Xinshun 1730

Chapter 994 Salty Bait
The country gentry took the sample ticket issued by Liu Yu and looked at it for a while, but at this time they hadn't thought of how to embezzle and embezzle it.

But Liu Yu left too many gaps or loopholes.

If you are bold, don't mention it.Such a big loophole, there is plenty of work.

For being timid, Liu Yu was afraid that they would think that the rice was not easy to fake, so he even made room for mixing acorn flour, corn flour, and sweet potato powder into the wheat flour.

No matter how timid he was, Liu Yu took off his pants and farted like a fart. In addition to supplying pickled radishes, he also provided salt that was impossible to use—what use is salt when eating pickled radishes?Salt boiled pickled radishes?

No matter how timid he is, Liu Yu, the cook on the construction site, will not even come out, but let the squire himself.So this is rice for a catty of rice, is it really a catty of rice?

There are too many loopholes, let the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each show its ability.

Can't the gentry in northern Jiangsu be the best of Yao and Shun?
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After a long time.

Along the way to the Huaihe construction site, construction has not yet started, but it has already prospered.

Liu Yu recruited a large number of small businessmen, and he gave loans to these small businessmen at low interest rates.

They set up large car shops along the way, and open temporary folk post stations at intervals.

After the construction period is over, these small businessmen can return the money to Liu Yu.

The purpose is to facilitate food transportation, rest, meals, accommodation, etc.

In a temporary station area leading to the wharf of the grain transfer station, the housekeeper of a squire family is following the order of his lord to come to the transfer station first to check the route and facilitate the transportation of grain in the future.

Not long ago, there were many temporary big car shops in places that were deserted not long ago: you can cook for yourself, or you can buy food, and the shopkeepers mainly sell shops.The floor is covered with wheat straw.

But there are also things like mutton soup and vegetarian meatballs cooked outside the store. If you are tired from the journey, you can have some food here.Don’t be afraid to bring dry food by yourself, buy a bowl of hot soup, just a few slices of meat, but the soup is enough to last forever.

The market positioning of small vendors here is very accurate. Those who can come to transport food will not be able to afford anything else. It is considered good to live in a place with wheat grass.

The housekeeper who came here to rest was surnamed Li, the surname of Sui's master, and also a family member of two or three generations.

Butler Li ordered a bowl of mutton soup, and just as he shushed a few mouthfuls, a stranger approached him quietly.

"Brother, are you here to see the grain station?"

Butler Li was not the kind of person who might have never been out of the village in his life except for running away from famine. He knew that this person was busy at first glance, so he nodded.

Anyway, there are still a few family members around, so I am not afraid of anything.

The stranger hurriedly shouted: "Shopkeeper, grab a sheep's head. Get some drinks."

When the food and drink were served, the stranger only said that he was a good friend, so he distributed the sheep's head to the family members who followed, and said softly to Steward Li: "Brother, let me take a step to talk."

Steward Li also followed the master to take care of the disaster victims. He has seen this kind of thing a lot, and he will tell the people below to eat here first.

The two walked around to the back of the big car shop, and the man cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if the master's house contracted it, did they send out rice or noodles?"

Butler Li had a lot of experience before, so he said calmly at this moment: "People in Weizi are not used to rice, what they want is noodles."

The stranger said: "If you want to talk about the affairs of the imperial court, sometimes you really can't say it. The ancients said that meat eaters are contemptible. You say that each person has three catties of white flour per day, but in fact, it is better to give each person six catties of dried sweet potatoes, A few more catties of sorghum. Those who make decisions are all white flour eaters, but they don’t know that white flour with the same price is far inferior to corn and sweet potatoes with the same price.”

Butler Li thought that he was familiar with this routine. He used to play like this in disaster relief before, and it was indeed a good thing in theory.

The imperial court sometimes turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye, and sometimes even acquiesced in the subjective initiative of the squires and local officials.After all, the imperial court could not mobilize coarse grains before, but could only mobilize rice.

But it's hard to say if one catty of rice is replaced by two catties of miscellaneous noodles.

The magistrates couldn't cover it up with one hand, and the magistrates had to nod and the squires would get a dividend, so that this matter could go on.I have seen a lot of disaster-prone places like northern Jiangsu.

Seeing the stranger say that, Li Butler didn't know what the other person was doing, and said with a smile: "That's true. However, that's how the court decides, so let's do whatever the court decides. What kind of business do brothers do? "

The stranger smiled and said, "What kind of business am I doing? It's just running errands for people. My master's business is very big. Brother, let me tell you the truth, I have some goods, I don't know if the Lord's family has Not interested? Let's not talk nonsense, let's take a look at the samples first."

As he spoke, he took out a small cloth bag from his bosom, and when he opened it, it contained noodles.

Although it is also dark, the color is considered white. After all, if you want to eat real white noodles these days, you have to sieve them seven or eight times to get out the black bran.

Unless there are rich people, or small noodle craftsmen, ordinary people only sift out the real white noodles so carefully during the Chinese New Year.

Butler Li saw the flour and rubbed it with his hands, and he knew that it was mixed with something to make it look whiter than its true color.And you can tell by the feel that there must be some messy noodles mixed in, and other things are added to cover the color.

"Talc? Avalokiteshvara?"

The stranger hurriedly laughed and said, "Brother knows how to do it."

Butler Li didn't talk nonsense, put away the bag of samples and asked, "How do I change it?"

"It depends on how to change it. Guaranteed to eat neither dead nor sick. It is full of acorn noodles, bracts and the like. You don't need to transport it, just give the ticket. We check the ticket here. It's not fake. Just go Don't worry, if you dare to do this job, you will have the ability to do it."

