Chapter 21: Throwing the Burden to Dad
When Qin Lingyun returned home, she immediately found Qin Dafang and slapped the house deed and land deed on the table!
Then he said coaxingly towards Qin Dafang:
"Dad! I have defeated the three families of Fang, Xu, and Li! These are their land and house deeds. Our family will be the largest salt merchant in Qingyuan Prefecture from now on!"
Qin Dafang was stunned by his son's words. Why did he fall down? It had only been a few days?
He picked up a stack of contracts on the table and looked at them. They were indeed the salt farms and salt shops of those several companies, hmm? Why are there still fields?
I haven't been doing anything for a few days. Could it be that the world has changed? This is the lifeblood of those families, why did my son get it?
Thinking of something bad, he frowned and asked:
"Son, did you hire someone to steal it? This is illegal. If you are identified by someone, you will be exiled! Before the other party can react, send these things back quickly! To avoid making things worse.
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Qin Lingyun looked at his father dumbfounded, and took out another three-point contract from his arms.
"Look, I bought this! I spent 14,000 guan to buy their salt farm, salt shop, and fields, and they all have their autographs!"
Qin Dafang quickly took the three-chapter contract, and then saw his mouth open in an O shape and shouted in disbelief:
"Eight thousand guan took over the Fang family's salt shop and salt field? Three thousand guan took over the Xu family's salt shop, salt field, and fields? The Li family also took over 3,000 guan?"
He looked at his son in disbelief and said:
"How did you do it? You arrested their family and threatened them?"
Qin Lingyun was completely speechless towards his father and rolled his eyes:
"Father! In your heart, your son only has so much ability? Can he only rely on this writing method to bring down those companies? No.
Don't worry, we neither stole nor robbed them. They all sold them to us voluntarily. They came from a very good source and have been reported to the prefect! We were able to get these thanks to his help.
Look at those deeds, the Xu family's land deeds are not in them, I gave them all to the prefect, he is one of our own now!"
When Qin Dafang heard that even the prefect helped his son, he laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyesight. In the past, these officials only took money and did not do anything.
Under his son's manipulation, he was able to ask the prefect for help. Qin Dafang was very curious about what happened, so he asked:
"Son, tell me how you operated and defeated all of my old opponents so quickly."
So, Qin Lingyun told Qin Dafang roughly what happened.
I was so shocked to hear that my son not only bought the lifeblood of those three families, but also defrauded them of 90,000 yuan!
I also heard that the 90,000 guan was not enough to cover the heat, so I gave it away and rewarded it, and 70,000 guan went out. Now I bought the salt farm and spent another 14,000 guan. Basically, I got through.
Nothing was left, not to mention how uncomfortable I felt, so I pinched my teeth and asked:
"Son, isn't it too much to give 50,000 guan to the prefect? And what about Xu Yin? He is just a servant of the prefect, why should he give 10,000 guan?
Especially that Niu Erzhuang! This ten thousand guan has to be taken back. It’s completely unnecessary to reward him with such a big reward! Dad thinks a reward of 100 guan is enough!"
Qin Lingyun looked at his father funny and explained patiently:
"If you listen to me explain to you, you will know why I did this, and the money we spent is definitely not unfair.
First of all, the 50,000 yuan from the prefect is to tell him that we just want to make money honestly. If the prefect helps us with these shady money, if we make money, the bulk of it will definitely belong to him;
Then there’s Xu Yin’s ten thousand guan. Dad, you should have heard that the King of Hell is easy to meet but the devil is difficult to deal with. If you don’t take care of it, if he says something bad about us in the future, the prefect will not treat us well.
It will be so friendly.
However, thinking about it on the other hand, if we take good care of him and have him always by the magistrate's side to help us say good things, our relationship with the magistrate will be stronger;
The last thing is to reward Niu Erzhuang. This is a thousand gold to buy horse bones. It is to tell those people in our family who have mastered the secret recipe of making salt that if they follow our family wholeheartedly in the future, we will never treat them badly!
Think about it, if someone uses the same method to get the secret recipe again in the future, will these people still be tempted by money after learning from Niu Erzhuang's mistakes?
