Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2720 Everything is equal

  The Western Regions are indeed poor.

   It's just that ordinary people are poor.

  The Western Regions are also very rich.

   Similarly, rich things have nothing to do with ordinary people.

  There is gold, cattle and sheep in the Western Regions, but almost the same as in the Han area, these assets have nothing to do with ordinary people, and they all belong to a certain nobleman or a certain family. The herdsmen are dressed in rags, and the headmen are well-clothed and well-fed. Therefore, to a certain extent, the Western Regions and the Snow Region have been extremely polarized for a long time, with the poor being very poor and the rich being very rich. The worries of the poor are generally how to live tomorrow, while the worries of the rich are mostly money.

  In order to protect their money, the rich tried every means, either relying on authority, or trying to get their hands on authority. Therefore, when Wei Xu released the news of the so-called "false title", these rich people near the West Sea became excited almost immediately, like hungry wolves seeing fat.

  『This is fake! Fake title! ’ A burly and generous Semu man pointed at the list he had just obtained, and shouted in a very dissatisfied, almost contemptuous tone, ‘Look, what are they all about? ! Fake township chiefs, fake pavilion chiefs, fake county lieutenants, this list is all "fake"! What can these do? There's no benefit to it other than it sounds better, and it's so expensive! Damn it, this fake mayor actually wants 10,000 gold coins, oh, I really want to kick someone's **** hard, is this fake mayor made of gold? 』

  『The lock is unlocked! ’ said another man with a greasy face.

  『It’s not that there’s no lock, that’s right! 』

  『Unlocked? It is not locked! 』The oily-faced man still insisted on his accent.

  『…』 The first person was silent for a while, 『Anyway, I don’t think this thing is very good? Doesn't this treat us as fools? We are not fools! We don't buy these useless things! 』

"exactly! 』

  The rest of the people echoed, then dispersed again, and went to the other side, also saying similar words.

  Er Gouzi, who was listening not far away, pricked up his ears, suddenly became a little worried. It seems that these guys don't seem to accept what General Wei Xu made up!

He recognized the color-eyed man who spoke earlier, his name was Ballard or De, anyway, his name was so long that others called him Lao De, and the other fat man with a greasy face was an Anxi man, also Gulu Gulu's long name, and no one knew what it was called, so they just called him Fatty Ann, after all, he was from Anxi.

  Lao De and Fatty An are rich merchants in the Western Regions, and they are also the most concerned about some changes in Lu Bu's government orders, so when this notice was posted, they came in person.

Lao De is relatively proficient in Chinese, and there is no problem in listening, speaking, reading and writing, while Fatty An is half illiterate in Chinese, and the problem of listening and speaking is not too big, but reading and writing are a bit difficult, so Fatty An generally It is to find someone to read to him.

  The rest are small businessmen.

Er Gouzi originally thought that once this notice was posted, a huge group of people would flock to it, and you would squeeze into the threshold of the official if you fought for the head. Even this official position is a false title , but it is also an "official"!

  Who doesn't want to be an official?

Er Gouzi's desire for an official position even exceeds his own life. He has dreamed more than once that if he can become a high-ranking official one day, what will happen to him, of course, in his dream, shiny gold and silver are also indispensable. , a white woman...

  For Er Gouzi, in his opinion, being an official means being rich, having women, and having everything!

Looking at the surrounding situation, especially the daily life of General Wei Xu, Er Gouzi firmly believes in this, so Er Gouzi believes that even if it is a false title, someone will want it, not to mention that Wei Xu also said that if With outstanding personal ability, practical teaching can also be considered. Isn't this already overwhelmed?

  But what Er Gouzi didn't expect was that after the notice was posted, everyone seemed not very interested, and some even disliked these official positions?

dislike?

How is this possible?

  Looking at those guys at the announcement place who are pulling their necks to show that they are not very good, especially that old German, Er Gouzi really wants to be dragged out to slap him twenty times, but the problem is that Er Gouzi dare not. He is just Wei Xu's subordinate supervisor. In the army, he can use Wei Xu's name to show off his prestige, but outside, he is not as good as a small official in charge of the market!

At least the little official in charge of the market will get the tribute of the shop from time to time, and he can even buy things at super low prices, or at no cost at all, but he has no choice. account?

  It is one thing for others to take the initiative to show filial piety, but it is another thing for you to cheat yourself and not take money. If people know that General Wei Xu's subordinates even have to buy a pot of wine on credit, it's not Er Gouzi who loses face, but General Wei Xu. When General Wei Xu finds out, he may not say anything. But the trust that I have accumulated through hard work on weekdays may be gone...

  If Er Gouzi goes to the market to find vendors to eat and get cards, isn’t it that he is going to grab the share of market officials? Even if the shop has no objection, will those market officials have no objection? In other words, if the market official went to the army to take the share that belonged to Er Gouzi, Er Gouzi would be willing?

   Isn't this a mess?

   There must be rules when making money.

   To put it simply, it is to charge money to do things, and not to charge money if it cannot be done.

