Moth

Compared with Liu Changzhou's simple and rude methods that are purely based on ability, Lu Hanzhang has been going crazy recently. On the surface, he only holds two big seals of salt and grain, but in fact he has become the real leader of the entire Huarong officialdom. Who is it? Needless to say, secretly inspired.

The underground granary that He Yun hid on Mount Youlai was used up by him and turned into wine. Under the urging of the mortgage, the poor people had wages in their hands, but had nowhere to buy grain, because Huarong’s grain was exactly as Lu Hanzhang said, concentrated in the hands of a few.In other words, the food gap is still not small.

One of the methods commonly used in the past dynasties to solve problems such as the lack of food and silver in the treasury is to donate officials.The gentry and the rich have a lot of money and a lot of food, so they have less fame. Correspondingly, the imperial court has less food and less money, but they have a lot of fame. Then the imperial court prints a stack of vacant tickets and sells them to the localities.It is similar to a method of selling officials and nobles, and the hatchback takes what it needs, which is very effective.

But Lu Hanzhang rejected this method very much, he was a little bit obsessed with cleanliness.He admitted the effectiveness of this simple and crude method, but this method itself offended his little deep and incomprehensible thoughts, causing him to exclude this idea first.He sometimes has some innocuous little willfulness, not much of this little willfulness, and he disappeared after counting No. 70 people who died of starvation and starvation on the road one day.

Not long after, Huarong's officialdom printed the first batch of merit tickets, all of which were vacancies in name only.

In just one month before the previous year, Huarong's relief granary had added nearly [-] shi of public grain. Although the amount was not much, it was enough for these people to live a new year.

But the actual vacancy of food is much larger than this, because a quarter of the food and salary source of Jiangbei Daying is borne by the nearest Huarong.Lu Hanzhang not only had to bear the rations of the people in the city, but also the rations of at least [-] soldiers on the frontier.

Every time Lu Hanzhang thinks that Liu Changzhou is carrying the title of a superficially domineering general, but in fact he has to eat ice in the Jiangbei camp where the birds don't shit, the great dissatisfaction in his heart disappears.He just thought about Liu Changzhou's unlucky appearance of tightening his belt, he felt it was funny and felt distressed at the same time, when he was extremely tired, he even dreamed that the gang of men under Liu Changzhou's hands could not receive their soldiers' pay or food, and rushed into the general together Liu Changzhou was eaten alive in the tent.After all, there are 20 men raised in the Jiangbei camp, and the monthly salary is [-].That place is like a bottomless pit, if you throw a lot of money into it, you may not be able to hear a sound.

It's not that he doesn't believe in his ability, it's just that he is simply worried.

The other thing is a cliché, or the problem of salt.Xu Fu and Liu Tong, those cheating fathers, were pure nonsense. They tossed a basement full of salt into Jinglun's lotus pond, wasting tens of thousands of quotations in vain.

Lu Hanzhang thought about it, took the risk, and under the banner of the government, he used the newly brewed wine in the Siwei Winery and the neighboring county with more salt to make an extremely unequal exchange, and waited for the exchange. When the salt could not make up for the salt gap, he expanded the scope of unequal exchange to the entire Jiangbei.Countless wines in Siwei are decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and truckloads of salt are coming in an endless stream from the official roads, enriching Huarong's remaining salt reserves, and at the same time, it has invisibly advertised for Siwei Winery .

Lu Hanzhang himself doesn't drink alcohol, he has a psychological shadow on that thing, but as the old saying goes, "the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley", the wine in Siwei Winery has somehow become famous far and wide.To be honest, when Lu Hanzhang originally had the idea of ​​building a winery, the minimum standard was that it should be non-toxic, drinkable, and not kill people. He really couldn’t figure out why people would flock to wine made from a batch of moldy grains.

So he wandered to the four flavors on Youlai Mountain with a heart full of curiosity, dipped the tip with his little finger, wiped it on the corner of his mouth, and smacked it around. Not only did he not taste the mellow taste, but also There is a cool and cold strange smell in it.When that sip of wine enters the stomach and intestines, it makes people feel excited. It feels like drinking a mouthful of ice springs in deep mountains and old forests, which cools into the bone marrow, and then chews a basket of red peppers raw, which burns directly into the stomach. The feeling of double heaven is quite addictive.

