Seeing that everyone's emotions were almost aroused, Ling Xin'an waited for everyone's emotions to calm down, and then slowly said:

"Before I talk about this matter, I need a promise from you. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, this promise is very important. If anyone leaks even a few words, I will lead people to destroy this person's mansion without mercy."

As soon as these words came out, all the chambers of commerce were shocked again. Looking at Ling Xin'an, their expressions suddenly changed.

"Everyone, if you think you can't do it, you can go back now. When you go back, you will forget that I invited you tonight."

Heavy breathing came out one after another, and while everyone was thinking deeply, three voices sounded: "We, the three major chambers of commerce, don't care what you have to do, just follow your orders."

Everyone looked and saw that it was the largest chamber of commerce in Jiangzhou City.

Shopkeeper Shan Shui Yue Luo said: "My Shan Shui Yue is the same."

"The same is true for the Qin family and the Luo family."

Soon, everyone shouted in unison: "Master Ling, just ask."

Ling Xin'an smiled and said: "Very good, Wu Yan, go out and clear out the entire three hundred feet of Ling Mansion!"

"Yes, sir!" After saying that, Zhong Wuyan led his troops and left.

Only then did everyone realize that something was unusual. Because it was the first time they encountered such a thing, they couldn't help but feel uneasy. Especially some chambers of commerce were trembling when they thought of the massacre of local prominent families last year.

When Zhong Wuyan returned again, he whispered to Ling Xin'an and then left.

Ling Xin'an then said: "Everyone, you must be very curious about what Ling did, right? Because once this matter is leaked, we may all face the crime of confiscating our homes and exterminating our clans, so tonight's matter must not be leaked in advance.

of."

Everyone's expressions were even more confused and solemn.

"Since everyone has stayed, you are tacitly agreeing to do this business with me, because after leaving this door, whoever does not do this business will betray us, so don't blame the rest of us for taking action against him."

Hearing this, everyone already understood that what Ling Xin'an meant was that everyone here was tied to a boat with him. Any evil thoughts at this time would be tantamount to betraying the entire Jiangzhou City. When they thought of this, everyone just mentioned

My heart felt a little more relaxed.

Since all clans are being exterminated, and it is not just my clan, there is no such big risk, someone immediately thought so.

"This deal is that I plan to divide these 40 million supplies plus 60 million, a total of 100 million, into ten shares and distribute them to everyone here. All the profits will be yours, and I will not take any of them.

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When everyone heard this, someone immediately asked: "Sir, how much is one hundred million?"

"One hundred million means ten million taels." Ling Xin'an said.

"Excuse me, sir, what is this business?" The most calm and calm people are the people from the three major chambers of commerce, who are most familiar with Ling Xin'an's thinking.

"It's just to make war profits."

When everyone heard this, they were puzzled. The head of the Qin family said: "Sir, what you said, Qin doesn't understand. War has always only consumed wealth and drained the treasury. You also said it just now, my lord, war is just a waste of money. Where did it come from?

fiscal?"

Ling Xin'an said: "Yes, war does burn money and consume the national treasury, but at the same time, war also brings a steady stream of wealth."

"Everyone, please allow me to explain slowly."

“The war between the two countries, the financial and material resources invested

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I won’t go into details, but everyone, war is also a way to make money. When a war starts, the first casualties will definitely be soldiers, war horses, consumption of food and grass, etc. But, what happens at the end of every battle? Have you ever thought about it?

Those materials left on the battlefield?”

"For example, if you recycle armor, re-process and forge it a little, sell it to the court and recover some processing fees, can you make money?"

"As for the injured war horses, do you know that we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, have always been short of war horses. When cleaning the battlefield, we will kill all the injured war horses when we see them, in order to reduce manpower and material resources to take care of them. But if we recycle these injured horses

After the war horse is treated, whether it is sold to the imperial court as a war horse for breeding or sold to various chambers of commerce, how many times do you think the price of a war horse is that of an ordinary horse? Five times or ten times?"

"There are also the enemy's cattle and sheep supplies. I also know that some of you here have secretly smuggled some furs and the like from the Five Barbarians, as well as their jewelry, etc. On these battlefields or in those tribes,

It is impossible for the Dazhou soldiers to collect them, they can only be left there. If they can successfully occupy them, they can still be captured. If not, they will be returned to their hands. We Dazhou men have worked so hard that we can only get a few dozen cars of silver as a reward.

, so worthless.”

"Every time a war was fought, the imperial court would distribute silver taels to soldiers, and the soldiers would carry these silver taels with them. If they were lucky enough to survive until the end of the war, the silver could naturally be taken back to their families. If not, it would be left on the battlefield.

If all of you here go and tell the Zhou warriors that you will keep their money for them, and after the war is over, you can get their money back with a note. If you cannot survive, then you can send it back to your relatives at home for a small fee.

It’s just some money, what do you think?”

