Appoint me as a spy, but the contact person is actually the empress

Chapter 28 Master Li, it’s not 20 taels, it’s 200 million taels of silver
Jiang Ling naturally knew what Li Jie was thinking.

She didn't say anything, just waiting for time to ferment.

in this way.

Two hours later, Li Jie and others left the palace. They were silent all the way, and Li Jie was not in the mood to say anything.

But when Li Jie returned to the mansion, a few unfamiliar faces appeared outside the door.

"My lord, these people say they are Fujian merchants from Fujian, and want to visit you, my lord."

As soon as the housekeeper saw Li Jie appearing, he hurried forward, and several servants also hurriedly surrounded him, for fear that these unfamiliar faces might do something.

"Fujian businessman?"

Hearing these two words, Li Jie's expression changed. One of the eight major trading houses of the Great Wei Dynasty, this is no small person.

He looked away.

In an instant, several people came over quickly, and the oldest person said directly: "Craftsman Zhou Yunnan, brother Zhou Xiong, pay your respects to your lord."

Zhou Yunnan's posture was extremely low, but the Zhou Xiong who was mentioned, Li Jie knew, was the chairman of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, and he could be said to be an all-powerful existence in Fujian.

Of course, it is nothing compared to myself, but the amount of money that Fujian merchants control is very exaggerated.

"Speak in the hall."

Li Jie was a little curious, but he didn't refuse, but invited them into the hall to talk.

soon.

After half an hour, Li Jie finally knew their reason for coming.

The site selection right to change rice to mulberry.

He came here for this, and upon learning of this, Li Jie was extremely unhappy, but he remained calm on the surface, only saying that the country's major affairs should benefit the people first, and he declined with this euphemism.

Zhou Yunnan was honest, he didn't beg hard, but just told Li Jie vaguely that the Fujian merchants would handle this matter, and part of the profits would be given to Li Jie.

When he said this, Li Jie couldn't help laughing, and asked how much he asked out of his temper.

The latter slowly stretched out two fingers, making Li Jie frown slightly.

"20 million taels of silver?"

Li Jie really didn't expect that a site selection right would be offered at a price of 20 taels of silver. During the Great Wei Dynasty, one tael of silver could be exchanged for ten qian, one qian for one hundred wen, and one penny could buy a biscuit.

This 20 taels of silver is really a lot.

It's a pity that he is the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he doesn't like 20 taels of silver at all, and it's not worth the risk for him.

However, the latter shook his head and said with a calm smile, "My lord, it's not 20 taels of silver, but 200 million taels of silver."

The sound fell.

Even though Li Jie had seen countless big scenes, he was still taken aback when he heard the price.

200 taels of silver?

Even the treasury of the Great Wei could not afford so many taels of silver, so as long as he cooperates with the other party, he can directly get 200 million taels of silver?

What is this concept?
The annual expenditure of the Ministry of Industry is only more than 70 taels. Of course, the main reason is that the palace has not been built in the past two years, and the national treasury is empty, and the Ministry of Households does not allocate funds.

But 200 million taels of silver is really a shocking number.

In fact, Li Jie is not to be blamed for this. In the court, the Liu party is the first, and the Yang party is the second. A neutral party like him has no effect at all.

Where there is any oil and water to fish, it can only be said to be barely enough, anyway, it is enough to survive the hunger, and I will be satisfied if I eat some soup left by the two of them.

Naturally, one would be astonished upon hearing this number.

If Liu Yanming heard this number, he would sneer again and again.

"My lord, Caomin has studied carefully. There are also several places around Zhejiang and Ningfu, especially Hangyun Mansion. This place is more suitable for converting rice into mulberry."

"It's definitely not the nonsense of grassroots people. This is the map of Tian Ben in Hangyun Mansion. You can watch it carefully."

Zhou Yunnan quickly took out a thick map and handed it to Li Jie.

The latter took it and watched it carefully. After reading it, Li Jie found that it was indeed very suitable.

