Chapter 21: Ribbon Cutting
The beggars left in a hurry, and Li Si immediately took his leave and left, Liu Han knew that he didn't want to deal with Qiuge Lufan and them, so he didn't stay, and let Liu Tie send him away.
Qiu Ge was a little curious, and asked him how he got in touch with the Cao Gang Fengyulou, the Cao Gang came to a helmsman, and the Fengyulou was actually ordered by the gang leader, listening to Li Si's tone, the gang leader Xiao Yu didn't come because he had something, if it was okay, he would come to congratulate him in person.
Xiao Yu, the owner of the Wind and Rain Building, is famous in the imperial capital, even if these wealthy families of the scholar clan know his name, if nothing else, just say that he is a martial artist, and he is very prosperous in the imperial capital, and his ability cannot be underestimated.
Liu Han slurred a few words and mixed it up, after a while, Xue Mi also came, the current Xue Mi is not what he was a few months ago, as a Huangmen squire often accompanies the emperor, although the official position is not high, but the status is prominent, Xue Mi is so proud, and his momentum is naturally different from the past.
"Brother, I came here on purpose, ha! It's quite lively!"
Xue Mi laughed loudly, Liu Han was naturally very face-saving, and everywhere Xue Mi felt that he was very grateful, Xue Mi was very satisfied, and patted Liu Han on the shoulder: "How is it?
Last time Liu Han sold the marble stone to him, after he took it back, although his father didn't say anything, it was obvious that his father and the prince's attitude towards him had changed subtly compared to before, and now that the emperor had just died, the prince let him serve as the middle book supervisor, becoming a new star among the upstarts in the imperial capital, and the future is limitless.
"Of course there are good things,"
Liu Han smiled all over his face, not caring at all about Qiu Ge's somewhat disdainful eyes: "However, you have to cut the ribbon first, Brother Xue, I'm waiting for you, Brother Qiu is already here." ”
"No way, no way, I finally asked for leave, His Majesty won't let me go, can I go? ”
Xue Mi was very sorry, Qiu Ge couldn't help it, and interjected: "Brother Xue, don't delay, hurry up and cut the ribbon when you come, so many people are waiting." ”
"Okay, okay, okay, this begins. ”
Xue Mile hehe, said very casually, Liu Han hurriedly ordered to bring the prepared things, four promotion ladies came over with trays, Xu Yuan announced the start of the ribbon cutting, accompanied by hundreds of firecrackers, Xue Mi stood in the best position in the middle, Qiu Ge Lufan was next to him, Liu Han himself stood on the outside, and the four of them cut the red silk together.
"Our store is officially opened!"
Xu Yuan shouted loudly, and the crowd of onlookers rushed inside, there is not much such a scene today.
Liu Han invited Xue Mi and them to the backyard, and each of them gave a well-carved jade pendant, Xue Mi picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully in his hand, and was a little surprised: "Brother Liu, your master is good, this carving is no worse than Ming Yuzhai!"
"That's nature,"
Liu Han is full of confidence: "My craftsmen and masters are all brought back from the Western Regions, they are all the best craftsmen, whether it is design or workmanship, absolutely first-class level, and they have been in the Western Regions for more than ten years, absorbing the cultural factors of the Western Regions, you see this jade pendant, from the shape to the direction of the knife work, it is the Western Regions school, full of foreign flavor, Brother Xue, take this thing, whether it is a lover or a child, it will definitely not lose face." ”
Xue Mi nodded after pondering carefully, Liu Han said well, at least on the jade pendant, Ming Yuzhai's jade pendant is full of Jiangnan flavor, graceful and exquisite, and this one in his hand is ingenious, there is a kind of exotic style, and the two can be said to have their own merits.
"What else is there to be good about?"
Xue Mi was in a good mood, put away the jade pendant, and asked directly.
Miss Promotion's tea came over, and Liu Han served tea to Xue Mi: "Today, it's an opening, to be honest, the goods outside are relatively ordinary, it's not that they don't take it out, it's impossible for nobles to buy things like outside, good things are sold inside, this is the practice of making jewelry." ”
"Don't sell it, the good things are there, I'll take a look first. ”
Xue Mi took a sip of the hot tea, yes, it is the Shifeng of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, which is considered the best grade in the tea.
Liu Han picked up a brochure for the auction and handed it to Xue Yu: "In a few days, I will hold an auction, all the jewelry is carefully selected by me, Brother Xue can come and see it when he arrives, but the price will not be cheap." ”
Xue Yu smiled, opened the booklet casually, and slowly looked at it, in fact, these booklets were given to the three of them, but none of them had read them, they all put them aside casually, and they only read this booklet for the first time today.
"Brother Liu, this hundred birds and phoenixes look very interesting. ”
Lu Fan opened his mouth and said, this booklet is all hand-painted, naturally there will be no clear photos, and the craftsman is not a great painter, and the painting only has its shape and no spirit, and there is no shock of standing in front of the jade screen at all.
"This is the auction of the three finale of the thing, a hundred birds towards the phoenix jade screen, this jade screen is I in Guzang purchased, only the purchase price is 200,000 taels of silver, the whole screen is made of a piece of white jade, the phoenix used jade agate pearls, there are hundreds of pieces, the rest of the birds are all made of a variety of pure color jade, fine carving, the whole screen took up to eight years. ”
Liu Han introduced that Xue Yu and the three of them couldn't help but be shocked, Qiu Ge wanted to go out of the city immediately and go to the garden to see the hundred birds towards the phoenix jade screen, Liu Han resolutely refused, he told Qiu Ge that in order to maintain mystery, all the jewelry participating in the auction can only be seen on the same day.
