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The Xin'an County Commander hesitated to turn out this piece of paper, and if you look at it carefully, first of all, it is indeed stamped with the big seals of the Liangguang Military Preparation Road and the Liangguang Governor's Palace, and these two seals must not be faked. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info(.) If you look closely, there is a warrant written on it, saying that this group of people will temporarily borrow an area in Xiangdao for the transfer of grain, and they will be returned to Xin'an County after the transportation is completed. And during the period of loading the goods, 2,400 taels of silver were provided to Xin'an County every month as rent for occupying Xin'an land, and those less than one month were paid according to January.

This county order immediately burst into laughter, two thousand four hundred taels! In Xin'an County, last year's autumn endowment, the converted cash was only more than 40,000 taels a year, and among them, he had to be rubbed oil by the grain officials, in addition, there were wealthy and powerful households or local ruffians who refused to pay and concealed the report, and there were also landless peasants who sold their sons and daughters and were arrested and tortured and handed over. With a smile on his face, he calculated there for a long time, but he didn't know how much it would be in a year, but 24,000 taels was definitely indispensable. But he suddenly woke up, this is used for loading and unloading goods, although there are so many cargo ships on the way, but who knows when they will be finished? When the people finished transporting it, they left, and the two thousand four hundred taels of silver a month couldn't be taken for long, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, and he immediately asked this group of people how long they wanted to rent.

Before he could speak, he heard the man in front of him wearing the three stars on his shoulders in the blue army uniform asking, "The county commander has no objection to the warrant of the Governor of Liangguang, Lord Wang, right?" ”

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"No, no." The county commander hurriedly held the black gauze hat that was a little crooked when he jumped and jumped just now, and nodded, "How many people don't know what to call it?" ”

"Marine Corps Captain Zeng Zhigang." "The commander of the first company of the Foreign Legion, Niu Jinxing." Zeng Zhigang and Niu Jinxing both reported their names to the county order, but the county commander himself was at a loss, he didn't understand the military positions of these two "pirates", and he didn't know what to call them, but he couldn't show cowardice at the moment, so he arched his hand towards them and said, "This county order belongs to this Xin'an County, and this place is under the management of Xin'an County, and it is from the ......."

"Will the money be handed over to you or will it be handed over directly to the Liangguang Governor's Mansion?" Zeng Zhigang didn't wait for him to finish, he just asked directly, and the county order didn't care about putting on an official show, and hurriedly said, "Of course, it's handed over to this official!" "Just kidding, of course, the cash of the white flowers will be handed over to himself, if he lets these people hand over to the Liangguang Governor's Mansion, will he still run to the Governor's Mansion to come back? Even if he was going to come, it would be a sin not to take the money, and the officials who had passed it would definitely fill their pockets with the money—of course, he must have forgotten that he was already thinking about whether he should redeem the most famous girl in the region as a concubine.

"Well, okay, we'll pay it for half a year first." Zeng Zhigang's words made him stunned again in place, "Half a year? ”

"Of course, it's okay to pay for a year first, but I haven't brought so much silver for the time being, and I can't send it until the next time I come to transport grain." Zeng Zhigang thought he was too little, and hurriedly said. But the county magistrate said with embarrassment, "It's okay, it's okay, the official thinks you only need to rent for more than a month." Although he said this, his heart was full of joy. Half a year! Two thousand four hundred and two months a month, half a year is ...... He thought about it twice, and began to regret that he didn't bring his master over, but it was more than 20,000 taels a year, and at least more than 10,000 taels for half a year, which was absolutely indispensable.

Zeng Zhigang also looked confused, he remembered that the history books went to school, the old time and space of Macao fell into the hands of the Portuguese during the Ming Dynasty, this time and space was only replaced by the Maidno people, and now it has been renamed Morning Star, which was occupied in the name of renting a place to dry damp spices. Although it is said that the government of the Wu Dynasty still has an official government in Morningstar, and if something happens, the government still has the right to enforce the law, but the people of Maidno really occupy the place of Morningstar. At the beginning, the executive committee had the same idea as him, and thought that it would be very troublesome to lease Hong Kong Island from this Wu Dynasty official, so it also used the monthly price to rent, who knew that the official's face in front of him was smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum, and his tone knew that it was too little, and he hated to rent it for ten years in one go.

