"Crazy, Pan Ruzhen is crazy!"

This is the first thought that arises in everyone present.

Five million taels of silver, last year the annual income of the Ming Dynasty treasury was only 9.8 million taels, which was already half of the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty. Is it good? Of course, it did not include Zhu Youxiao's internal treasury, but even so, this amount was enough to scare a large number of people.

The old man named Peng stood up again tremblingly, widened his eyes and asked, "Mr. Pan, if I am not deaf, what you are talking about is five million taels of silver?"

“That’s right!”

"There are still 50,000 stones of grain and 1,000 pigs?"

"That's right."

Although the old man was trembling and seemed to be blowing him down with a strong wind, his eyes were extremely bright. He looked at Pan Ruzhen and shouted: "I don't know why Lord Pan shouted a sky-high price of 5 million taels, but I thought Lord's move was extremely absurd. Although Hangzhou Prefecture is also a wealthy place, it would be no easy task to take out 5 million taels of silver. Is this unwise?"

"Yes, five million taels of silver, that's even if we sell all our money, we can't make up."

"What's wrong with the governor? Why are you talking nonsense?"

The merchants were talking one by one, and looking at Pan Ruzhen was like looking at a madman.

Facing the crowd of people who were talking, Pan Ruzhen ignored it, but looked at everyone calmly. After the sound around him became smaller, he said: "Dear elders, Ben Fu was not crazy, nor did he drink high. The silver that Ben Fu mentioned just now was not wrong, it was indeed five million taels, because this silver was not what Ben Fu wanted, but was now stationed in Xicheng Xinguo Duke who found Ben Fu today, saying that Ben Fu must be raised within three days, and then sent to the military camp of Jiangning Army in Xicheng District, so now Japanese Fu..."

Before Pan Ruzhen could finish his words, the merchants around him immediately started to make noise, and some merchants even shouted excitedly.

"If you take such a strong robbery, you will be a powerful official in the court!"

"I don't want money, but I have one to die."

Old Man Peng also said angrily: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. As the Duke of the current dynasty, he didn't want to share his worries and make decisions for the people, but he always wanted to plunder the people's wealth and ointment, and he was not a son of man or a son of man!"

Pan Ruzhen looked at the excited crowd around him, but he sneered in his heart, pressed his hands down and said seriously: "All the wise men, please listen to me."

"Okay, everyone is quiet, let's listen to the governor's lecture."

"It's all quiet, the governor is going to give a lecture."

After everyone calmed down, Pan Ruzhen said, "Okay, everyone will listen to Benfu's words. Benfu knows everyone's mood and understands the difficulties of everyone. However, Duke Xin also said today that if Benfu does not send five million taels of silver and 50,000 stones of grain and a thousand pigs to the Jiangning Army camp within three days, he will lead the army to take it himself, and do not say that he is not prepared."

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings became quiet.

Although seven merchants present were still dissatisfied with each other and eight were resentful, they had already calmed down a lot.

Perhaps Pan Ruzhen's words that did not say that they were scared to them, and then they remembered that the Duke Xin and more than 10,000 soldiers under his command were stationed on the Xijiao School, less than a few miles away. If they really annoyed them, they would really take ruthless measures.

But they were still afraid, but they still had to say what they should say. Although before coming, everyone understood that this meal was not delicious tonight, and they probably had to pay the money. Everyone was mentally prepared, but to be honest, so much money has exceeded their psychological expectations.

After all, no one's money is not blown by the strong wind. On weekdays, they can spend a lot of money to buy an actor or redeem a young prostitute, but if they each took out tens of thousands of taels of silver to donate it to those big soldiers, these people would not be happy no matter what.

Old Man Peng's aura became weaker at this time. The reason why he dared to question Pan Ruzhen just now was because he knew that he and Pan Ruzhen were both civil servants and that he was Pan Ruzhen's senior, so he dared to question Pan Ruzhen, but he did not dare to say the same thing to Yang Feng.

The reason is very simple, because he understands that Yang Feng will not buy his account at all.

Looking at the silent people, Pan Ruzhen sneered in his heart. Didn’t you shout happily in front of this governor just now? Why don’t you talk anymore? If you have the ability, go to the Jiangning Army camp to make trouble, and see if Yang Feng will spoil you.

After waiting for a while, seeing the people who still didn't make a sound, Pan Ruzhen couldn't help but remind: "Everyone, I have to remind you that the deadline given by Duke Xinguo is only three days. If the money is not sent to the military camp on time within three days, Duke Xinguo will send troops to take it by himself. What does this mean? I think you all understand. Okay, I have finished speaking. Whether you die or live depends on the wise men. I will leave for the time being."

After saying that, Pan Ruzhen just slipped away, leaving only the merchants who looked at each other below.

"Dude, do you think those merchants will send the silver?"

Just when the wealthy gentry were arguing, Yang Feng was taking a break from his busy schedule and lying on the big bed in the big tent, but was awakened by Li Yan who couldn't sleep.

Of course, you can do it. Please be careful. If anyone who sends money to accept it, you will say that you know and ask them to wait for news." Yang Feng told Li Yan.

"Dude, this is not great." Li Yan still retained the minimum integrity of a scholar in his heart, so he still protested when encountering this matter. Of course, it is not his business whether he listens or not.

"What's wrong with it? I think you're stupid in studying. Do you know how much wealth those rich merchants have? Although five million taels of silver seem to be a lot, if they are spread out, each company will only have tens of thousands of dollars at most. Such silver is nothing to those rich people. They usually have an actor at this price."

"No, it costs 10,000 or 20,000 taels of silver to buy an actor?"

Although Li Yan is also considered a family of officials, he has begun to decline after his generation. It seems unimaginable to him to spend 10,000 taels of silver just to buy an actor.

“Hahaha…”

Yang Feng smiled. This kind of thing is not uncommon no matter which dynasty or generation. In modern society, there are no frequent cases where a certain official ruined himself or even sent to prison for a certain woman. However, he didn't want to tell Li Yan in detail, so he should keep his last bit of innocence.

"How about Li Yan like this, let's bet on whether these merchants will collect all the silver within three days and then send it to the military camp?

If the Supervisor loses, you can agree to a request. If the Supervisor wins, the other way around. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!