Living in the mountains, the shovel and picks fell one after another. Sweating did not stop, often from mud trucks, heavy rain.
Just after dawn, the rain was still falling, and the posture was getting bigger and bigger. The people who put on the robes and hats sent hurriedly ate breakfast and then went back to work.
Zhang Zhong, who stayed with him all night, also got in the car and headed towards the county government. The horse could not be ridden. Zhang Zhong gained a lot this night, and the people recognized him in their hearts.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also got up. The two of them really read Erya yesterday, which is almost like a dictionary. After reading them for two hours, their heads were confused.
Two people were eating tofu brains, and there were three open long brocade boxes on the table. Each one contained a ginseng. The long beard had become as thin as a hair underneath, but it didn’t break. , There is a red string tied up above.
This is the skill of those merchants, and I don't know where they found them. Three roots of 100-year-old ginseng were delivered in the rain at midnight last night. Having three roots of ginseng means that Zhang Xiaobao can go to the street to play.
"Sangen, they don’t need money. It seems that they want Dad to do things. Okay, keep it. You must keep it. After a few hundred years, it will become a thousand-year ginseng. Our plan can be implemented. ."
Zhang Xiaobao doesn’t know how to look at ginseng. It’s not clear whether it’s a hundred years old or not. Those merchants who want to come have the courage to lie to his father. Ginseng cannot be harvested in vain. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be bribery? The method can be regarded as a paid exchange.
"I haven't seen you count it like this. It's still a thousand years. Fossils. Tomorrow we will go to Yushu Village. It is time to dig the coal there. Do you think there will be oil where there is coal?"
Wang Juan closed the three boxes and said to Zhang Xiaobao.
"Where do I know? Even if I have oil, I won't be able to refine it. I will be content if I can burn coal in the winter. I will have someone call my dad back in a while. The money that our family invested in has to get back quickly. Invest more. It’s best to invest the money from the road as well, when it will be too late even if someone wants to oppose it."
Zhang Xiaobao finished the last bite of the buns, clapped his hands, jumped off the ground, and went to find someone to call his father.
Due to the rain, Zhang Zhong returned by car again. He set off from the mountain in the morning and arrived at the place at noon. The wheel of the car broke down twice on the way.
Zhang Xiaobao waited a bit anxiously. The businessmen who were more anxious than Zhang Xiaobao were the businessmen who came back from the county magistrate at a tea stall opposite the Yamen. The tea was drunk from morning until noon, and when they saw the tea, the mouth became salty and astringent. I ate some snacks, I don't know if I am full or hungry.
The owner of the tea stand used a stick to poke the middle of the shed, poke down the rainwater above the shed, re-boiled a cup of tea, added some salt and ginger and other things, and brought it to several merchants who were guarding here. Said: "Several people have a lot of moisture outside, so it's better to sit in the store."
"If you don’t go, just wait here. You have to put so many things in this tea? You don’t know what the taste is in your mouth. You go to the pier to see. The tea there is only tea and water, and it tastes better than yours. This is much stronger."
A businessman said this for the fourth time there. Since drinking tea at the pier, they don’t want to drink this kind of tea. Unfortunately, the pier doesn’t sell tea, only tea. It’s expensive and expensive. Know where it came from.
He didn’t know, but the owner of this tea and tea shop knew. This time he explained, “Everyone, it’s not that I don’t want to sell tea like that. I’ve tried it too. The taste is indeed different from the current one, but it’s Zhang’s. Zhuangzi made it and sold it to the wharf, and I didn't know how to do it.
There are many kinds of tea dumplings and tea cakes in my shop. Even if you don’t put those salt or something, you can just soak them in water, they won’t taste the same at all. If you can find the recipe, I’m willing to make 500 tongs. money. "
"Don't think about it, there is that recipe. I won't sell 50,000 sticks. I open a tea stand by myself." The merchant replied.
A person next to him stood up at this moment, looked towards the east, with a happy expression on his face, and said, "Don't worry about the tea, the magistrate is back."
Everyone turned their heads and looked around. Sure enough, the county magistrate’s car appeared in the rain over there. Several merchants rushed out regardless of the rain outside. The last one dropped the tea money and ran and shouted: "Wait for me, wait. wait for me."
Zhang Zhong came here after a stop from Jinlailou. Knowing that someone had sent ginseng, he could move on to the next step.
"My lord, are you back? How's your son?" A businessman rushed to the side of the car and asked with concern as he ran along. In fact, he was reminding Zhang Zhong that the ginseng had been sent.
Zhang Zhong picked up the driving curtain and said to the man: "Well, I just went to take a look, and I woke up. The medicine last night was really good. You sent the ginseng? Tell me what do you want? "
"My lord, I want the recipe for tea." The businessman suddenly changed what he had said.
