Chapter 20 Funding
This news is said to have been reported from the Governor General of Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and the current Governor General of Jiangnan, Ma Guozhu, seems not very satisfied with this. But when you think about it carefully, it is normal.
Ma Guozhu is different from Chen Jin, who was also the governor. He was appointed as the governor of the three provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Henan after returning to his hometown in the fourth year of Shunzhi. He can be regarded as the successor, not a subordinate like Chen Jin. In terms of qualifications, Ma Guozhu has been one of the most important Han officials in the Qing Dynasty since the Huangtaiji era, and is not comparable to Chen Jin, a governor of the same level.
Assuming that Hong Chengchou, a latecomer who was also inferior to him, really managed the four provinces, Ma Guozhu himself became a subordinate, so naturally he might not be able to satisfy him.
Maybe he sent Hong Chengchou, a big shot here. If Hong Chengchou really took over as the Southeast Administration, what changes would happen on the southwest battlefield? Who would take over as the Southwest Administration with the purpose of Han to control the Han Dynasty?
It was not just the pressure caused by Hong Chengchou's ability in historical records, but also the unknowing of the future attracted Chen Wen too much attention. Even after he stood up and said goodbye, he did not think about other things. Even though, this was just a rumor without definite news.
After Chen Wen left, since he had to continue discussing tomorrow, Yao Zhizhuo soon returned to the guest room to rest, while Deng Qixi, as Qian Qianyi's disciple, stayed for the end.
"This Lin Haibo doesn't seem to believe that the Southwest King's Division can enter the Yangtze River. At least I feel that he will not take action easily before the Southwest King's Division enters the Yangtze River."
"Ah?" Deng Qixi was shocked at first when he heard Qian Qianyi's words. After recalling today's exchange, it seemed that this was true. "Mr. Lin Haibo is in a critical place. Without his assistance, the possibility of success would be much lower."
“It’s true.”
Deng Qixi thought for a while and suddenly said, "So, should we invest resources in other places, such as Damu?"
"No!" Hearing this, Qian Qianyi immediately replied: "The reports from the Tartars showed that if it weren't for this person, I was afraid that Pingjiang Bo from Jiangxi had been destroyed, and even Damu might not be able to rest assured to siege Zhangzhou. Linhai Bo is in a key place, and the impact caused by it is definitely not comparable to anyone else, even Damu might not be able to do it."
"This man is like a god in his military service, and he has been very strict in his journey. It is definitely not a blessing to achieve this achievement. Instead of investing resources on others, it should not be used on this blade, which is more beneficial to the cause of Zhongxing Ming Dynasty. We must not ruin state affairs due to personal likes and dislikes. Besides, I believe what he said is not false. If the Southwest King's Army can really break into the Yangtze River, he will definitely be an arm helper. Even if he is in Zhejiang for one day, Damu can manage it with peace of mind without being distracted."
Seeing Deng Qixi pointing his mind, Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "The role played by this Linhai Bo in the southeast and the possible impact are too great. I am willing to be a lobbyist for him and find some scholars with real talents to persuade and support them, so as not to go astray."
On the second day, Chen Wen had a conversation with Qian Qianyi and others again, and determined that the spy named Bai Jinghe, under Deng Qixi and Chen Wen, was the contact person for each other. The information was communicated so that we could better cooperate. In addition, Qian Qianyi also took out a dozen tickets, including ticket numbers from several Hui merchants, and the sum of them was as much as 100,000 taels of silver.
This money was collected by Qian Qianyi after he decided to come to see Chen Wen a few months ago by taking out the deposited silver from the cellar and selling some property to fund the recruitment of more troops for Chen Wen. Thinking about Yao Zhizhuo, who still knew nothing about the future, Chen Wen felt that he had robbed the part he recruited to attack Chongming, and he felt a little embarrassed.
But thinking of Han Jing, who was competing for the top scorer with Qian Qianyi back then, his father was just a magistrate and was said to be very honest. But the honest magistrate was able to pay 40,000 taels of silver to ask his son for the top scorer. Before this was considered the examination and the previous series of expenses, Chen Wen suddenly had a new understanding of the tyrant level of the officials in the Ming Dynasty. Especially when he found out that he was actually a poor man after two years of struggle, he immediately took the money to peace of mind.
In the past two years, he has no idea how much money Chen Wenjing has earned. He even has to find Sun Yu, Gu Shouli, Qi Xiufeng and Zhou Jingting, who are more familiar with his expenses, to help calculate, so he has always had no psychological burden for the fight against the local tyrants.
However, he did not intend to make a one-time deal on this matter, so Chen Wen talked to Qian Qianyi about the loan, in order to better tie the rich man to his chariot.
Qian Qianyi seemed very interested in borrowing, but based on the experience accumulated during Chen Wen's sales, he seemed more interested in this creativity than in the interest of the loan. As expected, after a while, Qian Tuhao said that he would ask Deng Qixi to come to Jinhua again in a few months, and bring another 20,000 taels of silver to buy the Zhenglu loan of Lao Shizi, and the 100,000 taels were still funded.
Then, there is nothing.
Twenty thousand taels of silver is indeed a rare big deal. At least no one has ever bought so many Zhenglu loans before, not even a quarter of them. But for some reason, Chen Sai, who just made a big deal, felt a sense of frustration of business damage. Thinking about it, he was really greedy.
Early in the morning of the third day when Chen Wen and Qian Qianyi met, the latter set off to return to his hometown. Qian Qianyi left behind an agreement of 100,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of loan, as well as a way to contact and exchange information. Conversely, Chen Wen signed his name on the strategy of "Three Games of the Lu Ping". In short, both parties felt that they had made money, and they had made a lot of money.
Chen Wen wanted to do such a win-win deal a few more times, but there were not so many local tycoons like Qian Qianyi in this world, which made him suddenly feel lonely and had nowhere to use his magical powers.
After Qian Qianyi left, Chen Wen originally planned to return to the front line of Quzhou directly. Although Fei Ge sent a letter to report the progress of the project and the timely military information every day, and the Qing army did not have enough power to rescue Quzhou, as the commander, he had to be in charge of the army. However, before he could set off, the person sent to contact Li Yu brought back the news that Li Yu had already rushed back to his hometown in Lanxi and planned to hand over the manuscript to him personally as soon as he saw Chen Wen.
Chapter completed!