Late Tang

Han Zhi didn't sleep all night last night, tossing and turning until dawn, after washing his face, he rushed to find Li Jing.At the beginning yesterday, he approached Li Jing and asked him to help build a bridge with Cui Yunqing, but unexpectedly Li Jing refused directly.He was very angry at that time, so he turned his head to find his aunt Xiao Hanshi, and wanted her to break up with Li's mother directly, so that Li's mother could persuade Li Jing.Unexpectedly, after listening to Xiao Hanshi's words, Mother Li just shook her head and said that he could not decide this matter, and asked him to go directly to his son Li Jing to discuss it.

When the bandits came later, he saw with his own eyes how Li Jing wiped out hundreds of bandits in a flash, and how he quickly dealt with thousands of refugees.Especially after seeing that Li Jing took the opportunity to recruit dozens of craftsmen and thousands of young and strong soldiers, he was shocked.Although when Li Jing recruited, he clearly said that he recruited servants, guards, craftsmen, etc., but anyone could tell that the young men he specially recruited must be recruited to serve as soldiers.A garrison general dared to recruit thousands of soldiers. His evaluation of Li Jing was both capable and bold.

Only then did he understand the reason why Li Jing rejected him before. Those who are capable are always a little arrogant.At the beginning, he just regarded Li Jing as a son of a concubine who was born in a poor family and met a noble person, so he couldn't help but look down on Li Jing, who was a "little man who got lucky" and spoke with his usual tone of voice. aloof.Later, after seeing the ability and ambition displayed by Li Jing, he realized that he underestimated Li Jing.I finally understood why someone like Cui Yunqing would accept Li Jing as a student, and even more clearly recognized Li Jing's position in front of Cui Yunqing.After understanding all this, he couldn't help regretting it. Judging from Li Jing's ability, he must be very appreciated by Cui Yunqing, who can speak well in front of him.If Li Jing is willing to help him, then the matter of the Han family is expected to be resolved as soon as possible.

After regretting it, he couldn't wait to find Li Jing again, but Li Jing always got people to reply that he was involved in important affairs and it was inconvenient to see him.After finally waiting until dawn, he had already made up his mind that this time he must lower his stance and find a way to persuade Li Jing to come forward to help.For this reason, he even planned to add chips to the conditions that the Patriarch of the Han family had set for him before he came.

Before he came, the Patriarch of the Han family had told him that if the matter could be accomplished, the Han family was willing to reward Li Jing with [-] guan, and [-] guan to reward the Cui family, the Yu family and King Zhao.Seventy thousand guan is a huge sum of money, even for a family with tens of millions like the Han family, it can also be said to be a hemorrhage.Seventy thousand guan, even the entire profit of the impounded batch of goods is still higher. If it is not for the purpose of making friends with Cui, Yu, and King Zhao, the price is indeed very high.

Previously, Han Zhi only planned to give Li Jing [-] guan, but now, he has made up his mind that as long as Li Jing is willing to help, he is willing to hand over [-] guan to Li Jing.As for Cui, Yu, and King Zhao, he only planned to give [-].

The morning in the twelfth lunar month was extremely cold, and the ground was covered with a layer of white frost.Han Zhi watched as Li Jing's tall servant went in to report and hadn't come out for a long time, and he kept stamping his feet on the hard frosty ground outside the house, which was freezing.If Li Jing had treated him like this when he first arrived yesterday, he would have turned around and left long ago.But now, he insisted on staying outside the house.

After nearly a quarter of an hour, the tall servant team leader came out and said to him coldly: "The general invites Mr. Han to go in."

Entering the room, Han Zhi saw the burning candle in the room at a glance. Seeing that besides Li Jing, Lin Wei and other officers were in the room, he realized that Li Jing and others hadn't slept all night.

"Cousin, have you guys been up all night?" Han Zhi asked pretending to be surprised.

Zhang Hong nodded and sighed: "Mr. Han also saw it. Yesterday the general was merciful. He didn't see the pity of those refugees, so he took the initiative to take them in. As a result, the neighbors in the village saw this, and they all wanted to go. The general agreed It came down. Now, thousands of people opened their mouths. We discussed all night last night, but we still haven’t figured out how to arrange them, and where to get money to solve the problem of everyone’s food.”

Han Zhi glanced at Li Jing, but found that he was just stroking his forehead with his hands, as if he was having a headache, and looked at the others, all with embarrassed expressions.At the moment, he didn't know in his heart that Li Jing and the others were planning on him.However, he also asked for help from others, so he immediately said without hesitation: "So that's the case, but since they are all problems that can be solved with money, then it's not a problem. Saburo and I are cousins, and the matter of Saburo is mine." Things. The Han family has nothing else, but money is not a problem. How much money are you short?"