  Chicks don't pee, they go their own way.

So Er Gouzi can't do anything directly with these Hu merchants, unless he goes to the people from the Dahan Chamber of Commerce that manages these Hu merchants, but Wei Xu just wants him to listen, and doesn't give him any authority to find things , and when he heard these people chattering and picking and choosing, Er Gouzi was anxious again, what should I do?

  If these Hu merchants, these seductive eyes are not willing to readily spend money, there will not be much money for the celebration of the ceremony. If it is not done well, it will be a major event? As for getting a little dirty in the process of doing business, those are trivial matters and nothing to worry about.

  Everyone knows that in the feudal dynasty, if the officials were not full, how could they do things for the people?

  If you can’t eat some small pastries that can only be made from three-day-old eggs to satisfy your hunger, how can you have the strength to serve the people? After all, not being able to participate in the child's crowning ceremony is already such a sad sacrifice! It's a little exaggerated to pass the house three times without entering, but at least there are still people who pass the house once! After all, the suffering of ordinary people is temporary, and the happiness of their children is forever!

  So of course Er Gouzi also hopes that Wei Xu's false titles will be sold well, and of course he can also get certain benefits from them.

Seeing that these sex-eyed merchants were not interested, Er Gouzi hurriedly found Wei Xu after expressing loudly that he would not buy it, and explained the situation, "My lord, this seems to be a bit bad. If these guys don't Buy it, no one else has the money to buy it, right? Do you want... this, lower the price? 』

  『Price reduction? ”Wei Xu stared round, “The price cannot be lowered! What do you think this is? What kind of goods is this? This is "official"! 』

Although Wei Xu said so, he was still worried when he heard Er Gouzi that no one wanted to buy it. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Go to the inner warehouse and get a set of official uniforms for the pavilion chief. The people in the warehouse said, take the best...and bring it to me. go! 』

  The place where the official status is issued and the seal and ribbon of the official uniform is received is Neikangsi.

Although Er Gouzi didn't know what to do, he still rushed over, and when the Nei Cangsi heard that General Wei Xu wanted it, he took out the best and brightest pavilion chief's robe and Yinshou specially packed it in a lacquer box and asked Er Gouzi to bring it back.

When Wei Xu saw the lacquer box, he immediately looked like a tall official robe seal, nodded in satisfaction, and asked Er Gouzi to take it to the announcement place for exhibition, "If you sell goods, let people have a look goods…"

  Er Gouzi took the order, took the official seal and ribbon and went out again.

  Wei Xu thought for a while in the hall, and then ordered: "Come on, send a message, close the main door, open the corner door, and send a few people to the corner of the street, let them go through the corner door if they want to give official positions!" 』

   Throughout the day, there was a lot of discussion, but no one made any moves. But when the evening was approaching and the sky was getting dark, there were some other movements.

Some people came to Wei Xu's mansion one after another, and they didn't seem to want others to recognize them. They were all wearing ordinary clothes, and then covered most of their faces with face scarves, and stretched their heads carefully. Look left and right.

Standing at the corner door, Er Gouzi was surprised at first, and then suddenly realized after a while, and then put on a sneer on his face, and said loudly to the people outside, "It's getting late, everyone. If you still hesitate, you might as well go back first! Too late will inevitably disturb the general's rest! Besides, there are only a few good positions, first come, first served, latecomers... Hehe... Yo! Isn't this Lao De? 』

  Lao De's color-eyed person features are too obvious, even with a veil to cover, but after all, his eyes and half-drawn nose are exposed. The bulge in the middle of the huge hooked nose made Er Gouzi recognize it at a glance.

  『Old De, don’t you think... not so good? 』Er Gouzi laughed.

Seeing that he was recognized, Lao De took off his veil a little disgruntled, and said with a smile, "Well...Although I said so, since General Wei made the announcement, I have to support it no matter what... um , support it! 』

  『Don’t! Er Gouzi said with a smile, "This is all voluntary, don't make it look like you are forced to buy it, you don't need it if you don't want it, you can go back, it's okay, don't need to say anything to support it!" 』

  Old De knew that what he said during the day was heard by Er Gouzi, but he is a businessman, how could he be so annoyed by Er Gouzi's words, and then turned around and left? Not only did he not move, but he also leaned forward, stretched out his hand and pulled Er Gouzi's sleeve, and stuffed a heavy money bag into Er Gouzi's hand without anyone noticing, "Hey, the daytime is just a joke." , the general doesn't have to take it seriously. 』

Er Gouzi raised his eyebrows, pinched it with his hand, and then weighed it. He felt a little satisfied at once, but after thinking about it, this number was just a little more than the usual respect, and the current matter, but after passing this village, there is no such thing. Store, how can it be compared with ordinary days?

  So Er Gouzi grabbed the purse and pushed it out, his eyes widened, "What do you mean?" Buy me with money? Am I such a person? 』

Lao De was not in a hurry, but by blocking Er Gouzi's hand, he took out another money bag from somewhere and stuffed it into Er Gouzi's hand, "I don't pay attention to what I say during the day, My apology, double apology...」

  The "double" in the old German dialect emphasizes the tone.

