high official

Chapter 188

Originally, Wang Xian had nothing to do during the busy year. His only task was to be closed in the study to endorse, but who knew that there were almost an endless stream of people who came to visit and deliver New Year's goods...

The first one to come was Wang Gui and his father-in-law. On the one hand, he came to see his in-laws, but mainly on behalf of the Fuyang Tea Chamber of Commerce, he came to give Wang Xian some new year gifts.

At the end of the year, Wang Xingye was so busy that he couldn't go home, so Wang Xian came to entertain Hou Yuanwai, and specially ordered a banquet from Zuiyue Tower to have a drink with him.

Hou Yuanwai is now one of the vice presidents of the Fuyang Tea Industry Chamber of Commerce, but he has also gained a lot of benefits because of this, the tea is not worried about sales, and he also eats a few pieces of high-quality tea gardens.What made him even happier was the promotion of his status.Originally, the Hou family was just a wealthy family in Fuyang, but now he has become a respectable country gentleman. Anyone who sees him will call President Hou. No amount of money can buy that kind of pride.

All of this was brought to him by Wang Xian, not to mention the source of drinking water, in short, he is very grateful, so in addition to the gift from the chamber of commerce, Hou Yuan prepared a thick annual gift to thank him...

Although he didn't read what was written on the gift list, Wang Xian knew everything when he saw that he used twenty of the gift-pickers alone.The smile became more cordial, and the tone became more friendly: "I should be the one to see the old man. It's really a sin for the old man to kiss me."

"My lord, you'll see me when you say that," Hou Yuanwai said with a bright smile, "If you go back to the county, there will definitely be a commotion. It's better for me to come here."

"Let an uncle come."

"Knowing that adults don't want to see them, how can this old man make things difficult for adults during the Chinese New Year?" Hou Yuanwai laughed.

"What the old man said, how can I be so generous?" Wang Xian shook his head and smiled: "The past things have long passed. Invite them to come during the Chinese New Year, and I will invite them to drink."

"That's a good relationship. Sure enough, the adults have a lot of them, but I have a villain's heart." Hou Yuanwai said happily, he knew that it was Wang Xian who gave him face.

After drinking, Wang Xian sent Hou Yuanwai to the pier, watched him get on the boat before returning home, and saw his old lady happily.

Wang Xian couldn't help sighing secretly, the old lady was so open-minded when she saw Qian, but she was really surprised when she picked up the gift list and looked at it.I saw Hou sent out [-] pairs of chickens and ducks, [-] catties of fresh pork, [-] catties of beef and mutton, [-] tails of shad, saury, yellow croaker, [-] catties of miscellaneous fish...and various dried vegetables. [-] catties each of dried fruit.

These are worth about a hundred taels of silver, Lao Hou really spent his money.But compared to the annual gifts sent by the Tea Chamber of Commerce, it pales in comparison.The annual gifts of the chamber of commerce are not many, but everything is valuable... 30 pairs of large prawns, 20 heads of abalone, [-] catties of sea cucumbers, [-] pairs of shark fins, [-] pairs of bear paws, [-] pairs of deer tongues, hazelnuts, pine, almonds Two pockets each. In addition, there are five altars of [-]-year-old daughter's red, ten altars of [-]-year-old daughter's red, and twenty altars of various famous wines!

"My dear son," the old woman said with a smile from ear to ear, "Why did you train those guys, why are they so...repaying you with kindness?"

"Hehe, that's what I'm capable of..." Wang Xian smiled and blurted out, how could it be that simple, the so-called things happen for a reason, so they naturally asked each other for something.

More exaggeration is yet to come.

The next day, Li Yuanwai, the chairman of the Silk Industry Chamber of Commerce, and his nephew...the rich and handsome Li Yu and Li Xiucai also came to visit the Wang family. The annual gifts they brought were not many. The attitude of the uncle and nephew was extremely respectful, and they had been reflecting on themselves during the whole meeting, especially Li Yuanwai, who scolded himself so badly that he was always against you because he said that he was obsessed with ghosts.

"Let the past be the past." Wang Xian, who used to be a high-ranking dog, talked to himself in such a humble way. It's really cool!In addition to being secretly refreshed, he also made a gesture, and said generously: "I didn't know until I left Fuyang. It turns out that we are all old folks with broken bones and joints. What's the point of fighting in our own nest? We should fight together as a team and break through in the Ming Dynasty." Make a piece of the sky!"

"Extremely extreme!" Li Yuanwai nodded again and again: "Before, we really looked at the sky from the bottom of a well, and there was no other place in our eyes except Fuyang. It was the adults who established the chamber of commerce, which made us start to look at the world, only to realize that we were really narrow-minded! In the future Make up your mind, change your past!"

"Same change, same change!"

Wang Xian left them for a meal, and when he was parting, Li Yuanwai stuffed an envelope into his sleeve and said, "A little heart, I must accept it."

When he got home and opened the envelope, Wang Xian opened his mouth wide. It turned out to be a [-]-acre paddy field in Hangzhou, and his name was written on the land deed... Only then did Wang Xian realize that the silk was a cover, and the gift of the field was the real thing. !

The cheapest one mu of paddy field in Zhejiang is 20 taels of silver, and one hundred mu is 2000 taels!In order to obtain his understanding, the Li family really spent a lot of money...

