Horse on the World

Chapter 251 Chapter 240 IX: Qianjin City Bone

In Fuzhou, Jing'an County, in a large courtyard with carved railings and painted buildings, Long Sihai was lying comfortably on a rocking chair, sipping sour plum juice with ice cubes, while behind him a woman in cool clothes was vigorously covering for him. He was playing with a fan, and he was enjoying a leisurely stroll, feeling very uncomfortable.

The Long family is a newly-emerged big family in the past few decades. The head of the family, Long Sihai, has long sleeves and good dancers. In a short period of time, he has accumulated a large amount of wealth and has become the leading wealthy family in Jing'an County. The family has ten thousand fertile land and countless tenants.The only son, Long Xiaotian, has just passed away, and already has a son and a daughter. Except that Long Xiaotian has tried repeatedly after being selected as a scholar, which is not surprising. His life can be said to be extremely happy.

"Father, father!" Long Xiaotian, who was dressed as a Confucian scholar, walked in hurriedly. Seeing his sweaty face, it was obvious that he had just rushed back from the outside.

"En!" Long Sihai sat up, waved his hand, and let the fan-playing girl go out, "Are you back from the county?"

Long Xiaotian pulled a stool over, sat down, picked up a cup of sour plum juice next to him, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Father, I just came back from Jing'an County, and I have inquired about everything you ordered."

"Tell me!"

"The sales of the debts that the commander-in-chief discovered in our Jing'an County are not satisfactory. Most of the people who buy the debts are ordinary people. How much money can they have in their hands? Most of them are bought for a few taels of silver, more than a dozen taels of silver. After selling it in Jing'an County for many days, we only raised tens of thousands of taels, and none of our big households in Jing'an County made any moves." Long Xiaotian said.

"Is that so?" Long Sihai was silent.

"That's right, the magistrate of our Jing'an County has a lot of gray hair, and there are blisters on his mouth. It seems that he is in a hurry. Also, no one understands the debts that the commander-in-chief created, and Everyone was also worried that this was meat buns beating dogs. If the commander-in-chief turned his back on him afterwards, wouldn’t everyone’s money be wasted? The commander-in-chief has soldiers in his hands, and who can do anything to him if he turns his back on it? What?" Long Xiaotian said with a smile.

Long Sihai chuckled, stood up and paced back and forth for a few steps, then stopped suddenly, his eyes lit up, and said, "Xiaotian, you should go to Jing'an County again right away, bring a silver ticket of 10 taels, and go buy it. Marshal's debt."

"What?" Long Sihai could hardly believe his ears, "Father, everyone dare not buy it, how dare we buy it, if something happens, wouldn't it be a waste of such a large sum of money?"

Long Sihai laughed loudly, and said, "It's because everyone doesn't buy it that I'm going to buy it!"

"Father, what do you mean?" Long Xiaotian looked at his father in confusion. If he hadn't always admired the self-made father, he would have wondered if he had lost his mind.

"You!" Long Sihai stretched out his finger and nodded to his son, "It's not for you."

"for me?"

"Son, think about it carefully, do you think the commander-in-chief is a corrupt official?" Long Sihai asked.

Long Xiaotian shook his head, "No, Marshal Li is the most wise and promising commander I have ever seen."

"That's right, since that's the case, the issue of the bonds by the general must be a big problem with the state's finances. When is it now? It's the critical moment to fight against the barbarians. The general is short of money and wants to borrow money from us. But there is no one to support, what does the commander-in-chief think?"

"The commander-in-chief is definitely not happy."

"Yes, the commander-in-chief will be unhappy, but at this time, if there is one person who is the first to spend a large sum of money to support the commander-in-chief, do you think the commander-in-chief will remember him?"

Long Xiaotian's eyes lit up.

"The so-called horse bones with thousands of gold." Long Sihai said leisurely, "We are the first to come out, and 10 taels of silver can make the commander remember us. If you are the second, third or later, you will be a hundred thousand taels Ten thousand taels of silver, the commander may not remember you!" Long Sihai laughed.

"So, regardless of whether the 10 taels of silver are in vain or not, I will pay. With us taking the lead, someone will definitely follow. After all, I, Long Sihai, have a reputation in Jing'an County, and I, Long Sihai, will pay for it. I'm not afraid that no one will follow, I think the commander must have rewarded us."

Long Xiaotian said in admiration, "Father, you still have the foresight."

"Hehehe!" Long Sihai said: "Father has earned enough money in this life, but he has also suffered a lot of anger. Jingye thought about it, why? Isn't it just powerless? In the eyes of some people, it is a piece of fat! I paid for the best teacher to teach you to read, and I hope you can get a title on the gold list, but after you are admitted as a scholar, you will not make any progress. Count on it. We have to find another way, right now, it is an excellent opportunity."

"I understand, father." Long Xiaotian said excitedly. "I'll go to Jing'an County right away and buy 10 taels of bonds. Dad, why don't we learn more?"

Long Sihai shook his head, "It's too late, the commander-in-chief is a very smart person, too many, our thoughts are too obvious."

