Vol 2 Chapter 1011: Take advantage of

Jingming three years, autumn.
At the Weishui Wharf in Beijing, ships from north to south gather here, people and cargoes are in full swing.
In order to facilitate the delivery of goods, Sanhe Express paid for its own money and built a railroad track at the dock directly leading to Sanhe Express’s Beijing warehouse, which is also the base camp of Sanhe Express.
The double-track carriage, pulling goods one after another, is much faster than manpower.
People in other warehouses are very envious.
"What to look at? Is that something we can afford to play? Honestly go with the goods."
The warehouse is in charge, knocking a stroke on Lifu's head.
Lifu smiled, "Just envy."
"You envy a shit. With this, you all have no work to do."
"Look at what the steward said, even if there are railroad tracks, there is still no need for someone to carry the cargo off the ship."
"Go, go and carry the goods quickly. If it is delayed, your wages will be deducted."
Lifu giggled and left.
The guy stepped forward and muttered with the supervisor, "Why doesn't the owner fix the warehouse next to the Sanhe Express warehouse, so that they can get all the goods and take the double-track carriage together to transport the goods."
The manager raised his eyelids, "What do you think, do you think Sanhe Express's light is so good?"
"What's the name in it, please tell me about it."
The steward gave a light cough, "If you want to be exposed, you must abide by the rules of Sanhe Express. The first rule is to pay taxes. Our warehouse, why the business continues, isn't it because...understand?"
The man suddenly realized, "Understood!"
"If you understand, go to work."
"Sanhe Express really forces customers to pay taxes?"
"You don't need to force taxes. This is what you want. Sanhe Express is not the household department. He can't force people to pay taxes."
"If that's the case, why do you still make the merchants pay taxes?"
"Why, the owner behind Sanhe Express is the Empress Empress. The Empress Empress said that she has to pay taxes. Who dares to say nothing."
"It's not that the Ministry of Defense also has shares in Sanhe Express."
"Just know to chat, go to work quickly. There is so much nonsense." The manager ran out of patience, kicked, and drove the guy away.
A beautiful three-story ship drew ashore, attracting the attention of everyone at the terminal.
The dude jumped up, "The ship is a three-story building ship. I'll take a look and I'll be back."
The man ran out like a gust of wind, and the manager had no time to object.
The three-story ship is really beautiful, with carved beams and painted buildings, luxurious and high-profile. The entire ship is written with the four characters "I have money".
"His grandmother finally arrived in the capital."
A middle-aged fat man walked out of the building, wearing gold and silver, cursing.
The fat man was up and down, looking more high-profile than the boat.
On the deck, a thin man in his thirties glanced at the fat man gently, and the fat man cursed his mouth shut immediately.
"The boat built by Okura Shipyard is indeed very comfortable." The thin man said casually.
"Master Zhang is right."
Others echoed.
This group of upstarts are all mine owners from all over the South. The crowd was led by the thin man Zhang Master.
They have private mines under their names, as well as legal mines registered for tax payment in the Yamen.
This time, the Shaofu government conducted a mineral inventory check. One did not run, and one was counted as one, and all were to be liquidated.
In the north, Xiliang was buzzing with gold rushes, and in the south, there was a lot of noise about closing the mine for Jinwuwei.
There have been countless fights among hundreds of people.
The government has a headache, impeaches the Shaofu, and Jin Wuwei's memorial flies into the capital in all directions.
However, there was no movement in the court.
This is not right!
The mine owners failed to get the court officials to preside over justice. Instead, they received a letter from the capital, asking them to cooperate with the Shaofu and send a few representatives to the capital. He also said that there are great wealth waiting for everyone.
The mine owners looked at each other.
They blocked the officials of the Shaofu, you came and I met, several times of confrontation, and finally figured out the activities of the Shaofu.
Outside the customs, overseas, the official body of the sixth rank?
Is it just worth using the existing mine to exchange it?
Everyone hesitated.
King Wuwei stared at him, and if he didn't cooperate, he would arrest people and send them to jail.
That's it.
Arms can't twist the thighs, first go to the capital to get a dip to see what the court is doing.
So, ten or twenty mine owners, headed by Zhang surnamed mine owners, came to the capital on a boat.
Several ships followed, all their buddies and escorts.
After getting off the boat, stay at the most luxurious inn in Beijing.
This group of mine owners are all owners of good money.
The mine owner named Zhang was named Zhang Shengshui.
The reason why everyone is headed by him is because he is the same clan as the Zhang family in Jingcheng.
An aunt of the Zhang family in Beijing married into the Gu family in Beijing, and she is the eldest mother of the empress.
With this relationship, Zhang Shengshui was certainly elected as the representative core figure of this negotiation.
Zhang Shengshui first handed a greeting card to the Zhang family in Jingcheng, and met successfully, and got a general understanding of Jingcheng's situation with the court.
After that, he handed a post to Gu's family at the General House of the Army General, and went to meet the Queen's aunt Zhang as a junior.
Zhang took the greeting card and read it several times, "If it weren't for your reminder, I didn't know there was such a relative."
