Jiao Si'er was escorted out by the bald guards in the dark. When a bright red charcoal pot appeared in front of him in the leeward grass shed, Jiao Si'er rolled over and rushed over, almost holding the brazier in his arms. Inside. net
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Jiao Si? Look, look, look, he's so pitiful, why do you have to do this!" Hearing the familiar voice, Jiao Si looked up, and Xiao Letian's face emerged from the shadows. out.
"Master! My Master Xiao, slave, I know I'm wrong. If I change it, I'll change anything. From now on, you can set the rules for me. If I, Jiao Si'er, disobey the slightest bit, I'll strike you with thunder. ah!"
Jiao Si was so cold that his nose was dripping with snot. This kind of dog slave has very sharp eyes and will never suffer the consequences. He finally understood that Xiao Letian is a donkey, and you can't play hard, you have to smooth it down.
"Tsk tsk... Mr. Jiao, the famous Fourth Master in Sijiu City, why did he freeze like a bear today? Come here, show Mr. Jiao a seat, give him a cup of hot tea, and I will have a good chat with him..."
At this time, Jiao Si's internal organs were almost frozen into ice. He held a big bowl of hot tea and poured it down. It took him a long time to catch his breath.
Xiao Letian stared at Jiao Si with squinted eyes, thinking about how to deal with this old guy. kill him? I'm afraid not. If this old guy dies, those people in the Forbidden City will really fall out. Now I don't have the ability to challenge him.
Blow him away? It's not a good idea. To drive away one Manchu, at least ten must be sent. After much deliberation, only Long Ye's method is the most effective. To deal with such a shameless villain, only sinister tricks are the most effective.
Thinking of this, Xiao Letian said with a smile, "Master Jiao, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. I know exactly what your background is, but you know nothing about my background. I want to kill you and I have ten thousand dollars." Don’t think that your backend will stand up for your stupid life. At most, they will replace you with a few new ones..."
Jiao Si'er finally figured it out. He couldn't bear the loss he was facing. He knelt down as soon as his legs became weak. "Oh, oh, oh, Master, please be merciful. These are not my eyeballs, they are just two black briquettes! I'm blinded by lard. I didn’t know the power of the master, and I offended him. I beg you to give me a way out, and give me a chance to change my ways..."
Having said this, Jiao Si walked around with his knees as his feet, and walked up to Xiao Letian's side. He said humbly, "A slave is still useful. Think about it, sir. I have been living in the capital for so many years, and I have dealt with big things and small things." All the slaves know that I will definitely use me in the future, for example, to build relationships, use the back door, etc. All the slaves here are well-connected..."
"Sir, do you want to be an official? There are no brokers in the capital that I am not familiar with. The heads of the official donation bureau are all my drinking buddies. No matter what official I want to be, the slaves can get it at a 70% discount... I My good grandpa, please spare this slave..."
Jiao Si's performance in this scene was really outstanding. If Xiao Letian hadn't found out the details of this old bastard in advance, he might have really been deceived. But today the play has to go on. Xiao Letian pointed to the chair, "Okay, sit back. I'm not that unkind. I'll arrange a fat job for you later. It depends on whether you have the ability to do it... "
"Sir, please tell me clearly, there is fire and water, and if I, Jiao Si'er, don't try my best for even a little bit, God will thunder and take me away..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense. I won't do this... The task for you this time is very simple, which is to buy land. Mr. Jiao Si said that you are very capable. Today I will test your spending money. Ability!"
"Tanggu Industrial Zone is actually the responsibility of Mr. Qing and I, as you all know. You should have heard of the difficulties we are facing now, that is, land acquisition is too difficult, and these local leopards don't know what to do. I thought, even if I offered double the high price, they wouldn’t sell the land..."
"After much thought, I came up with a wonderful way to contract..." At this time, Jiao Si was already attracted. Xiao Letian said in a low voice, "On the boundary of Tanggu, the best irrigated land with normal market price is only more than 20 taels." For one acre of silver, an ordinary dry land will end with only 12 or 8 taels..."
"I will offer you a price of 100 taels per acre and contract it to you. You will buy the land. On the surface, the farmers will sign an agreement with you, but then you will sell it to the industrial zone. Think about it, you are Jiao Si If you are so capable, how much money can you make from this business?"
Jiao Si's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. It was the light of greed, the glory of silver. "Master, you didn't fool me? Give me a hundred taels and let me go purchase? This means that all the difference in price is saved." Is it my own?"
"That's right, I plan to purchase one thousand acres for the first transaction. This is a big business worth one hundred thousand taels. Do you, Jiao Si, have the ability to take it?" Xiao Letian leaned on the Taishi chair and looked at Jiao Si with a sly look. .
Jiao Si'er is a typical money addict. He left the bustling Sijiu City and came to the sea just for money. Previously, the family needed ten thousand taels of silver, but these grandsons tried their best to get only four to five thousand taels of silver, and they had to be divided among more than a dozen people. What fell into Jiao Si's hands was really not much money.
Now, a huge deal of one hundred thousand taels was struck on his head out of thin air, how could Jiao Si not be tempted. Isn't it just buying land? Isn't it just taking advantage of others? These are the skills inherited from the families of these slaves.