For them, there is not much difference between 90,000 guan and 10,000 guan. Both of them can live a carefree life for several lifetimes. However, one will face the risk of being held accountable by the owner and the official will be punished, while the other will be able to take it with peace of mind.
money.
If it were you, what would you choose?"
After listening to Qin Lingyun's explanation, Qin Dafang's distress symptoms improved.
My son is right, this is how the money should be spent! However, it is tens of thousands of dollars! It makes sense, but my heart still hurts a little.
"Okay, you said so, then it's all up to you! From now on, our family's business will be under your control. Dad is old and can't keep up with your pace. It seems that our Qin family can only flourish in your hands.
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Qin Lingyun didn't expect Qin Dafang to do this to him, his eyes bulged and he exclaimed:
"This is not possible! We agreed that within a month I would let the Qin Family Salt Shop dominate Qingyuan Mansion, and I would take 50% of the profit. Now I have given 20% to Magistrate Liu, and I only take 30%!
Now that I have done it as promised, I don’t care about what happens next, it’s time for you to come forward!”
Qin Dafang looked at his son helplessly and said:
"Our family suddenly has so many salt fields and salt shops. What do you want me to do with them? The stalls are so big. Your father and I have no experience!"
"This is easy to do. Wouldn't it be enough to transform the salt fields into salt fields and then ship them to all parts of the country?"
Qin Dafang glanced at Qin Lingyun and hummed:
"You're talking lightly, do you think it's so easy to get into other cities? Even if your white salt is better than green salt, if others rely on local power to suppress and exclude you, your salt can't be spread, but it's not worth the effort!"
You don’t want your father to spend the rest of his days running around begging grandpa and grandma, right?”
Qin Lingyun rubbed his chin and laughed:
"Dad, you don't have to worry about it. I'll give you a tip. You can just lie here in Qingyuan Mansion to collect the money, so there's no need to go there!"
Qin Dafang's eyes lit up and he looked at Qin Lingyun in surprise:
"Do you have any idea?"
"Of course, I have already thought about it. All you need is this..."
The conversation between father and son lasted until late at night.
Qin Dafang finally looked at his son and sighed:
"Son, you are really a business wizard! Why do you have such a big head? You can think of such a solution!"
"Hey! Dad, I've told you the method. You can do the rest by yourself! I don't care, son, I'm just waiting to get my monthly profit share!"
Qin Dafang smiled helplessly, this guy is really lazy.
But it doesn’t matter anymore. With their son’s solution, the Qin family can indeed sleep on copper coins in the future!
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"Master, there is a young man named Wang outside the door asking to see you!"
The next morning, Qin Lingyun was drawing drawings in the study when he heard a servant coming to report.
Didn't I tell you to wait for the dog to come before looking for me? Could this guy be a plaster?
Everyone who passed by was a guest, and it was hard to refuse, so he ordered:
"Take them directly to the study, Die'er, and make two cups of tea!"
After a while, the servants brought Wang Chao and Wang Ningxue to Qin Lingyun's study.
As soon as he entered the door, Wang Chao held up his hands and apologized:
"Brother Qin, please forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting.
My brother and sister have no acquaintances in Qingyuan Mansion, so after much deliberation, we had no choice but to come and chat with Brother Qin."
Qin Lingyun stared at Wang Chao from behind the desk with a half-smile, until he looked a little embarrassed, and then said:
"Please sit down and wait for a moment. I'm almost finished with this drawing!"
Wang Ningxue came up curiously and said:
"Brother Qin is still proficient in the art of painting?"
Qin Lingyun only felt a gust of fragrant wind coming, without raising his head, he continued writing:
"I don't know, I just draw some drawings and prepare to build a house!"
"Yeah? What are you using for painting? It seems like charcoal strips? And why does the house you painted look like it is standing upright, as if the house was shrunk and placed on paper? What kind of painting method is this?"
Do you have a hundred thousand whys? So many questions.
"This is called a rendering. Miss Wang, please sit down for a moment. I will explain it to you after I finish the drawing."
"Rendering?"
Chapter completed!