Horse on the World

Chapter 255 Big Surprise

Lu Yiming's face was drawn very long, and his gloomy expression seemed to drip water, which made all the officials of the Dingzhou Public Bond Issuance Department tremble with fear. This unprecedented yamen was established by Li Qing's whim Yes, yes, it was just a sudden whim. Anyway, Lu Yiming thought so. Based on his admiration for the marshal and his trust in countless successes in the past, Lu Yiming maintained a supportive attitude towards the establishment of such a yamen. The director is Fu Zhengqing, an expert in financial management in the state. Lu Yiming reluctantly transferred him to this department as the director because he considered that the state's finances are extremely difficult now.Fu Zhengqing, who has been working for almost half a month, has lost the enthusiasm he had when he first took office. The surprise of being in charge of a yamen by himself has long been shattered by the reality. The state's deficit is a drop in the bucket.So Fu Zhengqing was also involved in the lawsuit, and now all he could think about was to get out of this sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible, and stop sitting in this yamen tormenting every day.

"Director Fu, is the situation still not good?" Lu Yiming sat in Fu Zhengqing's seat unceremoniously and asked.

Fu Zhengqing stood at the bottom with his hands folded, and he cried bitterly: "My lord, the dozens of colleagues in our department have tried their best. They traveled all over the country and came to the door to persuade them to buy. Everyone has lost a lot of weight. But the effect is really not good, to be honest, my lord, I'm afraid that there is not a single yamen in the whole prefecture that is as miserable as ours, and now my nickname has been changed."

"Oh?" Lu Yiming became a little interested, "Isn't your name Tie Suan, what's your name now?"

Fu Zhengqing looked bitter, "My lord, I am now called the begging director."

Lu Yiming was furious, and slapped the table, and was about to curse a few words to vent his sulking, but then he thought, isn't it just begging for the director, two days ago Shang Haibo encouraged the commander to beg too, It's just out of order.Thinking of this, I let out my anger unknowingly, "As long as I can get money, it's okay to be called the director of begging."

Fu Zhengqing opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at his immediate superior, he couldn't believe that these words came from Lu Yiming.

The two were relatively speechless. Fu Zhengqing thought about how to cry in front of his immediate superior so that he could be transferred away. He believed that Lu Yiming still valued him very much. He had done a good job before. The predicament is not something he can solve. To persist until now, he has done his best, and he has performed beyond the standard.However, Lu Yiming had other thoughts in his mind. Qingfeng said that it would be effective in the next two days, and it was time to figure it out, so he went to the publishing department specially, but now it seems that there is no improvement. ah?Could it be that Qingfeng lied to others, no, no, Qingfeng would never target her indiscriminately. Based on Lu Yiming's understanding of her, since Qingfeng boasted about Haikou in front of Shang Haibo, she would definitely be able to do it. , People fight for breath, Buddha fight for incense, Qingfeng would rather lose to herself than lose face in front of Shang Haibo.

When the two were silent to each other, there was a sudden burst of noise outside the yamen. Listening carefully, there was actually the sound of gongs and drums. At this moment, someone came to the distribution department to make trouble?Lu Yiming couldn't help bursting into anger, he stood up abruptly, he was out of breath, and just happened to use some awkward words to vent his sulk.

Just when he walked to the middle of the lobby, a yamen servant from outside rushed towards him like flying, but he couldn't hide the surprise on his face. "My lord, my lord..."

"Who's going to make trouble?" Lu Yiming asked angrily with a fierce face.

"Troubleshooting?" The yamen servant who rushed in was puzzled, and it took him a while to reflect, and he stammered: "My lord, no...it's not making trouble...it's...it's Dingzhou....Dingzhou Xiangfu The Patriarch... Come... Come!"

"Xiang Fu, Xiang Wenjin?" Lu Yiming opened his mouth wide, unable to react for a while, "What is he doing here?" Just as the sentence came out, he couldn't help but slapped his head, "Of course he came here to buy the general's public debt Otherwise, what else could it be doing!" Pulling up his robe, he trotted all the way to the outside, the begging director Fu Zhengqing was also confused, seeing Lu Yiming running fast, he quickly followed, "My lord , My lord, be careful, don't fall!"

The two rushed to the gate of the yamen one after the other, opened their mouths wide to see a group of people coming from the post office in front of the yamen, both of them were startled by Xiang Wenjin's battle.

There are two large banners in front, and a row of large characters on the banners is particularly eye-catching. On one side, it says to support the commander in suppressing the barbarians, and on the other side, it says to work together to buy government bonds. Behind the two big banners, Xiang Wenjin is wearing a brand-new robe, surrounded by his family, smiling He walked towards the publishing department with a full face, and behind him, the gongs and drums were playing festive music hard.

"Admiration, really admiration!" Fu Zhengqing looked sideways at Lu Yiming who was muttering to himself, and thought he was talking about admiration for Xiang Wenjin, but in fact Lu Yiming's mind was full of statistics and investigations at this time. Lord Qingfeng, you really do what you say, no matter what tricks Qingfeng uses, what he sees is that Xiang Wenjin is willing to come here happily.

