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Chapter 144 Whoever Blocks My Tongshan Money, Whose Job I Lost

Early July.

On the basis of the original merchants, Tongshan County once again ushered in a surge in the flow of people.

According to the storage method taught by Chen Chu, the loss of watermelons during the transportation has been greatly reduced.

At the beginning of last month, the first batch of watermelon caravans, some went north to sell the melons to Tokyo City, and some went south to sell the melons to Lin'an.

In the middle of the month, after the watermelon was shipped to Lin'an, it caused a sensation in the novelty-loving and luxurious city.

The 1 catties of melons were sold out in less than three days, and the price was as high as [-] Wen per catty.

five times the wholesale price.
Such an obvious business opportunity naturally attracted the attention of local commercial firms.

Although Toutiao's influence does not reach Lin'an, it always mentions Tongshan watermelon, so it is not difficult to find out the source of the goods.

Subsequently, a large number of merchants from the Zhou Dynasty went northward and crossed the border through their own channels, and gathered in Tongshan County.

Similarly, there are merchants from Qi State.

From Henan Road, Shandong Road, Shaanxi Road, Tokyo City, etc., caravans of different numbers and sizes came from all directions.

Tongshan County, which had already reached the limit of reception, was almost paralyzed.

July sixteenth.

The third squad of the punishment room was dispatched to Shizipo to help maintain order.

Cross slope is more lively than last month.

Even in the scorching sun, the market is still crowded with people.

The sounds of foreign merchants bargaining with Lifu, hawkers hawking food, horses neighing and cattle lowing can be heard endlessly.

"Grandma, I haven't had a bath for more than a month." Lu Ping looked at the noisy market and tugged his collar to cool off.

"Who isn't? However, even if you are tired, it's worth it. A subsidy of [-] yuan a day."

Gou Sheng's sweaty face was full of smiles.

They don't wear clothes, and their monthly salary is no more than three pennies, but the Four Seas Trading Company knows that everyone has been exhausted recently, so they take the initiative to subsidize each person with two hundred summer money per day.

It is double their monthly salary!
All the soap clothes are naturally happy.

Sihai Commercial Bank did this to stabilize the basic market. At the same time, it also had the consideration of 'feeding the officials and avoiding extortion from merchants'.

Lu Ping hid in the shade of a tree and looked into the distance for a while.

At the beginning of the month, Xilin Village fought with Wulipu, he had personally been to the scene, but at this moment, Lin Dali was sitting with Luo Hong, guarding the same stall selling river sand
These two are in a partnership?

Just as he was wondering, Gou Sheng said in surprise: "Isn't that prisoner Zhou Dagen! What's wrong with him?"

Lu Ping looked up, but saw Zhou Dagen, who also belonged to the third class, was escorted to the center of the market with his hands bound.

Followed by Ximen Brothers, Chen Dutou
Ximenxi jumped onto an ox cart with one step, bowed in all directions, and said in a loud voice: "The day before yesterday, my county lord received a report from a merchant, and the official Zhou Dagen blackmailed the merchant. The county lord found out that this matter is true!" Thirty, resign. In order to give an explanation to the merchants, I will be executed here today!"

Gou Sheng and Lu Ping looked at each other, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

Thirty sticks aside, Zhou Dagen's official skin has to be stripped off. Zhou Dagen is a bit greedy on weekdays and has offended many people. Without his status as an official, he is afraid that many enemies will come to seek revenge in the future.
"Abstainer is really moving!" Seeing that the big brother in charge couldn't protect Zhou Dagen, Lu Ping knew that this colleague was doomed this time, so he couldn't help but feel a little bit sad.

But Gou Sheng said: "If you want to tell me, I can only blame Zhou Dagen himself! The governor and the head of the capital have repeatedly mentioned that extortion and exploitation are not allowed, and they even gave us [-] yuan a day to subsidize Zhou Dagen. It ended up like this."

'crack~crack~'

The market, which was noisy just now, gradually quieted down, and the sound of water and fire sticks hitting the flesh was extremely loud.