Dingzhou Marshal's Mansion, Li Qing's face is very ugly. It has been nearly ten days since the bond was issued, but the money raised is only a few hundred thousand taels, which is far from his goal. Looking at the account book for buying the bond , I found that most of the people who bought the bonds were small people in Shengdou. The purchase list of one tael, a few taels, and more than a dozen taels of silver was dense, but how could such a small amount of money solve the urgent need of Dingzhou?
"As expected, our common people are the cutest!" Li Qing sighed. "Those rich and powerful families don't want to get rid of a hair, hum, hum!"

Lu Yiming was also frowning, "Yes, Marshal, except for Jing'an County, which sells well, the other counties are not satisfactory!"

"Oh, Jing'an County, how much did they sell?" Li Qing asked, closing the account book in his hand, too lazy to look again.

"Jing'an County's income accounts for half of Dingfu and Dingfu Prefectures." Lu Yiming said.

"Half?" Li Qingqi asked, "How can there be such a large ratio?"

Lu Yiming said: "This is because there is a big family in Jing'an County who paid 10 taels of silver to buy it. I heard that this person is quite famous in Jing'an County. He started from scratch and became the leading big family in Jing'an within a few decades. Jing'an has him. Taking the lead, many wealthy households followed suit.”

"What's his name?" Li Qing asked with interest.

Lu Yiming looked through the account book and went to Jing'an County, glanced at it, and said, "Well, it's called Long Sihai."

"Long Sihai!" Li Qing murmured a few times, "It's very courageous. When everyone doesn't pay, it's considered a big deal to spend 10 taels of silver at one time. Order me down, I want to meet you." He, um, might as well make the scene bigger and let everyone know that Long Sihai is active in buying bonds, and I want to reward him, reward him greatly."

Pao Yiming chuckled: "Marshal, is this asking for a thousand pieces of gold?"

"Of course, there must be someone with a vision. Of course, I will reuse it, and I will also show it to people in Dingfu and Dingfu. Anyone who supports me, Li Qing, will be rewarded generously." Li Qing said.

Lu Yiming nodded and said: "The commander-in-chief is right, but the commander-in-chief, even if Long Sihai is used as a model, it will not be effective in a short period of time. How to solve the current predicament?"

When Li Qing heard this question, he couldn't help but get a headache.

Qingfeng stood up and said: "Commander, let me solve this problem. Within a few days, I will make those wealthy families obediently come up with money to buy our debts."

Shang Haibo glanced at Qingfeng vigilantly, "Director Qingfeng, what do you want to do? Without the support of these luxurious families."

Qingfeng laughed crisply, "Mr. Shang, do you think I, Qingfeng, will only destroy things in your heart? Don't worry, I promise I will never force them to pay large sums of money voluntarily."

The three people in the room watched Qingfeng gently twist his waist and disappeared from everyone's sight. They were all at a loss, Qingfeng didn't say what to do, and the three men in the room who thought they were not weak in IQ stared wide-eyed. Eyes, I really don't know what Qingfeng can think of.

Li Qing coughed twice, "Okay, since Qingfeng has a solution, let's wait patiently for another two days. If her solution doesn't work, we can discuss it again, and let's talk about other things!"

Lu Yiming nodded, "Yes, Commander, the news that Director Qingfeng spied a few days ago has now been confirmed. Our business has encountered great problems, and we have encountered troubles in many states. Fortunately, we have Only by taking precautions can the losses be minimized, but this is really a very bad thing for our finances."

Li Qing sneered and said, "A trade war? Well, a trade war is always a double-edged sword. If we suffer a loss, they will not be able to please them. Order Cui Yicheng, in any state where we encounter problems, not only private salt is not allowed. Entering, even the normal official salt was stopped for me. The reason given was that Fuzhou was hit by a typhoon, and the saltworks stopped production. Hehe, Fuzhou is one of the three major salt producing areas in Dachu. Since they If you don’t let me make money, I will push up the price of salt in the whole country, and if you suffer, everyone will eat together.”

Lu Yiming looked distressed, "Commander, the weather in Fuzhou has been smooth this year, and there has been no typhoon disaster."

"There are so many people, if I say there is a wind disaster, then there is a wind disaster."

"Well, since the commander-in-chief said yes, then there will be."

"In addition to these, we need to negotiate with Mrs. Li and ask them to come forward to coordinate with some followers. Don't make things too extreme. Stay on the front line today, so we can meet again in the future."

"Okay, I'll do it when I get down." Lu Yiming nodded.

"By the way, although Qingfeng said there is a solution, don't relax on your side. You should do more work in your early days, discuss with those wealthy and wealthy people, and let them buy as much as possible."

Shang Haibo said: "Commander, just now you mentioned the Li family, I just remembered that your younger brother Li Feng led [-] Li family cavalry to Dingzhou in a few days, they are here, how should we arrange them?" .”

Li Qing laughed, "Well done, we are short of well-trained cavalry. I heard that these Yizhou soldiers are not bad, and they can be put to great use."

(End of this chapter)