With a scream, He Sancai's head was cut off by the Tiger Benjun guards.

Blood poured out of his neck, and the headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud.

The guards lifted the bloody head that had fallen to the ground and returned to the bamboo building to resume his life.

When the businessmen saw He Sancai's head, which was still dripping blood, their faces turned pale, and some even vomited.

"Your Majesty, the traitor He Sancai has been executed in accordance with the laws of the country."

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is the end of the traitor." Hang his head at the head of Yangzhou City to show the public, so that the people can wake up. ”

When setting up this banquet, Zhu Youlang thought about taking the opportunity to kill people and establish power.

It cannot be killed on a large scale, only one of the typical ones can be selected.

In fact, Zhu Youlang also thought about taking Zhou Yuanzhao to open the knife, after all, Zhou Yuanzhao is the richest man in Yangzhou, and if he kills Zhou Yuanzhao Zhu Youlang, he can eat more.

But after some analysis, although Zhou Yuanzhao is guilty, it seems that he is not as serious as He Sancai. Killing He Sancai and keeping Zhou Yuanzhao can not only change the name justifiably, but also make the Zhou family grateful to Huangming. The money donated will not be much less.

Moreover, Zhou Yuanzhao is the leading figure in Yangzhou businessmen.

With him here as an example to donate silver, other businessmen can donate more happily.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhu Youlang still decided to keep Zhou Yuanzhao alive.

As for this, He Sancai is naturally going to be taken off his head, and he is not unjustly killed by the things he did.

Zhu Youlang's purpose had been achieved, so he motioned to the guards to take out the head.

"Then the music, then the dance."

As soon as Zhu Youlang gave the order, the musicians began to play music one after another.

It's just that these businessmen are not in the mood to appreciate this beautiful music at all.

There was a smell of blood in the air.

His Majesty the Emperor kills people at every turn, who knows if he will be the second person to have his head removed?

They didn't know if they would survive this banquet, and their feelings were very complicated.

"I asked you what your home and country are, and now I have come to tell you."

Zhu Youlang drank a glass of wine, glanced at the businessmen domineeringly, and said impassionedly: "The country is for everyone, without this family, your small family cannot exist." One must build on a firm foundation? Don't think it's also fun to be a slave to Dongyu. This is because Dongyu still needs to use your strength to fight against the Ming Dynasty. If Da Ming really dies, you will have no use value, and you will only be squeezed to death. ”

Zhu Youlang directly made his words clear: "I am ordered by the heavens, so naturally I can't watch the Tartars slaughter my Ming people." It was to drive the expedition in person, and Pinghu Guang took Jiangxi and took Nanzhili. I put my words here today, those who follow the Ming will prosper, and those who go against the Ming will die. ”

"But what the army lacks most is silver. You all have a lot of money, I hope you can show something, so that after the Ming Dynasty, I will also reward you for your merits and deeds, and I will not treat you badly. ”

Zhu Youlang said it so clearly, Zhou Yuanzhao and the others naturally knew that they couldn't continue to pretend to be dead.

"The grass people are willing to die for Your Majesty."

"The grass people are willing to donate their family wealth to help Daming Zhongxing."

"The grass people are willing, too."

"The grass people all listen to Your Majesty."

A group of businessmen, you and I are in a hurry to express their positions.

They are all masters who do not shed tears when they do not see the coffin, and they still have a dime mentality before coming to the banquet.

But after seeing He Sancai's head cut off with their own eyes, they completely woke up.

Money is something outside the body, and life does not bring it to death, and it does not take it away.

If your life is gone, no matter how much money you leave behind, it will not be cheaper for others.

Besides, even if they don't donate, will the money be kept?

Look at He Sancai, he will definitely be raided, and all his family property will definitely be confiscated!

After thinking about it, it is most appropriate to take the initiative to donate money and leave a good reputation.

Zhu Youlang is very satisfied with their attitude, at least as soon as this opening is opened, there will be more and more businessmen who are willing to cooperate with Daming in the future.

With money, you can expand your army and raise more troops.

After all, Zhu Youlang's monthly salary for the soldiers of the new army such as the Huben Army is not low, and it needs a lot of silver to support.

The feast seemed to be worth it.

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After the banquet ended, Zhou Yuanzhao and other businessmen immediately went to school.

As soon as he left the house, the businessmen surrounded Zhou Yuanzhao.

"President Zhou, you should tell me how much silver we should donate."

"Yes, yes, you always give me a word, and we can watch the donation."

As the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce and the richest man in Yangzhou, Zhou Yuanzhao's every move will affect others.

These businessmen regard Zhou Yuanzhao as a benchmark, and they will only donate less than Zhou Yuanzhao.

Zhou Yuanzhao knew that if he didn't give an answer, he would not want to leave today, so he sighed and raised a finger.

"One hundred thousand taels? Isn't that a bit much? ”

"One million taels!"

Zhou Yuanzhao said very painfully.

"A million taels? President Zhou, you're not crazy, are you? ”

"Why donate so much money, you can think about it clearly."

The old man thought very clearly. Haven't you seen today's banquet clearly? If His Majesty the Emperor wants to raid his house, it is a matter of one sentence, and he still needs to spend so much time on our lips? His Majesty the Emperor did this because he wanted to earn a good name, and let us take the initiative to donate the money ourselves. In this case, if we donate too little, it will only anger Your Majesty. When the time comes, His Majesty will be angry and order the army to raid the house, but our silver will not be saved, and our lives will be lost. ”

Zhou Yuanzhao saw the problem very clearly, his family wealth was millions of taels, and if he only took out 100,000 taels, it would be a slap in the face of the Son of Heaven.

Now half of the Zhou family's property has been transferred to the north, and donating one million taels is already half of his existing property.

This is full of sincerity.

Even if the Son of Heaven is not satisfied, he probably won't be annoyed, and will only hint that Zhou Yuanzhao will add more.

A group of businessmen discussed one after another.

"Zhou Yuanwai donated a million taels, how much should we donate?"

"Liu Yuanwai, you have to donate at least 500,000 taels, right?"

"Li Yuanwai, if you donate 500,000 taels, you have to be this number!"

"Cui Yuanwai, you always have 300,000 taels, right?"

"Zhao Yuanwai, 200,000 taels, can't be less."

Everyone, you have a mouth, and I have a word.

Zhou Yuanzhao was upset when he heard this, so he simply took a step forward.

"Alas, President Zhou waits."

Everyone stopped Zhou Yuanzhao, which made Zhou Yuanzhao very dissatisfied.

"What's the matter?"

"You are a good person to the end, how about we make a list at that time, and you will present it to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Zhou Yuanzhao said in his heart, these people are really good at playing, and they are wishful thinking.

"If His Majesty the Emperor is dissatisfied, wouldn't it be the old man who eats and hangs up alone? Don't! ”

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