So Liu Haojia took out two silver leaves from his waist and put them on the table and said: "Since you are here to eat, of course you have some money! But just for what you said just now, your reward is gone! How much is the change, every penny is a lot.
Bring it back to me!"
The waiter was a little annoyed and a little angry after hearing this, but he didn't dare to say anything and went straight downstairs. At this time, Yu Weili said angrily: "This son of a bitch dares to look down on us! He should have been killed one day
The store was smashed!”
Liu Haojia said: "Who is the owner of this store?"
Zhao Mingyang said without thinking: "I know, this store has two owners, one is an ordinary businessman, surnamed Liu. The other is the big owner, Li Ruhai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. No, it shouldn't be considered his family, it should be
He inherited it!"
Liu Haojia asked with interest: "Isn't the inheritance still from their family? Why do you specifically use the term inheritance?"
Zhao Mingyang said: "It turns out that the big owner of this store is the former Minister of Works. I don't know who he was before! After the former Minister took office, he transferred the store to Li Ruhai. Many shops in the capital during the uprising were like this.
After all, without big names participating in the business, the business will not be able to continue! So these civil servants will directly take a share in the business, and if they become officials, they will let them go! Anyway, they have made enough over the years, and it is good to go home and become a rich man!"
Liu Haojia immediately understood that this was officials using their power to make money through merchants, a typical case of using power for personal gain! But this also has advantages for merchants. At least there are people behind them, so they won't worry about one day their business will be occupied by others! At least it looks like this now.
You can still receive some money and live a prosperous life.
Thinking of this, Liu Haojia did not continue this topic, but instead started talking to two people from all over the world. These two people are both natives of the capital, and they work in a well-informed yamen like Jinyiwei, so this matter in the capital
They really knew a lot, and Liu Haojia got a lot of information.
After a while, the food and wine came out like a stream, and the three of them started to change glasses and eat and drink! With the food and wine to drink, the two of them became more respectful to Liu Haojia, and they truly spoke everything they knew!
When the news from outside was almost finished, the topic naturally shifted to the Baihu Office. Only then did Liu Haojia realize that their small banner did not have a general banner at all!
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, a team of ten people has a small flag and one small flag. The general flag manages five small flags. The top ones are trial 100 households, 100 households, deputy 100 households and 1000 households. The fact that they do not have a general flag above them shows this
The staff shortage in the Hundred Household Office is huge, and I'm afraid there is no shortage of free salary!
Thinking of this, Liu Haojia said: "Then we will be directly under the jurisdiction of Mr. Wu! But does Mr. Wu usually arrange many errands?"
Yu Weili put down his wine glass and said: "Fortunately, there has never been any big thing in our Baihu House. The biggest thing is the cashier! By the way, Mr. Wu, have you told me how much to pay every month?"
Liu Haojia said: "I told you that I have to pay 300 taels of silver every month! Is this more or less?"
Yu Weili thought for a while and said: "It's quite a lot, but it's still polite! It seems that he has no intention of cheating you!"
Liu Haojia said: "Why do you say that?"
Yu Weili said: "There are many big and small businessmen in our area. It is said that it is relatively easy to collect 300 taels of silver. But it really takes a lot of effort to collect 300 taels of silver!"
Liu Haojia said: "Is it because the merchants in this area have people behind them, making it difficult to collect money?"
Yu Weili said: "There is a reason for this! Another reason is that people from the county government and people from the people's army often come to collect money on this street! Once we meet together, we will have a fight! We will lose.
Not only will I not be able to collect any money, but all my money will be taken away by them!"
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "Doesn't that mean you were robbed today?"
Zhao Mingyang spat out the bones in his mouth and said, "That's right! But these idiots even took away my own money! Damn it, sooner or later I'll get it back!"
Yu Weili continued: "There are also big merchants who are unwilling to give money and can't get it, so they can only attack small merchants! But small merchants can't stand three groups of people coming to collect money. If they are forced hard, they will just do the business.
We can’t go on anymore! Moreover, when we are sued to the county government, we have to eat first, so the money collected is often not much! So if you want to collect these 300 taels of silver, sir, you have to think of some tricks!
"
Liu Haojia asked: "How much money can you receive on weekdays?"
After the two looked at each other, Yu Weili blushed and said, "It's only a few dozen taels a month!"
Liu Haojia laughed and said, "It seems you won't be able to pay dozens of taels this month!"
Yu Weili frowned and said, "Sir, don't laugh, this job has fallen to you!"
Liu Haojia said sincerely: "Don't be afraid, my family has plenty of money! I can afford it for a year or two!"
The two people were stunned when they heard this! They all became officials for the purpose of making money, how could they use their own money as a cushion!
Suddenly Zhao Mingyang grabbed half of the elbow on the table and started to chew it. He also muttered: "My lord is so rich, I won't save it for you! Anyway, my lord is so prodigal, I guess this little flag won't last long."
! I’d better take a few more bites while I get the chance, maybe I won’t have the chance in the future!”
Liu Haojia laughed loudly after hearing this, and then said: "Don't worry! I will definitely be an official for a long time. It's no problem to follow me to be popular and drink spicy food!"
Yu Weili put down his chopsticks and said: "Actually, before your Excellency came, no one was in charge of our jurisdiction, because we couldn't collect much money at all! This time, Your Excellency came, and Mr. Wu took the opportunity to make a request to you!
If your family is powerful, you can talk to those merchants, maybe you can collect all the money!"
Liu Haojia said: "Ignore this for now, let me ask you, there are so many vacancies in our 100-household residence, Mr. Wu, I can fill the vacancies myself, but I have to bear the food and salary myself. So what are the procedures for filling the vacancies?"
Yu Weili said in surprise: "Sir, we are the only two brothers among the ten people in Xiaoqi. There are eight vacancies left. You can at least share these eight vacancies, so why are you filling in?"
Liu Haojia said: "Don't worry so much, I'll just ask you how to deal with it?"
Yu Weili said: "Normally, you can just report the name directly, but since it is vacant, it must be occupied by someone's name, so you can just bring the person directly! Anyway, you will pay for it yourself.