In order to fight against Wu Yue and the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was not enough for the Suzhou merchants to be vassals to the Great Zhou, but also to have enough weapons, they did not lack young and strong, what they lacked was weapons and armor, and experienced soldiers.

When the representative of the Chamber of Commerce, trembling found Ye Hua and asked if he could provide some help, the representative of the Chamber of Commerce was apprehensive, he didn't know Ye Hua's attitude, but he heard that Qian Hongyi, the king of Wuyue, sent his younger brother Qian Hongyi to go, touched a nose of ash, and got nothing, and they had no choice but to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

It's just that Su Shang didn't expect that Ye Hua was warmly entertained, and he also took out a purchase list drawn up by himself.

If you want to keep the city of Suzhou, you need at least 50,000 horses, and hundreds of thousands of people in the city need more food, as well as ordnance, weapons, and ships.

Ye Hua gave them a suggestion to recruit local young men as soldiers, and Da Zhou provided two hundred hussar guards as instructors to help train young men and protect the city.

Moreover, the Great Zhou provided 500,000 stones of grain, 10,000 pairs of armor, 100,000 weapons, and most importantly, 200,000 barrels of gunpowder!

Such a huge amount of money simply makes the delegates happy, and the kingdom is generous!

He just wanted to say thanks, but he heard Ye Hua smile and say, "These things are not expensive, as long as three million yuan!" ”

What the?

Actually asking for money?

And so much money?

Su Shang's family background is very rich, but he can't take out so much!

Ye Hua smiled and said: "King Wu Yue is weak and incompetent, Li Hongji is eyeing him, if you are not willing to pay for self-protection, the two countries will send troops to destroy you, not to mention the money, even your life will be gone." But don't be afraid, Benjue has already thought about it, you only need to pay one million in cash for the three million, and the remaining two million will be compensated with silk. Seeing that this representative was still a little embarrassed, Ye Hua said generously: "In this way, I will contact you for a loan, all in all, Da Zhou will fully support the righteous act of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, you can rest assured, what you want!" ”

……

Going back from Ye Hua, the representatives of Su Shang were all stunned, but one thing, he could still be sure that with the support of Da Zhou, they would have hope of holding on, and look at it, who knows how far it will develop?

Su Shang didn't know it, but after the three million orders, many people understood.

In particular, Lu Duoxun, the envoy of the third division, and Zhao Shangjiao, the deputy envoy of the third division.

"Oh, our worries have been solved!"

It turned out that the third division had always been worried that Gu was cheap and hurt the peasants, but the imperial court couldn't afford much money to purchase grain, and there was a reason why Lu Duoxun ran to grab Ren Tianxing's silver.

But now that the order came, the situation changed.

Although everyone can't do without food, the amount of food for one person is there, and it will not be too exaggerated.

Normally, as long as there is 5 percent more grain in the market, the price will plummet, and once it is less than 5 percent, it will skyrocket exponentially.

There is no way, food, clothing, housing and transportation, the people are most concerned about this, and if there is a panic, it will inevitably expand, and the future generations will grab salt and houses, the reason is the same.

At present, some people are purchasing, and the crumbling grain prices have immediately stabilized, and the capital has even risen by about 10%.

Don't underestimate this price increase, how much can farmers earn after a year of hard work?

Every year the autumn grain goes on the market, the price will fall, and the grain price will rise back when the green and yellow are not received.

The common people even had a reluctance to sell, holding on to the grain, reluctant to sell it.

For this result, the three divisions are happy to see, this year is the first year of Qingzhang Tianmu, so that the people can harvest and increase income, just enough to smash all the attacks on Qingzhang Juntian.

Running a huge empire is not easy, and it takes a lot of effort and hard work.

I couldn't think of a way, and as a result, I inadvertently solved the problem, at least on the side of the three divisions, it was jubilant, even jubilant.

Among these orders, the real big boss is ordnance and weapons, during this time, there was no big war, the training of the forbidden army was completed, and many ordnance workshops stopped.

Although the work has been suspended, the imperial court can't help but pay money, because these masters are all treasures, and once there is a war, they still need their hands!

Just like the dumb man, there are many great craftsmen, all of whom have crowns and belts from the imperial court, and they get a piece of money every month.

If you don't work, no one can stand it.

Now, the order has come, the workshops are working day and night, and not only the craftsmen are busy, but they even have to recruit many young laborers, so that there are fewer young people in the market.

And they took their wages, bought things, ate, and moved the surrounding markets around.

As the market became more prosperous and the number of people in the cities increased, food prices were further pushed up, and even grain prices needed to be sold regularly to stabilize prices...... The original deserted market has actually started to get hot.

The more active the economy, the more taxes there will be, and when you have money, it will be easier to be in charge.

As the prime minister, Wei Renpu could strongly feel the idea of seeking war, and his enthusiasm was surging and unstoppable!

You must know that in the past, those who liked to fight were martial artists, and they wanted to make meritorious contributions and promotions, and make their wives and sons, but this time, almost everyone was in the main battle.