"Oh? Tea recipe, this won’t work, it’s not from my family, and Wang’s family together, why don’t I give you some tea, fifty catties, what do you think?" Of course Zhang Zhong won’t give a recipe. , That tea can not only be used for selling money, but also for gifts.
As soon as the merchant heard that he only sent tea leaves, fifty catties was indeed quite a lot, but that one day would be used up, not to mention there are also at the pier, not the only one. He shook his head and said, "My lord, then change one. Buy a piece of land not far from the pier, do you think, my lord?"
"Oh, this is so easy to say, is it to buy land, but land of no owner?" Zhang Zhong asked deliberately.
At this time, the car had reached the door of the Yamen, and someone held up an umbrella. Zhang Zhong got out of the car and motioned for several businessmen to go in and talk with him.
At this moment, a fast horse galloped from over there, and a man wearing a hat and a poncho was walking on the road. He didn't seem to hear the sound of horses hoofs. The people around immediately yelled to this man. .
Seeing that the horse was only a few feet away from this person, this person reacted, and in shock, he suddenly jumped out to the side. It happened to collide with Zhang Zhong full of arms, and the guards of the palace were excited. When he reached Zhang Zhong's side, when he got off the car just now, Zhang Zhong was surrounded by the merchants. The guards were always outside. The impatient rush was fast, and there was no time to stop him.
Seeing that Zhang Zhong was okay, the man was not assassinated, so he was relieved and decided secretly that he would take care of him tighter in the future.
"How? Did it hurt?" Zhang Zhong asked the man who was almost trampled by a horse.
"No, it didn't hurt, it was just scared, sir, you do your business and don't care about me." She seemed to be frightened personally, and said with a shiver.
"It's better to take a rest inside the Yamen." Zhang Zhong sent out an invitation when he saw that there was nothing wrong with the people.
The man shook his head vigorously, and the water on the hat was thrown onto Zhang Zhong's face. After saying this, he lowered his head and hurriedly left.
Zhang Zhong didn't pay any attention, and took the Master into a room in the Yamen, let someone bring tea, and sat there and repeated what he had just said.
The leading businessman told the truth: "My lord, there is a field and there is an owner, but we can buy it and give him more money and he will agree, but there is a good field, my lord, you can buy it for other purposes. Is it something? This is what we have written to do in the future, and Er Niu has already told us."
While talking, the businessman took out the Yiluo envelope and put it on the table. It was the plan that Zhang Zhong asked them to write.
Zhang Zhong took one out of it casually, took out what he wrote, looked at it, nodded and said, "This is still good, but there is good land over there, and I have to pay more for the fine. Are you willing?"
"Yes, yes, we are all willing." The merchant thought that he would not punish too much. A rice-growing land produced once a year, and an acre of land would pay a lot of money, several times more than rice-growing. Come.
Zhang Zhong nodded again: "It's okay if you want to. At that time, I will see what the field is suitable for planting. I will pay it according to the price. I will pay it once a year. It's just that I don't have the final say on this matter. You have to agree."
"Agree, my lord, Master Zhan and Xiao Xiancheng all agreed. They talked to us the night before."
"You said that the two of them agreed, and the two of them agreed? They didn't talk to me again, so let them come over and talk to me, I ask, if you really agree, you will take over the land, you know Is this local tax different?"
Zhang Zhong said as if I didn't believe it.
"Know, know, the tax will be higher, we pay, we are willing to pay, the magistrate of the county, I will go to the county magistrate and the master book, then let them talk to you, okay?"
The businessmen knew that taxes were high and they could make a lot of money. Seeing that things could be done, they happily agreed. They were afraid that the county magistrate would remorse them, so they went directly to Zhan's master book and Xiao Xiancheng.
The two of them were exhausted today. Zhang Zhong didn't come back. They could only help solve some cases. Usually, they can solve the cases according to their preferences, but today they can't. There is also a servant by the side, plus a knife and penman.
The two had to make a serious decision. There was nothing serious. They were all trivial things, but they couldn’t continue. Fortunately, they recruited a lot of government servants. What kind of house was washed away by the water, the chicken was lost, and who? Occupying someone’s land, etc., it’s good to have government officials, and they can be sent out to do things non-stop.
Just taking advantage of the rain, there were fewer people, and the merchants found time to take a break.
"Master Zhan, Cheng Xiaoxian, the magistrate has already agreed, but I would like to ask you what you two mean, let you two go over and talk about it."
The Master found two people, and while they were talking, they gave 10,000 coins of "flying money", each of which was 5,000 coins. With the flying money, you can exchange them for decent money or silk.
"Oh... I see, I'll be over in a while, and the county magistrate is back?" Xiao Xiancheng tried his best to control the excitement in his heart, five thousand quinces, and then he could go to the foot of the mountain with Master Zhan to open a shop.