"Lord Lu, Director Fu!" Seeing two big men looking at him at the gate of the yamen, Xiang Wenjin hurriedly trotted up to the two of them, and bowed to the ground, "My lords, what is the virtue of Xiang, Dare to trouble the two adults to go out to greet him in person?" He dared to think that Lu Yiming had heard the wind and ran to greet him specially, seeing the governor of a state greet him so solemnly at the gate of the distribution department, he was still a little nervous On the contrary, he let go a lot, he has made such a big momentum, and he is ready to spend so much money, the commander will not embarrass himself anymore, will he?

"Xiang Yuanwai, are you here to buy government bonds?" Lu Yiming asked worriedly.

Xiang Wenjin smiled and said: "Lord Lu, of course, the commander-in-chief protects the environment and the people, allowing us to live and work in peace and contentment. Now it is an honor for Xiang to do a little bit for the commander-in-chief!"

Fu Zhengqing was overjoyed. This Xiang Wenjin is a big fish. As long as he is willing to make a move, he will not be stingy, and he will be no worse than Long Sihai from Jing'an County. "Xiang Yuanwai, how much are you going to buy?" Public debt?" he asked tentatively.

Xiang Wenjin smiled and stretched out a slap, Fu Zhengqing couldn't help being disappointed, it was only 5 taels, which was far worse than Long Sihai, but it was better than nothing, "Xiang Yuanwai invested [-] yuan in government bonds, thank you in advance gone."

"It's not 50, it's [-]!" Xiang Wenjin corrected with a smile.

"What?" Fu Zhengqing's jaw almost fell to the ground, and Lu Yiming on the side was also shocked, 50, this is a big deal!Both of them looked at Xiang Wenjin in disbelief.

"50, to invest 50 to purchase government bonds, to contribute a little to the general's peace. In addition, Xiang also invited a lot of business partners to buy together. Well, the total amount should not be less than 80 taels!"

Lu Yiming exclaimed in his heart, 80 taels, that's great.Thumbs up, "Xiang Yuanwai really understands righteousness, someone in Lu admires it, please, please!"

Fu Zhengqing had already trotted into the yamen first, and shouted loudly: "Come here, take a seat, serve tea, serve good tea!"

From the day when Xiang Wenjin started buying, the Public Bond Issuance Department suddenly became the most popular government office in the whole prefecture. Originally, the yamen, which was sparsely populated, bought Dingzhou government bonds wantonly, and the amount of silver put into the treasury every day was so large that when Lu Yiming couldn't close his mouth with laughter, he couldn't help worrying about how he would repay the huge amount of interest in one year's time.

However, compared to the current predicament, one year's time is still far away. At that time, with a huge amount of money in the warehouse, Lu Yiming walks lightly, and everyone is smiling and amiable.

"Master Qingfeng, how did you move them?" In private, Lu Yiming asked Qingfeng quietly, planning to take some sutras from her and go back to educate Fu Zhengqing and others. Qingfeng smiled, waved his hand, and said : "It's just a small trick, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

In less than ten days, Dingzhou used public bonds to raise about 500 million taels of silver from the whole prefecture. Such a huge amount of silver would be more than enough for another year, not to mention the battle against the barbarians this year.

Li Qing decided to reward these well-understood businessmen in this state well. No matter what their purpose was or what method Qingfeng used, they paid out real gold and silver. Fan.So a banquet was set up in the Marshal's Mansion, and Li Qing invited all the wealthy gentry who paid huge sums of money to buy public bonds. Of course, Jing'an Long Sihai, who was the first to pay the silver, and Dingzhou Xiang Wenjin, who paid the most, were his focus. The person to be rewarded.

Long Sihai's eyes narrowed with a smile. His decision was really wise. From now on, he is most proud of this investment. His family wealth is not worth mentioning. He only paid 10 taels of silver. His son Long Xiaotian was pulled into the Marshal's mansion by Marshal Jian. He will rise step by step as the commander-in-chief's career rises, and the commander-in-chief actually still remembers his name. Look at the rich gentry in this seat, none of them will pay less than themselves, only more, but the commander-in-chief Can you call out their names? Will the commander-in-chief personally toast him with a glass of wine?During the entire banquet, only he and Xiang Wenjin, who paid 50 taels of silver, enjoyed this honor.What's more, compared with Xiang Wenjin, his 10 taels of silver has a much higher input-output ratio. Not only did his son enter the Marshal's mansion, but the marshal also wrote a plaque with "Yi Bo Yuntian" in his own hand, and returned to Jing'an County Once hung up, even the county magistrate of Jing'an has to be courteous to himself.

Xiang Wenjin was also very happy. He paid 50 taels of silver and bought a Pingan. The commander made an exception and wrote a couplet for himself. , it seems that in the future, you have to tie up with the commander-in-chief a little more to be safe!I heard from the commander-in-chief that Yinzhouli will pay it back next year, so it's best not to pay it back!In this way, the handsome man will always feel that he owes him a favor!

Li Qing and these rich merchants got their own place, and all of them laughed happily, but when Qingfeng appeared at the banquet with a smile, all the wealthy merchants felt cold at the same time.

Digression: I went to the book review today and saw a book review of "The gunman came in", so I went in and took a look, but I was a little surprised. If Qingfeng and Li Qing's thoughts were so simple, what would the gunman write? Everyone guesses Here we go!Li Qing's plan is for the world, and Qingfeng's plan is beyond the end of the book. I think book friends will not be able to guess it. You can discuss it, but don't jump to conclusions! (This section is a fraction, and there will be no charge. Haha, I haven’t asked for a ticket for a long time. I asked weakly. If there is a ticket, there is no ticket!)
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