Zhu Run ordered his servants to bring Jinshan Yunwu and within a few cups of tea, Liu Mingzhi, who was sipping tea, saw several strong men carrying more than a dozen large boxes into the main hall.
It looks the same as before, with almost no difference.
Zhu Run put down the tea cup in his hand, walked to one of the boxes and stopped. With both hands, he opened the box in front of him, and suddenly the gold bricks stacked up revealed their appearance.
"Brother, the gold and silver are mixed in the same amount as one box.
Do you want to count it? If you don't count it, I will have it carried to the carriage. The eldest brother doesn't want others to know. I will wait until it is quiet at night and then ask the servants to transport it to your house.
When the time comes, just ask someone to accept it at the back door of your house."
Liu Mingzhi suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded calmly. Two million taels may not be a big deal to Liu Zhi'an, a man with an extremely wealthy country, but for Young Master Liu's current situation, it can be said to be a drop from heaven.
honeydew.
"You are so generous. How can I not trust you? Load up the car! I will return this batch of money to you as soon as possible."
"Repay it? Why should you pay it back? Brother, you have forgotten the share of this year's coal business and I haven't given it to you yet. 90% of the money is the bonus you should get. The rest is just a little bit of my kindness.
,Give brother your drink money."
Liu Mingzhi was stunned and looked at Zhu Run in surprise: "How come there are so many? Once the border trade is closed, the briquettes cannot be transported to the Turks and the Jin Kingdom. Just as a Dalong citizen, I shouldn't be able to earn so much silver!"
You won't deliberately make excuses to give me money, Zhutou, let me tell you, let's get it right, so don't act blindly."
Zhu Run chuckled and waved to the strong men around him, signaling them to load the money into the car, and pulled Young Master Liu to sit down on the chair again.
"Brother, I still understand your nature. How could you do something that would make your brother feel uncomfortable?
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
The price of briquettes is now almost monopolized by us. People are used to warm spring-like winters. In addition, the price of briquettes is not too expensive now. People are naturally willing to spend more to buy more. It is always more economical and economical than burning charcoal.
It's a lot of money.
My eldest brother has been absent from the household department for many years, so I’m afraid he doesn’t know how big the population of Dalong is now because of the sweet potatoes!”
"I really don't understand. The population has exceeded 100 million?"
"Big brother said it was less. Now it has a population of 130 million."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Zhu Run in astonishment: "What! How could there be so many more people in just two years?"
"There is nothing strange about this. There is not enough food to eat right now, so the people naturally dare not have more children. Now that there is enough food, what can the people do in their spare time, except give birth to children?
Ten years, ten years from now, my Dalong will have another 20,000 young adults.
Nowadays, children are very precious. How can people let their children spend the winter shivering, so they naturally buy briquettes in large quantities."
Liu Mingzhi nodded clearly: "It seems that the war has almost cut me off from the world."
"More than that, although the border trade is closed, there are still many grasslands where merchants from the Kingdom of Jin took risks to buy briquettes.
The snowfall around New Year's and New Year's Day was surprisingly heavy, and the weather there was much colder than in the capital. If I hadn't paid more for the workers to work day and night, I would have almost not been able to meet the needs of merchants from both countries."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Zhu Run, who looked very happy, and nodded with a smile: "Wealth is touching people's hearts. It seems that these merchants who dare to take risks will definitely make a lot of money.
Judging from the snow conditions before and after New Year’s, briquettes are indeed in short supply, so I’m not surprised!”
"Who says it isn't? Any caravan with some strength has made a lot of money in a few years, especially my uncle's side. Half of our briquettes come from your Liu family's caravan.
With your name as King of Side by Side, who would dare to embarrass your Liu family's caravan at an ordinary pass?
As long as the customs duties are paid, as long as some goods that are prohibited by the imperial court are not sold, most customs officials will turn a blind eye.
After all, their state government's tax revenue has also been raised, which is also a big political achievement for them.
It was obvious that we could win-win, and no one would feel uncomfortable by embarrassing the caravan with the issue of the blockade of mutual trade in Northern Xinjiang.
It is estimated that no one will earn as much as my uncle this year. I don’t dare to talk nonsense about the exact amount. No one knows it except my uncle.”
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows and nodded thoughtfully.
"I understand. It's getting late, so I won't disturb you and go back first."
"No, big brother, we brothers stay and have a good drink.
Your sister-in-law, Yu He, hasn’t come back since she went out. At least let her give you a gift before we talk."
"Forget it, there will be many opportunities in the future. Big brother still has some unfinished business. Before leaving for the north, we brothers are having a hearty drink. Let's forget it today.
The main reason why the eldest brother came here this time is to borrow money from you. Since the money is his own dividend, the eldest brother will not have to worry about how to repay the money in the future."
"This..." Zhu Run saw that Liu Mingzhi really didn't want to stay and drink, so he no longer forced him to stay. He picked up the bamboo tube sent by the people on the table and handed it to Liu Da.
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"Brother, here are the remaining few taels of Jinshan Yunwu. You can take it back with you. I'm really not that good at it. It would be a waste to keep it in my hands."
"Okay, big brother, I won't be polite to you anymore. Good brother, let's meet again someday."
"It's a deal, I'll give it to you."
"Stay and say goodbye!"
Liu Mingzhi came and went quickly, and the two million taels of silver that worried him were perfectly solved.
That night.
Zhu Run ordered people to send two million taels of silver into the Liu Mansion at night.
