He was able to spend more than a thousand taels of silver just to deal with a Datong business. There were only a few Xuanfu merchants with such a large amount of money.
"In the future, there will be other benefits when the giant bandits like Tiger Flag are wiped out." Wang Cheng smiled and tapped the table twice with his fingertips.
There was a money order and a house deed on the table, which totaled more than a thousand taels of silver. He didn't believe that the other party was not interested.
Even though Liu Bingyuan served as the inspector in Datong, he was very powerful, but he only stayed for more than half a year. He only received a few thousand taels of benefits, which was far less than that of high-ranking officials such as the governor and the general soldier.
"May I ask Mr. Wang, who sent these two things?" Liu Bingyuan did not push the things back this time.
I wondered which one of the Shanxi merchants would be so generous as to spend more than a thousand taels.
Wang Cheng picked up the wine cup and said with a smile, "Fanji Chamber of Commerce."
After saying that, he drank the wine in one gulp.
Liu Bingyuan put his finger on the top house deed and said, "I have only heard of Fan Ji, but I have never heard of the Fan Family Chamber of Commerce in Datong, Xuanfu. I dare to ask which one it is."
Wang Cheng explained, "Fanji Chamber of Commerce has just been established. It's normal that Brother Jie'an doesn't know about it. The president of Fanji Chamber of Commerce is Fan Yongdou from the Fan family. Many Shanxi merchants have joined it, and it is quite powerful in the Xuanfu area." ,"
"That's it." Liu Bingyuan nodded.
He used to be a patrol inspector in Datong and didn't know much about Shanxi merchants in Xuanfu. He only knew a few relatively large Shanxi merchants in Xuanfu. He thought that this Fanji Chamber of Commerce was a newly established chamber of commerce, so it was true that he didn't know it. normal.
"Brother Jie'an, as long as you submit a memorial stating that there are big bandits in Datong, this thing worth more than a thousand taels will belong to you, brother Jie'an." Wang Cheng smiled and pointed at the two taels on the table. piece of paper.
Tiger Flag is just a Datong business. He believes that with something worth more than a thousand taels of silver, Liu Bingyuan will not refuse such a good thing.
If it were him, someone would give him a thousand taels of silver and just give him a book about banditry in Datong. He would definitely agree to such a good thing.
Liu Bingyuan tapped the two papers with his fingers, hesitated for a long time, and finally picked up the two papers on the table with his fingers, folded them and stuffed them into his sleeves.
Seeing this scene, Wang Cheng laughed and said, "Brother Jie'an, you and I will have a drink together."
Liu Bingyuan did not touch the wine cup, but said, "Don't rush about drinking. Just listen to what I have to say."
Wang Cheng had no choice but to put down the wine cup in his hand.
"When the Tiger Flag is destroyed in the future, I want 30% of the benefits of the Tiger Flag itself. As long as the Fan family agrees, I will submit the memorial." Liu Bingyuan raised three fingers towards Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng frowned when he heard this and said, "Thirty percent is too much. I'm afraid the Fan family won't agree."
"It seems that Mr. Wang can't take charge of this matter, so let the person who can take the decision go to my house." Liu Bingyuan stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your hospitality. I'll take my leave."
After saying that, he turned around and left directly.
Wang Cheng, who stayed in his seat, turned gloomy. He picked up the wine cup on the table and drank it hard.
He didn't expect that the benefits of more than a thousand taels of silver could not satisfy Liu Bingyuan's appetite. He was still thinking about the benefits of the Tiger Flag itself, which made him feel that he had been deceived by the Fan family.
Originally, he only thought that Tiger Character Flag was an ordinary business name, but was targeted by the Fan family. Now it seems that Tiger Character Flag must have other things, otherwise Liu Bingyuan would not ask for 30% of the benefits.
After leaving Wang Cheng's residence, Liu Bingyuan took a carriage directly back to his residence.
"Ask Staff Tian and Staff Chen to come to my study." Liu Bingyuan ordered the servants in his mansion and walked towards the courtyard.
Not long after, two staff members, Tian and Chen, came to the study.
"Sir," said Staff Officer Tian, "I wonder if something happened if you summoned us here so late."
The two of them followed Liu Bingyuan back to the capital and were still living in Liu Mansion for the time being.
Now the two of their staff are trying to help Liu Bingyuan move to another place. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate is very good, it cannot be the censor of the left and right. After all, it has little power and does not have many local benefits.
"The Fan family of Xuanfu wants to deal with Datong's Tiger Flag."
Liu Bingyuan told his two staff what happened after he met Wang Cheng.
Staff Tian frowned and said, "The Fan family is in Xuanfu and the Tiger Flag is in Datong. As far as I know, the two families should still have a lot of cooperation. Why would the Fan family suddenly take action against the Tiger Flag? It's really strange. .”
Originally, he and Staff Chen wanted to make the Tiger Character Banner matter a stepping stone for Liu Bingyuan, so that even if Liu Bingyuan could not be transferred to other places, he would at least have a suitable position among the six departments, but the Fan family was so A movement completely disrupted their plans.
"This is the Fan family who approached me through Wang Cheng. This is the benefit the Fan family gave me." As he said that, Liu Bingyuan took out the five hundred taels of tickets and a house deed.
"It seems that the Fan family is serious about it, otherwise they wouldn't be so generous, with one move costing thousands of taels." Staff Tian looked at the two pieces of paper, and his Adam's apple squirmed.
It feels better to be an official.
He accompanied Liu Bingyuan to Datong to take office. After more than half a year, the benefits he received were only more than 300 taels. However, the Fan family just asked their boss to submit a memorial and took out the benefits of more than 1,000 taels.
Staff Chen said, "If the Fan family can find you, Master, they will also find other people. There are many imperial censors from Xuanfu Datong in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. These people may be bought by the Fan family with money. By then, the tiger character will The flag incident will definitely become known to everyone."
Liu Bingyuan nodded and said, "I also thought of this before accepting the Fan family's things and asking for 30% of the benefits of the Tiger Flag itself."
"There are too many. I'm afraid the Fan family won't agree." Staff Chen frowned.
Staff Tian on the side said, "Now that your Excellency is no longer the Inspector of Datong, you will definitely not get 30% of the benefits, but you can give it a try if you get 10%. After all, Your Excellency, you are still the Censor of Shanxi Road."
Staff Chen said, "I heard that Tiger Flag has gold mountains and silver seas, and people make a lot of money every day. Even if it is 10% of the benefit, it is still a big sum."
"It seems that this is the only way it can be. It's just a pity that this opportunity to go out is lost because the Fan family has just lost it." Liu Bingyuan sighed.
After leaving the capital and serving as Datong's inspector, he realized the benefits of serving as a local official. No wonder so many officials in the capital wanted to go abroad.
As long as you get to a place, even if you don't have to do anything, someone will bring money to the door. You can make a lot of money for any reason.
Considering that he is now the seventh-rank censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and has served as the patrol magistrate of Datong, and is at least the fifth-rank magistrate when he is assigned to other places, there will always be tens of thousands of benefits in one term.
"That's not necessarily the case." Staff Tian suddenly said.
Liu Bingyuan looked at Staff Tian in confusion.
