Chapter 358: Build momentum

"I will send 300,000 silver coins to Master Xu first. Wait for a month or two, and I will send 300,000 more..." Yang Jing's first sentence was to allocate 300,000 silver coins, and the treasury quickly bottomed out.

"...If it is not enough, I can add it. The matter of rafts must not be delayed... Tell Master Xu, let him be bold and let go, I support him... By the way, I also issued an order to strictly order Zhou Yanru to arrive in Ningxia Town in time and to buy enough rafts in time. If there is any delay, stagnation, and ineffective work, I will never forgive..." Yang Gai scattered the ministers and started to operate this matter alone.

"I obey the order, so I will send someone to draw an order." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Send someone to tell Fan Weicheng again and ask him to send someone to Fugu County, Shaanxi Province to conduct an exclusive interview with Shi Kefa, treat Shi Kefa as a typical example, an advanced example to promote the affairs of immigrant officials who are dedicated to the disaster victims through the Dibao. This time the matter of this sheepskin raft is also written in to increase the confidence of the victims. By the way, Dibao should also enter Shaanxi as soon as possible, so that more victims can see and hear the Dibao." Yang Jing ordered again. Although he ordered the people of Tongzhengsi, it was another matter whether Fan Weicheng listened to Tongzhengsi. Yang Jing ordered again.

"I have written it down..." Wang Chengen agreed.

"In addition, if you are in Li Ruolian..., no, borrow one million taels of silver to calculate interest..." Yang Jing originally wanted to use one million directly, but thinking about it, he would still borrow it. If the bank he opened became his own ATM, then the bank would not be able to open it. Even if he had control and did not "borrow" all the bank's money, it would be difficult to ensure that the next emperor would have self-control. He would still form a rule in his own hands. Although it didn't sound very nice, it would be better to start from himself. As an emperor, he had never owned the "world", so let's borrow it, let's embarrass it.

"Ah! Your Majesty, do you really want to lend it? Repay the interest? Your Majesty, I am afraid that Li Ruolian will not dare to collect the interest from His Majesty..." Wang Chengen felt that he was really embarrassing the emperor's face when he saw that the emperor actually said he would borrow money, so he quickly stopped him.

"It's okay, just borrow it in the name of Yang Jing. Just don't use my name. This is the rule. You have to do this in the future, otherwise the bank will not be able to be opened. If I can withdraw money from the bank at any time, I will let those ministers know that the bank is my second treasury. I am afraid that the treasury will be counted on the bank. If this continues, no matter how much money there is in the bank, it will not be enough for those people to think about it..." Yang Jing explained.

"This, this is... obey the order, Your Majesty, I will do it now." Wang Chengen thought about the emperor's words and felt that the emperor was justified. Whatever he did now, the ministers stared at the emperor's treasury and asked the emperor to subdue the treasury. If he knew that the emperor could just take the money from the bank, he would be afraid that there would be another place to look at in the future.

"Forget it, I've borrowed it all. I'll write another IOU, and I'll give you two points of interest..." In order to establish rules, Yang Jing did not hesitate to use words to testify. Of course, he would not use Zhu Youjian's name, but Yang Jing's.

"Ah! Your Majesty, this is really inappropriate. It's okay to borrow it. If you still have a document, then in the future..." Wang Cheng'en was extremely anxious. This thing is just a bomb! The whole world belongs to the emperor, and the emperor also wrote an IOU to others. What does this mean? This is a blow to the emperor's sacredness and the granting of imperial power to heaven.

"It's okay, just borrow it with Yang Jing's name. I won't sign my real name..." Yang Jing explained with a smile.

Wang Chengen had nothing to say. It was borrowed by the emperor, not by the emperor. It depends on what he said. This can only be based on the emperor's wishes.

Shaanxi.

On the official road from Xi'an Prefecture to Ningxia Town.

A line of fast horses galloped.

There were only a dozen people in this group, and the leader was Zhou Yanru, the deputy imperial envoy.

