When attacked and worn as a farmer's daughter-in-law

The death of the emperor is a national event, which concerns everyone in the Jing Dynasty, from the princes and princesses, to the people of the Li people, they must observe the rules for them. The highest standard of funeral rites is to wear hemp and filial piety. During the period, marriage and alcohol are prohibited. All rituals and music are forbidden, even laughter is not allowed.

Of course, the last one is more troublesome to implement, and the control at the root of the imperial city is relatively strict, while other places are much looser.This kind of thing is that people don't raise officials and don't investigate, and they don't have anything to do if they don't get caught. Once they are stabbed up, they will be killed. It's unlucky, and even their heads may not be guaranteed. This is reflected in the imperial capital. is the most obvious.

The bustling and bustling Yunzhou City in the past became lifeless after the news spread across the streets and alleys. The silk and satin were removed, and the colorful things were covered with plain cloth. Every family began to rush to make filial piety uniforms.In the past, no one cares about the luxurious fabrics. The business of high-end cloth shops has plummeted. The same is true for restaurants, music workshops, theaters, etc. Only after these few months can the business recover. If it can't last, then...

Fortunately, the time of keeping the system is not long, generally it only takes two to three months, and it will end a few days after the emperor's burial, but the ban on marriage, banquets, rituals and music will continue, and it will take at least half a year to completely lift the ban.

There was not a trace of laughter to be heard in the street, not even loud noise.The children who didn't know how to control their emotions disappeared without a trace, and they were all kept at home in case they laughed out loud and caused the situation to get out of control.

All kinds of scenes gave Fang Tianlin the feeling that it was not much different from the jittery wind.This is still thousands of miles away from the imperial capital like Yunzhou City, at the foot of the imperial city...

Fang Tianlin just thought about this matter, what he needs to care about now is the issue of wearing hemp and mourning.The fabrics needed for keeping the system are usually more or less prepared at home, but the Shen family is different. They moved from Guangyan Village to the south of Yunzhou City, and they didn't bring many things with them, including this item.

Right now, the businesses related to funerals are the hottest, and these shops can make a lot of money at this time.Although there are not many people who are willing to contact people who do this business, the money they make is quite a lot even in ordinary days.

As soon as Fang Tianlin received the news, he asked Shen Jiahe to give the employees of the workshop and the restaurant a holiday, and asked them to go home to deal with the system issues.He called Liu Cheng, who lived next door, to go shopping for clothing materials, while Mrs. Chen stayed behind to take care of the children at home.

When they arrived at the nearest cloth shop, it was already full of people. The two waited for a long time before they bought linen and white cotton cloth.

Fang Tianlin was very fortunate that he was not so frantic in guarding the rules for the emperor. He didn't have to wear the roughest linen, and cotton was allowed in the inner clothing, otherwise not only children, but even adults might not be able to bear it.Coarse linen and fine linen feel different when worn on the body. Even a strong man who digs in the soil every day, wearing such clothes, his skin may be worn out with red marks, and children are more prone to problems.

Most cloth shops will not buy a lot of linen and white cotton, unless the shop specializes in white goods.The cloth shop that Fang Tianlin and the others entered was like this. Not long after the two of them left the shop, the related fabrics were sold out, and the shop could be closed for the next few days.It is obviously too late to buy fabrics now, and only those who are well-informed can make preparations in advance and make large profits in this wave of market conditions.

Neither Fang Tianlin nor Shen Jiahe knew how to sew clothes. Although filial piety clothes were simpler than ordinary clothes, it was not so easy to learn temporarily. The shares of their family of five were all taken by Mrs. Chen and Liu Cheng.

Shen Jiaxi's set was finished first, and after he was dressed, he immediately drove to Anyang Village with Xiaobu in a carriage. The news from there arrived late, and Fang Tianlin and the others did this just in case.