"So," Zeng Zhigang asked tentatively, "in order to facilitate the transshipment of goods, we may need to build some facilities in Hong Kong, such as residential houses and port terminals, I wonder if we will agree?" ”

"Hong Kong?" Now it was the turn of the county magistrate to look confused, "Where is Hong Kong?" ”

"The area south of the Kowloon Peninsula and Xiangdao," Zeng Zhigang hurriedly explained, and the county magistrate touched his chin, "Kowloon is also in it?" Then this place is a bit big, and these two thousand four hundred taels are a bit ......."

Zeng Zhigang didn't know that he was asking for a price all over the world, waiting for his side to repay the money on the spot, so he nodded and said with a smile, "Kowloon is a place with poor mountains and bad waters, and there are a lot of Diao people, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for these Diao people to farm and pay the grain tax, right?" Since we have rented it here, of course, we have also taken care of the local grain payment, so we don't have to worry about it, and we will collect and deliver it together when it is time to pay the grain payment.

The county order heart is directly happy to bloom, the name of Kowloon has a history, it is rumored that a certain son of heaven toured south, to this place, look around only to see eight mountains surrounding, originally wanted to name after the eight dragons, but the entourage reminded the emperor that the emperor himself is also a dragon among people, since the emperor himself named this place, when it is nine dragons, so this place is named Kowloon. Although Kowloon is said to be suitable for farming, there are many mountains and few lands, and irrigation is not an easy task, so there are very few local farmers, and many lands have been abandoned. Because the government is relatively lax in the management of this place, so many local households have begun to go ashore to cultivate quietly, and when the harvest is time, they will collect and run away, and they can't find anyone. The grain endowment in Kowloon and Xiangdao has always been a headache for the county, and for the fact that the grain endowment cannot be collected, he has only taken a mediocre performance appraisal in the past few years, which will affect his future.

Now he suddenly heard that these people were willing to take over the grain, and he was overjoyed, and some people were willing to take it themselves, and he couldn't ask for it, he said with a smile, "Since you have waited for half a year to pay the rent this time, it is now July, and it should be January next year, and the period also includes the grain of the ninth year of the Apocalypse." Since you're renting this place, you're going to keep people here, right? The official will first go back with the rent for half a year, and will send the grain office to discuss the grain payment later. ”

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"Meow, it's a corrupt official," Zeng Zhigang scolded in his heart, but his face didn't leak at all, and said with a smile, "Then please wait here for a while, and we will ask someone to send the silver." ”

The county order was naturally happy, and after waiting for half an hour, I watched a few soldiers push a small cart over, judging from the appearance of their carts, it was obvious that the boxes on the cart were full. They pushed the cart effortlessly in front of a few people, carefully placed it, and the county magistrate motioned to the officials on both sides to step forward and open the boxes on the car, and as soon as the lid of the box was opened, their eyes were almost blinded by the white silver inside, and everyone stood for a while - what kind of silver is this? How can it be so shiny?

When everyone's eyes adjusted to the dazzling light of the silver in the sun, and when they looked at it, the officials and the county officials were stupid again, these were silver coins, different from the broken silver they usually used, these were silver ingots that had been processed by the Dongfang Port Smelter, rolled into silver plates, and then stamped by the mint.

The county magistrate stepped forward, picked up a silver coin, and looked at it blankly, the silver coin in front of him was a standard one-dollar silver coin produced by the Oriental Port Mint, which was equivalent to one tael of silver. The county order is a veteran, and he knows how much the silver weighs when he gets it in his hand, and there must not be one or two silver cakes in his hand, but he is reluctant to say it. The obverse of this silver coin in front of me is a pattern composed of a hammer and sickle of rice ears and wheat, with "One Yuan" written in traditional Chinese characters in the middle, and a row of small characters below "equivalent to one tael", the pattern of rice ears and wheat on it is very fine, and I don't know how these people carved it onto this silver cake. Turn the coin over, and the reverse side shows a large ship sailing towards a round of the rising sun. The carved pattern on it is lifelike, and the entire silver coin is simply a work of art. What is even more surprising is that the silver coin itself is very shiny in the sun, and it is not at all the silver that I usually see is covered with all kinds of stains, and the black appearance is completely irregular, and it is often cut by silver scissors. In front of this silver coin, the rest of the silver was simply garbage, and the county magistrate couldn't help muttering, "How can this silver be willing to spend it?" ”

