Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1245 Merchant Logic

   "Everyone, go slowly, we won't send it away, and we have to post the official documents under the order of the county magistrate."

  Two guards sent a group of dizzy grain merchants outside the county government gate, and parted from them. One was carrying a bucket of paste, and the other was holding a stack of official documents stamped with the county magistrate's seal.

   "You are busy, you are busy...don't worry about us."

  A group of grain merchants walked out of the county office, still feeling dizzy, as if they had drunk two catties.

  The two guards first posted an official document outside the wall of the county government office, and then went to other places to post it.

   "Starting today, every stone of grain in Jingnan County will be 2,500 yuan..."

  A group of grain merchants stood in front of the official document that had just been posted, looking at the black and white letters on it and the bright red seal of the magistrate. Until now, they couldn't believe it anymore, and they were finally sure that it was true.

   "The county...the county officials have really defined the price of grain in Jingnan as 2,500 cash per stone!"

  A grain merchant couldn't contain the ecstasy in his heart. He stretched out his hand to touch each word, sniffed greedily, took a strong sniff of the ink, and then jumped up happily!

   "Look at your bear..."

  The rest of the grain merchants sneered, but they were not much better, grinning like a flower.

"In other places, grain prices are strongly suppressed, and our grain merchants are severely punished. Once they are found to be driving up grain prices, they will be imprisoned and confiscated, sent to the army, or beheaded on the spot. Suppressing grain prices, is that the opposite?" A grain merchant said to the crowd in confusion after the ecstasy.

   "Why, do you want the magistrate to chop off your head?!" Suddenly, several grain merchants gave him a blank look.

   "No, I just can't figure it out..." The grain merchant shrank his neck resentfully and said with a smile.

   "Actually, I'm also confused now, I can't figure it out..." Shopkeeper Lu scratched his head.

   Immediately, several grain merchants expressed their agreement, and they really couldn't figure it out.

"Cough cough, this is not a place to talk. Can you please go to the old man's house for a light meal?" The largest grain merchant in Jingnan——Yang Ji, the shopkeeper of Yangji Grain Co., coughed, attracting everyone's attention, and then touched the gray hair. beard, said to everyone meaningfully.

   "I want what I want, but I dare not ask for it." All the grain merchants clasped their fists together, and none of them said no.

   Immediately, a group of grain merchants surrounded shopkeeper Yang, laughing all the way, and went to shopkeeper Yang's house.

   Soon, several tables of banquets were set up in the shopkeeper Yang's house, and all the grain merchants sat down among the guests and hosts.

  In Shopkeeper Yang's house, all the grain merchants had no scruples.

"Treasurer Yang, just now you said that the county government is not a place to talk, and you have no scruples in your house. When other places are strictly controlling grain prices, why did our county officials issue an official document to rigidly define the grain price in Jingnan at 2,000 per shi Five hundred words?! The county lord is so happy for us, but we are really confused, lest we spoil this good situation. You are the most knowledgeable, and you are the famous Zhuge in our county. Did you guess something, please explain it to us." At the wine table, a grain merchant stood up and asked for advice.

   "That's right, shopkeeper Yang, the county official defined the price of grain at 2,500 renminbi per shi, which is of course a great joy to us. However, we are really confused, and we are afraid that this good situation will be ruined."

  Many grain merchants followed suit.

   "There must be a reason for something abnormal." Shopkeeper Yang stroked his beard and squinted his eyes.

   "I also ask shopkeeper Yang to enlighten me." All the grain merchants clasped their fists together.

   "Everyone speaks too seriously, and it's not worth giving advice. This is just a little speculation of the old man. Let me talk about it, everyone, just listen to it, and don't talk to outsiders." Shopkeeper Yang waved his hand and said.

   "Don't worry, shopkeeper Yang, we are not the ones who talk about it. If you get out of your old mouth and get into our ears, no third person will know about it except us here."

   All the grain merchants expressed their opinions.

