Zhang Bin already regretted it a little at this time, in fact, after he learned that the backstage of this merchant was Wang Ruoji and others, he didn't want to invite these merchants over.

After all, after the other four merchant gangs were apportioned, it would be enough for Fujian to raise a maximum of four or five hundred thousand taels, and Dongshengtang could bear this amount alone.

However, he thought that the development of Hong Kong was proposed by himself this month, and when the time came, he asked Dongshengtang to take all the shares of Fujian, which was a bit suspected of abusing power for personal gain, so in the end, he still asked people to notify the helmsmen of the major businesses of the Fujian Merchants Gang and let them get a piece of the pie.

Unexpectedly, these guys would be so desperate to prevent themselves from raising food.

Now that they are so stirred up, it's really hard to say whether other merchants dare to rent land.

Zhang Bin has already prepared for the worst, it's a big deal, two million taels, all from Dongshengtang, if you hurt your muscles and bones, you will be able to make up for the losses soon.

If these people really don't donate any silver, then they can't say anything, they can only eat alone, and then let Dongshengtang monopolize the business of Daming and other countries!

Zhang Bin secretly gritted his teeth and continued: "Everyone is fine, right, this official will say the rules again, to exterminate the pirates, a total of two million taels of food is required, that is to say, for every one hundred taels donated, you can rent one acre of land, the time is not limited, you can rent for one year, you can rent for ten years or even a hundred years, of course, you can also not rent, if you don't rent, this priority will be gone." In addition, for the sake of fairness, in the first round, the amount of donations from each merchant gang shall not be greater than 400,000 taels, and later, if there is not enough 2 million taels, the second round will be carried out according to the situation. That's all there is to it, so let's discuss it. ”

With that, he put down the wooden pole in his hand, and stood in front of the map with his hand, where he waited for the major merchants to express their positions.

At this time, the people of the major merchant gangs below began to discuss in a low voice, but there was no movement at all on the side of the Fujian merchant gang, which meant that it was clear that one or two pieces of silver would not donate money.

Seeing this, Old Man Huang snorted coldly in his heart, these guys, rat-eyed, open mutual markets with various countries, I don't know how much money they can make, you don't donate, Lao Tzu donates alone!

He was about to stand up in solidarity with his grandson and take the lead in donating money, when a shrewd middle-aged man from the Ningbo Merchant Gang suddenly stood up and said loudly: "We have all heard about Lord Zhang being the county magistrate in Pingyang, we believe that Lord Zhang is dedicated to the country and the people, and we also believe that Lord Zhang can develop Yuegang, we donated 400,000 taels, as for which land to rent, we can go back and discuss." ”

Immediately afterwards, the representative of the Longyou Merchant Gang also stood up and said loudly: "We have also heard about this, and we also believe in Master Zhang, we will donate 400,000 taels." ”

Zhang Bin was so moved that he arched his hand again and again: "Thank you, thank you." ”

Immediately afterwards, the representative of the Huizhou Merchant Gang also stood up and said simply: "We also believe in Master Zhang, we will donate 400,000 taels." ”

Old man Huang was already a little impatient, and as soon as the Huizhou merchant gang expressed his position, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "The Fujian merchant gang will bear the 400,000 taels of our Dongshengtang family." ”

At this time, there is only the Jiangxi Business Gang left, and there is no problem if they don't donate, and the other four families have a point, and one family is only 100,000 taels, I believe that these people will not be too much.

Zhang Bin was about to raise his hand to announce the start of the second round, when the representative of the Jiangxi Merchant Gang hurriedly stood up and said: "Lord Governor, we will donate 400,000 taels, we will donate!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, that's it, within three days, you can send the silver to the Yamen of the Dusi Division, and this official promises that the pirates of the Zhongzuo Institute will be solved before the year, and next year, all the pirates will be exterminated, and after the New Year, you can start to build shops and warehouses in Yuegang." ”

The fundraising ended successfully, and the next day, the major merchant gangs successively pulled a cart of silver to the Yamen of Fujian Dusi.

In fact, they had already started to mobilize silver taels, and 400,000 taels was really nothing to them, and half a month was enough to mobilize them all to Fuzhou.

At this time, the Dusi Yamen side naturally had already prepared.

Master Wu Shiqi had already rushed over from the Dajin Institute, and Zhang Bin directly asked him to take someone to count the silver taels and register them in the warehouse.

Cai Shanji was also arrested, and Zhang Bin directly asked him to be responsible for issuing silver receipts and signing land lease contracts.

Zhang Bin's eldest brother Daniel Zhang has already led the five hundred guards of the Golden Institute over, and the other guards of the Fujian Dusi Yamen have long been sent back, and the entire Dusi Yamen is under Zhang Bin's control, and the safety of the silver two naturally does not have to worry.

At the same time that the major merchants were transporting silver taels, the guards of the various health offices of the Fujian Metropolitan Division also gathered in Fuzhou one after another.

Zhang Bin asked Hong Xianchun to send 5,000 foot soldiers, 10,000 sailors, and 200 large and small warships, while the Fujian Xingdu Division had 15,000 foot soldiers.

On the side of the sailors, Zhang Bin was ready to promote Yu Chenglong to a guerrilla general, and let him temporarily take charge of commanding 10,000 sailors and 200 warships.

On the side of the foot soldiers, Zhang Bin planned to combine the 5,000 foot soldiers of the Fujian Capital Division and the 15,000 foot soldiers of the Fujian Xingdu Division and hand them over to the staff generals Cao Wenzhao and Qi Yuangong to be in charge, while Qi Yuanfu, Qi Yuanbi, and Cao Bianjiao temporarily served as guerrilla generals to assist them in handling military affairs.

Originally, Zhang Bin's plan was to gather the guards in three days, and then advance by land and water, and go directly to Yuegang, bluff, and recruit Zheng Zhilong first.

As for the reorganization, drills, and the replenishment of weapons and equipment, I don't care about it for the time being, it is impossible to fight with Zheng Zhilong anyway, and after appeasing him, I just reorganize and practice with the pirates under him.

In the next three days, the guards of the Fujian Metropolitan Division arrived in Fuzhou one after another, but the Fujian Provincial Division did not see a single soldier come to assemble.

It was not until the afternoon of the third day that Zhang Bin received a letter from Chen Eryi, the commander of the capital of Fujian, which was very simple, just one sentence: Lord Governor, I am really sorry, due to the long distance of the guards, it will take at least a month to gather 15,000 people and go to Fuzhou!

Zhang Bin asked to assemble in Fuzhou, but he had to assemble first and then go to Fuzhou, so there was a lot of time delayed.

He thought that this would be able to drag Zhang Bin down, after all, the Fujian Dusi had only gathered a total of 15,000 guards, and it was not necessary to deal with Zheng Zhilong's wave of pirates.

Will Zhang Bin be dragged by him?

Of course it's impossible, Zheng Zhilong can't fight him at all, the army is just making a show, he's afraid of a fart.

On the fourth day, Zhang Bin ordered that the five thousand foot soldiers directly board the warship, set off with the sailors, and rushed to Yuegang, while on the Fuzhou side, Hong Xianchun was responsible for transporting grain and grass to the governor, and his eldest brother Daniel Zhang took people to watch the Dusi Yamen, believing that he did not dare to play any moths.

As for Chen Eryi, you wait for you, and I'll clean you up after I have adopted Zheng Zhilong!