At this time, Changle Lou Hua Kuijiao, who had just jumped off the stage, smiled and pushed away Wang Qinchen's embrace, and turned to Zhao Xing: "Xianggong, you really crossed the wall and demolished the ladder, Zhenghuan who just jumped on the stage, forgot about the slave family when he got off the stage, and only cared about spoiling Sister Song." ”

Zhao Xing laughed, put his free other hand around Qiuri, and pointed to an Oiran next to him, signaling her to greet Wang Qinchen...... In the blink of an eye, Wang Qinchen surrounded two oirans.

Since he is also an Oiran, his ability to confuse men will not be second-rate. After a while, Wang Qinchen was already smiling, forgetting the troubles of being thrown away by the Oiran of Changle Building, and also forgetting the worry that Zhao Xing might refuse.

Zhao Xing asked idly: "How much?" ”

Zhang Lei stretched out two fingers.

Zhao Xing's eyes widened in surprise: "The imperial court is so poor that it can't even take out 20 million guan?" ”

Zhang Lei laughed: "Where is 20 million." It's clearly 20,000! ”

As soon as this number came out, Rao is the five major Oiran of Yangzhou was well-informed, and he opened his mouth wide in surprise, almost dislocating his jaw.

Yangzhou is the hub of the world, is the canal transportation center, Yangzhou businessmen are wealthy, a hundred thousand million million rich businessmen shoulder to shoulder, throw a brick out can hit three, the remaining two are still ready multimillionaires. But growing up in this prosperous place, the top red prostitutes who are often sent to and are accustomed to seeing the rich and maritime giants are still extremely shocked when they hear this number.

Zhao Xing frowned deeply, and asked softly, "How long will it be?" ”

Zhang Lei slapped his thigh: "The sooner the better." ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands. Tyson trotted all the way in. Zhao Xing instructed: "Inform Master Wan Qi." Prepare 100,000,000,000 gold, silver, and copper coins...... Oh. Plus 100 million banknotes. Please send him to Changchun Tower tomorrow night. ”

Zhao Xing's voice just fell. Wang Qinchen took a deep breath of cold air. blurted out: "You're so happy?" That's 200 million. How do I think you're talking about two cabbage fields?! ”

Zhao Xing replied blandly: "If it's two Chinese cabbages." I wouldn't be so happy! But I know that Senior Brother Lu Zhi is a Lu Zhi person. He will not open his mouth to me unless he has to; Once he asked me for money. It must not be for yourself. So. Even if he asks for another 200 million. I also have to give. But if it's Cai Jing who comes to ask for money - even if it's two cabbages. I won't give it to him either. ”

Zhao Xing actually wanted to say - "If it is Song Huizong who comes to ask for money." I don't want to give away two copper plates for nothing. ”

Knowing Zhao Xing's temper, Zhang Lei immediately asked, "What price do you want?" ”

Zhao Xingyi waved his hand. Out of the shadows came Yuan Yeping. It seems that he was prepared. Holding a stack of pieces in his hand. While looking at Zhang Lei with admiration, he talked about business: "Zhang (Yushitai) Zhongcheng." My family has already prepared a concerto - these. Please take a look. Agreeablely. Please reply as soon as possible...... Zhang Zhongcheng. Xia Guan has long admired your talent. You can allow the lower officials to come to the door to visit, and the adults can give a few pairs of words. ”

Zhang Lei's hand checked a few times. Finding that Zhao Xing's request was not based on their prior guesses, he replied, "Is Brother Yuan still in charge of the Japanese warrior regiment now?" Don't dare to wait. The notebook can be written at any time, no hurry...... The request to leave people, Brother Lu had already anticipated, these, these. We have already discussed it in the capital, and we can agree. Other than that. After the establishment of the banknote bureau, you will recommend the promoter. Not a problem either. ”

When Zhao Xing heard this, he immediately beckoned and called back Tyson, who walked to the door. casually took off a seal ribbon from his waist, and muttered while handing it to Zhang Lei: "Say it earlier, say it earlier, I have the right to supervise finances, and we don't even need to trouble Wan Qian Yayan in any aspect - isn't there a branch of the three major banks in the capital, you take this seal, and the amount under 200 million guan can be withdrawn at will." ”

Zhang Lei was not polite, he casually put the seal on his waist, smiled a few Gurkha guards, and said with a smile: "My current body is worth 200 million yuan, you have to send a few more people to protect me." ”