Especially the officials in charge of finance and taxation, they are simply red-eyed.

Three million orders, isn't it too little?

How much more do you want in Suzhou, we will do our best to provide!

Such a big customer must not let Suzhou have an accident.

Didn't you allocate 1 million to build ships some time ago, and then add 500,000 guan to build a naval division as soon as possible, and with a naval division, you can go to the south of the Yangtze River......

Crazy, all crazy!

The mild-mannered civil servants became smiling and the unspeakable scholars became calculating.

Wei Renpu kept shaking his head, how did he think, Ye Hua's shadow was everywhere, although this kid had left Beijing, but his clones were everywhere, whether it was all kinds of discussions, or opinions on the music, Wei Renpu could see Ye Hua's shadow, it was simply a ghost, a ghost possessed!

What the hell is going on?

How could this big week be different in an instant?

Wei Renpu snorted angrily and thundered, he sat in the study for a while, the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he could only call the family and call his son.

The father and son sat opposite each other, and Wei Renpu said distressedly: "You tell the truth to your father, why did the way of this world suddenly change?" ”

Wei Xianmei looked at her father's distressed appearance, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"Dad, it's changed a long time ago, you just didn't notice it!"

"Nonsense, is your father so dull?" Wei Renpu rebuked.

Wei Xianmei hurriedly lowered her head and remained silent.

Lao Wei groaned for a while, suddenly let out a long breath, patted his thigh hard, and said angrily: "I know, the old man knows!" ”

"Since the beginning of the rectification of the government last year, the original scholars have been deposed, and a large number of newcomers have been replaced, and you kid is one of them!"

Wei Renpu pointed at his son vigorously, gritted his teeth and said: "You people, you are all trained by Ye Hua, you are all greedy for profit, bold, for money, you can do anything!" Unscrupulous, you are unscrupulous! ”

Wei Xianmei looked up and smiled: "Dad, is this your old compliment?" ”

"Praise you for your size!"

Wei Renpu was so angry that he paced back and forth, roaring: "Throughout the ages, all dynasties and dynasties have been external Confucianism and internal law, why is this so? In a word, relying on the benevolence and morality of Confucianism, there is no way to govern the world, let alone rule all directions in Kyushu, there will be accidents! But why, all dynasties have preached the virtues of sages and sages and governed the country with Confucianism? Are the emperors and generals of all dynasties stupid? No, it's because wearing the cloak of Confucianism can weaken people's hearts, embellish and cover up, and reduce trouble...... You might as well do things dirty, but you have to find a suitable excuse, right? What are you doing here? I don't even want this Confucian dress, it's completely shameless! Don't you guys feel cold? ”

Lao Wei's words really came from the bottom of his heart, that is, in the face of his son, he would not say it if he changed people.

After listening to this, Wei Xianmei only had one feeling, it turned out that Daddy was not an elm head! Isn't that quite clear!

"Dad, if you want me to say, it's hard to find this thing under the pretext!" Wei Xianmei said with a smile: "Suzhou businessmen, they can't bear to be squeezed, hold high the banner of righteousness, and go to the country to help, this is a good thing!" ”

"But, but you can make a fortune with this matter, and make a lot of profits, the gentleman is cautious, the gentleman is cautious! Ask your conscience, what is it for? Wei Renpu asked with red eyes.

Wei Xianmei thought about it and said very seriously: "Dad, we are for the Great Zhou Dynasty and the common people under our rule!" ”

"You!"

Wei Renpu, who has always been able to speak well, was speechless...... The strange thing is that Lao Wei was not too angry, but felt a sense of relief.

Like them, who have read the books of sages all their lives and talked about the way of a gentleman all their lives, no matter if they are unwilling to follow it seriously, they will still be restrained.

For example, making war money, this is an unrighteous act, as the Heavenly Empire, you shouldn't do this kind of thing, once you do it, how can you make Siyi really surrender?

"Dad, when my son was in Youzhou, he also asked the champion Hou, is it against the way of forgiveness that we regard the Khitans as slaves?"

"What did Ye Hua say?" Wei Renpu said in a muffled voice.

"Hou Ye said, benevolence is reserved for your own people, if you can't take care of your own people first, how can others think that you are a benevolent person? Even one's own people can be sacrificed, let alone others! ”

"This ...... Hum! Ye Hua, that bastard boy, has no other ability except for a mouthful of crooked reasoning, a good child, let him teach badly, a good court atmosphere, and let him bring it badly, I am really angry with the old man! ”

Wei Renpu scolded, scolded for half an hour, turned the sky, it was the early dynasty again, and old Wei went to the Golden Palace with red eyes. Everyone else was startled, and said in their hearts What happened to Wei Xianggong, he secretly took a concubine last night?

Just when the big guy was speculating, Wei Renpu suddenly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, Suzhou's righteous act is extraordinary." The old minister is willing to ask for the decree to serve as the minister of the Qin Mission, and go to Suzhou in person to comfort the people, in order to show the emperor's grace, and ask His Majesty for permission! ”

Chai Rong was stunned, Wei Xianggong has become a little fast, right?