Zhou Yanru thought about it all night in the post station, considering whether to focus on the current butt or the future butt. If he is afraid that his butt hurts today and is slow to be late for a few days in Ningxia Town, the consequences may be quite serious, which is directly related to the seat under his butt in the future.

The immigration from Shaanxi is obviously the most important thing that the emperor values, and the key to immigration is northern Shaanxi, and the key to immigration is in northern Shaanxi, and the key to immigration is in the raft, and the key to the raft is in Ningxia Town. Therefore, to reach Ningxia Town in time and handle the matter of raft in time is a great achievement. Not only is the emperor's place good at dealing with the job, but he has a good impression. In the future, Xu Guangqi will not be the imperial envoy for immigration in the future. Then, the candidates for the elected will be himself. Zhou Yanru thought about it all night, but finally decided to give up the large group of people, take the light cavalry, use the fast horses at the post station to replace horses and not replace people, and rush to the Yellow River in Ningxia Town at a speed of 300 miles a day.

Although his butt hurts very much, he thought that his butt would be able to sit in the cabinet safely in the future, that he would be an immigrant in the future, that he would be a famous person in the future, that he would forget the pain because he would be famous throughout the ages, Zhou Yanru forgot the pain and kept rushing forward.

Yang Jing, who had been thinking about the platform for a long time, has now figured out that Shaanxi's affairs are almost critical. I am far away in Beijing and I can't do much. What I can do is not lose my chains in terms of money. Other companies with Xu Guangqi's agricultural departments naturally have immigrant officials to operate, whether good or bad, it depends on those people. I am far away in the capital, and everything I have to do is through my own hands. It is very unrealistic.

Immigration was the key to Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty. Yang Jing didn’t take it seriously, such as rebellion and civil rebellion. It was a joke without the rebellion involving the disaster victims. Yang Jing was not afraid of it at all. He was afraid that those people would sweep away the entire Shaanxi in a locust-like manner, causing devastating damage to Shaanxi. This is what Yang Jing was afraid of.

Nowadays, there are immigration and rebellion and tug of war in the department, and there are new troops in Shaanxi. Yang Jing is not afraid of it. According to the current situation, at most he is practicing in Shaanxi with the new troops. Those who are clamoring for rebellion want to be in a climate, which is difficult...

After considering his own situation clearly, Yang Jingwei also changed his attitude towards things and began to smile at life, not get angry, let alone get angry. His bad body would not be able to pay another extra for him.

"Big partner, send this secret box to Shaanxi." Yang Jie wrote a private message to Xu Guangqi and asked Wang Chengen to send it out. Some things are inconvenient to explain clearly, so they can only be explained in private messages.

In the letter, Yang Jing told Xu Guangqi that he sent Guo Huan and sent choir people to comfort the emotions of the victims. He also told some of the choirs some "glorious cases" to ask Xu Guangqi to pay attention to cooperation and also wrote to Xu Guangqi that when dealing with things like Wang Er, he could be pampered. Those who are sincere in taking the right path can be opened, but they must be careful to prevent them from causing trouble.

"Abide by the order, I will go now..." Wang Chengen agreed.

"In addition, we can send out the news that the palace is preparing to install glass windows, and it will cost about hundreds of thousands of taels of silver... By the way, that horse lantern, I remembered that after the raft floats down, it has to be transported to the upstream by mules and horses. In order to save time, it is best to float down during the day and at night, transport it back upstream, and strive to transport the victims back within a day as soon as possible. The horse lantern declares to the public that Liulizhai is in the name of disaster relief donations,

Shaanxi donated 2,000 horse lanterns, which are specially used for those mules and horses to transport leather rafts upstream at night..." Yang Jie suddenly remembered that Xu Guangqi's letter said that he was quickly transporting disaster victims one round and one day, drifting from one immigration point to the next during the day. In the evening or at night, he used mules, horses and carriages to transport the leather rafts back to the upstream. He continued to transport disaster victims during the day without saying how much lighting was used. Yang Jie was probably a torch, but Yang Jie decided to go straight to the horse lantern.