During the reign of the emperor, no one wanted to cause trouble. There were fewer pedestrians on the street, and the business of the shop was weaker. At the same time, those who found faults also disappeared, and the competitors did not have the mind to fight. It seemed that there was harmony.

During this period of time, Fang Tianlin did not expand his business, and the restaurant has maintained its original scale, only dealing in potato chips and fish chips.Because it is not easy to sell loudly, Wei Xiaodong and the others are responsible for the fixed mobile stalls, which only appear in various downtown areas. The business is less than before, but it is not a problem to make ends meet.

The business is on the right track, and no one has disturbed it. Fang Tianlin has a lot of leisure time. Apart from learning the knowledge passed down by the Qianyuan clan, the rest of the time is spent teaching his wife and sons, and sometimes he also brings two nephews. Although there is no laughter or laughter in the small courtyard, it is peaceful and peaceful.

Originally, Fang Tianlin planned to buy a few lambs to raise in the near future, but the promise of settling down would always be postponed. Now that he has to guard the emperor, this matter can only be postponed.

After informing Guanshi Chen, Fang Tianlin put the matter on the shelf, at least until the end of the guard system.

Master An San was not in a hurry, he knew that if he wanted to get the mutton with excellent effect, he would have to wait for nearly two years, and he couldn't be in a hurry even if he wanted to.Since he can afford to wait for such a long time, it doesn't matter if it is delayed for another two or three months.

Xue's front yard meeting room.

"Father, the family bought a house and a store, and bought a large amount of goods. The store will have no income in the next two or three months. I am afraid that the funds will not be able to turn over. When the goods arrive, the final payment cannot be paid. It’s not good.” Xue Guanglin broke the silence in the room, “How about a batch of goods at a low price?”

Xue Guangsen disagreed: "Second brother, this is tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and it's not the same loss."

"Brother, you can either return the order and lose money, or receive the goods and owe the person money. I'm afraid the former will lose more. Besides, this batch of goods is very important. We can't return it. The latter will reduce our reputation in the industry. It is not so easy to get the goods first and then give the money." Xue Guanglin argued hard.

"Then you can't sell fabrics. Isn't it waiting for someone to lower the price when you ship at this time? Otherwise, the family will reduce expenses. Anyway, they don't have to entertain guests for a few months, and their relatives don't need to go out to entertain. With the addition of some expenses for each room, the purchase price is almost enough." Xue Guangsen said very casually.

Xue Guanglin and Xue Guangmu were at a loss for words.Neither the public nor the middle-aged objected to frugality. The Xue family hadn't developed for a few years, and it was acceptable to live a little tighter, but it was a bit troublesome to dig out the private house.

The big family earns a lot of money on weekdays, so they don't care about it, but the second and third rooms don't have that much money.The quality of this batch is good, and the price is correspondingly high.The seller will deliver the goods in a few days, and the bill will be settled within half a month after the goods arrive at the latest. If the three companies share the burden, it will be quite a burden for Xue Guanglin and Xue Guangmu.

At this time, Xue Guangsen will not readily pay what he should have like when he took the money, and the three brothers must share it equally.

"Okay, okay, don't keep your heads still and don't talk, you should pay the money in advance, and it will be returned to you when the shop is open normally and the capital turnover is over." Several people go down.Hey, my son is grown up and has his own little thoughts, so it's hard to get together again.

Xue Guanglin didn't think there was anything wrong with him doing this, and the family business was not at the moment of life and death, so he couldn't take out the little money in his hand casually.Living in Yunzhou City, it is impossible to have no money. Besides, the money he and his third brother got was small, so it didn't make sense for them to take the same responsibility as the elder brother.

Xue Guanglin returned to the room, opened the cash box and looked through the property of their room.Shen Lin's dowry is not worth mentioning in the eyes of the current Xue family, not only her, but also the other two daughter-in-laws of the Xue family.Therefore, most of the private houses in their house are basically in his hands. Shen Lin's side is just some bright jewelry and clothes, and there is not much cash.

