In the Years When I Was a Father

When Qisheng's decree was publicized, in addition to the people of Ningzhou who were particularly tempted, not only the Liuyun Village, but also many people in other large and small villages began to be tempted to earn money with a fair and decent meal. Drink strong northwest wind.

And many people are so excited when they see that the road to be repaired will pass through the township where their home is located.

After the two decrees were issued, people who came to Fuya signed up continuously, but they let them ignore Qi Sheng ’s second order, but Qi Sheng was not in a hurry. When these people calm down, they should think of this second Article.

The clerk in charge of the house looked at Qi Sheng for spending so much, and some distressed persuasion: "Adult, now there are only two silvers left in the warehouse. You have finished the road construction now, and think of the places where you want to use silver. It will be difficult. "

In Ningzhou today, every time when taxes are collected, many people will go to hide in the village, and there are very few taxes and grains that can be collected. Now that there are these in the warehouse, it is still because a lot of corrupt officials and merchants were checked Come on, how can there be so many rich people who have committed crimes in the Ningzhou state to check them again!

Qi Sheng waved his hands and didn't care much: "Yinzi can always find a way to earn it, but if he has been holding back in this mountain of Ningzhou, he will starve to death sooner or later!"

Everyone in the family room couldn't persuade Qi Sheng, and he had to obey the orders.

Qi Sheng came to the prison and saw that the inmates in each cell were honestly making bamboo baskets. It was quite satisfactory. Even the powerful Qingmuzhai, who was the first and the second, and the three heads of the house, fiddled with the bamboo sticks in his hand until Qi Sheng stood for a while before attracting their attention.

Those two heads and three heads met Qi Sheng. He snorted and turned around, and continued to work hard.

Qi Sheng laughed silently and could work hard, otherwise so many people would like to eat his free prison meal!

The road construction is about to start soon. These bamboo baskets just come in handy, and there is a great need to purchase mountain goods and herbs later. With these people in place, they can also save a lot of money. Qi Sheng left with a smile and satisfactorily A pair of profiteers.

The road construction project was officially launched. In order to reassure these people, Qi Sheng let them pay the wages once every ten days. Although there are solid meals for every day, the people in Ningzhou are really afraid of being exploited by the former corrupt officials and businessmen. Then, they were afraid that in the end they would have to deduct most of the wages from the beginning, and they did n’t dare to let their minds go completely until they received the wages.

The man with the money immediately went to the nearby salt shop and planned to buy some salt, but after asking the price, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise: "It's really so cheap! A pound of salt really only costs a hundred articles!"

Yanpu's Xiaoer rolled his eyes, but he replied patiently: "Yes, our salt price has already been the same as that of Xuzhou Yanzhou. Will the guest officer come here?"

The man shouted excitedly: "I want it, give me half a catty, no, I want one catty!"

After holding the salt that the second-year shop gave him, and looking at the money left in his hand, the man walked home happily.

There are still many others like him. I heard that today's salt prices have come to buy a lot, and the salt shops are selling at a time, but the shopkeepers are not very happy.

Three hundred pounds of salt used to be three or four times more expensive than the outside. The people in Ningzhou ate salt more expensive. Most of the money they earned in a month of hard work fell into the pockets of salt merchants. Unfortunately, the salt officials were powerful. The people of Ningzhou have no way of asking for help, and they can only live a long life.

Later, after the former Ningzhou officials were investigated, the newly-saled salt merchants did not want to make those white flowers and silver, although the symbolic price was reduced, but there was no one in Ningzhou to take the lead. It still costs one or two hundred pounds per kilogram of salt .

After understanding the salt price, Qi Sheng negotiated with the local salt merchants "well", and considering that people could not be rushed, the price of salt in the surrounding Xuzhou and Yanzhou was set at one pound. Baiwen, compared with the normal price of 50 yuan or 60 yuan per pound of salt, this price is enough to make these salt merchants in Ningzhou earn more than doubled.

