Chapter 395 Mu Dean can''t come down from Taiwan
The officials of the yamen used the excuse to urge people to hide out. Xin An and Tang Mo, who came to eavesdrop in the name of Tang Gang, sat in the trunk on the side of the yamen. The layout was exquisite, and they could see some situations in the lobby and clearly heard what those people were saying. I have to say that Tang Gang''s name is still very useful.
Tang Mo was always confused and whispered: "Since Huaijiang is under the control of the emperor, why don''t you just ask these merchants to pay the money and do this?"
Xin An lowered his voice, "Because the princes are already adults and the emperor is old, the merchants always value interests."
It is not easy for a businessman. The emperor looks extremely majestic, but once the emperor and his ministers, no one dares to go all the way to the dark. He has to bet on many sides. I think the emperor knows it, so he did not directly order and prepared for some trouble.
"You should take a closer look today and take out the rules as soon as possible."
The two of them stopped after just saying a few words and waited quietly. After a while, Tang Mo felt a chill on the back of his neck. When he turned around, he almost frightened. Tang Gang, who appeared behind him, stared at him sinisterly. Xin An was also shocked when he looked back.
Tang Gang stared at the two of them angrily. The two unfair people dared to act behind their backs. Fortunately, he was conscious and found something wrong.
"How do you know where I am?"
Tang Mo believed that he did not alarm him when he went out.
"I know if you **** your butt."
"Okay, I know your nose is effective."
Tang Mo asked him to silence and pointed outside the wall, so that he would not disturb the people outside.
Tang Gang glared at him and began to wait silently.
Mu Dean waited for two incense sticks. The moment before he was exhausted, various salt merchants arrived one after another.
"I''m really sorry for Lord Mu to wait for a long time. The water rise yesterday almost flooded the salt. It''s too late."
"Stop being angry. There are hundreds of thousands of kilograms of salt piled up on the pier. If it is dipped in water, the loss will be great. We will hurry up and hurry up before we can handle this."
Mu Dean sneered, "The water rises, but it only rained heavily last night, so how could it rise?"
"Sir, you don''t know yet, the upstream is rising."
The salt merchants were very calm, "It rained heavily in the upstream last night, and the water was surging very hard. I was waiting for it overnight, so I dare not neglect it."
"Yes, yes, sir, you must be very careful. We dare not deceive sir."
Before the big salt merchants could speak, the small salt merchants blocked Mu Dean''s words. Their attitude seemed to be like he was chaotic and did not care about the difficulties of the salt merchants at all.
Mu Dean stopped talking about the matter, "I would like to discuss something with you today."
He said that the court has encountered difficulties now and hopes that everyone can donate generously. "You are all people who have benefited from the court. Now the court needs our officials to think that you should be willing to give your help."
"Boss Yao, why not just let you express your opinion first?"
Boss Yao has not come back in the capital. Today is the second master of the Yao family. After being named, he bowed and said, "We have received the favor of the court to be today. Lord Mu is right. If the court needs it, we are naturally obliged to do it. Although the transaction is not easy to do in the past two years and the profit is meager, the Yao family is willing to squeeze out tens of thousands of taels of silver to help."
"Boss Yao is righteous."
Boss Huang followed and expressed his opinion, "Our Huang family has been having a hard time in the past two years, not as strong as the Yao family, and is willing to raise 5,000 taels of silver to express their feelings." "Our Mu family is also willing to squeeze out 5,000 taels of silver."
"Our Han family can only squeeze out three thousand taels. Please don''t dislike it. It''s really not affordable."
Everyone rushed to express their willingness to donate money, saying that they would thank the court, but the amount was getting smaller and smaller. In the end, there were even one thousand taels. Only one thousand taels would have to go back to become his wife''s jewelry before they could raise it.
Mu Dean''s face turned pale, and the few people who followed his horse''s head were also surprised. All the donated money could not be enough to make up 100,000 taels, which was too far from a million taels.
Mr. Yao second bowed, "Mr. Mu, when will you ask for these money? I''ll raise it as soon as possible so that you won''t delay your choreography."
Mu Dean sneered repeatedly, "Okay, everything is very good."
"Boss Xin, you haven''t spoken yet, what do you say?"
He thought Xin Kuan was Tang Gang''s in-laws, and he would say more for Tang Gang''s face. Xin Kuan stepped forward and bowed, "The people just made careful calculations and could raise 12,000 taels of money to make every effort."
"Sir, Marquis of Weiyuan is the relative of Caomin. If he has that condition, Caomin will have to win a favor for him. It''s really...ah."
The salt merchants were very satisfied after hearing this. They were afraid that Xin Kuan would back-on-arm in order to curry favor with his in-laws. If that were the case, he would have to be careful of him if he had anything to do in the future.
Tang Gang''s mouth twitched slightly behind the wall, and the food he had eaten at the Xin family these days was involuntarily revealed in his mind. He was cunning. These salt merchants were too cunning. Fortunately, they didn''t rush forward to ask for money. Otherwise, how could they come to Taiwan?
Mu Dean is really a little embarrassed. Things are completely different from what he thought. How dare these salt merchants?
"Who doesn''t know that you are rich in salt merchants in Huaijiang, but you can only pay this little money?"
Boss Huang raised his arm, and a piece of the woven sleeves exposed under the brocade sleeves, "I don''t know that our salt merchants in Huaijiang are just famous and have a glossy appearance."
"Caomin must be the decision of Caomin and others. Private salt is rampant. Those people open salt mines in private or go to the northwest to secretly dry salt, or get sea salt to disrupt the market. The price is half cheaper than the salt in our hands. In order to save money, the people will buy private salt, and the transactions we are almost unable to continue."
"Now, whose warehouse is not full of salt, and the salt on the pier is piled up like mountains, we are all suffering heavy losses."
"Boss Xin is right. If the wallet is a little looser, how can we not do our best for the court. If we work hard for the court, we will also have a bright face. That is the matter of glorifying our ancestors. How could we not want to?"
"Yes, please make the decision for us."
"Please beg you"
As soon as Boss Huang said something, many small salt merchants had red eyes. They raised their hands to wipe their tears and revealed their clothes that were either worn or patched. It really responded to the words just now, but they looked glossy.
"You wait."
Mu Dean pointed at everyone with trembling fingers, and the officials of the yamen also spoke, "Mr. Mu, it is indeed not easy for the salt merchants in Huaijiang to have been in the past two years. You can see the arrest and sale of private salt."
This is money that he doesn''t want to pay and wants him to work. Mudean took a step back, "Wait."
He couldn''t speak, and Tang Gang and Tang Mo were not very good behind the wall. Only after this episode today did they understand the salt merchants, with a strong background and a common sense of spirit. Ordinary officials really had no choice but to deal with them.
Xin''an looked calm. She knew very well that these salt merchants had not done their best, and Mu Dean was not serving wine at all.
(This chapter ends)