Chapter 194: The City of Showing Off Wealth
On the Yangtze River, as soon as the wind blows, the Ganninglou boat rings with bells. More than a dozen such warships, thousands of bells were blown by the wind together, and the sound spread far away, and when they heard this bell, the merchant ships on the river did not know where to run and hide.
Zhou Yu persuaded Gan Ning for a long time, and Gan Ning reacted at this time, it turned out that he was actually robbing the second son of Xuzhou! What's even more hateful is that he was about to catch him, but let him go!
In order to get the truth, Gan Ning ordered Zhuge Liang and Xu Sheng and others to be arrested. Xu Sheng was tied with a rope, Zhuge Liang's hands were tied, and Xiaohuan was not brought up.
Walking out onto the deck, the rising sun was a little scorching.
Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang also looked up at Zhou Yu. The two late wise men met in this way, but Zhuge Liang was still a child at this time.
"Hey, you said that your stepfather was a water thief, why did you lie to me!"
Gan Ning pointed a knife at Zhuge Liang as he spoke, and Gan Ning was seventeen or eighteen years old at this time, and he was a demon who killed people without blinking. Zhuge Liang knew that his plan had been discovered, and Zhou Yu next to him also said: "Leader Gan, there is no need to go to Jiangdu City, the treasure of the second prince of Xuzhou has been robbed by Zhou Tai and others, and the two boxes of gold here are their filial piety to Leader Gan!" ”
The two soldiers next to him opened the box, and the two boxes of gold ingots glowed with golden light under their eyes, making the people around them stunned.
"That's right, my father-in-law is indeed the prime minister of Pengcheng, what Leader Gan wants is gold, and my father-in-law has countless gold!"
Zhuge Liang said as he looked at Zhou Yu. Xu Sheng didn't say a word on the side, and the sun shone warmly on the cabin.
A week later, Jiangdu City. When Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin returned to the Yangtze River, Zang Ba transferred nearly 10,000 troops from Guangling City and stationed them in Jiangdu City. In order to regain his gold from Zhou Tai, Tao Ying ordered Zang Ba to transfer the naval army stationed in Dantu to Jiangbei. Because Guangling County is located in the south, there is a lot of water, so Tao Ying has already developed a water army here.
The scale of the navy is not very large, with more than 50 warships and less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but it recruits a group of sailors with particularly good water characteristics. Coupled with nearly two years of training, I guess I can fight the water thieves now!
On the evening of the end of March, Gan Ning led the fleet to the river outside Jiangdu as promised. Next to Jiangdu Port, Tao Ying is full of silk, silk is wrapped around every tree on the side of the road, Tao Ying knows that Gan Ning likes to talk about pomp, since you like to show off your wealth, I will also show off your wealth!
However, this flaunting of wealth also comes at a price!
In order to save the lives of Zhuge Liang and Xu Sheng, Tao Ying ignored the opposition of Zang Ba and others, and expropriated all the silk of the landlords and wealthy families in the surrounding counties such as Guangling City and Hailing City. Seeing that everyone was so angry, Tao Ying simply didn't do anything, anyway, he had no money, and by the way, every family collected nearly 1,000 taels of silver, which made Guangling and many other big families even more angry!
However, Tao Ying also issued them an IOU, and after the fooling of Gan Ning, all the silver will be returned, and they will not be asked for a dime, and they may even be given interest.
When Gan Ning's boat docked at Jiangdu Port, Guangling's silver was still being transported to Jiangdu City in a non-stop car! Jiangdu City, the golden city, has once again ushered in its new era - the capital of showing off wealth!