The best little eunuch

Chapter 62 The Whereabouts of King Wu
Chapter 62 The Whereabouts of King Wu
Jiangnan has many talents since ancient times, and many children from poor families can also read and write.Among so many children from poor families, there will always be a few talented people.However, if they want to participate in the imperial examination, they must have enough money. After all, whether it is to go to the capital to catch up with the exam or to support their families, the meager subsidy issued by the imperial court is definitely not enough.

At this time, Shen Lingfeng appeared.He will vigorously support those poor children with good grades. When these people take part in the imperial examination and get a half-job, most of them will appreciate Shen Lingfeng's kindness back then and take good care of the Shen family. Therefore, over the years, the Shen family The business of the Shen family is getting bigger and bigger, not only in Jinling City, but also in other cities, there are shops of the Shen family.

"It seems that I have to know this Master Shen." Lin Feng said.Shen Lingfeng is a key figure in order to suppress the price of Jinling City and even the entire Nanjiang.According to what Xiao Fan said, Shen Lingfeng's business is so big, so his influence among those merchants will definitely not be small.With him taking the lead, it will not be difficult for the price to drop.

After glancing at Lin Feng, Xiao Fan asked, "What? Your Excellency wants to see Master Shen?"

"That's right. Now that the price of goods in Jinling City is getting higher day by day, I can't let the common people live without it, can I? I'll go see Master Shen and see if I can discuss the result with him?" Lin Feng said.If there is really no result to be discussed, then Lin Feng can only do something wrong.On the grounds that he had an affair with King Wu, he was directly arrested.

At that time, I am afraid that other merchants will also be able to guess the reason why Shen Lingfeng was convicted. At that time, even if he bleeds himself, those merchants will lower their prices.Unless they want to fight against the court.Of course, this is only a temporary stopgap measure.If things go on like this for a long time, the booming economy in the south of the Yangtze River will go backwards.

Now is an extraordinary period, and Lin Feng can't do anything about it.We can only give those merchants some compensation at that time.However, now the price must be lowered to stabilize the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, while waiting for the imperial court to send new officials over.

Led by Xiao Fan, Lin Feng walked towards Shen Lingfeng's residence.Originally, Xiao Fan meant that Lin Feng should send a greeting card first, but Lin Feng thought it was troublesome, and he was an official, so he didn't need a greeting card to visit a merchant.

As the largest merchant in Jinling City, the Shen family's house is naturally extremely luxurious.Although the location is not very good, but that is only relative.The door of the Shen family's house is hung with two gilt characters of Shen's house, which looks very grand.

When he reached the door, Lin Feng was stopped by two servants of the Shen family, and said: "This is the Shen family, please don't stay here." It seems that the Shen family is quite domineering, and they don't let anyone stay with them. Stop in front of the house.

"Please inform your lord that the counter-insurgency general is here to visit." Xiao Fan hurriedly stepped forward and said.

The servant glanced at Lin Feng, with a hint of doubt in his eyes: Is this person in front of him a counter-insurgency general?This is too young!And the most important thing is that he doesn't have the aura to fight on the battlefield at all!
"What are you looking at, why don't you go!" Seeing the servant staring at him, Lin Feng felt horrified: If it were you, a man staring at you so straightly, wouldn't you be terrified?
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go now, little one." Although the servant still had a lot of doubts in his mind, he answered quickly after being scolded by Lin Feng so suddenly, and then ran straight to the door.

Soon, a middle-aged man walked out quickly.The middle-aged man has a kind face, as if he is smiling at everyone he sees.

"The grass people don't know that the general is here, and they are far away to welcome them. They hope that the general will forgive them." After Shen Lingfeng finished speaking, he turned his head and stared at the two servants at the door, and said, "Don't let the general stand outside for those who don't use their brains?" Are you doing it? At a time like this, you should invite the general in first, and you don’t even want to get paid this month.”

After Shen Lingfeng finished speaking, he looked at Lin Feng again, and said, "General, the servant is not sensible, so please come." He said, making a gesture of please.

"Mr. Shen is being too polite. I have the liberty to disturb you without prior notice. I hope that Mr. Shen will not take offense." Lin Feng cupped his hands at Shen Lingfeng and said.

"My lord was just joking. Your lord's arrival made the grass people's humble house luxuriant. How could Xiaomin be offended?" Shen Lingfeng invited Lin Feng in while talking.