Wang Qinchen casually took out a few documents from his arms and handed them to Zhao Xing: "This is the official document of Liu Zhengfu of the Ministry of War-Shaanxi War, you must deploy muskets from the Guangnan Firearms Bureau...... Lord Liu said, if you agree to the advance, please sign this official document and immediately send the ordnance to Shaanxi. Well, as soon as the required amount is due, it is deducted from the money lent to the imperial court. ”

Zhao Xing clicked on the text handed over by Zhang Lei, and continued: "Brother Lu Zhi seems that the money from the Foreign Affairs Bureau did not jump out of the cracks in the stones, and the imperial court borrowed the money, so there must be an explanation. ”

Wang Qinchen asked, "For example, ......?" ”

Zhang Lei interjected: "No example! I know what you're trying to say is that you just want to reduce the taxes of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau in the future. The reason is nothing more than that these funds came from the people of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and the imperial court took them in advance, and there is no explanation, which is equivalent to double taxation of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau......

Having said that, now the Nanyang Affairs Bureau is where the imperial court's wealth is located, and the imperial court cannot afford to reduce the taxes of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. The imperial court was short of money everywhere and did not have the ability to reduce it. ”

Zhao Xing immediately answered: "Then sell the land - my Nanyang Affairs Bureau has conquered the east and west, and laid down a large piece of land overseas, and the land sold by the imperial court is only a small part, I heard that the official family originally planned to seal the king overseas and implement overseas feudalism." As a result, many overseas lands were given to the vassal kings. But now that the country is in trouble, it is not only the people who should bear it, but also the clansmen who should bear some responsibilities. I want each of them to have one-third of the fief in their hands, and the sale of these lands can also subsidize the taxes in the southeast. ”

Zhang Lei patted his stomach: "When you get the meat in the bowl, how can you spit it out again?" You don't have to think about recovering the fiefdom, the court would rather not want your money than move the idea of the vassal king - why? Do you think the clan can be chaotic now?

However, you often say that the overseas world is vast, and you don't have any remaining land at hand, so go and fight! The court can agree to you, but every time the loot needs to be handed over as usual, what do you think? ”

"Three levies do not accept land" means: Zhao Xing did not need to pay land to the imperial court for the next three consecutive expeditions, and these lands could be disposed of by Zhao Xing, and after being sold, they would be sold to offset the cost of the expedition.

This proposal must have come from Huang Tingjian and others, who had been with Zhao Xing in Guangdong for many years and already knew Zhao Xing's habit of going on expeditions. I also know that there are that group of warmongers. There is certainly a strong demand for land. That's why such a suggestion is unethical.

Zhao Xing opened his mouth wide in surprise, held back a lot, and said a ridiculous sentence: "I'll give you a commission!" ”

Zhang Lei couldn't cry or laugh.

Hou Meng, who had been with Zhao Xing for a while, knew the meaning of his words, and he explained with a smile: "I heard that the object of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau's expedition this time is Africa, and after listening to Zhao Xiang talk about it, I specially bought a copy of "The World Can Map of the World", and then I found that the land of Africa is far larger than the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and in addition to a few countries. It's mostly ownerless land - the imperial court has lost a lot this time.

I also heard that Lord Taiwei has implemented a cage policy against Tianzhu, that is, to use the three points of Lion City, Jaffna, and Kaizhi City to block the sea surface of Tianzhu and restrict their activities at sea. It can be seen from the "Kanyu Map" that Tianzhu has been divided into many countries. Recently, Taiwei has been saying that Tianzhu is ripe and can be picked in a few years - if Taiwei's second expedition is to deal with the sky, the twelve kingdoms of Tianzhu are also bigger than the land of the Great Song Dynasty......"

As Hou Meng said this, several geisha who had come back from their shock began to quarrel. They called out in unrelenting voices: "Tai Wei, you only favor your senior brother." Even if we are here today, how can we forget the slave slave about the commission, Lord Taiwei has pity on the little girl, and the slave will serve with all his heart, okay? ”

Zhao Xing was rubbed by their little hands and moaned. He waved his hand boldly: "Overseas is so big that it can accommodate your selfish intentions and my private feelings." I promise you half the price of the land sold in Nanyang, as long as you have the money. There is no limit to how much. ”

The geisha cheered coquettishly, and they were even more obedient to Zhao Xing.

