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 waiter dares to look down on us! One day, he would have 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 it was before! After the new Minister took office, he transferred the store to Li Ruhai. Many shops in the capital 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 businesses, a typical case of using power for personal gain! But this also has an advantage for businesses. At least there are people behind them, so they won’t worry about their business being taken over by others one day! At least now I can still receive some money and live a prosperous life.
Thinking of this, Liu Haojia did not continue this topic, but instead started talking about everything with the two people. These two people are both natives of the capital, and they work in a well-informed yamen like Jinyiwei, so they really know a lot about the things in the capital, and Liu Haojia got a lot of information.
After a while, the food and wine came out like water, and the three of them started to change glasses and eat and drink! After having a good time with wine and meat, the two of them became more respectful to Liu Haojia, and truly said everything they knew!
When the news from outside was almost finished, the topic naturally shifted to Baihu Station. Only then did Liu Haojia realize that their small flag had no general flag at all!
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, ten people form a team and each person sets a small flag. The general flag manages five small flags. The above is to test 100 households, 100 households, 1000 households and 1000 households. And the fact that they don't have a general flag above them shows that this hundred-household office is seriously short of personnel. I'm afraid there is no shortage of free wages!
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, our Baihu House has never had any major issues. The biggest thing is the cashier! By the way, Mr. Wu, did you tell me how much we 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 tricking 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 three hundred 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 to do it! We 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, the business will be done. 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!"
Old God 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! Being an official is all about making money, how can anyone 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, just 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, there are only two of us 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 will 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, It doesn’t matter how many people there are!”
