Bachelor

Chapter 297 City Makes Life Better
Sun Dan said again: "I have invited a lot of Shanxi businessmen from Shanxi tonight. As long as the Shanxi businessmen put all the supplies they hoarded in the capital into Fangshan, the prices should be stabilized. After a while, we will I will also contact the merchants stationed in Huguang Guild Hall and ask them to bring over some rice grains. Huguang is cooked and the world is full. I believe that the price of Fangshan will not only not be as high as it is now, it will even be lower than ordinary county towns. Some."

As far as the feudal society is concerned, due to poor transportation and communication, prices vary greatly from place to place, and are greatly affected by seasons and the quantity of goods.Before the silver standard system was established, the way for the country to stabilize prices was to intervene in the market with grain stored in the country's large warehouses.However, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, because of the great abundance of the commodity economy, food alone was not enough to have a certain impact on prices.Therefore, the influence of state regulation on the market is getting lower and lower.It was a good idea for Sun Dan to introduce a large number of commodities into Fangshan.

Hearing what he said, all the gentry thought about it carefully and felt relieved.

Sun Dan's explanation is not unacceptable.

But Guo Pu, Mu Shouli, and Guo Hongben came here to make trouble, how could they allow Sun Dan to pass the test easily.

Seeing that everyone stopped making trouble, Guo Hong sneered loudly, and looked at Sun Dan: "So it's you." He had already recognized Sun Dan, and the guy sitting on the seat turned out to be the one who got involved in Biyun Temple and bought it from himself. The little scholar who took Tang Bohu's painting.

Only then did Sun Dan discover Guo Hong, and nodded slightly: "So it's you, don't you come here all right?"

Sun Dan ignored Mu Shouli who was next to him, which made Mu County Prime Minister very angry. He also knew that tonight was the time to completely turn against Sun Dan. The matter had reached this point, and there was no room for reconciliation.He sneered and said to Sun Dan: "Master Sun, this is Guo Hong, the young master of Marquis Wuding's mansion. He has accepted the order of Lord Marquis to review the gains and losses of Fangshan's administration."

Guo Xun is in charge of the garrison and security of the capital, because the capital needs everything it needs from the local government, and it can also intervene appropriately in local civil affairs.

Sun Dan was amused when Muxian Cheng saw Guo Xun pulling out and holding a tiger skin as a banner.Guo Xun is such a treacherous and treacherous person, he naturally knew that he must have obtained the emperor's will to come to Fangshan to pilot tax reform, so he would not come to this troubled water.He and Guo Pu had such a quarrel, Lao Guo also ignored it, because he also knew that Sun Dan's position was approved by the emperor.If he really wanted to intervene, he would have intervened a long time ago, how could he send his son over to find him uncomfortable.

It is certain that this is just Guo Hong's personal behavior, so there is no need to take it seriously.

Seeing that Sun Dan recognized him, Guo Hong said: "Who am I? It turns out that Sun Dan is you. You are very famous, my lord. It is widely rumored in the capital that you are a first-class celebrity in the country. But my little lord Seeing you doing such sloppy things in Fangshan, the Lord doesn't deserve your reputation at all."

Sun Dan smiled indifferently: "What Sun Dan has done is worthy of His Majesty the Emperor and the people of Li. He has a clear conscience, and he doesn't need to explain to you, an ordinary scholar. You have no official status, and you are not a gentry in Fangshan. Fang Shan wants to review the gains and losses of his administration, if he really got Guohou's order, please show Guohou's warrant and related documents."

"You...you really think I can't get it out." Guo Hong stretched his hand into his bosom, but didn't take out anything for a long time.He didn't have the so-called warrant document, but he refused to lose in his imposing manner, he just said bitterly: "My father is such a noble person, his warrant is not allowed to be shown to you, an official sesame seed."

Sun Dan smiled, ignored him, and continued to talk to the squires in Fangshan: "Now let me talk about hygiene issues. You have also seen recently that there are so many migrants in Fangshan that there are not enough huts. The public huts are full, and some people defecate indiscriminately. The whole Fangshan City is very smelly. Thinking about it, the excrement and urine in the public huts in the city are good fertilizers. But now, because there is too much excrement and urine, the price is cheap. Now people are not happy to offer money to transport them!"

Everyone in the hall laughed softly.

"However, you don't have to worry about this matter. I have two measures that will be implemented starting tomorrow. They should be able to return the people of Fangshan to a clean and tidy home." At this point, Sun Dan shouted at Song Qingsong: "Song Qingsong, Come and tell everyone."

Song Qingsong walked to the center of the hall and raised his voice: "Master Sun has asked me to set up an urban management and law enforcement brigade. In addition to transporting excrement out of the city on weekdays, he also patrols the city every day. Anyone caught defecating indiscriminately will be fined a penny." money."

Hearing what Song Qingsong said, everyone nodded: "This is a good idea, and no one would dare to mess around after thinking about it. If it's convenient anywhere, wouldn't it be a problem for your own wallet?"

Mu Shou asked with a cold face: "How did you set up a law enforcement team? Who allowed it? To set up this law enforcement team, it is not enough to rely on the yamen servants in the yamen, and you have to recruit new people. Where will this part of the expenses be spent? I will never agree."

