Guan Yi hurried into the palace and soon returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of War with a dark face.
Just like him, Marquis Yongchang also had a dark complexion.
The Yongchang Hou Mansion can naturally get the two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, but it will take a long time to raise the money.
It's just that the Yongchang Marquis Mansion was not prepared to pay. They planned to find an excuse to delay the payment until they could act on their own initiative. Therefore, they did not prepare any money.
However, at noon, Zuo Fu suddenly came to the door with Qian Duoduo, the shopkeeper of the Regal Casino, and put the betting slip in front of him without saying a word.
Marquis Yongchang suddenly panicked.
He stuffed some money into Zuo Fu's hand, said a lot of good things, and asked for a few days' grace.
"I am willing to admit defeat. I must settle the silver within twelve hours. The Marquis will take care of it himself."
Zuo Fu was very considerate to him, so he got up and left after leaving these words.
Raise 250,000 silver in twelve hours?
The Marquis of Yongchang was about to cry, but even if he sold him, he wouldn't be able to raise enough money.
But if you don’t have enough money, you still have to raise money.
What they owe now is money from the treasury or the emperor.
Suddenly, the huge Marquis Palace and even their in-laws from far and near started to move. Everyone gritted their teeth and took out the valuable gold and silver jewelry in their hands, and bought them at low prices in the shop.
It's just that the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion is a marquis' mansion after all. If you can't see it when you look up, you can't see it when you look down, so everyone is embarrassed to grab it first.
Of course, many people also inquired about the deadline given by Zuo Fu and waited silently for Marquis Yongchang to be desperate and lower the price of the items in his hands.
Xiao Gang is not that cunning.
He didn't care whether the things or shops brought out by Marquis Yongchang were useful or not, he happily robbed them anyway. He even bought several shops, farms and horse farms from his elder brother.
Those were Xiao Rui's late mother's dowry, which made his eldest brother almost fainted with anger.
As for Ren Ning, he was just a lowly fifth-level military general, with no qualifications or means to rob the property of the Marquis of Yongchang. However, he borrowed money and got a stack of land deeds from Xiao Gang.
Another day later, the Ministry of War finally made a plaque for Ren Ning's family, and Guan Yi personally led a team and beat gongs and drums to deliver it to the door.
Ren Ning received the news and greeted him outside the gate early with the friendship of his family and friends.
He was speechless: "Master Shangshu is busy with official duties, so why bother to bother you to deliver it to your door in person?"
As he spoke, Ren Ning's eyes fell on the four-foot-long plaque.
Soon his eyelids trembled.
The plaque was covered with a layer of bright yellow silk, so it was difficult to see what was written on it.
Guan Yi looked at Ren Ning with a complicated expression.
He has indeed had a lot of official duties in his hands recently. He has to sort out the materials of more than 300 southern civil servants and military generals, and also mobilize garrison troops from various counties to quell the civil unrest in the west.
The entire Military Department Yamen was busy day and night.
It's just that Emperor Changxing scolded him several times in the past few days, and Guanyi didn't dare to neglect him.
The two exchanged polite greetings.
Burning incense to worship the Queen, a few people worked together to straighten the plaque and place it on the lintel above the door lintel amid the lively gongs, drums and congratulations.
Crackling.
The sound of firecrackers sounded.
The two masters, Ren Ning and Ying Pan, stood on either side. With a gentle pull, the bright yellow veil fell down.
Everyone looked up.
General's Mansion!
In the sunlight, three large golden characters sparkled.
Ren Ning has sharp eyes and can see the difference in this plaque at a glance.
Compared with other mansions, the plaque in front of you has a square royal seal in the middle. If you look closely, it says "The Imperial Seal of the Treasure of Changxing Imperial Brush".
It turns out that this is a plaque written by Emperor Changxing.
Except for Guanyi, everyone else was in an uproar and quickly saluted again.