"Father, Tongshan County is very different from other places!" Miao Xin from Lin'an whispered to his father.

"It should be that this official blackmailed someone who can't afford to offend, so he ended up like this."

Miao Kui, who is used to seeing the dark world, is more willing to explain the current incident from the perspective of conspiracy theory.

But Miao Xin shook his head and argued: "It's not necessarily what Daddy said. We have been here for five or six days. We have seen that the officials have troubled us? The soldiers guarding the city in Tongshan County didn't even charge us to enter the city. When have you seen such a rare thing?"

As if persuaded by his son, Miao Kui sighed: "On the way here, I saw an old newspaper headline, which said that the local county was honored as 'Reborn Qingtian'. !"

that compartment.

After the cane punishment was over, Ximen Gong took off Zhou Dagen's official uniform on the spot.

"Good~"

"it is good!"

Among the merchants full of pits and valleys, whoever shouted hello first, and then the cheers rang out continuously.

Amidst the noise, Zhou Dagen wailed continuously.

In the past, Ximen Gong was lenient to his subordinates because their interests were generally the same.

Now, Zhou Dagen's actions not only harmed the interests of Ximen Gong, but also harmed the interests of Sihai Commercial Bank, which represents the will of Tongshan's high-level executives, so Ximen Gong will naturally not be relentless.

The local merchants outside the venue felt that they were being protected by the local area, and they still surrounded Ximen Gong, Chen Chu and others to chat enthusiastically.

"Brother, do you want to say something to everyone?" Chen Chu, who was standing beside Ximen Gong, asked.

"Tell me." Ximen Gong shook his head.

Chen Chu was not polite, and jumped directly into the bullock cart, "I just want to say one thing. If anyone blocks my way of making money in Tongshan, I will destroy their jobs!"

In the next few days, Chen Chu often visited among merchants.

When I met a merchant in Laizhou City on Shandong Road, I suggested to him: "Next time I come here, I don't need to empty the car. I can sell your agaric, dried sea sausage and other seafood from your place. I, Luliuwei, will receive a large amount of goods."

When I met a merchant from the Zhou Dynasty who was originally from Guangnan, he said, "Sir, have you heard of aloe vera? I buy it at a high price here, but I want to live it."

Most of the other parties readily accepted such a proposal.

After all, an empty car is also coming, and if you can bring some goods needed by the local area when you come, you will naturally be able to earn more.

As more caravans from the current Dayi appear in Tongshan County, the sales of Yurong Xiangzhuang's high-priced products have increased significantly.

After all, residents of big cities have stronger spending power.

Mao'er's workshop experienced two recruitments within a month, and it was producing at full capacity, but barely maintained a continuous supply, and many new orders could no longer be received.

The merchants who couldn't get the goods simply stayed in Tongshan County and waited in line for the goods.

But because of this, the inns in the county are even more overwhelmed.

The inn on Cross Slope has just started construction, so there is no hope for it in a short time.

As a result, some clever villagers nearby packed up a few vacant rooms of their own and turned them into family hotels to provide board and lodging for merchants.

Everywhere is thriving, and even the sisters and children in Ji'er Lane in the city have followed suit.

It is said that on July [-]th, Sai Diaochan received [-] customers in one night, and finally passed out from exhaustion, foaming at the mouth. Fortunately, she was found by the sister next door, and she was carried to the hospital overnight before her life was saved.

Hence the nickname 'Fifteen Cuts'
In short, the people of the whole county seem to be making money.

However, the influx of money has also led to a quiet rise in prices.

Grain, meat, salt and oil all went up, and sheep casings doubled directly.

After noticing this sign, Chen Chu became anxious for a while. He didn't understand economics, but he had heard the vocabulary of inflation.

But how to solve it, I don't know at all.

Fortunately, the new rice will be launched in August, which should relieve a little.

In addition to economic problems, Tongshan County also experienced a labor shortage at the end of July
Luliuxu's fragrance makeup workshop, sauce garden, and Sihai Commercial Company's fruit candy workshop are all recruiting workers.

