Chapter 381 Assistant
Listening to those people's enthusiastic discussions, he was a little confused. He felt as if he had entered the stock exchange in later generations. Stock analysts and investors were performing dramas that seemed to be ridiculous to outsiders, day after day, repeating...
It took him a long time to escape from this absurdity and pinch his thigh hard, reminding himself that he was in the 36th year of Jiajing and did not travel back in Suzhou City of the Ming Dynasty.
Silence developed a strong interest in the content of these people's conversations, and greeted the waiter and said, "We came from other places. When we heard everyone talking about 'coupons', what is a coupon?"
"Customer, I'm very busy..." the waiter said with a wry smile.
Sanchi handed over a silver ingot of one or two, and the waiter immediately put away his embarrassed expression and said funny: "But no matter how busy he is, he can't neglect the guest official, right?"
"The face became quite fast." Tiezhu said.
The waiter was embarrassed to smile, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and said, "This is a kind of coupon," and said proudly, "And it is the ancestor of all coupons, Wan Fuji's 'slip cake coupon'."
"Can I take a look?" asked Silently.
"Of course." The waiter presented the slap-sized "smake coupon" with both hands to Silence.
Looking at the coupon silently, it was cut from high-quality vine paper. It was written with seven neat regular characters in the middle, "Five jin of pills for pills" in the middle. There are three green official script characters "Wanfu Ji" in the upper left corner, and the three words "Chen Hongchang" in the lower right corner, and the private red mark is also used.
Looking at the north side, there is a string of numbers "7511" that also stamped with the private seal of "Chen Hongchang".
Silently, he clasped the 'cake coupon' and asked, "Can you use this to get the Wanfu Ji to exchange for five kilograms of crispy cakes? Is that what does that mean?"
"You are so awesome," the waiter said with a thumbs up: "That's what it means."
Chen Si shook his head slightly and said, "This is strange... I just heard them discuss the prices of Niancheng and 'coupons', which seemed to be linked to each other. If you want to exchange them, of course, the cheaper the appointment. Why do they all feel happy when they hear the price of it?"
"Hey, you don't understand this young man, right?" The diner who had a good thing came over, took the waiter's cake coupon, pointed it at him and said silently: "Look, there is no price specified on it. In other words, no matter when you bought the coupon, if the price of the cake fluctuates when the goods are picked up, it will not be refunded to you, nor will you be asked to make up for it."
"And crispy cakes are made of grain, so the price naturally changes with the price of grain. Do you understand?" asked the enthusiastic diner. Generally speaking, scholars are not very smart about this kind of thing. Diners are afraid that playing the piano to the cow will be wasted, so they have this question.
Seeing the silence nodding slowly, the diner continued: "The rise and fall of grain prices is affected by many factors. In addition to the bumper years and the wasteland years, there are also government donations and procurements. Many factors have caused the price of grain to fluctuate greatly, causing the price of these shortbread cakes to rise and fall." As he said, he dusted the cake coupon and said: "A normal year, a box of five kilograms of shortbread cakes sold for 100 cents, but when the price of grain is extremely low, it is only sold for 30 cents; but when the price is extremely expensive, it can be sold for 300 cents, and the difference here can be ten times."
Chen Si is a person who has studied economics and naturally understands this simple truth, but he still has something he can't figure it out and asked slowly: "Although he is not a customer of Wanfuji, I believe that the price fluctuations will not be too big in a short period of time. If you want to be profitable, you have to put the pie coupons on for at least a year and a half." He said, "And can a cake shop make a thousand boxes of cakes a day? Even if they buy all their pie coupons, how much money can they make? Why not buy food directly?"
The man also made him feel a little dizzy, but he quickly shook his head and said, "You are wrong. I have more than a hundred cake coupons alone," and said, "Everyone here, who doesn't have more than a hundred cake coupons in his hand, raise your hand and take a look."