Xue Guanglin looked at the stack of bank notes in his hand, his eyes slightly closed.After paying that sum of money, he doesn't have much money on hand, should he start another business?The cloth shop is definitely not good. This is competing with his family for business. If his family finds out, won't he kill him?

What should I do?Xue Guanglin fell into deep thought.After a while, his eyes lit up. In the huge Yunzhou City, there are many similar shops. There is more than one cloth shop opened by Xue's family alone, and there are at least dozens of shops opened by colleagues.Similarly, pastry and snack shops can be seen everywhere.

And Shen Ji's "Hao Zai Lai" food shop opened by his third brother-in-law has several unique flavors that no business can imitate. This makes the food shop not popular even though it only sells two kinds of goods. Other businesses were crushed.He can open a dim sum shop, sell some ordinary pastries and snacks, and buy some potato chips and fish chips produced by Shen Ji from his third brother-in-law. The business may not be very good, at least it is not easy to lose money.

Xue Guanglin is not worried at all about the impact on the business of Shen Ji's "Good Come Again" restaurant.Shen Ji Food Shop only opened one in Yunzhou City, and many people couldn't do business. After all, not everyone is willing to go all the way to the food shop to buy just for a bite.He only needs to open the dim sum shop in a place far away from Shen Kee Food Square. Besides, he not only sells potato chips and fish chips, but also engages in other food businesses, which has little impact on Shen Kee Food Square.

With this thought, Xue Guanglin couldn't stop it anymore.But he is not impulsive, he knows that it is obviously not suitable to open a new shop at this time, so he can only restrain himself and wait for this difficult time to pass.

Time flies, time flies.

In most people's expectations, the late emperor was buried grandly, and people were able to take off their filial piety clothes. Although the ban on marriage, banquets, rituals and music has not been lifted, it is enough for them to be happy in their hearts.

After filial piety, Yunzhou City began to slowly glow with its former vitality.There are more pedestrians walking on the street, and the shop business is gradually improving. Once the rest of the ban is lifted, Yunzhou City will be the bustling city before.

While people were immersed in yearning for a better life in the future, the Imperial Capital was not peaceful.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible."

"Why not?" The young emperor's expression darkened slightly.

"The large-scale drought in the north and west is still going on. In some areas, the shortage of food and water has caused serious riots. The effect of sending troops to suppress it is good, but it is only temporary. From the news in the newspaper, the problem of drinking water is not serious. Most places are In terms of supply, food is the key, only by increasing disaster relief efforts to prevent a large number of hungry people from appearing, can we fundamentally prevent the occurrence of large-scale unrest, blindly sending more troops may have less and less effect as the disaster continues.”

"Master Li's words are inappropriate."

"Master He, what's wrong?"

"Master Li, don't forget that there is no king in the world. The imperial court has sent people to send relief food to the disaster-stricken areas twice. Not only are the people ungrateful, but they gather together to riot. Why do these people need help?"

"My lord, sending troops also needs to provide a lot of food and pay, which is not as cost-effective as direct relief."

"Master Li..."

Dissidents quickly quarreled. Some, like Mr. Li, advocated to increase disaster relief efforts, and some, like Mr. He, advocated that everything should be resolved by force.

"Okay, I understand what all the gentlemen said." The young emperor sat high on the dragon chair with an inexplicable expression on his face, "There is no other solution? How much money can the Ministry of Household give out after years of disasters?"

"Your Majesty, I have an instruction book." Zhang Shen stepped forward.

"Say."

"What Mr. Li and Mr. He said is reasonable, but as His Majesty said, no matter which method is adopted, a lot of money and food will be used. I think the following two options may be feasible. Absorb them one by one, and the second is to take the initiative to evacuate the victims and relocate some of them to various places in the north and south, so as to provide farmland for the border guards and at the same time reduce the pressure on the disaster area, or both can be done at the same time.”

