20demayo Chapter 278 Hu's Grain Shop Opens to Sell County Citizens' First Pot of Gold
Chapter 278 Hu's Grain Shop Opens to Sell County Citizens' First Pot of Gold
One day later, the seed screening in the village was completed.
It’s almost September, but the cicadas in the trees are still chirping, one louder than the other.
The ox carts, donkey carts and small carts in the villages have not had a rest in recent days, and today they are rushing to Hu's grain store again.
When Hu Likai was selling subsidized grain, he cleared and reinforced the house at the back and laid out moisture-proof wood.
This is the day I've been waiting for.
Shen Zheng and he stood at the door of the grain store, and Hu Likai laughed so hard that his teeth were showing.
Zhou Lizheng stepped forward, handed a small book to Shen Zheng and said, "Sir, all the rice seeds from my Nanba Village have been transported here. This is the weight book."
"Everyone has worked hard, let them go back first."
Shen Zheng took the booklet, glanced at it, and then handed it to Hu Likai.
"Manager Hu, please calculate the deposit we agreed on before and give some of it to the villagers first."
"Of course, of course, Lord Shen, Li Zheng Zhou, please follow me."
Hu Likai led the way with a smile and brought Shen Zheng and the other person into the tea room.
Although the money for rice seeds had not yet been received and part of it had to be paid out first, Hu Likai did not show the slightest reluctance on his face.
He poured a cup of tea for Shen Zheng and Zhou Lizheng respectively, and said:
"Sir Shen, Li Zheng Zhou, please sit down for a moment while I go get the silver."
Shen Zheng's eyes flashed, and she called him, "Manager Hu, even if you don't want to watch the clerk weigh the goods, you should at least use an abacus to do it first, right?"
"Hey!" Hu Likai raised his head, "Sir, what are you talking about? Can the villagers harm me? The rice seeds they sent are the amount they said they were, and I believe them."
Shen Zheng chuckled and shook her head, "This is business. Although you only paid the silver now, the villagers have also settled the matter. If you don't settle the account today, and you say there is a difference in weight in the future, the villagers won't recognize it."
Hu Likai is a smart man, but too smart.
Others don't even have to look at him or guess what he is thinking.
Because his cleverness is a template, you can know what he is thinking by just applying it.
He didn't weigh or calculate the weight now, he was doing it for Shen Zheng and Zhou Lizheng to see.
After they leave, do you think he will fight or not?
I'm afraid the abacus will burst into smoke.
Since we have to fight, we might as well fight openly.
Hu Likai was left standing still by Shen Zheng's words, not knowing whether to take the silver or the abacus.
Shen Zheng just smiled at him, making it difficult for him to move forward.
After a moment, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Then please wait a moment, my lords. I will go get the abacus and the silver."
He breathed a sigh of relief after walking out of the tea room.
Lord Shen has changed.
He couldn't say exactly what had changed.
But when they first met, the oppressive feeling that Lord Shen brought to him was far less intense than it is now.
At that time he gave her face and was afraid of her, firstly because he was afraid of her official status, and secondly because he was concerned about the rice seeds in her hands.
But now it's different.
Now, just a look or a word from Lord Shen can make him break into cold sweats.
She is growing up too fast.
Now, she is no longer the young and naive county magistrate who first came to Tongan County.
Hu Likai patted his chest.
Fortunately, he was just greedy for money and had no other thoughts, otherwise...
Zhou Li was sipping tea in the tea room and sighed, "Sir, this tea is different from the tea we drink in the village. It has a sweet aftertaste!"
The tea in their village is made from coarse tea leaves and thick stems. There is no special skill in brewing it, just add boiling water and taste it.
But the shopkeeper Hu made the tea just now by changing the water and swirling it around, which Zhou Lizheng found very interesting.
"Like to drink?"
Shen Zheng asked, "If you like to drink, come with me to the county government office later. I still have a lot. I'll give you some to take home."
"No, no." Zhou Lizheng waved his hands quickly.
"This tea you gave me is like a cow chewing peony. I will just taste it here. If you take your tea back and drink it, it will whet your appetite!"
Shen Zheng picked up the lid of the teacup and let the tea in the cup slide into ripples.
"It doesn't matter whether a cow chews it or not. All coarse tea leaves are tea. Drink whatever you have. If you want to drink, don't be polite to me."
Zhou Lizheng smiled brightly, "I understand what you mean, but I should use a lid that matches the size of my pot. I will drink Hu's tea today and your tea tomorrow. It would be better for me to work hard under you and drink my own tea sooner."
Shen Zheng tilted her head to look at him, and inexplicably felt like her child had grown up.
"You are right. It is better to rely on yourself than on others."
"What do you mean by relying on yourself? My Lord, please don't say that." Zhou Lizheng retorted, "No matter what, you are the big supporter of everyone in Tongan County."
Hu Likai had just come in from outside when he heard these words.
He quickly patted the horse and continued to pat it: "Zhou Lizheng is right. Without you, there would be no Tongan County today."
After he said that, he opened the booklet and started calculating with an abacus.
A quarter of an hour later.
"Sir, Lizhang Zhou, the weight calculation above is correct. Since the rice seeds have not been sold yet, I can only raise a limited amount of money. I will settle the payment according to the 20% deposit we agreed on before. After the rice seeds are sold, I will send the remaining money to the Lizhangs."
Hu Likai took out the package that had been prepared long ago, peeled off the three layers inside and outside, and handed the silver bills inside to Zhou Lizheng.
"Silver note..."
Zhou Lizheng's hands were suspended in the air, and he said with some embarrassment: "How am I going to divide this banknote when I take it back..."
Upon hearing this, Hu Likai immediately made a look as if he wanted to spare his life.
"Sir, Li Zheng Zhou, it's not that I don't want to give you silver, but if this banknote is converted into silver, it's too much! First, I don't have the connections to exchange it for silver, and second, it's not easy to keep it if I exchange it!"
Although silver notes and silver ingots are interchangeable, if you take silver ingots to exchange for silver notes, the money shop will exchange them for you on the same day.
But if you want to exchange silver notes for silver ingots, the money shop will definitely exchange them, but they will look reluctant and it will take at least ten days or half a month for you to do so.
Shen Zheng also understood this principle and said to Zhou Lizheng, "Take it."
Zhou Lizheng obeyed her instructions and put the banknote into his arms without asking any questions.
When he put it in his arms, he immediately saw the face value on the banknote.
God!
Zhou Lizheng's hands, which were covering his chest, were shaking.
He wanted to scream out loud!
Thousands of taels of silver notes were in his arms at this moment!
In his entire life, he had never seen so much money!
Zhou Lizheng was so confused by the incense that he didn't even hear what Shen Zheng and Hu Likai said next.
"Let's go." After Shen Zheng finished talking to Hu Likai, he stood up and called Zhou Lizheng.
Zhou Lizheng followed Shen Zheng out of Hu's grain shop in a daze, hands and feet clumsily.
"Wake up."
Shen Zheng raised her hand and waved it in front of Zhou Lizheng.
"what--"
Zhou Li just woke up from his dream, scratched his head and said: "My Lord... This is the first time I have so much silver on me. I am sorry to make a fool of myself..."
Shen Zheng chuckled, "It's okay, it's just human nature. Come on, follow me back to the county government office. I'll ask Zhao Xiu to bring two constables with you to go to the Quanyang County Bank to exchange silver."
Zhou Lizheng didn't know that there were so many twists and turns in exchanging banknotes for silver. He thought that he could exchange it as long as he went there, so he happily followed Shen Zheng back to the county government office.
Good days are coming for the people of Nanba Village!