There were only a few people who raised their hands and smiled: "Although we don't have many cake coupons, we have no fewer rice coupons, meat coupons, and cloth coupons than you."
The man smiled and said to the silent, "Look at this hall, there are at least tens of thousands of kilograms of cake coupons," he said, pointing to the hall inside, and then pointing to the upstairs, and said, "And we are all ordinary families, really rich masters, who don't have tens of thousands of kilograms of cake coupons, meat coupons, and cloth coupons."
"If there are so many coupons, as long as you bet correctly, can you not make money?" the diner concluded at last.
The doubt on the silent face became deeper and deeper.
I used to be too early and wandered in Suzhou City in silence. Since ancient times, the road "there is paradise above and the Suzhou and Hangzhou below", which shows that the beauty of Suzhou and Hangzhou is side by side. But the beauty of Hangzhou is mostly in West Lake and in scenic scenery and culture. But you have to look at the real Jiangnan water town, small bridges and flowing water, and know what water and land are parallel, and rivers and streets are adjacent, and you have to go to Suzhou.
Suzhou is the representative of Jiangnan city, not because of its gardens... Those beautiful works of art are restrained in a non-stunningly beautiful terrace door, making it impossible for outsiders to see it, and can only imagine it.
But because it is the largest, most beautiful and oldest among all water towns. Even in this first month, the whole of Suzhou is full of vitality. Everything is like a painting... Small bridges, flowing water, winding paths, deep alleys, pink walls and black tiles, ancient trees and courtyards. Wandering in it, you can fully feel what it means to "two greens sandwich one river, boats and cars"; walking in it, you can always appreciate the scenery of "flowers between rocks, and windows across the river"; walking in the city, you can fully appreciate the beautiful scenery of "people walk among flowers and willows walk on the shore".
When he was tired of walking, he stood on the bustling streets, looking at the ancient city gate hanging from a distance, looking back at the vicissitudes of Tiger Hill Tower, he couldn't help but remember Xi Shi, thinking of Goujian, thinking of Lu Menggui, thinking of Fan Zhongyan, and Tang Bohu, who had just passed away a few years ago...
I suddenly thought that when I was in Beijing a few years ago, the colleagues from the Hanlin Academy had been eating and having nothing to do and daydreaming. They often talked about where to go if they were to be released in the future. In the laughter, they would always regard Suzhou Prefecture as their first choice, because Huqiu is the number one scenic spot, and Suzhou is a symbol of leisure in everyone's eyes...
Isn't it? It should be. There are beautiful garden scenery here, clear flowing water here, bright peach blossoms here, seductive singing here, the most meticulous snacks in the world, soft and glutinous beauties here, there are countless teahouses and bookstores, Qinlou Chu Pavilion, this is a paradise that can satisfy all the desires and desires of scholars, and a paradise on earth!
However, every time after yy is enough, those "future pillars" will show deliberate contempt in their eyes, and say in a sarcastic tone: "It's better to retire and retire to retire." Then they turn their eyes to Hangzhou Fuzhou, Yingtian, Jinan, and even Xuanfu Datong and other places, and refuse to look at Suzhou again.
Because in their eyes, exterior is just a springboard for returning to Beijing, and of course, we must make political achievements and show our skills. At this time, Suzhou's various good things have become despised and bad, as if this is a gentle place that makes people unwilling to make progress, and they are like cashing out the money.
To this day, in the eyes of most officials, Wu Nong's soft words are still synonymous with the loss of ambitions!
But if you want to say silence, you are very wrong! This city is where the Ming Dynasty hopes! It is also the opportunity for China to gain a new life!
When others think of Shih Shuff, what they think of silently is the "Five-person Tombstone Record", the earliest workers' riot in the world! It happened here, in this beautiful city with delicate gardens and brilliant peach blossoms!
There is clearly a kind of power that sprouts in this gentle city like water - Listen, the factory in the northeast half of the city is like clouds, and the sound of thousands of households! Look, Jinchang, in front of you, the markets are lined up and thousands of merchants gather!
