"Master Marquis, do you think he will agree?" Chen Shiyi asked Zhang Yanling in the back hall of Zhenwei Camp's military office.
Zhang Yanling looked at Chen Shi and said: "Brother Chen, what you want is too much. I asked you to ask for one million taels. That is the silver taels that Liu Jin can easily take out. Although this guy is good at plundering, he still wants to take
Two million taels, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him. Hey, originally, if it was only 1.8 million taels, he would definitely be able to get it. But now, I don't know."
Chen Shiyi was in a daze, smacking his lips and saying, "I didn't mess it up, right? I just wanted to blackmail him more. He's going to die anyway, so what's the use of keeping the money? Once you get the money, you can build ships."
By building cannons, we can do great things."
Zhang Yanling patted his arm and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I think Liu Jin can still come up with it if he works hard. It depends on what he thinks. This guy has no money himself, and the people under him are not all
Is he a huge greedy person? Let him find a way to do it. I think he will do his best to survive. After all, he only has one life."
Chen Shiyi said happily: "What do you mean by the Duke of Guo, he will go around to raise money? So what should we do now?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Now I can only watch and listen in all directions to see what's going on. I have arranged for people in the palace to be with the emperor to prevent Liu Jin from doing anything. Of course, he did not dare to confess to the emperor about this matter.
That's asking for death. But after all, we have to be more careful. As for the outside."
Chen Shiyi said: "I immediately sent my brothers to look around and see what they were doing. Also, I had to send people to guard the Dongshan mass graves in advance, just in case Liu Jin and his men were ambushing their troops and wanted to silence them and kill them.
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Zhang Yanling waved his hand and said: "No. There is no need to do anything. If you are really worried, just send a few brothers to pretend to be ordinary people and keep an eye on it. Otherwise, the truth will be exposed."
Chen Shiyi was surprised and said: "Why is that? Wouldn't Liu Jin take risks?"
Zhang Yanling shook his head and said: "What can you think of, Liu Jin can't think of? We are under each other's eyes, and every move will be transmitted to each other. If you send a large number of brothers to lurk, it will make Liu Jin suspicious. You are alone and
He negotiated a deal, this one
In his opinion, you are the only one who knows about the matter, and it is extremely secretive. If you mobilize a large number of people to go to the mass graves, it will be inconsistent. Besides, you, a person who uses secrets to extort money from him, should be quiet and silent at this time.
.Otherwise it would be like a trap.”
Chen Shiyi nodded suddenly. Indeed, the more times like this, the more calm and calm it is. Anyway, any extreme behavior will be under the eyes of the other party, which will make the extremely shrewd Liu Jin realize that there is a problem.
And Liu Jin is not that stupid. Once he mobilizes people to ambush, he will definitely not go. And he will hand over the evidence to Zhang Yanling, then things will be bad.
Neither party can make any changes at this time. Unless Liu Jin does not intend to complete the deal, he will not dare to act rashly in matters that are related to his life.
"In the past few days, you go home as usual and come to the military camp as usual. But be more careful. You can assign brothers to protect your house, especially at night. You must strictly protect it. Well... it's better to do this. You let Huayi take care of it.
Take the children to my house for a wedding visit, and you put them in the car in front of everyone and send them to my house. This will tell Liu Jin that it is impossible for him to play dirty tricks." Zhang Yanling frowned and thought.
Chen Shiyi bowed and said: "I will do as you are told immediately. It just so happens that Huayi also misses the princess."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Okay, just relax and don't be too nervous. Whether this thing is successful or not is very important these days. You go ahead."
Chen Shiyi hurriedly said: "Well, on that day, when I went to Dongshan Mass Grave, how could I deal with them? I didn't have any witnesses or evidence to hand over to him. Could it be that I just robbed the money?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "I will make my own arrangements when the time comes, so just relax. I will take care of everything."
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In the darkness, Liu Jin's back house was completely dark. Liu Jin was sitting in the darkness, like a dead tree.
It was not unexpected for Liu Jin that the matter would reach this point. He thought that the matter had already been settled, but he did not expect that if others did not know about it, he would have to do nothing about it. The matter would still come to light.
This is not an ordinary crime, it is a crime against the nine clans. It doesn’t matter other people, he himself will also die.
After meeting Chen Shiyi today, Liu Jin still can't calm down. Chen Shiyi really knows everything and has witness evidence in hand. The matter is indeed serious. If all these evidences are handed over, he will be 100% sure.
Ten is dead, there is no room for maneuver at all. No matter how powerful you are, you will never be able to recover.
Fortunately, Chen Shi was greedy. He had been dissatisfied with Zhang Yanling for a long time, so he did not tell Zhang Yanling. Otherwise, he might be a corpse now.
However, the lion asked for two million taels at once. He simply couldn't afford so much money.
Not long ago, he counted the belongings in the secret room. There were more than 500,000 taels in silver notes, and the other gold, jewelry, jade, ivory, etc. added together probably only amounted to more than 1 million taels.
All this money was obtained by collecting filial money from officials and plundering land bit by bit. Now he had to spend all of it to buy his life, and he had to find a way to get some more, which really made Liu Jin's heart bleed.
Although money is something external to one's body, a person like him who has no roots only cares about power and money, so he has less fun than others. Giving money to others will simply cost you your life.
However, after all, life is still important. With this life, Liu Jin, just like what Chen Shiyi said, money will flow home. It is as simple as scooping water from the river with a ladle.
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Liu Jin didn't think about killing Chen Shiyi. It was very easy to kill him. Dongchang and Jin Yiwei worked together, even if he had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to survive.
