Facts have also proved that Guo Dan's departure has a really negligible impact on Weihui Mansion.

He had been gone for seven days, but the Weihui Mansion was running as usual, and many people had not yet realized that Guo Dan had disappeared for some time.

Mainly because the business is so hot.

Everyone is so busy that it's hard to think about it.

Nowadays, the major workshops not only do not reduce the number of people, but also are still expanding, and even the teenagers in the temple who have not completed their studies have been arrested by the merchants, such as those Jin merchants' tea houses, and they have taken away fifty or sixty people from the temple.

Although these teenagers did not succeed in their studies, based on the general environment, they are all elites, and they can write and do arithmetic.

The merciful monk tried to stop them from poisoning the boy, but was directly blocked by the merchant with incense.

It's really a "painful" one!

Of course, the most popular of them is the wharf, not to mention the wharf of Weihui Mansion, even the wharf of Kaifeng Mansion is crowded, because the goods are sold well, and the supply of raw materials will come faster and more.

A large amount of silk, tea, and grain were transported to Weihui's mansion.

What kind of regional protection was talked about before, what love for Jiangnan, love for Nanjing.

Bullshit!

In fact, it's all poor people's mouths.

The real big landlords, the big rich businessmen, no matter what they say, but the body is absolutely very honest, basically adhering to the principle of making money when they have it.

Because almost all the state capitals except Weihui are still small-scale peasant economies, most of the people there are self-sufficient in food, they don't need to buy food, and when they need it, they certainly don't have money.

Weihui Mansion can be bought by wealthy merchants.

Some time ago, the place was not supplied to Weihui Mansion, mainly because of the cost, the two sides could not negotiate a price, and many big landlords thought that if the outside businessmen could return to the cage and learn from Weihui Mansion to open a large workshop, then they could sell locally, and they did not need to pay customs duties, or even taxes, this was their own territory.

But now the freight is halved, which is really a big benefit for grain merchants!

Nowadays, the cost of transporting grain, freight accounts for a lot of proportion!

Many people can't afford to go home for the Chinese New Year.

Guo Dan has been preparing for a two-year transport team, and in this crisis, he really shines.

This is not only because of the price advantage, but also because Caoyun has not been involved in smuggling recently, and it is supposed to transport grain for the imperial court, which means that the whole cake has been eaten by the transportation team of Weihui Mansion.

From Wuhan and Hangzhou to Tianjin and Beijing, the transportation team of Weihui Mansion is really everywhere!

But Li Tong, as the boss of the transport team, was not happy about this at all, because this was not making money, but like serving the people.

Banks.

"Chenchen, Xiaodong, it's best if you're here, have you seen the owner?"

Li Tong hurriedly came to Qianzhuang.

Chenchen said truthfully: "Brother Tong, my uncle went to Nanjing a few days earlier. ”

Li Tong was surprised: "What are you doing in Nanjing?" ”

"It seems to be saying ancestor worship."

"Sacrifice... Ancestor worship? "Li Tong was dumbfounded, at this time he went to worship his ancestors, you are playing a little too chic.

"Hmm."

"Is the proprietor from Nanjing?"

"Hmm."

Cao Xiaodong suddenly asked, "Brother Tong, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Li Tong looked at these two fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys, and felt a little sad, in fact, he still looked down on Chenchen and Cao Xiaodong, after all, they were too young, and he usually communicated directly with Guo Dan, but now he had no choice but to say: "The 100,000 taels allocated to me by the proprietor have already used up 50,000 taels, so I hope the proprietor will allocate some more money to me." ”

"Oh."

Cao Xiaodong said: "Brother Tong, Brother Guo has instructed you to use this matter first, and when there is no money, you can let those boatmen go directly to Nanjing, Linqing, Beijing, or our Weihui Mansion to receive wages." ”

That's it?

Li Tong said with a little excitement: "Don't you think this money is used too quickly, we won't be able to last long if it goes on like this." ”

Cao Xiaodong and Chenchen shook their heads at the same time.

Li Tong was completely speechless.

I couldn't communicate with the two of them about this, so I still had to go to Guo Dan, and after he learned the specific details of how to get wages in Qianzhuang, he left.

When Li Tong left, Chenchen and Cao Xiaodong glanced at each other, and suddenly laughed.

"I think Brother Tong should learn arithmetic."

Chenchen Road.

Cao Xiaodong shook his head and said, "Brother Guo said that if Brother Tong and they all learned arithmetic, then what do you want us to do." ”

He was quite right.

Times have changed.

Gone are the days when one person could do everything, because of the frequent volume of transactions, which led to everything that could not be done by one person, and it was necessary to rely on cooperation to be able to complete.

Naturally, the profession will also be further subdivided.

This is also why Nobuyuki also shined in a crisis.

