Before Chu Qianqiu went to Yanyu City to put down the rebellion, he did not lead his team there in a hurry. Instead, he summoned the wealthiest businessmen and wealthy households in Shuiyun City.
It is impossible to fight a war and make yourself pay for it.
According to the tradition of the Shenwu Dynasty, generals would ask big businessmen for money.
This is also a matter of course. All the 10,000 guards under Chu Qianqiu are combat soldiers. Of course, it is impossible for 10,000 people to rush towards Yanyu City carelessly.
They also need supplies along the way, as well as logistical assistance.
Chu Qianqiu's army is not like locusts, which will eat wherever they go, so he must arrange for auxiliary troops, which also requires the assistance of various big families and wealthy businessmen.
"General Chu, the Liu family is willing to provide two million taels of silver and fifty thousand pieces of silk to help fund the army."
The representative of the Liu family this time is still Liu Heng, the original head of the Liu family. Although he gave up the position of head of the family to Liu Ruxin, he can better bring the squires up by stepping forward on this occasion.
When Liu Heng spoke, the merchants took a deep breath.
Don't look at Chu Qianqiu's tens of millions of taels of silver flowing up and down at every turn. That's because he is playing a high-end game and is facing the richest group in the empire. Not everyone in Shuiyun City today is rich like the Liu family.
He donated two million taels from the beginning, what will others do?
[This head of the Liu family has gone too far. Doesn’t he leave a way for others to survive? 】
[He is no longer the head of the Liu family. The Liu family has replaced him with Liu Ruxin, the original shopkeeper of Qixiu Pavilion.]
【How is this going?】
【Your information is too ill-informed, just yesterday.】
[It’s just that the Liu family dealt with it in a low-key manner without high-profile publicity.]
[Then how dare he donate so much money?]
[You are really amazing. Lady Liu Ruxin is the concubine of General Chu Xina, don’t you know? 】
[There is such a thing, no wonder the Liu family is willing to pay so much money.]
These businessmen are not incompetent. At worst, they are masters of energy storage and prominent figures in the world. Naturally, they also know how to use secret techniques to transmit sounds for private conversations.
As the conversation continued, he began to secretly scold the Liu family for not following the rules.
It's okay to donate money, but it's not okay to donate that much money.
The Liu family has raised its tone so high from the beginning, how can you let other people live?
"The Liu family has done a great job."
"This time the troops are deployed to protect the country and the people."
"After the rebellion is suppressed, those who donate military funds will be rewarded based on their merits."
Chu Qianqiu didn't care about their money, but wanted to see their attitude.
Do you want to hang out with me or not?
Through this rebellion of the Zhenbei Army, the shopping malls and officialdom of Yuzhou were completely baptized.
Lingzhou has been washed once, and Fengzhou has also been washed once. Now in these two places, Chu Qianqiu's speech is very effective, and one sentence can be worth a hundred sentences.
He had not planned to clean up Yuzhou yet, but now that King Jing has started, Chu Qianqiu will completely eliminate his influence.
There can only be one master in Yuzhou, and it is not the Cui family, nor King Jing, nor the Six Gates, but him, Chu Qianqiu.
"Ciguang Temple is willing to donate 500,000 silver and 20,000 dans of rice to support the military."
"General Long was harmed by the monster from Tianji Pavilion. You must not make any wild guesses!"
While everyone was hesitating, the abbot of Ciguang Temple expressed Buddhism's attitude towards this matter.
If word of General Long's incident spreads, it will not only damage the court's face, but Zen Master Zuyuan's face will also have no place to put it.
In the beginning, Maha Temple acted as a guarantor to ensure the safety of General Long, but as a result, there was a problem with General Long's safety.
You can't take this matter too seriously, otherwise everyone will lose face.
Originally, Tianji Pavilion took the blame because it was good for you, me, and everyone.
The imperial court admitted that it failed to protect them well and took part of the blame. Manshou Temple also stood up to examine itself. The Divine Power Army took control of the power and obtained the guilty edict from Her Majesty the Queen. This matter was finally over.
