Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1246 Reciprocate

   After a group of grain merchants came to their conclusions at the banquet, they all said that since the county honored voted for peaches, we should naturally repay them wisely.

  As for how to report the money, they also quickly reached a consensus at the banquet. According to the size of the grain shop, the grain merchants were divided into three categories: large, medium, and small. Those who belong to small-scale grain merchants will be given a gift of 800 taels of silver; those who belong to mid-range grain merchants will be given a gift of 1,500 taels of silver; and those of large-scale grain merchants will be given a gift of 2,500 taels of silver.

  Of course, these are just the first batch of thank-you gifts. At the end of each month, according to the operating conditions of their respective grain stores, they will take out 20% of the net profit as a thank-you gift and send it to the yamen.

   Can't let go of children, can't let go of wolves! The businessmen couldn't be more clear about this truth. Although there are many gifts, it is not a small number for them, but compared with the future income, it is nothing!

  With the official endorsement of the county lord, they can open their hands and feet to sell food and make money.

  Compared with the grain merchants in Taizhou Fucheng and other counties, their Jingnan grain merchants are already in heaven.

  Of course, although there are regulations on how to report Li, but for the sake of safety, a group of grain merchants recommended a grain merchant to throw stones to ask for directions.

   Shopkeeper Lu stood out from the middle and high votes, and was "honored" to be the stone to ask for directions.

"Ahem, can't you send another person to accompany me? Shopkeeper Tai, you and my brother, how about walking with me?" Shopkeeper Lu looked at all the grain merchants, especially Shopkeeper Tai, with a bitter face. .

   "Get out!" Shopkeeper Tai rolled his eyes.

   "Fatty Lu, don't dawdle, go quickly, go and come back quickly, we are all anxiously waiting for your reply. If you don't leave, we will accept 30% of the gift for you this time, but it won't count."

   Seeing shopkeeper Lu lingering, a group of grain merchants couldn't help urging, half threatening, half joking, laughing and cursing.

   "The wind is blowing and the water is cold. Fatty, I will go and return soon. All shopkeepers, wait for my good news."

Hearing that all the grain merchants threatened to take back the thank you gift for helping him recognize 30%, the shopkeeper Lu, who was addicted to money, stopped dawdling, his waist didn't hurt, his back didn't hurt, and he trotted all the way to be his asking stone. .

   A group of grain merchants were drinking and chatting, imagining the wealth at their fingertips, while waiting for news from the shopkeeper Lu.

   Soon, everyone had just finished drinking for three rounds, when they heard footsteps, and then saw the figure of shopkeeper Lu.

   Damn it!

  Why did Fatty Lu come back so soon? Is this because he was kicked out after climbing the door of the county lord? !

   All the grain merchants suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts, worried that Fatty Lu would mess up the matter, and felt that the development of the matter exceeded their expectations and beyond their control...

   "Fatty Lu, why did you come back so soon? Did the county honorer accept the gift you gave?"

  A group of grain merchants asked anxiously and nervously.

Shopkeeper Lu nodded first, but before all the grain merchants showed joy on their faces, Shopkeeper Lu shook his head again, shaking his big fat face, and all the grain merchants who were shaking straight became angry .

"Fuck! Fatty Lu, what do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?! Convulsions?! Will the county lord accept or confiscate the thank you gift you sent over?! Give us an accurate statement. Now we can When it's not a joke, if you don't have a proper shape, you will return the 30% thank you gift we recognized for you."

   A group of grain merchants were stunned, thinking that shopkeeper Lu was playing tricks on them, so they said to shopkeeper Lu with a bad face.

Under the watchful eyes of a crowd of grain merchants, shopkeeper Lu nodded first, then shook his head again. Seeing the unkind expressions on everyone's face, shopkeeper Lu himself blushed anxiously and spread his hands, "Oh, I...I also I don’t know if the county honor will take it or confiscate it!”

"What do you mean? What do you mean you don't know if the county lord confiscates it?! The one on your neck is a pig's head. You don't know whether the county lord confiscated the thank you gift you sent yourself. It's such a simple matter. Clear?! You usually forget about every positive shape, but when is it now, are you still joking with us?!"

