Lin Tailai, who went to Suzhou City, knew nothing about the small moves at his home front and was immersed in the joy of getting money for nothing, ah no, investing.
Money is a good thing. With money, many things will be easier to do! Funds for county examinations and government examinations are all in place!
He first went to the city, picked up the gown he had ordered a few days ago, and put it on on the spot.
For some reason, the long gown covered my body, and I immediately felt that I was rising in class, and I didn't want to take it off anymore.
Under the coat, Lin Tailai was wrapped in several large pieces of unevenly stitched cowhide, like a small vest, all of which were sewn by Old Man Tang's wife.
When the waiter saw it, he couldn't help but think of a sentence, hidden in the armor is something strange.
Lin Tailai wanted to make a few more clothes, but he was afraid of scaring the waiters, so he explained kindly:
"The market has not been peaceful recently. There have been fights from time to time, and the government offices have not done anything. I heard that dozens of people have been injured in Shangtang and Nanhao in recent days, so we must pay attention to personal protection."
After leaving the clothing store, Lin Tailai went to the school book office in Shangtang to prepare for negotiations to attract venture capital.
But this time Lin Tailai didn't see Manager Xu, and it was Lady Fan who came forward.
"The money notes have been placed with me," Mrs. Fan explained, "but Manager Xu doesn't want to see you and has entrusted me to negotiate with you."
Lin Tailai asked doubtfully: "Why doesn't he want to see me on such a happy day?"
Lady Fan: "."
Regarding the reason why Mr. Xu doesn’t want to see you, why don’t you go look in the mirror and take a look at yourself?
After the greetings, Mrs. Fan began to talk about the conditions: "The school secretary office originally wanted to recruit you to join, but because Anle Hall does not let people go, you cannot leave Anle Hall, so I can only hire you as a guest instructor."
"I said, the professor is too unlucky!" Lin Tailai said dissatisfied, "So I have to change my title to visiting professor! To be more specific, visiting professor of literature!"
The main reason is that Lin Tailai still wants to be involved in the literary world, and he doesn't want his name to be associated with a rough title like a coach, otherwise it will be a dark history in the future.
There is no problem with the title "Zaiguan". In this era, "Zaiguan" is a kind of teacher, very cultured.
The same goes for literature professors. Even if they become prosperous in the future, they will be labeled as elegant, suave and uninhibited.
In the late Ming Dynasty, scholars in Jiangnan were very wild. They were not afraid of being absurd, but afraid that you would not be dissolute!
Look at Zhang Youyu's crazy appearance two days ago, and then think about the entanglement between celebrities and famous prostitutes in history during this period. It seems that there is also a celebrity who, for the sake of personality, rode a horse with two swords at his waist, and ended up bumping and stabbing himself.
dead.
So when Lin Tailai started to make trouble, he didn't feel any pressure at all.
Mrs. Fan, who was already accustomed to Lin Tailai's strange people and strange things, was also stunned at this time: "Professor? Isn't that the name of the instructor of the government school? Is it still literature?"
Lin Tailai explained: "Nowadays, there are doctors everywhere. When the imperial edict is issued, this office is still called a school secretary. Why can't professors use it?"
What’s wrong with literature? As long as I’m here, it doesn’t matter what my name is, right?”
Mrs. Fan felt that there was no need to argue about a title: "Okay, visiting professor of literature, Professor Lin, as long as you like it."
Hearing the title Professor Lin, Lin Tailai couldn't help but sigh for a while.
When I traveled back in time in my previous life, I was not even rated as an associate professor because of my academic ranking in the top ten in the country. But in this life, I finally realized my dream with a pair of fists and an iron whip.
From now on, Ta Lin will also be a famous figure in the world of the two major business districts of Shangtang and Nanhao!
This is the golden country for dreaming. A rural place like Hengtang Fish Market cannot earn dozens of taels of silver a year and cannot accommodate his dream of making progress!
Mrs. Fan finally reminded: "This money is not for nothing. If the office needs you to come forward in the future, you cannot shirk it, otherwise your reputation will be ruined."
"I know, I know." Lin Tailai promised, as long as he got the money, he could talk about anything.
Then Mrs. Fan took out a three hundred tael ticket and gave it to Professor Lin who was freshly released from the cage.
Lin Tailai looked at the number on the money ticket and frowned: "Didn't you say five hundred taels earlier?"
Lady Fan replied unhurriedly: "I was afraid that you would lose all your money if you were uncontrolled and extravagant, so I put the other two hundred taels with me first.
When you really want to start some project, I will invest the money. After all, the county government has decided that I have 30% of the shares."
Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you sound like a housekeeper?"
Mrs. Fan sighed secretly, it was not easy, she finally heard a nice word from someone Lin.