The eldest daughter-in-law, Xiao Zhang, said to the side: "This person's house is a mine. I heard that the young man's house was sealing up private mines in the south, and it was extremely noisy."
"The Shaofu seized private mines, what did they do when they went to the capital? Is it possible that the court should complain?"
"That's not the case. It is said that the Young Mansion wants to give everyone a wealth of wealth. They came to Beijing to explore the court's sincerity."
Zhang immediately understood, "As the eldest aunt of the queen empress, she turned into a sweet pastry. He sent me a greeting message, does he want to test the attitude of the empress empress through me?"
"Mother-in-law wants to see him?"
Zhang pondered for a while, "You mean that the young mansion is investigating private mines in the south, and there is nothing in the north?"
"There is no movement in the north for the time being. Perhaps it's because the north has been making noise for the past year or two."
Zhang shook his head and nodded again, "There is no movement from the north, I am afraid it has something to do with the Northwest Army's westward march to Xiliang. No matter, these court affairs, why should I be a woman of the family to bother. You send someone to invite him in. It's a matter of courtesy. It's a bit worse."
Zhang decided to see Zhang Shengshui, and disliked his poor manners.
Zhang Shengshui was invited into the general mansion of the town army, and met Zhang in the flower hall.
"My nephew greets my aunt, and sees her for the first time, with a little heart, ask her to laugh."
Zhang Shengshui handed over the gift list, the maid took it, and placed it in front of Zhang's.
Zhang glanced, the gift list was very generous.
She frowned slightly and winked at Xiao Zhang's eldest daughter-in-law.
Xiao Zhang knew it well, and quietly stepped back, ready to return a gift.
"Sit down! The one of you, I heard my mother's family mention it before, but it hasn't been in contact for many years, so it's a bit strange."
"It's because of our poor etiquette. From now on, we will send people to the capital to send festival gifts every year."
"That's not necessary. Is this your first time in Beijing?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang's chat with Zhang Shengshuitiannanhaibei is not serious.
Zhang Shengshui himself is not in a hurry.
Until he had used the banquet, he got up and said goodbye without mentioning his purpose of coming to the capital.
It seems that this is an ordinary meeting between relatives.
This made Zhang Shigao take a look.
The butler sent him out and returned a gift.
Zhang Shengshui said that he refused to accept anything, jumped into the carriage and ran away.
The housekeeper had no choice but to truthfully report to Zhang.
When Zhang heard the words, he laughed, "Let him go."
"Zhang Shengshui never asked anything about the young mansion and the empress, and he refused to respond. What is his purpose in doing this?"
Xiao Zhang was a little puzzled.
Zhang said with a smile: "He only needs to let people know that he is a guest at our house, and staying for a banquet is enough. The Shaofu knows that he has relatives with our family, and he is always polite to him."
"These private mines have a lot of twists and turns. The gift form he sent is really too generous, is it okay to accept it?"
"Inquire about where he lives and find a chance to return the gift."
"Daughter-in-law knows!"
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A group of private mine owners headed by Zhang Shengshui temporarily settled down in the capital, feeling the customs and customs different from those in the south.
The Xiliang Gold Rush is still fermenting, and the newspapers are also advocating it.
The houses around the Imperial College are very hot.
This group of people are all the masters of not bad money.
Curious about the double-track carriage, I went to experience it specially.
The ticket is a small amount of money. When you get on a luxury car, you eat and drink, and you spend nearly a hundred taels.
The station employees regarded these people as being taken advantage of by the local tyrants from the south.
Boss Niu, the station master, slapped his fellow on the head, "Can you talk about food and clothing? Let me take care of it! If there are more such generous masters, everyone's bonus will be available this month. "
"okay!"
The guys agreed in unison.
The mine owners rode in a double-regulated carriage, happily going back and forth. Discussing to find Huanyu Motors, go to the south to fix one for them.
"Excellent for pulling mines!"
"The cost is too high, it is better to work hard."
"Li Gong is slow, how can it be fast."
"Shaofu shut down our mines, iron ore and copper mines should all increase prices."
"Let's not talk about the price increase. The young man's house left us in the inn, and only a small official showed up to receive so many days. What does it mean?"
"Are you kidding us?"
"It's really outrageous."
"It's better to go back."
"It's all here, I have to talk about it. If we can't agree, we can talk about it."
"Huh! I don't believe that Shaofu and Jinwuwei can keep staring at all the mines? There will always be a day when they are evacuated. When they evacuate, we will start construction."
"What's the hurry! It's all here, let's take a look, learn more from other people's business experience."
When Zhang Shengshui spoke, everyone ended the complaint.
"Master Zhang, have we been waiting like this?" someone asked.
Zhang Shengshui stared out of the car window, "Alright!"
They have been in the capital for ten days, and the Shaofu continues to hang them in the air, which makes no sense.
"It is estimated that in the past few days, the Shaofu should send someone to see us. Please cheer up and stop talking nonsense when the time comes. First listen to what Shaofu said."
"Okay! Just listen to Boss Zhang, you are someone who has read, and you are more knowledgeable than ours."