"This method is very good." The new emperor finally showed a smile on his face, "The military department will continue to deploy troops to the disaster area on the next day, and the household department will calculate how much relief food can be allocated, and send it to the worst-hit places. Do as Zhang Qing says."

More than half a month later.

Sending off the tax collectors, Shen Jiahe looked solemn.

"What's the matter?" Fang Tianlin didn't go to the "Good Come Again" restaurant this time, and asked with concern when he saw his daughter-in-law's somber face.

"Tianlin, the commercial tax will increase by [-]% from this month." After a pause, Shen Jiahe continued, "I asked the yamen's officer, and the land tax has also increased, and some other taxes have also been added."

Hearing this, Fang Tianlin's eyes flashed with astonishment, the news came not recently, the situation in the disaster area has improved, why is there still a tax increase, and it's not just a little bit?

Fang Tianlin thought in his mind that the imperial court would not increase taxes for no reason, there must be a reason for doing so.It's a pity that the Shen family doesn't have much relationship in Yunzhou City, and the news is not very well-informed. They don't know anything about what happened, so they can only take the initiative to ask someone.

After thinking about it, Fang Tianlin said: "Jiahe, we only deal with the government servants responsible for tax collection. The officials here are basically blank because they can't find a way. How to collect this tax is still to be discussed. Let's go, let's ask the second brother-in-law."

This is not Fang Tianlin's nonsense. When he was in Guangyan Village, he knew from Zhou Yi and Zhang Ting, the two yamen servants, that the real tax collected by the imperial court was not much, and those extra taxes were in essence exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the local yamen. .Of course, if only a single yamen did this, the relevant officials would have been dismissed and investigated by the higher authorities. It is precisely because the whole country is doing this, and everyone is colluding, so that most of the people are kept in the dark, thinking that the tax that is increasing year by year is the imperial court. of.

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen", businessmen are at the bottom, but their lives are better than many officials. There is a lot of mystery in this.It is precisely because the status of businessmen is low at the beginning, but most of them are relatively rich, and anyone can make money from them. In order to gain a foothold and improve their status, it becomes natural to cooperate with officials.One side gains power, the other side benefits, and the two sides hit it off.It doesn't matter to small businessmen, as long as the business grows big, there must be an official or even a group of officials behind the business to support them.

The taxes that need to be paid are different between those with a background and those without a background, no matter what kind of business they are in.The reason why people pay so much more taxes is because vested interests pass on part of the taxes to them.These people pay less or even no tax, and the consequences will be borne by the people everywhere.

For example, officials and gentry who own a large amount of land, they will not pay land taxes honestly, underreport the number of acres of land, and classify high-grade fields as middle-grade and low-grade fields. There are many methods they can use.Why no one exposed?Naturally, it is because everyone is doing this, and people from all walks of life have benefited from waiting, that is, everyone is good. As for national interests, how many people can think so far?

It was also because of this that Fang Tianlin wanted to ask Xue Guanglin to see how much of the increased taxes this time had to be paid and how much was apportioned.He had to figure this out, if he had to pay more taxes, he had to find a way to smooth over the officials, so he couldn't keep suffering like this.

Fang Tianlin has his account in mind, and the commercial tax to be paid this time is still within the scope of Shen's family, but what about in the future?In the past three years since he came to Jingchao, the land tax was increased once last year. The magistrate of Fuyang County was quite kind, and the increase was not much. Most people in Guangyan Village could afford it. He didn't know about other places.Taxes will be raised again this year, and taxes will be raised twice in three years. This is not a good sign. Who can guarantee that there will be no more increases next year?

Fang Tianlin was very helpless, he wanted to behave as a businessman, but the facts did not allow him to do so.

The two soon took a carriage to Xue's Buzhuang on Yong'an Street.They were lucky, Xue Guanglin happened to be there.

Hearing the waiter's report that the third brother-in-law's family was coming, Xue Guanglin hurriedly got up to greet him.

After several people were seated, Shen Jiahe asked the reason for this tax increase.

