In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 135
Quan Guanjiadao, Changping Division and Shibo Division are all "doing official affairs" (commonly known as Tigan or Shipgan), and they are of the eighth grade. Some people have already bid for 15 Guan.

The corners of Chang Quan's mouth twitched slightly, thinking it was really expensive.

The housekeeper said again that there are several county lieutenants and chief bookkeepers, with Deng Shilang, who are nine grades and eighty thousand guan.

These are all more expensive than other places in the Song Dynasty, so everything in a developed prefecture like Qingyuan Mansion is more expensive.

But this is not over yet, butler Quan said again, this is the price for the imperial court.

Hiss, Chang Quan understands, and has to give it to King Wei.

His mind quickly circled.

The Changping Division and the Municipal Shipbuilding Division have real power in their work, which is beneficial to their own business and can also reap benefits. The county captain also has real power and can also reap benefits. It is really a dilemma.

He asked carefully, and currently only Yinxian, Xiangshan, and Changguo counties have vacant masters and county lieutenants. His family is in Changguo, which is said to be the best.

He felt that it was too expensive to do official work, so he said directly: "If you want the county captain of Changguo, how much will you pay in total?" How much benefit do you want, King Wei?
Steward Quan added: "The current highest bid for this is 12 Guan."

The corners of Chang Quan's mouth twitched again, and he didn't know if what Butler Quan said was true or not.

Quan Guanjia said: "Don't think that the extra 4 yuan was given to us for corruption. In fact, it was a donation from wealthy businessmen. Everyone saw that King Wei was enthusiastic about water conservancy, farming the fields and calming the people, and they generously donated money and made selfless donations. Unexpectedly, I The rich merchants in Qingyuan Mansion are all great benevolent people."

Come on, Chang Quandao, just let us use the name of donation not to say that Wei Wangming is greedy.

"You decide as soon as possible, maybe two days later, the price will go up." Quan Butler said at this time, if there are many people vying for an official position, it will definitely go up.

The one with the highest price gets it. Chang An is a businessman, so of course he knows that King Wei's set is the same as the imperial court's wine.

Chang Quan really wanted to be an official, but like the man in front of him, he thought it was too expensive.

At this time, Deng Shilang in other places in the Southern Song Dynasty generally had only [-] to [-] guan.

Counting the benefits to the king of Wei here, they are tripled.

Of course, Qingyuan Mansion is well-developed and rich, and it is normal for officials to be expensive.

After Chang Quan came out, he was struggling with what kind of official position he wanted to buy, and felt that it was too expensive. He has a total net worth of only a few hundred thousand, which is equivalent to spending nearly one-third of it to buy an official position.

But on the second day after he came out, someone came to the door and summoned him to enter the office.

Chang Quan never expected that he would see King Wei this time.

"I pay my respects to King Wei." Chang Quan said respectfully.

"Sit down, come and serve tea." Zhao Yurui was very polite, which surprised Chang Quan.

In his impression, the county magistrates in Changguo County were all overwhelmed. He didn't expect King Wei to be so polite.

He was sitting on his fart drum in shock from Pang Ruo, still a little unaccustomed to it.

"Treasurer Chang is not only the big boss, but also the deputy Baozheng of Jintang Township?"

"The little one also wants to do something for the folks."

"Treasurer Chang is also considered a member of the yamen. You should know that I, Song Dynasty, have never done this in Qingyuan Mansion since the founding of the country."

Chang An stared and nodded repeatedly.

"Qingyuan Mansion can be called one of the top ten prefectures in the Great Song Dynasty. The people are rich and the officials are upright."

"..." Chang An thought to himself that I didn't hear the next four words.

"This time, the king sold officials in Qingyuan Mansion, and the response was great. Many people in the court center did not understand. They all thought that Qingyuan Mansion was rich and had no financial problems. Why did they sell officials to raise money? Some people even thought it was the king who wanted to Filling one's own pockets and selling one's official titles."

"It's ridiculous." Chang An said indignantly, "The king of Wei cares about the people and raises money for the people. All of us in the Qingyuan Mansion are aware of such righteous deeds. A hundred of the younger ones support the king of Wei."

Zhao Yurui glanced at him with satisfaction, and suddenly changed his tone: "I heard that shopkeeper Chang also wants to buy an official?"

Chang An immediately put on an appearance of worrying about the country and the people: "The little one also wants to learn from King Wei, petition for the people, and serve the court."

"You think it's expensive?" Zhao Yurui said again.

Chang An didn't expect King Wei to be so direct, and was stunned for a moment.

Then he shook his head and said with a dry smile, "It's indeed a little expensive."

"When we become officials, we want to serve the people and benefit the people. How can we measure it with money?" Zhao Yurui said seriously.

"..." Chang An: "Wei Wang is right--"

"My Great Song Dynasty began to sell officials from the beginning of Qingli, but there has always been an unwritten rule in the officialdom. All officials who buy officials rarely get promoted."

Chang An's face suddenly became serious.

"But following King Wei is different." At this moment, Qin Zhuo, who was standing beside King Wei, said silently, "King Wei always takes good care of his own people."

Chang An didn't even think about it when he heard the words, he got up suddenly, and knelt on the ground with a plop: "I pay homage to King Wei, and I am willing to serve King Wei."

Chang An is a smart man, Wei Wang suddenly called him into the mansion, and then said some irrelevant words, now that he said this, Chang An knew that Wei Wang wanted to recruit himself, he didn't even think about it, just said 'official', and decided to buy official.

No matter how high the price is, first seek refuge with King Wei.

Because the people around King Wei are right, it is difficult for people who buy official positions to get promoted, but if they follow King Wei, they may still have a chance.

