"I think this year I'm afraid I'm going to have a lot of lust this year!" Liu Youren said with a stern face, "These Australians are trusting others."
"Mr. Liu, you are worrying too much. What was done in the past about the food requisition is still the same now. What's the trouble? Could it be that Lao Ba will suddenly change his gender?" Zhang Youfu consoled him.
"Huh, I don't know about this guy, Lao Ba?" Liu Youren said with a cold face, "The person who is the best at relying on people's power, now he is relying on the big tree of Australians, it's really serious. Just watch, there will be trouble.
It won't be over until something happens." After saying that, he stomped away.
Zhang Youfu did not hesitate to stay and hurriedly reported to Wu De again.
Wu De smiled enigmatically and just said: "You have to remember one thing from now on. I am on a business trip and have to walk a long way. So there is no need to come to me again for the time being."
"Yes, yes," Zhang Youfu didn't understand what he meant, so he just replied.
"But if you have anything, you have to report to my secretary Chu Yu at any time, do you understand?"
"Little one understands, little one understands." He knew Chu Yu. She was originally a maid of the Gou family, and now she is the eldest daughter of Wu De's side. Zhang Youfu knew that Australians do not avoid women taking charge of affairs, and there are also women who appear as leaders.
Wu De gave some instructions face to face again. Zhang Youfu nodded repeatedly.
Finally, Wu De asked again: "Have you joined the Tiandihui?"
"Yes, in fact, the small fields are not enough." Zhang Youfu said. He joined the Tiandihui purely for the sake of flattery, but after joining, the Tiandihui was really dedicated. From time to time, people came to give advice to his long-term workers on farming, and they also sent fertilizers and the like from time to time.
What’s new is that the crops on his dozens of acres of land are growing extremely well.
"If you tidy up a house, the Heaven and Earth Society will send people to live in your house and provide guidance at any time."
"Yes." Zhang Youfu knew that this was someone who was monitoring him, but they wanted to send people to his home. Obviously, there was a big deal to be done in the matter of food collection. He asked tentatively;
"Every time the young man talks to grain farmers, do you want to tell him?"
"He is helping you farm the land and doesn't care about other things. Remember, if anything happens, go to Chu Yu."
Chen Minggang himself was very happy when he heard the news from Zhou Qi that Mr. Xiong had agreed to collect taxes this year. He had his own calculations. Although he used his hands to levy grain, he got a lot of benefits.
But compared to Qiongshan County, Chengmai, and Wenchang, which are counties with larger populations and more land, this benefit is still slightly inferior. Most of the local landlords formed strongholds to protect themselves, and the prestige of the imperial court was not very important here.
Come out. Execute autumn grain once, and remove the profit share for your minions. The real benefit of closing the deal is only two to three hundred dan. This profit is of great benefit to Chen Minggang, who has been to Qiongshan Fucheng and Guangzhou and has seen a lot of the world.
To say it is a bit missing.
Now there happens to be an Australian. This group of Australians are hard-headed and usually polite. They will not blink once they kill people and set fire to people. Whether they are attacking Goujiazhuang or exterminating bandits, they are unambiguous in killing people and robbing the local people.
The big players were scared out of their wits. This time, Chen Minggang felt that he had a big backer.
The government is a place where people can be bribed at will, but the Australians seem to be unable to be bribed. Chen Minggang is a very observant person. He feels that the Australians are polite, honest and trustworthy on the surface, but in essence they are a group of people who put interests first.
Australians will defend things and people as long as they can bring them enough benefits.
This time, in taking over the grain and taxation, he wanted to give the Australians enough benefits, and at the same time make full use of their "power" to make a good fortune in recent years.
Chen Minggang felt that judging from the efficiency of the government and the armament of the Australians, even if the Ming Dynasty could drive away the Australians, it would have to be at least three to five years later. Maybe the Australians would be like the Francois.
Even if he can live in Lingao permanently, it is not a possibility.
Even if the Australians pack up and go away in the future, Chen Minggang will not suffer any loss. At worst, his reputation is too bad and he will resign. He will just let his apprentice Zhou Qi act as a puppet for a while, and then let his son take over - as long as he has Yu Linzhu in hand,
Whoever becomes the emperor will have the secretarial office in his family. Anyway, his family has already experienced two dynasty changes since the Song Dynasty, and there may not be any changes after a few more changes.
Chen Minggang had this wishful thinking, but he still had to find out how to please the Australians, how big their appetite was, and how far they would allow him to go.
He asked Zhou Qi to call several of his apprentices and the county's food delivery men to his own courtyard, which was Qiu Hong's home. After his wife made a big fuss last time, Chen Minggang simply walked over to Minglu and openly
After moving into Qiu Hong's house, I also said hello to the county's express team leader, asking them to take care of me. Although my wife and her parents were angry, there was nothing they could do. Zhang Wu tried to cause trouble several times, but was suppressed by the team leader.
