Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

It's the beginning of November.

In Balipu, which is located in the mountain, it has already snowed twice.

When the snow stopped, the toll station organized road fighters who had been reformed through labor to clean the road.

The Balipu toll station covers 25 miles of road in the front and the back, adding up to 50 miles.

They had to make sure that the snow on the fifty-mile cement road was cleaned up as soon as possible, so as not to delay the travel of the merchants.

If the road collapses, or cracks appear, it must be reported in time.

When the weather improves next year, an engineering team will come to repair the road.

The head of the toll station, Mr. Niu, was away. He went to Fucheng for a meeting to study, and he had been there for four days.

When he was not there, the toll station was in charge of the two deputy stationmasters.

One is in charge of money and the other is in charge of accounts.

Yesterday the snow stopped, the station master should come back.

Maybe. I'm afraid of delays on the road.

I'm back, I'm back.

A toll collector shouted outside.

The donkey cart at the toll booth swayed towards them, and sitting on it was the boss Niu who was going to Fucheng for a meeting.

Behind him, two carriages followed.

The account is also here, get the account book ready.

The two deputy stationmasters were busy.

There are two of them, one is in charge of the ledger and the other is in charge of the money.

If the money and accounts don't match, both of them will have to walk around without food.

Boss Niu got off the donkey cart and greeted the cashier to enter the toll booth for tea.

The accountant said: Let's make the accounts first, and then drink tea. The end of the year is approaching, and the owner is waiting for us to hand over the accounts and budget for next year's profit. The above is urgent, and we have no choice but to urge you. The ledgers are all recorded according to the format.”

Yes, yes, it's all done according to the method taught in the training class. Boss Niu said hurriedly.

A few accountants brought the account books and money, and sat in the signing room and started to settle the accounts.

Boss Niu led two deputy stationmasters,

Waiting outside, in case the accountant wants to question the situation.

Boss Niu was impatient with this kind of waiting and couldn't leave. He sat on the bamboo chair, the room was warm again, and fell asleep after a while.

He had a dream, in which he returned to the northwest, back to the Sirius Army.

He joined the army at the age of eighteen and served twelve years.

In the Sirius Army alone, he has worked for nearly five years and has made a lot of credit.

Until the age of thirty, an ambush wounded his left arm.

The left arm was saved, but he couldn't use his strength, which was equivalent to being half-crippled.

In addition, over the years, he has suffered numerous injuries, both large and small, and he will fall ill in winter.

However, the Heavenly Wolf Army fought more battles in winter than in summer, and they were all vicious and hard battles.

No way but to retire.

Twenty taels of silver for discharge from the army, General Pei personally handed it over to him.

It was awkward at the time.

General Pei asked him, What are you going to do when you go back?

He chuckled, I'll eat and wait to die.

You bastard! General Pei was about the same age as him, but scolded him as a grandson.

After scolding, General Pei took a sip and said, There is an errand here. There is a salary of three or two per month. If you do well, you will be rewarded. The premise is that you must pass the exam. You go to the training class to prepare for the exam.

He prepared a lot of objections, but before he could say a word, he was escorted to the training class.

There were also hundreds of brothers from the Sirius Army who had been discharged from the army together.

It was September last year, and it was already cold in Jinju in the northwest.

They were a bunch of rough people who didn't even have a pen, but they had to follow the Master to learn literacy and arithmetic. Exam every month.

If you pass the test, there will be no reward, but if you fail the test, you will directly deduct your rations, deduct money, and you will have to play the board.

How hard it is to read! It's more tiring than fighting the enemy.

That day was really miserable.

A group of old and rude people who want to rebel against Mr.

As a result, General Pei fell from the sky. Hundreds of people, working in accordance with military law, were almost not killed.

They've been honest since then.

Literacy and numeracy is really not easy.

Niu Lao studied for nearly a year before passing the post examination and was hired to be the stationmaster of the Balipu toll station.

This is his dark history, and whoever asks about it, he doesn't say it.

