Chapter 129: Taking Advantage or Losing?
It was completely dark, but the living room of Sun Yuanda's home was full of people.
Sun Yuanda in the middle was smoking a cigarette. The rest of the people in the living room were also silent, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
Yang Wenhu, the shopkeeper of Baishengtong, is a middle-aged man who looks like a scholar. He looked out the window and said to Sun Yuanda: "Mr. Sun, please hold the lamp when it gets dark."
Sun Yuanda nodded. Then five or six maids brought candles, and the room was filled with light.
"Your Majesty and the Prime Minister should already know about us by now, right?"
An old man with a strong Shexian accent stood up slowly and said.
Yang Wenhu smiled bitterly and said: "Whether it is a disaster or a good thing, it is difficult to say now."
Sun Yuanda, who was smoking, put down his cigarette rod and said: "General Lei Hengda's troops entered Yangzhou, but Have you ever gone to rob your mansion?"
Yang Wenhu said with lingering fear: "When the army entered the city, I thought the Yang family was about to be exterminated."
Sun Yuanda said again: "Lantian. When the officials took over Yangzhou, apart from re-surveying the land outside the city and distributing our excess land to the tenants, did they ever deprive us of our shops?" Yang Wenhu said: "Didn't this happen? , To be honest, I learned from those officials that although we have to start paying taxes, no one will accept the money sent to them.
If Lantian does not accept black money, I, Yang Wenhu, will do it. I would rather pay more taxes."
Feng Tong, an old man with a Shexian accent, looked at the room full of people and said: "Lantian abolished the "Opening Law", razed Zhangjiakou to the ground, and ordered a new one for Yanba. I have calculated that the price will be unified throughout the Ming Dynasty, and there is no benefit in it.
Where will those of us who make our fortunes go from here?"
Sun Yuanda coughed and said: " It depends on how Your Majesty will rule today, but we can also see some clues from His Majesty's behavior.
This world already belongs to Your Majesty, so you don't have to worry about what will happen to you. Being exploited like this by the intruders and thieves
It will do no good to Your Majesty to destroy the world.
Since we have sent the news out, we will wait patiently. Well, I don’t believe that no discerning person in the Lantian Imperial Court could see our intention to meet His Majesty.”
Everyone nodded in unison, changed the tasteless tea, and prepared to continue waiting.
At this moment, the housekeeper of Sun Mansion came in hurriedly and said to Sun Yuanda: "Mr. Liu from Lantian is here to visit."
Everyone in the room was shocked and started talking. He stood up and walked into the inner room without Sun Yuanda's instructions.
After the maids cleared away the tea bowls and restocked the snacks, Sun Yuanda walked in accompanied by Master Liu who had a frosty look on his face.
Master Liu stared at Sun Yuanda for a moment, then sat down at the top and said:: "You have done me a terrible job."
Sun Yuanda said with a smile: "We just want to see His Majesty, and have no intention of harming the old Master."
Master Liu Book picked up the tea bowl and drank it in one gulp, and then said: "My relationship with Your Majesty is not that of monarch and minister, but of master and servant. I think shopkeeper Sun should already know this."
Sun Yuanda smiled and said: "If He is not a master's servant. With the ability of the old chief secretary, he has been in charge of the capital city for so many years, but he has been enjoying it for fifteen years as a small chief secretary. You said it, I am really embarrassed. Your Majesty only allowed me to stay in Lantian because of my diligence. Your Majesty saw through the trick you played at a glance.
You can only deceive me. This kind of worthless person, if you replace him with an official from Yushan Academy, your methods are not enough to be grasped.
Don’t give money to the people under my command in the future. Yes, giving money is tantamount to harming them. Just before I came here, the one who took your money was arrested, and the two scribes were expelled from the county government and will never be used again."
Clerk, the head catcher is Sun Yuanda's three free chess pieces to test the Lantian County government office. After using them, they will be thrown away. < /p>
Master Liu looked at Sun Yuanda and said: "Don't tempt me in the future. Lantian officials are not poor. A clerk earns twelve silver coins a month. Although it is not enough for them to eat and fish all day long, it is enough to support their family." More than enough.
Shopkeeper Sun, you are shooting yourself in the foot!
Our Majesty has always been wise, and the whole world is under your eyes. It's tucked underneath.
With the "Opening of China Law" gone, the salt merchants are useless, and you have a lot of money. The country has just gone through war, and this is the time when you rich people are needed. .
Your Majesty should have considered this matter for a long time. It didn’t cost you a tael of silver, but now you have made it panic. Please give your Majesty’s instructions.”
Sun Yuanda listens. When shopkeeper Liu said this, he immediately lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground.
Master Liu said angrily: "Stand up, the Lantian Imperial Court has abolished the ceremony of kneeling and worshiping. You just stand and listen. Your Majesty now only accepts the courtesy of old slaves like me."
p>Sun Yuanda looked at Master Liu in confusion and said, "We merchants don't have to kneel down, either?"
Master Liu said impatiently: "Not even beggars!"
Sun Yuanda had no choice but to stand upright, clasping his hands and saluting, which seemed to indicate that he was listening attentively.
