The sky gradually became brighter.
Today is the day off for the county magistrate Luanming, but the county magistrate did not even hesitate. After throwing the official seal and record book to Zhou You, who was on duty, he took Feng Shiqi and ran to the street to go shopping, preparing to go to the government office at noon. It’s so cool in the hook bar of the camp.
Nowadays, things are different from the past. If you want to drink a glass of flower wine, you don’t have any silver. Now, in the government warehouse, excluding taxes and public funds, you can squander more than 40,000 kilograms of spiritual stones, more than ten thousand taels of gold, and no silver taels. There are countless pieces of jewelry that have been cashed out.
In less than a month, the government office went from living a tight life to becoming rich and powerful. It also took back the operating rights of Goulan and gambling houses. If you want to open Goulan and gambling houses in Flower City, you need to apply.
Su Yan would patronize anyone who dared to set up a gambling house privately. After patronizing them, they would disappear automatically.
Legal and compliant operations are the right way to operate. Those that are illegal, non-compliant and do not pay taxes naturally need to be banned.
"Hey! Master, go and ask Brother Su to come over. Business is coming and he needs to be there to receive it."
Zhou You had a carefree look on his face. He put his feet on the magistrate's long table and polished the article in his hand. He glanced outside the door and saw some rich old men. He turned his head and looked at the monkey squatting on the long table, studying ink. said.
"squeak--"
The monkey named Shiye responded, then turned and ran to the backyard to call Su Yan, who was really cultivating.
The number of monkeys in the official office increased greatly, from the five given by my aunt at the beginning to twenty-five.
Fifteen monkeys are responsible for clerk duties and stay in the study to manage Flower City's account books and tax calculations, while the three monkeys are responsible for recording work at the front desk, such as finding out the corresponding laws of Xia Yu and local laws when judging cases, and recording judgments. A written record of the case process.
The remaining seven are responsible for daily living, such as washing and folding quilts.
"What happened so early in the morning?"
Su Yan straightened his collar and walked into the back hall, looked at some new and familiar faces, and asked.
"Hahaha, it's nothing serious. Just two of my friends want to invite Mr. Su for tea. I wonder if Mr. Su has time to go to Goulan next door for a little while."
Lao Dai, who had been sent to the streets by Su Yan before, was released from prison after paying a bail of 300 kilograms of spirit stones. After being released from prison, Lao Dai changed his mind and joined the Flower Bureau to work as a broker.
There are some things that the county magistrate is not easy to talk about, so brokers like Lao Dai need to talk about the next direction of the flower area's strategy, so that the brokers can attract enough funds and vendors to the government office.
Su Yan accepted everyone's invitation with a smile and moved to the Goulan on the street opposite the official office. Lao Dai directly asked the talented ladies inside to serve the most tedious task of grinding tea.
Grinding tea is now Matcha. The young buds of spring tea are picked and made into tea powder. The brewing process is complicated and is often used by literati to compete in tea brewing skills.
In addition to ground tea, Goulan also has the more common types of sencha and brewed tea.
Lao Dai opened his mouth and ordered milled tea. Apart from being expensive, it was actually a secret code.
He was telling Su Yan that these strangers in front of him were all rich and busy people. If they worked hard slowly, they could extract more tribute money and send it to the government.
Ordering sencha means that the visitor has something to ask for, but it does not necessarily require the official to come forward.
Making tea is an ordinary form of friendship. There are not so many things to discuss, and it is a form of relationship building.
After the broker gives the host a thorough understanding, the host will know how to negotiate with the visitors in front of him.
"Ahem. Magistrate Su, I heard from Lao Dai that our government office is currently planning to develop the southern Xinjiang region."
Not long after sitting in the box, one of the strangers directly explained the reason for his visit and wanted to ask Su Yan about the affairs in Southern Xinjiang.
Regarding the planning of the southern Xinjiang region, he had actually heard about it from Lao Dai a long time ago. He even knew the details very clearly and was ready to invest a fortune in it. However, what Lao Dai said and what Su Yan personally guaranteed should not be confused with each other.
He wanted to get a guarantee from Su Yan.
"Unlike our flower plain landform, southern Xinjiang is mostly mountainous and forested, and the fields are mostly terraced structures that are not suitable for large-scale planting." Su Yan said unhurriedly:
"Then you should also have heard from Lao Dai that the business we do is all one-time business. Taking advantage of the frequent wars in southern Xinjiang to buy bargains, we are betting that the industrial value of southern Xinjiang will increase after Xia Yu is included in it."
Everyone was talking about different things. The stranger in front of Old Dela was obviously a businessman from the Flower District or the Red Prince's Mansion.
What they wanted was visible rewards, not excessive long-term benefits. Therefore, after judging the stranger's intentions, Su Yan did not talk to him about business or workshops, but truthfully told him what he could learn from above. What kind of money do you make?
He also explained the risks of investment and where to make profits in the future. It was up to him to decide whether to pay the fee for boarding the ship. Su Yan did not force them to do so.
With the support of the Hua clan and the Yao clan, Su Yan has now begun to infiltrate southern Xinjiang.
When it's almost time to plunder the merchants, just go to the Red Prince's Mansion and make a report. Anyway, Taishi Jin agrees with his plan. He will first go to various places in the southern Xinjiang region to co-opt low-priced land, and part of it will be used in the future. Part of the sugar factory layout was sold off when King Chi announced that the occupation would stabilize the situation, allowing subsequent Xia Yu merchants to take over and withdraw funds.
If there is land suitable for large-scale planting, Su Yan will introduce it to the landlords and wealthy people. They prefer the sense of stability of long-running water to quick money.
"Feel."
The stranger looked thoughtful, a little unsure about the business matters Su Yan said, so he turned his head and looked at Lao Dai with a hint of embarrassment, gesturing for him to speak.
"Master Su, it's like this. This brother of mine and I have similar personalities and like stability. Don't you have anything good to introduce to him? This good brother of mine used to wear his trousers on his head."
Lao Dai said with a smile on his face. As a broker who knew both sides well, he refused to accept Su Yanshuo's business. As a price, the stranger needed to pay further official tribute in order to get some guarantees from Su Yan.
"Of course there are stable businesses, but those businesses require a large backlog of cash. Not every business bank can afford such a large amount of cash."
Su Yan had a chuckle on his face and was about to brag about the good things about long-term investment.
However, a gust of evil wind filled the air outside the window, and the sky suddenly darkened during the day, interrupting Su Yan's speech, making him unable to help but turn around, and the evil aura and coercion spread into the city.
Su Yan immediately stopped speaking, ran to the window sill and stuck his head out to look at the outside scenery.
A black and cyan cloud of demonic energy is drifting from the direction of the southern border area to the flower area, heading north.
The appearance of the cloud of demonic energy will only occur when a group of demons gather together. There are more than one or two hundred demons in that dark cloud.
Moreover, the prerequisite for the demon cloud to appear is that there needs to be a powerful demon beast who leads the group of demons to swim quickly, so that the other little demons will be excited, and the demon power around them will leak out and form the demon cloud.
(End of chapter)