   "Do you still remember the official position of the magistrate?" Shopkeeper Yang narrowed his eyes and asked meaningfully.

   "The official position of the county lord? Isn't the county lord the magistrate of our Jingnan county... No, no, I almost forgot that the county lord is already the county magistrate of Jingnan, Zhejiang Province."

   After a group of grain merchants blurted out, they just remembered that Zhu Ping'an had already been promoted for his achievements in fighting the Japanese.

"Zhejiang's procuratorial envoy Siqian Shi, Jingnan county magistrate... everyone, do you understand?! Our county honor is actually a fifth-rank Zhejiang criminal envoy Siqianshi, just because Jingnan can't be ignorant of the county for a day. It is only the magistrate of Jingnan County who is only "on" the seventh rank for the time being. As soon as the new magistrate arrives, our county magistrate will take up the post of Zhejiang Prosecutor and Procurator. Our small pond in Jingnan is only a temporary resting place for him That's all."

   Shopkeeper Yang stroked his beard, and said to the crowd with deep meaning.

  Which one of the businessmen is not the eight Linglong? When shopkeeper Yang said this, all the grain merchants realized it.

"The county lord is already on Qingyun. Even if my small pond in Jingnan is flooded, it will have no impact on the county lord. Besides, before the flood, the county lord has mobilized the whole county for flood control. It is also because the county lord has With this foresight, I did not lose a single person in this flood in Jingnan, and with this great contribution, the county lord is already invincible in this flood."

   Shopkeeper Yang said slowly.

   All the grain merchants nodded their heads when they heard the words. Yes, the county officials had been promoted a long time ago, and they took precautions before the flood, so that Jingnan did not lose a single person. This is already a great achievement. Therefore, the county lord dared to set the price of grain in Jingnan as 2,500 cash per shi.

   "Old Yang, what you said is that the county lord is like this, which is not good for disaster relief. What good is it for him?"

  A grain merchant asked suspiciously.

   "Benefits?! Hehe, the benefits should be on us." Yang Lao said with a smile.

   "What do you mean?" The grain merchant was puzzled.

It was useless for Mr. Yang to answer, so the grain merchant next to him rushed to answer, and said with a sneer, "You are stupid, Mr. Yang has made it so clear, you still don't understand?! The county lord set the price of grain at 2500 per shi Baiwen, donate this great benefit to us, shouldn’t we show it to the county venerable?! You don’t understand the principle of reciprocity and reciprocity?!”

   "What? You mean the magistrate...impossible, the magistrate is known as Qingtian, he is not such a person."

  The grain merchant suddenly realized, but then shook his head, expressing doubts about this conclusion.

"Knowing people and faces, you can't be ignorant of your heart. How do you know that the county is not such a person, shopkeeper Zhang?! Besides, shopkeeper Zhang, you are still a well-known good person in your town. In reality, you don't have any clues in your own mind. Do you need it?" Let's dismantle it for you one by one?"

   There was a person next to him who knew the truth about shopkeeper Zhang. Hearing this, he couldn't help but sneered and said to him.

   Immediately, shopkeeper Zhang blushed, and stopped talking.

"Before the county lord was promoted, he naturally cherished his feathers and whitewashed his reputation. Now that the county lord has been promoted to Zhejiang Province, he has been promoted to be a prisoner, inspector, inspector, and secretary. Why do he have to work so hard to pretend in a small place like Jingnan?! To pretend, he also went to Zhejiang. Remind the inspector to be the chief inspector, and work harder to pretend! Besides, these days, if you want to have a successful official career, you have to go up and down, all of which cost money. Our county officials are already fifth-rank officials at a young age. At first glance, it is not something in the pool, and I will definitely not be satisfied with the promotion of the fifth rank, and I must want to go up again and transfer to the capital, all of which require money!"

   "That is, the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the county lords are naturally no exception!"

   "Get promoted and get rich, get promoted and get rich, the county officials have already been promoted, so naturally they will get rich."

  All the grain merchants nodded their heads in agreement.

  (end of this chapter)