Led by Shen Lingfeng, Lin Feng came to Shen's living room.Although Lin Feng is a guest, Lin Feng is an official and Shen Lingfeng is a citizen.So, naturally, the main seat was taken by Lin Feng.

After inviting Lin Feng to take his seat, a maid brought tea immediately.

"My lord, try it, this is the authentic Dahongpao." Shen Lingfeng said, with a sense of pride spontaneously.Dahongpao is not an ordinary tea. The authentic Dahongpao grows on the cliffs of Wuyi Mountain. People cannot go up to pick tea leaves. Specially trained monkeys go up to pick tea every year. The annual output is only about 40 catties.Therefore, those who can drink the Dahongpao every year are a status symbol.

To be more precise, many high-status people can't drink, such as the emperor.The Dahongpao paid tribute to the palace is artificially planted, which is completely different from the natural Dahongpao.There is nothing the tea farmers can do. The annual output is only [-] catties, how can it be enough to pay tribute to the palace?Simply, they replaced the natural ones with artificial ones and paid tribute to the court.Therefore, this real Dahongpao actually stays in the south of the Yangtze River every year, and only those who are both powerful and rich can taste it.

Hearing that it was Dahongpao, Lin Feng didn't think it was strange, there were many of them in the palace.However, he took a sip and found that the taste of the tea was better.However, Lin Feng only noticed this.Shen Lingfeng's tea was a secret investment.

Seeing Lin Feng took a sip, there was no other change except for the slight change on his face when he drank it for the first time.This has to make Shen Lingfeng admire: it really is from the capital, and it seems that this big red robe Lin Feng also drank it.As everyone knows, Lin Feng didn't taste it at all.

Seeing Lin Feng put down the teacup, Shen Lingfeng asked: "What's the matter, the general just needs to send someone to say hello. It's really a crime for me to trouble the general to come here in person."

"Where is Shen Yuanwai talking? Shen Yuanwai is a big merchant in Jinling and even the whole of Jiangnan. It can be said that he controls half of the trade in Jiangnan. I want to visit the house in person." Lin Feng looked at Shen Lingfeng and said meaningfully .

At this time, the more Lin Feng praised himself, the more dangerous he felt.Looking at Lin Feng, Shen Lingfeng asked cautiously: "I don't know what your lord needs to do, please give me your orders. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it for the general."

Tapping the table lightly with his fingers, Lin Feng said slowly: "Actually, it's nothing serious. Yuanwai Shen controls most of the merchants in Jinling City. I'm temporarily taking over Jinling, so naturally I want to visit Yuanwai Shen. Otherwise, if Yuanwai Shen is unhappy one day, my tens of thousands of troops will starve to death."

Lin Feng's teasing tone made Shen Lingfeng very worried.Especially Lin Feng's last sentence, the meaning of the warning is very obvious: tens of thousands of troops, I have tens of thousands of troops.

"This is my negligence. Wait a moment, I will send someone to send some food to the soldiers of the adults. It can be regarded as the gentry of Jinling thanking the general for eradicating the traitors for us." Shen Lingfeng pondered the meaning of Lin Feng's words, He felt that Lin Feng was trying to blackmail him.Although he was very upset, at this moment, Shen Lingfeng didn't dare to say no.Otherwise, the tens of thousands of troops could destroy his house at any time.

Hearing what Shen Lingfeng said, Lin Feng knew that Shen Lingfeng had misunderstood what he meant, and regarded himself as the blackmailer.Are you that kind of person?Even if he wanted to do this kind of extortion, he wouldn't come forward in person.At this time, Xin Hong should be sent out.With his rough voice, it didn't bother him at all.

"Mr. Shen misunderstood. I accept the kindness of the merchants in Jiangnan. As for the food, there is no need to send it to my military camp." Lin Feng said quickly.Now his army has no shortage of food at all, and the food in Jinling City is still enough to support his [-] army for a period of time.

Looking at Lin Feng suspiciously, Shen Lingfeng also thought quickly in his heart: If you don't want food, you need money!Yes, definitely money.Having figured this out, Shen Lingfeng quickly changed his words and said: "Since your army is not short of food for the time being, the gentry in Jiangnan can't help but express it. Well, on behalf of all the gentry in Jiangnan, I will donate 10 taels to your army as a token of appreciation." Express your heart." Shen Lingfeng gritted his teeth several times before saying the 10 taels.Originally, he wanted to say 1 taels, but Lin Feng said that he had 1 troops.For an army of 10, if Shen Lingfeng only gave [-] taels, it would be unreasonable.So, after Shen Lingfeng gritted his teeth a few times, he said [-] taels.

