I want to be a grandson

Chapter 343 Confirmation
"This old man, can you give me a bowl of water?"

Baozhao, dressed in plain clothes and carrying a burden on his back, walked to the door of a farmer's house and begged for water from the man sitting at the door.

The man took a look at Bao Zhao, and saw that his face was full of dust and dust, and his lips were a little dry.

Then silently took the crutch beside him, stood up with the support of the crutch, and limped back to the house.

After a while, the man came out from the hut, holding a ladle cut from a gourd filled with water.

Bao Zhao took it and gulped it down with a "gudong gudong", and then took a sigh of relief, with a moist expression on his face.

"Thank you bro."

Bao Zhao politely handed over the water ladle.

The man took it, put it aside casually, and sat on the bench again, looking ahead sadly, without saying a word.

Bao Zhao took the initiative to strike up a conversation and said, "What do you call my brother? How many people are there in the family?"

The man said gruffly: "They all call me Wang Guzi... My mother passed away, the child is gone, the daughter-in-law died of illness, there is no one else..."

Bao Zhao simply sat down on the wooden stake beside him, and beat his calf, as if he had walked a long way, his legs and feet felt sore.

"Brother, the land here is good. It's all high-quality fertile land. Can it produce a lot of grain every year?"

Wang Guzi said with gloomy eyes: "Fine land? The good land has been taken away by the Kong family! Where is there any good land! It would be nice to have two acres of woodland and Susukida!"

Bao Zhao was puzzled, and asked: "Brother Wang, can't you, the Kong family is a thousand-year-old family, how can you still grab other people's land?"

Wang Guzi glanced at him, but did not answer his words, but asked, "Outlander, where did you come from?"

Bao Zhao hurriedly replied: "I came from the capital, and I was ordered by my master to do some business. This time I came here for a trip. My brother can tell at a glance that I am a foreigner. It is not easy..."

Wang Guzi shook his head and said, "If you are not a foreigner, how could you not know the methods of the Kong family's land grabbing!"

Bao Zhao asked with a puzzled face: "Could it be that the Kong family... really did something unfair?"

"It's not just unfair, it's just outrageous!"

Wang Guzi patted his broken leg and said angrily: "You shit family! You shit scholars! They are even more ruthless than bandits! They are not human at all!"

"They colluded with bandits and thieves, not only robbed us of food and stuff! They also caused us to lose land!"

"My leg was broken by someone because I went to sue the officials!"

The land of this Wang Guzi's family was also taken away by the Kong family, and coupled with the humiliation and pain of a broken leg, he became very excited when the Kong family was mentioned.

In his description, what happened was basically consistent with what the businessman said.

The Kong family first colluded with bandits and thieves, then offered them favors hypocritically, lent grain for free, and then sent people to set fire to the crops when they were about to ripen...

"One night, seven or eight places caught fire! All the crops that were burned were to be harvested!"

Wang Guzi said angrily, "A few villagers and I caught a thief who set the fire and beat him up in a fit of anger. The villain also said that the Kong family sent him to set the fire!"

"We went to the government to file a complaint, but this villain refused to admit it. The Kong family accused us of framing us and damaging the reputation of their ancestors!"

"The government also wears a pair of pants with them! Not only did they not make decisions for us, they even beat us forty times!"

Wang Guzi clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth, and said with a ferocious expression: "I went to them to argue with the Confucius family, but they broke my leg!"

"Just such a villain, a murderer who kills a thousand swords, can also be a scholar? What kind of bastard!"

Through Wang Guzi's description, Bao Zhao also restored the situation of the day in his heart, that is, the rich households and the gentry colluded with the government, entrapped the common people, and harmed the people!
Bao Zhao asked: "Brother, to be honest, when I passed the pier, all the money I had on me was taxed. Some people said that it was a gate set up by the Kong family. Is this true?"

"It's not them who else!"

Wang Guzi said angrily: "The Kong family took our land and started collecting tolls there. How is this different from bandits in the mountains!"

"Not only the merchants who come and go, but we also have to pay for the road as long as we pass here!"

Bao Zhao frowned, and said in dissatisfaction: "Why does the Kong family collect money, the waterway is not their family!"

"Why?"

