Because of the old man Wang, the other villagers no longer beat their swollen faces and became fat, and they all said their gifts. The minimum is fifty taels, and the most is eight hundred taels. Not even a thousand taels. More than 300 village elders gave less than 20,000 taels of gifts. But Yue Fei didn't mean to despise it in the slightest. Still give every villager a respectful drink.

After paying tribute to the villagers, Yue Fei transferred to the ranks of military generals. These generals offered not only gift money, but also a variety of weapons. Niu Gao first asked Yue Fei to pour himself a glass of wine, then drank it dry in one gulp, and said loudly, "Yue Shuai, I offer a gift of one thousand taels, plus a gentian bright silver spear used by Zhao Yun of the Three Kingdoms." ”

Yue Fei smiled, "How do you know that this is the gun used by Zhao Yun?" ”

Niu Gao glared and said, "Of course. This is a dream that Zhao Yun gave me. ”

Yue Fei smiled, "What about the gun? ”

Niu Gao said, "The gun is in the barracks." Today is Yue Shuai's wedding, and it is not appropriate to see sword soldiers. ”

Yue Fei shook his head, no longer paid attention to Niu Gao, and saluted Zhang Xian with a wine glass. After Zhang Xian drank the wine, he also learned Niu Gao's tone and said loudly, "Brother Yue, I will give a gift of one thousand taels, plus a Zhangba snake spear used by Zhang Fei of the Three Kingdoms. My gun is also in the barracks"

With these two people starting out, the weapons offered by the generals are obviously extremely shiny, and they are all freshly baked from the ironsmith workshop, but they are all weapons used by famous generals in history. As the most wealthy among the generals, Dong Xian presented a Qin-breaking axe used by Xiang Yu. Wang Gui presented the double iron spears used by Wang Yanzhang of the fifth generation. What Luo Yanqing presented was the dragon snake spear used by Luo Cheng. Wang Gang's offering was even more exaggerated, and what he offered was a mountain opening axe that was said to have been used by Kuafu. However, they were all placed in the barracks, and Yue Fei was sure that those weapons must have the words Yingtian Armory Workshop printed on them. Only Yang Zaixing, who came from Huazhou, was very honest, in addition to offering a gift of 1,000 taels, he gave Yue Fei a big gun made by himself, and handed it over to Yue Fei at the banquet.

Yang Zaixing arrived in Bianliang at the same time as Niu Gao. Since Yang Zaixing helped Niu Gao force back Wang Yan's army, he has been one step closer to the people's army. Anyway, the armor, grain and grass of the Huazhou Army were all provided by Yue Fei, and they had nothing to do with the imperial court. Even if the imperial court put Yang Zaixing on the list of rebels, it would only force this rare warrior to the side of the Protector Army. Therefore, the imperial court surprisingly remained silent, not only did not pursue Yang Zaixing's assistance to the people's army, but also gave Yang Zaixing the actual position of the pacification envoy of Huazhou.

Before Yang Zaixing came to Bianliang, he was wary that the imperial court might come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, and took advantage of his departure from Huazhou to seize military power, so he handed over all the affairs of Huazhou to his deputy Wang Lan. As for the original two commanders in the city, Liu Yan and Zhang Xie, although they are Zong Ze's favorite generals, they are extremely hard-boned, but they are too loyal to the imperial court, and at this juncture, they can only be set aside by Yang Zaixing. Although Wang Lan is young, she is shrewd and capable, and her martial arts are also high, and she can still control Huazhou City when she holds great power.

The big gun made by Yang Zaixing himself is divided into three sections, each section is one and a half meters long, the head of the gun is one and a half feet long, and the three-edged blade looks cold and shining, and it is extremely sharp. The three barrels can be connected. If only one section of the gun is used, it is a short spear, and if three sections are attached, it is a long spear. Two dark red words were engraved on the head of the gun: "Broken." ”

Yue Fei took the big gun in his hand and said with praise, "A good gun forged again!" I'll toast you two more. ”

Some of the guests next to him didn't know Yang Zaixing, and when they saw that Yue Fei only toasted Zhang Xian Niu Gao with one glass of wine, but even toasted Yang Zaixing three glasses, they immediately paid attention to this calm strong man. Knowing that it was Yang Zaixing, he immediately stretched out his tongue and said, "It turns out that it is Yang Maozi who has the courage of ten thousand people." I heard that this Yang Maozi can kill seven in and seven out of the Jurchen army, which is more powerful than Zhao Zilong of the Three Kingdoms. It is indeed worthy of Yue Shuai's three glasses of wine. ”

Yang Zaixing knew that Yue Fei valued him very much. But he didn't think that Yue Fei attached more importance to himself than Niu Gao and Zhang Xian. Yang Zaixing thought that Yue Fei toasted himself with three glasses of wine, just because he knew that he loved wine as much as his life. This Pan Lou's 30-year-old flower carving is really strong.