"Why are you reluctant to spend it? Ours is trading like this. Niu Jinxing laughed on the side, but was quietly glared at by Zeng Zhigang and hurriedly stopped. Zeng Zhigang said to the county order, "This is our Chinese currency, which was originally used in circulation, isn't money just for spending?" ”

The county magistrate nodded, "It's just that this workmanship is fine, and each piece is a fine product, and it's quite reluctant to spend it." Zeng Zhigang said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, every piece of our silver coin is like this, and it is not difficult to make this thing." As he spoke, he picked up a few silver coins from the box and handed them over. The county order stretched out his hand to take it, and when he looked carefully, the patterns on it were all exactly the same, and even the words "Dongfeng" on the bow of the ship were exactly the same.

"Good, good!" The county magistrate nodded very happily and said, "That's it, the official will take it back and count it first." After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zeng Zhigang, "My lord, stay and move!" ”

The county commander was stunned for a moment, turned around again, and saw Zeng Zhigang arching his hand at him and said, "Money is a big matter, and you have to count it in person. ”

The county magistrate also knows that this is indeed the case, but although he has done a good job in the article, it is really difficult for him to count this matter, and he has not calculated how much it should cost for half a year until now, and there is a difficult face below and said, "There is still something in this official office, and it must be ......dealt with quickly."

"That's it," Zeng Zhigang didn't know that he couldn't count the numbers, thinking that he was just too lazy to count, so he continued, "Each box in our standard cash box is a thousand silver coins, and there are seals on them that have not been removed, and inside this box that has removed the seals is a box of five hundred pieces, which contains four hundred silver coins. Two thousand four hundred taels a month, half a year is fourteen thousand four hundred taels, and after removing the four hundred taels of chests, the chests of a thousand silver coins should be fourteen. "As he spoke, he ordered some boxes, and sure enough, there were fourteen." Please also ask the prefectural magistrate to sign this to indicate that it has been received. ”

"How so?" The county order is a little anxious, this is 14,400 taels! One silver cake is 14,400 if it is counted as one tael! How can you not be clear? At this time, he hurriedly stepped forward, but he looked at the people around him and felt that he was in trouble again. He is actually very uneasy about these officials under him, he has not heard much about these officials running rampant in the countryside on weekdays, but now this is 14,400 taels, a silver cake is not big, how can he know where he goes?

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Zeng Zhigang looked at him worriedly, and he also felt quite troublesome, these silver were special expenses, and they had been counted by the veterans of the financial and financial departments at the beginning, and they were packed and sealed, so it was impossible to make a mistake. Although this official brought a lot of people, but most of them must be illiterate, let them count and estimate that they have to add their feet to do addition and subtraction operations within twenty, if they really let them count these more than 10,000 silver coins, they will definitely have to count until tomorrow morning. After thinking for a while, he said to the county order, "This lord, otherwise, we will put the silver here for safekeeping, and the adults will go back first to prepare the count, and then come here a few days later to count directly, how about it?" ”

"Can't you send it to Xin'an County?" The county order was a little unhappy, this kind of poor countryside was not because of a big event, he was too lazy to come, the last time he came was when he was a new appointee in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and it took almost two days to come each time, it was really a tiring journey, and he really didn't want to come again.

"It's okay, but we don't know where the Xin'an County Ya is." Zeng Zhigang hesitated slightly, and then asked, "Can you leave someone to show us the way?" ”

"Okay!" The county magistrate impatiently agreed, and pointed to the person in front of him and said, "Lao Chen, you stay, and take them from Qianwan to Nantou County Yali in a few days." ”

"Nantou? Qianhai? Zeng Zhigang turned a few corners in his head, how could he be so familiar with the place name? Isn't it...... What are the place names of Shenzhen?

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