Another day, Wang Gui came again, but he was accompanying his former employer, the current president of Fuyang Paper Chamber of Commerce, to give Wang Xian a new year gift.The paper industry is the pillar industry of Fuyang, and the financial resources of the Chamber of Commerce are not comparable to the previous two. Although they have not offended Wang Xian before, they are still generous!
Obviously knowing that the Silk Industry Chamber of Commerce has already delivered all the new year's goods, they can only spend more time preparing gifts...a carload of tapestry embroidery, woolen feathers, silk and satin, and leather sheets, as well as Duan inkstone, Hui ink, lake pen, chicken blood stone, Hetian jade, etc. Wen Wan.Of course, Fuyang Yuanshu paper is indispensable!

This is a gift for Wang Xian and his son to visit the boss's house for New Year's greetings.The silk and satin skins are for the boss’s family members, and the stationery and playthings are for the boss’s children.The reason why we have to prepare so much is naturally because there are so many yamen in Hangzhou.

This is really understanding. Last year, Wang Xian followed Wei Zhixian to Hangzhou to pay New Year's greetings. They knew that they were from Fuyang, so they said: "Fuyang paper for the number one scholar in Kyoto, and ten Yuanshu examinations for Jinshi."When will you buy some for us, so that the incompetent puppy at home will also be auspicious? '

As a result, Wei Zhixian didn't prepare any gifts at all, so he walked around empty-handed, and everyone laughed at him for two hundred and five, which made him very embarrassed.Wang Xian hurried back to the county to buy five cars, and made a special trip to Hangzhou to settle the matter.

With these, Wang Xianye and his wife don't need to prepare gifts for the new year, and the Yuanshu paper they bought last year is not tribute grade... There is no other reason, and things are more expensive when they are rare.Yuanshu paper is used for official documents and imperial examinations, and the tribute grade is used for writing and painting for the emperor, so the price can be imagined.This time, the Paper Industry Chamber of Commerce spared no effort to produce a carload of tribute-grade paper for the Wang family, and four carloads of high-grade paper. It goes without saying.I believe that in the hands of Wang Xingye, a gift-giving madman, these treasures will definitely play a super role!
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After Wang Gui returned to Fuyang, he returned for the third time within two days. This time he represented the Fuyang County Salt Company.At the beginning, Wang Xian obtained the approval document allowing Fuyang County to "purchase with silver" from his cheap elder brother Yang Tongzhi.This is actually very absurd, because although the imperial court is sympathetic to the people, it stipulates that "two Zhejiang provinces are remote cities, where officials and businessmen can't do it", and allows "mountain merchants to receive eight cents of silver for every hundred catties, and give tickets to sell salt", although Fuyang is indeed a mountainous area, But it is only [-] miles away from the provincial capital, and it is connected by the Fuchun River, so it can't be regarded as a partial city!

But with a call from the boss of Liangzhe Salt Transportation Department, Fuyang will be included... Unsupervised power will inevitably create all kinds of absurd things, and there is really no need to make a fuss about it.And at the beginning, Wang Xian really didn't think about making money, he just wanted to get as much money from the cheap brother as possible to relieve his anger.

As soon as the Fuyang County Salt Company was established, the price of salt dropped by half immediately, and private salt dealers couldn’t do it anymore. But the common people did get benefits, and they could eat cheap official salt without worrying about getting caught for buying illegal salt.

Behind the benefit for the people, the county and the salt merchants also made a fortune.In less than a year, Yanhao had made a profit of nearly ten thousand taels of silver. The county took [-]% of the money, and the remaining owners shared it. Wang Gui also had a share in it...

Of course, the annual gift of Yanhao cannot be compared with that of the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is composed of more than a dozen or even dozens of merchants. For example, to prepare gifts for Wang Xian, the Chamber of Commerce has a showdown.But there is only one Yanhao family, and they only took out 500 taels of silver with all their heart and soul... Well, this "only" is what my mother said, Mrs. Wang has already been whetted by the previous few, and 500 taels of silver is not too much. up.

However, Yanhao also put a lot of thought into it, and they ordered a batch of beauties from the gold and silver shop in Hangzhou early on. 500 taels of silver bought [-] gold and silver zippers, some in the plum blossom style, some in the crabapple style, some in the Ruyi pen ingot style, and some in the Babao Lianchun style.The masters of goldware in Hangzhou City are as good as those in Beijing City. They make the shapes of each carp so lifelike and lifelike that it is hard to put it down.

The original intention of the shop to give this gift is to let the Wang family use this as lucky money to give out during the Chinese New Year.

But they overestimated Aunt Wang's generosity. In the end, she only gave two of the hundred lucky children to her granddaughter, and she sent the other 98 back to the shop, where they were beaten into gold and silver pancakes...

Fore and aft, Lu Yuanwai and Zhou Grain Merchant also came. Naturally, they came on behalf of the County Grain Company.Although it is only one sub, the County Grain Company is much stronger than the Salt Company... Because of its contribution in disaster relief, the province handed over the transportation of grain from Huguang to the Fuyang County Grain Company to catch up with the catastrophe. In 200, the province imported more than 20 million shi of grain from Huguang, and the net profit of the grain account exceeded [-] taels!
Although Wang Xian has no shares here, Zhou Liangshang and Lu Yuanwai are his hardcore fans. It is said that he never forgets the well digger when he draws water, and never forgets the leader when he gets rich. How can he lose Wang Xian?But the two of them brought a bag of Dongzhu over here, worth only a thousand taels of silver... Although it was a lot, compared to what they earned, it was only a drop in the bucket.

But Wang Xian invited the two of them to the study to talk. This was a treatment that the previous wave of people could not enjoy, and the old lady scolded this kid for being careless in making friends and not knowing how to repent...

(End of this chapter)