After all the generals paid gifts, the most was only 10,000 taels of silver from Li Heng. But everyone knows that Li Heng's gift money is from Li Ba, and it can't be counted. This made the wealthy businessman Huang Fat even more proud, determined to win today's congratulatory gift championship. for he had prepared food stamps of fifty thousand taels of silver.

But when Yue Fei walked to the corner of the civil official, Shi Buyu, the prefect of Xuzhou who stood up first, scared the yellow fat man with a mouth. Shi Buyu was wearing an inconspicuous scholar's robe, which looked a bit like a poor scholar. But after he took the wine from Yue Fei, he immediately said aloud, "Xuzhou Shijia Chamber of Commerce, a gift of 100,000 taels!" ”

Huang Fatzi said in disbelief, "That Shi Governor's Mansion offered so much money, could it be that he was greedy?" ”

The wealthy merchant surnamed Tian next to him immediately shouted, "Silence! The official reputation of Shi Zhifu in Xuzhou is well-known. As for 100,000 taels of silver, it was just a drop in the bucket for their entire Shi family. The Shi family is not only a big salt merchant, but also a sea merchant, and there are more than 20 big ships that can go to sea alone. He is the richest man in Xuzhou. ”

The fat man Huang sighed, and then said convincingly, "Maritime merchants are all rich, and it seems that I, a poor fat man, can't compare." ”

The wealthy merchant surnamed Tian said disdainfully, "Wait and see, the climax of this congratulatory gift contest has not yet begun today." Huang Fatzi, your little money is nothing in Yingtian and Xuzhou. ”

Sure enough, with the great gift of Shi Buyu, the number of congratulatory gifts suddenly became terrifying. The villagers in the East Corner were dumbfounded, almost thinking that they were listening to a braggart commentary.

The head of the Wang family of Xuzhou Wang Ji Qian Zhuang presented a gift of 100,000 taels. The Zhao family, the largest tea merchant in Xuzhou, donated 50,000 taels of gifts. The largest restaurant in Xuzhou, Bawang Building, donated 30,000 taels.

Among these people, except for Shi Buyu, who is an official, the others are also giant businessmen, and they should have sat with Huang Fatzi, but they didn't want to get involved with Huang Fatzi. Because most of the people in Huang Fatzi's group are wealthy businessmen from other places, neither from Xuzhou nor from Yingtianfu. For the wealthy businessmen in Yingtian and Xuzhou, who were the first to follow the Protector Army, Huang Fatzi did not spend the hardships with the Protector Army, but only came to look for business opportunities when the Protector Army gained momentum.

I have to say that even though the generals in Yue Fei's Protector Army came from all over the world and there were no geographical restrictions at all, the businessmen had already begun to form a group. For example, most of the rich businessmen sitting next to Shi Buyu are shareholders of the Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce, while most of the wealthy businessmen sitting next to Li Laosan are shareholders of the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce, and even the newly formed Bianliang Chamber of Commerce does not sit with the group of people who are Huang Fatzi. Although their number was far less than that of the Yellow Fat Man, they felt more powerful than the Yellow Fat Man's group.

Yue Fei noticed this phenomenon, but he didn't interfere with it either. The Chinese people's regional concept is already very strong, and even the warlords of the Republic of China where Yue Xiaofei is located are still called by region, not to mention the Song people who have not even completely formed the concept of the country. As long as these chambers of commerce don't do anything illegal, Yue Fei won't target the chamber of commerce.

What's more, when Huang Zong and Li Bashao governed the locality, they chose mercantilism. Privileges cannot be given to businessmen, but they must be given sufficient dignity. Shinong and industry should be equal, not put businessmen at the bottom. If there are profiteers, punishment is, not directly knocking the merchants into the lower classes.

