Chapter 199 Borrowing money
One big battle, two smokes of gunpowder.
Chen Shou was in the capital, looking at the border from afar, but he was not very worried.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, which famous generals of the Central Plains have been defeated with the strong support of the court?
Never...
Is Li Xin a famous general? Forget it, at least in Chen Shou's opinion, he is especially better than many famous ancient generals.
With his own supplies and food support, the court did not give him any restrictions in the war and let him do his best. So what about the Mongolians? Don’t even think about entering the pass.
Chen Shou and his confidants had secretly shifted their focus from Hedong to Lianghuai.
The court took out a lot of money, trained and rewarded the works, and bribed the people in Lianghuai.
In the Huaihe River, especially in Huaiyin and Yangzhou, many grooms, servants, guards, maids in the palaces...the information of these servants was slowly collected secretly.
In the officials' courts in various yamen in the Huai River, small officials who have not been promoted for many years and those who have been excluded and framed are the focus of investigation.
Whose father is plagued by gambling debts, whose mother is seriously ill, whose younger sister is raped, whose wife is passionate about love and love...
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After fully analyzing and discussing, the spies of the Jinyu Guard began to contact these people one by one, striving to buy a few without revealing their identities.
Inside the water pavilion, Chen Shou looked at the collected information, slapped a thick stack on the table, and said in a low voice: "Smash! Use money to smash it! Tell Jin Yuwei that there is no need to be greedy. It is okay to buy one in a month. I don't know when, a word of information can save tens of thousands of lives."
"I have the patience and it will not be a problem to prepare for three or five years. Before that, every piece of information may be worth tens of thousands of dollars."
Huang Zhen coughed lightly and said, "The taxes this year are not much. Most of them are contributed by Hu merchants from the Western Regions. Our tax reduction and land distribution orders have allowed many gentry to escape from Bianliang."
"It's okay, tighten your belt and save the money. If it really doesn't work... I'll borrow it from Nan Tang!"
"Borrow money?" Everyone present was shocked.
In the dignified Qi court, there were either the prime minister or the six ministers present. If they licked their face and borrowed money from others, where would they put the face in the future?
Chen Shou smiled and said, "If it really doesn't work, mortgage the islands in Penglai East China Sea and let the Qiantang Chamber of Commerce develop and build ports. Don't worry, they will definitely do this with us."
There was still a little more than a word that he did not say. When the world was peaceful, no matter how powerful the chamber of commerce was, it would not be able to compete with the court.
The Tang people, especially those rich merchants, were salivating at the market and ports of Daqi.
The richer a person has, the less he has a bottom line in his pursuit of wealth.
Huang Zhen, Liu Zhiying and others were all serious scholars and were somewhat resistant to Chen Shou's unscrupulous methods.
Yuan Xiannian and other pragmatic people felt that there was great potential, especially Gaobian, and had already said in a slight manner: "When things happen in the future, what should we do is not just a matter of our words."
Chen Shou did not nod directly, but knocked on the table and said, "You need to see what happened at the time."
"Old Yuan, when Shangguan Jun returned to Tang this time, you followed him. First, we should handle the alliance with Emperor Yuhui properly, and second, we should go to Qiantang Chamber of Commerce to get the money we borrowed."
Yuan Xiannian nodded and said, "Don't worry, marquis."
"Remember, you must be flexible, and if you change, you will be transparent. If you do things with the Tang people, there is nothing you cannot negotiate, just bargain."
Yuan Xiannian pondered for a moment and said, "So, what is our red line?"
Chen Shou smiled and said, "No limit is set, let you play."
"This is harder to grasp than setting limits, Marquis..."
Chen Shou laughed and scolded, "Otherwise, why bother to let you go? I will send a personal guard to go there, and it will be fast to go back and forth. Don't talk nonsense here. I want money. When you come back, if you don't bring back the money from Tangren, you won't have to go to Beijing."
Huang Zhen and Liu Zhiying looked at each other and saw the deep meaning in each other's eyes. Since the Marquis had decided, there was no need to make any more suggestions.
Chen Shou has thought about everything carefully and rarely has orders issued on a whim.
This made his subordinates trust and depend on Chen Shou.
After Zhang He sent off a few confidants, Chen Shou stood up and moved his muscles and bones.
The high handle walked to the door, twisted back, walked to Chen Shou, bent down and smiled:
"Mr. Marquis, I don't know when Yuan Xiannian can borrow the money, but my subordinates are about to start. You also know that the money spent by Jin Yuwei is like flowing water, hehe...hehe..."
Chen Shou looked at him angrily and cursed: "I understand, get out, I'll reply to you tonight."
Gao Bian retreated with a smile, and Chen Shou couldn't help but frown, what he said made sense.
Jinyuwei immediately wanted to use money, and now the money from other places cannot be moved. Either war or disaster relief, any one of them will cause major problems.
He walked down the water pavilion and caught up with Zhang He to come back, "Sir, where are you going?"
"Go to Yexue of Loulan and meet my rich man."
Zhang He couldn't help but smile. As long as his adults were short of money, they would go to the Hu man to ask for it, just like a vault.
"You go to the outer yard to prepare a car, and I'll go back and change my clothes."
Zhang He took the order to leave, Chen Shou returned to the inner courtyard. As soon as he arrived at the moon gate, he heard a sob. He stopped and walked around. He saw a strange rock piercing the heart. When he saw a beautiful figure sitting next to the curved path stone, covering his face and crying bitterly.
It seems that it is Li Xianglin. She is quite favored in the house. She is well-behaved and kind to others, so she has no worries. Chen Shou walked over slowly. When Li Xianglin heard the footsteps, she turned around and saw that it was Chen Shou. She stood up quickly and whispered, lowered her hands and shouted: "Master."
"What's wrong? Who bullies my little Xianglin?"
Li Xianglin's cheeks were covered with tears and she whimpered: "It's okay, it's a matter of worrying the master. It's the guilt of the concubine."
Chen Shou reached out and raised her chin. Sure enough, she cried red and swollen. The pear blossoms were raining, and she was extremely pitiful. She said softly: "If you have anything, tell the master, may you treat me as an outsider?"
Li Xianglin then hesitated and twisted the corner of her skirt and whispered: "My incompetent brother went to gamble again, which made my father so angry that he was seriously ill. He also wanted to force the store of the master's betrothal gift. My father refused to do so, so he kept making trouble..."
Chen Shou laughed and said, "What are I doing? Don't worry, it's handed over to me."
Li Xianglin was a little scared, pulled his arm and said softly: "Master...that's the brother of a concubine after all, you... don't kill him."
"Look at what you said." Chen Shou felt cold and smiled on his face: "I'll find him a job. If a businessman tied his heart, he won't go gambling anymore. Seeing that you're crying, you've become a little cat. Go back and wash your face, and I'll take you to a good place."
Chapter completed!