Then I heard Lin Tailai continue to complain: "Although you helped to attract investment, is it too much to deduct two-fifths as commission?"
Mrs. Fan approached Professor Lin and whispered: "You don't think that this money is really invested in you by the school book office, do you?
The school secretary's office has lost its reputation and reputation by you, but it can't officially recruit you, so why should it spend five hundred taels to buy a guest instructor who I don't know if it can be used?"
Lin Tailai waved the money ticket and asked: "Then where does this money come from?"
Mrs. Fan said: "The five hundred taels I voted for you are actually my own private money, just in the name of the school bookstore!"
Lin Tailai said subconsciously: "Why don't you just give it to me and be done with it?"
Mrs. Fan almost cursed her with a "shame" and said angrily: "Think about it carefully with your pectoralis major muscles, I also want face and reputation!
Wu Yikui's death is related to you. Now that his body is still cold, I will give you money. What do outsiders think? What do the brothers in the hall think?"
It's not that Lin Tailai is unintelligent, it's mainly because he used too many virtues and principles, which caused some sequelae. When he encountered problems that he didn't care about, he didn't bother to think too much.
Looking back now, these women filed a lawsuit with the county government for compensation, and then passed the county government's judgment to form a partnership. They may also have considered this aspect.
Anyway, with real money in hand, Lin Tailai, who was promoted from Dr. Lin to Professor Lin, was too lazy to think about it in detail and walked away.
Money is a man's courage. If you have three hundred taels of money around your waist, the Yamen will beat you!
Being familiar with the roads, I went straight to the grain department office in the east courtyard of the county government office, found Zhang Tingyan, the grain secretary, and asked directly: "Does Mr. Zhang have any connections in the government office?"
Zhang Liangshu was surprised by this sudden question, "Why are you asking the government office?"
Lin Tailai said with great wealth: "If the county has tried it, how much will it cost to bribe the government to try again? Is one hundred taels enough? If it is not enough, more will be added!"
So Zhang Liangshu was even more surprised, "Where did you get the money? How much money did you make from collecting protection taxes in the countryside?"
Knowing that Zhang Liangshu was careful, Lin Tailai did not want to be charged with "unknown sources of huge amounts of property" and answered truthfully:
"I just got it from the school bookstore. They spent some money to hire me as a visiting literature professor."
As soon as Professor Lin finished speaking, he saw a teacup flying towards him, but he quickly turned his head and dodged it.
"Why are you angry, sir?" Lin Tailai asked. After thinking about it carefully, he hadn't offended Zhang Liangshu in the past two days, or did he want to get a piece of the pie from himself?
Zhang Liangshu asked with a sullen face: "Did you forget something?"
Lin Tailai was at a loss. He had been so busy these days, either beating people or asking for money. He had something to do every day. Could it be that he had really missed something?
Zhang Liangshu shouted angrily: "I said before you go to Yidu to plant a flag and seize territory, I don't want to hear any more tidbits from you!
I gave you ten days last time, and now there are only six or seven days left! If you can’t do it, there are plenty of people who want to do it!”
Lin Tailai patted his forehead and almost forgot that he still had this job to do!
Zhang Liangshu warned: "Now I have reason to suspect that you have no intention of going to Yidu to grab territory. You just want to use the name of the county government to go out and cheat, and no one will care about you even if you beat people!"
Don’t forget your duty! It’s just a matter of one sentence to get rid of you as a writer and conscript you to do hard labor to build rivers!”
"Absolutely not that!" Lin Tailai hurriedly patted his pectoralis major and expressed his position: "There is still half a day left today, I will set off immediately to go to work in the countryside of Yidu!"
Professor Lin, who had just made a small fortune and had only been proud for an hour, lamented in his heart. This was the disadvantage of "not getting on board". It was too easy for the yamen to take advantage of a commoner.
Among other things, there is a special tax in the Jiangnan area called "white grains", which are specific high-quality rice and are specially provided to the imperial palace.
This tax cannot be converted into silver and must be paid in kind. The Jiangnan area is rated at 210,000 shi per year, of which Suzhou Prefecture bears 670,000 shi.
Moreover, white grain cannot be transported through relays, nor does it depend on official luck like Caoliang, but on people's luck.
If the government wants to deal with you, it will issue you a license to transport white grain from Suzhou to the capital two to three thousand miles away, which can directly trick ordinary people into bankruptcy.
At least you have to pass the scholar examination to avoid these troubles and threats, and you can be regarded as leaving the civilian class and coming ashore.
From the current point of view, for the first two of the three steps to go ashore, the person who can directly help with the county and government examinations is Zhang Liangshu, and the other thing is that they have enough funds.
Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, let's speed up now, let's fill in one chapter first.
