Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 307
Pan Ming is a native of Wuqiang County, Zhending Prefecture, Northern Zhili Province. He is a big family in the area. His grandfather’s generation was a doctor in the household department. Go to Shenzhou and Raoyang, and there are more than a dozen shops in Shenzhou and Wuqiang, which is really powerful.

However, the next few generations failed to live up to expectations. Pan Ming's grandfather was a Juren, and his father was a scholar. Pan Ming himself was not admitted as a scholar until he was 22 years old when he was born as a child.

Only with fame and official status can the family business prosper. Without this, they will not be able to protect their own property. If other families are prosperous, they will come and rob them.

There is only so much land in the world, if you occupy more, other families will have less. Your family is just a scholar, and our family has a Jinshi, or someone who knows the prefecture or county, so naturally we will take you.

When Pan Ming was born, there were only a few thousand acres of land left in the family, and all the shops and everything that could be sold were sold. However, his father had the status of a juror, which was also due to his fame. The mother does not pay taxes as usual, his family is still a rich family in Wuqiang County, and his life is still nourishing.

Wealth can only last three generations. This statement cannot be said to be a universal truth, but it is true when it is applied to the Pan family. When Pan Ming was 22 years old, someone took a fancy to his family's hundreds of acres of irrigated land. Buy it for two taels of silver per mu.

Land is a thing that has been passed down from generation to generation, and no one will buy and sell it easily, not to mention that the market price of irrigated land in Beizhili is four or two, so of course the Pan family will not sell it.

However, this buyer is a relative of the father-in-law in charge of the wine and vinegar noodle bureau in the 24 yamen of the inner court. Outside, especially on ground like Wuqiang County in Zhending Prefecture, it is like a sky-high existence.

The other party was not embarrassed, but just greeted the magistrate of Wuqiang County. The magistrate of Wuqiang County panicked first, and it was very easy to find trouble.Especially the powerful family of several generations like the Pan family, it didn't take much effort to find out an accident in which a maid hanged herself.

This is not a big deal to the Pan family. Pan Ming's old man forced the maid to sleep at home, and the maid couldn't think about hanging herself for a while, so the Pan family paid the store for a grocery store, and the matter was over.

This is a trivial matter that is commonplace in a big family. The idlers in Wuqiang County talked about it, saying that the maid is ignorant, and Master Pan is willing to pay for his shop. If you are happy, you will not know how to be rich in the future. !
However, there is a clear law in the Great Ming Dynasty, killing and raping a slave is a felony, this one is enough to get rid of fame, the Pan family has no support in the officialdom, so of course fame cannot be retained.

Then the crimes of bullying the weak and taking the people's property and so on came up. Walls fell and people pushed them, trees fell and monkeys scattered. Seeing that the Pan family had an advantage to take advantage of, those who complained and cheated all of a sudden came to the door.

Pan Ming's father was a young man, spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, and he was used to being careless when he grew up. At this time, he was hit by a blow in the head, and he couldn't bear the anger for a while, so he couldn't think of hanging himself with a rope.

Once his father died, Tong Sheng, who didn't even have any fame, would not be able to protect his family property. Now, it was no longer the fault of the eunuch's relatives wanting to buy water to irrigate the land.

Pan Ming's mother died early, and many relatives in the family do not communicate with each other. Those who do, are now taking advantage of the opportunity. In just one year, the family is ruined.

The matter was too big, and many people who dealt with it also felt scared. The Pan family was such a single seedling, wouldn't it be all over if they were killed.

At any rate, someone in the yamen was greedy for petty gains and sold the news to Pan Ming for 100 taels. Pan Ming also knew that he had no choice but to stay in Wuqiang County, so he simply took the money and left home at night, fooling around early in the morning. out of town.

He had an uncle from far away who lived here in Tianjin Weicheng, and took the money and went there to defect. It was really bad luck all the way. Pan Ming didn't know until he arrived in Tianjin Wei that his uncle from far away died of illness.

Pan Ming himself has never been in charge of his family or his life, and the money he holds will be almost spent in less than a year. Seeing how his livelihood will be settled in the future, he ponders over it and gives the rest of the money to a bow Xiang threw his head into the bow of the boat.

That took advantage of him, not to mention that Pan Ming was still a literate person, so he arranged for some idle guys, who didn't have to work hard, and only needed to keep accounts and so on.

Pan Ming has already become a shabby householder. After experiencing one incident, he is a person who can read and write again, and he has improved a lot compared to before.

After only a few months of hard work, everyone from top to bottom was attracted by him, and everyone praised him for his good work.