The court did not know. The land that Zhao Xing handed over to the imperial court was actually not the whole harvest of the war, and he reserved a lot for himself. The second most important islands in those shipping lanes are being pre-empted. As soon as the imperial court ordered this edict, Zhao Xing couldn't wait for the prince surnamed Zhao to hand over his fiefdom, so he immediately greeted: "Inform Yayan that the remaining official lands in Nanyang will be put up for sale immediately, and all 40,000 islands will be sold, and the whole island will be bought, with the title of gift - Tong Guan sold me 300 titles I haven't sold yet, and this time those landlords are cheap."

The geisha shouted for me: "Captain, I want to ...... too." I still

Their words were so ambiguous that the blood in their whole bodies poured down to their lower bodies.

Wang Qinruo couldn't help but be moved: "There are such good things, and leave two, I will give three copper plates and one acre of land from outside, and there is a nine-percent discount for bulk purchases, buy the entire island in one go, and give the official title according to the size of the island, or the title of the founding man (baron), this title can be hereditary from generation to generation, it has no official salary, but can enjoy the gentry treatment."

After the implementation of various preferential measures, sometimes it only costs 3 yuan to buy a micro island, but no more than 100 yuan to buy a medium-sized island.

According to the regulations of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, the purchaser of an overseas small island only needs to build a permanent building on the island, and then erect an inscription to show his permanent ownership of the island, and the Nanyang Affairs Bureau considers that the purchaser has fulfilled the contract, and names the island according to the purchaser's preferences, and also marks the name of the island on the map of the Great Song Dynasty.

According to the regulations of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, the common people who owned small islands overseas belonged to the aristocracy and belonged to the justices of the peace, and they naturally enjoyed all the benefits given to the gentry by the imperial court, such as exemption from agricultural taxes and labor service......

Spending three times would allow future generations to be exempt from agricultural taxes and servitude forever, and to join the gentry. After the announcement of this regulation, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty went crazy, and the original wholesale official industry jointly made by Cai Jing and Tong Guan was suddenly dwarfed, and now, the most enthusiastic thing for the merchants is to buy a small island overseas......

Ten days later, the first batch of overseas islands was sold out, and the people who bought the islands immediately rushed to buy boats and went to sea to inspect their own territory, which made the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty make enough profits to expand wildly.

The latecomers who could not buy the small island land continued to gather in Yangzhou, hoping that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau would launch the next batch of small islands for sale, and Zhao Xing, who was still unsatisfied, immediately allocated another batch from the reserved land and adopted the method of buying at a competitive price...... This time, he not only earned back the money allocated to the imperial court, but also made a lot of gains.

In that period of more than a month, how much wealth did Zhao Xing loot from this group of Great Song Dynasty landlords. It's a secret that no one will ever know. But. Later generations can infer from some clues: when Zhao Xing returned to Hangzhou, he couldn't stop smiling for a whole month; Soon, Zhao Xing changed new military uniforms for his troops, and also purchased hundreds of giant sea ships to expand the existing fleet; An additional amount of military salaries and allowances were issued, and various items were set up to distribute rewards, charcoal salaries, and cold expenses to subordinate officials.

Later, Zhao Xing's inspiration dried up, so he simply played a scoundrel, and he didn't want any reason, just send money. As a result, Zhao Xing's smile infected the entire Nanyang Yamen. All the officers and soldiers of Nanyang smiled from ear to ear for a whole month. Many officers even had the money to go back to their hometowns in Shaanxi to have a good talk about their lives and ideals with the girls who had lost their feet, but they were arrested by the local yamen and beaten up severely......

In this way, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau still held a number of reserved islands in its hands, which only accounted for one-fifth of the original total, but Zhao Xing refused to sell them again, and those merchants who did not buy the islands were forced to join in, and they began to raise funds and agitated everywhere, asking the Nanyang Affairs Bureau to send more troops. Occupy more overseas land......

This turmoil then spread to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, where the merchants were dissatisfied with their demands. Instead, they went to the newly established Beiyang Affairs Bureau to seek a way out, and received a large amount of capital supply from the merchants, and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau quickly armed, and they added a hundred large and small warships, taking advantage of the densely populated convenience of Jingxi Road. It also quickly organized a musket army of 50,000 men, and recruited a large number of navigation and artillery talents from the Guangnan Military Academy and the Guangnan Ocean Academy...... They even have money to build their own school.