Liu Mingzhi sent word to Qinglong, Zhuque and the others, asking them to quickly take over the two million taels of silver and vigorously develop their intelligence capabilities.
Young Master Liu, who was no longer stressed, happily finished the midnight snack prepared by Ying'er and sneaked into the Queen's boudoir.
The Queen and the others will leave Beijing and return to China tomorrow morning. We don't know how long we will see each other in the future. How can we not leave some wonderful memories?
Tonight is destined to be another quiet night.
Listening to the languid sounds next door, Hu Yanjunyao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She could only find some strong wine and drink it down, then stuffed her ears with cotton wool, and then she had a good and peaceful sleep.
Just because of some previous episodes, the beauty's dreamland is inevitably a little overflowing with spring water.
The restless night passed quietly and ushered in the rising sun.
On the official road at the north gate of the capital, several carriages that were not luxurious but showed nobility were moving slowly.
The Queen looked at the small steel cannon in the carriage with secret joy, and finally felt a lot more comfortable.
Although Young Master Liu said she couldn't imitate this thing, she still wanted to try it unwillingly.
The weapons maps in my mind are not as clear as the real artillery.
No matter whether you can succeed or not, you have to try it yourself.
However, what made the Queen a little unhappy was that the heartless person did not treat one favorably and gave the little goblin Huyan Yunyao an exquisite artillery.
Even though there were no cannon shells, and even though the queen knew that it was impossible to imitate it with the smelting skills of the grassland, the queen still felt a little uncomfortable.
However, it was a foregone conclusion, and the Queen could only give Liu Dashao a few resentful rolls of her eyes.
After opening the curtain of the carriage, the Queen looked at Young Master Liu who was following on the horse with the little cutie in his arms.
"Where do you plan to send it? Or Shanhaiguan?"
"Hush!"
Liu Mingzhi suddenly grabbed the reins of his horse, pouted at the pavilion in front of him, and with his daughter in his arms, he got off the horse and walked towards the pavilion.
The Queen was startled, got out of the carriage, jumped down and followed, not knowing what Mr. Liu was up to.
The same was true for Huyan Yunyao who heard the commotion.
Liu Mingzhi held the little cutie and stopped under the pavilion. He raised his hand and gently stroked the pillars of the pavilion with a sad expression.
"You're heartless, why are you stopping here?"
"Brother, are you okay?"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head silently, walked to the willow tree not far away, broke off two willow branches with green leaves, and walked towards the Queen and the Queen.
He looked around at the familiar scenes with recalling eyes and sighed silently.
"It was here in Shiliting that the imperial brother sent me to the north to serve as the governor of the two provinces. Several years have passed in such a hurry, and I can't help but sigh."
"Back then, the emperor's brother broke willows and sent them to you. Now it's my turn to break willows and send them to you.
You two, there is a long road ahead, so take care of yourself along the way."
The two girls looked at the willow branch that Young Master Liu handed over sadly, and silently took it in their hands.
"treasure!"
"You are heartless. The situation in Dalong is complicated now and you are in an embarrassing situation. Have you ever thought about what you will do in the future?"
Liu Mingzhi looked away to the north with complex eyes.
"The ending may not be what I want, but I have tried my best. As long as I can be safe and sound, it doesn't matter if I feel a little frustrated."
"All the riches and honors in the world cannot make up for the sorrow of a lifetime. Liu Mingzhi can only have a clear conscience."
"Yue'er, come with daddy."
"Ah? Oh! Okay daddy!"
Under the confused gazes of the two empresses, Liu Mingzhi took the little cutie and stopped more than twenty steps away, and whispered silently into the little cutie's ear.
The little cutie nodded solemnly from time to time, obviously keeping his father's instructions firmly in mind.
After a while, the father and daughter left and returned.
Liu Mingzhi slowly let go of his daughter's wrist, took three steps back, bowed and clasped his fists to salute the two queens.
"The mountains are high and the road is far, so have a safe journey. Please cherish it and don't send it away far away."
The two queens, dressed in scholar's robes, nodded sadly and bowed in return.
"Please take care of yourself and say goodbye politely (Yun Yao)."
The sound of the squeaking carriage gradually went away until it disappeared. Liu Mingzhi slowly straightened up and watched the shadow of the last carriage disappear completely. Then he got on his horse and galloped towards the capital with a sad expression.
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"Father, I have tried my best to protect the Li family. Whatever the outcome, I have no choice but to resign myself to fate!"
A loud word was recalled in the air, and calmness returned again. Only the wicker branches dancing in the wind on both sides stretched their waists as much as they could.
"Yue'er, what did your father tell you?"
"Daddy said there are two cannonballs under the carriage, one for you and Aunt Junyao, but daddy asked me not to tell you that this was his intention, saying that Yue'er secretly brought it from the backyard with the help of her brothers and sisters.
"
"What, there are artillery shells under the carriage?"
"Well, mother and aunt, don't worry, you two. Dad said the cannonballs are safe and won't explode."
"Except...what else did you say besides these?"
"Dad said that Yue'er... Yue'er..."
"What do I want you to do?"
"Oh, Yue'er is sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."
The two queens looked at the little cutie who suddenly stopped, covered her mouth, wrapped herself in a fox fur cloak and huddled in the corner, closing her eyes and sleeping soundly.
They knew in their hearts that Mr. Liu must have told their daughter something, but since her daughter didn't want to tell them, they had nothing to do.