Knowing that Shen Lingfeng had completely misunderstood what he meant, Lin Feng hurriedly said: "Shen Yuanwai misunderstood me. It is my duty to suppress the rebellion. How can I ask the gentry in Jiangnan to pay for it?"

When Lin Feng said this, Shen Lingfeng's heart was blown away.It seems that 10 taels can no longer satisfy the general in front of him.Enduring his bleeding heart, Shen Lingfeng stretched out two fingers and said, "General, how about the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River donating 20 taels?" After saying this, Shen Lingfeng's heart was bleeding. !
"Mr. Shen, you have completely misunderstood me. I am not here today to raise military salaries, let alone to blackmail the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. I am here today because I want to discuss something with Shen Yuanwai." Impatient, Lin Feng directly Said his purpose.It seems that I am still not mature enough.

Glancing at Lin Feng, Shen Lingfeng was a little surprised: No money!As long as you don't want money, everything is negotiable.Even if you want my concubine, that is also negotiable.As long as you don't want my money.

"I don't know what your lord's order is?" Shen Lingfeng asked.

"It's like this. During this period of time, the price of goods in the south of the Yangtze River has risen sharply. Some people can't live anymore. I came to Yuanwai Shen just to ask, and see if there is any way to lower the price." Lin Feng told Shen Lingfeng Said.

"It still requires my money, and it's a lot of money!" Shen Lingfeng's heart was bleeding again.Taking advantage of the war, he hoarded a lot of food. He originally planned to wait until the end of the war to sell it at a good price and make a fortune.If according to what Lin Feng said, the price of grain was lowered, wouldn't he lose money and make money?After storing it for such a long time, don’t you want money?

"My lord, you also know this. This year's grain harvest was poor, and the small grain was bought from outside at a high price. The freight along the way plus loss, if the price drops, the small one will have to pay for it. .” Shen Lingfeng looked crying as he spoke.At this time, face is not important, as long as you can keep your money, that's fine.

Tapping his fingers lightly on the table, Lin Feng said, "I'm afraid that's not the case? As far as I know, Shen Yuanwai's food was hoarded before the war. At that time, there was no shortage of food in Jiangnan. "

"My lord, that's only part of it. I have brought a lot of grain from the north. These grains cost a lot of money. If the price is too low, I won't even be able to get back the capital." Shen Lingfeng died Bite tightly and never let go.If you let go, then a lot of money will fly out.Therefore, Shen Lingfeng did not let go of his death.

"Mr. Shen, as far as I know, the commerce in the south of the Yangtze River is very developed, but the imperial court doesn't levy any tax on the merchants. Is there such a thing?" Lin Feng asked.

Glancing at Lin Feng, Shen Lingfeng was a little surprised, why did Lin Feng ask about this matter again.

It is well known that this dynasty has not taxed business since the founding of the country.The imperial court believes that the small amount of money in commodity transactions is not worth the imperial court's great efforts to collect taxes.However, that was the beginning of the founding of the country. At that time, Taizu also wanted to let the people recuperate. After all, businessmen also played a very important role in social life.After the war, merchants did not dare to come out to do business. If taxes were levied, the number of merchants would probably be even smaller.The most important thing is that most of the merchants at that time were doing small things, so the Taizu also exempted the merchants from taxes.

"My lord, what do you mean?" Shen Lingfeng looked at Lin Feng and asked.Does he want a business tax?Isn't this forcing yourself to die?

Lin Feng knew that he had grasped Shen Lingfeng's sore spot, so he was not in a hurry.Leisurely picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said, "It's really good tea."

"My lord, let's talk about whether this tea is good or not later, okay? Let's talk about the tax first. Didn't the Taizu say at the beginning that the meager income of merchants would not be collected? Why, you want to collect taxes instead? " Shen Lingfeng asked.Even if the tax is one out of ten, you will still get a lot of money that year.

The most important thing is whether one can win ten taxes or not, then no one can say.If it is nine taxes and one, it is really eight taxes and one, wouldn't it be a tenth or even an eighth of the money a year?How much do you have to pay?
Putting down his teacup, Lin Feng said: "Mr. Shen must have been living in a prosperous place like Jiangnan, and he doesn't know the sufferings of the people in the north. The emperor is sympathetic to the people, and feels that all taxes cannot be imposed on the peasants, and life should be made relatively. Better businessmen pay more tax."

(End of this chapter)