The headquarters of Shin Heng has been moved from the capital to the racecourse near Tongzhou, which has also become a landmark building there, the size of the prize pool hall.

When Liu Zongcheng came to the hall of the headquarters of Shinxing, he was immediately a little dumbfounded, this place was even bigger than the hall of Yinuo Yaxing.

At first glance, it is from Guo Dan's handwriting, because the surrounding people are sitting to receive customers, all of whom are young girls.

Suddenly, I heard someone on the side: "For this amount of goods, you have to pay thirty taels of tax, tsk......tsk!" ”

Liu Zongcheng looked back, only to see a vendor holding a bill, is sighing, he walked over, and said with a slight smile: "This little brother." ”

Because Liu Zongcheng rarely showed up before, many merchants didn't know him, but the merchant saw that Liu Zongcheng was quite old and wearing silk, so he didn't dare to slack off and saluted back.

Liu Zongcheng said with a smile: "I just heard from Your Excellency that this tax is quite high, so have you ever thought that if you come here to calculate the tax once, it will increase the cost a lot!" ”

The vendor hurriedly said: "The old man is right, but it is more reassuring to count it here, I don't believe those official teeth." ”

Liu Zongcheng sighed: "Why? Has anyone ever missed it? ”

"Not really."

The merchant shook his head and said, "But if we make a mistake once, then we can come to this letter bank many times if we lose money, and this letter bank can also help us calculate what kind of combination tariff is the lowest." Not only that, but recently Naweihui Mansion has sent a lot of goods to the capital, but there are not so many shipments from the capital, but the ship has to go back, and Xinxing will also help us arrange cheap ship shipments. ”

Liu Zongcheng said happily: "Really? The old man has to find out with them. ”

"Outsiders believe me, this money is not a loss at all, you see, almost every businessman comes to Xinxing to calculate taxes."

After a moment's conversation, the vendor left.

Liu Zongcheng turned around and suddenly found that Chen Fangyuan was looking at him with a smile, and suddenly said with some embarrassment: "Brother, don't come to harm." ”

Chen Fangyuan immediately put Liu Zongcheng in the house, after all, Liu Zongcheng is a super VIP of Xinxing.

"Brother Liu, why do you have time for me to come here today?"

"I just turned around from the banknote gate, so I stopped by to have a look."

Liu Zongcheng raised his eyes and looked around: "It's amazing, it's amazing, brother, you are really soaring into the sky!" ”

Chen Fangyuan hurriedly said: "Compared to Brother Liu, how can I talk about soaring into the sky, I am climbing the mountain at best, it is not worth mentioning!" ”

"You're humble."

Liu Zongcheng smiled and said: "Now I am a Ming merchant who doesn't know your Xinxing, when I was at the banknote customs two days ago, almost every businessman took the banknote customs bill and compared it with the tariff calculated by your Xinxing, but it was really not bad at all." But it also adds a lot of pressure to me, if it's different, how can you say that? ”

Chen Fangyuan said with a smile: "Brother Liu, you and I have been cooperating for some years, and if you have some words, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Brother, don't get me wrong."

Liu Zongcheng waved his hand and said: "I have no other intentions, I was just thinking, you count it here, and I have to count it again over there, wouldn't it be that I have done a lot of useless work, and it has also delayed other people's hard work, if we can cooperate, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort." ”

Chen Fangyuan said: "Brother Liu, I am here to open the door to do business, you want to be able to take care of the elder brother, of course I am very happy, and the price is negotiable." ”

Liu Zongcheng said with a smile: "With the words of the elder brother, I can rest assured, if it weren't for the people watching above, I would like to sign a cooperation contract with the elder brother now, and when I go back, I will talk to the above immediately after I go back." ”

Having said that, as soon as he went out, he asked his old servant Fu Si, "What is the stock price of Yaxing now?" ”

Fu Si was slightly stunned and replied: "It's still hovering around one cent, in fact, the stock price was already below one cent a few days ago, but Ya Xing suddenly bought all the shares below one cent by himself, and the stock price also rose to one cent." ”

Liu Zongcheng nodded and said, "You immediately arrange for someone to secretly buy the shares of Yaxing." ”

Fu Si was surprised: "Master, this... Why is that? ”

Liu Zongcheng looked back at Xinxing and said, "I never believe that Guo Dan will trust the old man, he will definitely find a way to intervene in this matter, then he is very likely to use Xinxing to intervene." ”

Fu Si frowned and said, "Then shouldn't we find a way to buy Xinxing's shares?" ”

Liu Zongcheng smiled bitterly: "I also want to, but Xinxing is not a joint-stock system, and Chen Fangyuan cannot sell Xinxing's shares at this time, but I think that once Guo Dan succeeds, then Xinxing.... Most likely, it will be the second Gojo gun. ”

Fu Sidao: "Master thinks Guo Dan will win?" ”

Liu Zongcheng shook his head and said, "The old man is just making sure that my Liu family will not lose." ”

......