  Er Gouzi also felt his sincerity, so he smiled in satisfaction, and let the corner door open, "Since you are so sincere, please come in!" Don't keep the general waiting! 』

  『Yes, yes, of course, of course. 』Old De smiled, and then walked in with the servant who led the way.

  Old De went in, Er Gouzi held the money bag in his arms, and then secretly opened it to take a look. Although the sky was a little dark, Er Gouzi's eyes were still illuminated by the golden coins.

  One bag is ten gold coins, two bags are twenty gold coins!

  This business is a success!

  Er Gouzi immediately straightened his waist, his legs were no longer sore, and he was more energetic. Are they all making money, who is more shabby than the other?

Lao De is still very experienced, he gave enough directly, but the people behind him are not so experienced, maybe they are stingy, or maybe they feel that the previous standard of respect is already very high, so some people He didn’t give double like Lao De, so Er Gouzi wouldn’t say anything face to face, he also smiled, but when he was introduced, his speech was slightly different, except please, from “General "Long Hou" has become "waiting in the living room"...

  The servants naturally understood what Er Gouzi meant, so they would send those who just paid ordinary respect to the living room to wait. Just like the VIP customers of the disadvantaged groups in later generations, they naturally don’t need to queue up to enter the single room. As for ordinary customers, they can go to the lobby and wait for their number to be called.

  Everything is graded.

   It's like the township head and pavilion head can be the same price?

People came in one after another, although it was not as lively as the market, but Er Gouzi regretted not wearing a stronger belt, the heavy purse almost made skin The belt is snapped!

  But for such a long time, Er Gouzi has never been able to experience such a heavy happiness in such a night...

   Over the years, Er Gouzi has followed Wei Xu, and of course he has accumulated some wealth, but it is the first time that he is as fat as tonight. This first time is always memorable and intoxicating, so Er Gouzi felt that even if he was crushed to death by the money bag at the moment, he would probably laugh so hard that he couldn't close his legs.

   Persist, struggle!

  What is such a little difficulty?

  Er Gouzi asked his servants to quickly fetch a thicker and wider belt, and tied it around his waist with all his strength to show his tenacious and unyielding spirit of continuous fighting. He will never retreat to the second line just because of a belt!

  Of course, at this moment, Er Gouzi is not fighting alone!

  In Wei Xu's mansion, almost everyone is busy and working tirelessly.

Because the gold coins of Hu merchants are not very uniform, there are Anxi gold coins, Guishuang gold coins, and some people also use Zhengxi gold coins, or the latest version of Hussar gold coins. The purity and weight of each gold coin are different. It needs to be measured and tested, and after many people have determined what position they want, they must send the gold and silver immediately, and whoever gets the money first will count, so those who see Wei Xu are in a hurry And go...

  Like Lao De and Fatty An, on the one hand, they have strong capital, and on the other hand, they are also well prepared, so when they confirmed their official positions with Wei Xu, they delivered the coins that night.

  Why gold coins?

   Isn’t Flying Money lighter and simpler?

   There is a saying in later generations that cash is king!

   There is no name written on the cash, whoever gets it belongs to him. It's not like an account for money that has been stolen. If it is checked that day, won't there be no room for denial?

   Not having an account, or not being able to find out the account is the most important reason why these people prefer to work so hard and use cash transactions.

   It doesn’t matter if the accounts are unclear or confused, the key is to make the gold coins clear and genuine.

  If all the accounts are clean and clear, how will the officials of these feudal dynasties live their lives?

  So, cash is accepted.

   Gold coins.

   All kinds of gold coins are fine.

   Guishuang, Anxi, or even some small countries in the Western Regions are fine.

   As long as it is gold, it is not very particular.

   Regarding this matter, Wei Xu said that he is very tolerant and easy to speak.

   Those who originally required a curfew can now pass without hindrance with a special pass.

   Originally two parties with different identities, now they can stand together, smiling like friends who have known each other for many years.

  Ordinary people have already gone to bed, and Wei Xu and others' wonderful work has just begun.

  The oxen and horses struggled to drag the heavy vehicle, and the wheels and the boards all groaned tragically under the pressure of gold and silver.

  Under the torch, the servant unloaded the cash boxes one by one from the car, and then carried them into the courtyard under the inspection of both parties.

  Then these cash boxes were quickly lifted from the open space and sent to a specially cleared house not far away.

In the house, there were more than a dozen naked servants, with their hair disheveled, unsealed the seal, and then counted the number of gold coins in the boxes. The number of gold coins.

  torches, fire candles.

  Starlight, golden light.

In this night, everyone's rank seems to have disappeared. Although there are some differences in remuneration or work, they are rarely equal in front of gold. They are all circling around gold, working hard. , sweating like rain, tired but excited.

  This is a golden and shiny night.

   This is a night that used to have grades, but now there are no grades.

  Order is collapsing, and chaos is being rebuilt.

  (end of this chapter)