Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Zhen Yingjia returned home angrily and asked Mrs. Zhen to open the warehouse to collect money.Mrs. Zhen was naturally reluctant, and Zhen Yingjia was so angry that she reprimanded Mrs. Zhen.Mrs. Zhen had to hand over the key. Zhen Yingjia took the key and stayed at the place of a concubine at night.

Although the Zhen family's emaciated camels were bigger than horses, their cash was really limited, and when they were all cleared out, it was only a little over a hundred thousand taels.But this time, only 9 taels of silver are needed for the purchase of grain, and 9000 to [-] taels of silver are needed for silkworm cocoons.As a last resort, Zhen Yingjia brought [-] taels of gold to Luo Mi's shop the next day and signed the contract.In fact, one tael of gold was exchanged for ten taels of silver, so naturally, Luo Mishang would not make things difficult for him.

Luo Mishang smiled and said: "Master Zhen really believes in people. In that case, please come back, Mr. Zhen. I will not send you away."

Zhen Yingjia saw that it was okay for the rice merchant to collect the money and not distribute the rice, so he said angrily: "Since the money has been collected, why don't you send the grain to my house's storehouse? In broad daylight, the world is bright, how dare you sit on the ground and cheat?"

Luo Mishang smiled and said: "Master Zhen is serious, but the villain is an honest businessman, how dare he do such a thing against his conscience. The villain is for the good of the adult."

Zhen Yingjia was surprised when he heard this, and asked: "How do you say this? If you don't understand, I will definitely copy your black shop tomorrow."

The rice merchant handed over a receipt, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Zhen has invited you, and the villain has been entrusted by Mr. Lin to transport the salt in the Lianghuai River and Huaihe River, to take care of the rice donated by Mr. Zhen. This is the seal signed by Mr. Lin." Receipts, Lord Zhen’s pledge of food and rice has been in place so far. Lord Lin said that Lord Zhen is sincere to the emperor, and Lord Lin will definitely report it to Beijing Central, and will not take any credit for Lord Zhen.

Only the silver donated by major salt merchants in Yangzhou and the grain and rice donated by Mr. Zhen are both large amounts. Could it be that Mr. Zhen has to pay extra shipping costs for this large amount of grain and rice to be sent to Yangzhou?Therefore, Mr. Lin sympathized with Mr. Zhen and asked the younger one to keep the grain and rice for him.As soon as the imperial decree arrives, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs will come to take over, and go out directly from the villain's treasury. At that time, Master Zhen will just send a steward to check it. yes.

Mr. Zhen, think about it, this grain and rice are the most difficult to keep. Rats and insects are difficult to guard against, and a damp is a huge loss. If Mr. Lin did not entrust it, the villain would not be willing to keep it for him.Mr. Zhen doesn't keep money for safekeeping.However, the villain has been in the grain and rice business for many years, the warehouse is dry, and there are some ways to prevent rodents and insects, so although he has no financial resources, he still contributes a lot of labor for the country.If Mr. Zhen is really worried, he can just organize a grain team and transport this large amount of grain and rice to Yangzhou for Mr. Lin to sign for it himself.If Mr. Zhen can trust the villain, then the hatchback is cheap. The owner of Qinji Silk and Satin Village, who has silkworm cocoons in his hand, still has some friendship with the young one.Tomorrow Master Zhen just bring the money, and ordered the silkworm cocoons that Master Zhen asked for on the spot, and let's post Lifu and send it to the weaving mansion, how about it? "

Zhen Yingjia listened to what Luo Mishang said with a smile on her face, and she fell back angrily: This Lin Ruhai's tricks are so deep and sophisticated, I'm afraid that when he bought mulberry fields widely, it has already been counted to this day. The scheming is really scary.The bosses of Luo Mi Shang and Qin Ji Satin are probably acquainted with Lin Ruhai. These two people are so foresighted, one buys grain and rice, and the other buys silkworm cocoons. They are probably ordered by Lin Ruhai, and even these two are Lin Ruhai's hands. The shopkeeper underneath.