Dozens of shareholders of the Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce actually gave more than 300,000 taels of gifts. Not to be outdone, the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce also raised nearly 400,000 taels of gifts. This kind of largesse made the villagers everywhere dumbfounded, and also made the generals of the Protector Army indignant. Jiao Wentong grinned and said, "It turns out that these fat-headed and big-eared guys are so rich." Lao Tzu worked hard, and the family property he earned was not as good as a fraction of theirs. It's unfair. After the war, Lao Tzu also has to go into business. ”

Xue Bi said with a smile, "Let Lao Niu go into business, you have to pay off the money he saved for his wife." ”

Jiao Wentong scolded with a smile, "Xue joins the army, your mouth is too poisonous." Before I was in business, you cursed me. It really should be hit. ”

These generals saw that the merchants of those chambers of commerce were so generous, and it would be false to say that they had no ideas in their hearts. Because most of the generals of the Protector Army are from poor families, at most they are small landlord families, and they usually spend money according to the text, but now although they have become high-ranking generals and have a salary, they still have not changed their temper in the past. Fortunately, Yue Fei repeatedly emphasized the legal protection of private property on weekdays, and Li Bashao also repeatedly advised wealthy businessmen to do more good deeds. Otherwise, once the people's anger is aroused, I am afraid that even Yue Fei will not be able to protect these rich businessmen. Therefore, the wealthy businessmen in Yingtian Xuzhou are extremely low-key. Just their clothes also formed a clear contrast with those wealthy businessmen from other places who were fat and yellow. Huang Fatzi and the others are all gorgeously dressed and look like big officials. The merchants of Yingtian Xuzhou are all dressed in earthy clothes and look very much like the rich people.

Jiao Wentong also knew that these wealthy businessmen helped the people's army a lot, so he only complained a few words, and turned his attention to the northeast corner. Because Yue Fei and the three of them had already toasted the wine to Huang Fatzi and the others.

Huang Fatzi took Yue Fei's wine, drank it all in one gulp, and then said in a very low-key manner, "Huang Shan in Shuzhong has admired Yue Shuai for a long time, and I have seen him today, which is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Niu Gao heard Huang Fatzi laughing at those villagers just now, and he was unhappy, so he immediately said half-truthfully, "Huang Dashan praised Haikou just now, I don't know how much gift money to offer?" ”

The fat man gritted his teeth and said loudly, "I'll donate 50,000 taels." ”

Niu Gao asked, "Fifty thousand taels is not as good as the one hundred thousand taels of Shi Governor's Mansion." Could it be that Huang Dashan offered gold? ”

The fat man hurriedly corrected, "It's silver." It's silver. Huang was too frivolous just now, and I hope that Yue Shuai and General Niu will not be blamed. ”

Huang Fatzi knew that Niu Gao was the number three person in the Protector Army, but he didn't dare to show a little arrogance in front of Niu Gao. He was afraid that if he spoke slowly, he was really written by Huang Zong with 50,000 taels of gold, and he was really going bankrupt.

Yue Fei said with a smile, "Huang Shang is too careful. My Emperor Song can't help but speak. You can say whatever you want. Niu Gao is just joking with you. ”

These wealthy businessmen from other places also had the ambition to compete, but they were blinded by Shi Buyu's 100,000 taels of silver, so they no longer had to save face. Although the least also offered 5,000 taels of silver, no one exceeded the amount of gift money that Shi Buyu had.

What surprised Huang Fatzi a little was that the rich merchant surnamed Tian turned out to be Tian Mancang, the head of the Xiangzhou Tian family. Tian Mancang's family business has also moved to Yingtian Mansion, but he has not joined the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce, but is planning his own Chamber of Commerce. Tian Mancang is shrewd, he knows that even if he joins the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce, it is only a small role, it is better to organize the merchants of Hebei West Road and organize the Xiangzhou Chamber of Commerce.

The reason why Tian Mancang thought so was because he thought that although Yue Fei was fair, he would definitely take care of his fellow villagers. As long as the Xiangzhou Chamber of Commerce is established, there is no chance for development. Although the largest Han family in Xiangzhou has been wiped out, most of the other families have also lost Yan zhòng under the exploitation of Jin Bing, and their strength has been greatly damaged. Therefore, Tian Mancang took the opportunity to congratulate Yue Fei and began to win over some foreign giants.

In order to convince the foreign giants of the strength of the Tian family, Tian Mancang also gritted his teeth and took out 100,000 taels of silver, tied for first place with Shi Buyu.

Yue Fei couldn't help but laugh when he saw Tian Mancang's painful look, but he still toasted Tian Mancang and toasted three glasses. This special treatment immediately made Tian Mancang the object of admiration of foreign giant businessmen. So a few days after Yue Fei's wedding banquet, the Xiangzhou Chamber of Commerce announced its establishment in Bianliang, and Tian Mancang also became the president as he wished.