Chapter 106 Refusal to Pay
Thank you for taking a stick to the reward for traveling all over the world, thank you
Liu Jun presented a reward to the entire team, and all members of the entire team received a reward once.
The current reward and punishment rules of the Nine-Headed Bird have been changed a lot, among which the rewards of current silver have been reduced. Although the first-level military merits have been retained, the rewards have also been reduced, and collective rewards are mainly divided. However, at the same time, a collective reward of current silver has been added.
The reward is divided into three levels: the main reward, the additional reward and the quantity reward. The main reward is one or two meters of silver and four dou of cloth per piece. The additional reward is doubled, and the quantity reward is reduced by half.
This operation won a great victory and achieved great success. However, hundreds of people were fighting against an unprepared salt dealer, and there was nothing to be proud of for victory. But Liu Jun still gave the whole team a reward.
On that day, officials from various yamen rushed to Shuangheji one after another.
These people rushed over, but in fact they were just here to share the stolen goods and some credit. Zhao Wu was only a small salt dealer, but Liu Jun collected a lot of private salt this time, especially because he had copied Zhao Wu's accounts and arrested all the salt ditches. Liu Jun even controlled the account book of Zhao Wu's bribery, but Liu Jun did not make it public.
When officials from various yamen arrived, various gold, silver, silk, silk, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, even gold, silver, jewelry, jade, and even private salt were piled up in the empty field in front of Guangong Temple in Shuangheji.
Even though Liu Jun finally transported away 70,000 kilograms of salt, leaving only one hundred and 30,000 kilograms of private salt, when he poured out all 30,000 kilograms of private salt into a snow-white salt mountain, the visual impact was still extremely great. What's more, in addition to these salts, Liu Jun also left more than 2,400 taels of silver and more than 60 taels of gold.
There are many jewelry, calligraphy, paintings, furniture, silk, grain, etc. copied from various shops in the Zhao family.
Liu Jun had already transported most of the money privately. He asked someone to send 300 taels of gold and 15,000 taels of silver back to Hutou Pass. In addition, gold, silver, pearls, jade, calligraphy, paintings, etc., they also picked the most expensive and valuable things and packed them away. Moreover, Liu Jun had 53,000 taels of banknotes stuffed in his arms.
Eating those is enough, and he doesn't mind leaving the rest to everyone to share.
Liu Jun knew very well that the piece of meat with private salt was very fat and there were many people who wanted to eat it. Now he broke the original situation and forced a piece of meat to come down. After eating it himself, he would definitely give it to others for some.
Several Taoist yamen were mainly used, plus Huangzhou Prefecture, Huangzhou Weimacheng County, and even the local local snake Baoshengbao Township Group. After everyone sat together and chatted, they began to directly divide the stolen goods.
As the person who was provoking trouble this time, Liu Jun sat at the end in a low-key manner, without saying a word, and even closed his eyes and took a nap.
After about an hour of debate, the result of the sharing of the spoils came out. First, there were 30,000 kilograms of private salt. Liu Jun, the anti-smuggling man, received 20% of the reward and 6,000 kilograms of salt. The remaining 30% were included in the Salt Road Office. The remaining 50% were divided into the Baosheng Fort of Huangzhou Prefecture and King Andong each received 10%. In that 10% of the Huangzhou Prefecture, the government office accounted for half, Huangzhou Guard accounted for 30%, and Macheng County accounted for 20%. In short, the benefits were equal, and those who saw it had a share.
Of course, tens of thousands of kilograms of salt are just a little bit of a matter of being the confiscated money, grain, land, and houses, as well as the hundreds of private salt vendors.
Zhao Wu has more than 1,000 acres of land, several shops, and another large mansion and two villas. Not to mention dozens of taels of gold and thousands of taels of silver, plus many jewelry and furniture.
Finally, Hu Gongguo, the battalion officer of the Baoshengbao Township Army, who came on behalf of Mei Zhihuan, proposed to divide it into five parts according to the previous method. However, Liu Jun and Jiutou made great contributions this time, so they took out part of it first and distributed it to them, and the remaining five were evenly divided.
This proposal was supported by everyone. Although people came from all the yamen this time, except for the Macheng magistrate, the rest of the families were just staff members, and no chief officials came in person. Before they came, they almost received the advice, so they quickly reached an agreement.
Liu Jun pretended to refuse, and finally got 1,000 taels of silver and several shops of Zhao Wu. No matter how much he didn't want, everyone was very satisfied with Liu Jun's humility. Although everyone actually understood that Liu Jun must have had enough before they came, the matter could not be said openly.
Zhao Wu’s most valuable thing is the more than 1,000 acres of land, worth tens of thousands of silver, and finally divided it into five parts. He was ready to ask the middle-aged man to sell it and then divide the money.
After the agreement on sharing the spoils was reached, everyone was very happy. Finally, the crackdown of Zhao Wu's major private salt sales case became a joint operation between various yamen and institutions such as the Huguang Salt Patrol Road, Xiajiang Fighting Road, and the Tuan Jiutou Niao Township, Baoshengbao Township, Weimacheng County, Huangzhou Prefecture, and other yamen. Each yamen was the commander and planner, Jiutou Niao was the actor, and Huangzhou Wei and Baoshengbao also did reconnaissance and support for searches.
Therefore, everyone has a share in the hundreds of private salt dealers captured. In short, the first time is a huge anti-smuggling successful case.
On that day, Shuanghe Gathering was extremely lively, and officials from various yamen took the stage one by one to publicly try this major private dealing case. After the trial, it was even announced that the 30,000 kilograms of private salt seized were sold directly on the spot, and the price was much lower than the usual official salt prices. In addition, some real estate, furniture and jewelry from private salt dealers such as Zhao Wu were sold.
