Qi Ning announced the four chapters of the covenant to everyone, and everyone will be suspicious, Ma Wencheng knew that this matter was not trivial, and it was related to the future of many wealthy families in the northwest, so he got up and arched his hand: "Sir, grass people Ma Wencheng, dare to ask, can the army of Chu really abide by the four chapters of the covenant?" ”

"Since I am here to explain it to you, I will naturally take responsibility." Qi Ning said: "The notice has been posted everywhere in the city, I know that when the Chu army first entered the city, a grounding order was issued, and the people in the city were not allowed to move around at will, which was actually to protect everyone's safety." Soldiers and horses enter the city, if the city is chaotic, it is inevitable that there will be riots, some people with ulterior intentions will definitely take advantage of the chaos to loot, the implementation of the ban order, you can first stabilize the order of Xianyang, if there is no problem, the ban order can be lifted after two days, what should everyone do and what to do, there is no difference from before. ”

Ma Wencheng said: "The Chu army entered the city, and the autumn did not commit any crimes, which really made us admire in our hearts, and the lord can be described as a meritorious person." ”

"Since you have been invited, I will be open and honest with you." Qi Ning said: "I know that you have been worried in your hearts, thinking about whether we will loot after our Chu army enters the city, or will force you family members to take the silver out, now I can tell you bluntly, your property will not be violated by anyone, and we not only guarantee the safety of your property, but also your personal safety." ”

When everyone heard Qi Ning's promise, half of the stone in their hearts suddenly fell, but some people doubted it in their hearts.

"I've heard of Master Ma's reputation before." Qi Ning looked at Ma Wencheng and said, "I just said that I invited you here today to discuss something." ”

Ma Wencheng arched his hand and said, "I don't know what the lord commands?" If you really need some silver taels, you can still make up some. ”

People die for money, birds die for food, Ma Wencheng knows people's hearts well, thinking that this little lord will gather a group of patriarchs of big families, in the final analysis, it is just for silver.

Qi Ning said with a smile: "I don't want you to have a tael of silver, but the matter discussed with everyone does have something to do with silver." ”

Everyone couldn't help but sneer in their hearts, secretly thinking that before they finished three sentences, this little lord finally showed his true face.

"Everyone also knows that after the division between the north and the south, my Great Chu and the Northern Han have always been in hostility." Qi Ning sighed: "The two countries have been fighting each other for many years, and people-to-people ties have also been interrupted because of this. He looked at Ma Wencheng and asked: "Master Ma, as far as I know, the trade between the northwest and Xichuan was quite prosperous back then, merchants on both sides came and went, and the Qinling narrow road has been full of caravans, but I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Ma Wencheng immediately said: "Back to the lord, it is true." When the grass people were young, they often went to Xichuan, Xichuan was rich in products, and there were many goods in my northwest, and there were many trades on both sides, and business travels continued, and at that time business exchanges were indeed prosperous. Don't hide it, sir, all of you here today have some assets, and many of them were able to make a fortune back then, and many of them really relied on trade between the two sides. ”

Qi Ning smiled: "So today I said that the matter I discussed with you has something to do with silver, and that's right." Tongguan is already under the control of our Great Chu, and the Qinling Mountains are no longer a barrier between the two countries as before, I mean that if you are willing, I will immediately fold to the imperial court, ask the emperor for mercy, and reopen the trade between the northwest and Xichuan, of course, not only with Xichuan, if you are willing to go around to Xichuan to the capital or even the East China Sea, we can issue customs clearance documents to you, as long as it is within the territory of Chu, you can trade freely in the future. ”

As soon as Qi Ning's words came out, everyone present was taken aback, and Ma Wencheng's hands trembled slightly, unable to hide his excitement: "Sir..... Is the lord telling the truth? ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Everyone listens to these words of mine, and I can't joke with you here." The ambition of my Great Chu Emperor is to dominate the world, let all the people live and work in peace and contentment, cultivate the fields with peace of mind, and provide convenience for those who do business to do business well, and the agriculture and commerce will prosper, which is not only beneficial to the people, but also to the imperial court. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "I don't hide it from you, before I came to the northwest, I just wiped out the chaos in Xichuan, and now Xichuan is still peaceful, if you go to Xichuan to trade, I can guarantee that everything will be peaceful." ”

One of them stood up and arched his hand: "Sir, if the imperial court can really let us trade south, we are really grateful." ”

"Over the years, the two countries have been fighting, whether it is Xichuan or Northwest, they have borne a lot of taxes." Qi Ning said: "I know that everyone is very difficult, so when I go to the fold, I will also ask the emperor to reduce everyone's taxes as much as possible, I dare not guarantee whether it will be successful or not, but I will do my best." ”

All of a sudden, the crowd was overjoyed.