Zhang Hong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Han Zhi to answer like this, and he didn't know how to speak for a moment.It was Cui Zhiyuan who was more shrewd. Seeing that Li Jing was silent, he immediately interjected, "We did the math just now, and now the number of people registered is nearly [-]. Calculated, the food alone costs nearly [-] per month."

"How about this, my Han family is willing to subsidize the general's food for half a year and get [-] guan!" Han Zhi said boldly.

Seeing that he agreed so happily, Cui Zhiyuan regretted that the number he said just now was too small.While he was regretting, Zhang Hong smiled and said: "Two thousand a month is just food consumption. The monthly salary of these people is still a regular expense, and there is still four thousand a month. We discussed it all night last night. I haven't figured out where to get the big money yet."

"My Han family is willing to subsidize the general's [-] guan for half a year's food and salary, and I will send the money later." Han Zhi only paused, and immediately patted his chest to pocket the half-year's food and salary.

The sum of the two items is [-] guan, and even Zhang Hong looked at Li Jing in surprise.The Han family was willing to offer [-] guan, which was unexpected.However, Li Jing was not willing to let Han Zhi go just like that. Since Han Zhi agreed so happily to pay [-] guan, it meant that he hadn't reached the bottom line in Han Zhi's heart.Thirty-six thousand were paid out, and he definitely didn't mind paying more.

Families like the Han family have tens of millions of assets. At the beginning, Yang Guozhong had a family wealth of 3000 million pieces of silk. Yang Guozhong was just a nouveau riche, while the Han family was a big family with hundreds of years old.Li Jing quietly gave Wang Zhong a wink, and Wang Zhong immediately stood aside knowingly: "Brother Zhang and Brother Cui are not complete, although food and salary are in great demand every month, but that is after all. Now we need a large amount of cash waiting to be paid, and the settlement expenses for nearly [-] people are a big expense."

At this time, Han Zhi was also a little surprised by the appetite of Li Jing and others, but at this point, he could only continue to ask: "I don't know how much the family needs for one person?"

"Ten bolts of silk per person, and one stone for rice." The old department in Zuoyidu used twenty bolts of silk and two stones for rice per person.Han Zhi calculated in his mind, one person has twelve guan, according to Wang Zhong's 2000 people, that is [-] guan.He had already promised [-], and another [-] came, adding up to a total of [-], which already exceeded the bottom line of [-] in his heart.

Han Zhi was in a dilemma, and agreed that there was too much money, which was beyond the scope of what he could call the shots.But if you don't agree, you have already agreed to [-]. If you don't agree, will Li Jing agree to help him solve the Han family's affairs?

Li Jing saw that Han Zhi's face was flushed and he was speechless, probably the request just now had exceeded his bottom line.At this time, he smiled and said to Wang Chong: "Third brother, I will find a way to raise the money needed for the settlement. Mr. Han can be generous and give tens of thousands of money to help us, how can we be greedy? If It’s not that there’s really no other way, I’m absolutely ashamed to accept Mr. Han’s money. Why don’t we just borrow the money temporarily from Mr. Han, and we will return it together as principal and interest in the future?”

As soon as these words came out, Han Zhi didn't know how to answer.borrow?Although Li Jing asked to borrow, how would he answer?Did Li Jing really want to borrow it, or did he really want to borrow it under the guise?

Seeing that Han Zhi didn't speak, Li Jing probably went too far just now.At this time, he didn't want to scare Han Zhi away. The Han family looked like an oversized fat pig to him now, no, it should be said to be a bank.If you want it directly, it’s okay to ask for less, but it’s really unrealistic to ask for more.Think about it, it's better to borrow.Anyway, the money should be borrowed first. As for when to pay it back, it is better to solve the current problem first.

"I would also like to thank Mr. Han for your kindness and help yesterday. Although it was only a group of mobs who came, Mr. Han stepped forward, and his pride in helping me is admirable. Brother Han helped me so much. Thinking of the previous time, I still hesitated. I am really ashamed that I don't want to help Brother Han. I have thought about it for a long time. If Mr. Han doesn't think that I am just a small garrison general with meager strength, I am willing to do my best to connect the Han family with my mentor. Let's help solve the troubles that the Han family encountered."

Han Zhi looked at Li Jing in surprise, and said in surprise, "Brother Li, is he really willing to help with all his strength?"

"Of course, based on Brother Han helping us so much yesterday, that's what it should be. What's more, Brother Han just promised to help us with money and food, which can solve our big problem. But, I don't know what I just proposed to the Han family I don't know if it's feasible to temporarily borrow the settling fee?" Li Jing asked Han Zhi's hand with a smile and expectation on his face.