"Don't worry, listen to the king's conditions first." Zhao Yurui stepped forward and gently helped him up.

"You want the county captain of Changguo County? I can sell you [-] Guan."

Chang An's face changed slightly. He didn't expect it to be so cheap. He pricked up his ears, knowing that King Wei would have to say something later.

"To the outside world, you said that you bought it for 15 yuan."

Chang An nodded desperately.

"This king sells it so cheaply, of course there are conditions."

"My king wants Jintang Island."

Zhao Yurui said that he wanted Jintang Island for two purposes. One was to garrison the fields, and the food in the garrison fields was used to pay taxes. It was to prove that the money he got from selling officials had built water conservancy projects, plowed new fields, and increased the income of the Qing Dynasty. Yuanfu's grain tax has contributed to the country.

The second is to make sugar, make money, and Changan can share dividends.

Chang An's mind was running fast. He went from being a vice-preservative to a wealthy businessman with a net worth of hundreds of thousands. Regardless of his eyesight and thinking, he was far superior to ordinary people in the Southern Song Dynasty.

There is no harm in this matter, and you can make friends with the king of Wei, why don't you agree?
"From today onwards, I will obey King Wei in everything." Chang An bowed again.

"Okay, okay, Captain Chang, from now on, you and I will be our own brothers." Zhao Yurui laughed loudly, and patted Chang An hard.

This Chang'an has accumulated hundreds of thousands of net worth, and the most valuable in the family is the more than 5000 mu of grain fields.

At this time, the price of high-grade grain fields in Qingyuan Mansion reached 20-30 guan (copper coins) per mu. Jintang Island’s grain fields are actually very good, but people outside the island don’t know. , these fields are worth nearly 10 guan.

"I heard that Jintang Island now has a total of more than 7000 mu of grain fields, and more than half of them are concentrated in the hands of Changxian Wei."

Chang An immediately said: "The lower official is willing to donate a part to the Qingyuan Mansion." He also talked about it.

"What does this king want your land to do, but this king has been to the island, and the land on the island that can be used to grow good farmland can be added up to [-] to [-] mu."

"This king wants to put some of his own people on the island to farm, what can I do?"

Chang An thought for a while: "There are four Dubao on the island, and they all moved to the current grain fields."

"The rest of the land will be used by King Wei's people to garrison new fields."

Zhao Yurui asked again: "Is there anyone willing to make sugar?"

"Most of the islanders make a living by fishing. Not to mention the risks, the annual income of a family of three is about [-] guan."

"If this salary can be achieved, and there are one or two acres of land to maintain rations, the islanders would rather make sugar than go to sea."

Qin Zhuo said: "Are you talking about copper coins or clubs?"

Zhao and Rui usually counted money in copper coins, but many people below, including the common people, always counted in meeting money, so he had to ask clearly.

"Of course it's the meeting." Chang An.

If the meeting is one hundred guan, it is equivalent to more than 30 copper coins. This salary is not high, and it is far lower than Zhao Yurui's expectations.

But at this time, ordinary people in the Southern Song Dynasty could not reach this level of income. Jintang Island could only reach this level of income because it was close to the island.

On the same day, Zhao Yurui and Chang An had a good chat and decided how to farm sugar in Jintang Island. Chang An is a very quick person. After he became the county captain of Changguo County, he was also in charge of the deputy Baozheng and Baochang. , In his words, a group of obedient security chiefs can be replaced to support Wei Wang's security chiefs.

Then King Wei is recruiting soldiers for the navy, and he can recruit directly on Jintang Island. Jintang Island is full of fishermen, good at sea affairs, and it is easier to control after being recruited as a soldier.

This is really a clever plan, and Zhao and Ruiru were enlightened.

The Song Dynasty has always adopted the recruitment system. After the recruitment, the family members can accompany the camp, and the person must have a tattooed face and a nipple arm.

The vacancies in the army are sometimes selected from among the children. If they flee or commit crimes, the punishment is extremely severe, and even relatives and the village are even implicated.Whenever there is a famine year, a large number of bankrupt farmers are recruited, and "thieves" are often recruited as soldiers, which is the so-called "elimination of thieves and relief of hunger".When the source of soldiers is insufficient, the people are also captured as soldiers.Criminals also became one of the sources of soldiers.

Chang'an asked Zhao and Rui to capture the people as soldiers and forcibly conscript the people of Jintang Island.

Moreover, there is no need for forced expropriation, because Chang'an has more than 5000 mu and many tenants. After he returned, he canceled the land rent and did not rent land to the tenants.

The tenants must worry about making a living. At this time, the Dinghai Navy came to the island to recruit, and there must be many people willing to join.

After the recruitment, he will rent his land to the family members of the people who have become the navy, and the rent will be lower. Although the people are unhappy, they must be willing.

I have to say that Chang An is very smart, and for the sake of Zhao Yurui, he is willing to lower the land rent and reduce income.

Of course, Zhao Yurui didn't treat him badly. After making sugar, they shared some profits with him every year.

After entering April, Zhao and Rui were very busy, running between Qingyuan Mansion and Dinghai, spending most of their time in Dinghai, concentrating on business.

Qingyuan Mansion goes there every few days, basically to sign documents, after all, he is the number one in name.

He didn't read many documents and signed them directly. Mo Ze and Nie Zishu looked at them very satisfied.

King Wei really doesn't like power, he only likes money.

Beginning in early April, the Dinghai Navy recruited new troops. It was said that it would recruit 800 people. In fact, it was only recruited in Jintang Island. All the able-bodied families in Jintang Island were forcibly recruited. Out of more than 1000 households, 700 were recruited. With multiple households, on average, each household has at least one capable person who will become a navy establishment, accounting for more than half.

(End of this chapter)