Zhang Zhong took the paper and looked at the businessmen. The businessmen didn't know what was going on with the people in the yamen. They expected the magistrate to stamp it out. This was in exchange for ginseng.
Zhang Zhong turned his gaze to Shen Wenyan again, and Shen Yuan was shocked, thinking that the county magistrate already knew that he was looking for someone to steal the seal, so he quickly lowered his head, and his hand on his side kept shaking. He behaved like this. Let Zhang Zhong's eyes light up.
Zhengshou couldn't find anyone, but some people were afraid to look at themselves, indicating that this matter has something to do with him at least.
Nodding slightly, Zhang Zhong looked at Master Zhan again, Master Zhan returned a complicated look, saying nothing, and of course he wouldn't tremble.
In the end, it was Xiao Xian Cheng. Xiao Xian Cheng looked at Zhang Zhong fearlessly, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
Zhang Zhong smiled, and deliberately said to Xiao Xiancheng: "Can the official press his fingerprints?"
"My lord is laughing? How can such things be trifling?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Xiao Xiancheng's mouth.
"Oh, that's the case, the official has pressed the seal." Zhang Zhong said, reaching into his arms, slowly reaching in, and slowly taking out a silk cloth bag in the eyes of everyone with different thoughts. The thing he was holding was taken by Zhang Zhong.
Pulling the ink pad to the front, slowly unfastening the silk cloth. When the last buckle was unbuttoned, a gold seal appeared in front of everyone.
Zhang Zhong picked up the seal and was about to dip it into the ink pad. Shen Yuan over there couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is impossible, how can the seal be in your hands."
"Shut up, what are you talking nonsense?" Xiao Xiancheng didn't expect Shen Yuan to be so unstable, he scolded and said to Zhang Zhong with a smile: "My lord, what Shen Wenyan meant was that the adult's seal didn't let his subordinates help? Take care?"
Zhang Zhong was finally determined and nodded: "Yes, Shen Wenmo must want to know why he didn't let his subordinates take care of him. Come here."
The last three words were shouted to the outside, and two guards came in immediately and waited there.
"Shen Wenyan wants to know why the seal is not in the hands of others, but in the arms of the official. You take him out and tell him why? You must tell it."
Zhang Zhong said with a sullen face, he hated this Shen Yuan, wishing to choke him in the past now, if it weren't for his son to prepare early, this time it would be difficult to handle.
The two guards who came in understood what was going on as soon as they heard it, and responded, "Yes."
Each of them stretched out one hand, each holding Shen Yuan's shoulders, and sneaking Shen Yuan out like a chicken.
Only then did Shen Yuan react and shouted: "It's none of my business, Xiao Xiancheng, help, Lord Zhan, help, it's none of my business."
Zhang Zhong didn’t seem to hear the same thing. There was a serious stamp on it. Master Zhan and Xiao Xiancheng didn’t know what to do now. The two of them stared at the stamp on Zhang Zhong’s hand, seeming to want to figure out what happened. What happened? Could it be that Shen Yuan was seen when he hid the seal
Zhang Zhong ignored Master Zhan and Cheng Xiaoxian, and while covering it, he calmly said to those businessmen: "This official came to Huayuan County to serve as the magistrate, and I want the people in the county to live a good life, you I knew what I wanted to do a few days ago, and I originally wanted to clean it up.
But the official feels that it is the nature of businessmen to chase profit, and there is no right or wrong to make money, so the official left you, and asked Er Niu to take you to see the land. I hope you can understand the good intentions of this official. "
The businessmen were terrified when they listened. If they hadn't seen the magistrate stamping them one by one there, they thought the matter would be over.
The agile businessman said immediately: "Don't worry, my lord, I will understand that I will help the adults to make the people of Huayuan County live a good life when I have the opportunity."
Zhang Zhong finished covering the last one and collected the share belonging to the yamen. Then he said: "There is no need to have a chance in the future. Now there is a chance to put it in front of you. You have a lot of money. Sixteen people, one person first Five thousand sticks, eighty thousand sticks, you can do a lot of things."
"Ah? Oh, my lord, isn't it too much, that ginseng..." A businessman couldn't help but uttered aloud. Five thousand ginseng is too much, and I have to mention the ginseng thing.
Zhang Zhong smiled, "Ginseng, all three roots are there. My child’s disease is actually cured long ago. It’s just that my son is naughty and pretends to be deliberate. If you want it, I will let you get it later. , Give it back to you all."
"No, no, no, my lord, I didn’t mean to wait. I was asking if the ginseng is not enough. If it is not enough, I will find it later. My lord, we know that your family is not short of money. The money will be used in the county. For the people, adults are good officials, but adults, there must be a name."
Another businessman pulled the one who had just spoken behind, and he stood up to explain, and then reasoned with Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Zhong was prepared long ago, and he still looks kindly, "The title, yes... Isn't it written on the document? You will be fined for the land you occupy, and you will pay the highest price for the things that can be planted on it."
