Summary of the previous chapter: After "bargaining", Ma Xiaoquan persuaded Zhang Tianhao. Firstly, Zhang Tianhao agreed to spend money to redeem the person, and secondly, he waited for Ma Xiaoquan's "Wild Landscape" cooperation plan...
Li Qinghan is tall. If measured according to the measurement method of modern society, he should be close to 1.7 meters.
It has been scientifically proven that if you grow an extra five centimeters in height, your weight will increase appropriately by 8 to 15 pounds.
Li Qinghan was not originally the kind of skinny woman. On the contrary, she had everything she should have and nothing she shouldn't have.
"Is it heavy?" Li Qinghan carefully stepped on Ma Xiaoquan's lower back with one foot and asked.
Ma Xiaoquan held his breath and said: "It's not heavy, but just don't use too much force."
"Oh" Li Qinghan nodded, stood on the bed, held the bed lintel with one hand, used one foot as support, and gently massaged Ma Xiaoquan's waist with the other foot.
Feeling Li Qinghan's attentive massage, Ma Xiaoquan felt more comfortable.
"Well, it's so comfortable Qinghan, your hands, oh no, your feet are so clever," Ma Xiaoquan praised.
Li Qinghan's face turned red: "Don't talk, or what if you get angry?"
"Yes yes yes, hehe hehe"
At this moment, a report came from outside, saying that someone from the Zhang family had sent a letter, saying that it would be delivered to Ma Xiaoquan personally.
Li Qinghan slowly backed away, Ma Xiaoquan sat up, took the letter from the Zhang family, read it over, and said with a smile: "Zhang Tianhao really kept his word, well, he has already started to raise the 600,000 taels of gold.
"
Li Qinghan came up to Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan handed the letter to Li Qinghan. After Li Qinghan also read it, he said: "Ma Xiaoquan, six hundred thousand taels of gold, this is a huge amount. You know, these six hundred thousand
Two gold pieces is enough for the Daimyo Dynasty to pay taxes for several years."
Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "Yes, now it seems that the Zhang family's background is far more terrifying than I imagined. They are as rich as the country. Hum, I'm afraid the Zhang family can build a city with gold and silver. I guess it is possible."
Li Qinghan asked: "I just don't know where the 600,000 taels of gold are? Is it in Beijing? How can we get it?"
Ma Xiaoquan said humbly: "Zhang Tianhao also stated in his letter that if the 600,000 taels of gold can be exchanged for silver, all of it will be exchanged for silver."
"Ah? Wouldn't that be more? Beijing is such a big city, so it would be hard to say if we rashly spend so much silver."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Don't worry, Qinghan, you are so worried. Zhang Tianhao must be much more careful than us. When he said to exchange silver, he must exchange it in different ways. Well, the silver notes must count, but
...If he gives us a banknote, except for the part of the purchase of ordnance and supplies to support Ningyuan, which can be paid directly with the banknote, we must cash in all the rest. Well, I'm afraid this matter
Keep us busy for a while."
Li Qinghan nodded: "Ma Xiaoquan, what are you going to do?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and said: "For money matters, we still have to ask Uncle Tong to come over and help. Qinghan, go and invite Uncle Tong."
"good"
...
Two days later, the Zhang family secretly delivered 400,000 taels of gold-equivalent silver notes to Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan did not stop after taking the silver notes, and immediately sent his family members to start purchasing various ordnance supplies. At the same time,
Ma Xiaoquan reported to Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, and clarified the source, collection and redistribution of this huge sum of money in terms of "public rescue for the people of the whole country". Of course, part of the 400,000 taels of gold-equivalent silver was used
Ma Xiaoquan used it to open up and down the court. Zhang Tianhao also knew this.
In addition, Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhang Tianhao to pay cash in cash instead of a banknote for another 200,000 taels of silver equivalent to gold. Zhang Tianhao spent the night mobilizing finances in various parts of his family and collected the huge sum of money after 10 days.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver equivalent to gold was not only a large quantity, but also a large scale of packing. Ma Xiaoquan and Zhang Tianhao agreed to pay the money in Hebei. At the same time, he asked the trustee Ma Tong to personally transport this huge sum of money directly to
Ningyuan, Liaodong...
Zhang Tianhao marveled at Ma Xiaoquan's handling of the money. He originally thought that Ma Xiaoquan wanted the money to spend it on himself, but now it seems that his thoughts are still for Ning Yuan's parents, brother and sister-in-law. Thinking of this, Zhang Tianhao felt a lot calmer.
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Zhang Tianhao actually didn't know that the place where Ma Xiaoquan transported the silver cash equivalent to 200,000 taels of gold was the strange place where his Ma family was stationed near Ningyuan.
Two days ago, my brother Ma Yuan wrote a letter, which stated that the army had completely taken control of that area, and that the governor had handed over the area to Ma Ruiqing to guard it. Now the Ma family is actively recruiting troops for training in the name of fighting against the Jurchens.
, the situation nearby has basically been stabilized.
...
The money has been paid, so Zhang Tianhao naturally wants to see his son, daughter and in-laws.
Ma Xiaoquan had prepared everything a long time ago. Of course, he waited until a month later before he successively released Zhang Yi and Zhang Jing back to the Zhang family. As for Lu Zhan, Ma Xiaoquan did not intend to be so cheap.