As the situation continued, Zhang Shi was concerned about the comments of his colleagues and could no longer support the brothers and sisters. The two sides fell into a cold war.
After waiting for a few days, the grain merchants from all over the place arrived. There were nearly thirty grain merchants in Lingao County, and there were two groups of people. One group was the monopoly households, which were generally small rural landowners.
Those who had colluded with Chen Mingang or had many young people in the countryside who were able to run rampant in the countryside got this job; the other group were green-skinned gangsters from urban and rural areas who had settled down, and there were also prisoners who were exiled here to act as thugs during the food requisition.
This time we came to the gathering for discussion, and half of the people were already missing. It turned out that most of these people had colluded with the bandits. This time the anti-bandit campaign launched a large-scale mass campaign to "digging out the roots of the bandits". Several were executed and arrested, and some were arrested.
Originally he had nothing to do with the bandits, but because of the great public anger accumulated during the previous food rush, the masses took the opportunity to put on the label of colluding with the bandits and executed them together. The work team was also happy with this, and justifiably killed several local toubos.
power.
After receiving these grain rations, everyone still had lingering fears about the sports in the countryside, and was simply afraid of the Australians. In particular, a female thief named Du Wen was frightened by everyone. It is said that several people have tasted her iron legs.
Yes, basically I can only be a eunuch in my next life.
I was feeling uneasy and didn't know what the future would be like. Now I suddenly received a notice from Secretary Chen to come to a meeting to discuss the matter of food collection. I couldn't help but feel refreshed. I quickly changed into decent clothes and came to discuss the matter.
This group of people gathered together like flies, and they all told about the changes that had happened around them in the past year. Who died, who was captured, and their whereabouts are still unknown... This time they can reunite, and I heard that they can
I continue to deal with the food collection matter, and it feels like the sun has cleared up.
When Chen Minggang saw everyone had arrived, he coughed and got to the point.
What he was talking about was the fact that the Australians were going to take over the grain and tax this year. They had already heard about this matter when they came here. Everyone heard that he was working for the Australians. Not only did they not feel ashamed and angry about being an "open traitor", they all also
I am very excited - now I can connect with Australians! Not only can I continue to do my job, but I can also take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money.
"...It's just that we haven't figured out the temper of the Australians yet. We've called everyone here to discuss a proper charter before we can talk to their leader."
Everyone discussed it for a while. Since this time it was an Australian overall job, the original contractors would no longer handle it. Although second-level subcontracting was not a bad idea, everyone agreed that it was the first time to work for an Australian.
, it is better to be cautious. Instead of using your brains on subcontracting and "wearing hats", it is better to go all out to collect taxes and collect a solid amount of food and salary for the Australians.
"But how much is good?" someone asked.
"I heard from Chief Xiong that the reasonable burden should be collected together. This is three thousand 'gongshi'." Zhou Qi introduced.
"This is missing." If that's all there is, why would the Australians bother to get food and gifts? Obviously they have great expectations.
"That's right, it will have to be doubled before Australian gentlemen will realize what our gentlemen are capable of."
"This requires an increase in the amount of rice consumed. It turns out that adding three measures per stone is definitely not enough." There were quite a few people among them who were good at mental arithmetic, and they immediately calculated the numbers.
A food clerk named "Xiao Hu from the Umbrella Shop" said: "Master Ba! I think if this is just a case of business as usual, I'm afraid we won't be able to make any big profits."
The benefit to the county magistrate must come from inside, and the "reasonable burden" of the Australians is also a large amount. Naturally, they want to take this opportunity to make a small fortune. If Xiao Gui and Cao Sui follow the past
The usual solution is to consume more rice.
Although it is not a big deal to increase the consumption of rice, small households with no means have been overwhelmed by the increase. No matter how hard they are, they will not be able to squeeze out much profit and water. They may even find Australians to complain about their grievances. Naturally, the big households can afford to increase the amount.
Yes, not to mention that they themselves consume less rice and pay less, there are also many hidden fields cultivated privately and fields shaded by others - but they have already received a lot of benefits from them on weekdays, and if they are added for no reason, the other party will definitely feel that
If you are not convinced, it will be difficult to get along with you in the future...
Zhou Qi said: "What are you afraid of? If there are those who refuse to join us, if we let the Australians take action, they will end up like Goujiazhuang. Let's see who dares to poke a stick in the neck -"
"This must be done." Chen Minggang shook his head, "It's not difficult to instigate. In the future, everyone will continue to hang out in Lingao. What will you do if the Australians leave?"
"Umbrella Shop Xiao Hu" said: "We have to come up with a reason so that we can speak to the big business owners and make them have nothing to say. We will have room for change in the future."
Chen Minggang nodded. Xiao Hu had a good understanding and was much smarter than several of his apprentices. Unfortunately, this person was lame and could not get on the stage. Thinking of this, he glanced at Zhou Qi and couldn't help but feel bored with him.