"If the lord's family dares to go big, then we can directly transport corn noodles and acorn noodles. It will also save our side trouble and have to hire someone to mix it."

"My master's business is big, don't worry, we can eat as much as we have. And you don't need to bother at all, just take the ticket and go to our place to get food."

"We also accept extra tickets. Brother, let me tell you, our prices are all honest, and the back is hard. If you go to other places to sell them, they may just snatch the price without mentioning it. Our side It’s easy to decide whether to ask for money directly, silver or banknotes.”

Butler Li thought, since you say that, it is even more unbelievable.If there are other people doing it, I'm afraid they may not give you less than you.

Thinking of this, Li Butler asked again: "There are people above your master, why don't you just change it at the grain transfer station?"

As soon as he said this, the stranger slapped his thigh and said: "Brother, do you really not know or fake? The imperial court let Xing Guogong go out of the town to take care of this. The wheat flour is all directly obtained from the flour mill in Yingkou. The people who came were all from the navy and the child army and watched them all the time."

"The barley flour factory is all coal-fired, and there is a lot of grinding in a day. It is packaged there and shipped directly. The ships are all owned by big companies. How can there be a chance?"

"If you want to do it, you have to get Duke Xing to join the gang. If Duke Xing doesn't join the gang, you won't be able to tamper with the source."

"Let me tell you, brother, this business is profitable. You said that this great white flour is eaten by those poor people, isn't it a pity?"

"You give them corn noodles, acorn noodles, sweet potatoes and the like. What else can they say when they're full? What's the use of letting them eat white noodles?

"It's better to change some money, we are doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

"Xingguo Gong Zhongming Ding Shi's House, maybe he doesn't even know that eating three catties of white noodles is far worse than eating six catties of corn corn and ten catties of acorn noodles."

"Aren't those poor people full of food? Otherwise, those who are close to home will leave three or five white noodles for the family to eat. If they don't have enough to eat and starve after work, isn't that a crime?"

Butler Li nodded and said: "Brother, you are right. Those who work are eating like shit. Three catties of white noodles are really not as good as four catties of miscellaneous noodles. It is important to be full. But eat hard." That's the truth."

"But you...you mix talcum powder or Guanyin soil in it, we're afraid of something bad if you eat it. I know it's okay to mix it in a little, but who the hell knows how much you profiteers mix it in? It's troublesome to eat dead people. "

The stranger clapped his hands and said: "Brother, don't worry about this. We have mixed noodles, some unmixed noodles, and ready-made mixed noodles. White flour ranges from six-point, two-point, and pure mixed noodles. .The exchange price is different."

"Actually, we don't want to mix talcum powder, Guanyin soil, etc. You know, you can't mix too much of this thing, just to cover up the color. Speaking of it, we have to hire people to mix it, and it costs money. If We can save trouble if we just exchange miscellaneous items and noodles, right?"

"I'm just afraid that some people will be timid and dare not make money if they have money. Doesn't it look white when mixed with talcum powder and Guanyin clay? Steamed dry food can also deceive people. Anyway, it can't kill people. We have tried it all. Yes, neither diarrhea nor rise."

"Our products are the cheapest ones mixed with cottonseed husks and rice chaff. The most expensive ones are mixed with talcum powder and Guanyin soil. It mainly depends on how much the Lord's family earns."

"We accept flour tickets, rice tickets, salt tickets, and bean cake tickets. If you want paper money issued there, you can also come to us to exchange for silver. The price we give is high, ten for eight."

Butler Li couldn't help scolding: "It is said that there is no business without fraud, no business without fraud! Really we have never seen the world? This youth loan has been in place for several years. Who doesn't know that this banknote can be exchanged directly One silver for one? You still exchange ten for eight...Forget it, you are not an honest person, this business is over."

After finishing speaking, Steward Li left, and the stranger behind hurriedly said: "Brother, stop, let's discuss, discuss again..."

Butler Li didn't answer, he just called those family members, and walked forward without that person.Xin Dao said that since someone is doing this business, it cannot be just your family, so I have to see it before talking.

Sure enough, someone soon struck up a conversation, and this time the conversation was more direct.

The stranger leaned directly next to Butler Li and asked in a low voice, "Brother, do you want to change the ticket? Do you want to change the ticket? My price is high here."

After familiarizing himself with the experience, Steward Li asked directly: "Is there any stock? I have to see the stock."

"Yes, yes! Here, please..."

The stranger led in front, and soon came to a simple house.

There are all kinds of flour and the worst broken rice in it.

Not only are there goods, but there are also samples, ranging from dry cakes to steamed buns and steamed buns.

And someone introduced it very thoughtfully: "This kind of noodles is best baked into dry cakes, and this kind is best steamed. There is also this kind, after mixing things, the steamed buns are also quite white."

Butler Li tried it out and asked, "How much is a stone ticket? Silver or cash?"

"One pebble ticket and five qian. If you want money for money, if you want silver for silver."

Butler Li clicked his tongue and said, "You guys are still ruthless. Five qian for a pebble ticket? This is noodles, not wheat, even if it is wheat grains, it's not the price."

But the man said: "Aren't we also taking risks here? Five coins is a lot. If you dare to do it, you can get out 50 taels of silver in a month with no. 20 people. The money from the court is not free. Don't take it."

"If you're ruthless enough, you can feed them all sweet potatoes and potatoes, and you can pick up 40 taels a month. Is this price still low?"

"Let me tell you, these days, the courageous are starved to death, and the timid are starved to death. Such an opportunity is hard to come by. In the past, you had to sell food for disaster relief, but now you can just sell tickets directly, saving money." How much trouble?"

(End of this chapter)