The end result was that the wimpy Lu Hanzhang got himself drunk after pouring a cup, fainted by the side of the wine barrel and stole half a day's leisure.

Xie Qingyun could see it clearly. He took Lu Hanzhang into the renovated underground warehouse, took off a lump of soil from a nearby wall, squeezed it, and put his thumb under Lu Hanzhang's eyes. I called the most experienced teacher in Siweili to sort out my doubts.

It turns out that Youlaishan is a rare mine, not a bumpkin.

Lu Hanzhang silently covered his face, feeling that he was always running out of shit luck recently, and the result of this unintentional planting of willows and willows often made him very speechless. On the surface, the situation of good things in pairs seems to be the best reward for him for months and months. , but he just doesn't believe that there really is such a thing as heaven rewards hard work.

The ancients said that "seeking his own government in his position", since he holds two big seals of salt and grain in his hand, there is no reason to continue to be an outsider who has nothing to do with himself.He wanted to continue to walk around in style, but there was a person in his heart, and the existence of that person was enough to make all the beauties in the world eclipse.

Everything is always difficult at the beginning, and when the two lines of salt and grain gradually form a new rule of convention, Lu Hanzhang, who has always been big-hearted, let go of it.The chaos caused by Liu Tong and He Yun has come to an end. After the chaos is over, the deviated track will return to the right track.

After all... the water is too shallow in Huarong, a small place, and it's not enough for him to toss about.

What he really worried about was Jiangbei Daying.

He knew very well whether there was money or not in the vassal. When he walked on the road every day, what he thought most about was how to get out of the shackles of the most conventional grain tax and commercial tax in the government, and how to make more money. The method of the treasury.On this day, when the night was dark, he left the yamen and returned home, when he was attracted by an unusually loud voice, then he looked up and saw Huarong's well-known gold sales vault—Sihai Gambling House.

Lu Hanzhang paused for a moment, turned his footsteps, walked in very calmly, looked around, and went straight to a besieged gambling table with three floors inside and three floors outside.

A complex and unspeakable smell in the casino made him frowned unconsciously, and the stuffy and stagnant air reawakened the feeling of tightness in his chest that had not gone far. He subconsciously cut his own pulse, and suddenly panicked—— He is not afraid of death, it's just that there is another person walking side by side on the one-way line of life, so he suddenly starts to be afraid of death.

For a moment I missed him so much.

He pinched his right hand hard with his left hand, and pinched back all the inappropriate thoughts. He breathed steadily, and directly pushed aside the layers of people with his hands and squeezed in.For a while, the voices of scolding mother and grandma kept coming and going, Lu Hanzhang had a thick skin, and very calmly took off a valuable ring on his thumb, betting on the "little" without thinking, and then looked at his nose, nose and heart , ignoring the contemptuous gazes shot from the eyes of the surrounding people—there were only a few copper plates on the side, which were negligible compared to the piles of silver ingots on the other side.

It turns out that, sometimes, the truth is not in the hands of the few.

Lu Hanzhang became the biggest and most wronged loser in this gamble.

Everyone didn't know what this man was thinking, but he straightened his cuffs in a very nonchalant manner, his eyes drooped listlessly, and he took off a blue jade from his belt. The cyan jade pendant continued to bet on the "little", as if it was not here for gambling, but to give away money pretending to be the God of Wealth. This attitude of "you can play as you please" disturbed a bunch People's playfulness is greatly reduced.

Gambling, the real fun lies in trying to guess and think hard, the result is not important, when this person comes, he is like a shit-stirring stick, messing up the originally lively scene.

A hand stretched out from the slant, and pushed Lu Hanzhang's shoulder unceremoniously, and someone behind him shouted: "Who is this, who are you? Where did you come from and go back, will you play?" People began to echo, and more and more people gathered around to join in the fun.

