Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 16 Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce, Money Bank Gold Notes

The statement is that he is determined to slaughter Shang Shanqi, but in fact he is not doing this because of the benefits.

First, since the imperial court, whether it is the hawkish ministers with ulterior motives or the right-wing elements within the Dongying people, they all want to see the Daliang people and the Dongying people tear their faces apart. Rather than being led by the nose, it is better Take the initiative.

Besides, he didn't have a good impression of the Dongying people.

Second, cooperating with Yu Xiong to clean up the Dongying people can also shorten the relationship with Yu Xiong.Don't look at the two shining titles of "the eldest son of the prime minister" and "the current emperor's son-in-law", but they are useless and have no real power. , doing business in the future will be much smoother.

As for King Wu, Chen Ci is now a little vigilant, if he can't take the initiative to contact him, he won't take the initiative to contact him.

A few words from Chen Ci and Yu Xiong drove Uesugi to a dead end, he pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "What compensation do you want?"

Yu Xiong unconsciously looked at Chen Ci.

It doesn't matter how much the compensation is, as long as he sees the Dongying people being deflated, and the grandmaster of the dignified Chiba Kendo Gym being deflated, he will feel satisfied.

Chen Ci didn't dare to make a decision lightly. If you want less, you will lose;

So ever.

The statement held out a finger.

Let Uesugi make his own guess.

"If you can afford this amount, forget about it. If you can't afford it, then we will come every day."

There are more than 1 people living in Dongying Street. According to the economic level of Guangling, the total expenditure of an ordinary household for a year is about 50 taels of official silver.Let's assume that there are two thousand households here, and the silver needed for that year is about 10 taels of official silver.The Dongying people have neither land nor workshops in Guangling, and all necessities they need are purchased, so they must have money.

"Okay, I agree."

"What do you agree to?" Chen Ci was puzzled, thinking that he just stretched out a finger randomly, just to see how much the Dongying people could afford.

As a result, Uesugi directly agreed?

"1 taels of gold, this matter has been exposed, and it must not be mentioned again." Uesugi Qi said calmly.

1 million taels?

Chen Ci was taken aback. He just thought that the Dongying people were rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich?One shot is all the money the whole street needs for a year.

Yu Xiong also took a deep breath.

"Hahaha, okay, the master of the pavilion is generous, I admire it." Chen Ci clasped his fists.

Uesugi Qi cupped his fists and bowed slightly in return.

Yu Xiong was also in a good mood, put his sword back into its sheath, and laughed wildly: "Master Pavilion Master is really generous, so generous early on, why are we so angry?"

Uesugi smiled slightly, but did not respond.

Behind him, the faces of the Japanese warriors all turned green, and they all sighed, but since Uesugi was there, it was not easy to complain, otherwise the hard-won peace might collapse.

Yu Xiong rubbed his hands and asked, "When will the money arrive?"

Uesugi gave a wink to the mouse-bearded man named "Tanaka" behind him. Although the man was not angry, he didn't dare to say anything and left angrily.

This fat man with a mouse beard is also a samurai of the Little Chiba Kendo Gym, ranked nineteenth, and his name is Tanaka Hitoshi.

After a while, he sent a roll of yellow cloth documents.

Yu Xiong narrowed his eyes.

Chen Ci was also puzzled, wondering if he was going to issue an IOU?
Uesugi took it, and then presented the statement with both hands, "This is the booklet from the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce. Please take it away, my son-in-law. With this booklet, you can exchange it for ten thousand taels of gold at any bank under the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce."

Chen Ci took a closer look, there was a line of writing written on it, and a few big red stamps were stamped on it. In addition to the big seal of "Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce", there was also a line of Japanese characters. Chen Ci didn't know it, so he handed it to Yu Xiong. Yu Xiong looked at it and was amazed: "Tsk, there is also a big stamp of 'Eastern Hokkaido Military Government', the thing is not fake."

Uesugi smiled and said, "Of course there are no fake things."

"retreat!"

Yu Xiong waved his token.

The military formation changed, showing a certain order and began to retreat.

Uesugi bowed slightly, watched Chen Ci and Yu Xiong get on their horses and leave.

In this way, a conflict was resolved by Uesugi with a document worth ten thousand taels of gold without the intervention of Wu Wangfu.

Half a mile out of Dongying Street, Yu Xiong asked a few bannermen to direct the soldiers of each banner and battalion back to Ganshan Military Station, and ordered the soldiers to cancel training tonight, kill pigs and sheep, take out drinks, and have a carnival all night.

This move was cheered by countless soldiers.

Over the city, shouts of "Long Live the General" resounded.

"My son-in-law, we really got a great deal. This trip is worthwhile. After such a toss, we got ten thousand taels of gold, hahaha." Yu Xiong took the paperwork and couldn't put it down.

Chen Ci also smiled.

"I didn't expect these Japanese people to be so rich and so generous when they made a move."

"Hmph, Dongying people are really not short of money, they're a bitch." Yu Xiong heard this, but started to scold.

The statement looked suspicious.

"My son-in-law doesn't know, these Dongying people don't look short, they seem to be stunted, oh, I guess the brain is not normal." Yu Xiong cursed for a while, then sighed, "But I have to say, the metallurgical technology of the Japanese And forging technology, the level is indeed very high."

"Oh?"

Chen Ci was also very surprised why the Dongying people were so rich.You know, there are tens of thousands of Japanese people in Guangling City. At most, they run brothels, opera houses, taverns, and restaurants. How can they maintain self-sufficiency?Dongpu is barren and lacks supplies, how can it support so many people?
"My son-in-law doesn't know, since the Dongying people surrendered to the Great Liang court in the early years of Tai'an, they have reached an agreement with the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce and made a lot of money. They have accumulated a lot of wealth over the years."

"What agreement?"

"It seems to be an agreement with the military. It is a cooperation with the Zhongzhou Iron Army. The ordnance made by these Japanese people is of high quality. Later, the armor, sabers, shields, and chariots of the entire Zhongzhou Iron Army are completely handed over to The Dongying people... Oh, and the warships of our Wuyue and Yuezhou naval forces also cooperate with the Dongying people."

As Yu Xiong said, he unfolded the document folder, pointed to a line of Dongying words on it and said: "This is the stamp of the Dongying Hokkaido Military Mansion, and it is the supreme commander's mansion of the Dongying Hokkaido Legion."

After listening to the statement, he took a deep breath, "That is to say, the warships used by the navy corps in Wuyue and Yuezhou were built by Dongying people?"

"Part of it is, and there are already many ships in service."

Chen Ci's face was very ugly.

What a joke.

Do you need to purchase your country's armaments and warships from another nation?
Chen Ci suddenly thought of the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, the country was poor, the belt was tightened up and down, the technology was also backward, and warships could not be built, so they had to buy them from Europeans.But the current situation is that the Great Liang is strong, the economy is prosperous, and the military is not weak, so why cooperate with the Dongying people?

Isn't this leading the wolf into the house?
Chen Ci felt dizzy, he had reason to doubt the ambitions of the Dongying people, if another naval battle broke out, they were so familiar with the warships of Great Liang, how could they lose?

To put it bluntly, Chen Ci guessed that it should be the imperial court, not... the entire fourteen prefectures of Great Liang, who have never really looked down on the Dongying people, thinking that these small Japanese people are just barbarians in a small country, so nothing to worry about.

It is a terrible thing to underestimate the enemy.

(End of this chapter)