Chapter 86 Make a Choice
350 million taels of silver, equivalent to the 20 years of treasury income of the Yan State, even if he only lent Lin Feng 50 million taels, he would raise a strong army in a short period of time.
Moreover, if 300 million silver is invested, Yan Guo will take advantage of the situation to build a large number of buildings, develop commerce, update military equipment, etc., for a while, there will be too many things to do.
However, on the surface of these problems, Lin Feng obtained a lot of money and returned the beauties he held, but Duan Chunqiu made it clear that he only borrowed 50 million taels of silver for free, and the remaining 300 million taels, and the Duan family would invest in Yan Kingdom within two years.
This means that it is impossible for him to take the other party's money for nothing, and 50 million taels of silver must be returned to the other party after all.
Duan's investment of 300 million silver in two years, such a huge amount of money, I am afraid that after Duan's investment, he will control all the economic lifelines of Yan Kingdom, and this matter seems to have earned himself, but in fact he has lost money.
What's even more terrifying, the Duan family is cunning and cunning, daring to put his hand into the content, in a vain attempt to rely on the Duan family's children and the imperial concubine to unite and influence the direction of Yan Guo's policy, even if he has the intention to unload the mill and kill the donkey in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to implement, this plan is vicious!
But these 350 million taels of silver are definitely not a small temptation for Lin Feng, who is eager to train and rejuvenate the army and revitalize the Yan Kingdom.
Even if he knew the ambition of the Duan clan's wolf son, there was really no reason to refuse. With the improvement of the economy, there will be a steady stream of financial income, which can help him achieve the goal of striving for hegemony.
Moreover, once the Duan clan supports the Yan Kingdom, the other gate lords will not see the potential of the Yan Kingdom, and there will definitely be people who abandon the restrictions and take the initiative to choose to cooperate with the Yan Kingdom.
This will make Lin Feng like a child, someone gave him a piece of candy for free, but told him that the sugar was smeared with laxatives. But he still couldn't resist the sweet temptation, and thought about swallowing it in his mouth.
After thinking about it again and again, Lin Feng decided to swallow the sugar pill with laxatives, even if there was really a laxative, it would be painful and happy, even if the Duan clan had a heart of disobedience in the future, and he was in military power, he was not afraid of any misdeeds from the Duan clan.
"Okay, I'll cooperate with the Duan family!"
Finally making the difficult decision for this period of time, Lin Feng couldn't help but spit out, not knowing whether it was right or wrong, but he still asked: "By the way, I don't understand, who is the person who is married?" ”
"Hehe, Emperor Yan let go of the second lady, and the bride will send it."
Tonight, Duan Chunqiu and Wen Jianghai talked to Lin Feng about cooperation so late, in fact, it was not only because of the cooperation between the two sides, but also because of Miss Duan Er and the five hundred Xuanjia soldiers.
As the third uncle of Miss Duan Er, what happened at noon today, he knows everything about it, Miss Duan Er led troops privately to encircle and suppress Emperor Yan, if it didn't happen in Yan Kingdom, or if Lin Feng was replaced by someone else in Yan Kingdom, Duan or him, how would he care.
Lin Feng should not be underestimated, this Hun is a ruthless character, since he ascended the throne, the rumors have been mediocre, but he personally led the troops to kill the enemy three times, first defeated the Jin Kingdom, recaptured a city, and then defeated the Rong people, killed King Zuoxian, and defeated the Great Khan of the Rong tribe, capturing nearly 100,000 Rong cavalry.
Such a person who is not afraid of death will definitely not be merciful to a woman who commits trouble. For the sake of Miss Duan Er's personal safety, he had to negotiate in advance. I hope to rescue the second lady and immediately send her to the state of Chu.
"Hey, this can't work, since Second Miss Duan has entered the palace, how can it be possible to leave, could it be that the Duan family wants me to write a letter of resignation?"
