Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 712
My nephew was beaten and sent to Tianjinwei's Zhuangzi to do hard labor. After all, those like the Luo family were in the minority who were grateful, and resentment was inevitable.

But thinking about Sun Yonggang, the son of Ning Xibo who was beaten on the street that day, everyone gritted their teeth and endured it. If they really didn't know how to make trouble at home, they might cause even bigger disasters.

However, when the street inspectors of the Jinyiwei Patrol Division walked on the street, they encountered those who caused troubles and extortion, petty theft, robbery in the street, and other acts of bullying the weak. As far as the law is concerned, the people rescued by them are of course very grateful. In some stores, it is necessary to give a plaque, some wine and meat as a reward.

A plaque, no matter if it has red characters on a black background or gold characters on a black background, will not be less than five taels of silver, and a slightly better workmanship will cost more than ten taels of silver.

Someone spread the news to Wang Tong, and Wang Tong said with a smile:

"Send it like this, wouldn't the guard room in Jinyiwei Yamen be full of plaques, just send a flag."

Wang Tong casually said about the pennant, but the person who asked the question was a little confused. He didn't know what it was, so he had to ask a few more questions. Wang Tong explained:

"There is a square flag hanging on one side, with words of praise written on it. This saves money and expresses gratitude."

When the word spread, someone naturally followed suit. Bu Xing first took over the salesman and said words of thanks and praise, and they made it.

Even the business of the trumpeting team with the capital has improved a lot. If you want to send something to the Jinyiwei yamen, you can't just go there.

Jin Yiwei used to have a very bad reputation in the capital and even in the world. To say "Hawk Dog" is already an unbiased compliment. I think these people are the most shameless and treacherous villains. Deserving of this name, he likes to take advantage of petty gains, oppress good people, is timid and fearful, and never cares about theft and robbery. No decent people will look at such a person.

Since the establishment of the Patrol Department to patrol the streets, they have done a lot of things that are righteous, punishing evil and promoting good, and doing a lot of serious legal work, and everyone's feelings towards them have also changed a little bit.

However, after all, it has only been like this for a few months, and some deep-rooted concepts will not be able to change for a while, but the old lady of the Luo family sent a plaque to the Jinyiwei yamen, thanking Jinyiwei for disciplining her prodigal son, but it is a story that is talked about in the streets and alleys, the prodigal son People are most willing to listen to and talk about such things as the return of money without exchange.

The officialdom in the capital was originally chaotic because of Wei Yunzhen's memorial, and because of the death of Xu Jie, a veteran of the two dynasties and a famous official in the world, there was a lot of noise and nothing else.

He didn't notice the change of Jinyiwei in the hearts of the people in the capital at all. After all, even if there were not so many troubles, no one would notice.

Shima Lane is the first-class bustling street in the capital. The place adjacent to this street, even two streets away, is very lively and bustling, but the prices of the grounds and shops are much cheaper than Shima Lane. In June, some high-flyers who didn’t know where they came from bought a lot of land.

I thought it would be used to open a shop and do business, but after the houses and yards inside were demolished, the outside was built with wooden poles and bamboo frames, and surrounded by thatch, so that no one could see clearly what was inside. When carts of wood and masonry were pulled in from outside the city, there was a clanging sound.

Except for other places in the capital, of course no one will pay attention to what you do, but in the capital, you surround such a large area, but you don't let people see what's going on inside. Yousi is about to come and ask. The lieutenant went in to ask, and then ignored him when he came out. The soldiers and horses of the five cities also came to ask, and the people from Shuntian Mansion also came to ask.

I haven't seen any scenes in the capital, and when I see the yamen everywhere, I know that the background is probably very good, and the yamen everywhere can't afford to offend, and everyone doesn't have to worry about any troubles inside.

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Theatrical troupes these days are really good, they can sing and act well, and they don’t show their faces on the street to make money, but are raised by rich and powerful families. Small operas in the troupe, in addition to singing, sometimes also Concubines who have become rich and powerful, as for those luthiers and musicians, they also have a lot of income, and their food and clothing expenses are much higher than those of middle-level wealthy households.

But if you set up a stage to sing in teahouses and restaurants, it will be too bad, let alone eating tea and drinking in a noisy way, no one will pay attention to you, and earning money from singing is just food and clothing. If you want to earn more, then don’t even think about it Occasionally, some wealthy households hold birthday celebrations, some village worship gods, invite the troupe to sing a few big plays, this is considered a good deal.

Just because it is not easy to make a living, so I don't pay much attention to it. The troupe of a big family needs to be elegant and pay attention to diction. These troupes can sing whatever they want to listen to. If they are invited to perform, and the audience cheers, they can earn some rewards.

