Shuang Daqin Comparison, No Comparison, No Harm

After Zhao Ze arrived at Jieshou, he had already found out the area of ​​Jieshou.

He knew that there was basically no water source in this area, so a large number of farmlands were abandoned, and only a small number of plants that did not need water were planted.

"Let's talk about one condition. We are building a river here, you know."

"We're going to recultivate a canal through this area, but we need wood now, so we want to take all the wood out of this barren hill.

"If you local villagers agree, the canal will be built here, and you can farm here in the future."

Hearing this news, the villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they were considering the credibility of the words.

And whether the benefits they get after the canal is repaired are comparable to the timber.

Although this area is indeed deserted, the wood on this mountain is usually used as firewood for them, so it is not completely wasteland.

After some consideration, the village head took the initiative to say: "Then can we get some compensation?"

Now that funds are tight, Zhao Ze thought about it and said, "Every household can get 10 taels of compensation."

Ten taels is already a lot. Zhao Ze calculated that there are nearly two hundred households in Hongjian Village, and if each household compensates the teacher with taels, that is a full two thousand taels.

This is not a small amount, but it is much cheaper than if they go to buy wood.

They simply need at least 50,000 tons of wood this time.

Based on the calculation of 10,000 tons and 300,000 taels, at least 1.5 million taels must be drawn from the bank.

In comparison, 2000 taels is nothing.

There are few carpenters in the local villagers. For them, the wood is useless except for fire, and it is almost worthless.

As soon as they heard that there were twelve taels, everyone agreed, and they all came forward to sign and pledge.

After getting the right to cut down trees from the people, Zhao Ze led more than a hundred soldiers up the mountain to cut down trees.

They also have strict requirements for trees, and trees with a diameter of less than 20 centimeters will not be cut down.

There are nearly 30 mountains in this area, and it will take at least 7 days for the entire 50,000 tons of wood.

Zhao Ze returned to the mansion after leaving the monitor.

That night, I went to the house of the local plumbing officer.

The plumbing officer Liu Minglang didn't react. He was still eating at home at the moment. When he saw Zhao Ze and his group come in, he was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks.

He had met Zhao Ze at the magistrate's house before, so he naturally knew Zhao Ze's identity.

After seeing him, he immediately pulled his family to kneel down to Zhao Ze.

After Zhao Ze asked them to get up, he sat down at the dining table, and then looked at the dinner on the table tonight.

Maybe there are children in the family, this meal has a rich atmosphere, in addition to big fish and meat, some wild ginseng and this precious medicinal material are added to the stew.

Zhao Ze stared at the ginseng, and looked at Liu Minglang, and his heart felt furious.

"This ginseng is worth 20 taels, it seems that you are doing well as a plumber!"

As Zhao Ze said, he looked around the mansion where he lived. It was quite spacious, a little smaller than the magistrate's house, but the decoration was extremely rich.

Even the table on which they dined was of fine rosewood.

Looking at the clothes of Liu Minglang and his family, all the silk and satin on his body are silk.

(cfbc) Apart from the Hedan silk being brought into the Chu State, a small part of it has also entered various towns in the Qin State.

But the price is equally high, and only rich and noble families can afford it.

Obviously Liu Minglang's family belonged to a wealthy family.

Zhao Ze remembers that the monthly salary of a plumbing officer like them is only 20 taels.

Where does one get the money to live in such a nice house, eat such a nice meal, and wear such nice clothes.

Zhao Ze asked: "I checked recently, you borrowed some money from Wang Hai, right?"

Liu Minglang trembled when he asked this question.

Wang Hai did borrow money from him, and he did give it back, which was quite a lot, a total of 300,000 taels.

The money that Wang Hai embezzled has not been returned to his account, how to fill in the remaining money must be borrowed.

Zhao Ze found Liu Minglang's name from his recent loan, and he went to the brothel yesterday, and found out that he was close to Wang Hai, so he came here to investigate

But there's no need to investigate, looking at the decoration of this house, Zhao Ze can be sure that Liu Minglang is definitely not a good person.

Liu Minglang was taken aback by Zhao Ze's sudden appearance.

Now hearing him ask himself whether to lend money to Wang Hai, he panicked even more.

When he borrowed money some time ago, he didn't know that Wang Hai was about to collapse.

I just thought he was going to borrow money to start a business, so I gave the money readily.

At that time, Wang Hai even promised that if his business was successful, he would be given a 2% commission.

At that time, he was still happy to borrow money, thinking that he would make money in the future, but he would regret it later.

Because he had heard that Wang Hai was imprisoned for the corruption case.

So he didn't go out much these days because he was afraid of running into Zhao Ze.

But I didn't expect that someone came to the door today, and bumped into his house for a big meal. At this moment, I regret and fear in my heart.

I can only tell the truth: "I did lend Wang Hai a sum of money, but at the time he said it was for business, so I gave him the money without thinking too much about it.

Zhao Ze asked him: "Then how much did you borrow?"

Now Liu Minglang was stuck, he didn't know if he should say it or not.

If it was 300,000 taels, Zhao Ze asked, how should he explain it. .