Chastity Layman

  Chapter 731 Qin Family Expansion

  Since returning to Chang'an, Ah Huang has been jumping up and down all day, extremely busy.

  He does one thing every day, distributing money, large amounts of money, truckloads of money, the cattle and horse market in Chang'an East and West Market, Jingzhao Mansion Prison, Zhenfu Prison, and even Jinwu Prison.

   Every day, I either go to various cattle and horse markets, or go to various prisons.

  He wears the title of County Earl of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, and the official title of Governor of Wu'an, and a whitebait bag on his waist, which can be used wherever he goes.

   Once the name sticker is delivered, the journey will be smooth.

   "This is the order of the prince, and I will be especially merciful to these prisoners."

  In Jingzhao Prison, Ah Huang and the jailer were drinking tea. In front of the two of them were several books, all of which were the list of prisoners in Jingzhao Prison. After looking through them, Ah Huang was bargaining with the jailer.

   "I don't want those under exile. I want both those under exile and death. I will pack them up and take them away. The price will be cheaper."

The jailer looked at the crown prince's decree, and at the scarlet robe on Ah Huang's body, and slandered in his heart how could such a person be an official fifth-rank noble and seal Kai Guobo, but the slander belongs to the slander, but he can't offend this face. Long, the guy with two front teeth still inlaid with gold.

  He belongs to Duke Wei, does he dare to offend Duke Wei? That's the boss.

   "This is easy to say, easy to say."

  Anyway, these prisoners in the prison are not their relatives and friends, although for the warden, these prisoners are indeed the source of gray for him and the subordinates in the prison. It is precisely because of these inmates who have been sent in continuously that they, the cell heads and jailers, can live a more prosperous life in Chang'an.

  Managing a prison is an unlucky job, but if you rely on mountains, you will eat mountains, and if you rely on water, you will drink water.

   If there are prisoners, they will eat the prisoners. They have thousands of ways to get money from the prisoners.

  However, Duke Wei is still very powerful, and he directly obtained the order from the prince to send all the exiles and death row prisoners from Jingzhao Prison to Wu'an Prefecture. Death row inmates no longer need to die, and the exiles in Longyou, Jiannan, Shuofang, Liaoxi, etc. will also be completely exiled to Wu'an Prefecture in Annan, and their sentences can even be commuted.

  When they get there, apart from not being able to leave for life, they can get a chance to start over, live under surveillance, and regain their status as good citizens of Wu'an Prefecture after ten years.

   "A lot of people here are vicious criminals, even a lot of desperadoes!" The jailer reminded.

   Ah Huang laughed.

"Whether he is a dragon or a jackal, he has to be honest when he arrives in Annan. That place is not a place where they are rampant. We also have ways to control them. If he is obedient, it can be called heaven. You can start all over again. In the future, you will have your own manor and villa. The servants, wives, concubines and children also have a great chance, if they are disobedient, many people will die there in a year."

  Wu'an Prefecture is short of people, not only lacking people who cultivate wasteland and land, but also people in various workshops and mines. Normal channels are now far from meeting the demand, so this time Ah Huang once again brought up the idea of ​​prisoners.

  Qin Lang was satisfied with this, and after Donggong chatted with Chengqian, he got the prince order.

Seeing that the prison was still dawdling there, Ah Huang just smiled slightly, then took out the money clip from his arms, and took out the bank notes of Wu'an Bank, which is now second only to Guardian Bank and Kaiyuan Bank in scale and strength. Along with Zhenguan Bank and the fifth largest bank of Sihai Bank, Wu'an Bank is still very strong.

  A stack of silver bills was placed in front of the jailer.

   Ah Huang took out a few more and placed them in front of the jailer, "This one is for the jailer and the brothers to drink tea."

   "Isn't that bad?"

   "Don't worry, my old Huang is a sensible person."

  The pile of money in front is considered to have been resold by the imperial court to the Qin family. Of course, it is publicly said that it is a grace to commute the sentence and give them a chance to start again. Originally, these prisoners had to be escorted to Annan by the imperial court, and then the Qin family would bear the escort, board and lodging expenses, etc.

  But Ah Huang doesn't need them to bet, but the money is still given.

  As for the money in the back, of course it is done up and down. These days, even if it is a normal procedure, it is always fun.

   This is all unspoken stuff.

Seeing his share, it even exceeded expectations, the prisoner pretended to decline a few times, and finally put it in his sleeve. He wanted to change the mount from Longyou earlier, it seems that tomorrow he can go to the horse shop to see the horses .

   "Does Wu'an Prefecture need so many people?" The jailer asked curiously.

   "Well, there is a shortage of people."

  The jailer said with some regret, "It's a pity that you don't want those below the sentence of exile!"