However, Qi Sheng also knows that since ancient salt merchants have been intertwined, it is appropriate to give them convenience when they have not reorganized the entire salt merchant system.

However, the price of salt is now enough to make the people of Ningzhou happy. The people who got the wages to buy salt, lamented that Qi is a good official who asks for the people.

Qi Sheng's image has been established in the hearts of the people. Naturally, some people began to notice another announcement issued by Qi Sheng at the time, replacing rice with mountain goods!

At first people were worried that they would not be able to exchange many meters of mountain medicinal herbs they had worked so hard to pick up. But now when some entities will really enjoy Qisheng's policy concessions, some people who can't survive will start to feel a little moved.

An original Orion family at the foot of Baijia Village, the Orion now limped and looked at the dry goods that had accumulated for a long time, listening to the news from the village, determined to pick out some good quality pecans, chestnuts and mushrooms.

"You're in the house, you really want to go. It's so evil here, why don't I still believe it." Orion's wife is not a weak temperament. When the news came in the village, he asked about ten times, but it was still not too good. Rest assured that the inventory at home will be exchanged for rice.

Their family is short of food, and there is no extra money to buy oil and salt. But if they bring a full basket of dry goods, they can only get a little rice. It is not that they have ruined her man's lame leg and rummaging through the mountains. Results!

Orion did n’t quite believe the rumor, but thinking about a bunch of children in the house to be fed and the gradually thinning daughter-in-law, she was helpless and said: "It ’s okay, these things are nothing, I did n’t bring those valuables, this time Just go and see how much food you want to change. Besides, if you do n’t buy salt, the adults can continue to suffer, and the children can't stand it. "

Thinking about the children at home, the Orion daughter-in-law will not say much, praying to him that Qi is really a good official.

After Qi Sheng announced the news of redemption of mountain products, he specially arranged Xiongsan who knew the goods to stare in person, but unfortunately few people came to exchange, Qi Sheng was dealing with official duties, while thinking about what methods should be used to stimulate the people of Ningzhou .

In the hands of ordinary people, these mountain products can be eaten as full grain, but they should not afford rice or even oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. These people really have silver in their hands.

In recent years, Qi Sheng has met a lot of businessmen, and those businessmen also admire Qi Sheng's mind. Some people even whisper in private, if Master Qi is not an official, he will definitely become the richest man when he comes to do business, but these people Think about it in your heart, who will be the improper senior official of Guangzong Yaozu, and run to be a lowly businessman.

However, many businessmen who have dealt with Qi Sheng have a good impression of Qi Sheng. They are not regarded by these scholars all year round. The scholars think that their business is speculation and ingenuity, and they have no position in front of those who are officials and nobles. A few can really afford them, and Qi Sheng is one of the very few. Not only can they afford them, but they really think they are good.

Reciprocity, these businessmen will come without saying anything when Qi Sheng is in trouble. Not only do they feel that Qi Sheng is good, but they are also aware of the business led by Qi Sheng, and there is nothing that does not make money.

Qi Sheng has written a letter to contact a group of merchants, but they all told them to set off here two months ago, and now only in November, there is still time to deal with people in Ningzhou.

Thinking about the transaction, he heard Xiong San excitedly ran out of the study, "Adult, villain have something to tell!"

Qi Sheng raised his eyebrows. Did anyone come to sell the mountain?

"come in."

Xiong San cautiously held a few boxes and came in with no salute, said excitedly: "Adult, these are all good things. Look, this is a century-old mountain ginseng!"

Qi Sheng was a little surprised when he heard the news, and took the boxes and opened them to check, "It really is a good thing!"

Qi Sheng was curious: "How did this come from?"

After telling Qi Sheng in detail, Xiong San said, "I'm as you ordered, like this precious thing, I first gave the man a deposit, and wrote down the terms for him, and will never let him lose money. "

Qi Sheng nodded and was very satisfied. These precious herbs can definitely be sold at a good price, but Qi Sheng is not a businessman, and he still has to make a profit. The goods are okay, so the price, even if you earn more He can also use some money for the people themselves, but like today, he ca n’t make it clear when he changes hands. He simply acts as an intermediary, paying the seller some fixed money first, and after discussing the final price with the buyer. Then hand over the two banks to the seller.