He wouldn't tell the people below that it took him a whole year to pass the exam.

He wants to maintain a dignified image in front of people, and naturally he can't expose his shortcomings.

The few robes who came to Balipu with him would naturally not expose his shortcomings.

They dare to expose his shortcomings, and he dares to expose everyone's shortcomings.

There are thirteen people in this Balipu toll station. One webmaster and two deputy webmasters.

The other ten people are all toll collectors.

Half veterans, half local recruits.

Even the two deputy stationmasters came from different places and different training classes.

Thinking of the happy things, Boss Niu laughed in his sleep.

Boss Niu, Boss Niu, wake up...

Someone pushed him.

Who? Grandma's who pushed Lao Tzu.

Boss Niu opened his eyes and blinked, only to see clearly that it was Mr.

He smiled and scratched his head, Mr. laughed, and accidentally overslept. These bastards don't even know how to wake me up.

The bastards in the mouth of Boss Niu all laughed.

It is rare to see the joke of the boss of Niu, of course, you can't miss it.

The accountant said, The account has been checked, and the money is correct. You and the other two deputy stationmasters sign and seal here, and we will take the account book and the money away.

Oh!

Boss Niu has been very careful about various documents since he became literate. During the meeting above, I also emphasized repeatedly that I should read the contents clearly before signing.

After confirming that the content was all right, he picked up the pen to sign and seal.

Then came the two deputy stationmasters.

After the handover was completed and tea was drunk, the accountants carried the account book, a box of silver taels, and two baskets of copper coins on the carriage, ready to go to the next toll booth.

After sending off the cashier, the toll station all breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm so nervous! I'm afraid there will be problems with the accounts.

As long as everyone follows the rules and registers every transaction truthfully, there will be no problems with the accounts.

That's what the stationmaster said.

...

A few days later, the capital was three hundred miles away.

In Xinmin County, which is located outside the Nancheng Gate, next to the county government, a new mansion has been built.

This house is where the headquarters of the Four Seas Commercial Bank is located.

It's very lively here today, and there are luxury carriages parked in the yard.

The cement road from Beijing to Luozhou will be fully connected by the end of September.

In October, 20 toll stations were fully opened, and the toll collection project was launched at the same time.

The ten-month account of the twenty toll stations is the most intuitive examination of the value of this cement road.

Look at the account book, look at the future.

Whether this cement road has a head start, we have to look at the accounts in October before we can draw a conclusion.

The reason why there are 20 toll stations for a distance of 800 miles is that not all toll stations are set strictly according to the distance of 50 miles.

A toll station must be set up on the main traffic road, or near the freight terminal.

In these places, the two toll booths may only be separated by thirty or forty miles.

In the round table conference room, all the shareholders who could come have come.

Those who could not come, also sent people to listen.

Gu Jiu sat on the main seat, flipping through the ledger silently.

The meeting room was noisy.

Cheng Enbo Zhuci attended the shareholders meeting in person.

He just wanted to see if his original judgment was correct. Is this road the hen that lays golden eggs in his mind?

Mrs. Zhao, when will the accounts be released?

someone ventured to ask.

Gu Jiu tapped on the table lightly, I wonder how much you expect from the October accounts?

In October, there must be 3,000 taels of income anyway. Twenty toll booths support so many people. If there is not so much income, then there is nothing to do with this road.

What does it mean to be incompetent. There are only a few people in the toll booth. How much does it cost to support these people?

It's not cheap to support those toll collectors. Twenty toll booths, one month's labor costs, food costs, charcoal costs, etc., let's talk about one or two thousand taels. We also need to take a part of the money from the proceeds as the road maintenance fee. I forgot it. An account, less than 3,000 taels a month, would be a big loss to build this road.”

Many people present nodded.

Three thousand taels is the bottom line.

If the income in October is less than 3,000 taels, everyone has to re-evaluate the value of this road.

The crowd was noisy, but Gu Jiu didn't refute everyone's words.

