Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed. They left the Royal Treasure Hall and went back to the house in sedan chairs.
Today Han Hong, Zheng Qingzhi and others are basically likely to return empty-handed, but what they saw and heard in the Royal Treasure Hall can be said to have given them a new understanding of big businessmen. They all have the same sentence in their hearts, then
That is: They are really rich, where does this money come from?
In the past, each of them knew that merchants were extremely wealthy and country gentry were extremely wealthy, but becoming so wealthy was beyond their expectations. Even those of them who received a special gift from Zhao Yun could get half of the money for free, but among these
In front of the wealthy, he is still vulnerable.
And they felt this way, which was one of the reasons why Zhao Yun asked them to come here.
Zhao Yun wanted to let them experience for themselves the strength of great merchants and great country gentry, and let them see the changes in the world.
They left, but Zhao Yun has not left yet. Gao Shi is still counting the final auction proceeds for various treasures today. Zhao Yun is also waiting and looking forward to the results.
After some calculations, Gao Shi said: "Your Majesty, three treasures were not sold today, and nineteen treasures were sold, resulting in a total of 897,000 and 500 guan."
"good."
Zhao Yun couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised. This is indeed a good way to make money. Even those treasures were gathering dust in the warehouse. Now they only sold 19 pieces, which cost 890,000 yuan. To wipe out Li Quan's
The cost is basically recovered.
There are tens of thousands of various kinds of treasures in the warehouse. Although it is impossible for every piece to be priceless, after all, there are only a few like the Five Cows Picture and Peace Poster. But no matter which treasure is placed among the people, which one is valuable?
Not a rarity?
Even if those treasures are only worth a fraction of the Wuniu Tu Ping Tie, tens of thousands of them together are still a sum of money that I dare not count.
The success of the Royal Treasure Hall gave Zhao Yun a lot of confidence. This way of making money was immediately clear. From now on, Zhao Yun will face much less financial pressure.
And while the Imperial Treasure Hall was intensely bidding, Chuzhou, thousands of miles away, also ushered in gratifying changes.
Xia Quan and Shi Qing, two of Xuyi's four general managers, finally led their troops to Chuzhou City. They totaled 30,000 troops. Soon Peng Yibin would arrive with 20,000 troops. By then, the imperial troops gathered in Chuzhou would reach
The number is fifty thousand.
What's even more terrible is that the new Jianghuai envoy is Zhao Shanxiang, who will also come to Chuzhou with Peng Yibin.
Zhao Shanxiang has been an official in Jianghuai for more than 20 years and knows everyone here. It is not easy to deal with Zhao Shanxiang.
Suddenly, Chuzhou was like a dark cloud, and people were panicked.
Yang Miaozhen looked at Xia Quan and Shi Qing's troops outside the city with a stern expression and a fierce look in his eyes.
Now the most elite soldiers and horses in Chuzhou have been taken away by Li Quan. There are only less than 30,000 soldiers and horses left, but most of them are not elites and their combat effectiveness is a little worse than those brought out.
Although there is not much difference in the numbers of the two armies, after all, Li Quan is engaged in rebellion, and people's hearts will inevitably be unstable, and the people sent by the imperial court are all talented people, so how can they feel at ease.
Yang Miaozhen was thinking about countermeasures. Liu Qingfu, his confidant general, was very worried and couldn't help complaining: "Zhao Shanxiang and Peng Yibin are coming soon. Once they arrive, Chuzhou will be in danger. The commander-in-chief doesn't know why he doesn't go to attack Yangzhou."
, but we must attack Taizhou first, which will waste the opportunity to fight, otherwise, we will do it now,"
"enough."
Yang Miaozhen stopped immediately, and Liu Qingfu was so frightened that he did not dare to say anything more.
Yang Miaozhen turned around, looked at Liu Qingfu, and said bitterly: "What's the use of talking about this now? Do you want to disturb the morale of our army?"
If it weren't for Liu Qingfu being an old man who started his career in Shandong following Li Quan, and his status was extraordinary, or else, based on what he just said, even the gods couldn't save him.
Yang Miaozhen summoned someone and said, "When you go out of the city, tell Xia Quan that I, Yang Miaozhen, have invited him to the city to have a drink and talk about the friendship between the rebels back then."
Xia Quan, Shi Qing, and the other two general managers of Xuyi, Zhang Hui and Fan Chengjin, were all rebels who rose up in Shandong to resist the Jin Dynasty, and they fought in the same trench.
Xia Quan and Li Quan even called themselves brothers and had a life-long friendship, but later they surrendered to the Song Dynasty one after another. Because of a dispute over the territory, Xia Quan turned to the court, and the two completely parted ways.
Xia Quan learned that Yang Miaozhen wanted to see him, so it was naturally impossible for him to go to the city to attend the meeting.
He politely declined and said: "When you reply to Yang Mei, tell me that this time I was ordered by the imperial court to destroy Li Quan. This matter is non-negotiable. However, because of past friendship, as long as she abandons the dark side and turns to the bright side, I will be safe."
Her life is safe."
When the visitor came back to life, Yang Miaozhen sneered and said: "This Xia Quan actually doesn't miss the old relationship at all, so don't blame me, Yang Miaozhen, for being unrighteous."
At night, Yang Miaozhen quietly left the city with two guards and came to Xia Quan's military camp, asking to see Xia Quan.
When Xia Quan learned that Yang Miaozhen had arrived, he was a little surprised and said to himself that she was very brave and worthy of Yang Miaozhen, the Pear Blossom Gun.
Xia Quan met Yang Miaozhen in the main tent.
The two exchanged some polite words, and Yang Miaozhen cried and said: "Brother Xia, you and I are old acquaintances, and I won't hide it from you, sister. I don't agree with my husband's rebellion, but who calls him my husband?"
If he wants to do it, my sister, I can't do anything about it.
Now that the imperial court has sent troops to suppress him, it is over for him if he is trapped in Yangzhou, and I am at the end of my rope here. I also ask my brother to save my sister's life out of the kindness of the rebels back then."
Xia Quandao: "This is natural. As long as you, Sister Yang, vote for the imperial court, brother, I will guarantee with my head that nothing will happen to you."
Yang Miaozhen was overjoyed and said happily: "That's the case, then thank you brother."
Saying that, Yang Miaozhen glanced at Xia Quan secretly, and seeing that he was also peeping at her, Yang Miaozhen said with affection: "Brother Xia, now my husband Li Quan will not survive. How can I survive as a woman in this troubled world in the future?
How about I marry you and become your woman, so that I can have someone to rely on in the future."
After Xia Quan heard this, he was stunned and stammered, "This, this, this,,, isn't this bad?"
"What's wrong with this? My husband's name is Li Quan and your name is Xia Quan. They are both Quan. Do you think our fate is ordinary?"
As he spoke, Yang Miaozhen walked behind Xia Quan, hugged Xia Quan from behind, and said, "Brother, my sister is yours tonight."
Xia Quan was distracted and his heart was beating wildly. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked up Yang Miaozhen and walked to the bed.
Yang Miaozhen felt contempt in her heart. When they got to the bed, the two of them were about to do their good deeds. Yang Miaozhen suddenly said shyly: "Brother, my sister was just happy, but... she forgot that she had her period the day before yesterday. I'm afraid my sister won't be able to serve me tonight."