Yang Jing was building momentum for Liulizhai, not only to promote Liulizhai into a mountain of gold and silver, but also to a Liulizhai with conscience, responsibility and kindness. In the future, when those merchants flipped the altar, they would be an excellent protection for Liulizhai. What's more, this kind of windproof, waterproof, and not afraid of shaking is really the best choice for transporting leather rafts at night.

Wang Chengen had already heard countless orders this day, and this one was the most surprising.

Wang Chengen did not hesitate and said, "Abide by the order, Your Majesty, I will do it now." Wang Chengen agreed and took the secret box to do the business.

"Wait, and also, Liulizhai took the lead in donating money, letting the father-in-law and the emperor's merchants in my name pledge. If one side is in trouble, all sides will support them, so that they can be a conscientious and responsible businessman... Well, let those who take the initiative to pay taxes donate..." Yang Jing thought for a while and ordered.

Before Wang Chengen could take two steps, he heard the emperor's order and agreed again: "As for your order, Your Majesty."

"Also, let Fan Weicheng blew up the news about Liulizhai taking the lead in donating money in the newspaper, so that all the merchants who donated this time would be given the names of the merchants." Yang Jing ordered again, and Yang Jing was very angry with the salt merchants and big merchants, and he didn't expect that he had already started to deal with them.

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed again. Today, the emperor ordered a lot. Wang Chengen once again sorted out what he wanted to do, constantly muttering in his heart, for fear of forgetting what the emperor ordered.

Wang Chengen went out to do the job, and Yang Jie was quiet alone. His mind became ethereal. He didn't have to worry about Shaanxi's affairs. Shaanxi was too far away, and he wanted to remotely control the things in Shaanxi, so he was basically idle. It would be better to pay more attention to his own money bag. If he had money, he would do whatever he wanted. If he had no money, he wouldn't do anything. Now, it would be better to do stocks well. Yang Jie was thinking about when the merchants from Jiangnan whom he arranged could go to the capital. At that time, it was a good time to sell stocks. Now, the stocks were still in the fermentation period and were still in the stage of building momentum.

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In the past few days, the hot topics in the capital are all about Shaanxi. Everyone talks about it with slightest points. After all, 10 million taels of silver will be used to provide disaster relief. This matter has never been done before. In that dynasty, it is definitely a hot topic. Moreover, there are now rumors that Shaanxi is connecting with civil unrest, and they are all waiting for the latest news to see how the Shaanxi affairs will develop.

There were many people gathered in this teahouse, talking about today's newspaper and the latest news today.

"I said, is this raft transporter reliable? It won't be too heavy, right?" This teahouse has received a private visit from the emperor, so it is quite popular and has gathered many people, including merchants, landlords, and literati, waiting for the rabbit, hoping to become the next lucky one.

"Brother Zhang, are you not aware of this? A relative of me is in Shanxi and Shaanxi. I heard from him about this matter. He said! The Yellow River goes up and after passing Tongguan, it becomes increasingly difficult to walk, and it is difficult to sail. Therefore, the locals use sheepskin timber as boats. This has been a long time since the old yellow calendar. If the emperor can use this leather raft to save people this time, it is really true. If the raft goes down, it is said that there is no problem for three or four hundred miles a day. Therefore, the emperor said that millions of disaster victims will be transported out of Shaanxi this year. This matter is basically true... it is absolutely impossible..." This person with a wide range of knowledge immediately broke the news.

One person asked in disbelief: "Brother Ma, is this reliable? How many sheep do you have to slaughter in a million immigrants? That sheepskin raft can really travel three or four hundred miles a day?"

"Brother Ma is right. This matter is said to be true. I heard from the masters who went to court that the emperor smiled from ear to ear after seeing this news. It is absolutely reliable to travel three or four hundred miles a day..., think about it, how hard does it take to go down the water? It's still slow. If you are in the south, you have never seen a thousand miles a day..., do you think so? In other words, as long as there are enough sheepskin rafts, let alone transporting millions, even two million, it is not difficult to transport them out..." Another person also said that now, the entire capital is talking about this matter, and many of the officials and men are even more celebrating, and even invite friends to celebrate this matter. Therefore, the matter of the sheepskin raft transporting victims spread throughout Beijing instantly and became the headlines of Beijing.