Ma Wencheng didn't look like he was joking when he saw Qi Ning, and said with a straight face: "Sir, if you can really open up north-south trade, you can really make commerce prosperous." If we can go south, we can bring a large number of goods from the Western Regions to trade south, so that from the Western Regions to Xichuan, no, even to Jianye Capital can open a trade route, in this way, not only can we people make money in business and trade, but the imperial court will also increase a lot of tax income, which is very beneficial to the country and the people. ”

"That's very good." Qi Ning smiled: "But I'm not a businessman, I don't know how to do business, the specific operation still needs you to go to Zhang Luo yourself, what I can do is what problems you encounter in trade, I can try to solve them for everyone." ”

Everyone was still worried before, but at this time, they all showed joy, and the originally depressed atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed.

"Sir, there is a sentence for the grass people, I don't know whether to ask or not?" One hesitated for a moment, but finally got up and bowed boldly.

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Sir, I don't know..... I wonder if the army of Chu will be stationed here? The man was a little apprehensive: "Or will we withdraw after a while?" Qu Yuangu had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, and he ..... And most of them are children of the northwest, they have lost Xianyang, they will definitely be killed, and they will ..... when the time comes! ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the others also became heavy.

There is no doubt that Qi Ning said to everyone to reopen the road of north-south trade, which has a huge attraction to everyone present, in my heart, the northwest was really conquered by the Han State for only twenty or thirty years, and since then the Northern Han has been fighting with the Chu State, the northwest is not a rich land, but it has to bear the huge tax expenses of the Han State, after the northwest was included in the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, from the top to the west has not enjoyed the favor of the Northern Han, but the taxes apportioned year after year have made the Northwest people miserable.

After Qu Yuangu came to the northwest, he intensified his efforts, greedily absorbing the resources of the northwest like a vampire, and the people of the northwest really did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Northern Han Dynasty until now, just like the family of the East China Sea in the territory of Chu State, they have not been obedient to Chu State from their hearts.

The Chu army entered the city, Qi Ning set the four chapters of the law, and to open the north-south trade routes, and even to ask the court for tax reduction and exemption for the northwest family, these are of vital interests to the northwest family, just a few days to let them have a sense of belonging to the Chu State of course is a fool's dream, but Qi Ning's conditions obviously make everyone feel that the future is bright, and then let them make a choice, of course they are willing to seek greater benefits for their families under the protection of the Chu State.

It's just that no one dares to guarantee that the Chu State will really be able to stabilize in the northwest, after all, Qu Yuangu still has tens of thousands of brave and warlike Northwest Army on hand, if at this time, the Northwest clans actively threw themselves into the arms of the Chu State, and Qu Yuangu fought back in a few days, then Qu Yuangu would no longer be as polite to these clans in the northwest as he was at the beginning.

When this man asked, it was exactly what everyone was worried about.

How could Qi Ning not understand everyone's thoughts, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "The apprentices who were beaten by the Chu State with blood will not give an inch. ”

His voice was not loud, and what he said was an understatement, but it gave people a sense of extreme determination.

Ma Wencheng immediately said: "Sir, tomorrow night we will set up a reception banquet for the sir, and I also want to express my heart to the soldiers, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Although Qi Ning made four chapters of the law and said that Qiu had not committed any crimes, Ma Wencheng thought that since the army had entered the city, if these wealthy clans in the northwest did not show the slightest expression, they would be a little uneasy after all, so he thought of uniting the strength of everyone to express it to the soldiers of the Chu army.

Everyone here has a lot of money, and each of them took out 10,000 taels of silver, which was enough to reward the soldiers of the Chu army.

Qi Ning waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to do this, you can go back with peace of mind, there are too many official duties here, there will definitely be no time these days, of course, if you have any questions, you can come to me at any time." Master Ma, the people in the city are uneasy, this is human nature, and I ask you to help calm the people's hearts, so that they don't have to worry, and in two or three days, when everything goes well, the lockdown can be lifted. ”

"Don't worry, sir, I'll know how to do it." Ma Wencheng said busily.

Qi Ning got up and said: "In this way, I have your help, I still have some things to do, please take care of me." With their fists in a circle, everyone also saluted Qi Ning, and watched Qi Ning leave with a smile on his face.

When Qi Ning left, everyone was completely relieved.

Everyone also understands in their hearts that what Qi Ning said today is also to appease everyone's hearts, and then use everyone's prestige and power in Xianyang and even the northwest to stabilize the situation in the northwest.

If the wealthy families in the northwest helped the Chu army stabilize the situation, then the northwest would never fall into turmoil.

For all the wealthy families, it is not a bad thing to help the Chu army stabilize the situation, after all, the stability of the northwest is not bad for the wealthy families, and Qi Ning promised to open up the trade between the north and the south, which is the dream of the wealthy families in the northwest.