It was also at the beginning of July that two theater troupes who were struggling to survive in the southern city of the capital suddenly disappeared. Without these two troupes, some people who were looking for halls and teahouses and restaurants felt very inconvenient. Although it is a grass-roots group, their singing skills are not bad. They often come up with new songs, and the guests also support them, but they do not earn much. It is said that they can only see some meat when they sing in the hall. It is very poor. Such a group, scattered It's a pity that it's gone, but if it's gone, it's gone. There are many teams like this in the capital, this one is not bad, just find another one.

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The Sanjiang Commercial Firm in Tianjin Wei has done a big business, that is, in the past five or six years, it has been selling like a splash. Not to mention the business at sea, it is also doing business in Xuanfu, Jizhen, Datong, and Liaozhen. It's monstrous, every day, the gold mountains and silver seas go to the family to make money.

Anyone who has been on the ground in Tianjin Wei for five years remembers that there was no such thing as Sanjiang Commercial Bank in Tianjin Wei back then, but Tonghai, Jinhe and Yongsheng.

In just a few short years, these three merchants either disappeared, or were taken down by the Sanjiang Company. Now outsiders who do business in Tianjinwei sometimes don’t want to deal with Sanjiang Company, so they go to other houses, or The old customers of Tonghai, Yongsheng and Jinhe are also unwilling to rotate.

But they don't know that these three companies are already owned by Sanjiang Commercial Bank. The old relationships of these three merchants are incomparable to Sanjiang Commercial Bank. Many businessmen from Datong Town also buy from these three stores.

Ten years after Wanli, Tonghai, Jinhe, and Yongsheng's business on the grassland was hindered, and I don't know why, anyway, the Tartars didn't do business with these three companies.

This situation is easy to solve, nothing more than changing the name, or even opening a warehouse firm in Datong Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture, and then transporting and selling the goods.

Ma Dong, the former deputy general of Datong Town and now temporarily serving as the commander-in-chief, always takes care of the business of Sanjiang Trading Company in one way or another. With this care, even the Tartars on the grassland have to give face.

The grassland is different from Daming. There are laws and regulations everywhere in Daming. In Daming, someone robs a caravan. When the time comes, the official document will be lower than the official document. The local tolerance, and even the officers and soldiers will go to arrest it. The place where you run is different on the grassland. This is the territory of the Tartars and barbarians, not the land of kings. Although most of the Ida tribe have established rules, the vast grassland is like an ocean. There are horse bandits and bandits on the run, and there are some small tribes who rob them and rob them, killing people and exposing their corpses in the wilderness, and the goods are robbed away, and there is no reason to justify them. Then the government will sue you, let alone robbed and ran away. The vast grassland, where people catch music.

There are even some generals directly under the Alda Department leading the cavalry to work privately. There is no place to reason about this, so we can only recognize it by pinching our noses. However, the grassland is extremely dependent on all kinds of goods from Ming Dynasty, and merchants dare not come. It's tantamount to destroying one's own interests, and such a thing is not too much.

Sanjiang Commercial Company used to do business on the grasslands and take caravans, and it was still peaceful, and nothing happened, but in July of the 11th year of Wanli, the businessmen here in Tianjin Wei knew that many caravans of Sanjiang Commercial Company He was robbed on the grassland in the north of Datong. Speaking of which, Tianjin Wei has the ability to do business with the Tartars in Datong, that is, Sanjiang Commercial House.

Since it was robbed and the business was still going on, it needed to find some way to protect it, so Sanjiang Trading Company contacted the cavalry team and asked them to send someone to help.

The Huwei army is divided into two regiments, but the cavalry and artillery teams are not included in the establishment. Strictly speaking, the cavalry team is a housekeeping team supported by Sanjiang Commercial Bank. Since it is not in the establishment, it is naturally not under the control of the government. To spend other people's money, it is natural to help with things, and immediately set aside hundreds of horses to guard.

These hundreds of cavalry were divided into several teams, but this scene still shocked the merchants in various places in Tianjin Wei. It's not bad to be a soldier for the generals, but he actually went to be a caravan guard.

When the first team of guards passed the boundary of the capital, Ma Sanbiao led a dozen people to join them and rushed to Datong, Shanxi.

In Shanxi, the Sanjiang Inn with other names is preparing goods. The other merchants who have been paying attention to them don’t understand. The current year is just right, and there is no shortage of food on the grassland. Why do you prepare so much food? Go to the grassland How about doing business in several prefectures in Shanxi?
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