After another round of troubles, Yingpan sent a gift of silver, and Ren Ning gave some of Wei Junqian's fine tea to Guanyi. All the talents in the Ministry of War left one after another.
"It's actually the Imperial General's Mansion." Li Hebai's eyes turned red with envy, "Old Ren, you are about to get mad."
Ren Ning had come to his senses and shook his head with a smile: "What's there to be envious of? I spent 250,000 silver to get this."
Everyone was stunned.
whee.
Yingpan smiled and said: "To be exact, it's ten thousand taels of silver."
Ten thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for the name of the imperial palace, or in other words, for the stability of the family in the future, and there will definitely be no loss or even a huge profit.
Fortunately, it is the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.
In order to raise 250,000 taels of silver within 12 hours, their entire family's wealth shrank by at least 300,000 taels. However, none of the partners of the wealthy gambling house, including the shopkeeper Qian Duoduo, appeared again.
Two days later, the Third Division began to publicly try the civil and military generals of Nanfeng, attracting countless people to Dali Temple to watch.
Ren Ning also went to see it once.
The person on trial at that time was Pei Ruhai, the Prime Minister of Nanfeng.
The three chief ministers issued a long verdict, and finally sentenced the nine Pei clans to be executed. Pei Ruhai himself was slashed with thousands of knives and his body was exposed for seven days. At the same time, a kneeling statue was erected in Yunzhong County that has not fallen down for a thousand years, allowing the world to despise him.
In the cheers of the people, Ren Ning turned and left.
Let's just say goodbye to this sinful old guy.
Returning to the General's Mansion, there were more than 300 people standing in the front yard.
"Meet the general!"
When they met Ren Ning, hundreds of them lined up.
These are the disabled veterans who retired from the Starfall Legion. Their injuries are relatively minor, and their movements may be a little inconvenient, but it is not a problem to be the guards of the General's Mansion.
Others are the family members of these hundreds of soldiers.
Ren Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
After these brothers arrived, my home was no longer empty, but finally looked a bit like a general's mansion.
Arrange accommodation, make rules...
After a while, Ren Ning recruited Miao Xia.
"Brothers, this is my adopted brother. He is too young to join the army for the time being. We will return to the army in a while, and everyone will train him well for me."
"You're welcome. We must make him a qualified Starfall soldier."
Everyone smiled and agreed, laughing and leading Miao Xia away.
Ren Ning and Ying Pan were transferred to Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion.
There were more than ten acquaintances sitting or standing in the main hall, divided between the host and the guest.
Gu Shengnan from the Gu family caravan was also among them.
Ren Ning looked up.
Two people stood behind Gu Shengnan. One of them was the old housekeeper Gu Fugui, and the other was a dark-skinned man with a thick build.
Ren Ning felt vaguely familiar.
He thought about it carefully and was quickly surprised, "Are you Tieshu?"
When he sent the spirit back to his hometown, this man followed the convoy through several counties without even using straw sandals and only relied on a pair of feet. He even caused Lei Er, who was a banker for the first time, to lose a lot of money to the boss.
"I've met General Ren." The man smiled honestly, "I'm Tieshu."
Gu Shengnan smiled and said: "Tieshu is a rare good man. We got married some time ago, and he is now my husband, Gu Shengnan."
Tsk tsk!
"This time the iron tree is really blooming." Lei Er had been nibbling the beans on the table, and suddenly he said this in a cold voice.
Although he has a lot of money in his hands now, Lei Er still feels a little resentful whenever he thinks of the money and face he lost because of Tieshu last year.
"Congratulations, congratulations." Ren Ning said goodbye to him and quickly congratulated with Yingpan, "I wish you two a happy marriage and a son soon."
They laughed and said, "I came out in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts. I'll make up for them later."
Gu Shengnan didn't care and nodded in agreement.
The two parties chatted for a few more times about the current situation before getting down to business.
"Second Young Master," Gu Shengnan stood up and saluted Xiao Gang: "Shengnan has decided that the Gu family caravan will start taking the north-south route from next month."