"We can have today's nourishing life, thanks to the magistrate of Chong County, Mr. Xu!"
Qin Xiao was stunned.
Maybe Mo has something to do with the good times here?
"Brother, what do you say?"
The old man didn't answer immediately. He looked at him and smiled: "Do you have time? I'll show you around?"
The old man's life is too comfortable now, and he longs to find someone to show off and express his mood.
It's rare to meet an outsider, so I shouldn't hurry.
Qin Xiao nodded and followed around with doubts.
The old man took them to the workshop area.
The old man introduced the situation of the workshop to Qin Xiao.
"Did you see that the workshops in our village have everything?"
"Candies to eat, dried fruits, cloth to wear, shoes, leather..."
"Look, that iron workshop belongs to my family. The quality of the smelted iron is so good that the government uses it, and even foreigners don't dare to step aside."
Qin Xiao looked at everything in front of him and thought.
"Brother, such a huge scale cannot appear in a short time, right?"
"How did you invest in it in the first place, and where did you get the capital?"
According to Qin Xiao's idea, these initial investments are huge, and they are often only possible with the strong support of the imperial court.
The old man looked grateful: "So, I have to thank Mr. Xu!"
"Two years ago, Mr. Xu bought a stake in the workshop."
"Part of the goods belong to Mr. Xu and are sent to Chong County for him to sell."
Qin Xiao couldn't help but marvel, and once again praised Xu Mo's skills.
This kid Xu Mo finally did something rare and good that benefited the country and the people.
"Your village will make a lot of profits in a year, right?"
The old man proudly extended a slap in the face: "With the crops grown and the business, each family can earn at least this amount."
"Fifty taels!"
Qin Xiao nodded repeatedly in admiration.
With such a high income, farmers are doing well in the world.
While Qin Xiao was feeling happy for them, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, I just heard you talking about buying shares, what do you mean?"
The old man explained cheerfully: "In the beginning, we had no money. How could we open so many workshops?"
"It was Mr. Xu who spent a lot of money, called shares, that enabled the workshop to reach its current scale."
"The money earned by the workshop is stipulated to be divided into dividends in proportion to Mr. Xu's shareholding every year."
Qin Xiao immediately understood the meaning of investing.
However, he soon felt something was wrong.
"Are you saying that Xu Mo only invested money once and will take away some of the workshop's income every year from then on?"
Qin Xiao always felt that Xu Mo had taken advantage of him.
As Qin Xiao expected, the old man's next words almost made him spit out a mouthful of blood.
The old man nodded: "Mr. Xu, he will probably divide thirty to forty thousand taels from the workshop's income every year."
"ah?!"
"Three to forty thousand taels of silver?"
Qin Xiao was so angry that he couldn't even speak.
Damn the corrupt official Xu Mo.
Even the remote villages outside the city can't escape his money-grubbing clutches? !
It's so shameless!
Qin Xiao now understood that the people in the county said that Xu Mo was a corrupt official.
That's not false at all.
Even small amounts of money can't get into Xu Mo's eyes.
If you want to reorganize, you should at least start with ten thousand taels!
Qin Xiao couldn't hold his breath anymore.
Fortunately, I thought Xu Mo had a conscience before and helped the villagers here.
He has been doing it for a long time, he is doing it for money, and he has access to everything.
But it's also very reasonable. Xu Mo would even dare to sell his official position.
What else doesn't he dare to do?
Qin Xiao held back his anger: "Don't you feel bad for giving Xu Mo so much silver in one year?"
The old man shook his head and laughed: "How could it be!"
Qin Xiao asked depressedly: "Why?"
The old man said: "We are responsible for doing the work, and we don't have to worry about many troublesome things. That's great."
"How to sell the goods and where to sell them? What kind of quality can be made? Many people under the master are responsible for it."
"At the beginning, there were also merchants who came here to purchase, and they tried their best to lower the prices."
"We sold the goods in the end, but after we did the math, we discovered that we didn't make any money at all."
"It's different now."
The old man's face showed not only gratitude but gratitude: "According to the regulations set by Mr. Xu, the purchase price here is 30% higher than other places. It is said that our quality is good enough."
"Moreover, you have to pay a sum of money first when you get the goods. You must pay the entire amount within a month, otherwise we will not cooperate with you again."
"Thanks to many adults, we have a good life."
Qin Xiao was completely speechless.
There is no reason to even be angry.
After all, to be able to live such a good life for ordinary people, it doesn’t seem too much for Xu Mo to only be greedy for thirty or forty thousand taels a year? !
Qin Xiao could only sigh deeply.
He couldn't help but ask: "Xu Mo is so blatantly greedy for money. Isn't he afraid that the matter will be exposed and his majesty will behead him if he stabs him?"
The old man just shook his head without thinking: "Why should Mr. Xu be killed? Mr. Xu may be a little greedy, but he is still a good official."
"I also spent money to buy shares! If the emperor really kills Mr. Xu because of this, I will go to Beijing to plead grievances for many people even though I am old."
"Moreover, the more than 100 households in our village will definitely write letters in blood and complain!"
Hearing such unquestionable words.
The group of people including Qin Xiao looked at each other in confusion.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed the scene in front of them.
Never, no one dared to be so greedy as Xu Mo.
Not only dare to be greedy.
It also makes people think that he is greedy, so it makes sense and should be taken for granted.
If the matter really comes to light, the people he took money from will still desperately plead for him.
Such terrifying cohesion.
This is what the people want!
What I saw and heard along the way.
Qin Xiao understood that Xu Mo had an irreplaceable position in the hearts of the people of Yunzhou.
Seeing that Yunzhou was prospering and the foreign tribes no longer had any thoughts of making a move, Qin Xiao put aside one of his major concerns during this trip.
More than twenty days later, Qin Xiao returned to the capital.
…
In the Jinluan Palace.
"Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty!"
Qin Xiao was wearing a dragon robe, sitting high on the throne with a majestic face, and glanced at the officials below.
In the court, the main thing now is to follow Qin Xiao's achievements in conquering the world.
But after nearly ten years of hard work, the situation has gradually become clearer.
After Qin Xiao established the Great Zhou Dynasty, civil servants gradually occupied the main position.
The civil servant who attracts the most attention now is Chen Yong, the deputy prime minister who participated in the political affairs.
Chen Yong has been serving Qin Xiao since he raised his troops.
This person can be said to be the best candidate for prime minister that Qin Xiao will appoint.
Chen Yong and his party members had been inquiring about the results of Qin Xiao's incognito patrol in many places.