"The Rong people in the north were severely affected. They invaded the border a few days ago, and the imperial court is sending more troops to fight against the enemy." Xue Guanglin picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. The scale was small at the time, and this time it is no bigger than in the past, I guess the disaster over there is imminent."

"That's it." Fang Tianlin narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking in his heart, internal and external troubles, and the new emperor ascending the throne, it seems that the Jing Dynasty may not live in peace in the past few years.

"Second brother-in-law, the commercial tax has increased, how much will your cloth shop have to pay?" Shen Jiahe is actually most concerned about this, the border war is too far away from him.

"It's less than half." Xue Guanglin understood as soon as he heard it, and he didn't hide it, he directly said the real number.

Sure enough, Fang Tianlin and Shen Jiahe looked at each other with exactly the same expression.

"Second brother-in-law, behind your house?" Shen Jiahe hesitated for a while, and finally asked according to what he had discussed with his wife.

Xue Guanglin was stunned, then smiled and said: "Qian Tongzhi, it was the An family who led the way. But my family is not familiar with him. You also know that Fuyang County merchants have formed an alliance, which is what everyone calls the Fuyang County Business League. The An family We have established properties here long ago, and the relationship has been properly managed, so we can be regarded as lucky."

Shen Jiahe glanced sideways at Fang Tianlin, and continued to ask: "Can the Shen family join?"

Xue Guanglin looked embarrassed: "In theory, it should be possible, but although there is no explicit regulation, everyone knows that if you don't have thousands of family backgrounds, you may not be able to get in. Otherwise, I will go and ask for you, maybe It can really work."

"Let's talk about this first." Fang Tianlin didn't want to join rashly, "Since the business alliance is formed, there must be rules to follow. Can the second brother-in-law talk about the rules of the business alliance?"

"It doesn't matter." Xue Guanglin said briefly, "Actually, to sum up, there is only one rule of the business alliance, that is, members in the alliance must advance and retreat together, and they can't rush forward when it is beneficial, and push back when they are in trouble. Of course, this This is only the case when it comes to business matters. If each company causes trouble due to its own reasons, help if you can, and don’t force if you can’t. Anyone who violates this article will be expelled from the business alliance, and members of the business alliance will no longer Associating with him, all the benefits he enjoys are taken back except for his own. For example, the discount on my family's business tax is only available after joining the business alliance. Otherwise, as a foreigner in my family, I can't do it in just a few months Open up such a big situation."

After hearing this, Fang Tianlin pondered for a long time before opening his mouth: "Second brother-in-law, don't talk about the Shen family's entry into the business alliance for now, let Jiahe and I think about it carefully."

"Okay." Xue Guanglin didn't have the slightest objection. This matter is not a small one, and it should be carefully considered.

Seeing that the matter was finished, Shen Jiahe and Fang Tianlin got up to leave, but Xue Guanglin stopped him: "Third brother, don't rush to leave."

After a brief pause, Xue Guanglin said again: "That's right, I intend to open a dim sum shop, just a common one, and I want to buy from your house, do you think so?"

"No problem." Shen Jiahe readily agreed.

The Shen family food processing workshop itself accepts orders from outsiders. As long as the quantity is not large, it even accepts orders from the same city. With one more retail store, the business of the food workshop will not be much worse.Seriously speaking, as long as it develops well, the business of a shop is completely inferior to the benefits generated by a workshop.Now that the conditions are limited, the gap between the two is not so obvious.

"When will it be?" Shen Jiahe thought for a while and added another sentence.

"No rush, I'm going to worry about this after all the bans are lifted."

"Okay, then let's go. Just tell me when you want the goods, and the price will be discounted for you." Shen Jiahe said goodbye to Xue Guanglin with a smile.

Looking at the back of the third brother-in-law and his wife leaving, Xue Guanglin was very emotional. It has only been a few months since he came to Yunzhou City, and his brother-in-law has changed so obviously, it is really amazing!