"You see, I'm going to buy it soon, what should I do? Promise or not? Brother Qiu, Brother Xue, Brother Lu, understand, understand, let's see when the time comes. ”
Liu Han apologized repeatedly, which did not make the three of them unhappy, but Xue Mi had a feeling that Liu Han never cared about his own face, and most of the people who encountered this kind of thing were thinking of something beautiful, but Liu Han was very frank and did not mince words.
"It seems that this is a frank and sincere person who can socialize more. ”
Xue Mi thought in his heart, Qiu Ge teased a few words from time to time, and the room was happy.
After staying for a while, Xue Mi took the lead in saying goodbye, saying that he still had to go to the palace, His Majesty the Emperor was very diligent, and it was estimated that he would stay up until late tonight.
Qiu Ge and Lu Fan wanted to pull Liu Han to Baiyi Garden, but Liu Han refused, he had to stay here when it opened today, and if there was anything to deal with immediately.
The two of them no longer forced him, hooked their shoulders and backs, and walked away coquettishly.
Liu Han looked at their backs and muttered in his heart, these two guys shouldn't be two good friends.
Liu Han stayed in the store until the evening door to rest, and then settled accounts with Xu Yuan.
"Owner, we have succeeded, there are 3,874 pieces of jewelry sold today, with a total of 180,000 taels of funds and a ,...... profit , profit, fifty-six thousand taels of silver!"
Xu Yuan quickly dialed the beads, and the last time he fluctuated, he shook the beads fiercely, and the abacus made a loud noise.
"Damn, there are a lot of rich people in the imperial capital, in the past, we had to return so many funds, and there has never been, but it is the imperial capital!"
Xu Yuan sighed with emotion, although the Western Regions were rich, they were really poor compared to the Great Jin.
"Hmph, now I understand, why do I have to go back to the imperial capital, the imperial capital, the imperial capital, the richest gate valve in the world is in the imperial capital, the wealth of the world is in the imperial capital, this is a golden mountain! We have just begun, in a few days, the auction will be more lively, and you will be more emotional. ”
Liu Han smiled and sighed, the wealth of the imperial capital is because the emperor has concentrated all the wealth of the world in the imperial capital, and out of this prosperous city, the wilderness is full of homeless people, who are not clothed, unable to eat, and wail in the cold wind to survive.
In the structure of the imperial court, the Zhongshu Jian belonged to the Inner Dynasty, which was equivalent to the emperor's secretary team, and worked within the palace.
Huangmen Shilang, this official is not big, he used to be mostly a eunuch, and later changed to a scholar and a eunuch to serve together.
When Xue Mi returned to the palace, it was already afternoon, and the atmosphere in the middle book was solemn, and several small yellow doors were hiding in the corners of the garden, and they didn't dare to come out, looking at the door of the imperial study in horror.
"What's going on?"
Xue Yu also grabbed Xiao Huangmen and asked, Xiao Huangmen is served by eunuchs, and he usually does some errand work.
"Your Majesty is angry,"
Xiao Huangmen said in a low voice, Xue Yu couldn't help but be a little stupid, he was fine before he left in the morning, but after walking for a while, he got angry.
"I heard that there was an accident on the Jizhou side, and these guys have only stopped for a few days, and then they are making a fuss again, I see, they should kill a few, and everything will be fine!,"
"Who is so short-sighted, and dare to stir up trouble at this time!?"
Xiao Huangmen explained the matter in a low voice and quickly, and from his explanation, he extracted the key parts and reorganized them, and finally understood it.
Soon after he left, Pan Lian of Shangshutai came over with a few ministers, and after a while, first Peng Zhu and Pan Lian were arguing, then Peng Zhu and Gan Tang were arguing, and then the emperor also joined in, for one thing, land.
"Emperor Taizu has a clear order, and there are also regulations on the law of the Great Jin Dynasty! How much land can each person and household occupy! This violates the decree of Emperor Taizu and violates the law of the Great Jin Dynasty.
The emperor was almost roaring, and when Xue Mi heard these words, he felt a little bottom in his heart.
Taizu's edict, the law of the Great Jin.
At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Great Jin Dynasty ordered that each man should be given 70 acres of land, 40 acres of land for women, 50 acres for men and 30 acres for women.
Emperor Taizu felt that the land annexation of the previous dynasty was annexed, and ordered that the field should not be sold and transferred under any circumstances, and if the man died, the field must be recovered by the government, and after the man became an adult, the court would grant the field again.
This is for ordinary people, and for the scholars, the imperial court also stipulates that officials and scholars do not have fields, but they have a job to divide the fields, and the first-grade officials can occupy 50 hectares of land, and there is no lower grade in the future, less than 5 hectares, and this post does not pay taxes on the fields, and in addition, they can shade their relatives or subordinates according to their positions; in addition to the officials do not pay taxes, the scholars do not pay taxes, and the land occupied by the scholars is not distributed according to the male, but stipulates the number of fields that the scholars can occupy.
Emperor Taizu artificially avoided drastic land annexation, the scholars got special treatment, the people also had a way to live, and the country was stable.
But this national policy has been implemented for hundreds of years, and gradually it has changed.
The land annexation is becoming more and more intense, there are more and more displaced people in the world, and the successive emperors know that something will happen sooner or later if this continues, so the successive emperors want to re-census the land, but every time they just start, they are flocked to persuade the ministers of the court and the central government, and the local government is also pushing back and obstructing, and they are not willing to implement it at all.
As a result, things were delayed in this way, and there were more and more displaced people, and the treasury became more and more empty.
The new monarch succeeded to the throne, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were waiting for the first knife of the new monarch, but everyone didn't know that the first knife was cut on the land.
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