Chapter 33: Zigong redeems people
Early the next morning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Spiegel got up early, washed up, and then took Qingyan Kazugami to the Daimyo's Mansion to meet the Daimyo. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire didn't let Spiegel wait long, and it took about a stick of incense for people to invite Spiegel in.
"Morning Mr. Spiegel, by the way, has you had breakfast? Would you like to have some?" The daimyo sat in the room, with a few side dishes on the low table in front of him. He asked happily when he saw Spiegel.
"Thank you Daimyo, I've already eaten it. Mingjing bowed and said without humility.
"Oh, oh, I almost forgot that the Kurama clan is the best family at cooking. Okay then, sir, please sit down for a moment, and I'll be fine. With that, the daimyo took a few bites of the bowl and swallowed the porridge, then beckoned to the maid and withdrew his breakfast.
"Whew... It's hard to eat so much in one bite!oh ho ho
"Hmm... Let's hurry up and get to the point... How much budget has the Daimyo made for disaster relief?" Spiegel sighed and asked directly.
"I didn't have a budget!" said the daimyo seriously, "after all, there is no money left in the treasury." ”
Spiegel frowned, if there is no budget, then there is still a woolen disaster! Did the daimyo think that food and everything fell from the sky? He couldn't help asking, "Can you transfer the budget of other projects to disaster relief first?"
"No!" the daimyo shook his head and said, "Because that fee is for Konoha Village!"
Spiegel stared at the daimyo, and when he saw that the other party's expression did not dodge, he suddenly felt helpless in his heart. He is from Konoha Village, theoretically speaking, Konoha Village is also his backing, how can anyone dismantle his backing as soon as he takes office?
So, Spiegel thought for a moment and said, "In this case, please allow the daimyo to raise funds for disaster relief on your own!"
"Oh, raise your own money...... But the situation in the disaster area is not optimistic now, so I can only give Mr. Spiegel three days to raise funds!" The daimyo narrowed his eyes, and wanted to provoke the relationship between Spiegel and Konoha Village!
"Three days is enough, thank you Daimyo!" Spiegel saluted slightly and continued, "The current situation in the disaster area requires a force to maintain order, is there a suitable team here for the Daimyo?"
"What do we need troops from Konoha Village?" asked the daimyo rhetorically.
"I remember that there is a team to maintain law and order in the country!
"Oh, Sir is talking about patrols! That's fine, but there aren't many patrols in the Fire Country, so I'm afraid I can't mobilize too much!" said the daimyo with some embarrassment.
"Not a lot, four hundred people are enough. Spiegel said confidently.
When the daimyo heard this, he clapped his hands happily: "This is no problem, I will gather the number of people within three days, and I will set off with my husband when the time comes." ”
"It couldn't be better. Spiegel nodded, this trip was not in vain.
On the way back to his residence, Spiegel said, "Xiaoshang, I will give you a task, before the morning, collect a list of merchants who trade with the country of grass, rain, river, and wind in the royal capital, and I want to know their main business, value, age, and character." ”
"Yes, young master!" Shang nodded violently, and walked away quickly. The four people on the top, bottom, left and right are talents cultivated by the family as ninjas, so it is natural to collect such simple information.
Then, Spiegel instructed Qingyan behind him: "After you go back, prepare an invitation and invite these people to a banquet tomorrow night." By the way, contact the newspaper office in Wangdu, and we'll make big news tomorrow. ”
"Tomorrow?" Qingyan asked with some concern: "Young Master, the daimyo only gave us three days, and if the banquet is scheduled for tomorrow, we won't have room to deal with those merchants." ”
"We didn't have room to maneuver from the start. Spiegel shook his head, if it really didn't work, he wouldn't mind using illusion to seduce him.
When the two returned to their accommodation, Asma approached and asked how it was. Spiegel sighed and told him what had happened and what he was going to do.
Asma frowned and said, "The disaster victims are in difficult conditions now, if you want to temporarily embezzle the money allocated to Konoha to relieve the disaster, the three generations of Hokage should be able to understand!"
"Konoha Village is not only the three generations of Hokage alone, but also villagers like you and me, and some people may not have such big hearts and great compassion. Spiegel explained, "And the embezzlement of Konoha money has to be ripped off, and the persuasion of merchants to donate money has to be ripped off." I'd rather mess with businessmen than let myself be promoted as a traitor to Konoha by people with ulterior motives. ”
"Hey, hey, Spiegel's words are a bit too much, isn't it?, how can there be that kind of person in Konoha Village?" Asma said with some dissatisfaction.
"So, how is the captain going to explain to me about Naruto Uzumaki?" Spiegel smiled slightly, and after saying this, he turned to leave.
After eating at noon, Shang walked in with a volume of materials, handed it to Ming Spiegel and said: "Young master, there are a total of thirty-seven merchants who trade with the country of grass, rain, river, and wind in the royal capital, of which two are worth more than 100 million, 11 people are worth 10 million, and the rest are worth millions. ”
"It's hard work, go down and rest!" Mingming took the information, opened it and looked at it. The two worth more than 100 million are called Masao Kosaka and Yasushi Fukuda, Masao Kosaka is engaged in mining and has multiple mines in the country of Wind. Fukuda Yasu is engaged in the transportation industry and has his own port in the country of rivers.
"Mining, transportation, it's God who helps me!" Spiegel breathed a sigh of relief, these two guys will be the focus of attention tomorrow. The rest of the small fish can't be let go, and they can be knocked as much as they can.
"Monthly, what is the price of food outside now?" asked Spiegel, putting down the information in his hand.
"The price of a pound of rice today is 1.5 yuan, which is 0.1 yuan higher than yesterday. Moon replied.
The affected population is calculated as 50,000 people, and the monthly ration of an adult is about 18 catties, and even if the disaster area suffers a little, even if it is 15 catties a month, the monthly ration amount of 50,000 people is 1.125 million yuan. However, Spiegel's plan could not be completed in one month, and he himself conservatively estimated that it would take five months, which means that the rations alone would cost at least 5.62 million yuan, which is still not counting the freight. If we add oil and salt, vegetables and meat, medicines, temporary tents, and so on, it is conservatively estimated that 60 million yuan will be enough! This is still under the condition that the price of grain does not rise.
Some of the boys in Konoha Village may be about to spray, and the cost of your Spiegel to prepare clothes for Hinata is almost one-fifth of that. Now to help the Kurama clan is so stingy, it's cold-blooded.
In fact, with the financial resources of the Kurama family, it is not that they cannot afford this amount. But there is a reason why Spiegel didn't do this, people are inert, this time the Kurama clan is fully responsible, so what about the next time? The damage caused by the big tree in the later stage of Shippuden can't afford to multiply the wealth of the Kurama clan by ten!
Moreover, there is such an article called "Zigong Redemption" by the flower planter, which is from "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period-First Knowledge-Cha Wei Chapter".
That is to say, there is a law in the Lu country, the Lu people are slaves abroad, and if someone can redeem them, they can go to the treasury to reimburse the ransom. Once, Confucius's disciple Zigong (Duanmu Ci) ransomed a Lu man abroad and refused to accept state compensation after returning home. When Confucius found out, he said, "Zigong did something wrong. From now on, the people of Lu will not redeem slaves from other countries. ”
The meaning of the saint is very simple, a person who has done a good deed with his own money should be established as a moral model, but the mistake is that this person has exalted the moral standard that everyone can achieve to a height that is difficult for most people to achieve, so that many people are shy away from charity, and such a morality that violates common sense and human feelings is the most evil thing in the world.
Therefore, it is the reason that the perspective of the station is different, and the way of dealing with the problem is also different.