"Or maybe you encourage my warriors of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you pay a lot of money to recover the trophies they captured, and then transport them back to our territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. These trophies can be sold openly, so why not do it."

"What's more important are the prisoners of war. Ordinary prisoners of war are just a little stronger and don't pose much of a threat to people. In the past, when Great Zhou treated the five barbarians, most of them were killed. But if you spend a lot of money to buy prisoners of war and sell them as slaves,

, just give them food and let them work until they die, what do you think?"

As soon as he said these words, the entire inner courtyard suddenly erupted with exclamations and excited breathing.

Everyone looked at Ling Xin'an as if he were a monster or a devil. What kind of person was he? In his opinion, war was actually a promising way to make money.

However, after thinking deeply, I have to admit that everything Master Ling said is reasonable. There is no possibility of peace in the war between Wuyi and Dazhou until one party dies. Therefore, there are no prisoners of war on the battlefield, and those who are not dead are directly

With one strike, most of the prisoners were civilians.

"Sir, please tell me what to do!" People who were close to the three major chambers of commerce and the Qin family and the Luo family were the first to speak.

Everyone knew that Ling Xin'an had spoken out and it was no longer their turn to do anything.

"There are more than a thousand households here, and they are grouped into ten shares. Who do you want to form the group? How to group it? I don't care. I only need ten shares. One share is ten million. How many points do you want to divide the ten million?

You discuss how many shares, I only need ten shares, and each of you elects a representative to contact me. If something happens to one share, something will happen to all of you."

After Ling Xin'an finished speaking, everyone had to sigh again

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, Lord Ling is so powerful and shrewd. More than a thousand households are divided into ten shares, and each of the ten shares has one representative. Ling Xin'an only needs to control one person, but the people below are always supervising each other. The betrayal of one person is equal to all shares.

Sitting together will not allow you the slightest chance to regret it.

Everyone sighed in their hearts, don't go against the adult in front of you in this life, because you don't know what method he will use to deal with you.

"Everyone, let's get started!" Ling Xin'an said.

The whole yard immediately sounded the sound of walking. Everyone was in a circle, knowing each other and introducing each other, and quickly formed ten groups. Ling Xin'an looked at it, and found that generally they were not much different, almost evenly divided. This business,

There is only one share, and the investment is 10 million per share. According to normal times, the fewer people, the better. However, the risk is really too high. I think it is better to find more people to join together and share the risk.

Human nature is like this. If there is no risk, everyone wants to monopolize it. If there is risk, try to recruit as many people as possible to face it together and reduce losses.

"Okay, everyone, the ten shares have been divided, then the next step is to allocate the battlefields!" Ling Xin'an said: "I have reviewed the Qiu Feng in the past ten years, and there are only ten battlefields where wars have almost occurred. Sometimes there will be one more.

Two, sometimes one or two less, so ten groups, everyone, you go to a battlefield and wipe out everything they have."

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized why Ling Xin'an did this. One battlefield corresponds to one group, and all the benefits on this battlefield belong to them, thus avoiding competition between the various groups.

This is business. There is competition and no one is dominant. The rest depends on who's luck is good or bad.

As expected, Ling Xin'an took out the cardboard box that had been prepared and began to ask the representatives of the ten stocks to come up and draw lots. Whichever one was drawn would go to the battlefield.

Soon, all ten stocks were drawn. For example, the stocks where the three major chambers of commerce were located were drawn for the northwest land where the underworld people fought, the Qin family and the Luo family were for the north of the Hu people, etc.

Looking at the battlefield assigned to each company, Ling Xin'an said: "Everyone, this business must not be made public. It can only be done but not talked about. The court has me to mediate. As for what you do and how you do it, I am the official

No questions asked, the only request is that I hope that everyone here will see that my son, the great Zhou Dynasty, protects the family and the country.

Please treat them kindly. I don’t want those soldiers whose bodies are buried in a foreign land to have their families unable to receive pensions without seeing their bodies. As you all know, doing business with me is never a good idea.

It's not just one time, it's a steady stream, and I hope it will be the same this time."

"Yes, sir, I will never deduct any money from my son Da Zhou." All the merchants said in unison.

Ling Xin'an stood up, bent down and said, "Ling thanked you all on behalf of my thousands of family members during the Great Zhou Dynasty."

When the merchants saw Ling Xin'an's expression, they couldn't help but be shocked, and then they all returned the favor.

In the empty Ling Mansion, Ling Xin'an stood in the courtyard, with only Ling Shuang and three other people beside her, looking at the bright moon in silence.

Ling Xin'an didn't know if doing this would completely change the world, but human nature is greedy. He had released this devil and it was impossible to take it back.

Once they discover that they have reaped profits of tens of millions or even tens of millions of taels despite investing only one million taels of silver, their greedy nature will get out of hand, and they will come back for the next war.

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