Why does the master want to raise slaves? Isn't it just for them to do some dirty, black, and immoral work? In ancient China, the phenomenon of land annexation in various dynasties was consistent throughout. In the process of continuous land concentration, the evil slaves of wealthy families have always been the most active group of people.
Jiao Si'er himself owns land around the capital. After several generations of hard work, the land that started out as a dozen acres now has hundreds of acres. In the process of purchasing land, the Jiao family can be said to have done everything. To top it off, vicious tricks are often used, and Jiao Si is really an expert in buying land.
"Sir, are you really contracting this deal to me? Is it really one hundred and two acres of land? You're not lying..." In the end, Jiao Si still didn't believe his ears.
Xiao Letian casually picked out his ears with his little finger, "Tch! Do I still care about this little money of one hundred thousand taels? What I want is this dignity. The industrial zone is my proposal, and now we can't even acquire the land, sir. I can't afford to lose this face, so I only have one condition: I'll give you a month to finish the matter for me..."
Jiao Si was relieved this time. He knelt down and said, "Don't worry, Master. Aren't we slaves just to help Master solve problems? Don't worry, leave this matter to us." After saying that, he turned around and rushed out of the hut, got into into the cold granary.
Not even three minutes had passed when a commotion was heard in the granary. "Fourth Master, are you serious? Master asked us to buy land? He actually offered a high price of fifty-two acres? God, this is a big deal. We are all experts..." There was a sudden burst of joy in the granary.
Xiao Letian almost choked to death after taking a sip of tea. He was dumbfounded. This Jiao Si'er was too dark, so he was subcontracted? Will half of the profit be lost if the knife falls? Amazing, really amazing, what a talent!
At this time, the eastern sky began to shine, and the sleepless nights finally passed. At this time, several figures came from the wild, and the leader turned out to be Wang Huaiyuan, the person in charge of the "Xingtang".
"Sir, the letter from Fei Ge from the capital has arrived. Everything has been arranged. Let's start this morning!"
Xiao Letian turned his head and stared at a group of excited dog slaves in the granary. He sneered and said, "I will make you happy for a month, and you will cry later."
At this time in Beijing, in a small courtyard in the south city, some elderly people were already getting up under the light of the morning sun.
Jiao Si'er's mother-in-law sleeps very little every day. On the one hand, it's because of her age. Older people like to get up early. On the other hand, she can't let the servants be lazy. Those lazy maids and men will have to sleep if they don't play for a day. Go up to the house and uncover the tiles.
"Everyone is up, everyone is up. The sun is shining on your buttocks and you are still sleeping... If you continue to be lazy, no one will eat breakfast. You will starve to death..." The old lady scolded the whole room fiercely, scolding everyone in the circle. Even if I wake up with a sore throat in the morning.
Normally at this time, she would go to the Buddhist hall to burn a stick of incense to bless her family with wealth every year, but today as soon as the old thing entered the Buddhist hall, there was a roar like a slaughtering pig.
"Oh my god! I can't live anymore...Who did this? Why is there a thief in our house..." This voice is so penetrating, and there are still sons, daughters-in-law, and grandsons to serve. The people under the maid were so frightened that they ran to the Buddhist hall.
When I opened the door, I saw that the floor tiles on the right side of the niche had been dug up, and a large pit was exposed. The jar of gold that was originally hidden underground had disappeared.
"Ah! Mother, why is our family's money gone..." Jiao Si's son knelt on the ground and cried loudly. That was a thousand taels of gold, and it was the struggle of several generations of the Jiao family.
"I told you not to bury you here, but you didn't listen. There's no one staying in the Buddhist hall at night, so why not attract thieves? I told you to hide it under my bunk, but you just didn't listen..." The daughter-in-law sat down on the ground. , cried with tears all over his face.
"Bah... little bitch, don't I know what your plans are? If I hide in your room, it will become yours. Stop dreaming. If you keep screaming, I will tear your mouth apart..." The old lady really had the energy to be a bad mother-in-law, pointing at her daughter-in-law's nose and scolding her.
"Okay, you two, please stop arguing and think of something first..." The son was so anxious in the middle that he felt like a human being.
"Report it to the official, you have to report it to the official for so much money..." someone among the servants muttered.
"No, you must not report to the official..." The three masters shouted almost at the same time. They knew that one thousand taels of gold could be exchanged for ten thousand miles of silver according to the market price, but in fact it was more. If you report it to the official, it will reveal your wealth. It is estimated that the official will drain the blood of their family before the case is solved.
"No, you absolutely can't report it to the official. Wait until the master comes back and let him find friends from Lu Lin to make an unannounced visit... This is the only way."
The old lady and her son and daughter-in-law were so distressed that they almost vomited blood, but there was nothing they could do about this kind of thing. This was the reality of the Qing Dynasty. If the theft case was handled by the police, 90% of the case would not be solved and the policemen would have to let it go. A blackmail is really not worth the gain.
The chaos in the morning passed quickly, all the servants received the gag order, and the Jiao family was as peaceful as ever. But bad luck always seems to come together. At noon, a more terrifying news came. The old lady who was chanting the Buddha could not catch her breath and fell into a coma at that time.