Wang Guzi sneered and said: "They said that the land on the bank belongs to their family, and the water in the river belongs to their family, and they also said that they used the money to build the pier and renovate the river bank, so they have to collect taxes!

"Hehehe, but there is already a pier there! Even if it is repaired, it can cost a few dollars! But they have been collecting money there for seven or eight years! It's already full of oil!"

There is a similar situation in later generations. Some people block roads and charge fees, and they also claim that they built this road, and they charge money for investment and road maintenance fees.

At first glance, this seems reasonable.

It seems that people pay for road repairs, and it is appropriate to collect money from passing drivers to recover the cost.

But there will be a lot of tricks in it. The money spent on road construction will always be bad debts, and it can never be calculated clearly.

Moreover, whether it has been repaired or not, it is still in between!

Even in some places, as long as vehicles pass by their place, they will be stopped and charged!
So road construction is mostly an excuse to make money!

The irritable couldn't help but said: "Brother, they are so lawless and collect taxes privately, so the government doesn't care?"

"Take care? How many people in the officialdom in Shandong are related to the Kong family! Who dares to take care of it!"

"Where is there such a thing as Master Qingtian? It's all said in the drama. No one dares to make decisions for us!"

Looking at the painful expression on his face, Bao Zhao said angrily: "What about the businessmen in the past, many powerful and powerful people also have business in their homes, so they can see the Kong family so arrogant and domineering?"

"You don't understand..."

Wang Guzi explained with a sad face: "The Kong family will take less money when they meet powerful people. They have nothing to lose. Is it worth fighting the Kong family?"

"They said that all civil servants in the world are under the Kong family's sect, who would have trouble with them..."

"Snapped!"

Bao Zhao slapped his leg fiercely, and said with righteous indignation: "The Kong family is so lawless! Scholars all over the world admire Confucius, the most holy teacher, and their Kong family just followed suit! When did they belong to the Kong family? The door is closed!"

"And even if the imperial court sets up tax customs here, it's only collecting taxes from merchants. How can the people in the past pay for it!"

"The Kong family is digging the ground three feet, trying to find people!"

Back in the inn, Bao Zhao's heart was still very heavy.

The attendant Li Cheng put the food in front of him, and said cautiously: "My lord, you haven't eaten all day, so hurry up and eat while it's hot."

Hugging and shaking his head, he really couldn't eat without looking at the meals.

He raised his head and asked, "What about the news you inquired about, what do the people say?"

Li Cheng sighed and replied: "My lord, what the people say is very consistent. The fields around the dock were all abducted by the Kong family. The dock originally existed, but they took it over."

"Ugh……"

Grumpy sighed and said nothing.

Li Cheng's lips moved, and he summoned up his courage to ask: "Sir, these people have become tenants of the Kong family. After handing over the grain to the Kong family, there is still not enough food left. People starve to death every year, and even some People sell their sons and daughters...

My lord, do you want to uphold justice for them? "

Frowning irritablely, he sat there blankly, with a lot of thoughts for a while...

After a long while, I shook my head slightly, "My duty this time is to set up a tax customs, let's talk about it after finishing this matter..."

The attendant couldn't help but said: "Master, this Kong family is too arrogant and domineering, they have no scruples!"

Bao Zhao glanced at Li Cheng, feeling a bit in a dilemma, and finally said: "At this time, don't cause trouble for His Highness..."

"The Kong family used insidious means to seize the people's land. This was to set up customs here to collect money. Now that they have collected the money, they will no longer cause harm..."

Saying such words, Irritated himself immediately felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

I read the books of sages and sages, and I was taught "benevolent government and loving the people",

Today I said something against my will...

Of course Bao Zhao knows that he should be the master for the people and punish the lawless, but the other party is Yan Shenggong Kong's family!

As a modern person, I may not understand the status of the Kong family in that era, and feel that they are not just a family that received courtesy from the court.

No matter how powerful the Kong family is, how much ability can they have?
Can withstand soldiers, horses and swords?
But you must know that because all scholars in the world study Confucianism and practice the teachings of Confucius, the Confucius family has also been rewarded by the imperial court for generations.

Therefore, scholars all over the world will have a burning love for the Kong family!There will be admiration!
If someone conflicts with the Kong family, scholars all over the world will stand by the Kong family!
This is the scary place!

