Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 787: No Good Feeling

It's not just unacceptable, the former county magistrate was only capable of this. Unless he got extremely lucky, the highest rank he could get would be the sixth rank.

Gu Erlang had no good feelings towards the former county magistrate, who was promoted and transferred to another post almost because of Gu Wenxuan's impressive political achievements in the imperial examination.

Just like County Magistrate Huang, he also had no good feelings towards him. Previously, Gu Dalang was involved in the silver lending incident, and Lin Xiucai fell, but County Magistrate Huang was not innocent.

It is said that although County Magistrate Huang is greedy for money, he will not go too far. He mainly colludes with big merchants in the county to make money from them, and the big merchants do not want to make money from anyone.

No matter what, it is better to take the money from the people, so as not to be so cruel as to embezzle the grain stored in Taiping Warehouse for profit, otherwise even the county magistrate should be punished with death.

"They don't dare. We are in Zhili. It's too easy to be discovered. According to the ancestral system, this is a capital crime punishable by extermination of the entire clan.

They are so bold that they will collude with grain merchants to buy high and sell low when the new grain is stored in the warehouse and the old grain is sold out, so as to reap the maximum profit.

But if they dare not sell but not buy, do they think that Zhao Lao Da, the official in Beijing, is just a decoration, or that Wang the shopkeeper is blind? Even if they have a hundred guts, they will not dare to act rashly. "

Apart from these factors, what was the purpose of storing grain in Taiping Warehouse? The founding emperor of Daliang even formulated a series of laws and prevention plans for this purpose.

Its function is to purchase grain at a price higher than the market price in good years, sell grain at a price slightly lower than the market price in famine years, and provide interest-free loans or even free relief in disaster years!
What we are trying to prevent are low grain prices hurting farmers, high rice prices hurting people, as well as sudden natural disasters and urgent wars, thus resisting the destabilization of the country's foundation.

Generally speaking, the grain in the Taiping warehouse is not something that can be controlled by the county lieutenant, let alone the county magistrate. No matter how powerful the county lieutenant is, he cannot get the approval of the prefect.

If the prefect dares to issue an approval document without following the court's rules and regulations, his entire clan will be exterminated. Such cases occurred when our dynasty was just established, and they were all severely punished!
In this regard, the predecessor who traveled through time did a very good job. At least he set a good example for the emperors of Daliang Kingdom. For hundreds of years, no Taiping warehouse has been empty.

Of course, I think it’s also thanks to the corn and sweet potatoes.

Everyone is hungry and the crop yields in the fields are limited. In these days when people rely on the weather for food, even Taipingcang is not peaceful.

"Generally speaking, County Magistrate Huang is not at the point of being beheaded." Gu Wenxuan took a sip of the teacup while it was still hot. "Why did that man bear to leave today?"

It would have been fine if we didn't talk about it, but once it was mentioned, Gu Erlang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "That's because he was willing to leave. I've told you again and again that it's useless to ask you for help with this matter.

If you make the county magistrate look at you differently, he will not intervene. This man is really shameless. Mr. Bai ran away, but this man refused to leave. "

Gu Wenxuan nodded, "I guess this person has tried every way to find Cheng Xianyu these days but to no avail, so he had no choice but to find us.

What's this guy's name, where does he live, what does he do, and since he came to my house, did he mention why he was worried about being implicated by County Magistrate Huang?"

Gu Erlang slapped his forehead with a "pa" sound, "Look at me, I'm confused. That man's surname is Fang, and he said he has the same surname as my uncle's father-in-law, and he is also his cousin.

His name is easy to remember, Fang Liang, and Mr. Bai called him Big Liangzi. I can’t remember where he lived, but I remember he said he lived in the east of the city, not far from Mr. Bai’s home.”

After hearing this, Gu Wenxuan knew what was going on. "I know who it is. This person should be related to the old grain in Taiping Warehouse that we just talked about."

"Grain merchant?" Gu Erlang frowned. "The biggest grain merchant in Qingyang County is not named Fang. Your conservator sent a gift to the house for a feast." "That's right. If we really talk about this Mr. Fang, he is not a grain merchant in Qingyang County. Don't listen to his nonsense that he is still my uncle, father-in-law, and cousin.

If my uncle's father-in-law had such a big shot in his family, would it be necessary for him to be sold as a servant and now help his employer guard the grain store in the town?

His Fang family is so useless. So far, they have only produced one scholar, Fang, who cannot rely on the family at all. Only Silang's wife is ignorant!
That woman is still raising her status and comparing my wife with her. She knows nothing. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are a hundred times more decent than hers..."

Gu Erlang was stunned. Why did he suddenly talk about this? Looking at his angry brother, he couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Is Silang's wife sick again these two days?"

"He's not mentally ill. If he gets sick in the past two days, he'll have to wait a few days for news. Forget it, I won't talk about this idiot anymore. It won't ruin my mood."

"That's right, why are you mentioning her so seriously? Didn't you say that as long as she doesn't dance in front of your wife, you'll treat her like a piece of shit? Let's get back to the point and talk about Fang Liang."

"..." You will lose your brothers if you do this. Am I a person who uses foul language? Gu Wenxuan looked at his brother sideways, "What does the one behind me mean? I never said that."

"Yes, yes, it was Big Brother who wronged you and put you in trouble." He is so old, but he is still like a child. Gu Erlang laughed and shook his head, "That Fang Liang?"

"This man came to our Qingyang County to settle down at about the same time as County Magistrate Huang. County Magistrate Huang came at the end of the year, and he bought a house and settled down in the spring of the following year."

Remember it so clearly?

Gu Erlang was startled, "Is he County Magistrate Huang's assistant?"

"Not really. This man and County Magistrate Huang are from the same hometown. Before he came to settle in Qingyang County, his family was not comparable to County Magistrate Huang's."

Ok!

"He is a bastard, and a relatively favored one at that. It's just that after his father passed away, instead of splitting up the family, he came to settle down in our Qingyang County.

Among them, County Lieutenant Huang had passed the imperial examination and wanted to become an official, but his family had no money to do business with, so County Lieutenant Huang went to this man's father to borrow money.

That's why County Magistrate Huang used the money and got the position of County Magistrate of Qingyang County through his schoolmate, so this old man came to find County Magistrate Huang as soon as he left.

The grain merchant approval document he obtained was not obtained through County Magistrate Huang. His aunt also gave birth to a good sister for him, and his father found a good family for his sister. "

clear.

The reason why this man is a grain merchant is because of the power of his brother-in-law's family! Gu Erlang nodded to show that he understood, and signaled his brother not to stop and continue.

“As for why I said he was related to the old grain in our Qingyang County’s Taiping Warehouse, it was because the eldest daughter-in-law of Mr. Tian, ​​a big grain merchant in our county, came to my wife to complain.

What she meant was that business was not doing well, the price of old grain in Taiping Warehouse was raised too high, and her Tian family had lost a lot of business to this Mr. Fang. My wife found it very strange to hear this.

After the people left, my wife asked me if the old grain in Taiping Warehouse belonged to a large grain merchant in each county. Only then did I get a feel for Mr. Fang’s background.”