Someone interjected, "That's right, it depends on whether enough sheep can be slaughtered. Tsk, millions of immigrants have to go out to Shaanxi on a sheepskin raft. Have you heard of this before? Have you seen it? I, Zhang Laosan, have lived so long, and I have been so open. For the current emperor, this person has not lived in vain..." Zhang Laosan, who spoke, said with emotion.

"That is, when I saw the emperor's work, I felt that I had opened my eyes. It was really not a waste of my life. This matter! Only in the Ming Dynasty, it was only here in the current saints! Tsk, it's not simple, it's not simple..." Another person also sighed. In ancient times, information was not very dazed, and it was quite difficult to see all kinds of unusual things with my own eyes. Even if I wanted to hear some things, it was very difficult to see.

The person who broke the news just now said, "Hehe, why are you afraid of not having sheep? No matter how poor you are, you won't be able to find two thousand sheep in a county? In that place in Shaanxi, does not raise a few sheep? Any number of sheepherders can raise two thousand sheep. Besides, I heard that this time, the emperor is still planning to buy sheep from the Mongolians. You think, the Mongolians are born to live by grazing. Any tribe, which is not a few thousand or tens of thousands of animals? You think, after cutting the sheepskin and descending the Yellow River, it will take only a few days. It's all about who takes the silver. I heard that this time, it's the silver that the emperor paid, 500,000 taels, hehe..."

Everyone was surprised and exclaimed very cooperatively, which made the person who broke the news feel a sense of pride.

Everyone was talking, but the report boys on the street were shouting: "Latest news, latest news, Liulizhai donated 2,000 horse lanterns to Shaanxi, specializing in transporting sheepskin rafts at night...Latest news, Liulizhai donated 2,000 horse lanterns..." The report boy's voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the teahouse.

The boy's voice went a little further.

People in the teahouse discussed what was going on.

"I said, what is this horse lantern? Why did it donate it to Shaanxi to transport sheepskin rafts? Who has seen this thing?" a man asked curiously.

"Horse Lantern? Horse Lantern? Since it is produced by Liulizhai, it is probably related to glass or something. I am afraid it is a new thing released by Liulizhai. Judging from the name, I am afraid it is a lamp that is used immediately..."

"The lamp will be used immediately? How to light the lamp immediately? The lamp oil will not be twitched?..." Everyone asked immediately.

However, basically no one has seen what a horse lantern looks like, and they can only guess out of thin air.

The door of Liulizhai.

As the news from the newspaper boys shouted, more and more people surrounded him. Everyone was curious about what new things had appeared in Liulizhai, which were actually donated to Shaanxi to transport rafts at night. Could it be that there is really a kind of lamp to ride on horseback?

Sun Liniang is the emperor's woman, so she usually doesn't come out.

The waiters and shopkeepers in the store were busy and sweating profusely, constantly explaining what a horse lantern was.

...

"Haha, this guest official, do you also want to see the horse lantern?" The waiter warmly welcomed another introductory customer and asked at the beginning if he was looking at the horse lantern, because most of the people who came here today were looking at the horse lantern.

"Yes, I heard that there is a kind of lamp used to ride on a horse. I heard that it is very magical. It is produced by Nai Liulizhai, so I came here to take a look..., hehe, open my eyes..." A man in a rich dress said with a smile. Although he was talking to the waiter, he seemed peaceful.

"Haha, this guest official, I'm going to tell you that this horse lantern was originally a fresh item launched by our Liulizhai recently, but now it has been donated to Shaanxi by our shopkeeper. I heard that it is specially used for transporting rafts there at night. Haha, you know... Now, there are only some samples left in the store. Haha, if the guest official wants to see the samples, please come with the younger one..." The waiter immediately explained, and from time to time, he showed his identity as the eldest shopkeeper, to show his uniqueness in Liulizhai.
Chapter completed!