After working for about a year, Chuantouxiang was also given a piece of land to collect the money for the incense burner. This is not a big shortage. There is a butcher's shop in that piece of land. The apprentices of more than [-] helpers never paid money for burning incense.

Pan Ming led people there a few times, but they were all beaten and scolded back. Everyone was watching the jokes about this matter, and there were other people who waited for Pan Ming to be unable to do so, so that they could take over the matter.

As a result, Pan Ming came to the door alone one day, and the butcher's shop looked at Pan Ming alone, ignored him at all, and went on with their own business as usual.

Pan Ming took out a kitchen knife from his bosom. There were more than 20 knives and axes in the butcher shop, and he cared about his belongings. He laughed for a while but no one paid attention.

Then Pan Ming cut off his little finger on his left hand, and the butchers were stunned. The people in the butcher shop were silent, and the people who came to buy the meat were scared out. When Pan Ming raised his knife and chopped off his middle finger, the people in the butcher shop softened.

This person was so cruel to himself, and he didn't know how cruel he could be to others. The butcher almost begged Pan Ming to stop, saying that he would definitely not pay less for burning incense in the future.

At this time, Pan Ming had cut off half of his left middle finger, and his face was pale. Then he threw the kitchen knife on the ground, took out a cloth, covered his hands and went out.

Seeing Pan Ming staggering out the door, none of the tall and thick guys in the butcher shop dared to step forward.

After this incident, Pan Ming became famous outside the Acropolis of Tianjin, known as "Seven Fingers and a Half". Those three fingers were sent back respectfully by the butcher shop. In my own room.

With such a ruthless act, the incense money he was responsible for collecting has never been delayed for a day, and even the servants in the yamen are polite when they see him.

A few incense heads above Chuan Tou Xiang knew about this incident, checked the accounts, and found that Pan Ming had basically never done anything in the middle, thinking that this person was capable.

After Pan Ming came to Chuantouxiang for one year, he was promoted to the leader, and he was trusted by the top Xiangtou. He was considered a figure in the inner circle of Chuantouxiang.

As a leader, there are more than 300 people under him, and they manage a large area. The monthly incense money and the daily labor money are drawn, and there is a lot of oil and water.

The money he got was used to buy properties, share dividends, or lend usury to earn interest. After all, Pan Ming has been educated and has a good brain. He actually has a net worth of more than 1000 taels.

Today's Pan Ming is not the thin literati brother he used to be. He is tall and strong, and his face is also darkened by the sun and wind. However, he has a habit that is hard to change, that is, he likes to wear literati's long gown.

Perhaps this can show his unique identity, that he has read and written, but the glory of five years has now disappeared.

Jinyiwei Qianhu Wang Tong, who is new to Tianjin, is ruthless, and Chuantou Xiang is completely suppressed by him. The money for burning incense can't be collected, and the money earned by the incense holders for a day's work can't be drawn. In the past, the price was high, so you smoked if you smoked it, but now if you smoke a penny, the crowd may not be full, so what else is there to smoke.

Pan Ming wasn't panicking at all. Anyway, the property was settled anyway, so he didn't have anything to worry about for the rest of his life. He bought an honest girl to be his wife, and she's already pregnant with a child. .

But not everyone is as open-minded as Pan Ming. Many of Chuantouxiang's heads are bachelors who earn and spend as much as they want. They got together and scolded Wang Tong and this young Jinyiwei Qianhu.

Pan Ming is too lazy to get involved with them. He has experienced many things, and he can take things seriously. At this point, at least in the short term, there is no hope of turning things around. .

The shops on the bank of the Haihe River are all golden eggs. Pan Ming could see it clearly. He raised 500 taels and went there to occupy a good position.

When he was preparing for the past, several Xiangtou who had disappeared for a while sent people to contact him. The people who came brought money and told them what to do.

Pan Ming reckoned that many people should have encountered the same thing, at least those who came to him every day had disappeared these days.

Chuantou Xiang was in decline, but Pan Ming never dared to refuse the task ordered by the Xiangtou. Chuantou Xiang said that the boatmen and laborers burned incense to form a bond, but in the end it was the industry of these Xiangtou, and the subordinates of the Xiangtou. There are some desperate characters, and now it is such a critical moment, if they don't agree, they will die.

Ma Dafu's death was considered normal, but Sha Erbao's death happened to be near Pan Ming's tube, so he could have guessed a thing or two.

In addition to being terrified, he could only buy food, wine and meat with money, and went around the homes of the incenses under his command to persuade them.

"Even the children who worked honestly were forced to hang themselves, we have no way out!"

"...The current days of decline are all caused by the dog official king. Is it true that we Xiangzhong suffer like this!!?"
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