Gu Kexue, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, came, and Mao Liyuan naturally gave enough face, and received him warmly, but there was no way, he owed money to others, and he couldn't lower his posture.

However, this Ming Ministry of Industry Shangshu seems to be a little unkind, after the first meeting, this guy has never paid attention to him again, and he has not even paid a polite return visit.

Seeing that the days were passing day by day, and the Iwami Silver Mine was becoming more and more prosperous, Mao Liyuan became more and more anxious because he had no money.

That's right, he has no money with countless mountains of silver, and even the grain and grass of his men and horses are a little unsustainable.

In desperation, he could only run over in person and ask to see Gu Kexue, the secretary of the Ming Ministry of Industry.

Gu Kexue didn't deliberately put on a show, he was really busy, and he didn't have time to run to be polite with others.

Of course, everyone has come to the door, and no matter how busy he is, it is impossible not to see him, after all, this is still nominally someone's territory.

The two met and exchanged a few polite words, Mao Liyuan couldn't help but say tentatively: "Lord Gu, this silver mining has been going on for some time, and I don't know how the harvest will be." ”

How does the harvest matter to you, you just need to divide it into six million taels a year, Gu Kexue said vaguely: "This harvest is not bad, General Lao is bothered." ”

This harvest is not bad, but you can talk about the money, why don't you mention it?

Mao Liyuan is really embarrassed to open his mouth about this money, to strictly calculate, this silver mining has not been a month, and he still owes 400,000 taels to others, according to the contract, he can get 500,000 taels a month, at this time, how can he be embarrassed to ask people for money.

He thought about it for a while, and said euphemistically: "I don't know how the adults are going to calculate the 400,000 taels I owe?" ”

Gu Kexue said without hesitation: "This is simple, just deduct it directly from the divide." ”

Finally mentioned the division, Mao Liyuan hurriedly said: "This, Lord Gu, can this 400,000 taels be deducted next month, I am preparing to crusade against the Nizi clan, and the procurement of military supplies for tens of thousands of troops is also quite expensive." ”

Oh, so this guy is short of money.

Gu Kexue was a human spirit, and after people said a few words, he guessed the purpose of the people's coming, and the problem of money was easy to say, because the income from the Iwami silver mine was not his, and the imperial court did not urge him to hurry up and transport the silver back, and Yang Cong also told him that he would try his best to support the Maori clan and let them gain a firm foothold in the western part of Honshu Island as soon as possible.

At this time, people have no money, and they are embarrassed to speak, how to deal with it, he naturally knows.

He has also been strapped for money, and he knows that feeling, so to speak, this is the time when people are the most vulnerable and sensitive, and you have to be careful when talking to people, in case a word is wrong, it will not be good to offend people.

He pretended to be interested, and asked with a false meaning: "Oh, what kind of military supplies does Your Excellency General want to procure?" ”

Mao Liyuan was a little embarrassed and said: "The main thing is food, and in addition, iron cannons, if there are any, it is naturally the best." ”

It's easy to say, I happen to have both things.

Gu Kexue pretended to sell: "The grain is easy to say, I just purchased a large amount of grain, and I am going to store it here as a miner's ration, if Your Excellency the general is in a hurry, I can first give out 100,000 stones, as for the iron cannons, I have ordered the Ministry of Engineering to rush to produce a hundred iron cannons, which will be sent over in the next few days, you see, is it enough?" ”

And such a good thing?

You don't have to buy food, you can buy it directly, and you don't have to buy iron cannons everywhere, someone will send it right away!

Mao Liyuan couldn't help but be a little excited: "Enough, enough, I don't know how to calculate this money?" ”

Gu Kexue pretended to be bold and said: "The grain will naturally be calculated for you at the cheapest price, only five taels of silver and one stone, this iron cannon, now I can't ask for three thousand taels and one door, I will still count two thousand taels and one door for you, what do you think?" ”

Okay, yes, the question, 100,000 stone grain plus 100 iron cannons, and 700,000 taels, he has no money to pay back the original 400,000 taels, what can he say about these 700,000 taels?

Even if it is deducted from the silver mine share, it is not enough, he can get 500,000 taels a month, and the sum of these two items is 1.1 million taels, can this share also be advanced?

Mao Liyuan was really a little embarrassed, he twisted for a while, and then he stubbornly said: "This price is very fair, but my hand is really a little tight, I wonder if these can also be deducted in the share?" ”

In fact, this is equivalent to taking other people's things for nothing and not giving money, because the money is all in the hands of others, and it will take more than two months to get it.

Ordinary people, let alone hundreds of thousands, even if they can't afford tens of thousands of taels, he also looks at Gu Kexue who seems to be very rich, so he gritted his teeth and put forward this kind of "non-dividing thought".

Unexpectedly, Gu Kexue nodded without hesitation and said: "No problem, you can use the things first, and we can calculate the money later, if you are really tight on hand, I can also give you 500,000 taels this month." ”

To tell the truth, these hundreds of thousands of taels Gu Kexue really don't pay much attention to it, they are also a wealthy family in the Ming Dynasty at this time, not to mention tens of millions of taels, there must be millions of taels, and Yang Cong has said that he wants to fully support this Maoli yuan, and what is it to advance hundreds of thousands of taels.

That's what he thinks, and that's not how Maori Yuan feels.

Mao Liyuan originally thought that this Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty was a bully who was oppressive, and he controlled the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty in his hands, and he took away all the Iwami silver mines he had in his hands, and even when he arrived in Iwami, he didn't pay much attention to him, looking high.

At this time, he found out that this Lord Gu didn't seem to be this kind of person at all, people seemed to really treat him as an ally, hundreds of thousands of taels of military supplies, just give him it, and he didn't mention the matter of advancing money at all, and he could still take this month's share, and people didn't think of using the share to pinch him.

Where can you find such a good ally?

Mao Liyuan was quite moved and said: "Then thank you Lord Gu, to be honest, I am really a little tight at this time, I will take the 500,000 taels this month, I will take it shamelessly, if there is anything to help in the future, just ask." ”

Even if you kid is still a little eye-catching, you're not a white-eyed wolf.

Gu Kexue smiled slightly: "You're welcome, you're welcome, we are allies, it's right to help each other, in the future, if you have any difficulties, just come to me, I can help." ”

With Gu Kexue's full support, Mao Liyuan was like a fish in water, and he quickly expanded his men to 50,000, plus 400 iron cannons, his strength was also top-notch among the princes of Dongying.

At this time, he finally showed his fangs, put on a sharpening sword, and pointed his troops directly at the Eight Kingdoms of San'in under the Nizi clan.

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