Royal daughter-in-law

Chapter 326 The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (3)
Liu Yuanwailang has seen more people of all kinds than he has eaten. If he hadn't come prepared for this posture or was a bit dry, he really didn't dare to put it on casually. It was about wanting to take over Maoyan Hot Spring in the outskirts of the city, but Liu Yuanwailang stroked his goatee and laughed again, the contempt in his smile emerged again.

Before he finished laughing, Liu Yuanwailang's voice suddenly stopped, suffocating like a poultry being strangled by the neck.

The handsome boy opposite the desk took out a rectangular piece of paper from his cuff, pushed it along the desk, and then pressed it with a bluestone tiger-headed paperweight on the desk.

It is a 1000 tael silver note.

Brand new, fresh out of the oven, piping hot.

Since ancient times, the yamen has opened to the south, so don’t come in if you don’t have money for a reason. Although it hurts to spend 1000 taels, it is also a place where you must pass through to open the door. Raising the other party's appetite too much will not work. This number is a price that has been weighed after inquiring with my uncle. On weekdays, if merchants want to compete for places or shops, they secretly give these officials in charge of shops a starting price of 500 taels. is the default.She didn't think about it for long, and took the double as a bait, and went to Yinzhuang to deposit 1000 taels of silver bills. At that time, Chu Xia was still a little distressed, so why not give it according to the default price, why should I give 500 taels more, that is 500 taels, It's not five copper coins to buy a house with three or four entrances!Yun Wanqin smiled, but remained silent.

At this moment, when Liu Yuanwailang saw Yun Wanqin's big handwriting, there was no negligence, and his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "Come, let's have tea! Put me on the table in the government office." Great red robe!" Waiting for the servants to make tea, Liu Yuanwailang Mung Dou narrowed his eyes and sighed again: "It seems that Xiangyingxiu has the financial resources to win the hot spring, but ah, let's be honest You said that the hot springs are mined by the government. Since you want to compete for it, you must have a reasonable and legitimate purpose in addition to the financial resources. Otherwise, even if I report to the official, I am afraid that I will be beaten back."

Yun Wanqin's pure and clean fingertips tapped lightly on the table, and a smile gathered in her eyes: "If your lord finds it difficult, you might as well report what Caomin said."

"Oh? Let's talk." Liu Yuanwai's eyes lit up.

Yun Wanqin picked up the big red robe that was brought over by the servants, took a sip, sweetness overflowed between her lips and teeth, and she smiled happily: "Under the world, is it the land of the king? The imperial court has opened up countless lands that can be taken care of When I got up, I didn’t see that I could take care of all of them. Putting them there was a waste of manpower and material resources, and I couldn’t make money. I wasted money. Why don’t I let my people take care of them? First, it will save trouble for the government. In addition to profits, taxes will only contribute more and more... In this way, it will be a win-win situation. The adults in the household department are all shrewd people in charge of the court's finances, and this calculation is definitely better than mine."

Liu Yuanwailang took a deep breath, his eyes gathered on the young man who was as gorgeous as a flower bud in front of him, and he didn't dare to underestimate him, he clapped his hands impressively: "What a win-win situation! Well said!"

Yun Wanqin saw that things were almost inseparable, she narrowed her eyes again, closed her smile slightly, showed her silver teeth, and sighed: "But, hey——"

With a sigh, faintly, like the smoothest silk rubbing against his skin, Liu Yuanwailang's heart seemed to be lifted high by a hook, and he hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

"Although Xiangyingxiu has the heart to contribute to the imperial court, Mr. Liu is willing to speak good words for us, but the price of the hot spring is high, and there may be other bidders. Once the speculation is uncertain, the tide will rise. Our funds are in the The number of merchants bidding is not the most, if it exceeds 2000 taels, it may be difficult, and I don’t know if the bidding will be successful in the end.”

Liu Yuanwailang grinned, grinned in relief, and glanced at the bank note that was pressed by the paperweight. This little boss is really amazing. It doesn't matter if he doesn't have the most assets among the bidders. Give yourself this The bank ticket of the middleman is enough!After benefiting himself, how could he not help Xiangyingxiu lower the price to the lowest position!

Liu Yuanwailang stroked his goatee and said with a confident smile, "Don't worry."

A big stone settled in Yun Wanqin's heart, and it was done.

The 500 taels are spent, is it for nothing?The price to win the Maoyan Hot Spring is at least three to five thousand. If the bidder is rich and powerful and hurts others with his own money, he can throw away even a small 1 taels, so why should she fight recklessly?Give Liu Yuanwailang 500 taels more, and the price of the hot spring will be greatly reduced, which is definitely a bargain.

Discussing with Liu Yuanwailang all afternoon, Yun Wanqin was in a good mood, just waiting for a good letter from here, got up to say goodbye, before going out, something came to her mind, all came, so she asked casually He said, "Lord Liu, has the imperial court recently promulgated some new tax decree that the monthly tax payment will be consolidated into quarterly payment?"

Liu Yuanwailang stroked his beard: "Is there such a good thing? I have never heard of it."

Yun Wanqin was full of doubts, and she had doubts before she checked the accounts before Qiu Hunting, but since Hong Yan explained it that way, she just listened to it, even though she listened to it, she still had to doubt it, if there was such a decree, even if she never copied it I saw in the mansion newspaper that the merchants in the capital had to spread word of mouth and tell each other. Now that Liu Yuanwailang mentioned it, I realized that it was really nothing, and there was no such thing at all!

After pondering for a moment, Yun Wanqin implored: "Master Liu, can you show me Xiangyingxiu's tax records in recent months."

Liu Yuanwailang did not hesitate, clapping his hands: "Come here." The long attendant found a thick book from the wooden cabinet, turned to one of the pages, and handed it to Yun Wanqin respectfully.

Yun Wanqin checked it carefully, and since the store opened, Xiangyingxiu has been paying taxes on a monthly basis just like other stores.From the month when she and Hong Yan complained about the heavy tax and worked hard to support it, there was no monthly tax payment item on the store's account, but—the account book of the household department office clearly showed the monthly tax paid by Xiang Yingxiu Silver, still continuing to pay taxes.

To put it bluntly, someone was acting as a snail girl, paying secretly on her behalf, and only lied to her that it was integrated into a quarterly tax, while Hong Yan was the shopkeeper, and everything was done by herself, that person couldn't hide it, and Hong Yan knew about it, but was told Just tell her not to say it.

And this person, it is very likely that he robbed her shop with a lot of money first, and seduced the mysterious owner who he partnered with.

From the beginning to the end, from the time I wanted to open the shop, to the arrangement and travel in the middle, to the establishment of the shop now, all the big and small affairs in the shop are under the eyes of that person, and they are closely watched.

There is a feeling of being watched.

After closing the account book, Yun Wanqin handed it back with a calm voice: "Thank you, Mr. Liu."

The young man's back is like bamboo shoots and arrows, although he is slender but tough, he smiles before leaving, he is proud and prosperous, as if he doesn't care about everything, but he seems to have everything in mind, from the beginning to the end, there is not much flattery, the only flattery, but It's just a fluttering photo of a thousand taels of silver.

(End of this chapter)