After the marriage was broken off, the husband's family regretted it

Chapter 485 Wanting Money

"Daniu, go write a letter to Sanniu and tell him not to come back yet. Let him stay with his uncle in Lincheng. He can also expand the business there. He can come back after finishing things here."

"Mom, are you afraid of getting Sanniu involved?"

"Yeah, we don't know what's going on here yet, so Sanniu shouldn't get involved for now."

Erniu came running in breathlessly, "Mom."

Da Niu immediately stepped forward and said, "Er Niu, how are you doing? What is the reason?"

Erniu kept panting, "Brother, let me rest for a while, I really can't breathe."

Erniu kept gasping for breath and looked like he was almost dying, unable to catch his breath.

Erniu rested for a while, "Mom, I have found out clearly that the current county magistrate is not the previous County Magistrate Wu. He was transferred ahead of schedule, and the new county magistrate is said to have offended the owner of Tingshu Pavilion."

When everyone heard these words, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't a problem at home, it would be easy to deal with.

Yun Tao was very anxious: "Erniu, please continue to tell me what went wrong."

"Mom, this matter has to start with the owner of Tingshu Pavilion. It's very complicated, so we won't go into details. Anyway, the owner of Tingshu Pavilion offended the new county magistrate, and we were implicated. It's not that simple."

"But we are not all innocent. From what I heard, the new county magistrate wants to collect money. This means that every family with a little power or money in the county will more or less pay tribute to the new county magistrate."

"Mom, it seems that our family doesn't do this."

Erniu said that I asked Yuntao immediately after I said these words.

Yun Tao was speechless. Although she had seen this kind of thing on TV before, she never thought it was true. It seemed that she had lived too smoothly in this dynasty, which led to her not considering this at all.

"No, I didn't think about it at all. And you know, our family has been doing business for so long, and we have never given money."

Da Niu and Er Niu also thought about it and agreed that it was indeed true. It seemed that their family had never given any money to any official.

"Mom," what do you think we should do now? Even if Tingshu Pavilion handles this matter, our family still has business in the county. If it is not handled well, I wonder if it will affect our business in the county."

Erniu was very worried.

Everyone looked at Yuntao, who was obviously the main force.

Yun Tao also knew that the whole family was waiting for her to make a decision, "Have you heard any news from the Tingshu Pavilion?"

Just when Yun Tao asked this question, the owner of Tingshu Pavilion came.

"Madam Yun."

It's only been a few days since we last met, but the owner of Tingshu Pavilion looks a lot older in an instant.

Everyone present was shocked when they saw Shopkeeper Luo. "What happened to you? How did you become like this? You look so scary. You are not yourself anymore."

Shopkeeper Luo was also speechless, as he had suffered an unprovoked disaster.

"Speaking of this matter, it is the new county magistrate who has taken office. We knew about his appointment."

"After all, in our line of work, we have to have good relations with the people in the government office. The boss asked me to prepare some gifts for the new county magistrate, but when we delivered them, they despised us for not giving enough. They threw us out and said in front of us that we earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a day, and this little money is just a drop in the bucket for us."

"He said that we looked down on him and didn't treat him as a parent official. He is not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others. He asked us not to give gifts to him in the future."

"We are told not to tarnish his reputation. He is a good official, an honest and upright official."

When everyone heard what Shopkeeper Luo said, they understood that the other party was dissatisfied because the gift was too little.

Yuntao was very curious about how much silver the gift was for the other party to complain that it was too little.

"Manager Luo, how much silver did you give? The new county magistrate thinks it's not enough."

Shopkeeper Luo sighed and said, "2 taels of real gold and silver."

When everyone heard the 2 taels of silver, they took a deep breath. Good man, it turns out that to get rich, you have to become an official. If I had known earlier, I would have sent my kids to study and get a good reputation.

In this way, if you pass the imperial examination in the future and don’t make a fortune, it would be a lie. Your whole family will be powerful sooner or later.

Yun Tao couldn't help but sigh, "Three years as a clean magistrate, one hundred thousand silver coins, this sentence is really true to me."

Everyone also stopped and smacked their lips.

It is easier to make money by being an official. No wonder people say studying is the only way out. It is indeed true. Money can be made quickly.

"Manager Luo, he is so angry that you can earn so much money in one day, but you only give him two days' worth of money. This shows that the current county magistrate is not an honest official, nor is he easy to get along with. We still need to make more preparations."

"Yes, our boss is saying the same thing now. I'm afraid someone might get in. Now our boss is walking around. Madam Yun, don't worry. Our boss will take care of it."

"Nothing happened in the city, right?"

"There is none in the prefectural city for now, and we don't know what will happen in the future. We still have to be careful."

Yun Tao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the prefectural capital was fine, it would be fine. The prefectural capital had the most books. There weren't many in the county town, and even fewer in the town.

After Manager Luo delivered the message, he left immediately.

Da Niu was more nervous than anyone else. Something like this had never happened in his family before, and now it happened suddenly, and he was still very nervous.

"Mom, if what Shopkeeper Luo said is true, then we should also send it. Otherwise, our business in the county and the town will be greatly affected."

"Yes, you are right. If we don't send him, our village may fall under his jurisdiction, and it will be easy for something to go wrong."

"Daniu, be more steady. Give the new county magistrate 10,000 taels of silver."

Erniu was horrified. "Mom, isn't ten thousand taels a lot? We can't earn that much money at Tingshu Pavilion. The money we earn is really hard-earned money. Isn't it too much, mom?"

Da Niu complained that it was too little, "Mom, I don't think what Er Niu said is too much, I think it's too little. Tingshu Pavilion gave 2 taels of silver, and we only gave taels of silver. I feel that if I go there, the same fate will befall Tingshu Pavilion."

Daniu looked at Yuntao with grievance.

Yun Tao was also helpless, she really thought she was a rich man.

"We don't make as much money as Tingshuge. We would never admit that we make a lot of money. If people ask us, we must have made a lot of money from publishing books. If you talk about money directly, we haven't seen a single penny."

"If you give the county magistrate more than 2 silver coins now, you will probably have to give him more silver next year. He is a wolf that can never be fed."

"Da Niu, Er Niu, your mother is right about this matter. Ten thousand taels of silver is not a small amount in a small county like this, it is already a lot. I also think that ten thousand taels of silver is a very good gift."

"If we don't send it, we will be easily bullied."

Yun Tao was so tired, "Daniu, go ahead. Let's see what the county magistrate says now."

"Erniu, go to the city right away to find Miss Shuqi and tell her about our situation. See what she says."

"Mom, we are here to find Miss Shuqi anyway, so why don't we just give her the silver? After all, it's tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Send it, it must be sent."

Yun Tao and Yun Yi said in unison.

"Erniu, we are just businessmen. Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, our social status is the lowest. Even if we send silver, the new county magistrate may not look up to us."

"After we have dealt with this matter, we still have to go to the imperial capital. These things must be dealt with before going to the imperial capital, otherwise, I will not be very reassured about your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law at home. They are women and will be frightened."

Erniu finally understood that his mother was making preparations for the future.

The saying that fame should not be compared with official power is absolutely true.