The rise of the poor

Chapter 1246
After a group of grain merchants came to their conclusions at the banquet, they all said that since the county honored voted for peaches, we should naturally repay them wisely.

They also quickly reached a consensus on how to report the money at the banquet. According to the size of the grain shop, the grain merchants were divided into three categories: large, medium, and small.Those who belong to small-scale grain merchants will be given a gift of 800 taels of silver; those who belong to mid-range grain merchants will be given a gift of 1500 taels of silver; and those of large-scale grain merchants will be given a gift of 2500 taels of silver.

Of course, these are just the first batch of thank-you gifts. At the end of each month, they will take out 20.00% of the net profit according to the operating conditions of their respective grain stores as a thank-you gift and send them to the Yamen.

Can't bear the child, can't set the wolf!The businessmen couldn't be more clear about this truth.Although there are many gifts, it is not a small number for them, but compared with the future income, it is nothing!
With the official endorsement of the county official, they can open their hands and feet to sell food and make money without worrying about the future. They don't have to worry about being arrested and sent to prison, sent to the army for distribution, or beheaded on the spot to make an example to others!

Compared with the grain merchants in Taizhou Fucheng and other counties, their Jingnan grain merchants are already in heaven.

Of course, although there were regulations on how to report Li, but for the sake of safety, a group of grain merchants recommended a grain merchant to ask for directions, and first went to the county government to give Zhu Pingan a thank you gift, and went to test the water for everyone.

Shopkeeper Lu stood out from the middle and high votes, and was "honored" to be the stone to throw stones.

"Ahem, can't you send another person to accompany me? Shopkeeper Tai, you and my brother, how about walking with me?" Shopkeeper Lu looked at all the grain merchants, especially Shopkeeper Tai, with a bitter face. .

"Get lost!" Shopkeeper Tai rolled his eyes.

"Fatty Lu, don't dawdle, go quickly, go and come back quickly, we are all anxiously waiting for your reply. If you don't leave, we will accept [-]% of the thank you gift for you this time, but it won't count."

A group of grain merchants could not help urging, half threatening, half joking, when they saw the shopkeeper Lu lingering.

"The wind is blowing and the water is cold. Fatty, I will go and return soon. Shopkeepers are waiting for my good news."

Hearing that all the grain merchants threatened to take back the thank you gift for helping him recognize [-]%, the shopkeeper Lu, who was addicted to money, stopped dawdling, his waist didn't hurt, his back didn't hurt, and he trotted all the way to be his asking stone. .

A group of grain merchants were drinking and chatting, dreaming about the wealth at their fingertips, while waiting for news from the shopkeeper Lu.

Soon, the crowd had only passed three rounds of drinking, when they heard footsteps, and then saw the figure of shopkeeper Lu.

What the hell!

Why did Fatty Lu come back so soon? Is this because he was kicked out after he ascended the gate of the county lord? !

All the grain merchants suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts, worried that Fatty Lu would mess things up, and felt that things had developed beyond their expectations and beyond their control...

"Fatty Lu, why did you come back so soon? Has the county honored the gift you gave?"

A group of grain merchants asked anxiously and nervously.

Shopkeeper Lu nodded first, but before all the grain merchants showed joy on their faces, Shopkeeper Lu shook his head again, shaking his big fat face, and all the grain merchants who were shaking straight became angry .

"Fuck! Fatty Lu, what do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?! Convulsions?! Will the county lord accept or confiscate the thank you gift you sent over?! Give us an accurate statement. Now we can When it's not a joke, if you don't have a proper shape, you will return the [-]% thank you gift we recognized for you."

A group of grain merchants were stunned, thinking that Shopkeeper Lu was playing tricks on them, so they said to Shopkeeper Lu with a bad expression.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of grain merchants, shopkeeper Lu nodded first, then shook his head again. Seeing the unkind expressions on everyone's faces, shopkeeper Lu himself blushed anxiously and spread his hands, "Oh, I... I I don't know whether the county honor will take it or confiscate it!"