However, once he dies, the news will probably be exposed. If Chen Shi dares to do this desperate act, he must be fully prepared. In this situation, not only cannot he use force, but he must also stand still and not provoke him.
Chen Shiyi. Then Chen Shiyi must be very cautious now. If it irritates him, he will probably give up the transaction.
Money is not difficult to collect. He just wants to restrain everything recently and has some money that he doesn't want to take. Whenever he wants to get money, there are many ways. Many people line up to give him money.
Dozens of candidate officials in the capital are queuing up to wait for him, and people will be sent to call them tomorrow. A prefecture is worth 50,000 taels, and a county is worth 10,000 taels. After giving the money, he can be appointed soon. There are not that many prefectures and counties.
Ling's position doesn't matter. All he needs to do is find a reason to dismiss Jiao Fang, the official minister.
Official position is money. How to realize power? This is the most direct way.
If we do this tomorrow, we should be able to collect almost two million taels. Thinking about it still makes my heart bleed. However, once the evidence and witnesses are obtained, Chen Shiyi will run to the end of the world to catch him.
, get the money back, and cut his whole family into pieces.
Yes, next year is the year of the imperial examination. A lot of money can be made from this. Let Zhang Cai, Jiao Fang and others write some articles on the examination questions. As long as the young masters from wealthy families pay the starting price, they will have no problem getting a Jinshi.
A Jinshi would probably cost ten thousand taels at least.
Liu Jin thought about these things and thought of ways to make up for the losses, and felt a little better. So he stood up and planned to ask someone to light the lamp outside. He was a little hungry and wanted to eat something.
At this moment, the servant who was waiting outside reported: "Father, grandpa is here and is asking for an audience outside."
Grandpa is Liu Rong and Liu Jin’s father.
Upon hearing Liu Rong's arrival, Liu Jin's originally calm mood suddenly became worse.
Liu Rong came in smelling of alcohol. He smiled and cupped his hands at Liu Jin, who was sitting in the hall, and said, "Son, you're polite."
Liu Jin frowned and said, "What are you doing here again?"
Liu Rong's back was hunched, and his face like a date pit was powdered to look younger. He was wearing colorful clothes, and he looked like an old goblin.
"Haha, can you give me some money? I don't have any money. Hehe. I still owe some debts. Can you give me eight thousand taels for me? My dear," Liu Rong said with a playful smile.
Liu Jin became furious and shouted: "You have always been asking for money. Does it fall from the sky? Or does it grow from the ground? At your age, you are eating flowers, drinking, gambling and playing whores, and you are always in debt.
You spend money on gambling and debt, and then you come to ask for money. Do you think I am just shitting myself to get money?"
The son calls me Lao Tzu, which is unique in the Ming Dynasty. Just like Lao Tzu takes his son's surname, Liu Jin's family is so weird.
"My eldest son, please don't say such things. Didn't you pick me up here to make me happy? You are not short of money. I know that the secret room is full of gold and silver treasures. What if you spend some for dad? Dad
It won’t take more than a few years to get old. I used to survive in the mud, but now that you have become successful, why don’t you let me live a happier life?”
Liu Rong's aggrieved words had a bit of a treacherous tone. Every time he resorted to such cruelty and moral kidnapping, it worked. But today was different.
"I don't have any money for you. Get out." Liu Jin shouted.
"I owe a debt outside. If I don't pay, others will cause trouble at home. I can't enter Wangchun Tower either. My dear son, please give me some reward. I'll help you find a way to make money? That one
You must be able to make a lot of money, right? I can take 10%, right?" Liu Rong smiled and stretched his neck.
"What way to make money?" Liu Jin asked doubtfully.
"Huh? That's what I told you last night. Didn't you go see that person today? How much money did you extort from him? I can't get more than 10%, right?" Liu Rong said.
Liu Jin looked at Liu Rong and sneered. Liu Rong was shocked by him, but said: "If you don't say a word, that's not true. If I go out and tell people that I am Liu Jin's father, he won't say anything."
His father Yin Zihua, you have no shame. Tomorrow, I will sleep at the door of the brothel, and others will say something wrong about you when they see me."
The anger in Liu Jin's heart could not be suppressed for a long time. His father was a drunkard and gambler when he was young, and he was a bad guy who was idle and idle. He was sold to Liu Shun, brought to the palace, and then had his private parts cut off to be a eunuch. That kind of thing.
The pain that pierces the soul is a humiliation that every chambermaid will never forget.
Others can marry and have children, but he himself is neither a boy nor a girl. This old guy, if he hadn't come here yesterday and said that like a star, how could he be in the current situation? It's good for him, he thought he had made a meritorious service.
He came to ask for money and even made excuses to make himself angry.
While others rely on their parents, I can only rely on myself to fight hard, and I also have to suffer from the anger of this dog-like man. It is really a hard life.
"I'll let you go." Liu Jin shouted.
Liu Rong licked his face and said, "I won't leave until you give me money."
Liu Jin stood up suddenly and reached out to push Liu Rong. The force was so strong that Liu Rong let out an ouch, staggered back a few steps, and fell to the ground.
"Why don't you get out? I won't give you one tael," Liu Jin scolded.
Liu Rong didn't speak, his body was trembling.
Liu Jin felt something was wrong, frowned and stepped forward to check, only to see a pool of blood starting to spread along the ground. The back of Liu Rong's head hit the sharp corner of the door mortar. His eyes turned white, and he could only breathe out but not in.
Liu Jin took two steps back and sat on the ground, speechless for a long time.