Chapter 365: Revisiting the Old Place (8)
Hearing this number, Chen Gong and Gao Shun invariably showed shock.
They never thought that this seemingly inconspicuous Huaxing would be so rich!
In addition to being dumbfounded, I couldn't help but have a little doubt in my heart. But after three or five seconds, I heard Chen Gong frown and asked:
"Wait a minute! You're not going to be lying to us, are you? β
"If Lord Chen doesn't believe it, you can make a note on the spot! As long as the two agree to send troops, Hua will send a letter back to the village, promising that within ten days, this year's silver taels will be delivered to the house. β
Although Hua Xing was full of confidence and sincerity when he spoke, Chen Gong, who was suspicious by nature, was not gullible.
In order to verify what Hua Xing said, he turned his head to look at Zhang Liao for the first time, like a prisoner, and asked the other party:
"Wenyuan, tell me honestly, do you really have so much silver in your village? The surname Hua, is he lying? β
Chen Gong and Zhang Liao had worked together for a while, and he still knew Zhang Liao's temperament relatively well, and knew that this person was not good at lying, so he chose Zhang Liao as a breakthrough to explore the truth.
Faced with Chen Gong's questioning, Zhang Liao snorted lightly:
"Humph! Twenty thousand taels of silver, as for lying? Brother Gongtai, you look down on our Yuanyuan Village too much, right? β
"Yo? Isn't that small? Well, tell me, then, where did you get your money? It can't be robbed by a house, right? Chen Gong said with a face full of disbelief.
"Brother Gongtai, General Lu said that you were a bandit, which is really good! What is a robbery? That's nonsense! Our money is earned back from serious business! Zhang Liao said with a proud face.
"Serious business?"
"That's right! I don't know if Brother Gongtai has ever heard of 'Tang Ji', 'Mi Ji' and 'Lu Yuan' chicken egg shop? β
Although Chen Gong doesn't go shopping much on weekdays, as the "deputy mayor" of Hongnong City, he still knows a lot about the situation of the vendors in the city, and soon saw him nodding and replying:
"Of course, I know, these three are the largest chicken egg merchants in our Hongnong City...... Ay? Wait a minute! Rodren ...... Chicken egg shop? Oh! I know, the chicken egg shop, could it be that you opened it? β
"Hehe, Brother Gongtai guessed right, the chicken egg shop is indeed the industry of our village......"
"That's not right!"
But before Zhang Liao finished speaking, Chen Gong interrupted the other party:
"With just one chicken egg shop, it's impossible to earn 20,000 taels a year?"
"Alas! Brother Gongtai, why have you become so impetuous now? Can't you just let me finish my sentence? β
After shaking his head and counting the other party's sentences, Zhang Liao continued to speak:
"Actually, not only the chicken egg shop is ours, but the Tang Ji and Mi Ji chicken egg shops are also the industry of our village, but they have different signboards."
"What? Tang Ji and Mi Ji ...... Yours too? β
After hearing the news, Chen Gong was taken aback on the spot:
"So...... Our chicken egg business in Hongnong City has been contracted by you? β
"Yes!"
After seeing Chen Gong's surprised expression, Zhang Liao's face quickly showed a smug look:
"Not only you Hongnong, after nearly two years of development, the west to Chang'an, the winter solstice to Chenliu, the north to Nanpi, and the south to Runan...... The chicken egg business of more than a dozen cities in the region has been won by us. Although I don't know much about this, I heard the manager in charge of this project say that last year, the chicken egg business alone earned back 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver for our village. So how could we not take out 20,000 taels of silver? β
Hearing that the chicken egg business in Luoyuan Village was so big, Gao Shun and Chen Gong's faces were once again full of shock.
They really didn't expect that a small chicken egg business would be so profitable.
Seeing this scene, in order to make the other party trust the strength of his village more, he listened to Zhang Liao and hit the railway while it was hot:
"In addition, in addition to the chicken eggs, the piece of iron vein given by the Holy Lord has also helped our village earn a lot of silver!"
"What? In addition to chicken eggs, you also sell mines? β
"Yes, but it's not right either! We don't sell mines, we sell finished iron and weapons! Zhang Liao shook his head and explained:
"In the beginning, due to the shortage of blacksmiths, we used the equipment we used first in our own troops. Later, the manpower gradually increased, and the equipment was surplus, so General Hua ordered people to go out to peddle. If you only sell ore, the profit is too low to make a lot of money. But after being made into a weapon, the price has increased several times, and it is not difficult to earn 18,000 taels in a year. So again, 20,000 taels of silver is really not a big deal for us, just rest assured! β
On the one hand, Gao Shun and Chen Gong knew Zhang Liao better, and they could see that Zhang Liao was not lying;
On the other hand, Zhang Liao's rhetoric has no obvious loopholes, which sounds reasonable.
Therefore, after hearing this, Gao and Chen already generally believed in the strength of Luoyuan Village.
But believe in it, and say yes or not!
Although the promise of "five years and 100,000 taels of silver" was extremely tempting, when he thought of the consequences of this matter, Gao Shun's eyes couldn't help but swell with worry, and he lowered his head and whispered to Chen Gong:
"Strategist, this matter ...... What do you think? β
At this moment, Chen Gong is actually in a quandangle.
Although he didn't want to send troops to help Cao, he couldn't bear to refuse Huaxing's heavy money, and his eyes were full of hesitation.
After thinking about it for more than half a minute, he raised his head with a goatee, and did not rush to reply to Gao Shun, but rushed to Huaxing on the opposite side and asked about the details of the troops:
"General Hua, about the promise, the old man will believe you for the time being. Tell us how many soldiers you're going to borrow? β
Seeing that the other party was finally willing to consider this matter, Huaxing was secretly happy in his heart, and replied with his fists on the spot:
"Because the enemy army is very large, Hua begged the general...... The whole army is on duty! β
"The whole army is on the move?"
After hearing Huaxing's request, without waiting for Chen Gong to speak, Gao Shun frowned for the first time:
"I only have a total of 20,000 troops in Hongnong City, if I borrow them all, won't the city be empty?"
During LΓΌ Bu's reign, Hongnong's military strength remained above 50,000.
But after his death, in order to prevent Gao Shun's family from becoming dominant, Liu Xie issued an order and dropped most of the troops in the city to the surrounding cities.
Therefore, at this moment, Hongnong City is not as good as before, and there are only 20,000 troops when it is full.
Regarding the number of soldiers, Huaxing certainly knew it for a long time.
So he didn't feel any surprise, but replied to Gao Shun with a sincere face:
"What the general said is true, Hua's move will indeed make Hongnong City temporarily empty. But given the urgency of this war, this is not the time for reservations! Every time one more soldier joins the battle, our army has one more hope of victory. Therefore, Hua sincerely begged the general to come out with all the troops, and I believe that as long as we work together, we will be able to defeat Er Yuan and achieve the final victory! β
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