As a result, King Jing planned to bring up the old matter again, and Buddhism must not recognize it, otherwise the matter would be much more serious. Who would believe in Buddhism’s guarantee in the future?
Therefore, before Zen Master Zuyuan arrived in Yuzhou, he urgently contacted Abbot Mingran of Ciguang Temple and asked him to choose his side.
Ci Guang Temple's opening raised the price tag in the hearts of other big investors.
It's not that they are unwilling to bid, but they want to see how other prominent figures bid.
"Beigong Commercial Bank is willing to donate 500,000 taels of silver and 40,000 dans of rice."
Before anyone else could react, Bei Gongyu, the shopkeeper of Beigong Trading Company, stated his price without hesitation and tried his best.
[Beigong Trading Company has only recently developed. I'm afraid their total wealth is only so much.]
【Is this a big gamble? 】
[Beigong Trading Company is very active in assisting Fengzhou. Could it be that they want to jump on General Chu’s ship? 】
Others were astonished. This business firm only started to make efforts in the last few months. It purchased properties, manors, and shops everywhere. It was said that it found a treasure somewhere and made a fortune.
Could it be that the general's orders are so valuable? When the army was dispatched before, everyone donated tens of thousands taels to each other, which was already very sincere.
Why were they ready to go bankrupt as soon as General Chu came?
Is this a donation?
It's obviously life-threatening.
Chu Qianqiu glanced at Bei Gongyu, who responded with an extremely humble salute. This was the way a minister would salute his lord.
Beigong Trading Company, is it my property?
Seeing this, Chu Qianqiu seemed to have some memories, and quickly asked his eldest wife Huang Xiaoxiao who was far away in Lingzhou.
[Xiaoxiao, do you remember Beigong Trading Company? 】
[Husband, your memory is really getting worse.]
Huang Xiaoxiao was dealing with family affairs in the study room. When he suddenly heard Chu Qianqiu's words, he couldn't help but laugh.
[Isn’t this the Beigong Trading Company that my husband said he wanted to help them with?] (Note: Chapter 336)
[It just so happened that the Chu family’s business was about to expand. In order to avoid being overbearing, I sent someone to cooperate with them. 】
[At that time, Beigong Trading Company was on the verge of bankruptcy, so I bought them.]
[Now they are a subordinate organization of the Chu family in Yuzhou.]
【Of course I will pay my husband.】
Chu Qianqiu suddenly realized it and said with a smile:
[My wife is worthy of being my husband’s virtuous wife. Once the matter in Yuzhou is settled, my husband will go back immediately.]
【Bah, my husband is not serious.】
[This time the Zhenbei Army rebelled, husbands should be careful at sea.]
[According to the information investigated by the Cui family’s sister, the movements of Tianjianmen’s navy are unknown. They want to make a big deal at sea.]
Huang Xiaoxiao said seriously that she controlled the entire Chu family's intelligence network, including Huang Qianhu's part, and sometimes it was even better than the imperial court's intelligence network, especially the news at sea.
[Don’t worry, madam, no matter how many enemies come, they will never come back.]
Chu Qianqiu smiled and said. At this time, the atmosphere for donations has risen, and all merchants are enthusiastically donating, not to be outdone.
"The Grain and Grain Bank is willing to provide 150,000 taels of silver and 100,000 dans of rice to support the military."
"Piaoxiang Tea Shop is willing to provide one hundred thousand taels of silver and one hundred tons of tea to support the military."
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After all the businessmen pledged their donations, Chu Qianqiu concluded.
"Everyone did a great job. Chu understood this heart of fist."
"This time Yuzhou's counterinsurgency campaign will naturally be carried out in one fell swoop, and Yuzhou will not suffer any losses."
"I am willing to serve the general!"
"Very good, then the Liu Family Master and Shopkeeper Huang from Piaoxiang Tea Shop will stay."
"The others will be received by General Yang. Every penny you donate will be remembered by Mr. Chu."
As soon as Chu Qianqiu finished speaking, the face of the shopkeeper [Chahuangya] of Piaoxiang Tea Shop changed.