In this turmoil. Needless to say, the five famous prostitutes in Yangzhou who earned a lot of money were not mentioned, and the other five Oirans who did not reap the benefits were full of complaints. As for Zhang Lei, Wang Qinchen also made a lot of money in this reselling turmoil. Together with those Oiran, they first obtained some low-cost islands for domestic sales from Zhao Xing. After the rush to buy rose, it was resold to high-priced merchants and landlords, earning enough travel expenses for official business in Hangzhou.

Even Hou Meng made a fortune from this incident, but he didn't completely put this windfall into his bag, as the current governor of Yangzhou, who had little time, he used the money to change the clothes of the Yangzhou navy. After changing clothes, he happily packed his backpack and went to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau to serve as the governor of Qingzhou and the military case supervision department of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau - this time, he is more than the original Qingzhou.

In August, Shuai Fan in Zhending divided his troops into two roads, he personally led a group of men and horses back to the mouth of the Yellow River, and landed on the beach of Tianjin City, and began to confront the Liao army of 200,000 in the name of armed defense of Song Shang, while Zhao Xing's son Zhao Feng led the rest of the troops, with Ru Linlang (civil official 32nd rank, belonging to Enyin, Jilu official), Wu Yilang (military attaché 42nd rank, belonging to Enyin, Jilu official), Zhiguo lieutenant (military attaché, Zheng Qipin, official officer), Pinghe Dafu (civil official, Zheng Qipin, official officer), Hangzhou military patrol envoy and soldier and horse undertaking (dispatch officer, Zheng Bapin military attaché) continued to lead the troops upstream, going to the capital to offer prisoners.

During this period, Zhao Xing continued to hold his troops on the southern road, but in order to make the court feel better, he perfunctorily withdrew part of his army from Xuzhou. However, it is a pity that even his symbolic withdrawal of three taels of soldiers was strongly obstructed by the people of Xuzhou, who were fed up with the plundering of the Worship Bureau, and during the period when Zhao Xing commanded the troops in Xuzhou, the Worship Bureau's official service stopped outside Xuzhou and was immediately taken into custody and disbanded.

Later, Zhao Xing's huge army supplies were all procured from the local area, and his well-paid musketeers never spared money, and Zhao Xing's defense system in Xuzhou allowed Xuzhou's idle laborers to have a good income in their leisure time. Based on this, the local officials of Xuzhou, at the behest of the people, came forward to the imperial court, crying and shouting to ask the imperial court to allow Zhao Xing to complete the construction of the Xuzhou defense group.

The imperial court was very embarrassed, on the one hand, under the auspices of Zhang Shangying, it was renamed the king of Yue to Peng Xuzhou), in an attempt to recover control of Xuzhou from Zhao Xing, on the other hand, the imperial court considered that the establishment of Xuzhou's defense system could allow the imperial court to guard the canal hub and contain the attack of the southern enemy, so it was difficult to agree to Zhao Xing's continued stay in Xuzhou.

After this incident, in August, Empress Meng, who lived in Suzhou, entered Beijing, and the ministers of the court and the Jiangmen family ceremoniously welcomed the suffering queen and welcomed her into the palace and was proclaimed empress dowager. In the same month, the former deputy commander of the palace Gao Yu went out to know Shaanxi. The edict ordered the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau to be abolished. Lifting Tong Guan to escort the arms and equipment began to march towards Shaanxi. At the same time, the imperial court began to gradually distribute the degraded officials overseas, and a large number of degraded officials arrived in Yangzhou by water.

The imperial court sent Gao Yu and Tong Guan to Shaanxi this time to take care of Zhao Xing's face. Gao Yu, as the deputy commander of the palace, controlled the palace guards, and although the ministers of the court who were worried about the emperor's counterattack did not belittle Gao Yu, it was always uneasy to put such a person in the capital, so Gao Yu obtained this new appointment.

As for Tong Guan. Originally, he should have been demoted with the eunuchs in the middle of the court, but because he had a close relationship with Zhao Xing, and he accepted Zhao Xingdi's constraints in Hangzhou, the Hangzhou Branch Bureau did not excessively loot the people, so the crime was not obvious, so the court ministers unanimously agreed to send him to Shaanxi to supervise the army...... Unexpectedly, in this way, the historical trajectory of Gao Yu and Tong Guan coincided with the original history.