"What do you mean? What do you mean you don't know if the county lord confiscates it?! The one on your neck is a pig's head. You don't know whether the county lord confiscated the thank you gift you sent yourself. It's such a simple matter. Clear?! You usually forget about every positive shape, but when is it now, are you still joking with us?!"

All the grain merchants laughed angrily, and those who were impatient started to roll up their sleeves, as if they wanted to look good to shopkeeper Lu.

"Oh, what I said is true, I'm really not joking with you." The shopkeeper Lu blushed and explained anxiously.

"Okay, everyone, calm down. Shopkeeper Lu, don't worry, sit down and have a sip of tea, and tell us slowly about your meeting with the county lord." Shopkeeper Yang waved his hand, signaling everyone to be safe. impatient.

Shopkeeper Lu sat down and drank a cup of tea, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, breathed a sigh of relief, and told all the grain merchants about his trip to the yamen to give gifts, "I have arrived at the county yamen, please ask the people in the ear room of the county yamen The officer passed on the news, and I met the county venerable very smoothly. After meeting the county lord, I knelt down and kowtowed three times. The county lord couldn't hold me back. Our grain bank business expressed our gratitude, and then handed the 1500 taels of silver notes under the table to the county lord."

It's time to witness the truth!
After hearing this, the grain merchants couldn't help but sit up straight, and looked at shopkeeper Lu without blinking.

Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Lu paused at this point, and the heavy grain merchant couldn't help but glared and urged, "Then what?"

"Then. The county lord was very unhappy, with a serious face, and rejected me with righteous words. The county lord said that he defined the grain only for the public, so he asked me to take back the bank notes for self-interest."

Shopkeeper Lu paused, then continued.

what! ?

The magistrate refused? !

The magistrate didn't accept the gift? !Now it's a little troublesome!Two thousand five hundred wen per stone, this policy cannot be changed.

When the grain merchants heard the words, they immediately became nervous.The county lords don't accept thank you gifts, so how can they not be nervous.

"Fatty Lu, you are so stupid, the county magistrate told you to take it back, so take it back! Liu Bei is still paying attention to the thatched cottage!"

"County respect is reserved, worried about being known by others"

A group of grain merchants sighed and complained endlessly to shopkeeper Lu.

"Of course I can't take it back. I told the county lord that I kept this bank note in my arms all the way, and no one saw it. Besides, only the county lord and I were in this room. No third person would know about it." .”

Shopkeeper Lu shook his head vigorously, and argued.

"Well, it's not bad, and then?" A group of grain merchants praised the shopkeeper Lu, and then asked.

"Then the county lord got even more angry, saying that heaven knows, the earth knows, you know and I know, how can you say that no one knows! Resolutely refuse to accept it." Shopkeeper Lu continued, "I insisted again and again, but the county lord refused to accept it. I got kicked out."

"what?!"

"How could this be?!"

When a group of grain merchants heard that Zhu Pingan insisted on not accepting the gift, they couldn't help being stunned. This was different from what they thought.

Get angry again anxiously.

"However, just when I was disheartened and about to give up. The county lord asked me that Jingnan was hit by severe floods, and the victims were displaced and starved for food. Would you like to donate money for the victims of Jingnan?! Naturally, I said yes. Then, the county lord took out a donation agreement and asked me to sign and press my fingerprints on it. My thank you gift of 500 taels became a donation in a daze."

Shopkeeper Lu touched his head, and continued, until now his mind is still a mess.

The mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way out, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and there is another village. When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up immediately!
"Xianzun is really a master. In this way, there will be no traces and impeccable. Hahahaha, shopkeeper Lu, you have done a good job." Shopkeeper Yang smiled and patted shopkeeper Lu on the shoulder, expressing his approval.

"Shopkeeper Yang, you mean I've delivered it?!" Shopkeeper Lu's eyes lit up.

Shopkeeper Yang nodded with a smile, and then said to the grain merchants, "Everyone, next, it's time for me to go to the county government to donate money."

As a result, a group of grain merchants in Jingnan went to the Yamen to meet Zhu Ping'an one after another, and donated money enthusiastically.

(End of this chapter)