And Guo Dan over there really took great pains to go south this time, he first chose to go south by boat in order to cater to the theme of the raptors crossing the river, so the original ten-day journey forced him to come out for a month.

And in order to cooperate with the theme of returning to his hometown, he came to Nanjing, and he first went to his hometown Yangzigou.

This comical operation made Aunt Xu completely foggy.

Now the whole canal is very fast-paced, and the cargo ships are running faster than their ships, and it is he who has made the whole rhythm faster, but his own rhythm has gradually slowed down, and it is a little incongruous no matter how you look at it.

However, when Aunt Xu saw Guo Dan kneeling in the ancestral hall of the township, crying that she was a descendant, she felt a trace of pleasure inexplicably.

Guo Dan's return to his hometown this time, although it was a little sudden, but soon the whole township rushed over, in Nanjing, although the scholars did not like Guo Dan, and the bureaucrats did not like Guo Dan, but the villagers were proud of Guo Dan.

Although Guo Dan was not admitted to the Jinshi, he did do the best as a businessman, contracting four state capitals, being rich enough to rival the country, and won the trust of the emperor.

It's definitely a homecoming.

When he returned to his hometown, he first had to go to the ancestral hall to worship, and he must cry, he must say that he is not filial, which is equivalent to thousands of people watching him cry.

There were also a few squires who cried with him, and everyone began to recall Guo Dan's father, Guo Shannong.

Soon, Guo Dan found that they were a little endless, completely immersed in emotions, but he cried to the back, he really didn't have any emotion, so he simply "cried and fainted" directly.

Not long after lying in bed, he "woke up leisurely", and accompanied by several squires and more than 100 villagers, he looked around.

In Guo Dan's eyes, he is actually very poor, but he is much richer than those villages in Henan.

It's nothing compared!

"Uncle!"

Guo Dan said to the old man beside him: "My father's wish in life is to be able to become the first Jinshi in Yangzigou, but unfortunately I failed to do so, and I, an unfilial son, have not been able to fulfill my father's wish, so I hope to build a primary school for Yangzigou, so that the children of Yangzigou can study for free, if the grades are excellent, I will send them to Kaifeng Mansion to study in a better college, and we must let Yangzigou produce a Jinshi." ”

The squires listened with great pleasure.

The uncle Yang Sheng said: "Do you have this filial piety, I believe that Shannong will also feel relieved under Jiuquan." ”

Guo Dan smiled slightly, and said, "In addition, I will donate another 1,000 taels to build the ancestral hall." ”

Everyone's eyes were wide open.

One... 1,000 taels to build an ancestral hall?

This.......

Yang Sheng hurriedly said: "I don't need so much, I don't need so much." ”

Guo Dan said: "The rest of the money can be used to repair roads for the township, or help the villagers in difficulty." ”

We're all in trouble!

A middle-aged man said: "Guo Dan, since you have such a talent, why don't you help the villagers find some livelihood." ”

Yang Sheng glared at him slightly, after all, he is a scholar, I think what you said is too direct, Guo Dan only came back on the first day, so let's talk about it tomorrow.

Guo smiled lightly: "If you really want to find some work, I can build some warehouses by the river and find something to do for the villagers, but it may be more difficult ......!" ”

Before he could speak, the villagers became excited.

"We are not afraid of hardship, we are afraid of hunger."

"As long as you can find us some work to do, no matter how hard and tiring it is, we will do it."

.....

Guo Dan nodded and smiled: "Okay, I'll arrange it then." ”

When everyone saw that Guo Dan agreed, they were immediately overjoyed, and they all looked at the middle-aged man who had just asked a question--- asked beautifully!

Suddenly, I heard a sound of pigs and ducks in the distance.

Everyone raised their eyes and saw a large group of pigs and ducks coming this way.

Yang Sheng hurriedly called someone over to ask if he had gone to the wrong place.

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Uncle, I called here, and I plan to feast the whole township today." ”

Feast the whole township?

Yang Sheng's stupidity was like a chicken, and his values gradually distorted.

The situation of feasting the whole village has not happened yet, you have a banquet for the whole village.

Just Guo Danfang's few words, plus this group of pigs and ducks, these thousands of taels were thrown out.

Yang Feixu glanced at the group of pigs and ducks and said, "I didn't expect him to be generous to these villagers." ”

The reason why she has this question is because she has never heard Guo Dan mention her hometown, and even her father rarely mentions it, except for making excuses for not being an official, so she has always felt that Guo Dan is a very businessman and a mercenary.

Aunt Xu smiled slightly and said, "Maybe he just thinks that his identity as a Nanjing native makes it easier for him to gain a foothold here." ”