Cheng En Bo Zhu Ci secretly snorted and muttered to himself, A bunch of ignorant idiots.

Even if the income in October is less than 3,000 taels, this road is also a golden road.

In October, it already snowed in many places. The weather is very cold, there are few business trips on the road, and the income of the toll station is low.

When spring comes next year and the weather is warmer, the number of business travelers on the cement road will more than double.

Mrs. Zhao, it's useless for us to guess, let's just announce the results.

Gu Jiu nodded and motioned for Deng Cunli to preside over the meeting.

Deng Cunli bowed to take orders and cleared his throat.

Twenty toll booths, starting from Luozhou, will be billed one by one.

That's good, it's clear at a glance.

Deng Cunli picked up the account book and began to report the account.

As he reported the numbers, the shareholders present were frowning, shocked, frowning, and pleasantly surprised.

The expression is very rich.

The accounts of the twenty toll booths were quickly filled.

The toll stations with the highest income are the Jingcheng toll station outside the capital, and the Luozhou toll station on the other side of Luozhou. These two toll stations have an income of 3,721 taels in October alone.

boom!

The atmosphere in the conference room was very lively.

Deng Cunli continued: The toll station with the lowest income is the Wuliba toll station in the mountainous area, with a total income of 98 taels of silver in October.

There are eight toll booths, the revenue is between 100 to 200 taels, including the Balipu toll booth... There are six toll booths, the revenue is between 200 to 300 taels.

There are two toll booths that earn between 300 and 400 taels. There is also a toll station, and the revenue in October has exceeded 500 taels.

Adding up the income of all the toll booths, the income in October exceeded 7,000 taels, totaling 7,127 taels of silver.

boom!

The meeting room was boiling again.

It really exceeded seven thousand taels in October?

The two toll stations in Beijing and Luozhou, how come the income in October is so high? Is there any problem with this account?

The toll station in the capital is 30 miles away from the south gate of the capital. All the goods going north to Beijing must pass through here. Can the income be high?

The situation in Luozhou is similar.

At these two toll stations, there are three times as many toll collectors as there are trains coming and going from morning to night, and the income is normal.

The income in October is 7,000 taels. After that year, wouldn't it have to be 100,000 taels.

I'm afraid it's more than 100,000 taels.

After deducting the cost and road maintenance fees, the rest do not need to be invested in other projects, can they all be used for dividends. After a year, they can also share a lot of money. It will take a few years to earn back the capital.

It will take a few years. Don't forget, last month was October, snow fell in many places, and the number of caravans on the road was more than half. And many people don't know that the cement road has been penetrated. Wait until next year, I am afraid that every I can earn tens of thousands of taels a month.”

Haha, that's daring.

Shareholders are excited.

I thought it would be good to pool money to build a road to gain a reputation, but I didn't expect that there would be dividends.

For many, this is definitely a surprise.

Seeing that the discussion was almost over, Gu Jiu gave Deng Cunli a wink.

Deng Cunli nodded and distributed the transcribed ledger to each shareholder.

The above not only records the accounts of each toll station in detail, but also makes data analysis.

There are more than 400 miles of cement roads from Beijing to Luozhou, all of which are located in mountainous areas.

Fortunately, it was built along the official road and could be completed within a year.

These toll stations located in the mountainous areas have a common feature, that is, they are very far from the dock, and they have to walk more than 100 miles recently.

This means that caravans that travel by water will not disembark in these places and switch to land transportation in order to avoid the checkpoint.

This also limits the development of these toll stations.

The monthly income of one or two hundred taels is considered excellent.

Other toll stations with incomes of 200 taels are relatively flat, and there are not so many mountains.

In these places, the people's livelihood economy is relatively good. Some toll booths are relatively close to the wharf, and there are often caravans passing through the water transportation checkpoint, so the income of the toll booths is naturally higher.

Gu Jiu tapped on the table.

The noisy conference room fell silent in an instant.