This place has clearly become the central market in the Jiangnan region, and is known as the prosperous capital together with Hangzhou. Its status is even more prominent than Hangzhou... Walking along the street, I saw at least 30 guild halls established by foreign merchants in Suzhou. There are at least 30 merchants outside Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shandong and Shaanxi, all of whom were attracted. This centripetal force is unparalleled in the country!
Even Beijing is only so attractive in the eyes of politicians. Real merchants and wealth will not flow to the ghost place that discriminates against money and business.
Chen Si hated this place a little, not suddenly, but from the moment he entered Wujiang County, he began to feel this feeling. It just became stronger and stronger as he penetrated Suzhou step by step - this is actually an epid of another feeling.
That feeling is called "responsibility"! In fact, he has always had the idea of ​​changing history and avoiding detours in China, but elsewhere, whether it is Shaoxing, Hangzhou or Beijing, this is just a "fake and empty" ideal, which only makes him feel noble, but will not stimulate him to make any substantial actions...
But when entering Suzhou, this idea turned into an impulse. The more you felt the budding vitality, the more you felt its restrained terrifying explosive power, the stronger this impulse became until you could not help yourself, until you made him lose his mind...
Yes, reason, so-called reason tells him that what he wants to do is too dangerous, and if he doesn't do it well, he will be ruined and harm his family. He knows better than anyone else that the Ming Dynasty will have at least eighty or ninety years of national destiny. As long as he goes with the flow and becomes a first-rank official, it will be no problem to enjoy peace.
Two voices fought in his mind, one said: 'The development of history has its own inevitable rules. Any move he attempts to change is to be a mantis armed with a chariot. He can only crush himself to pieces, but cannot change history!' The other said: 'History is created by man, why can't people change history?'
If Fusu knew that his father had passed away earlier, if Xiang Yu had made up his mind at the Hongmen Banquet, if Li Longji knew that Yang Yuhuan's breasts were captured by An Lushan, if Zhao Kuangyin could see through his younger brother's ambitions, if Zhu Yuanzhang was not born in a poor peasant family - he believed that if any one became a reality, history would have changed drastically! Perhaps the Qin Dynasty's destiny would not have died in the second lifetime; perhaps the Great Chu would have replaced the Han Dynasty; perhaps the Tang Dynasty would not have been so sudden; perhaps Lao Zhao could have recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun; perhaps the Ming Dynasty would not have been as plagued with chronic diseases as today!
There is no if in history, but now I am not facing history, but the future! Why not create a different future for my tribe members in this time and space!
‘The sea is rainy and the wind is alone in the wind.’ In fact, the silent heart has already made a decision, otherwise he would not have come to this city. It’s just that this suffocating burden is carried on his shoulders, and unless he reaches the end or dies in the middle, he will never be able to be free.
Chen Si believes that it is impossible for his generation to reach the end alone, so if he bears this burden, he will never be able to take it down for the rest of his life. This pressure makes him unable to breathe when he thinks about it, so he has been delaying the time he bears it.
Finally, when the boat arrived at the dock and the train arrived at the station, I could no longer delay. I told him that everything happened in Suzhou City was not with me, and I had to seize the day!
Well, since I can't avoid it, then take it! From then on, my lifelong pursuit is this goal of Yugong moving mountains. Although I still resist it, this is my destiny. "Training hard to open the mountains and forests" is my destiny that I can't escape.
For it, I will give all my heart and courage; if the gods block the gods, the Buddha blocks the Buddhas, even if they become traitors and are nailed to the pillar of shame, I will not care. Because I believe that history will eventually give me a fair evaluation!
After making up his mind, Chen Si suddenly thought, "What if I messed up?" This is very likely, but he immediately comforted himself and said, "Since the future has been completely overwhelmed, it won't be worse, no matter how hard I try, right?"
