prosper quickly, and whoever has someone who becomes a high-ranking official will immediately become a wealthy family.But if the descendants are not promising and have no chance of fame, the family will lose its privileges.Therefore, these squires and rich families are completely different from the powerful families in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Their privileges are closely related to the fame and official positions of the clansmen.

We all know that the year of catastrophe is also the year of outbreak.In a disaster year, everything is as cheap as dirt, only food is precious. As long as you have a lot of food, you can have thousands of hectares of fertile land and thousands of beams of houses at a very small cost.Shen Wansan, the legendary rich man, made his fortune in this way.Although the big households in Fuyang look down on Shen Wansan, they always take him as an example in their hearts. However, the good weather in eastern Zhejiang has been a blessing for the country and the people for more than ten years. It's cold.Therefore, the reaction of the big households to this disaster in Zhejiang can be imagined.

I don’t know about other places, anyway, the big households in Fuyang donated all their money, and even sold their property...Because it is expected that the prices of various assets will plummet in the disaster year, so they are bold enough to sell their property first, They are all exchanged for money to buy food, so that when the price of food rises, they can buy back ten times the original property at the price of cabbage!Get rich overnight!
They also borrowed money from the bank, and even pawned their wives' dowry, and finally gathered 20 taels of silver to realize their great plan to carve up Fuyang!
It is not enough to have money, but also to have food.This era is not a later generation, people do not have the Internet, and there are no TV and newspapers. In addition, the current dynasty strictly restricts the movement of people, so the scope of their activities is limited to the county and the prefecture, and the world they know is the province.Knowledge limited their thinking, and when they wanted to buy food, their eyes were only limited to the province, at most the Susong area.

What I have to admit is that the energy of the big households in Fuyang is still quite large, and they do have the capital to be proud of.The government has been unable to buy a grain of grain in the province, but they were able to open up many connections, bypass layers of obstacles, and buy [-] shi of grain.Of course, the cost paid is also high enough, with an average of [-] stone!
Counting all kinds of losses, at least three taels and one stone will have to be sold to protect the capital.

But the price of grain given by the government turned out to be one tael and one stone!
It is no exaggeration to say that half of the people in this yard have to go bankrupt, and the remaining half have to return to the level of the end of the Yuan Dynasty...

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The big households are in pain, but the people in Fuyang feel that happiness comes too suddenly.The clerk of the housekeeper read this notice loudly to them, and everyone couldn't believe their ears!

Because even in normal years, the price of grain in Fuyang has never dropped by a stone or two.Now that the whole province is suffering from disasters and spring famines, even in the provincial capital of Hangzhou, the price of grain has skyrocketed to three taels and one stone, and only residents of Renhe and two counties in Qiantang can purchase it quantitatively.If the household registration is not in these two counties, you can't buy it for any amount of money!
Except for Hangzhou, the price of grain in all prefectures and counties is between three and five taels. In food-deficient counties like Fuyang, the price of grain has risen to seven or eight taels, and it is still impossible to buy.

Now the county has suddenly announced that it will sell grain for one tael and one stone, and open the supply. The first reaction of the people is not to be happy, but to be skeptical.How can this be?Not true!

But this notice was posted in every ri and fang, and it is now known to the whole county. How dare the county magistrate make such a big joke?
Soon, thousands of people gathered at the gate of the county government office, blocking the entire Yaqian Street in black, people wanted to find out whether the news was true or not.

At the same time, officials gathered in the second hall of the county government office.

All the officials found out only after reading the notice, and asked the magistrate of Wei for confirmation.

"How, how is it possible?" Master Diao stammered.

"No, it can't be true, right?" Wang Ziyao also stuttered.The reason is very simple. Master Diao and the squires wear a pair of trousers. Even if Wang Ziyao is a squire, the two of them have paid a lot of money to carve up Fuyang this time.

Jiang Xiancheng and Ma Dianshi didn't have much money, and they didn't have close ties with the gentry, so naturally they didn't have the opportunity to 'make a fortune'.So even though he was shocked, he didn't stammer: "My lord, this kind of thing is not a joke!"

"Of course it's true!" Wei Zhixian swept away the haze of many days, his eyes lit up, and Longma said energetically: "This county has been planning this since last year, but I didn't expect to catch up with this year's catastrophe, hahahaha, it can be seen God bless the people of Fuyang, wow ha ha ha ha!!"

Wei Zhixian is a disciple of a sage, and he pays attention not to be happy with things, not to be sad with himself, and not to express his happiness and anger.Everyone has never seen him laughing like this... To put it mildly, it's called happy, but to be honest, it's like a trembling flower branch.

All the officials were stunned, and Master Diao fainted directly. Although Wang Sili could hold on, he was sweating profusely and his face was pale.The person next to him quickly moved a chair for him and told him to sit down...

"What's wrong with the two of you?" Wei Zhixian looked at the two of them and said with a smile.

"Maybe I've been too busy recently and I'm tired." The office official quickly explained to his superior.But it caused a lot of giggles. Recently, all the rooms have been extremely busy, but no matter how busy they are, they can't be as busy as the official room.

"Then pay attention to rest." Wei Zhixian said indifferently: "Hurry up and help Master Diao and Wang Sili down, I will allow the two of you to rest on vacation."

"This..." Master Diao was dazed and didn't know, but Sili Wang was surprised. Isn't this the rhythm of suspension?Hastily struggled to get up and said: "The disaster relief is important, the subordinates can persevere..."

"No need!" Wei Zhixian suddenly lowered his face, and said with a cold snort, "What are you still doing!"

Zaoli in the hall hurriedly carried Diao Zhushu down, and two more people, one on each side, forced the Wang Sili, who was reluctant to leave, out of the second hall.

Seeing that Wei Zhixian settled accounts after autumn, all the officials were in awe, and needles could be heard in the hall.

At this time, Zaoli, who was guarding the gate in front, came in and reported that thousands of people had gathered in front of the yamen to verify the price of grain.

Wei Zhixian heard this, and said to Wang Xian who was standing under the steps: "Go out and explain to the people."

"People in humble positions speak lightly, and the people may not be convinced." Wang Xian cursed inwardly, it's really hypocritical, if I steal the limelight, won't you die of depression?Quickly suggested: "It's better for the elder to go and explain to the people in person."

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　Fortunately, it wasn't heatstroke, it was just a little heat stroke, it was much better, but I still had some headaches.Gritting my teeth in the morning and finishing a chapter, I will continue in the afternoon... Sad reminder, just in time for Monday's ranking, woo woo woo, tragedy...

　　
　
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