The more Zhen Yingjia thought about it, the angrier she became: Isn't it true that Lin Ruhai has calculated enough of what she said? If the grain and rice from the Luomi merchant were purchased at the beginning of the year, it would be about two and a half dollars a stone, and the sales to Zhanyan more than doubled.This silkworm cocoon is just a left hand and a right hand, and the price is one and a half times as high as in previous years.Calculated in this way, the [-] shi of rice that Lin Ruhai donated this time all came from himself, and he made another fortune. Lin Ruhai has earned a great reputation for nothing!

Only Zhen Yingjia thought that this Maitreya-like Luo Mishang was a master of poison, so he didn't dare to do anything wrong, so he had to remember Lin Ruhai in his heart, and brought another 17 silver the next day, and he got tens of thousands of catties of high-quality silkworm cocoons.After spending [-] yuan, the clothing materials for this autumn and winter season are finally available.

But he said that the owner of Qinji Silk and Satin Zhuang Qin and Luo Mishang were members of the gang of beggars.At that time, some businessmen joined major gangs. Firstly, some were looking for shelter, and secondly, some of these shops were originally the property of the gangs.Do business as usual on weekdays, and also collect some information in private, to be a secret stake in the gang.These two shops are only of ordinary scale, and the money they bought a lot of rice and silkworm cocoons in advance is indeed the capital of Lin Ruhai's secret support.Because Li Handou, a young disciple of Li Longtou in the gang, was taken care of by Lin Ruhai's family, the Beggar Gang was more than willing to help.

A few days later, Lin Da came to Luo Mi's store. After seeing the ceremony, Luo Mi Shang had already taken care of the money he had received, and asked Lin Da's housekeeper if he wanted someone to escort him.Lin Dazi thanked Luo Mishang, and offered another [-] silver to Luo Mishang.Luo Mishang naturally postponed it very much, saying that it was a matter of little effort.

Lin Da laughed and said: "Could it be that Boss Luo thinks it's too little? Our master knows that according to the rules of the world, such money should be added to five, and half of the profit will be given to your gang. But our master doesn't care about the money. I don't dare to take it, I'm only here to take the capital of our master's silkworm cocoon, even the interest of the silkworm cocoon will be left in Jinling, let the noble gang take care of it temporarily, it will be useful in the future.

The master said that he had handed over the booklet to Beijing, and the original plan for the use of the money and food.The master said, since Master Zhen has made a big head, he dare not let us Jinling people get any benefit, our master's suggestion was that the silver taels raised this time should still be used on the people in Jiangnan.If the sage approves, the money will be spent in Jinling and nearby state capitals on the spot.If the sage has another use, it won't be too late for us to come and get it. "

After hearing this, Luo Mishang thought to himself: Although Mr. Lin didn't go into details, it sounds that Mr. Lin has a plan for how to spend the money.Therefore, it was unavoidable, and said with a smile: "Our leader said that Mr. Lin is willing to entrust this matter to us, because he thinks highly of us Jianghu people. We know that Mr. Lin is a good official who pleads for the people, so we are only helping They are helping the common people. If Mr. Lin paid us, wouldn't he look down on us?"

Lin Da laughed again and said: "Our master said that even the brothers in the gang also have children. I'm afraid there are families who are not well-off in this year's calamity. Therefore, the 1 taels are what Master Luo and Master Qin deserve. ; It is also before the imperial decree came down, the custody fee for this money and food, especially the cost of keeping rice is not low. The rest will be taken back to help brothers who need help at home, and help a little."

After hearing this, Luo Mishang consciously refused to show that he did not consider Master Lin a friend, so he laughed and said that he made people go back to the leader to make a decision.On the one hand, he sent people to escort Lin silkworm cocoons to Yangzhou with a cost of 4 taels.When Li Longtou heard this, he also felt that he was disrespectful, so he accepted 5000 taels. Sure enough, he helped the brothers who had family disasters, and those who were sick and lacked medical care.The remaining 5000 taels are still placed in the Luomi business treasury, saying that they are waiting for the imperial decree to be dealt with with other donations.As for the money and food that Lin Ruhai entrusted in Jinling, he naturally sent people to guard it day and night, with great dedication.

Zhen Yingjia also inquired about Luo Jiami's activities every day, so he naturally knew about Lin Da's visit.However, Lin Da did not leave with the grain in carts and boats. Sure enough, Lin Ruhai cheated himself of 9 taels and [-] shi of grain, but did not transport it to Yangzhou.

