At this time, Zhang Tianci had already mentioned the third point on the stage, but he was hesitant, as if he didn't want to say it.
The crowd below held their breath, wondering what his third sentence would be. But at this time, Shi Zhenxiang and his disciples could no longer sit still, and they came up with a backup plan.
The backup plan is simple and straightforward, which is to give money. The construction team has a good impression of Zhang Tianci, and the backers behind the people in the brothel entertainment industry are unwilling to make a choice. These two industries are neutral at best and are difficult to be bribed.
Therefore, only other industries can be bridged, such as: clothing industry - cloth and satin shops; medical industry - hospitals and pharmacies; transportation and tourism - carriages, horse shops and foot boats. Note that there is no gambling industry.
Although the gambling industry is not illegal, it consumes people's property and harms lives. All businesses despise it, so there are never representatives of gambling houses in the chamber of commerce.
Xiao Feng was very emotional when he learned about this incident. The ancients all knew that pornography was the least harmful among gambling and drugs!
Because this backup plan is too expensive and cannot be done blatantly on the table, Shi Zhenxiang originally prepared it just in case. Now seeing that Zhang Tianci’s speech has conquered the construction industry, the brothel entertainment industry has also obviously
If there is some slack, it will definitely not work if we don’t spend more money.
So Shi Zhenxiang's apprentices kept running around in the audience, handing notes to people in the other three industries, with Taibaiju's seal on them, stating how much money Shi Zhenxiang, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, owed someone.
This IOU is very particular, and its inspiration comes from imperial examination fraud. The biggest problem in imperial examination fraud is the issue between the examinee and the examiner, whether to pay first or to win the examination first.
If the examinee gives the money first, if the examiner fails to do the job and the examinee fails, the examinee will risk spending money in vain. Because the examiner will not give the examinee a receipt and leave evidence. That is not corruption, that is risking one's life.
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And if the examinee wins the exam first and then pays the examiner, if the examinee defaults on the payment, the examiner will have nothing to do and will not dare to report it, because the examiner's crime is more serious than the examinee's. It is also difficult to cause harm in secret, because since he has passed the examination,
They are also officials, so who is afraid of whom?
Therefore, in order to ensure the interests of both examiners and candidates, in the imperial examination system that lasted for thousands of years, a method that can be called the crystallization of wisdom was born: future IOUs.
The format of the future IOU is as follows: In such and such a year, Zhang Danian, a certain imperial examination candidate/Jinshi, owed five hundred taels of silver to such and such (the name of the examiner), and he will pay it back that year and will never default on the debt.
The wonderful thing about this future IOU is that if the candidate is admitted as a Juren or Jinshi in a certain year, then the IOU becomes a legally binding IOU, and it is written as a debt, which is reasonable and legal. But if the candidate fails to take the exam
, it means that the examiner is not effective and should not pay the money, and the IOU has just become invalid.
Because since he failed the exam, even if the name is the same, the person is not a candidate or a Jinshi in a certain year, and there are many people with the same name in the world, so this IOU will naturally have no legal effect.
At this time, Shi Zhenxiang's disciples gave these future IOUs to their bribe targets.
Shi Zhenxiang, the president of the Chamber of Commerce who was elected in such and such a year, owed two hundred taels of silver to someone, and he would pay it back that year and would never default on the debt.
Those who received the note glanced at the number on the paper, and their moral integrity was immediately shaky. They couldn't be chosen anyway, and whoever of these two people becomes the president has little to do with their own industry, and they don't have much money.
You are a bastard if you earn money.
These people nodded and smiled at Shi Zhenxiang, saying that they would give him a precious and enthusiastic vote after receiving it. Only then did Shi Zhenxiang feel relieved and wiped the sweat from his face.
Judging from the situation, Zhang Tianci should have the support of representatives from the three major industries: grain commerce, construction industry, and brothel entertainment industry; while Shi Zhenxiang has the support of the catering industry, clothing industry, medical industry, and transportation and tourism industries. Because
Zhang Tianci's three industries are relatively large, and Shi Zhenxiang's four industries cannot be said to be far ahead, but at least they have a great chance of winning.
Zhang Tianci was not blind. Of course he could see these people running around like mice. Seeing that the situation might be unfavorable to him, Zhang Tianci finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and read out the third letter Xiao Feng wrote to him.
Declaration.
"Third: If I am elected as the president, everyone who votes for me will get a free calligraphy test from Master Wenxuan. They can seek good luck and avoid bad luck, make a fortune and avoid disasters, and follow the Taoist law like a god. There is only one chance!"
The whole place was boiling. The future IOU of two hundred taels of silver was instantly gone. Everyone knew that Zhang Tianci was a guy who was about to go bankrupt. After Xiao Feng gave him a calligraphy test, he rose to great heights and annexed the talks.
Xinren became the most famous businessman in the capital.
Am I worse than him? Are I more frustrated than him? I just don’t have the same luck as him!
This is the inner monologue of most businessmen. In the face of such a huge opportunity, two hundred taels of silver is nothing!
It should be noted that Xiao Feng basically no longer tests people's calligraphy for others. Those who can enjoy his service are either the Emperor Jiajing or his closest relatives and friends. Everyone else has to pay extra!
Therefore, everyone defected one after another, not to mention the three major industries that had originally supported Zhang Tianci. They clamored to push forward and demanded to vote immediately. When the final vote results came out, Shi Zhenxiang was defeated. It was a really tragic defeat. The meetings over the years
There has never been such a disparity in any presidential election, including the one when Tan Xinren came to power.
Zhang Tianci had tears in his eyes. He was both excited and moved. He knew that there were more than thirty representatives present, and these thirty-odd words of debt were what Xiao Feng had to use his spirit and body to
repaid for him.
He became the president at this time, and the first person he thought of after his success was actually not his wife and daughter, but wanted to quickly report the good news to his elder brother.
At this time, his eldest brother was in the lobby of the restaurant opposite, looking at the female cook with some infatuation.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough." Zhang Yunqing seemed to have choked on the tea, and almost turned red from coughing, before Xiao Feng came back to his senses. Xiao Feng was not embarrassed at all, and he said it coolly.
I put a piece of sausage into my mouth and chewed it.
"Well, this stir-fried crispy bamboo shoots and fat sausage is a bit interesting. Why do you think you can't hire a cook? Is it because business is not good and you don't have money to hire one?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed, but said nothing. The female cook couldn't help it anymore. Her eyebrows stood up, and her glossy face was full of anger: "It's not because of Taibaiju! Shi Zhenxiang was defeated by my mother. Because he was a man, Lai
He got the name of the God of Cookery. When his business got bigger, he wanted to squeeze out my family and build some kind of Taibai Twin Towers. Bah!"
Xiao Feng listened to the girl's cigarette voice, and the more he listened to it, the more he liked it. However, the logic of the girl's language could not be complimented. Xiao Feng was confused when he heard the logic of the girl's language.
He looked at the shopkeeper asking for help.
The shopkeeper originally thought that it would be too much to talk about this to a few diners. At this time, seeing that his daughter had already opened fire, he was also aggrieved. Seeing that Xiao Feng was quite interested in hearing it, he picked up the wine bottle.
He poured Xiao Feng a glass of wine and patted his daughter on the back to signal her not to be so angry.
"Sir, this matter has to start with my wife. My father-in-law, her father, is a famous chef in the capital. She has also liked cooking since she was a child. Although her father never taught her seriously, she has been influenced by it.
, and also learned all the skills from his father.
Her father also had a great disciple, who was deeply impressed by his true heritage, and she was originally planning to let him inherit the mantle. Unexpectedly, when she was sixteen years old, something big happened."