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Chapter 125 Divide and Conquer

If Wang Xian had his way, he wouldn't let these wealthy households go easily, but those guys who were officials outside wrote letters to Wei Zhixian and the government and provinces to intercede.Although the magistrate of Wei didn't want to take advantage of them, Zheng Fangbo meant that it was enough to teach them a lesson, don't kill them all, and see each other in the future.

Wei Zhixian had to listen to the words of the senior officials, but he didn't want to take advantage of the big families, so he entrusted this task to Wang Xian and asked him to come up with a decent strategy that would make the big families bleed.

So Wang Xian and the big households re-signed the contract, and the price of [-] mu of terraced fields was [-] shi of rice.Even if the purchase price of the big households is calculated, they will not suffer a loss. This is mainly to explain to Zheng Fangbo.

Don't let the big households bleed, Wei Zhixian was angry, and he was equally angry, so in addition to the land sale, Wang Xian forced the big households to donate 1000 taels of silver, which was barely relieved.

But the losses of the big households are far more than that. They made up 20 taels of silver by selling pots and irons. In the end, they only recovered less than 10 taels plus 30 mu of land. two!

The big households already had a lot of discord because of the tragic failure of the "Purchase Fuyang Plan".How to apportion the 5 taels of silver, a quarter of the loss, became an unresolvable conflict between them.A small group of people headed by Li Yuanwai and Yu Yuanwai insisted that it should be shared equally, but more people believed that it should be divided according to the proportion of capital contribution, and even Hou Yuanwai and others were more radical and asked Li Yuanwai, the instigator, to bear the main loss!

The contradiction could not be resolved, and the monolithic wealthy family in Fuyang finally had an obvious crack.Wang Xian kept in mind Mao Zedong's teaching that "it is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, and not to be famous for being the overlord", and he used a soul-chasing blow to completely tear them apart!
At the end of April, a new notice was posted on the horoscope wall of the county government—the work of checking the yellow books delayed due to the famine will be officially launched after the silkworm moon. Will spot check.

On the other hand, there was a storm in the households, because the big households did not keep their promises to appease the people, but provoked them to fight against the government. Therefore, the master decided not to spare them lightly. Field inventory to the end...

The big households have already suffered heavy losses, and if they are designated as upper households again, life will be impossible.In order to avoid the danger of spot checks, Hou Yuanwai and his group surrendered to the government one after another, and took the initiative to expose and criticize the crimes and misdeeds of Li, Yu, Wang, and Yang. .As a result, the hatred between the people on both sides became deeper and deeper, and they could never return to the original unity.

In order to prevent the other party from cooperating with the government to punish themselves, the two sides can only carefully curry favor with the government, so this state is the most beneficial to the government and Wang Xian... Wang Xian did not expect that not only would he be able to settle accounts, but he was also quite talented in calculating people's hearts .Although he doesn't like such calculations, there is no way to prevent the big families from confronting each other, and they will confront him.As time goes on, he never knows when he will be tripped or stabbed with a knife, and it will be enough for him to drink a pot.

There is only a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no thousand days to guard against a thief. For future safety, he has to calculate.

Fortunately, apart from scheming people, Wang Xian was more concerned with business.

According to the plan agreed between Wang Xian and Wei Zhi County, before Wei Zhi County returned to Fuyang, he had to complete four preparatory tasks.

The first is to prepare for the establishment of the "Fuyang County Lianhao". As the saying goes, "the superiors talk, the subordinates run away." Wei Zhixian announced to the people of Fuyang that he would establish this Lianghao, and the rest of the work was left to Wang Xian.Fortunately, Wang Xian can still dump it on Little Fatty Wu.

This grain company, which has made great achievements before its establishment, has received a heavy reward from the province-Zheng Fangbo authorized Fuyang County Lianhao to act as the sole agent for the purchase of grain from Huguang by the Zhejiang province treasury.Therefore, this grain company will inevitably develop into a behemoth, and the three grain merchants and land staff who each hold [-]% of the shares in the grain account will also surely make their fortunes.

There was still [-]% of the shares, and Wang Xian gave Sima Qiu, which was regarded as repaying Master Sima for his support.

However, Wang Xian thinks more about how to benefit the people of Fuyang. In addition to taking the other half of the shares in the county, he has also formulated a grain price pricing mechanism to strictly control the profit of grain companies within a reasonable range. .Although several grain merchants and Lu Yuanwai felt pain, they became provincial grain buyers and could make huge profits just by selling volume...not to mention the promotion of status, how could they have the nerve to object?
In addition to the grain number, he is also preparing to establish the Fuyang County Salt Number.

Wang Xian obtained the right to buy and sell with silver from his cheap elder brother Yang Tongzhi.This is actually ridiculous, because although Fuyang County is indeed a mountainous area, it is only [-] miles away from the provincial capital, and it is connected by the Fuchun River, so it is not considered a partial city!But with Yang Tongzhi's care, the Department of Transshipment turned a blind eye, barely treating Fuyang as "a remote town in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, where officials and businessmen can't do it", allowing "mountain merchants to pay eight cents of silver for every hundred catties, and to pay salt for tickets".