Master Liu cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty said: He wants to see me for one hundred thousand silver dollars. He wants to see me too well. Go and tell that Sun Yuanda that the Qin merchants in Yangzhou regard me as too cheap. "
Sun Yuanda was overjoyed when he heard this. He saluted the Lantian County government office repeatedly and said: "The grassroots people know their mistakes, and the grassroots people know their mistakes, so they will vigorously correct them.Pass. ”
Master Liu and Sun Yuanda sat down again.
Sun Yuanda happily raised his hands to Master Liu and said: “As long as Your Majesty agrees to allow us ordinary people to come to see you, no matter how much it costs, , Qin merchants in Yangzhou, and Hui merchants followed them all. ”
Before Chief Liu came to see Sun Yuanda, he went to see Yun Zhao again and explained in detail the matter of Sun Yuanda giving money to three minor officials, which made the boss Yun Zhao unhappy.
p>Fortunately, Pei Zhong was here, so things calmed down.
“I gave you a guarantee and let you go to Yushan Academy, so you should take the Yushan Academy train. I've seen it. "
When Sun Yuanda heard Master Liu say such words, he jumped up in surprise and said impatiently: "Could it be that? "
Master Liu nodded and said: "Yushan Academy is full of good things, such as this train. Your Majesty has always wanted to connect Yushan City with Fenghuang Mountain City and Chang'an City by train.
But..."
Sun Yuanda laughed loudly and said: "Well, Mr. Liu, aren't we just building railways? The distance from Yushan City to Fenghuang Mountain City is only eighty miles, and the distance from Fenghuang Mountain City to Chang'an is only one hundred and twenty miles, and only two hundred miles of railway.
Please Chief Liu report to Your Majesty that we, Qin merchants and Hui merchants, will shoulder the full responsibility. ”
Master Liu nodded with satisfaction and said: “However, this requires at least one million silver coins to achieve. "
Sun Yuanda laughed heartily again, and said to Mr. Liu: "The merchants in the river are the most luxurious, and the windows are covered with fine gauze. With an urgent salary limit of 300,000 yuan, Western merchants still left home when they were young.
Master Liu, a millionaire is not considered a wealthy person in Yangzhou! ”
Master Liu’s eyes suddenly lit up, he patted the table and said: “Look at me, my memory is not good as I get older. After the railway is repaired, there are always trains running on the railway. Look, His Majesty wants us to connect the three places. It’s not a problem if the number of trains is small. "
Sun Yuanda said: "How is this possible? "
Master Liu was furious when he heard this and just stared at Sun Yuanda.
Hearing Sun Yuanda say again: "If only one railway track is laid, what if the two trains meet in the middle? What should we do? I think these train tracks should be built into two.
In this way, trains can come and go smoothly. ”
Master Liu couldn’t help but open his mouth.
Hearing Sun Yuanda say again: “Trains and train tracks alone are not enough, we also need Yushan City and Yushan Academy.” We will build beautiful train stations in Fenghuang Mountain City, one in Lantian County, and one outside Chang'an City.
According to my observation, the running of this train is earth-shattering, gasping, and It's hot. Our Guanzhong has always been picturesque. Such a disaster cannot be caused. In addition, the young children of the people and cattle and sheep often run onto the railway. What's wrong with this? In my opinion, both sides of the railway should Pomegranate trees were planted as fences.
Every spring, the pomegranate flowers are in full swing and beautiful. No matter who takes the train to travel between these three places, they are in a good mood.
In autumn, if the pomegranates are ripe, you can pick a pomegranate and try it while sitting on the train. I guarantee that even the ladies in Chang'an City will go there as long as they have free time. Take the train.
I tell you, Mr. Liu, this is not over yet, we still..."
Sun Yuanda's voice rang in Mr. Liu's ears. The head clerk's mind was completely frozen. He just watched Sun Yuanda's big mouth hidden in his thick beard opening and closing.
He was completely immersed in the beautiful scene described by Sun Yuanda.
Until he was sent out of the Sun Mansion by Sun Yuandagong, his mind was still filled with beautiful scenes of pomegranate flowers blooming or growing full of pomegranates beside the railway.
It only took an hour to come and go.
When Chief Secretary Liu returned to the county government office, he saw that the lights in His Majesty's bedroom were still on and the window was open, so he carefully came to the window and whispered: "Your Majesty, Sun Yuanda has agreed to everything. "
Yun Zhao, who was reading under the lamp, raised his head and glanced at Master Liu and said, "Don't they agree? ”
Master Liu waved his hands repeatedly and said: “Your Majesty, they agreed to everything, and they even said that one railway was too thin and they needed to be built into a double line... and they also said...”
Waiting for Liu After the chief clerk repeated Sun Yuanda's words eloquently, he expected a satisfied smile to appear on His Majesty's stern face.
As a result, he was disappointed, and there was no smile on Yun Zhao's face. He thought, but said a little irritably: "If the Prime Minister's Office hadn't obstructed the construction of the railway in every possible way on the grounds that the national treasury was exhausted, how could I have taken advantage of these vampires. "
" Make them cheaper? ”
Master Liu once again showed a confused look.
He found that not only did he feel strange to His Majesty in front of him, but even Sun Yuanda felt like a stranger. .