It is necessary to gather enough contingent of officials within a month to support the smooth operation of the entire Taiwan Government, to be ready to receive the entire territory of Fujian within six months, to expand the army, to expand factories, and to develop industry and commerce. And the only way to solve these problems is to increase the intensity of personnel training, first expand the scale of the school several times, in the frequency of the civil service examination and the proportion of admissions, presumably after this big victory, there may be a lot of students who hide at home and do not go out to take the exam, just digging from Funing is not enough, the tens of thousands of captives just captured may be able to get some, and then use the power of the rudder of the Red Flower Society everywhere to spread the news of the Red Flower Society's recruitment of talents to all parts of the country! Attract down-and-out literati from all over the country to apply for the examination.

Now that the team of the Red Flower Club has matured a lot, Chen Jialuo does not need to do it himself, he only needs to draw the general direction, and the following departments will complete the implementation according to his intentions. After explaining the meaning to Yan Xin, Luo Bing and others involved in this work, Yan Xin reported, "Chief helmsman, Yang Tingzhang's envoy is here to discuss the ransom, do you want to meet him?" ”

"See! How can you not see the God of Wealth when he comes! Fang Shou's somewhat depressed mood suddenly became better, and he hurried to the living room while reciting the sound of knocking bamboo in his mouth.

After a few words of greeting, after all, it was Yang Tingzhang's master who couldn't help but speak first, "Chief Helmsman Chen, do you think this time you still follow the rules of last time?" Let's pay for the ransom? ”

"It's no problem to ransom people! But this time it's not the price of last time! Chen Jialuo shook his fan leisurely, and sighed like this kind of business that pinched the other party's death hole, and it felt great!

"Chief Helmsman Chen! You are a master! Right now, both the feudal platform and the treasury are empty, and they can run rats. The master immediately pleaded with a bitter face, "In addition, the number of people this time is much more than last time, and Governor Yang can't take out so much silver for a while!" ”

"It's like there were no rats when the treasury was full, and the rats were fatter at that time!" , Chen Jialuo made a joke, "If you don't have a lot of silver, can you buy a little less!" With so many people, I just pulled it to open a mine, which is nothing more than a matter of a few meals. I still have this money in the Red Flower Society! But I, Chen, am also a scholar, and I can't see the separation of flesh and blood, so if I don't have any money, I can use food to settle the account! ”

"Chief Helmsman Chen, make a price!" , the master gritted his teeth and said. If you are ready to be blackmailed, you can get more people and go back to your own owner, so that the guilt will be lighter.

"I don't want you much, this time the Manchurian soldiers are from the capital, and the uncle in the capital is more noble than the outsiders, so the price will be doubled! A man full of sixty taels died. doubling of official positions by one level; By the way, most of the Eight Banner masters who came this time have titles on them, the lowest Feng'en General is counted as one hundred taels, and the title is doubled by one level, my price is cost-effective, right? Where are you going to sell General Bong-eun for a hundred taels of silver? Chen Jialuo couldn't help but smile and quoted the price, waved his hand and asked the staff to hand over a booklet, the screening and statistics of the captives have been completed, which is written on the number of captives, official positions and titles, just like a list of common goods in business. The service of the Red Flower Club is considerate.

Chief helmsman, aren't all of these people with a capital hukou! The master almost shouted, took the booklet and looked at it carefully, looking at the value of a soldier of the Eight Banners in the form, he was about to cry, the most valuable one had the official title of the staff and the title of Gushan Beizi, according to Chen Jialuo's algorithm, he actually got a figure of tens of thousands of taels; couldn't help but look at Chen Jialuo with tears in his eyes, "Chief helmsman, this price is a little too high!" ”

Is this still high? You haven't seen Porto sell people, Chen Jialuo sneered and ignored it, and he had a big attitude of buying and buying or not buying; The master couldn't help but continue watching. This time, 3,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners came from the capital, and in addition to those who escaped and were killed, there were nearly 2,000 people on this list, with a total price of more than 500,000 taels. This number has far exceeded Yang Tingzhang's psychological expectations, and the master has no choice but to resign and report to Yang Tingzhang.

Two days later, the master came back, and after some bargaining, the price was pressed to 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stone of grain. Without waiting for him to breathe a sigh of relief, Chen Jialuo took out another booklet. "Master, you see, these good men of the Eight Banners were born and died for me in the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court can't let their bones return home, right? My Red Flower Society has already prepared coffins to collect them, and each person can take them away for only half the price, do you want it or not? If not, I'll have someone burn it!" ”

The master couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of old blood, this thief chief is so vicious, if he lets those people in the capital know that because he is reluctant to spend money, his relatives will be crushed and scattered, whether it is Yang Tingzhang or himself, I am afraid that they will be eaten alive, right? I don't want to get this money!

Gritted his teeth and took the booklet and looked at it, fortunately, the silver this time was a lot less, and the hundreds of corpses added up to more than 100,000 silver, and the master said with a bitter face, "Chief helmsman, I really can't take out so much silver right now, do you think you can use other things to pay off the debt?" ”

"It's okay if you don't have money or food!" , for the current Red Flower Society, food is really more important than silver.

"There is not much food, and the city of Fuzhou can take out up to 30,000 stones, and can the rest be used for salt, calligraphy and painting, jewelry and antiques?" , the master secretly calculated, last time I went back to copy a few merchants' homes, but there are still a batch of calligraphy, painting and jewelry.

Since Cheng Huaixiu's subordinates arrived in Funing, the salt produced here can not only meet local demand but also be exported to Zhejiang and Jiangsu, jewelry and antiques, which have not been cashed out of the treasure of King Chuang, what is the use, it is estimated that the master can't think of any other way, Chen Jialuo said, "Aren't there several shipyards in Fuzhou?" Pay the rest of the money with the ship! ”

On the one hand, the number of ships of the Honghua Navy can be increased in the short term, and on the other hand, the production capacity of the shipyard is occupied, and the time for the Fuzhou Navy to replenish the ships will be postponed, which can not only strengthen itself but also weaken the opponent, so why not kill two birds with one stone!

Yang Tingzhang was even more straightforward than Chen Jialuo thought, and directly joined forces with Fukangan to test Huang Shijian's pressure, asking him to transfer the sailor's warship to pay off the debt, and quickly ransomed the corpses of the Eight Banners. (To be continued.) )