Lu Hanzhang tilted his head, raised his eyelids, sneered sneeringly in such an outnumbered situation, and slammed into the muzzle of the gun and said coldly: "What's the matter with you? Who are you? "That look doesn't deserve a beating, it seems that he wrote a few words on his face stroke by stroke: come and beat me up.This inexplicable feeling of masochism was so strong that Lu Hanzhang couldn't help but want to laugh at his current appearance.

There were more and more people pushing and shoving, and Lu Hanzhang was so arrogant that he let them go, as if he didn't even bother to move.The scene suddenly became uncontrollable, the noise became louder and louder, someone accidentally knocked over the gaming table in the chaos, Lu Hanzhang was completely swallowed up by the people from the inner and outer layers, and fell down together with the gaming table.

Just when the first foot was about to kick up...

"A bunch of blind people, stop the fuck!" A young man with slender eyebrows, eyes and a sharp chin ran down the stairs on the second floor, almost jumping down the stairs, with a savage gesture. Pushing hard to push away the surrounding crowd, he violently stretched out his right hand and slapped the young boy's head hard, cursing: "Is the eye caught under the armpit, isn't it? Master Lu in the yamen is a motherfucker!" Can't recognize it?"

The young man hurriedly helped up Lu Hanzhang who was lying sprawled on the ground, then bent down to pick up the jade pendant on the table, rubbed it with his cuff very dog-leggedly, smiled all over his face, and said politely: "Lord Lu is here, The small shop is full of splendor, I wonder if Master Lu has any advice?"

Lu Hanzhang patted the soil on his body, smoothed his hair casually, squatted down and groped under the gaming table for a while, and after hearing a cracking sound, he pulled out a small box from below.He threw the small box to the reckless man who had just pushed him with his hands, and said with a half-smile, "I can't even look at my toes for this level of betting. Do you know how to bet? You know." Whose idea is this gambling table?"

The young man looked anxious, and wanted to stop him from exposing the gambling shop, but he was not so bold, and he froze in place with aggrieved expression, thinking that his gambling shop might not end well, and he would be the one who messed up the place. I'm not afraid of calling a group of people to beat me up and bring me down, but what is very important is that a decent official doesn't just sit and rest in his own yamen, but join in the fun in the gambling workshop!

The expressions on the faces of the surrounding people were extremely exciting, and one of the two hundred and five shouted: "Master Qingtian, please forgive me!" A circle of people knelt and clattered all around.

Lu Hanzhang: "..." Does he look scary?

He patted the young man on the shoulder, pointed to the upstairs, raised his feet and walked up, leaving a sentence: "Everyone continue."

Everyone:"……"

How can his grandma continue!Keep on fucking!

The two sides sat down, the boss served a cup of tea, and stood on one side respectfully with his hands down, looking very docile.

Lu Hanzhang sighed in his heart, "It doesn't feel bad to be an official", and said without thinking: "The shopkeeper, Mr. Lu has a merciless request."

The owner of the casino is even more confused, what are you asking for?

Lu Hanzhang flicked the tea leaves with the lid of the cup, and said unhurriedly: "It was really a helpless act just now, I hope the shopkeeper will not take it to heart. I would like to ask the shopkeeper to set a new rule. From tomorrow, all gambling The winner wins ten draws, and the loser loses ten draws. In exchange, I will send someone to deliver a new gaming table in a few days, and all losses will be recorded in the Yamen account."

The owner of the gambling shop must not be mentally stiff, and he guessed the intention of this strange move in a few moments-the winner wins ten draws and no one will take it to heart, and the loser loses ten draws and half will leave many repeat customers.Needless to say, the price difference between them is also clear at a glance whose pocket it goes into. It does not affect the business of the gambling house. On the other hand, it is equivalent to a sign that the government intends to support the gambling industry.

But he still has some doubts in his heart. Although the Four Seas Casino is booming, the scale is not very large, and the daily counter receipts are only around 1000 taels. According to this situation, even if the price difference can be made, it is only 500 taels a day. Only 5000 taels.How can the people in the yamen pay attention?

