After a group of grain merchants came to a conclusion at the banquet, they all said that since the county respects the peach, we naturally have to repay the Li with interest.

As for how to report the Li, they also quickly reached a consensus at the banquet, and according to the size of the grain store, the grain merchants were divided into three grades: large, medium and small. Those who belong to small grain merchants will be given a thank you gift of 800 taels of silver; Those who belong to the mid-range grain merchants will be given a thank you gift of 1,500 taels of silver; The big grain merchant gave a thank you gift of 2,500 taels of silver.

Of course, these were only the first batch of thank-you gifts, and at the end of each month in the future, they would take out 20 percent of the net profits according to the operation of their respective grain stores and send them to the yamen as thank-you gifts.

I can't give up my children, I can't trap my wolves! This truth is very clear to them businessmen. Although there are many thank-you gifts, it is not a small number for them, but compared to the future benefits, it is nothing!

With the endorsement of the county's official documents, they can sell grain and make money with their hands and feet open, and they no longer have to worry about being arrested and sent to prison, confiscated to the army, or beheaded on the spot, killing chickens and monkeys!

Compared with the grain merchants in Taizhou and other counties, their Jingnan grain merchants are already in heaven.

Of course, although there are regulations on how to report Li, for the sake of safety, a group of grain merchants recommended a grain merchant to throw stones to ask for directions, first go to the county office to send a thank you gift to Zhu Ping'an, and go to test the water for everyone.

The shopkeeper Lu stood out from the high votes and was "honored" to become this stone for asking for directions.

"Ahem, can't you send another person to accompany me? Thai shopkeeper, you and I are brothers, is it okay to accompany my brothers and me for a while? Shopkeeper Lu looked at the grain merchants with a bitter face, especially the Thai shopkeeper.

"Get out of here!" The Thai shopkeeper rolled his eyes.

"Fat Lu, don't rub it off, hurry up, go back quickly, we're all anxiously waiting for you to hear back." If you don't leave, the thirty percent thank you gift we will help you recognize this time will not count. ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper Lu was grinding, the grain merchants couldn't help but be half threatening, half joking, and scolded with a smile and urged.

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the fat man will return soon. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm waiting for good news. ”

Hearing that the grain merchants threatened to take back the gift of helping him recognize Sancheng, the money-loving shopkeeper Lu suddenly stopped rubbing, his waist was no longer sore, and his back was no longer painful, and he trotted all the way to be his waystone.

A group of grain merchants drank and chatted, imagining the wealth at their fingertips, while waiting for the news of the landing shopkeeper.

Soon, everyone had only passed the third tour of wine, and they heard a sound of footsteps, and then saw the figure of the shopkeeper Lu.

it!

Why did Lu Fatzi come back so soon, was he kicked out of the door of the county honor? !

The grain merchants suddenly had a hint of foreboding in their hearts, worried that Lu Fatzi had messed up the matter, and felt that the development of things was beyond their expectations and beyond their control......

"Fat Lu, why did you come back so quickly, did the county accept the gift you gave?"

The grain merchants asked anxiously and nervously.

Shopkeeper Lu nodded first, but before the joy appeared on the faces of the grain merchants, Shopkeeper Lu then shook his head again, and the big fat face shook one by one, and the grain merchants who shook straight became angry.

"! Fat Lu, what do you mean by nodding first and shaking your head again?! Jerking off?! The thank you gift you sent, will the county accept it or confiscate it?! You give us a word of approval. Now is not the time to joke, and if there is no more form, I will return the thirty percent thank you gift that we helped you recognize. ”

The grain merchants were stunned for a moment, thinking that the shopkeeper Lu was playing with them, and suddenly said to the shopkeeper Lu with an unkind face.

Under the gaze of a group of grain merchants, Shopkeeper Lu nodded first, then shook his head again, seeing that everyone's faces were not good, Shopkeeper Lu himself blushed and spread his hands, "Oh, I ...... I don't know if the county will collect it or confiscate it! ”

"What do you mean? What do you mean that you don't know that the county is confiscated?! The one on your neck is a pig's head, the thank you gift you sent yourself, whether the county respected it or confiscated it, can't you tell such a simple thing?! You usually forget about every orthodox, when is it, and you're still joking with us?! ”

All the grain merchants laughed angrily, and they all began to roll up their sleeves in a hurry, with a posture of wanting the shopkeeper Lu to look good.

