Longzan Aqi is the forty-sixth generation grandson of Wu'ana of the Deshi clan of the Mo tribe of the Yi people in Guizhou. He plays an important role among all ethnic groups. This time to attack Shunyuan City, the Yi people's Dazhai sent 13,000 troops, which is very important among all ethnic groups. It is already second to none among the clan.
During this discussion, everyone unanimously recommended Longzan Aqi as the city lord of Shunyuan City. Dakui felt quite satisfied. First of all, Longzan Aqi was Panbu's sworn brother. With him as the city lord, the people of Yaozhai were naturally the first to bear the responsibility. After being taken care of, the second Long Zan Aqi was young and promising, and was superior to others in terms of martial arts and knowledge, at least much better than Dakui back then.
Long Zan Aqi stood up and thanked everyone for their recommendation, but then asked Dakui: "The Yuan soldiers were defeated. If they raise their troops to invade, how should we deal with it?"
Dakui chuckled and said: "This matter is easy to handle, I have already thought of it." As he spoke, Dakui took a sip of tea slowly, and then continued: "The King of Liang lost Shunyuan City because of his foresight to Zaci Valmi. Naturally, he is unwilling to do so, this is his northwest barrier, hehehe,"
Long Zan Aqi asked hurriedly: "I think so too, and I hope Master Zhang can teach me how to retreat from the enemy."
Dakui nodded and said: "If you rely on me, Daming, it would be a bad idea. Firstly, Emperor Taizu was focused on the Northern Expedition and had no time to look southward. Secondly, even if there was a war here, it would be beyond our reach to rescue him. In this case, think about other things. way,"
Long Zan Aqi couldn't help asking: "What should I do?"
Dakui smiled and said: "Recruit troops to expand the armaments. If you have heavy troops and the walls of the city are thick, what can King Liang do to you with his thorn in Valmi?" As he spoke, Dakui took another sip of tea and said: "If we fail to attack by force, To win over Zac Valmi, you only need to pretend to be there by the way, and in this way you will be safe."
Long Zan Aqi didn't look happy when he heard this, but he said with a sad face: "This is recruiting troops..."
"Hahahahaha, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," Da Kui knew that he was worried about money, so he continued: "I will invest three million taels to help you achieve a great cause."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room couldn't help but look shocked, and seemed to have a look of disbelief.
Seeing this, Dakui smiled softly and said to Pan Bu: "Go and get the adoptive father's baggage." Pan Bu bowed to accept the order and walked out of the hall.
After a while, Panbu came back with a baggage in his hand. It turned out that Dakui had already thought about the plan to attack the city several times, with only one purpose, which was to divide the relationship between the Mongols and other ethnic groups. , occupying Shunyuan City to make plans for the future. If the siege fails, life will definitely be ruined. If so, Dakui can only die to thank the world. He carries all the banknotes with him, just because he wants to gain both sides if he succeeds, and if he fails, he will die. That’s all, what’s the point of asking for money then.
It happened that Meng Ge had brought the shopkeeper of Heshengyuan here at this moment. This shopkeeper was very fat and looked like a foodie. He was wearing a blue brocade robe, which looked awkward, but since we were talking about business, he Dakui doesn't care what he wears or looks like.
"The common people have seen Mr. Zhang, the general envoy." The shopkeeper knew etiquette and bowed respectfully and deeply in front of Da Kui in front of everyone.
"What's your surname as the shopkeeper?" Dakui asked with a smile.
The shopkeeper of "He Sheng Yuan" bowed and replied: "My surname is Yuan, with the double-character name Haoting. The neighbors call me Yuan Datou, hahaha." Yuan Haoting is quite funny, and his words made everyone burst into laughter. He was wronged.
Dakui just chuckled and said: "Shopkeeper Yuan, please sit down and talk." Then he turned to the other side and said, "Serve tea."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." Yuan Haoting sat down respectfully, half of his buttocks hanging in the air, but he was very cautious.
Dakui still said with a smile on his face: "Shopkeeper Yuan must be aware of the movements in the city yesterday."
When Yuan Haoting heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said: "I know, I know." He was joking. The entire Shunyuan City was reduced to a pot of porridge, and there were over 10,000 casualties. How could he not know about it?
Dakui chuckled and said: "Let's put this matter aside. I have some banknotes on hand. Now I am waiting for the money to be used. I want to withdraw cash from Guibao account for turnover. I have to bother shopkeeper Yuan," said
Dakui picked up the tea cup and said, "Shopkeeper Yuan, please have some tea."
Yuan Haoting thanked him, put the freshly brewed tea to his mouth and made a show of it. Then he put down the tea cup and said: "My business covers Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi and Huguang provinces. The reputation of this bank goes without saying.
"As he spoke, he laughed dryly twice and said: "The customer deposited the money into the small account, which is a favor to my small account, for the convenience of carrying, but it is convenient for the guest, and we can't be busy in vain, so we have to take advantage of it.
Collect half of the deposit,”
Yuan Haoting changed the subject and then said: "Withdrawing cash, there are naturally rules for withdrawing cash. It is inevitable for the large and small bank accounts in each province to arrange carriages and horses to transport cash for turnover. If all the customers withdraw cash, then this account will be very embarrassed. This
The cost is naturally considerable." Yuan Haoting took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said with a smile: "The fee for leaving the warehouse is 10%,"
When Dakui heard this, he was filled with anger. Where is this bank? This is clearly a black shop. Hey, you charge half a percent of the money that the customer deposits, five taels of one hundred taels of silver, and another 10 taels of silver that the customer withdraws. Inside and outside
Fifteen taels, one million taels of silver and you receive a benefit of 150,000 taels. How is this doing business? This is murder.