"Of course, if the married woman is the eldest lady of the Duan family, I am honored to let the second lady go." The meaning of Lin Feng's words is obvious, it is almost impossible to release Miss Duan Er, if the Duan family has other women, it will make outsiders look down on Dayan and himself, so the married woman must be a relative of the Duan family.
Hearing this, Duan Chunqiu's expression crossed a trace of contempt and ruthlessness, thinking that the eldest lady is the queen of Chu State, and you want to marry unless you annex Chu State, you really know my child!
But he thought it was a snake, and said in a harmonious voice: "The eldest lady is the queen of Chu State, naturally she can't marry Yan Guo far away, and the second lady is also related to Yue Guo, and she will marry Yue Guo this summer, if His Majesty Emperor Yan is willing to let go of the second lady, I Duan is willing to provide more, 50 million taels of silver." ”
Hearing this, Lin Feng was a little moved, and he also felt that he was a bit of an idiot, how could he ask such a non-nutritious question, the Duan family and the Chu royal family are not both prosperous and one loss, but according to the current national strength of the Chu State, once the Duan clan suzerain's family has the eldest daughter, she will definitely be the queen of the Chu State, there is no doubt about it.
Moreover, if Miss Duan Er was released, the Duan family gave an extra 50 million taels of silver, but this money had to be repaid after all, it was better to leave Miss Duan Er cost-effective, if she could marry Duan's relatives, many things would be easily solved in the future.
With a sneering smile to hide his embarrassment, Lin Feng's attention shifted to Duan Chunqiu, and said with a pleasant face: "Sir, I also want to release the second miss, but now that the two of us have been husband and wife, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the second miss to marry Yueguo, and the Duan family will decide on their own when it comes to the issue of money." ”
After finishing speaking, no longer paying attention to Duan Chunqiu, Lin Feng said to Wen Jianghai: "Mr. Wen, since Yan Guo is friendly with the Duan family, naturally he will not reject the Wen family, what are the intentions of the Wen family who don't know?" ”
In a short period of time, Lin Feng also thought clearly, if the Duan clan and Yan Guo were on good terms, the Duan clan would definitely gradually control the economic lifeline of Yan Guo in the future, relying on huge financial resources and officialdom, forming a situation of dominance, which was easy to get rid of.
If there are other gate valves stationed in Yan Kingdom, there will be a situation of two tigers competing for each other, the more gate valves are stationed in Yan Kingdom, the greater the threat to the royal family, but the easier it is to balance, the way of the emperor, isn't it about the word balance!
Wen Jianghai didn't answer, took out a fold in his gorgeous clothes, sent it to An Heng, and then said to Lin Feng: "The Wen family's support for Yan is similar to the Duan family's, and it will also send the daughter of the sect master into the palace, if His Majesty Emperor Yan canonizes the Duan family's concubine, the four concubines in the harem will be full."
The old man hoped that the status of the Wen woman would not be lower than that of the Duan family, and dared to ask His Majesty Emperor Yan to make an exception, canonize the five concubines, and make the eldest lady of the Wen family as Concubine Rong. However, the eldest lady of my family is still young, and it will take three or five years to marry Yan Guo, if Emperor Yan agrees, the old man will never object. ”
Lin Feng carefully looked at the excerpt sent by An Heng, the money and food on it were not weaker than the Duan family, and more importantly, the Wen family promised to secretly help Yan Guo train 10,000 sailors.
If the territory of Yan occupies the great rivers and seas in the future, this 10,000 naval army will be given to Yan for free, and if Yan cannot arrive, the Wen clan will temporarily command.
Lin Feng realized that the plans of the Duan Wen family were not small, and they were ready to get involved in Yan's ** matter, but the Duan family's actions to help train the water army were really beyond his expectations. However, if you have the dream of hegemony, the navy is indeed indispensable.
Lin Feng didn't know how the Wen family calculated, but Lin Feng thought that once the Yan State had the ability to unify the north and invade the south, it would be too late to establish a naval army.
