Chapter 656 Senior Brother
Qi Mei said, "The money from several shops in the northwest was collected just a few days ago. At this time, I am afraid there is not much money."
Even if there is, it only costs 3,200 in a shop, which is just a drop in the bucket and not enough,
In the past, a shop could sell five thousand taels of silver a day, but now... it is difficult to sell one thousand taels of silver a day.
The reason is that recently, after the imperial court recovered the Japanese country, it needed a lot of money to reorganize the country. The emperor issued an order to let businessmen donate silver. If the donation is large, it will be tax-free for three years. If the donation is small, it will be tax-free for one year. According to the donation The amount of money depends on the tax-free period.
At that time, because her master was away, Qi Lan Fei Ge sent a letter to discuss the matter with her. She was so excited that she agreed to donate two hundred thousand taels of silver.
This two hundred thousand taels of silver was donated by dozens of shops. Several shops in the northwest donated 20,000 taels of silver. At that time, she agreed happily. Who knew that on the third day after agreeing, she received a message from her master. A letter came, saying that he wanted her to prepare money, and that the master was coming to the northwest.
At that time...well, she owed the donation of 20,000 taels of silver. She owed it to the court, but she has not yet paid it back.
Even if there is some money in the shop, the imperial court's donation must be repaid first.
This owed donation must be repaid, otherwise, it will not be tax exempt.
Moreover, what is even more disgusting is that after the imperial court encouraged businessmen to donate money, it also encouraged ministers to donate money. It also posted notices across the country, advocating ministers all over the world to be diligent and frugal, save money, and donate it to the imperial court for reconstruction. Japanese country.
No matter how much money you donate, you can get something as a reward from the emperor. Those things all come from the treasury. They are all good things. When you take them back, you can use them as family heirlooms.
No one dared to disrespect the emperor's decree. On the second day after the notice was posted, many ministers went crazy and donated all their money. No matter how much they donated, the ministers did. Received a reward from the emperor.
Those who donate more will be rewarded with more valuable things.
Those who donate a small amount will be rewarded with a small item.
There were so many officials all over the country, and how many things were in the treasury. Within three days, the treasury was emptied. The emperor had nothing to reward, so he wrote a pair of calligraphy treasures with his own hand and rewarded the ministers.
In the eyes of the ministers, the calligraphy treasures written by the emperor himself were much better than the hard objects in the treasury, so more ministers donated money.
This time, the emperor was happy. He didn't need to reward gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, he could get a lot of silver with just a few clicks of his fingers.
After the treasury was empty, piles of silver and gold were piled in, filling up the three large treasury in the palace. The emperor was so happy that he could not see his teeth or eyes all day long.
This can be regarded as a method used by the emperor to make money after the war and the treasury was empty.
The emperor made a lot of money, but shops like Cuiyuxuan and Yusha Pavilion that were opened specifically for noble ladies were in trouble.
In the past, when new products came to Cuiyu Pavilion and Yusha Pavilion, noble ladies would rush to get them first, fearing that they would not be able to buy them if they were late.
But now, since the emperor advocated those four words of frugality and frugality, the business in this shop has become much deserted. The daily income is not even one-tenth of what it was before. The boys in the shop are busy every day. Biting teeth, spanking, nothing to do.
Fortunately, these shops were bought, not rented, otherwise, the rent would not be earned.
There are also those boys who were all hired by Chu Fei and trained by Fox and the others. They all signed a contract of sale and did not need to pay monthly money. Otherwise, the shop would suffer a huge loss. Qi Mei did not dare to report this matter to Xia Zihan.
She thought that Xia Zihan rarely went out to play, so he would not tell her such troublesome things, lest she would not be happy while playing.
Qi Mei told Steward Dongfang to pile up the things she and Xia Zihan picked out, and then went to the shop.
The senior brother had just finished his meal and was drinking tea and talking with Chu Jingqi and Dongfang Yi.
When the senior brother saw the two of them, he first greeted Xia Zihan and then asked Qi Mei with a smile, "Have you picked out everything?"
"Yes, senior brother, the goods you bought this time are all good things. Master and I are almost dazzled." Qi Mei smiled and sat down next to Dongfang Yi.
The senior brother snorted twice, curled his lips, and said, "Your thieving eyes are the most thieving. You have not always picked out the good things I got."
"Hey, who made your cute little junior brother rely on me so shamelessly? I helped you take in your cute little junior brother. Senior brother, you will be happy even if you suffer a little loss, otherwise, he will have to follow Just like the elder brother, he is already a little old man, but he is still alone.”
The eldest brother is indeed quite old. He is already twenty-eight years old. At this age, children can already take care of themselves. Those who get married earlier will almost become grandfathers. However, the eldest brother still has his own way of doing things. I don’t want to start a family. look.
According to his words, after getting married, there will be burdens. It is not as good as being free now. You can go wherever you want to go. If you get married, your wife must agree to where you want to go. If she doesn't agree, he can't go. If he goes, the couple will be angry, and even if the wife agrees, he goes to have fun, but he still has to think about home.
In short, if you say a thousand things and say ten thousand things, you become someone else's husband and you don't have the freedom that comes with being single.
And the eldest brother, who always likes to have fun and travel around the world, doesn't like to be tied down.
He feels that his life is very good now.
It's good to take care of the shop, go out once a month to restock goods, and have fun.
"You're not going to protect me as a matchmaker again, are you?" The senior brother looked frightened. "I'm telling you, please don't. If I want to get married, I will definitely tell you when the time comes. Now, uh, I still I want to live a happy life.”
He is not as blind as his junior brother. He will make trouble for himself if he has nothing to do. He is either his wife or his children, and his head hurts just looking at him.
Xia Zihan sat down next to Chu Jingqi and carefully looked at the senior brother Qi Mei often mentioned.
The elder brother is not as good-looking as the monster Dongfang Yi, but he is not bad either. He is as gentle as jade, and he is a gentleman. He also has a great temperament, is humorous, and is eloquent. He is also very humble to Dongfang Yi and has the air of a senior brother.
Furthermore, he could tolerate Qi Mei's mischief on his head and would not look down upon her.
Otherwise, every time he got good things, Qi Mei would shamelessly pick them away. If it weren't for the sake of Dongfang Yi, the senior brother wouldn't be willing to do it, at least the shop would have to make money.
But for the sake of Dongfang Yi, the senior brother just thought that he was bringing her some good things, and he never thought of making money from her.
It's rare to be able to pamper your little junior brother to this level.
(End of chapter)