Tong Guan, who received the appointment, immediately hurried to Yangzhou and asked to see Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing greeted: "Please, please!" ”

As soon as Tong Guan, who had entered with a long run, he raised his majestic body and shouted, "Tai Lieutenant." Do you remember your former friend, Tong Dage? ”

"Tong Dage" is the name that Zhao Xing called Tong Guan when he first met the latter, and Tong Guan brought up this topic again today. Things are not people. When the two first met, the Song court was wary and vigilant of the eunuchs, although the eunuchs often served as the commanders of the palace and were responsible for the security of the palace, but they could still be cautious. I am always worried about being blamed by civil officials and encountering a catastrophe. It was in this situation that Zhao Xing saw Tong Guan, a little eunuch who had no power at that time. Use honorific titles to address each other. This made Tong Guan very moved.

How many years have passed, and Tong Guan is unhappy in the palace. had to throw himself to the king of Duan at that time. Generally speaking, an outdated eunuch like this will never be allowed to turn over. In the past thousand years, how many eunuchs have been invested in the palace of the vassal king, and since then they have been unknown, that is tens of thousands. At that time, even Tong Guan himself was desperate, but Zhao Xing's attitude towards him was still good, and he couldn't forget a greeting and a gift during the New Year's holidays.

Suddenly, a miracle happened. King Duan unexpectedly became the emperor, and Tong Guan also came out. At this time, he did not forget Zhao Xing, he always gave Zhao Xing a preferential price when buying and selling officials, and even when he was working in the Hangzhou Branch, Zhao Xing stopped his servants and limited his power, and he endured it - although this would affect his performance in front of the emperor. What I thought of was that Zhao Xing was so horizontal, he turned his hand and swept away all the worship bureaus and support bureaus in the world, and by the way, he put Xiaoduanwang, who had taken care of him very much since he was a child, under house arrest.

Now, the former Duanwang Qiandi companions were exiled by Zhao Xing, the derogatory ones, and Tong Guan's fellow eunuchs, only he survived, the only one. Tong Guan reminded the old name at this time, wanting to awaken Zhao Xing's nostalgia.

"If I don't remember the Tong Pavilion, the Tong Pavilion has been escorted overseas today", Zhao Xing raised his fingers and counted them one by one: "Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, Yang Jian, Wang Hao, Li Bangyan, Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Xue Ang and Lin Zi, these ministers have been degraded overseas; Wu Juhou, Wang Hanzhi, Lan Congxi, and Tan Zhi are derogatory; Cai Jing's in-laws and relatives, Song Qiaonian, Hu Shiwen, and more than 80 idiots and mentally retarded people were all dismissed; Zhu of the Suzhou Worship Bureau was killed when he checked and resisted; One hundred and thirty-one Taoist priests were killed in exile trying to escape......

Tong Dage, you calculate, only the Taoist priest Zhang Xubai was spared in the capital, he is a true Taoist, although he has been feasting with the emperor, but he has never participated in the sale of officials and lords, the official family has rewarded Zhang Xubai with a large amount of treasures, and all the resignations of Xubai are not accepted. He is a true Taoist who is quite self-loving. Therefore, you will be spared from sins and stay in Beijing - the rest of the land is yours!

How can you be able to get rid of your sin? Cai Jing and you teamed up with you to frame the rich in Hangzhou, forcing the rich businessmen to destroy their homes and offer treasures, with your participation; The Hangzhou Branch Bureau forcibly recruited the people to make cattle and horses for free, for the homes of officials and merchants, and forcibly took the rockery flowers and trees in the courtyards of merchants, with you; If I hadn't stopped it later, the people of Hangzhou would have been very resentful.

Why did I stop you? Why do I save you now? In this turmoil, not only did you not demote your official position, but went to Shaanxi to supervise military affairs, who is to blame? ”

Tong Guanyi raised his head: "A certain family is just a slave of the official family, what a certain family does, is it for himself?" ”

"Shhh Tong Guan realized that Zhao Xing was still holding a prostitute in his arms.

Not only that, Zhao Xing was also surrounded by a number of flowers and branches, they served fruit bowls to fruit bowls, soup bottles to soup bottles, and fans to play fans...... Now, these people all stopped moving, as if the picture was half frozen, staring at Tong Guan in dismay.

Tong Guan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.