In the end, it became a live auction, attracting a large number of vendors, squire and landlords to come and buy.
Liu Jun just watched coldly from beginning to end. Although he gave up a lot of benefits, he couldn't swallow it alone now and could only give up some.
After dark, Lu Jinxi was the host, and he held a banquet in Shuangheji to entertain officials from various yamen. Everyone had a great time drinking, and Liu Jun also accompanied the nine-headed officers.
After drinking until midnight, the banquet ended, Liu Jun took his brothers back to the Zhao family's courtyard. After a night of rest, he led the team back to Hutou Castle the next morning.
"Continue to collect all the private salt dealers of all sizes in Macheng County. Next, we will clear the private salt dealers in the county." As soon as Liu Jun returned to the fort, he proposed a new goal at the officers' meeting.
"The team did not stop at night to search for information, and the rest of the team members continued to strengthen their training. In addition, during this battle, all the team members performed very well, and each official team member was given 100 points and the reserve team member was given 50 points."
However, before Liu Jun could find other private salt dealers in the county, these people sent people to send gifts.
Some sent beautiful women, some sent gold, and some sent silver, all with only one purpose, hoping to make a fortune together. They suggested that as long as Liu Jun was willing to let them go, they would give them a monthly filial piety. Some people left some words that implied threats after giving gifts, saying that if Liu Jun refused to give up their money, then Liu Jun cut off their wealth and they could only fight.
"Don't pay attention to these people. Some of the desperate salt owls, are we afraid of saying that they want to fight to the death? Before they come, they don't think about who we are, and who the nine-headed bird is. I really think we are just ordinary team trainers, desperate? We have been preparing for the desperate. The salt owls dare to fight to the army, but they really think they have long lives. Remember those who dare to threaten us and take them as priority targets." Liu Jun did not show any weakness. The salt owls may be very fierce, but don't forget that no matter how fierce the salt owls are, they are just outlaws, and the army is the real violent law enforcement officer. Whoever is fierce is he can't be fierce in the army.
"The salt shipped back is placed in the service club's product catalog. As for the price, just set a pound of points per kilogram. Each team member is limited to 100 kilograms per month." This time, Liu Jun transported back 70,000 kilograms of private salt. So much salt is definitely enough. Liu Jun simply puts salt into the service club as a team member's welfare and sells it at a private salt price of one kilogram per cent. This price is actually much lower than the current private salt price.
A team member is limited to buying 100 kilograms per month, and each kilogram is worth one point, which is their benefit. They can buy it for their own homes, or even for relatives and friends.
Zhang Shan was stunned for a moment. Isn’t this selling private salt in disguise? But since Liu Jun said, he had no intention of objection. "Those guys are cheaper, and now the team members have good things to show off to their relatives and friends. Low-priced salt is indeed a good favor."
"I will try my best to find some benefits for the team members, but there are also requirements, that is, I must train well and not relax."
"yes."
After Zhang Shan left, Liu Jun found his father-in-law Lu Weizhang and handed the banknotes to him.
"This is 53,000 taels of banknotes, which were issued by multiple money shops, including Macheng, Fucheng and even Wuchang. I want to ask my father-in-law to send someone to exchange the silver and then transfer them to my father-in-law's money shop, so that he can also withdraw it at any time."
Lu Weizhang carefully checked the bank tickets and swallowed, all of which were true.
Fifty-three thousand taels are equivalent to one-quarter of his entire family.
"What got it from the Zhao family?" Lu Weizhang couldn't help but ask, and Liu Jun nodded.
Lu Weizhang wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he didn't say much. Zhao Wu knew each other, both of them were from the same county, and even had some contact in business, so he was not a good person. Anyway, Zhao Wu is dead now, and the money is in the hands of his son-in-law and can still be used as a right path.
"I'd better take someone to take you there myself."
"I'll send a few team members to follow you to protect you from safety."
Lu Weizhang set out that day, and overall it was still very smooth. Many money houses were very creditworthy and paid as soon as they saw the tickets, without any delay. However, when withdrawing money at Delong Money House in Wuchang, an accident happened.
The most of Zhao Wu's bank tickets were paid by Delong Money House, with a total of 20,000 taels and 20,000 taels of cash. But when Lu Weizhang got the tickets and wanted to cash them, the shopkeeper of Delong Money House refused to pay in total.
Lu Weizhang hurried back to Hutou Castle and told Liu Jun the bad news.
"Why do they refuse to repay? There is always a reason?"
"They said that the bank ticket was fake and forged, so they refused to pay." Lu Weizhang said angrily.
"I'm sorry, my father-in-law came here in person. Okay, let me leave this matter to my son-in-law to deal with it. I'll send someone to send you back to rest first." After seeing off Lu Weizhang, Liu Jun called the captain Chang Sheng, who was escorting this time, and "Tell me, what's going on?"
"Brother, I secretly touched the bottom, looked at it, and found out the background of some Delong Money House. This money house is a shop under the name of the second son of the third house of the Liu family in Suokouhe. He took Sister Zhao Wu as his concubine."
"Oh" Liu Jun nodded and understood. Zhao Wu was killed by him, so Zhao Wu's sister must have known it too. Liu Ying, the second son of the third wife of the Liu family, is Zhao Wu's brother-in-law and the owner of Delong Money House, so he must have known that Zhao Wu has the 20,000 taels of bank tickets issued by the money house.
Now that Liu Jun’s father-in-law is holding these banknotes to be cashed out, Liu Ying dares to say that these are forged and obviously he is going to be dependent on the debt.
Have the Liu family always underestimated themselves like this?
Chapter completed!