This concession is very valuable, especially for a county like Fuyang with extremely convenient transportation, it is enough to make the price of salt half cheaper!
In addition to the two companies, Wang Xian is still preparing to establish three chambers of commerce, namely the silk chamber of commerce, the paper chamber of commerce, and the tea chamber of commerce. The chamber of commerce intends to integrate the production resources of Fuyang County, contact the outside world, and solve the worries of the people.

In Fuyang County, the preparation of the two firms only caused a heated discussion.The preparation of the three chambers of commerce, however, greatly moved the merchants and gentry in related industries, and they all tried to get through their joints and seek to hold important positions in the chamber of commerce, which made Wang Xian extremely annoyed.

But he still had to observe this group of people carefully in order to decide the candidates for the firm, so he had to be patient, participated in one wine bureau after another, and didn't go home until late at night every day.

Fortunately, Lin Qing'er stayed in Suzhou and did not come back... One is for safety reasons, and the other is to let her be filial and take care of her sick mother... So Wang Xian is not afraid that Sister Lin will worry about her when she comes home late.

But this situation didn't last long, because there was still a little Jasmine at home, and every night she waited for him to come back, fetched water and washed his feet, and didn't turn on the lamp to go out to sleep until he got under the bed and fell asleep.Before dawn the next day, Jade Musk got up again to clean the yard, fetch water for cooking, and then asked Wang Xian to get up to wash his face and eat.

Wang Xian has never been served so attentively in two lifetimes, and Sheyue took a mouthful of a 'son', which made his bones lighten several times, and it was inevitable that his love would overflow. He couldn't bear to let the little maid suffer, so he went home as early as possible every day.

At You hour of the day, just as it was getting dark, Wang Xian returned home.Before entering the door, he saw Little Jasmine standing at the door looking around, Wang Xian couldn't help feeling secretly proud, it seemed that my young master also had some charm, so he coughed lightly: "Jade musk, I'm back."

"Scared, the young master is back!" Jade musk jumped in front of Wang Xian, looked at the courtyard, and bit his ear and said, "A rogue came to the house, and he said it was your son! I think he is about the same age as the young master." How could the young master be his father?" The little face said nervously: "The maid didn't dare to stay in the same room with him, and she was afraid that he would steal our things, so she kept guarding at the gate without even eating dinner. .”

These words made the young man who came out of the house feel quite embarrassed, but when he saw Wang Xian, he put on a smile again and wanted to kowtow to Wang Xian: "Son pays homage to father!" Xian knelt down, really hoping that I would say 'forgive me'.

Wang Xian looked at him all the time, until the kid kowtowed helplessly, then he smiled and said: "Get up, my son."

Jade Musk covered her small mouth, staring at her big surprised eyes, her heart was full of doubts, how old was the young master when he became a father?

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This young man is naturally Wang Xian's cheap son, Wang Jin. It's the first time Wang Jin has come back to see his father after the New Year.

When the two entered the room, Wang Xian took off the official towel, handed it to Jade Musk, and asked Wang Jin with a smile, "Have you eaten?"

"Guess what?" Wang Jin asked back with a smile.

"I guess you ate it." Wang Xian sat down with a smile, and took the tea from Jade Musk.

"Guess again." Wang Jin said shyly.

"I can't guess anymore." Wanting to play tricks on Wang Xian, cheap son is a little too tender.

"I didn't eat..." Wang Jin could only say with a bitter face.

Wang Xianfang laughed loudly and said, "Jade musk deer, you haven't eaten yet, go cook some rice for the young master."

"Yes, master." Jade Musk was quite clever.I also know how to cooperate with Wang Xian.

Wang Jin helplessly let him make fun of him, and when Jade Musk went down, he said enviously: "Father, our maid is so handsome."

"No matter how handsome you are, it has nothing to do with you." Wang Xian was proud, and laughed and cursed: "If you don't study hard at home, what are you doing here?"

"I miss my father." Wang Jinyue called Yue Shunliu and said, "I heard that my mother is not at home, so my son came to stay with my father for a few days."

"No need." Wang Xianjing thanked Bumin and said: "My place is small, you have no place to sleep." He put down the teacup and scolded with a smile: "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and let the fart go quickly!"

"Hey, it really is the father who knows the son." Wang Jin said with a smile: "The third uncle asked me to stop by and talk to my father. If the fat and water don't flow to outsiders, the chamber of commerce should reserve a seat for our family."

"Let's be honest, who is interested in what seat?" Wang Xian knew that when the gang heard about it, they would definitely be tempted.

"Third Uncle means that it would be best for my dad to be the vice president of the Tea Chamber of Commerce, and my sixth uncle, if possible, let him be the vice president of the Silk Industry Chamber of Commerce." Wang Jin laughed road.

'Pfft...' Wang Xian almost sprayed him in the face with a sip of tea, and scolded him with a smile: "You bastard, the old Wang's family opened the chamber of commerce?"

"I'm not afraid of my father's embarrassment. I don't want to be the president. It doesn't matter if I have one or two vice presidents." Wang Jinjian laughed. "If it doesn't work, just leave Uncle Six alone..."

"You are looking for your father." Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not afraid of being jealous for my father."

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(End of this chapter)