Inns and restaurants in the city are also recruiting staff.

But now the part of the labor force that can make a living on its own has either entered the workshop, or has made a living by itself through the Watermelon Festival.

Like Lin Dali and Luo Hong's sand digging team, they absorbed fifty or sixty young and strong men.

There are also Lifu, coachmen, and small vendors.
At least hundreds of people depend on the Cross Slope Market for food.

The rest of the people are those who cannot make a living by themselves. A small number of slaves are mostly tenants who are firmly bound to the land by the landlords and gentry.

In order to recruit workers for the Sihai Commercial Bank's sugar workshop, Cai Yuan specially recruited several squires, hoping that they would transfer some tenants.

But he was flatly rejected.

In this matter, Cai Yuan, who also belongs to the gentry group, has a small gap in the interest demands of the original class.

After Cai Wei found out about this, she called her gang of 'storytellers' for a meeting.

The next day, these people served as storytellers for external propaganda missions and went to nearby counties.

Such a grand event in Tongshan County is like a torch in the deep darkness, illuminating one world and stinging some people's eyes at the same time.

The first of August.

The Zheng family mansion in Yinmazhuang.

Zheng Jia Dalang summoned the three brothers at home.

When the four of them talked about Tongshan, they were full of envy.

"Other people are making a lot of money, we can only watch, it's really uncomfortable!"

Zheng Wu crossed Erlang's legs and scratched his chest when he spoke, as if Tongshan County made him feel itchy.

"But Tongshan is not under the rule of Caizhou!" Zheng Liu, who was dressed as a scholar, sighed quietly: "The last time the housekeeper went to Tongshan to ask for Fan Yi, they didn't give our Zheng family face."

The fleshy Zheng San squinted, and said: "That's why we don't deserve to argue with them because of those wastes in Yuquan Mountain. If they dare to mess with our family, let alone the head of the county, the magistrate, or the county magistrate. Jia Erlang also cleaned him up and knelt down and called him Grandpa."

"What are you talking about?"

Zheng Da, who is in his 40s, sat at the head, glanced at the reckless third brother, and said, "Just talk about how we get a share."

Knowing that his elder brother loves to pretend, Zheng Liu couldn't help but chuckled, and complimented him, "Then I have to figure out a way. The second brother is not at home, so naturally I have to rely on my elder brother's wit to make up his mind."

Zheng Da stroked his beard and smiled, and said slowly: "I have a way to earn money without going to Tongshan County."

"Brother, if you have something to say, just say it, and sell it like a bird!" Zheng San said anxiously.

Zheng Da frowned, looked at his third brother with dissatisfaction, and finally decided not to share his knowledge, and then said: "Hehe, the official road from Huai River to Tongshan County must pass through our county."

Seeing that the eldest brother was half-talking again, Zheng San wanted to scold his mother all the time.

But Zheng Liu thought about it for a while, and immediately reacted, and couldn't help being surprised: "Brother, you mean, we set up cards on the official roads to collect taxes from merchants who come and go to Tongshan County?"

"Hehe, Rokuro is smart"

Zheng Da stroked his beard and nodded, with a complacent expression on his face.

"This method is good! Those merchants who come from afar must bring a lot of money, and they can get a lot of money with only ten draws!"

Zheng Wu also became excited.

Zheng San glared at Zheng Wu, and reprimanded: "What the hell are you pretending to be a bodhisattva, and you still draw five out of ten? The remaining fifty percent is lost for nothing? If you want me to say, at least nine out of ten, who would dare not accept it? Pull it into the woods and chop it up! Fifth, you are the benevolence of a woman."

Zheng Wu was annoyed when he heard the words, and when he opened his mouth to retort, Zheng Da waved his hand to signal his fifth younger brother to stop talking, and then he said to himself: "Nine times out of ten is too much. Our Zheng family has cultivated and studied the heirlooms, and has done good for generations. It is not easy to handle things." Just do it, seven out of ten."

(End of this chapter)