After thinking about it, Lin Fengjue thought too much, the grand plan for hegemony needs to be done step by step, and it is by no means a one-step success. At present, the cavalry and infantry should be trained to reduce the threat of Zheng and Jin.
"Very good, I agree, I hope both sides win." This matter, no matter what the future holds, at least for now, will be harmless to Yan Guo.
"Emperor Yan is wise." Wen Jianghai showed a smug smile on his cheeks, and said in unison: "The matter has come to this, the old man will retire, and he will send 50 million silver within two days." After finishing speaking, Wen Jianghai didn't wait for Lin Feng to speak, got up and turned to leave.
Duan Chunqiu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, had a hint of dissatisfaction and anger in his expression, stared at Lin Feng and asked aggressively: "Emperor Yan, isn't there no room for rotation in the matter of the second young lady, if you do this, it will affect the cooperation between the Duan clan and the Yan Kingdom, I hope you are thinking about it, don't lose a big deal because of a small one." ”
Duan Chunqiu felt in his heart that Lin Feng was too ignorant, Lin Feng was just equivalent to a county guard, and he had the audacity to try to get involved with the second young lady, it was really hateful, extremely hateful!
No matter how you say it, Yue is also one of the top ten princely powers, the country of Yan and the country of Weimo, the difference between the two is equivalent to the light of fireflies, competing with the sun and the moon, and not measuring their own strength.
The second lady was caught in the palace by the other party, and it was very difficult to rescue her, and he was even more afraid that Lin Feng would peek at the second lady's beauty, and she had already cooked raw rice.
"I'm not a person who doesn't know what to do, Mr. Duan said this, for the cooperation between the two sides, I released the second miss, but this ugly thing is said in the front, I said that the two of us are already husband and wife.
If the second miss marries Yue Guo, if Yue Guo knows that the second miss is not perfect and dissolves the marriage contract, then I will not accept the second miss anymore, if Mr. insists on taking the second miss away, I will send the second miss to the Duan family's residence. Lin Feng no longer pushed, on the contrary, he said very bluntly and clearly.
Duan Chunqiu was immediately embarrassed, he was worried about this matter in his heart, if Lin Feng was a bastard, he had already done something bad to the second lady, and the marriage between this family and the Yue Kingdom would be eight or nine times out of ten.
But he didn't fully believe Lin Feng's words, and for a while, he was in a dilemma and couldn't make up his mind. "Emperor Yan, tonight, can the old man enter the palace to see the second lady?"
"I'm afraid this won't work, there are mostly women in the air, and at night, no man can go to the inner palace." Lin Feng righteously refused, but said with a smile: "Tomorrow, tomorrow, Mr. Duan can enter the palace." ”
Duan Chunqiu pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then, Emperor Yan, see you tomorrow!" With that, with a belly full of anger, he got up and shook his hand and left.
Zhao Shide, who had never spoken next to him, was very puzzled in his heart after Duan Wen and the two left, and asked Lin Feng suspiciously: "Your Majesty, the cooperation between Duan and Wen and Yan is gratifying, but this Wen and Duan families are not small, and only twenty officials will almost occupy half of the officials in the court, which is not conducive to the emperor's decision-making." Moreover, the financial resources of the Duan and Wen families are not weak, so if the two families enter the Yan Kingdom, it is easy for the two families to control the economic lifeline of the Yan Kingdom, and there will be endless troubles! ”
Zhao Shide used to think that Lin Feng was mediocre, but during this time, Lin Feng was extremely wise, and today he decided to cooperate with Duan Wen's two families, which made him feel that the emperor was too careless and rash, and this matter had a wide impact, so he should first discuss with the ministers, plan and then act.
"Hehe, I have my own opinions, Aiqing doesn't need to worry." Lin Feng had also thought about the proportion of the two officials in the court in the Wen Duan, but he didn't think it was a big deal.