Carrying a heavy silver, holding a red stamped document in his hand, the hunter smiled and blossomed in his heart, walking on his legs and legs, and making people feel like he was ignoring his lame leg.

After walking back to the house and closing the door tightly, Orion entered the hall and talked with his wife.

The Orion ’s daughter-in-law had been sullen just now. Soon after the first Orion ’s departure, she came back with a basket full of rice noodles daily necessities and handed a few silver pieces to her hands. The good things that got up were carefully packed up and left.

The Orion daughter-in-law looked at the silver in her hand and the big bag of rice noodles on the table and had a guess, but she couldn't help but wonder how much silver she could get when she came back again.

After following Orion for so many years, she also knows a lot of good things. She said that the carefully placed 100-year-old mountain ginseng can definitely sell a lot of prices. If the price of the drug store that was asked was extremely low, they would not rather suffer. I was n’t hungry, so the Orion ’s daughter-in-law knew that if they were afraid for a while, they could n’t hold on.

While the children were outside, Orion deliberately lowered his voice. The baby hugged the wrapped bag and asked his daughter-in-law proudly: "Guess how much?"

The Orion daughter-in-law has never seen too much money, and looked at such a large package and guessed carefully: "Is it one hundred two, no no, so many, it will not be two hundred two!"

Orion's rough face squinted, opened the package and said excitedly, "This is five hundred and two!"

The Orion daughter-in-law exclaimed and hurriedly covered her mouth, shaking her hand and touching the white flower silver. Excited and unbelievable: "It ’s true and false, our family ... this is our family finally having a good day!"

Orion looked at the excited daughter-in-law and smiled: "More than that!"

Seeing the doubts of his wife-in-law, the hunter quickly explained: "The adult in charge of the transaction also said that these five hundred and two are the initial estimated price, which is counted as a fixed price. If they can sell the mountain ginseng at a higher price, The higher part will still be distributed to us! "

The Orion wife opened her eyes wide and never believed her ears.

Orion was also excited when I first heard it. I could n’t believe it. The obviously serious man was flushed with excitement, and the excitement had n’t stopped until now.

"Well, this is the document that the official wrote to me, saying that I will hold this next time I notice to get the money."

The Orion daughter-in-law wiped her hands and took it carefully, but she was illiterate and doubted, "Don't be blinded by you, you are not literate."

Orion quickly pointed to the handprint in the middle of the document and said, "I see this. This is Mr. Guo's signature and handprint. I have met Mr. Guo before. There is nothing wrong. He also read it to me specifically. wrong."

The Orion daughter-in-law was busy curiously asking: "You said that Mr. Guo is Mr. Guo from Baiyu Academy?"

Orion nodded: "It's him, an intermediate witness that Master Qi specifically asked Mr. Guo to be, and that adult's words won't be fake!"

The Orion daughter-in-law could not believe that, carefully folded the documents, excitedly said: "No, I have to put this away, this is a huge sum of money!"

After looking excitedly in the room for a long time, I found a place where I could safely put it away, hid the papers, and looked at the silver on the table. The Orion-wife felt that her heart was a little bad today.

"Master, what do you do with the money?"

The Orion sat down, looking at the white flowers on the table and said firmly: "Buy a land to build a new house! I have been a white orphan for half my life. My legs are all folded. I can't let my child pass this kind of knife. In the days of life, when we have land, we will no longer worry about supporting their brothers! "

The Orion daughter-in-law could not help but tears down. How hard the days were, but how happy they are now. I thought the days would not be able to survive. I did not expect this to be the situation now.

"Master Qi is really a good person, a living Buddha who saves sufferings!"

Orion nodded in agreement: "We in Ningzhou now finally have a good official to do big things, God bless the ancestors!"