The reason why Zhang Bin made a detour to Jinling was actually to ask Bi Maokang and Zhang San to help him contact the Huizhou merchant gang and other merchant gangs near Nanzhili.

If Yuegang wants to be fully developed, it is definitely not enough to rely on a Fujian merchant gang, and the pirates around Fujian at this time are not a little bit, he wants to exterminate all the pirates to gather at least 20,000 or 30,000 guards, and also train at least 3,000 Qi family troops, this food and salary is quite terrifying, and it is difficult for a Fujian merchant gang to bear.

The food and salary of the Ming army was originally replaced by grain and salt, an ordinary infantry had one stone grain and two catties of salt a month, and a cavalry had two stone grains and two catties of salt a month, and rations and pasture were counted separately.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it was basically settled with silver, and the price of salt at the end of the Ming Dynasty was quite terrifying.

In this way, an ordinary infantry will cost at least two taels of silver a month, and an ordinary cavalry will need at least three taels of silver a month, plus the consumption of firearms, baggage, warships, etc., and the army of 30,000 will consume at least 100,000 taels of silver a month, which is 1.2 million taels a year!

Not only these, but also the purchase of war horses and weapons and equipment, the pacification of casualties, etc., all add up, at least two million taels, this money, if all the merchants of the Fujian merchant gang come out, it is obviously unrealistic, you must find other merchant gangs to share it.

The Huang family was overjoyed when they saw Qi Fanghua here, and they just didn't let go of the little girl, Zhang Bin had to leave Qi Fanghua for his mother to interrogate, while he took the Qi brothers back to his mansion.

At this time, it was dinner time, Zhang Bin simply asked people to go outside to book a table for a banquet, and ordered someone to go to the next courtyard to call Bi Maokang, Zhang San and the Cao brothers over, gather around a table, and chat while eating.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Bin first told the Cao brothers about Cao Huachun's situation, and then asked Zhang Sandao directly: "Third brother, do you know the big shopkeeper of the major merchant gangs near Nanzhili?" ”

When Zhang San heard this, he shook his head directly and said: "Generally, the big shopkeeper in business will not come forward, I have only seen their semicolon shopkeeper, and I have never seen any of them." ”

Zhang Bin frowned, and then asked Bi Maokang again: "Brother Menghou, do you know the big shopkeeper of the major merchants of the Huizhou Merchant Gang?" ”

Bi Maokang nodded and said, "It's a little friendly, what is the virtuous brother doing?" ”

Everyone here is their own people, but there is nothing to hide, Zhang Bin said directly: "I want to ask them to raise some food." ”

When Bi Maokang heard this, he couldn't help but be curious: "Raising food? This time I went to Fujian to suppress pirates, how much food did the court pay you? ”

Zhang Bin smiled bitterly: "The treasury is empty, and there is no food. ”

"Poof", Bi Maokang heard this, a piece of chicken that had just been sandwiched into his mouth squirted out directly, he wiped his mouth, and said in disbelief: "How can this battle be fought without any food?" ”

Zhang Bin sighed and said, "Yes, so I have to raise food." ”

Bi Maokang was dumbfounded and said, "How much are you going to raise to raise food?" ”

Zhang Bin said lightly: "At least two million taels." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, "poof", "pop", "jingle bell", wine glass, chopsticks, spoons, vegetable soup, and pieces of meat fell off the table, and everyone present was taken aback by this number.

Zhang San couldn't help but complain: "The imperial court is too outrageous, two million taels, where to raise it!" ”

Bi Maokang nodded and said, "Yes, Shuangquan, how can you agree to such a ridiculous thing?" ”

Zhang Bin said innocently: "This is what I said to the emperor myself, not by the imperial court." ”

"Hiss", Bi Maokang couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, he looked at Zhang Bin with a complicated expression, was stunned for a long time, and finally couldn't help but scold: "Shuangquan, you want to be promoted and want to go crazy!" ”

Zhang San couldn't help but be anxious and said: "Old five, two million taels, Dongshengtang will hurt your muscles and bones." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he hurriedly explained in detail the plan to develop the land in Yuegang and increase the number of ships to attract merchants from all over the country to donate food and wages.

After his explanation, Zhang San and the Cao brothers immediately showed thoughtful expressions, but Bi Maokang and the Qi brothers were confused.

The Qi brothers seemed a little embarrassed to speak, but Bi Maokang asked without hesitation: "This, leasing land, opening a mutual market, and increasing the issuance of ships to attract Kanhe seems to be a bit attractive, but will people donate tens of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels for this share?" ”

Zhang Bin said confidently: "Brother Menghou, don't worry, as long as this news spreads, there will definitely be a lot of merchants rushing to donate money, I have thought about it, two million taels, it is only the share of 20,000 acres of land around Yuegang, and other land, I will talk about it later." As for the share of the ship's introduction, it will be used to raise money to build a new wharf in Yuegang, and how much it will cost will be said at that time! ”

Two million taels is not over, and more donations are needed!

Bi Maokang couldn't understand whether those merchants would really rush to donate money.

He couldn't help but ask: "Brother Shuangquanxian, two million taels, not two hundred taels, one hundred taels can obtain the qualification to rent one acre of land, will anyone really rush to donate money?" ”

Zhang Bin still said confidently: "Brother Menghou, don't you know how profitable it is to do business with Fanbang, tens of thousands of taels, for those big merchants, it is nothing at all, I don't believe you ask my third brother." ”

When Bi Maokang heard this, he immediately turned his head to Zhang San.

Zhang San nodded slowly and said: "What Lao Wu said is very reasonable, tens of thousands of taels are really nothing to big merchants, doing business with Fanbang, the profit is at least more than doubled, if you can really open a mutual market in Yuegang, you can earn tens of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels by selling something casually!" ”

Bi Maokang said in disbelief: "Is it really so profitable to do business with Fanbang? ”

Zhang San immediately nodded and said: "Of course, even if the mutual market is not opened, there are many people who take risks, prohibit going to sea, and secretly do business with Fanbang, if you can really open the mutual market in Yuegang, there will definitely be many people rushing to do business, after all, it is very troublesome to do it secretly, and it is very troublesome to even buy a cargo. ”

After all, Bi Maokang is a traditional official, and he really has no research on business, so he nodded as if he didn't understand: "Since this is the case, I will contact the big shopkeepers of the Wang family and the Jiang family, in Huizhou, the biggest merchants are these two, as long as they take the lead, the merchants in the entire Huizhou will follow." ”

Zhang San followed: "In fact, you don't need to go directly to their big shopkeeper for this matter, just find the shopkeeper of their Jinling branch and explain it, and they will naturally send the news back to their respective general numbers, this kind of opportunity, I believe that as long as you can do business, you will not miss it." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he nodded again and again and said: "What the third brother said makes sense, if you don't notify the major business gangs near Nanzhili, the shopkeepers of the branches of the major businesses, which restaurant to gather in tomorrow, I will personally explain to them." ”

Zhang San nodded and said: "It's okay, with you, the governor, personally explaining, they won't doubt the truth of the news, and when the time comes, they will definitely rush to donate money!" ”