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Chapter 213 Raising Indemnities Selfishly

Just when the Hengshan Army celebrated Zheng Han's return and Lin Yifan's younger sister's recognition of these two happy events.In Jing'an City, Li Yuanzheng was convening a group of subordinates to discuss.

"Tomorrow, we will hand over the compensation and war horses to the Hengshan Army. How is the one million taels raised now?" Li Yuan leaned weakly on the chair, looked at the crowd wearily, and asked in a deep voice.

"Patriarch, this one million taels is really huge. We only have more than 100 taels in our treasury at present, and there is still a big gap." A rich middle-aged man moved his body and looked at Li Yuan with a painful face. Said helplessly.

"This transaction is very important to us. All three thousand war horses must be bought back." Li Yuan opened his eyes sharply, and shot fiercely at the rich middle-aged man. It’s worth 100 million taels, otherwise, you don’t have to worry about Ku Yin’s affairs in the future.”

"This, this, big brother, it's not that I don't want to pay." The middle-aged man was anxious, stood up quickly, and gasped, "It's because we have spent too much money recently, such as attacking the Jishan Pass. The army of 60 has already cost millions of taels of silver. Now Anzhou is already dilapidated, and there is no way to collect much food. The [-] taels in the silver treasury was saved by me and tried my best. It’s not all my fault.”

Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows irritably, "Since there are only 60 taels left in stock, there is still a gap of 40 taels. Can you guys solve this gap?"

When everyone heard the words, they could not help but lower their heads and remained silent.

"What? Don't you have anything to do, or don't you want to say it?" Li Yuan looked around the crowd coldly, and snorted coldly.

"My lord, what Master Li Xin just said is that there is only insufficient money, but we can use other materials as compensation. Presumably the Hengshan Army will not object?" Under Li Yuan's oppressive gaze, a middle-aged man dressed as a civil servant The young man said boldly.

Hearing this, Li Yuan nodded thoughtfully, then turned to look at the rich middle-aged Li Xin, "Fourth brother, what do you think of this strategy?"

"Patriarch, it is indeed feasible to trade with other materials." Li Xin nodded, then shook his head and said, "However, most of our materials have been mobilized to the south now, even if all the materials we have on hand are It’s not enough for 100 million taels to use as cash.”

"Not enough?" Li Yuan's eyes became colder when he heard the veins popping out, "Everyone think about it again, is there any other way to raise money?"

"My lord, there is another plan. It's just that my subordinates don't know whether to say it or not." Ye Hongyu stood up hesitantly, and said with a bow.

"Oh, tell me quickly, sir." Li Yuan was overjoyed and said hastily.

"My lord, now that Anzhou is dilapidated, there is not much to be gained by expropriating money and food in the usual way. What the people need most now is to recuperate and resume production. Therefore, if we want to raise 100 million taels, the focus is not on the people." Ye Hongyu took a deep breath and looked directly at Li Yuandao, "It's about the wealthy merchants."

As soon as these words came out, the audience immediately erupted, and the crowd was furious. Everyone looked at Ye Hongyu with anger in their eyes, and refuted his suggestion.

Ye Hongyu stood there unwaveringly, silently bearing the hatred of the crowd.Because he knew that most of the people present were representatives of the major families, or stakeholders, and his idea was destined to harm the interests of the major families, which would naturally arouse public outrage.

A gleam of light flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, his mind turned and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.But at this time, even though he was happy, he was very dissatisfied.The happy thing is that Ye Hongyu's words make him completely isolated, and he can only become his own lonely minister in the end, loyal to himself; the dissatisfied is that some people present here are really hateful, they are obviously rich, and when the Li family is in crisis, But he didn't even show it at all, which shows how low his loyalty is.

Anzhou belongs to my Li family, and Li Jiajun also belongs to my Li family.You disloyal people, when I take Huazhou in the future, I will uproot each of your families and leave no one behind.Li Yuan was furious in his heart, and secretly swore.But at this time, the Li family still needs their support to gain a firm foothold in Anzhou, and it is not the time to turn against them.Mr. Hong Yu, I'm sorry this time.

"Presumptuous, sir, do you know what I'm talking about?" Li Yuan suddenly shouted, looked at Ye Hongyu angrily, and snorted coldly, "The big families have great kindness to my Li family, and they are also the most staunch allies of our Li family army. We have paid countless money, food and materials. How can I, Li Yuan, repay my kindness without gratitude? Mr. Hong Yu, why don't you apologize soon?"

