wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 74 - 74. Killing the Chicken and Taking the Egg

Zheng Yuansheng stared at Tian Erya with pity in his eyes: "Tian Erya will agree to Mr. Zhou's request, and my father and the others will be fine."

"So confident?" Shan Da looked at Tian Erya, only to see that the expression on her face that she had resolutely refused just now became a little hesitant and helpless, and she understood what her friend was thinking.

On the stage.

Zheng Yuanxin's face was full of sadness: "Even if we gather the strength of our five sword shops, it is impossible to make [-] excellent scissors in half a month. We will be beheaded sooner or later. Why bother to go to her girl's house?" ?”

Zheng Yuanli cried even more embarrassingly.

Tian Erya felt uncomfortable at Zheng Yuanxin's words, so she was cruel, and said to Zhou Changkui: "My lord, I can agree to your request, but please release all the people in the five sword shops first. Forging so many scissors, I can't do without them." support."

Zhou Changkui raised his head: "I can let them go and let them make meritorious deeds. However, if you fail to complete the task, I will question you and them together."

"My lord, it is too difficult to make [-] excellent scissors in half a month. Can the time be extended?"

Zhou Changkui hesitated for a moment, and bowed to ask Tongbat for instructions: "Master Zhifu, this time the Armed Forces Academy chose to transport the equipment to the Northwest, and we need to rely more on the support of the provincial government. It will take a long time to collect the equipment in the front, and the transportation time may be tight later. Semi It is really not easy to make [-] excellent scissors within a month, may I ask the magistrate, can the time for making the equipment be extended?"

Tong Bat's face darkened, Zhou Changkui was running on him in public!If these sword shops cannot be extended, the villain will become him, and the boss of the sword shop and the blacksmith will scold him in private.If he agrees, the transportation time will be tight later, and the official responsible for transportation will still scold him.Either way, he has to be this villain.He had to answer, so he could only kick the ball to Wu Xiangrong: "What do you think? Do you want to extend the time?"

Everyone put their eyes on Wu Xiangrong, they didn't expect the prefect to be so new to him and ask his opinion everywhere.

Wu Xiangrong thought for a while, and replied: "My lord, it is really not easy to make [-] excellent scissors within half a month by relying on these five sword shops alone. However, the northwest of the imperial court is in urgent need of equipment, so we can only hurry up." Hurry forward, if there is not enough time later, the errand may not be done properly. The subordinates believe that our province has sufficient raw materials for blacksmithing, and there are a large number of blacksmiths. As long as we can do it regardless of the cost, we will definitely be able to complete the task.”

Tian Erya jumped up in anger: "Mr. Wu, what do you mean regardless of cost? The sword shop is open for business, and you have to make money to eat."

Kang Zhixian stared: "Bold, my lord hasn't spoken yet, how dare you interrupt without authorization?"

Tong Bat waved his hand: "Kangzhi County, it's okay, let her continue. Xiang Rong, listen to her opinion too."

"Yes, my lord." Wu Xiangrong raised his eyebrows and looked at Tian Erya, "If you have any ideas, please tell me!"

Tien Erya was tired of his arrogance, and opened his mouth to reply: "Mr. Wu wants these merchants to complete the task regardless of the cost, but these merchants have to survive! If this task exceeds their ability to bear, they can't afford iron ore." Stone, fuel, and blacksmith’s wages, they will go bankrupt, and their families will also live on the streets. You don’t need to consider their situation, but think about it, if they lose a lot of money, who will dare to do this business again in the future? Seeing that they not only have to post money, but also may lose their heads at any time, they will avoid them. If you want to do that, it is tantamount to killing the chicken and picking the eggs. Next year, the year after, and after that, the Armed Forces Academy will never find it again. Qualified scissors."

Wu Xiangrong held his breath: "Don't scare me here."

Tian Erya stared at her eyes: "I'm speaking realistically. The scissors provided by these sword shops were shoddy, just to save costs and make more money. If you want them to forge scissors regardless of cost, it is equivalent to They kill them all. Some businesses lose too much at one time, and it is difficult to stand up again. You have to pave some way for these swords to survive."

Wu Xiangrong was refuted in full view, and was also stared at dissatisfied by the bosses of the sword shop, his handsome face deformed in anger: "Tian Erya, you are a country girl who doesn't understand the inside ways, so don't talk nonsense. The money allocated by the court You know, it’s impossible to double the amount of money allocated to you just because you forge scissors that are twice as big as others? What do you think of as a court? Take the taxes and fees paid by the common people and randomly scatter them around?”

Tian Erya was tongue-tied.

Zheng Yuansheng squeezed onto the stage.

Zhou Changkui frowned, he couldn't force these sword shops to go bankrupt because of the demand for scissors this year.Next year, the imperial court will have to pay the scissors again, what should we do?He asked: "Tian Erya, according to the cost price of your forging scissors, it should be twice as high as the price of ordinary scissors. It is impossible for the Armed Forces Institute to give you twice the silver. Do you have other methods?"

Tian Erya lowered her head: "No."

Zhou Changkui turned to the bosses of the five sword shops: "The scissors you provided to the military were unqualified and caused huge losses to the imperial court. I can completely behead you for public display. Given that the large scissors forged by Tian Erya passed the imperial court's trial Cut. I have given you a chance to redeem your sins, will you be able to complete the mission of the court regardless of the cost? Or will you be chopped off immediately?"

The bosses looked at each other.

Tian Erya muttered: "You are forcing them to commit suicide. The difference is chronic, and the other is immediate."

Zhou Changkui raised his eyebrows: "Bold girl, I am questioning them. If you can solve this problem, this article allows you to intervene. If you have no idea and dare to talk too much, I will order someone to slap your mouth."

Tian Erya flattened her mouth.

Zhou Changkui saw the owners of the sword shop: "Boss Zheng, Longshunhe is the largest sword shop in your house, please tell me first."

Zheng Zongde looked at the large scissors forged by Tian Erya, and felt sorry for Qian: "Such a large pair of scissors costs at least 300 renminbi in materials and labor costs. The silver given to us by the Armed Forces Academy is only 25 renminbi per pair of scissors, and we can make three at once. Ten thousand pairs of scissors. If the imperial court asks us to only complete this year's supply task, we can barely complete it with all our wealth, but if there is a second time, even if the Zheng family sells Longshunhe, they will not be able to afford it."

Zhou Changkui frowned.

Merchants in other sword shops talked a lot: "Yes, the cost of making such a large scissors is several times higher than before, forcing us to close the shop and change business."

Zhou Changkui glared at Tian Erya: "You ignorant country woman! It's all your fault. You spent a lot of money to make such thick scissors, and the shop couldn't afford the cost. The scissors you forged are useless, making Ben The officials and all the adults here are happy for nothing, and it is really abominable to delay the court's errands. Pull her down and give her a hard blow."

Zheng Yuansheng in the audience changed his face, and made gestures to Tian Erya repeatedly.

Tian Erya was dragged out by the yamen servants. She looked helplessly at Zheng Yuansheng. Seeing his gestures, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, like a life-saving straw. It can keep businesses from losing money and meet the needs of the Armed Forces Academy.”

"Oh? What can I do? Tell me quickly."

(End of this chapter)