Looking at the past three months, it is true that the imperial decree from Beijing has come down.

To talk about how to use the money and food donated by Lin Ruhai, it is just to strengthen the river and sea defenses in Jiangnan province.It turns out that Lin Ruhai has read a lot of books, and he has memorized a lot of county annals and geography in his chest.It is natural to know that there are often years of severe floods after severe droughts.This year is extremely dry and hot, and it is not certain that there will be floods in the next year.

The terrain in the south of the Yangtze River is flat, and there are many rivers and lakes. If there is a flood, it may be a vast ocean, and the number of people affected by the disaster is unknown.Therefore, Lin Ruhai's memorial naturally listed in detail the amount of property donated by officials and merchants at all levels, and also made suggestions on how to spend the money.It is just to take advantage of the low water in autumn and winter to strengthen the river defense and coastal defense. The rice is used as food for Shanggong volunteers.

At the beginning, Emperor Taihe heard Lin Ruhai's passbook to go to Beijing, thinking that he was asking the Ministry of Households to transfer disaster relief money, and he was very unhappy.Because there are not many records of disaster reports from various provinces in the country, they all ask for money for disaster relief, and the household department is also stretched.When he opened the booklet to read, Lin Ruhai had already gathered the relief supplies, and he only needed the approval of his golden seal.Emperor Taihe was overjoyed, and immediately played it, and ordered people to send the imperial decree to the south of the Yangtze River, and also sent a copy to the state capitals to order all local officials to cooperate fully.

But it is said that if the people in the south of the Yangtze River have a strong labor force at home, who would not want to contribute their labor to work in Hefang?That is, the government manages three meals a day, and the family saves a fortune.What's more, this year's drought, the embankment has been exposed to the sun for half a year, and there are big cracks.It's fine if there is still drought in the coming year. If there is a flood, who can escape?Around winter is the slack time for farming. If you don’t go to work, you just stay at home for nothing.Therefore, the recruitment was extremely smooth, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River also supported Lin Ruhai.

It was the big and small salt merchants who made a lot of money in the first place. At first, they thought in their minds: I thought it was a good thing that Mr. Lin didn't take advantage of gifts, but he didn't expect to be the same as Mr. Zhen before him.They don't exploit on weekdays, but this donation is not far from Master Zhen's asking for a heavy gift.Later, I saw that Mr. Lin used the money for practical purposes, and his family also benefited. In addition, his name was on the booklet, and it was decent to show his face in front of the saint, so no one was dissatisfied.I really feel that Mr. Lin is a good official.

In Man Jiangnan, Duzhen Yingjia felt extremely useless.Obviously he gave the most money, but Lin Ruhai got a lot of benefits.At the beginning, Zhen Yingjia saw how to raise money and food in the mansion newspaper, and sent people to Luojia rice shop to supervise the [-] shi grain and rice donation.Later, I saw how many people worked on the river defense every day, how much food and rice were spent, and how much silver was spent, all of which were published clearly and clearly on the front of several major city gates and outside the magistrate's yamen.Not only all the food and rice donated by herself were spent on river defense, but also a lot of silver was also spent on river defense, Zhen Yingjia felt a little better.

However, thinking that it was Lin Ruhai who paid the most money and got the best reputation and decency, Zhen Yingjia couldn't accept it, and felt very angry.

However, at the end of the year, the defense of the rivers and seas of the prefectures were completed one after another, and there was a heavy snowfall in Jiangnan province, and the cold air hit, and Zhen Yingjia became more and more ill.And the people in the south of the Yangtze River thought that the auspicious snow would herald a good year, and the hidden dangers on the river embankment were removed, and they were very happy.All sent Wanmin umbrellas to local officials, Lin Ruhai, Zhen Yingjia and others.The salt merchants who donated money were usually not liked by the people, but this time they all got plaques. All the salt merchants felt that they spent money like Zhen Yingjia when they were the masters of the salt government. But he spent money to buy a good name as a righteous businessman. Comparing the two sides, Mr. Lin is the best.

The whole of Jiangnan was happily preparing to welcome the first day, but Zhen Yingjia, who was ill, saw that 10,000+ taels of silver were exchanged for Wanmin Umbrella, but only got the reputation of [-] shi grains, and was so angry that he set the Wanmin Umbrella on fire.