"The adults are talking about planting flowers, right? But that is the field. You have to grow and eat. The adults said that you can grow the most money, and I'm willing to spend it later." This businessman should have thought of this too, he thought that the most expensive thing is to grow. It's just the rice of Zhang's family, selling seeds by catty.
Even if his rice yields five stones in an acre of fertile land, it is only five hundred jin, one hundred cents per catty, and only fifty guan, so what
"Naturally I can't grow flowers. You know that fungus grows over there, right? The good fields are counted as fungus. There are nearly ten stone dry fungus in my house, which only occupied more than an acre of land when planted. , Don’t count. One mu a year is five stones of dried fungus. How much should you calculate?"
Zhang Zhong was talking slowly there. He heard thunder in the ears of the businessman. These are still less forgotten. Five stones are more than five hundred catties of dry fungus. How much is a catty? The cheap places have to be ten guan, and when there is a shortage, there is no market, and there are people rushing to buy twenty guan.
If that's the case, each of them occupies about two acres of land. How much is that? Twenty thousand sticks, it can't be counted like that.
It's not just the merchants who are dumbfounded, Zhan's master book and Xiao Xiancheng are also dumbfounded. They don't think about printing for the time being, thinking about how much money Zhang Zhong has in his family.
Zhang Zhong knocked on the table with his hand, and said, "How is it? Do you understand? Have you figured it out? After that, the land will be calculated based on the vegetable money in winter, one mu per year. Just hand in a few hundred Guans. It’s close to the capital, and that place is occupied by you. Do you still want to make a lot of money back then?"
"Understood, I want to understand, my lord, we understood just now. We will have five thousand pens per person. Two days later, I will send you to the yamen. There is a lot of one pen. According to the rules, there must be 40% silk in it. Don't worry, adults. We will pick the better ones and send them."
The businessmen were wiping their sweat, and they only exchanged their eyes to know what to do. Five thousand Guans were given, which is better than 20,000 Guans per year in the future. This year, it seems that you don't want to make money anymore. It's not bad to get back.
Zhang Zhong didn’t even want to ask for all copper coins. Silver, copper coins, and silk were all used for trading as currency. According to his son, there were mandatory requirements for currency and the court. With 80,000 coins, his family’s money can be withdrawn first. Come out, and then repair this and that, it's enough. How much money has the entire court put into the treasury this year
Eighty thousand Guans, a huge sum of money used in a county.
Zhang Zhong felt comfortable about this matter, and comforted him: "Five thousand sticks is a lot. Waiting for you to finish cultivating things over there, I will give you a few words, and you will benefit infinitely."
"Yes, since what the adults said is true, I will go back and make preparations later, and I will ask the adults to mention more." The merchants are relieved, and the Zhang family's ability to make money is still necessary. This county magistrate is not like that. Kind of person who doesn't count.
One by one happily said a few words there, and then left one after another.
Waiting for the merchants to leave, there are three people left in the house: Zhang Zhong, Zhan Zhubu and Xiao Xiancheng.
Zhang Zhong smiled and said to the two people: "This time I would like to thank the two of you for making this happen. If the two of you have not been busy there, how can the official get this much money for the yamen? I don't know Shen Wenyan. How's the question over there, let's take a look?"
While speaking, Zhang Zhong got up, but Luo's Wenqi was held in his hand, and he was not going to put it in the yamen. What if someone stole it? The official seal is stolen, so what else can't be stolen
Master Zhan and Xiao Xiancheng are now most afraid of Zhang Zhong’s mentioning this matter, but Zhang Zhong even mentioned it. Master Zhan compromised first, and said to Zhang Zhong: "My lord county magistrate, I didn’t expect you to It's so amazing, and the 80,000 Guans bought for Yamen all at once is really good. In the future, Huayuan County will definitely catch up with Sanshui County.
Adults, when the younger ones do things in the future, please also ask the grown-ups to do the same as I just said to the businessmen. The younger ones are always prone to make small mistakes. If you accidentally offend the grown-ups, you are an adult. There are a lot of them, don't care about the small ones in general. "
Master Zhan had to say that. Shen Yuan didn't know if he could stand it up. What if he should explain it to him
"Well, yes, Zhan's master book looks at things quite thoroughly. If you can really do things in the yamen in the future, then work hard. Oh, the yamen is short of money." Zhang Zhong still doesn't want to let Zhan go so easily. The master book, don't let him know how great, if something happens next time, there is no time to put it on him.
Master Zhan understood, and then said: "What the adults said is that their businessmen also gave me and Xiao Xiancheng five money in advance. In fact, it was for the yamen. Yesterday, I forgot to say that they will give the money to the young ones. Sent by someone."
"That's good, I don't know what Xiao Xian Cheng said?" Zhang Zhong asked Xiang Xiao Xian Cheng again.
Xiao Xiancheng's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Zhong, you dare to use fake seals to deceive those merchants. Can you only use the consequences of fake seals?"