"Oh, I'm telling the truth, I'm not kidding you." The shopkeeper Lu was red-eared and explained anxiously.

"Okay, the big guys are calm and calm. Shopkeeper Lu, don't worry, sit down and take a sip of tea, and tell us the big guy about the situation of your meeting with the county. Shopkeeper Yang waved his hand, signaling everyone to be calm.

Shopkeeper Lu sat down and drank a cup of tea, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, breathed a sigh of relief, and told the grain merchants about his trip to the yamen to give gifts, "I went to the county government and asked the messenger of the county ya's ear room to pass it on, and I met the county lord very smoothly." After seeing the county zun, I knelt down and kowtowed three times, and the county zun couldn't pull it...... On behalf of our Jingnan grain merchants, I first expressed my gratitude to the county for supporting our grain business, and then handed the 1,500 taels of silver tickets to the county under the table......"

The time has come to witness the truth!

When the grain merchants heard this, they couldn't help but sit up straight, and looked at Shopkeeper Lu without blinking.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper Lu paused when he said this, and the heavy grain merchant couldn't help urging angrily, "And then?" ”

And then ...... The county was very unhappy, with a serious face, and rejected me with righteous words. The county lord said that he defined the grain as a public interest, so he asked me to take back the silver bills. ”

Shopkeeper Lu paused and continued.

What the!?

The county honorable refused?!

The county didn't accept the thank you gift?! Now that's a bit of a problem! Two thousand five hundred wen per stone, this policy can't be changed.

When the grain merchants heard this, they immediately became nervous. The county doesn't accept thank-you gifts, so how can they not be nervous.

"Fat Lu, you are stupid, the county respects you to take it back, you will take it back! Liu Bei also looked at the thatched house! ”

"The county is reserved, and I am worried about being known by others......"

The grain merchants sighed and complained to the shopkeeper Lu.

"Of course I can't take it back. I said to the county honor, I carried this silver ticket in my arms all the way, no one saw it, and there was only the county and me in this room, and no third party would know. ”

Shopkeeper Lu shook his head vigorously and argued.

"Well, that's decent, and then what?" A group of grain merchants praised the shopkeeper Lu, and then asked.

Then the county lord was even more angry, saying that God knows, you know and I know, how can you say that no one knows! Resolutely do not accept it. The shopkeeper Lu continued, "I insisted again and again, but the county respected me and almost kicked me out." ”

"Huh?!"

"How so?!"

When the grain merchants heard that Zhu Ping'an insisted on not accepting the thank you gift, they couldn't help but be stunned, this was different from what they thought.

I was in a hurry again.

"But when I was so discouraged that I had to give up. The county asked me, Fang Jinjingnan suffered a serious flood, the victims were displaced and waiting to be fed, would you like to donate money for the victims of Jingnan?! Naturally, I said yes. Then, the county took out a donation agreement and asked me to sign it and put my fingerprint on it. My 1,500 taels of thank-you gifts turned into donations in a daze. ”

Shopkeeper Lu touched his head, and then said, until now his mind is still a mess.

The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, the willows and flowers are bright and another village, and when everyone hears this, their eyes suddenly light up!

"The county is really a master, in this way, there is no trace and no flawlessness. Hahahaha, shopkeeper Lu, you did a good job. Shopkeeper Yang smiled and patted Shopkeeper Lu's shoulder and praised him.

"Shopkeeper Yang, do you mean I sent it?!" Shopkeeper Lu's eyes lit up.

Shopkeeper Yang nodded with a smile, and then said to the grain merchants, "Everyone, next, it's time for me to go to the county government to donate money." ”

As a result, a group of grain merchants in Jingnan went to the yamen one after another to meet Zhu Ping'an and enthusiastically donated funds.

(End of chapter)