Chapter 787: Not a good impression
Not only is it somewhat unjustifiable, but the former county magistrate only has this ability. Unless he gets lucky again, this official will reach the top of the sixth rank.
Gu Erlang didn't have a good impression of the former county magistrate who had achieved considerable political achievements and was promoted and transferred outside because Gu Wenxuan won a small three yuan.
Just like Huang County Lieutenant, he also didn't like it. Lin Xiucai fell down when Gu Dalang participated in the release of silver, but Huang County Lieutenant was not innocent.
It is said that although Huang County Lieutenant is greedy for money, he will not go too far. He mainly colludes with the big businessmen in the county to make money from it. The big businessmen do not want to make money from anyone.
To put it bluntly, it is better to take it from the hands of the people, so that they will not be so crazy as to misappropriate the Taiping warehouse to store grain for profit, otherwise even the county magistrate should die to apologize.
"Then they don't dare. What kind of place are we here? It's a land of Zhili. It's too easy to be discovered. According to the ancestral system, this is a major crime to destroy the nine tribes.
They just took advantage of the courage of the bear and the courage of the leopard. At most, they colluded with grain merchants when new grain was put into the warehouse and old grain was to be released, buying high and selling low to maximize profits.
But if you only dare to sell but can't make money, will you be regarded as boss Zhao and the Beijing official as a decoration, or will you be regarded as shopkeeper Wang who is blind? Even if they had a hundred courages, they wouldn't dare to act rashly. ”
Apart from these factors, what was the purpose of storing grain in Taipingcang? The founding emperor of Daliang formulated a series of laws and preventive plans for this purpose.
Its function is to purchase grain at a higher price than the market price in good years, sell the grain at a slightly lower price than the market price in famine years, and provide interest-free loans and even free relief in disaster years!
What we need to guard against is that the price of grain hurts the farmers, the price of rice hurts the people, as well as sudden natural disasters and war emergencies, which can shake the country's foundation.
Generally speaking, the grain in Taipingcang, let alone the county magistrate, cannot cover the sky with one hand. No matter how powerful the county magistrate is, it is impossible to get approval from the prefect.
If the prefect dares not to issue approval documents in accordance with the court rules and regulations, the nine tribes will really be exterminated. There were such cases when this dynasty was first established, and they will be severely punished!
At this point, the time-traveling senior did a good job. At least he set a good example for the emperors of the Liang Kingdom. In the past hundred years, there has never been an empty warehouse.
Of course, I think it’s also the corn and sweet potatoes that are responsible.
If everyone has enough to eat, there is only so much crop production in the fields. In these days of relying on the weather, Taipingcang is not at peace either.
"In general, Lieutenant Huang is not worthy of being beheaded." Gu Wenxuan took a sip from the teacup while it was still hot, "How could that person be willing to leave today?"
It's okay not to mention this matter. As soon as it was mentioned, Gu Erlang couldn't laugh or cry, "That's because he is willing to leave. I have repeatedly said that it is useless to talk to you about this kind of thing.
If you ask the county magistrate to look at you differently, it is impossible for the county magistrate to interfere. This person is quite a rogue. Uncle Bai escaped, but this person just refused to leave. ”
Gu Wenxuan nodded, "I guess over the past few days, this person has tried every means to find Cheng County Magistrate but to no avail, so he had no choice but to come to us.
What is this man's name, where does he live, and what does he do? Now that he has come to visit him, has he mentioned why he is worried about being implicated by Captain Hui Huang? ”
With a "pop" sound, Gu Erlang slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, I'm confused. The man's surname is Fang. He says he has the same surname as my uncle and father-in-law, and he is his younger brother.
The name is easy to remember, Fang Liang, and Uncle Bai called him Da Liangzi. I can’t remember exactly where he lived, but I remember he said he lived in the east of the city, not far from Uncle Bai’s house. ”
Hearing this, Gu Wenxuan knew in his mind, "I know who it is. This person should be related to the Taiping warehouse Chen Liang we just talked about."
"Grain merchant?" Gu Erlang frowned, "Our biggest grain merchant in Qingyang County is not named Fang. Isn't that guy like you, the greenhouse, bringing gifts to our door for dinner?" "That's right, this Mr. Fang really wants to talk about it. , he is not counted as our Qingyang County grain merchant, don’t listen to his nonsense, he is still the brother of the old uncle and father-in-law.
The old uncle-in-law and his father-in-law had to have such a powerful figure in his family. How could they be useful? The old uncle-in-law and his father-in-law were sold as slaves, and now they are still helping his boss guard the grain store in the town?
His old Fang family should not be too promising. So far, there has only been one Fang Xiucai. Fang Xiucai is still not able to rely on the family at all, so Shiro's wife doesn't know what to say!
That mother-in-law even puts herself in a position to compare my daughter-in-law with her. She knows nothing about anything. My father-in-law and mother-in-law alone are not a hundred times more upright than her mother-in-law..."
Gu Erlang couldn't help but be stunned, why did he suddenly talk about this? Looking at his annoyed brother, he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Silang's wife has been sick again in the past two days?"
"It's not like I'm mentally ill. It's not the past two days. Even if I get sick in the past two days, I have to wait a few days before hearing any news. Forget it, let's not talk about this idiot. I'm not in a losing mood."
"My enemy, why are you mentioning her properly? Didn't you say that as long as she doesn't dance in front of your wife, you will treat her as a p*ss? Let's get back to the topic and talk about Fang Liang."
"..." You won't have any brothers like this. Am I the one who uses foul language? Gu Wenxuan looked sideways at his brother, "I never said what the latter one is for."
"Yes, yes, my eldest brother wronged you and gave you this." 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 Huang County Lieutenant. Huang County Lieutenant came at the end of the year, and he bought a house and settled in the spring of the next year."
Remember so clearly?
Gu Erlang's heart trembled, "Is he Huang County Lieutenant's assistant?"
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"Not really. This person is from the same hometown as Huang County Lieutenant. Before he came to our Qingyang County to settle down, my family was not comparable to Huang County Lieutenant."
fine!
"He is a concubine, and he is a relatively favored concubine. It's just that after his father left, the family didn't separate, so he came to our Qingyang County to settle down.
Among them, Huang County Lieutenant won the imperial examination and wanted to be an official, but his family had no money to deal with. At that time, Huang County Lieutenant asked this man to borrow money from me.
Only then did Huang County Lieutenant get the position of our Qingyang County County Lieutenant through his classmates and friends with silver coins, so this old man came to see Huang County Lieutenant as soon as he left.
The grain merchant approval he got was not obtained through Huang County Lieutenant. His aunt also gave birth to a good sister, and his father found a good family for his sister. ”
clear.
The reason why this person is a grain merchant is because of the power of his brother-in-law's family! Gu Erlang nodded to show that he understood, signaled his brother not to stop, and continued.
"As for why I said he is related to the old grain in Taipingcang in Qingyang County, it was the daughter-in-law of the big grain merchant in our county who came to complain to my wife before.
It means that it is difficult to do business. The price of grain in Taipingcang has been raised too high. Her Tian family has been robbed of a lot of business by this Mr. Fang. My wife feels very strange after hearing this.
After they left, my wife asked me if the Taiping warehouse grains were not owned by one county's big grain merchants? Only then did I get to know Mr. Fang’s background. ”