Lu Lao said: "It's not an easy thing to fight against the Japanese. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In recent years, there have been no less than 20 officials in the officialdom of Jiangsu and Zhejiang who have died in this matter. Losing the land is death, and fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese is also a death in battle. It's a matter of pinning your head to the waistband of your pants. ”

Chen Di said: "For one term of office, for the benefit of one party." For the sake of the safety of the people, even if you lose your head, it is worth it. ”

Lu Lao Gang Leader said: "Lord Chen, shouldn't I let my Cao Gang brothers fight the Japanese for you?" Although some of my brothers in the Cao Gang are skilled in martial arts, most of them are laborers who fight sacks on grain ships. If you really go to the battlefield, I'm afraid it won't be enough for those wouldn't be enough to plug your teeth. ”

Chen Di waved his hand: "Definitely." Although the brothers of the Cao Gang are on errands for the imperial court, they are not considered official families. In terms of identity, it is no different from ordinary people. When the country is in trouble, it should be an official or a soldier, so what is the reason for letting the people go to the battlefield? ”

Lu Yunfei was an anxious person, and without waiting for his father to speak, he hurriedly said, "Master Chen, you just said that you want us to help you." You saved our helper, oh, that is, my father's life, even if it is up and down the knife mountain, I Lu Yunfei will not blink my eyes. ”

Chen Di said: "To resist the Japanese, the first thing is to train an elite division. There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid that there is no money. If you want to train soldiers, the first thing is money! Lu Lao has been working for the imperial court for so many years, you should know that if you directly ask for military salaries from the imperial court, and approve them layer by layer, you may have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. During this period, there will also be royal historians who pick bones in their eggs, and it is possible that your military salary will be mixed with yellow with a single twist. So I decided to make money in my own business, and all the money I earned was used for military training. ”

Old Lu Gang Leader nodded: "What Lord Chen said is the truth. In the past few years, there has been a drought in Henan, and floods in Anhui and Huguang, and I have heard from the old men of the household department that the household department is now eating grain. It's hard to ask the court for money. You want to do business to make money and train soldiers, and we don't understand how to train soldiers, but we can help you in business. ”

Lu Lao's gang leader instructed his subordinates: "Go to the warehouse below to get two pieces of Su embroidery, and a bucket of tea leaves." ”

After a while, a Cao Gang brother handed over two pieces of Su embroidery and a bucket of tea to the old gang leader Lu.

The old Lu gang leader said to everyone: "You all go down." ”

Lu Yunfei led everyone to retreat.

Lu Laobang handed Su embroidery and tea to Chen Di and said, "My lord, please take a look." ”

Chen Di looked at it: "It's really ingenious embroidery." Tea is also of the highest quality. ”

After thinking about it, Chen Diluo understood the origin of these things. The Ming Dynasty had a system, and it was not allowed to transport any other things on the boat that escorted the imperial grain and national taxes for the imperial court. Thinking about it, this must be the private goods carried by the Cao Gang.

Chen Di said to the old gang leader Lu: "This should be the private goods carried by the Cao Gang!" ”

Old Lu's gang leader laughed: "Master Chen is really a young man, a smart person among smart people. Don't speak in secret in front of the Ming. These things are indeed entrained! But the owners of these smuggled goods are not Cao Gang. ”

Chen Di asked the old gang leader Lu: "Dare to ask the owner of the goods?" ”

Lu Lao's gang leader lowered his voice and said, "The owners of the goods are all officials of the imperial court. These goods are from local officials, and there are also first- and second-class officials in the capital. I can't say who it is. ”

Chen Di was secretly shocked, the first and second rank members of the Ming Dynasty were nothing more than the officials of the six departments and the bachelors of the cabinet. Unexpectedly, even they made a fortune by trafficking in illicit goods by the Cao Gang. You must know that there are too many tariffs and cards by land, and the special products of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are trafficked into Beijing, and I don't know how much tax silver will be spent.

It is different to take the grain ships of the Cao Gang on the waterway, the Cao Gang is the emperor's errand, and no one will check their ships. How much tax can be exempted, and how much windfall profit can be obtained?