   "Except for prisoners, in fact, if you are a prisoner, you can introduce some people to go there voluntarily. We will be responsible for the travel expenses and boat tickets for the whole journey. After the people arrive, everyone will give you a reward."

  This is equivalent to tooth money.

   Prisoner was surprised.

   "You all cover the travel expenses?"

"That's more than that. For those who are willing to immigrate to Wu'an Prefecture and settle down, we will not only cover all travel expenses, but also take care of board and lodging along the way. In addition, we can also give a settling fee for each port before departure. After arriving in Wu'an Prefecture, we will pay you again." Give a property purchase fee."

   "Is it okay to take the family with you?"

   "We most welcome those with families, and we will give you extra money." Ah Huang talked about some of the favorable conditions for immigrants in the past, and also explained the money from the intermediary, which made the jailer very excited.

   This gray income is a bit cautious, but the tooth money can be done aboveboard and there is no need to worry. The key is that the tooth money is still very generous.

   "These immigrants were able to share the land for free in the past?"

"Can I still lie to you? As long as it has passed, the starting point for men is ten acres, and the starting point for women, the elderly and the weak is five acres. The reclaimed wasteland is counted as one's own, and the reclaimed land is exempt from tax for three years, and there are also taxes for the next three years." relief."

   "It's not a small expense." Warden made some calculations in his heart, and always felt that the Qin family was too rich.

"The expenses are not all paid by Duke Wei. Wu'an Prefecture is the fiefdom of Duke Wei, but Duke Wei also granted many retainers. They also own fief manors, so everyone needs manpower. Recruit people from here. In the past, whoever gets the share will pay the fee."

  Although it costs a lot, recruiting this kind of good people used to be cheaper than buying slaves. Although slaves are privately owned, there are not many high-quality slaves nowadays, let alone the Central Plains Han people of the same origin. Everyone needs these Central Plains immigrants to strengthen their strength in the past. It is best to completely overwhelm those barbarians in terms of population.

  When he walked out of Jingzhao Prison, there were dozens more people in Ah Huang's book.

  Look up at the sky, summer is coming.

   Ah Huang wiped off his sweat and rushed to Zhenfu Prison again.

   This trip is here, and he has obtained the order of the prince again. He intends to empty all the serious criminals in many prisons in the capital. Although there are many scumbags among these prisoners, they are definitely more popular in Annan than those barbarians.

Those barbarians who can't even understand Chinese and are still lazy and stinking, eat whatever they eat, and do whatever they want, their inefficiency is outrageous, and they are disgusted. In that distant Annan fiefdom, everyone would rather In the feudal fiefdom, there are more compatriots of the Han family in the Central Plains, rather than a group of barbarians who either want to escape or make trouble all day long, which will make people sleep well.

  Town Fusi Yamen, Ah Huang greeted and joked with Wei Chang, Liu Jiu and other old colleagues, and finished the matter in a few words.

   When A Huang pulled out his meaning, Wei Chang stiffened his neck, and the big scar on his face turned purple, "Old Matou, are you looking down on me, Old Wei?"

Liu Jiu said with a smile on the side, "Put it away, Old Huang, our brothers don't lack this now, they are all brothers of our own family, and we have to do business, even if it is a private matter, we don't need it. Besides, don't you Know that our Master Wei is now a rich man with a lot of money."

  Lin Sandao, "Couldn't it be true, Chang'an Butchery, the butchers who pay the dues are thousands of butchers. How many slaughterhouses are there? Old Wei's is the biggest merchant in the butchery. How many days won't there be thousands of butchers?"

Wei Chang smiled, "Don't mention this. In Chang'an City, we just pick up people's teeth and wisdom, and let the old horse head laugh that we have never seen the world. The old horse head is now a man with a castle fief, and his manor workshop Many, if this is put aside, what is it equivalent to? At least it is equivalent to sealing off thousands of households."

Ah Huang smiled and said, "Old Wei, you are very good at holding money. It's been a few years since I saw you. You have made a lot of money. Be careful which point will kill you. I, Lao Huang, have worked hard in Annan for several years. I follow those barbarians, mosquitoes, and fights all day long, and now there are only a few Zhuangzi, and the big ones haven't saved up two. They throw money into the sky like a bottomless pit, and they can't even hear a single one. Sometimes I really envy you. These buddies in Chang'an City."

   "Then let's change, I still want to go to Wu'an Prefecture to be a local tyrant!" Wei Chang shouted.

"It's not easy to be a local tyrant, but since you have so much wealth, old Wei, you might as well spend some money in Wu'an Prefecture, build workshops and open mines, and there are many profitable businesses. Doing business in Sanlang's territory is nothing. Don’t worry, just wait for money to make money.”