Of course, if you have to say it, the terrain is not as good as that of Zhejiang Mansion, but the fields here are less than that of Zhejiang Mansion, and of course there is something Li Jie doesn't understand.

That is, there are many fields in Zhejiang and Ningfu that are owned by aristocratic families, and they are tens of thousands of acres at every turn, while Hangyun Mansion is full of good fields for the common people.

Therefore, the profit is higher than that of Zhejiang Province.

"The matter of changing rice into mulberry is a major national event after all. I will accept this map of Tian Ben, but whether to choose or not is still a long-term decision."

"Your Excellency didn't sleep all night, and you came here overnight, you should go back and rest earlier."

In the end, reason defeated desire, and the 200 million taels of silver really shocked him, but Li Jie still stabilized his mind.

He didn't want to fight against Liu Yanming, so he gave up.

Hearing this, Zhou Yunnan sneered twice, since the order to expel the guest was issued, he didn't say much, but after telling the other party where he lived, he left Li's residence.

Just as Zhou Yunnan left, Li Jie planned to rest for a while, when the butler's voice sounded again.

"Master, there are a few more guests outside the door, they are the sons of the president of the Wu Chamber of Commerce."

"Come from thousands of miles, do you want to meet me, Master?"

The butler opened his mouth, looked at Li Jie and said.

"not see."

Li Jie shook his head, he didn't want to see him, he knew what the other party's intention was.

But after the words were finished, the housekeeper couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "Master, you'd better meet him, the other party sent three carts of gifts, including a Suet Bodhisattva, which the old lady likes very much."

"If you don't see it, this gift has to be refunded."

When the butler opened his mouth, Li Jie was silent for a moment. It was obvious that the other party had spent a lot of money.

Even he took a look at the housekeeper who had been in Li's family for more than 30 years, and knew that he had received a lot of benefits, otherwise it would not have been like this.

"Forget it, let's meet."

Li Jie sighed, it's really not good not to see each other, anyway, I also met the first one, and I'm not afraid of the second one, and they all came here as gifts, so I don't suffer any disadvantages.

That's it.

Businesses rushed over, and there was a bustling crowd outside the Li Mansion, and there were even carriages by the back door.

This situation spread instantly.

Not only that, Zhou Yunnan, who left, learned that several other commercial firms had joined in, and immediately went straight to other officials' residences.

They are all officials of Li Jie's faction.

If he can't impress Li Jie, he won't believe his subordinates' instigation?

With the dawn of day, today's capital has changed a little bit compared to the past. Many foreigners came here, and they all prepared some generous gifts.

Even some unprepared businessmen came directly to the capital to sweep goods frantically. Jewelry, jade, antiques and paintings, gold and silver jewelry were all snapped up.

Most people don't know what's going on.

And in Liufu.

As noon came, Liu Yanming sat on the grand master's chair, and some officials looked ugly.

"Master Shoufu, what kind of divorce is this? This is clearly Li Jie's slander, and he wants to fight for our interests."

Some officials couldn't bear it anymore, and thought that the right to choose the site was handed over to Li Jie, which was a divorce plan by the empress.

But at noon, Li Jie hadn't appeared yet, so they directly thought that it was Li Jie who wanted to pick peaches.

"Mr. Ge, I don't know what to say or not. Now the eight major chambers of commerce and the four major chambers of commerce sent people to Beijing, and they went straight to Li's residence immediately."

"The four major chambers of commerce, Li Jie did not avoid suspicion at all. He received them one by one, saying that he would meet you at noon, but now it has passed noon, and no one else has appeared."

"What kind of estrangement is this? I think Li Jie wants to challenge you."

Another official stood up and spoke.

Some can't hold their breath.

But on the grand master's chair, Liu Yan was obviously very silent, he was not angry, but was thinking about this matter.

"If it wasn't for the divorce plan."

"Li Jie never dared to take the initiative to provoke."

"unless."

Liu Yanming planned this matter in his heart, and finally he thought of a possibility.

One should be impossible possible.

King Yan or King Ning made a move.

(End of this chapter)