429: Happy to pledge! (3 more)
It's not just Yu San and Gu Hongtai who think so.
Jiang Zhizhou asked someone to inform the local Chamber of Commerce president of Linqing to come to the yamen, and the Chamber of Commerce president came quickly.
Linqingshui transportation was developed, not only with granaries, but also with taxable canal cash gates. In addition to transporting grain, the Grand Canal also provides convenience for merchants from north to south. However, merchant ships and civilian ships had to pay taxes when they encountered cash gates. Linqing's cash gates were ranked first among the eight major cash gates in the canal, which shows its prosperity.
Linqing's geographical conditions were so superior, and its business was far superior to other places. At its peak, Linqing had the reputation of "Rich Jiaqi County".
How can a chamber of commerce be without such a prosperous and developed place?
When the fifth prince heard that he was ordered to go to Huainan to provide disaster relief, he passed through Linqing, Linqing Chamber of Commerce, and Linqing merchants knew that they would definitely pay a large sum of silver.
It is better to give it to the court to give it to it. It is better to give it to it honestly and give it to the fifth prince.
The fifth prince couldn't remember them, and it was good for the adults who accompanied the disaster relief workers to remember them.
There must be some special attention when giving away money. The president of the Chamber of Commerce can be considered as waiting for the call from his parents in the city. The president needs Jiang Zhizhou to help him!
If Jiang Zhizhou is aside, the Chamber of Commerce will definitely not be able to show off alone.
When the president of the Linqing Chamber of Commerce rushed to the yamen, Jiang Zhizhou really opened his mouth and took the money.
Alas, Lord Jiang is too anxious, right?
The president of the Linqing Chamber of Commerce made a promise to donate 10,000 taels of silver on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. Gu Hongtai, who was acting as a set board behind Jiang Zhizhou, had his eyelids twitched wildly.
Ten thousand taels!
The people of Linqing are so rich.
If you donate ten thousand taels of silver, you can donate it as soon as you say it. If you give it to yourself, you will have a lot of money left to pay off your debts.
Jiang Zhizhou frowned, "President Lu, I didn't ask you to donate money. Of course, if President Lu wants to contribute to the drought in Huainan, I will not stop him... But we still have to talk about the serious business first."
Gu Hongtai envies: Jiang Zhizhou is so shady!
Yu San was puzzled: Is this Jiang Zhizhou going to make money under the reputation of Cheng Qing? He wanted to use the drought in Huainan to squeeze out tens of thousands of taels of silver from the Linqing Chamber of Commerce?
While at the dock, Yu San was busy pecking at Cui Yan and did not listen to all the conversation between Cheng Qing and Jiang Zhizhou. He was not sure what Jiang Zhizhou wanted to do.
Yu San and Gu Hongtai both thought this way. You can imagine how President Lu of the Linqing Chamber of Commerce felt.
If you translate this sentence, it means that 10,000 taels cannot satisfy Jiang Zhizhou’s appetite!
The fifth prince who passed through Linqing really has such a big appetite?
President Lu is willing to increase the credit limit, but there are additional conditions. He wants to send the money to the fifth prince for donation.
Jiang Zhizhou was amused and cried, "President Lu, you have misunderstood. I asked you to come here to ask you if the Linqing Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay for the construction of a wharf!"
pier?
What dock...
President Lu was excited.
Linqing developed by water transportation. Every day, the ships come and go, and the dock represents business opportunities. It is the hen that lays golden eggs. Why doesn’t President Lu want it?
Jiang Zhizhou said that Linqing wanted to build a new wharf. In order not to increase the burden on the court, he decided to hand over the wharf to the Linqing Chamber of Commerce and other organizations or individuals to undertake construction. The court did not allocate funds and only circled the places where the wharf was built.
Of course, the imperial court does not pay for it, and whoever builds the wharf will belong to whom it belongs.
President Lu's breathing was rapid when he heard this.
Jiang Zhizhou had only one requirement, that is, the construction craftsmen must be hired from refugees, and the wages were also set by Jiang Zhizhou. He told President Lu bluntly that he would set a wage that was half higher than the market price. If President Lu was unwilling to accept it, Jiang Zhizhou would go to someone else to undertake the construction.
"Mr. Lu is willing!"
President Lu agreed simply and did not force him at all.
He was still afraid that Jiang Zhizhou would regret it, so he immediately wanted to entrust the contract to finalize the matter.
Jiang Zhizhou nodded and smiled, "President Lu, don't be anxious. Of course, he would invite many gentry in the city to collect fire and fire. President Lu should leave some opportunities for others."
No, the Linqing Chamber of Commerce wants it all!
President Lu was exposed, which was very regretful.
"Lu is very careful to follow the teachings of the Lord."
Eating alone is not enough. Linqing Chamber of Commerce must take the majority. President Lu secretly made up his mind and asked Jiang Zhizhou to hand over the work of contacting the great gentry in the city to himself.
President Lu insisted on sharing the worries of Jiang Zhizhou, but Jiang Zhizhou naturally would not refuse.
President Lu of the Linqing Chamber of Commerce has gray hair and thinness, and he looks quite old.
When I left the yamen, I ran no slower than the young people.
As long as you run fast enough, Jiang Zhizhou can't go back on his word?
Gu Hongtai was confused throughout the whole process.
Yu San seems to understand but not understand.
This is not like a forced levy. Although President Lu said before leaving that he would donate 20,000 miles of silver to Huainan on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, his expression was not forced at all, but it seemed like he had taken advantage of it.
Yu Sanhua has always been generous. The Yu family is a big family in Shandong and is naturally not short of money.
When Yu San entered the Jinyiwei, Luo Jun had no personal son anyway, so the money from Luo's mansion was also used by Yu Sanhua.
Yu San, who is not short of money, has never made money by himself. Seeing President Lu coming and going like the wind, he happily took over the errands of building a wharf from Jiang Zhizhou. The first thought that Yu San's mind was: It must be very profitable to repair a wharf, so President Lu did not feel sorry for the 20,000 taels of silver donated to Huainan, and agreed to hire refugees to work at a wage of half the market price.
This kind of private wharf requires a fee to moor the merchant ship.
But just by collecting some stop fees, President Lu could not be so excited.
Yu San hid his questions in his heart.
As long as Jiang Zhizhou didn't cheat money in the name of Cheng Qing and the fifth prince, Yu San wouldn't care.
Jiang Zhizhou found a place for work for the refugees outside the city, and Yu San was unwilling to be idle and took Gu Hongtai to the places where the refugees lived to do statistics.
Jiang Zhizhou gave him a piece of paper with what Yu San was going to do.
First bring lime to "disinfect" the shack area, and then urge the refugees to take a bath?
What a shit errand!
"Sir, does the magistrate Jiang look down on us?"
Gu Hongtai was also the young master of Jingning Bo Mansion after all, and was called Gu Xiaobo Man during the Imperial College.
He was so desperate that he couldn't make it in the Imperial College, so he followed Yu San to become a captain in the Jinyiwei.
Gu Hongtai can accept it if he is a follower for Yu San.
In addition to being able to reincarnate, Yu San is also capable and loyal. Gu Hongtai is still very convinced of Yu San in his heart.
But his dignified young master of the uncle's mansion actually wanted to guard a group of untouchables to take a bath, carry the bath water for the mud legs, and clean the straw sheds for the mud legs. It was so insulting!
Gu Hongtai thought that he was so angry, Yu Baihu was even more proud than him, and he definitely could not accept Jiang Zhizhou's random arrangements.
But Gu Hongtai just jumped, and Yu San slapped him on the head:
Chapter completed!