Ye Hongyu was startled when he heard the words, and looked at Li Yuan blankly. Under his warning eyes, he quickly lowered his head and his face twitched a few times. "Ye made a slip of the tongue just now, and I'm deeply sorry, and please don't blame me, my lords."

"Hmph, Mr. Ye, please keep your mouth shut in the future, and don't say any more angry words these days."

"That's right, I don't even look at who I am. I'm just a lucky villain, and I dare to speak up here."

"People think that today's negotiation is successful, so they start to be complacent, and don't know how to position themselves. Humph!". . . . .

Everyone looked at Ye Hongyu's apology coldly, and mocked them one after another.

"Okay, that's the end of this matter, and we can't care about it in the future." Li Yuan frowned slightly, and shouted, "Sit down, everyone, and continue to discuss."

After everyone sat down, Ye Hongyu lowered his head and looked at the ground with an indifferent expression.

Li Yuan glanced at Ye Hongyu slightly, then turned his head to look at the crowd and said, "Now our Jing'an City is in a critical moment, if we make up less than 100 million taels, the agreement between us and the Hengshan Army will be voided. If the egg is over, Jing'an City will be destroyed, my Li family will perish, and you will not escape bad luck. Therefore, I hope that the major families can support my Li family again this time, and I will leave everything to you."

After speaking, he got up and bowed deeply to everyone.

"Hey, my lord can't, how dare I wait."

"Your Majesty, you are serious. We are in the same spirit as the Lord. We will prosper when we win, and we will lose when we lose. How can we sit idly by?"

"That's right, since the lord has spoken, then I'm going to save the lord even after we've exhausted everything." . . .

Everyone expresses their loyalty with every word. The words are impassioned and sincere. People can't help but be moved when they hear it.

In the end, with the generosity of the family representatives, 10 taels of silver were quickly raised.This made Li Yuan's originally pale face suddenly turn red, his hands clutched the chair handles, and his veins burst out.Squinting his eyes slightly, he looked around at the crowd, and a coldness emanated from him, making those around him shudder.

"Here, big brother." Li Xin swallowed hard, not daring to look at Li Yuan, and said eagerly, "Yes, with this 10 taels, then, that's a distance of 100 million, so, there are only 10 taels left." Ten thousand two."

"There is still a difference of 10 taels, hum." Li Yuan snorted coldly, and looked at the crowd, "Can't everyone squeeze together and make up the difference of 10 taels?"

"My lord, we have really tried our best. After experiencing the Golden Werewolf Rebellion, our family has suffered heavy losses, and our wealth has already shrunk by [-]% to [-]%. Now, in order to support the great cause of the lord, we have spared no effort and almost spent all our wealth to support you, my lord." , now there is really no money left to donate, so please be clear, my lord."

"Yes, my lord, now the hundreds of people in my family can barely take care of food and clothing. I can't even eat meat for a month. The family's expenses have long been stretched. The life of the family is miserable. Haha, it's no different from ordinary people. .”

"My lord, please be considerate of our difficulties. I really have more than enough heart but not enough energy."

Seeing that Li Yuan was aggressive and still looking for money from them, everyone couldn't help shouting for poverty, and they burst into tears, sobbing and choking, people heard it, and couldn't help crying.

Li Yuan was dizzy from the crowd's quarrel, and the anger in his heart was almost uncontrollable.At this time, a skinny old man who was sitting under him quietly came to his ear and said in a low voice: "Patriarch, if you can't bear it, you will make a big conspiracy. Now is not the time to offend them."

Li Yuan looked back at the old man, and couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Third Uncle, if you don't force them, how can we get together the 100 million taels?"

"Well, for the current plan, we can only borrow from the people in the city." The third uncle sighed. "Now our Li family has to rely on the support of major families to enter Huazhou. At this time, we can't take care of stabilizing people's hearts. Everything should be focused on entering Huazhou."

"This?" Li Yuan hesitated for a while, and finally nodded slowly, "Okay, then listen to third uncle."

Ye Hongyu sat not far from him, and could just hear the conversation between his uncle and nephew.At this moment, after listening to it, he couldn't help but his face darkened, and he shook his head gently, "Oh..."

It was night, and there was a sound of mourning in Jing'an City.

(End of this chapter)