Lu Lao said: "You saved my life and are my benefactor." We're our own people now, and I don't have to hide it. Let's just say that there are only thirteen boats in total for the summer grain I went, and there were 20,000 horses of silk, tens of thousands of catties of tea, and more than 40,000 catties of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake in the cabin! This is the summer grain ship! The autumn grain ship is ten times that of the summer grain ship, and you can calculate how many things you can carry! And that's not counting the silver ships of the salt tax of Lent and the silver ships of the tea tax of each month. Why do all the adults in the court and the lords in the local yamen treat such a person in the rivers and lakes with courtesy? Because old decay can help them make money! And it's big money! ”

Chen Di said: "I see! ”

Old Lu Gang Leader continued: "If Lord Chen wants to sell any goods to the capital, just say hello to the old man. With the Cao Gang's boat, you can leave a large amount of tax silver, no matter what you transport, you can only make money, not lose! ”

Chen Di looked at the old gang leader Lu and stopped talking.

Old Lu asked, "Could it be that Lord Chen has something unspeakable?" ”

Chen Di sighed: "Alas, using the Cao Gang's ship to transport goods into Beijing is a way to make money without losing money, I know this." But you also have to have goods to sell! To tell you the truth, I don't have the capital on hand. What do I get to buy? ”

Old Lu Gang Leader laughed and said, "Haha, my Lord Chen, although you are smart, you are young after all!" I don't understand local things at all. ”

Chen Di arched his hand towards the old gang leader Lu and said, "Please also ask the old gang leader to give you one or two." ”

Lu Lao's gang leader said with a smile: "How can the officials pay their own money to buy goods and then sell them into Beijing?" It's all white wolves with empty gloves, and silver in white water! For example, in this tea bar, officials have always found tea merchants, negotiated prices with them, and then paid on credit! When the goods arrive in the capital and turn into cash, the officials will take the silver to settle the bill with the tea merchants! ”

Chen Di asked: "Tea merchants are not afraid that the officials will not give the silver if they take the goods?" ”

Lu Lao said: "Lord Chen, do you know how much profit a pound of tea is transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the capital?" ”

Chen Di asked, "How much?" ”

Old Lu Gang Leader stretched out three fingers: "Three times as much, my Lord Chen!" You must know that the black gauze hat on the head of officials is the best credit guarantee. In addition, this transaction is a huge profit, and the tea merchants are not afraid of the officials defaulting on their debts! ”

Chen Di seriously underestimated the earning power of the officials of the Jiajing dynasty.

The old gang leader Lu said again: "Don't look at the old man as a husband in the rivers and lakes, but he knows a lot of things. In today's court, Zhai Luan and Zhai Cifu and Yan Song and Yan Cifu are inseparable, but officials on both sides have entrusted me to transport goods into Beijing. Let's just say that on the ship we are on, half of the goods transported are from Yan Cifu's side, and half are from Zhai Shoufu's side. No matter who you are, as long as your goods are on my ship, I will guarantee that I can bring your goods to the capital! ”

Chen Di said: "There is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Lu Lao's gang leader said: "But it doesn't hurt to speak. ”

Chen Di asked: "How much silver do the officials want to give to Cao Gang to transport goods?" ”

Lu Lao said: "Don't give a point!" ”

Chen Diqi said: "Don't give a point? ”

The old gang leader Lu said: "The old man makes money for the adults, just ask them not to trouble the Cao Gang, and let the 100,000 sons of my Cao Gang have a bowl of rice to eat." Master Chen, you said that you made money because you were training to fight the Japanese invaders. Let's not talk about whether the money you make will be used for military training. Even if it is in my own pocket, I will never say a word more! You're my savior! ”

Lu Lao's gang leader had another deep conversation with Chen Di. Chen Di saw that the hour was not early, so he said goodbye to the old gang leader Lu and returned to his willow leaf boat.

If you want to fight the Japanese invaders, you must have elite soldiers. If we want to have elite soldiers, we must train them. If you want to train troops, you need money. The method of making money that the old gang leader of Land Rover Peng Lu pointed out to Chen Di is absolutely feasible!