  Wei Chang really listened to his thoughts.

In the past few years, relying on his position in the Zhenfu Department, he has secretly let his clansmen come forward to enter the butcher shop, and the business has been smooth. If there are people in the court who are easy to be officials, ordinary people dare not provoke him, and those Changan The top aristocrats also have to look at Qin Sanlang behind him.

  In the past few years, the business has been booming, with an annual income of two to three thousand guan, the net worth is indeed more than ten thousand guan. But if you have too much money, it’s hard to do anything. Let’s do this business. The cost is not much, the key is the relationship and channels. If you can occupy it and be stable, then you will have a lot of money.

Anyway, three hundred and sixty lines can make a fortune. There is a guy in Chang'an who is doing the business of collecting junk, but the Hongnong Yang family standing behind him, so it looks unremarkable. He almost monopolizes this business. He can earn four to five thousand yuan a year, which is more than him.

There is also a guy next to Wei's door in the south of the city, and he is doing the excrement business in Chang'an, but because he has contracted half of the waste in Chang'an City, he has built several fertilizer factories on the outskirts of the city, and the excrement has been collected after a while. After drying and processing, it becomes vegetable fertilizer and land fertilizer. It is completely turning dung into gold. It is said that it can earn tens of thousands of dollars a year.

   How many people are jealous, but there is a prime minister behind him, so you have no ability to **** it?

  Because the competition was too fierce, in the past Chang'an common people's toilets were found to be cleaned by people, and they had to be paid. But now people regularly come to clean up for free, every time they come, they also give some vegetables, melons and fruits or something, and they even come to give a gift on New Year's Day.

But Lao Wei also knows that those prime ministers and aristocratic families are actually not helping you for nothing. The Wei family gets at least three thousand guan filial piety a year, so it's not bad to get three or two thousand guan in the last year.

  It’s a piece of shit, and you can earn three to two thousand net profits a year, what else can you say? Old Wei's family opened so many butcher shops and hired so many butchers, so wouldn't they be able to earn so much this year?

   "Old Huang, tell me, is there any good business in Wu'an Prefecture?"

"That's a lot, buy land and hire people or hire people to plant sugar cane or cotton, or simply invest money in mines, or invest money in buying ships to go to sea, and the rest are lumber yards, shipyards, sugar factories, etc. What’s more is an opportunity, you can invest money into stocks, or you can hire people to do it yourself, invest money into stocks, it’s simple, find a good deal, wait for the dividends after investing money, and then just wait for the dividends to collect money, do it yourself, but you have to have a vision Be smarter, you need someone else..."

Buying a boat to run the sea is very profitable, but the risk is also huge. It is also difficult to recruit a loyal and reliable captain and sailor. It is relatively simple to buy land to grow sugar cane and cotton, but the demand for manpower is large. Now there is a shortage of people in Annan... ·

   "Anyway, the sky is high in that place, and the emperor is far away, but it is really full of gold, and there are opportunities everywhere."

  Old Wei was very moved when he heard that, "I have several family nephews. If they go to Wu'an Prefecture, is there any chance that they will also become vassals in the fief?"

"Of course, this is no problem. Of course, the premise is that you have to swear allegiance to the Qin family, then you have to buy enough equipment, and you have to pay the Qin family to buy a piece of land, and then you have to recruit the Qin family within the specified time. Enough people go there to build the Wubao Manor, and then we have to train a specified number of village warriors, who can immediately respond to the Qin family's call to fight for the Qin family."

   It is not so easy to be a retainer knight. When Qin Lang went south, you could bring a set of equipment and be able to ride and shoot well. But now the conditions have been improved.

  The land has to be paid for, the equipment has to be paid for by itself, and enough people have to be recruited by itself.

   In the final analysis, all this is to be rich, and then willing to serve the Qin family.

  Of course, Old Wei is not short of money. He has a lot of money now, and he still has a steady stream of income. His nephews can be considered to be able to ride and shoot.

   "If I can help my nephews meet these conditions, they can join Wu'an Prefecture and become Saburo's vassal knights?"

   "That's right, that's true." Ah Huang nodded. Martial arts must be assessed, equipment must be passed, and manpower and financial resources must be met. All of these can be achieved, and the Qin family really welcomes them.

   After all, the joining of such a vassal knight is equivalent to adding a new village immediately, which can bring more than one hundred people.

  Now there are still many lands in Wu'an Prefecture that can be awarded to the retainers and knights. Those were originally barbarians or barren lands.

   "Old Wei, if you really have such a plan, then hurry up. The situation in Wu'an Prefecture will rise again, and there will be another war soon. It's a good time to grab money and make meritorious deeds. Don't miss it." A Huang smiled and said seductively.

  (end of this chapter)