Although many battles are between pen and ink, they are more powerful than killing swords!
Bao Zhao, as Zhu Yunxi's confidant, of course knows that he is fledgling now, and it would be unwise to start a fight between the emperor's grandson and the Kong family at this time!
Even Zhu Yuanzhang could only endure the aggrieved heart when facing the Kong family...

What's more, the grandson of the emperor...

Bao Zhao ordered: "You go down. Tomorrow we will continue to go to the pier and count the passing ships and merchants, so that we can know how much tariffs can be collected every year."

Since we want to set up checkpoints here, we need to calculate and see how much tariffs can be collected every year, so that when we report it, we can be targeted.

Li Cheng asked: "My lord, there are people from the Kong family on the pier, should we notify the Jining government to send troops to help?"

"Why send troops to assist?"

Bao Zhao was displeased with the Kong family in his heart, and said angrily: "We are officials ordered by the imperial court, and we came to check on the order of the imperial court. If we want to set up tax officials here, no matter how rampant the Kong family is, they can't stop it!"

"You don't need to say more, I will go there in person tomorrow! I don't believe that they are really unscrupulous!"

In fact, Bao Zhao also held his breath in his heart!

But in order to take the overall situation into consideration, he can only endure it for the time being!
But the anger can be endured, but the mind is hard to calm down!
Seeing his decisiveness, although the attendants were a little worried, they couldn't say anything more.

After all, no one would believe that the Kong family could openly oppose the imperial court.

Asking the government to send troops to assist is just for peace of mind.

Li Cheng retreated, while Bao Zhao still sat on the chair blankly, without moving for a long time...

In the household department, Zhu Yunxi is handling government affairs.

Now I have to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and I am busier than before, but there are Yu Xin and Fu Youwen in the Ministry of Accounting,
There are also my confidantes Qi Tai and Tie Xuan, what they do is according to their own ideas. After these days of running-in, they have done things much more smoothly.

Zhu Yunxie said to Tie Xuan: "Before you said that you would get involved in several profitable businesses this year, but you must know that the products produced by these industries will eventually be sold to the common people.

What I mean is that in every big city, a street is specially set up. As long as it is available in the world, whether it is from the south and the sea, or from the sky to the earth, it will be sold on this street. "

"People want anything, as long as they come to this street, they can buy it! There is no need to run around or ask around, what do you think?"

Tie Xuan said happily: "Your Highness, this is great! Other industries are relatively simple, and things can only be sold to other merchants, so that they can sell them all over the world, and they have earned all the money!"

"If we can also build such a store, relying on the strong financial resources of the Department of Commerce and Trade, we can gather rare goods from all over the world! By then, we will definitely be able to reach a higher level!"

After working in business for such a long time, Tie Xuan has long been familiar with business, just imagine how good such a proposition is!

On one street, there are all kinds of goods, too many to handle,
This street can meet all the needs of the people!
What could be more powerful than this?
The transportation of ancient goods is inconvenient. If you want to buy something, you may not even know where to buy it. Even if you find out from the gossip, it is not true.
Besides, it wasn't certain that it was in stock or out of stock at that time.

If a street market can meet all kinds of requirements, it will definitely be very hot!

"Your Highness, I feel that as long as the reputation of this street spreads, it will become the first choice for people to buy things!"

Frowning slightly, he said with some worry: "Your Highness, if you want to build such a shop, the money spent will be gone!"

Zhu Yunxi said: "In the beginning we would only set up in some big cities, such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, Taiyuan and other prosperous cities.
The next step is the next one, only supplying the normal needs of the people, for those that are too rare and the sales volume is not high, let’s give up for now..."

This is determined by the economy and population of that city.

If the population is too small and the categories are complete, the monthly fees for transportation, storage, and clerks will also increase accordingly.
At that time, it was a lost business!

Therefore, it is wisest to only sell some things that are often used by the common people.

"And all the shops in the whole street, all the guys, no matter what they are in charge of selling, wear the same clothes,

Every kind of goods must be marked with a price. This is the real price. On this street, you must be honest! "

In fact, what Zhu Yunxi said is the shopping mall model of later generations.

At this time, it is similar to a grocery store.

It's just that the "grocery store" that Zhu Yunxie said is much larger and more standardized, so there is no need to explain too much, Tie Xuan understands it clearly.

(End of this chapter)