When Yuan Haoting saw Da Kui's unkind expression, he quickly smiled and said: "My lord, you are the leading big shot in Jiangnan. This young man still understands things." Yuan Haoting lowered his head to think about it, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, for the sake of my lord,
Up, the fee is only 10% for the small number,"
Da Kui wanted to draw his sword and chop this Yuan Haoting into pieces, but for the current plan, he had no choice but to compromise. Da Kui took the baggage and opened it on the table. Everyone was amazed. Da Kui stepped forward and took the 'He Sheng Yuan'
I picked out the banknotes one by one and counted a total of 1,140,000 taels.
During the siege of the city, the people of all ethnic groups were promised remuneration of about 500,000 taels, disability and death benefits of about 300,000 taels, and Longzan Aqi was promised to expand its armaments by 3 million taels. A total of 3.8 million taels of silver were needed, and
The bank notes of "Hesheng Yuan" on the table are only 1,140,000 taels, which is still a lot short.
Dakui couldn't help but asked: "Shopkeeper Yuan, I wonder if I can withdraw cash from this cross-account?"
Yuan Haoting chuckled and said: "To be honest, everyone in the world is one family, and it is common for them to transfer money to each other, but the cost is quite high."
Dakui couldn't help asking: "I don't know how much silver it costs."
Yuan Haoting smiled slightly, but did not answer. He just extended the index and middle fingers of his right hand.
Da Kui wanted to kill someone. He worked hard to get more than 5 million taels of silver, but he spent 3.8 million taels in a blink of an eye, and had to pay nearly 600,000 taels to the profiteer. But he was angry.
He was angry and refused to agree. The bank notes in his hand were just a pile of waste paper. Da Kui nodded and nodded with a kind face, "I wonder if I can withdraw the money now. There are tens of thousands of people waiting outside the door."
Yuan Haoting smiled and said: "Sir, everything has to be a formality. The small account currently only has less than 200,000 taels of cash. If I withdraw the cash, I am afraid it will take three months. The small account notifies various bank accounts to deliver cash. It takes some effort to get to Shunyuan City, isn’t it?”
Hearing this, Dakui pointed to the door and said: "The people outside the door are waiting to get the money. How can we allow three months to cash it out?"
Yuan Haoting chuckled and said: "This is easy to do. The trumpet only needs to exchange large-value banknotes into small ones and distribute them to the people. If they want to use silver, they can get it themselves."
After hearing this, Dakui thought there was a way, and then said: "Well, thank you, shopkeeper Yuan." After saying this, Dakui ordered Pan Xue: "Take the banknotes and lead the people to the Heshengyuan bank to exchange them for banknotes." That's it," he took the order and followed Yuan Haoting, the shopkeeper of 'He Sheng Yuan', out of the garrison mansion.
At this moment, a big stone fell in Da Kui's heart. He turned around and smiled at the leaders of the villages and the representatives of the people in the city: "I will do what I said, and I have fulfilled my promise. Everyone, please leave." As he said, Da Kui pulled Long Zan Aqi said: "Although today is a great victory, we must not be careless when it comes to city defense."
Longzan Aqi cupped his hands and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your advice. Longzan Aqi will be more careful." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave with everyone.
However, Dakui took Long Zan Aqi's arm again and said, "I haven't eaten well for many days. Can you have a few drinks with me, sir?"
When Longzan Aqi heard this, he said happily: "Since the elders have promoted me, how can I reject it?" Longzan Aqi's words and deeds were full of youth and maturity, and Dakui couldn't help but be very satisfied.
Immediately, a banquet was prepared at the city's governor's house. Dakui Mengge and Longzan Aqi exchanged cups and drank the wine.
"I don't know what the leader's plans are for Shunyuan's future," Dakui asked tentatively.
Longzan Aqi also didn't show up, and said truthfully: "There are many large villages in Guizhou, and we have to contact them one by one to form an alliance to make things happen." Longzan Aqi toasted Dakui with a glass of wine, and then said: "This city is called Shunyuan , I want to obey the Yuan Dynasty. If my troops and horses are strong, the name of this city should be changed."
Dakui was very curious when he heard this and couldn't help asking: "What is it called?"
Long Zan Aqi said seriously: "Although this city is called Shunyuan, the local people still call it Guizhou City privately. Let's call it Guizhou."
Dakui chuckled and said: "The buns have meat but not in the pleats. It doesn't matter what you call them. The key is to let King Liang stab the buns without suspicion." As he spoke, Dakui drank a glass of wine.
Longzan Aqi said sternly: "Since this city no longer submits to Yuanting, it should change its name. If Zaci Valmi is afraid of me, what can he do if I change my name?"
Hearing this, Dakui laughed loudly and said, "That's good, then this city will be called Guizhou from now on." He picked up his wine glass and said, "For the well-being of all ethnic groups and for the city of Guizhou, let's do it."
"Dry".
"Dry".
The three of them clinked their glasses together and drank the wine in one gulp.
The next day, Dakui and Meng Ge brought incense, candles and paper money to pay homage to Wang Xiyuan and the soldiers who died in the battle, and then made preparations to leave Guizhou City.