Zhang Tianhao also knew about the enmity between the Ma family and the Lu family. Anyway, he had tried his best, so he no longer felt guilty. However, he also made peace with Ma Xiaoquan, as long as he did not hurt Lu Zhan.
Ma Xiaoquan agreed to Zhang Tianhao, but if he didn't do any harm, he would do no harm. Angry at Lu Zhan, Ma Xiaoquan was still very interested.
A few days passed, and the Lu family couldn't hold it in any longer, so they came to ask Ma Xiaoquan in person.
Ma Xiaoquan either stayed behind closed doors or simply hid in the heaven and earth club. Anyway, he just didn't meet the Lu family.
The Lu family members were anxious and spent a lot of money to bribe Tian Ergen and asked Tian Ergen to make the decision to release Lu Zhan.
Tian Ergeng was also in a dilemma, don't you help, Lu Shilang has a good relationship with his adoptive father Wei Zhongxian, and they can be regarded as comrades in the same trench to focus on Ma Xiaoquan, help, the emperor personally ordered Ma Xiaoquan to take full responsibility for this matter, he
If he intervenes so hastily, he may suffer retaliation from Ma Xiaoquan.
Tian Ergen was Wei Zhongxian's adopted son. Wei Zhongxian once told him that Ma Xiao had a terrible burning thing all over his body. Although he had never seen it, the expression on his adoptive father's face when he said this made Tian Ergen
I can't forget it for a long time.
After comprehensive consideration, Tian Ergen returned the Lu family's gold and silver, saying that there was nothing he could do.
The Lu family had no choice but to come back again and beg Ma Xiaoquan to release him.
This time, Ma Xiaoquan met with the Lu family.
After hitting the wall, the tone of the Lu family softened. After sending a large amount of money, Ma Xiaoquan agreed to release the people, but Ma Xiaoquan also said that the release was not his alone.
I have to ask your Majesty to play.
The people of the Lu family are in trouble. No matter what, as long as they can rescue the head of the family, they will do anything.
...
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan took all the gold and silver sent by the Lu family and went to the Yangxin Hall in the Forbidden City to meet the Emperor of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youjian happened to be with the emperor. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan leading several servants to bring several boxes of gold and silver, he asked: "Ma Xiaoquan, where did you get this money? Could it be that it was useless to support Ning Yuan some time ago?"
Finished?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said, "To tell you what the prince is saying, this money was used by the Lu family to redeem Lu Zhan. I didn't want any of it, so I took it all."
Zhu Youjian smiled and looked at his brother Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "Well, it seems that Lu Zhan has made a lot over the years. So Ma Aiqing, what do you think of doing with this money?"
Ma Xiaoquan said respectfully: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the humble minister, all this money should be put into the national treasury. The war in Ningyuan is going on now. It must not be completed in one or two years. What if I ask the country for money later?"
It can also save people in emergencies.”
"Well," Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands happily after hearing Ma Xiaoquan, "Okay, Ma Aiqing is indeed my loyal minister, okay, all these gold and silver will be put into the treasury. So Ma Aiqing, Lu Zhan, do you want to let him go or not?"
Let it go?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu is also the minister of the Ministry of Punishment anyway. He has worked diligently and hard for me in the Ming Dynasty over the years. It seems that this detention will end here. As for the one that caused trouble before
It’s a joke, Wei Chen has figured it out, as long as it’s for me, the Ming Dynasty, Wei Chen doesn’t care even if he suffers a little and gets a bit of infamy.”
"Okay." Zhu Youxiao patted the armrest of the dragon chair, stood up and said, "Ma Aiqing, you have done a good job, then let Lu Zhan go. Well, but you can't take it easy. He can't make money off of it these years."
Master, then... let Lu Zhan be punished with two years' salary."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Your Majesty, although the salary for two years is not much, but if you punish me, Mr. Lu will definitely find another way to get it back, and it will only be a lot more. According to Weichen, the salary will be paid as usual, and Mr. Lu will pay for it for half a year.
Just the palace compound."
"Well" Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother Zhu Youjian, who nodded, indicating that he agreed with Ma Xiaoquan's words.
"Okay then, I will issue an order now."
...
In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Zhan was released. He was still the second-rank minister of the Ministry of Justice with a decent salary. However, the imperial edict issued by the emperor made Lu Zhan very depressed.
He is a second-grade official, carrying a broom and sweeping the palace grounds for half a year, and he is not allowed to ask for leave to replace him. This... this is really embarrassing and humiliating.
"Ma Xiaoquan, I hate you so much. I, Lu Zhan, are incompatible with you and will fight to the death." Lu Zhan cursed in his heart.
...
Ma's house, in the study room.
"Ah sneeze" Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his nose and murmured, "Why is someone scolding me again?"
Next to Ma Xiaoquan, Dongfang Qingxue was grinding her hands and said, "In my opinion, it must be Lu Zhan."
"Yeah, yeah, it must be Lu Zhan, it must be Lu Zhan." Another person came into the study.
"Miss Shuang?" Ma Xiaoquan said with a smile, "You two were back and forth today. What was going on?"