At this time, Han Zhi was completely excited about Li Jing's promise to help with all his strength just now. As long as Li Jing is really willing to do his best to invite Cui Yunqing, and even Zhao Wang Li Rui and Yu Yu, the dispute between the Han family and the Feng family will be resolved. It must be resolved.As long as this major matter can be resolved, not only will the Han family be spared a catastrophe, but even Han Zhi will definitely be able to greatly increase his status among the seven brothers of the Han family because of this matter.

As for the borrowing of money mentioned by Li Jing, it is not a matter at all.

"Brother Li, your business is the business of the Han family. The old lady is also from my Han family. It is only a few tens of thousands of guan, and it is not a matter of borrowing or not. How about this, the previous and subsequent [-] guan are all in my hands. Family support, and my Han family will contribute another [-] guan, which can be considered as the cost of asking Brother Li to help mediate and reward Brother Li's teachers."

Looking at Han Zhi who had completely recovered his status as a member of the Feiyang family, Li Jing suddenly felt a little regretful. He knew that he should have made more points just now.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said to Han Zhi: "Brother Han, I heard that the Han family owns a huge shipyard in Haizhou. I wonder if I can place an order for a few warships from the Han family shipyard?"

"Order a battleship?" Han Zhi suddenly shuddered.

Li Jing smiled brightly and said: "Of course, I also know that the cost of warships is not expensive, and the price is negotiable. How about we temporarily pay on credit?"

Han Zhi gritted his teeth cruelly, and said with a hard face: "Okay, this matter is covered by my younger brother. I will send craftsmen to talk to Brother Li in detail about the specific details of shipbuilding." This time, Han Zhi No matter what, he refused to let go of his mouth anymore, and he owed it on credit, and it was absolutely impossible to give it away for nothing.Seeing this, Li Jing felt a little disappointed in his heart, and also knew that the cost of the warship was high, and Han Zhi would not give it away easily.But after thinking about it, he had squeezed a huge sum of [-] guan from Han Zhi today, and he couldn't help but get excited.

When we talked about it just now, I didn't feel the huge sum of money carefully. Now that I think about it, [-] guan is enough to consume the army of more than [-] people he recruited for a year.Although it is definitely not so easy to really get this large sum of money, the Han family will definitely find a way to get Li Jing to help before giving him all the money, but this money still makes Li Jing very excited.It's impossible to raise the army without money. Before that, he thought about whether he had to go to Zhang Yingying and use his old love to raise money.Now it seems that for the time being, there is no crisis of desperate need for money.

After breakfast that day, Han Zhi took his guards and left the village with the officials and gentry of Wendeng County, and went back to Dengzhou and Qingzhou with Li Jing's letter to Cui Yunqing and King Zhao Li Rui. He went to prepare the huge public relations fee of [-] yuan for Li Jing.Xiao Hanshi and Xiao Yulou did not leave, they both planned to stay in Wangli Village for the new year and then return to Qingzhou.

After sending everyone away, Li Jing asked Zhang Hong to go to Dengzhou the next day with a large sum of money and his letter to Song Wen, and asked him to find a way to purchase the ordnance and armor needed for the new recruits.In addition, Du Zhongwu and Cui Zhiyuan were sent to the coastal ports of Dengzhou to purchase large quantities of grain.

As for the generals, Lin Wei and Wang Zhong were left behind to conduct preliminary training for the thousands of newly recruited recruits, while he took Lin Wu, Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian to Chishanpu to receive the shark jade pendant Zhang Yingying gave him. that ship.

Regarding Zhang Hong, Li Jing's confession was to buy as many ordnance as possible from Song Wen as much as possible, even if he paid a high price, it didn't matter.Especially the bow and arrows, which are most needed. Li Jing didn't plan to rely on Song Wen to solve the equipment for more than 1000 people.He has already mentioned the matter of ordnance in the letter to Cui Yunqing, please ask the teacher to find a way to pull out a batch of ordnance for him.He also knows that ordnance is difficult to obtain, so he also proposed to Cui Yunqing to spend money to make it in a workshop.Li Jing still doesn't care about going directly to the smithy to build ordnance, and he doesn't dare to build it himself, but if Cui Yunqing, the Sima of the Jiedu March, orders it, it will be another matter.

And he asked Cui Zhiyuan and the others to buy food, not just because there are nearly [-] people under his command, which consumes a lot of food.It was because Li Jing knew that although this year's famine was serious, it was only a famine in the north.And after the new year, next year's disaster will be more serious, and the price of food will rise by then, so from now on, Li Jing made up his mind that as long as he has money, he will desperately buy food and hoard it.

In the last period of the year, Li Jing and others traveled all over the place, making final preparations for their upcoming trip to Salmonella Island!

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