Song Qingsong cupped his hands: "Returning to the words of Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Sun said that the salaries of these newly added personnel do not need to be spent in the yamen."

Mu Shouli was a little puzzled: "What's going on?"

Sun explained lightly and said: "Didn't everyone say that Fangshan is dirty and messy? Besides the people, there are too many small vendors on the street. I plan to gather these vendors together and set up a farmers' market." , Each stall charges a stall fee of five renminbi per day."

"Competing for profit with the people, Wang Anshi, you are our Wang Anshi of Fangshan!" Mu Shouli stood up suddenly, pointed at Sun Dan and shouted: "From ancient times to the present, people have never been accepted by the government when they go to the city to sell vegetables and sundries. Duty, what you're doing is ridiculous."

Guo Hong also yelled: "Absurd, absurd, even the capital didn't do this, you Sun Dan is really whimsical! No, I have to report this to my father and let him see what this Sun Dan has done ?”

Sun Dan ignored the clamor of these two people. In his opinion, these two people did not represent the interests of the entire Fangshan gentry class. As long as the group of gentry in the room were dealt with, Guo Hong, Guo Pu and others would treat them as farting .

Sun Dan raised his voice and said, "I don't want the government to set up this market. Besides, I, Sun Dan, don't have such a big space. A big market needs at least [-] mu of land. In this way, whoever has a place in the suburbs of the city Such a large land might as well contribute, each booth can keep half of the booth fee collected every day, and the other half will be given to the urban management law enforcement team, after the urban management law enforcement team pays the salary, the balance will be charged to the national treasury.”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Potian was shocked, and with a "boom", there was a commotion below.All the gentry are discussing in whispers, and everyone is thinking about their own calculations.

As Sun Dan said, if the stall fees were split equally between the government and them, based on a large market of [-] acres, at least thousands of stalls could be set up.An income of more than [-] Wen was recorded every day.After a month, the income is more than [-] Wen.There is no need to do anything, even if you lie on the bed, white money will flow down.Such a good thing has surpassed their imagination.

It turns out that money can still be earned like this!
Sure enough, someone couldn't bear the excitement in his heart and stood up suddenly: "It's done, let me do it. I still have a lot of vacant land in Chengxiba. I can use it with a little tinkering."

The one who spoke was the same Kuang Xiucai who spoke earlier, and he had hoarded a lot of land recently.Chengxiba was originally located on the outskirts of the city, and there was no way to sell it in a short period of time. It was just right to use it as a vegetable market.

Seeing the situation, Xiucai took the lead, and the others were not happy.Someone shouted: "Kuang Xiucai, you are really clever. My family also has land in the west of the city, and I can contribute it too. Why should I take advantage of you alone. Grandpa Sun, I am also willing to do this."

Kuang Xiucai was furious: "What are you doing, are you trying to steal my business? Who is it?"

The man refused to admit defeat and got into a ball with Kuang Xiucai.

When everyone saw the commotion, they all started to make a fuss: "Hit, hit, kill him."

"Master Sun, I also have land in the east of the city, so just leave it to me."

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Seeing that the commotion was really outrageous, Mu Shouli was so angry that his beard stood on end: Sun Dan is so insidious, a vegetable market will drag Fangshan's country gentry to his side, and if it continues like this, tonight it will really happen. It's turned into a farce.

He shouted angrily: "What are you doing, what are you doing, are you still scholars who read sage books?"

Everyone fell silent at the same time.

Mu Xiancheng: "It's ridiculous, I don't think this market can do it."

"No, Mr. Mu, why don't you do it if you don't do it?"

"Mu Shouli, Mr. Sun has already spoken. What do you mean by being a county magistrate? If you have any business, you are here to take care of it. Let's listen to Mr. Sun."

"Yes, yes, we will listen to Master Sun on this matter."

……

With all people united, people's hearts began to subtly move closer to Sun Dan.

Sun Dan was overjoyed and said, "You don't need to argue anymore. You can negotiate to resolve the vegetable market. I took a look and found that the ground in Kuang Xiucai's place is relatively spacious and suitable for a market. If you want to participate, A shareholding system can be implemented. Divide Kuang Xiucai's land into several pieces, buy them at the regular price, and join them as shares. Kuang Xiucai, how about this method?"

"Yes, yes, is this a good idea?" All those who intend to participate in the stock applaud at the same time.

Although Kuang Xiucai didn't want to, it was known that the magistrate of the county had said so, and the crowd was raging. If he didn't agree, he was afraid that he would become the public enemy of everyone, so he had no choice but to nod: "But according to the elder's order."

"There is someone who is responsible for transporting feces, managing streets, and setting up vegetable markets. I will definitely give you a clean and refreshing Fangshan County. The city will definitely make life better." Sun Dan changed the subject: "Now let's talk about whether to encourage business The problem, just now, it was just a small profit from the mustard seeds in a vegetable market, which made you all excited. Think about it, if it weren’t for the large number of migrants in Fangshan, you would build such a large vegetable market, who would sell the vegetables to and from whom? Go up and collect booth fees. It can be seen that this business is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. It not only increases the country's tax revenue, but also makes everyone's pockets bulge. It is just a vegetable market. How much money can be earned is up to me. If you get this weaving bureau, your annual profit will be thousands of times your current income."

(End of this chapter)