Standing on a quaint stone bridge, looking at the leisurely boats on the waterway, silent suddenly smiled and said, "Suzhou, I'm here."
On the second day of the second month of the 36th year of Jiajing, the dragon raised its head.
This day was also the day when the Tongzhi of Suzhou Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty and the Jiangnan Maritime Warrior Tijutsu fell silent and officially took office.
In fact, he had arrived in Suzhou at the end of the first lunar month and wandered around the city for a few days. He went out again on the 28th day of the first lunar month. He set up his own ceremonial guards and informed the officials of the government office to tell them about the handover and arrange the ceremony to enter the city.
The officials in the city had long heard that Tongzhi had arrived in Suzhou, but they had only heard the sounds and did not see him. They were all wondering... Did they get on the black ship and eat the thief's Chaos noodles? They went to be the son-in-law of the Dragon Prince? It doesn't matter if they become Tang Monk's father, don't recruit us the Green Forest Prefect.
While everyone was worried, they finally got silent news. The Suzhou Promoter, currently in charge of the affairs of the government, summoned the two county magistrates of Wuxian and Changzhou, saying: "We have to put together a total of the total, how to welcome the adults... He is a young upstart and must have a unique temper. If he follows the convention, it may cause the adults to be unhappy..."
While talking, he saw the new Changzhou County Magistrate Hai Rui get up and say, "Sir, I'm still very busy, so I'm not here anymore."
"How can this be called tranny?" The Prosecutor is a person with a good temper. He reasoned to him: "There is no spring plowing now, so you can put it on your side no matter how busy you are, but you can't delay the entry of the city."
"The government office is in Wu County, not in Changzhou, so our county should not get involved." Hai Rui put his official hat on his right and said, "The new official took office and he doesn't know many places. If he doesn't hurry up and find out the situation, he will be confused until the spring farming is busy, and there will be chaos." As he said, he clasped his fists and said, "Goodbye, two sirs." Without waiting for the advisor to agree, he left straight.
"Why is this person like this?" Even a good man, the promoter can't stand it anymore.
The Wuxian County Magistrate smiled and comforted: "I guess Haibijia has this temper, otherwise it would be impossible to be so famous."
"That's right," the magistrate also smiled, "It's hard to say, is it because of his fame or our greatness."
"It's almost the same," said the magistrate of Wu County. "You don't have to worry. The old official once worked with us Lord Shen. He was a mature young man and calm and steady person, so he would definitely not make it difficult for us to do."
"What? Are you old acquaintance with him? Why didn't you say it earlier?" The Promoter said happily and blamed. After saying that, he understood, it must have been on an equal footing at the time, and silently wanted to call him a senior, but now that he has become the official of Lord Shen, he must feel uncomfortable. He said a little guiltyly: "Look at my mouth, pretend I didn't say it."
"It's okay," the county magistrate smiled calmly, "It's over."
"Then let's go together," the promoter smiled and said, "Go to your future boss."
"That's the intention." The county magistrate smiled and said, "I can't wait to see him!"
They left at will, and an hour later, the two met Lord Shen in casual clothes at the inn outside the city.
When the county magistrate saw that it was correct, Natou said, "The lower-ranking official Wu County magistrate Wang Yongji, pay homage to the Tongzhi."
The promoter also said, "The lower-ranking official Suzhou promoter Gui Youguang, pay homage to the Lord."
Silent and cheerful smiled, "Please get up quickly, Brother Runlian and Mr. Zhenchuan should not be respected."
The Wu County Magistrate Wang Yongji was the Yingtian inspector who was the imperial envoy when Chen Mo was in Hangzhou. However, he was seriously injured later and was pushed by Lu Dou Yin. So Chen Mo held his hand again and asked with concern: "Brother Runlian, is he healthy?"
"Mr. Lao is worried about it and has completely recovered." Wang Yongji Gongjin smiled and said, "Or he wouldn't continue to be an official."
Chapter completed!