Lu Hanzhang glanced at him and gave him enough time to guess. When the boss stopped rolling his eyes, he explained slowly: "Make it bigger and become an iconic existence in Jiangbei, understand?"

When Lu Hanzhang got up and left Sihai Casino, Zhu Dianyi, who followed him all the way, had been waiting for a long time.Although he himself guessed what happened that day basically based on the tone, but later he learned the clear and clear process from Zhu Dianyi, and he naturally knew about the "ten years". Good luck tricks people.Zhu Dianyi was naturally left behind by Liu Changzhou.

Lu Hanzhang obediently handed over his wrist and said, "May Miss Zhu help me next time?"

Lu Hanzhang was polite to Zhu Dianyi, but Zhu Dianyi was not polite to anyone. She cut Lu Hanzhang's veins for a moment, and she said with a shrewd air: "If you have something to say, you have to fart, don't be a bitch."

Lu Hanzhang pointed to the Hongyan Building next to the wall of the Four Seas Casino, and said flatly: "Whore tax."

Zhu Dianyi couldn't hold back, and coughed for a long time, coughing and saying: "I said, are you crazy about money? Pay the prostitute tax, you won't collect gambling tax just now, right?"

Lu Hanzhang nodded honestly, and said very calmly: "Is it strange? I want to collect food, drink, prostitution and gambling one by one. Since there is no way to completely eliminate these things, the more you suppress them, the more unscrupulous they will grow. Go with it."

Zhu Dianyi shook his hand, sneered, and said full of hatred: "Do you know how my poor husband died? I died on the gambling table with medicine. How dare you say such a thing exit."

Lu Hanzhang tilted his head, narrowed his eyes and looked towards the north, and said calmly, "Since I have a way to make this thing grow, I naturally have a way to make it sluggish. Do you believe that I can completely control its trend? As long as I there is a need."

Zhu Dianyi brushed the hair on the ear temples behind his ears, and said stiffly: "The government and the businessman colluded." After saying this, he was still a little puzzled, and added another sentence as if to vent his anger: "Human life is ignored." The result is four words and four words I couldn't hold back the words, and I heard the widow say one after another: "No adultery, no business, no business, no adultery, white face and black heart..."

Lu Hanzhang's eyebrows twitched involuntarily. On the one hand, he was very speechless, on the other hand, he thought silently in his heart: "Wudingguan, Siwei Winery, [-] stone grains, salt, can't these all cancel out this crime?" His heart was split into two halves, one half was filled with Huarong Wanmin, and the other half was filled with his sweetheart.He thought about it, desperately going to hell after death, as long as his general can return safely, what is the crime?

Seeing that New Year's Eve was approaching, the most important matters in the yamen were rushed to finish.It was rare for Lu Hanzhang to take a break. He took a slingshot and accompanied Xie Yitong to hunt rabbits in the woods, and loosened his muscles and bones by the way. The people he met and the things he did in the yamen every day made him feel depressed and rebellious.

The snow white was too dazzling, Xie Yitong fell seven or eight somersaults in a row, Lu Hanzhang, who had always been absent from conscience, laughed at him maliciously, while raising the slingshot to cover his eyes with one hand, letting the part of the rubber band dangle under his eyelids Back and forth, and then a very bold idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

When he got home at night, he sat under the lamp and took out a brush to draw all night, drawing a big guy with a strange shape.The last group of horses to deliver food and grass to Jiangbei Daying before the year set off tomorrow, and it happened to be taken along with them.

As a result, when he returned halfway back with two dark circles under his eyes, he belatedly realized that he had made a very stupid mistake.

The convoy had already reached the gate of the city, and the master in charge of grain and grass transportation on the front line heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, and Lu Hanzhang, who had just parted from the Yamen, chased after him again, and said out of breath, "Hey, master, I What about the letter from home that I just gave you?"

The master handed it over for no reason, and saw the unpredictable official tore the paper to pieces, then heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I made a mistake. Uh...forget it." , take me with you."

The author has something to say:

Today I saw how JJ went crazy...