It turned out that it was not a letter at all, but a standard order sent by Wuning Houfu! It said that iron ore and pig iron worth twelve thousand taels were ordered from the mine under the name of Dingguo Duke! Those silver notes next to it
No need to ask, it must be a banknote of twelve thousand taels.
When Duke Dingguo saw that Xu Xigao had finished reading the letter, he directly ordered the old housekeeper to collect the banknotes and go back to the account. He also notified the mine to hurry up and collect the goods so that they could be sent there as soon as possible.
The old housekeeper agreed but did not go out immediately. Instead, he asked directly: "Master, this kind of thing can be sent directly to the shop. Why did Wu Ninghou send someone to deliver it to the house? After all, ordering iron ore and pig iron is nothing.
A big thing, could it be..."
Duke Dingguo pointed at the banknote, then at the order, and said, "It's just what you thought! Now that I've given away 20,000 taels of silver, I've already gotten back 12,000 taels! If I guessed correctly, other donations
Each family must have received an order, and as for Laughing, it is probably distributed based on how much money was donated."
After finishing speaking, Duke Dingguo stood up and started to walk out. After taking two steps, he turned around and patted his son hard on the head. He said bitterly, "Why can't you be as thoughtful as Liu Haojia?"
Xu Xigao didn't take it seriously even after being beaten. He was planning to ask other distinguished families if they had received orders? In fact, as Ding Guogong said, all the distinguished families who donated money received a portion of the material purchases in proportion.
For orders, the price is completely based on the normal market price.
After receiving the order, some people were just secretly happy, while others were so impressed that they immediately sent people to the Wuning Marquis Mansion to ask if they could donate more money. They were told that the money needed was enough.
The shortfall has been filled by Wuning Houfu and several big businessmen!
Moreover, Liu Haojia did not give anyone else a chance to make amends, so he left the capital and rushed back to Tianjin that day, completely ignoring the fact that the capital was already in chaos!
At this time, the storm of opposition to Liu Haojia's conquest of Japan had spread from the capital and was spreading to all parts of the country. Memorials of opposition were poured into the capital. Among them, there were also those who supported the war against Japan, but there were not many such memorials, and
Most of them come from Jiangnan.
However, although they supported the war against Japan, they demanded that the initiative of the war should be in the hands of the imperial court and arranged by the imperial court. However, this time Emperor Wanli was determined to carry out the matter, no matter how the courtiers reported it or how
He put forward various reasons, but he ignored them all! And Queen Mother Li deliberately cooperated with him to stay ill in the palace and never showed up!
This left Zhang Juzheng and others unable to do anything, and they could only watch as Emperor Wanli supported Liu Haojia in preparing for war despite the opposition of the courtiers. Without Empress Dowager Li coming forward, they could not do anything to Emperor Wanli, so they could only let it go.
Let the situation develop.
While there was a commotion in the capital, Liu Haojia had secretly boarded a ship with more than a thousand soldiers and rushed to Liugong Island. When he arrived at Liugong Island, there were already hundreds of ships gathered here! However, the way the ships docked was different.
It can be seen that the one side is as neat as if it has been cut with a knife, and the deck is tidy, and all supplies are strictly orderly. It must be the Royal Navy fleet! On the other side of the pier, the ships are placed randomly, and deck 6 can only be regarded as barely qualified.
, but the ships piled with debris must be those of maritime merchants.
To be precise, the fleet currently docked here is composed of the First and Second Squadrons of the Royal Navy's Beiyang Fleet, as well as a group of pirates summoned by Liu Guangting.
However, these pirates have not been in the robbery business for a long time. Now they almost either do transportation full-time, transporting goods for others, or they devote themselves to maritime business and work hard to become rich!
However, they still brought their men to Liugong Island under the call of Dalongtou. Moreover, the pirates who came were not all from the army, but according to Liu Guangting's request, they brought different numbers of ships and vessels according to their respective strengths.
The largest number of people brought ten ships, while the smallest number only had one ship.
After Liu Haojia's fleet docked at the dock, more than a thousand soldiers swarmed out of the ship and were quickly led to the camp to rest. Liu Haojia did not get off the ship until all the soldiers had left.
At this time, the pier was full of people greeting him. On the left were officers from the Royal Navy Squadron, and on the right were the pirates led by Liu Guangting.
Before Liu Haojia could stand still, everyone immediately paid homage. Even the pirates were very respectful! Because there is only one true Dragon King in this sea, and that is Liu Haojia!
After they paid their respects, Liu Haojia asked them to stand up and said, "Is everyone here?"
Li Wenliang immediately stepped forward and said: "Master Marquis, all members of the First and Second Squadrons of the Royal Navy's Beiyang Fleet are here, and there are no vacancies."
Liu Guangting also stepped forward and said: "Master Hou, we have all the people here!"
Liu Haojia nodded and said: "Very good!"
At this time, a few people came out from behind the crowd, and Liu Haojia immediately stepped forward with a smile on his face. These people were Zhang Li, the supervisor of the navy, known as the "grandmother", and his men.
When Liu Haojia saw Zhang Li approaching, he took the initiative to step forward and put his hands in his hands and said, "Master Supervisor, I haven't seen you for many days. I miss you so much!"
Zhang Li laughed and said: "Our family misses Mr. Hou very much! I heard that Mr. Hou got married, and our family also prepared a gift for Mr. Hou. Have you received it?"
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "I got it! Lord Supervisor is interested!"
After the two of them were polite, Liu Haojia walked away from the dock, talking and laughing with Zhang Li and walking in front. Then the navy officers followed, and finally the pirates.
Now a well-equipped military camp has been established on Liugong Island. There is a tall house in the center of the military camp, which is now used as the location of Liu Haojia's Chinese army.
Liu Haojia entered the door and walked directly to the innermost room. When he sat down firmly on the chair, Zhang Li also sat down beside him. The officers and pirates had also stood up. The officers stood on the left side.
The pirates stand on the right.
When they saw Liu Haojia sitting down, they formally paid their respects to Liu Haojia. The officers on the left moved neatly and uniformly, and their voices were loud. But the pirates on the right moved chaotically, and their voices were messy. They even shouted names in a mess.
!
But Liu Haojia didn't care. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone, get up!"
After everyone stood up, Liu Haojia said loudly: "I'm calling you here this time. Some of you already know what's going on, and some people don't know yet. But those who know don't know everything! This time I'll tell you clearly.
One thing for you, I am taking you to make a fortune this time!"