   All the grain merchants laughed angrily, and the impatient ones started to roll up their sleeves, as if they wanted the shopkeeper Lu to look good.

   "Oh, what I said is true, I'm not joking with you." The shopkeeper Lu blushed and explained anxiously.

"Okay, everyone, calm down. Shopkeeper Lu, don't worry, sit down and have a sip of tea, and tell us slowly about your meeting with the county lord." Shopkeeper Yang waved his hand, signaling everyone to be safe. impatient.

Shopkeeper Lu sat down and drank a cup of tea, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, breathed a sigh of relief, and told all the grain merchants about his trip to the yamen to give gifts, "I have arrived at the county yamen, please ask the county yamen's clerk According to the news from the guards, I met the county venerable very smoothly. After meeting the county lord, I knelt down and kowtowed three times. The county lord couldn't hold me back. Our grain bank business expressed our gratitude, and then handed the 1,500 taels of silver notes under the table to the county lord."

  The time to witness the truth has come!

  After hearing this, all the grain merchants couldn't help sitting up straight, and looked at shopkeeper Lu without blinking.

   Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Lu paused at this point, and the heavy grain merchant couldn't help urging, "Then what?"

   "Then. The county lord was very unhappy, with a serious face, and rejected me with righteous words. The county lord said that he defined the grains only for the public. How could he ask me to take back the bank notes for self-interest."

   Shopkeeper Lu paused, then continued.

what! ?

  Xian Zun refused? !

  The county lord didn't accept the gift? ! Now it's a little troublesome! Two thousand five hundred wen per stone, this policy cannot be changed.

   All the grain merchants became nervous when they heard the words. The county lords don't accept thank you gifts, so how can they not be nervous.

   "Fatty Lu, you are so stupid, the county magistrate told you to take it back, so you take it back! Liu Bei is still paying attention to the thatched cottage!"

   "The county honor is reserved and worried about being known by others"

   All the grain merchants sighed and complained endlessly to shopkeeper Lu.

"Of course I can't take it back. I told the county lord that I kept this bank note in my arms all the way, and no one saw it. Besides, only the county lord and I were in this room. No third person would know about it." .”

   Shopkeeper Lu shook his head vigorously, and argued.

   "Well, this is still decent, and then?" A group of grain merchants praised the shopkeeper Lu, and then asked.

"Then the county lord got even more angry, saying that heaven knows, the earth knows, you know and I know, how can you say that no one knows! Resolutely refuse to accept it." Shopkeeper Lu continued, "I insisted again and again, but the county lord refused to accept it. I got kicked out."

"what?!"

   "How could this be?!"

  A group of grain merchants were stunned when they heard Zhu Ping'an's insistence on not accepting a thank you gift. This was different from what they thought.

   Get angry again in a hurry.

"However, just when I was disheartened and about to give up. The county lord asked me that Jingnan was hit by severe floods, and the victims were displaced and starved for food. Would you like to donate money for the victims of Jingnan?! Naturally, I said yes. Then, the county lord took out a donation agreement and asked me to sign and press my thumbprint on it. My thank you gift of 1,500 taels became a donation in a daze."

   Shopkeeper Lu touched his head, and continued, until now his mind is still a mess.

  The mountains and rivers are full of doubts and no way out, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and there is another village. When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up immediately!

   "Xianzun is really a master. In this way, there will be no trace and impeccable. Hahahaha, shopkeeper Lu, you did a good job." Shopkeeper Yang patted shopkeeper Lu on the shoulder with a smile, expressing his approval.

   "Shopkeeper Yang, you mean I've delivered it?!" Shopkeeper Lu's eyes lit up.

   Shopkeeper Yang nodded with a smile, and then said to the grain merchants, "Everyone, next, it's time for me to go to the county government to donate money."

  Therefore, a group of grain merchants in Jingnan went to the Yamen to meet Zhu Pingan one after another, and donated money enthusiastically.

  (end of this chapter)