Chapter 288: Heavenly Reckoning (Part 3)

"Smack." Without waiting for Liu Ji's words to fall, Song Ke slapped the table and stood up, "The surname Liu, you are also shameless, and you keep saying that you are not a lobbyist, what did you say to me and Brother Zhang just now, and now you have changed another rhetoric." ”

"Zhong Wen is a little restless, as the so-called loyalty is against the ear, Liu is doing this for the future of the chief manager, as for what he said to you and others just now, he will naturally mention it to the chief manager, just change the order." Liu Bowen didn't panic at all, smiled slightly, and responded indifferently.

"You, you little man who takes advantage of his tongue." Song Ke was furious, and continued to shoot the case and scold, he was shameless, he had seen shameless, he had never seen such shamelessness, first instigated the guests to leave in someone's post house, and then laughed at the wrong way of money in front of the host.

Just as he was about to scold a few more words and reveal Liu Ji's ugly face, Lu Kun, the head of the school bureau who was sitting next to him, gently patted the back of his hand, "Zhong Wen doesn't have to worry, how can the chief manager be a person who can talk about moving with a few lies, and sit down and listen to the chief manager tell you the truth of making money." ”

"Sit down." Luo Ben, the prefect of Yangzhou, also smiled, and took the opportunity to get up to refill the water for everyone, and smiled to appease Song Ke, "This new tea is fried in the method passed down by our father-in-law, although it is not as famous as the dragon and phoenix, but it has a different taste when you drink it." ”

It's not that the two of them elbow outward, but they are really not optimistic about Liu Ji's entry point, if it is in what "subset of scripture and history", maybe it can make their own lord feel embarrassed for a moment, talk about how to make money, it is simply digging a pit for himself, anyone who has been in contact with his own lord for a little longer, who doesn't know that Zhu Fozi's biggest ability is to turn stones into gold, the so-called art of making weapons, I am afraid it will be far behind to make money.

Sure enough, after everyone was quiet, Zhu Chongjiu unhurriedly picked up the teacup and took a big sip, and then said with a smile, "What Berwyn is worried about is that he thinks that Zhu's strategy can be applied to one place, not to one country, this is actually not unreasonable, after all, unlike Huaiyang, guarding a canal that runs through the north and south, and the people in other places, I am afraid they will not be able to find so many dexterous craftsmen in Huaiyang." ”

"I can't find so many Sven scum who see money and open traders in the three places of Huaiyang and chase the copper smell." Liu Ji also took a big sip of the teacup, and added with a sneer.

"As for Zhu's capital for reviving Yangzhou, in Berwyn's view, it was nothing more than taken from three places, first, intercepted from Zhang Mingjian, second, confiscated the salt merchants in the three places and the rich families who refused to bow to Zhu, and third, they were earned from other heroes by selling artillery at high prices." Zhu Chongjiu ignored Liu Ji's provocation, took another sip of tea, and continued to speak slowly.

"Exactly." Liu Bowen nodded without hesitation, "Actually, the first and second are all from the rich family in Yangzhou, but Zhang Mingjian worked hard for nothing, and in the end he made a wedding dress for the chief manager." ”

"There is some truth to that, too." Zhu Chongjiu has a surprisingly good temper today, and he is not angry with Liu Ji's words at all, "Zhang Mingjian's looting from Yangzhou, most of it is true that most of it has fallen into the hands of Zhu, and the money that has been copied has indeed been filled into the official treasury of Yangzhou, and these two sums of money can only be used once, and they cannot be obtained again when they are used up, in a short period of time, around Zhu, I am afraid that no one will be willing to be the second Zhang Mingjian, all over Huaiyang, those who have the courage to openly confront Zhu Mou, I am afraid that they will all flee, and they will die, and there will be no more money left. ”

"Still." With a slight wave of his hand, Zhu Chongjiu interrupted Liu Ji's speech**, and continued to add with a smile, "However, Zhu can pat his chest and tell you, these two sums of money have now been used on the people of Yangzhou, Zhu himself did not take a penny, and I did not take a penny from the government at all levels under the rule of the General Manager of Huaiyang, and in order to bring Yangzhou back to life, the Grand Governor's Mansion at least doubled the money into it, I don't know if Berwyn can believe these points." ”

"This" Liu Ji obviously had a shocked look on his face, killing other people's rich, helping his own poor, most of the rebels in history basically took this path, including Peng Yingyu, Liu Futong and others, after breaking the state capital of the imperial court, they also looted the official treasury and the money of the rich, and then kept the majority of it for themselves, and only took out a small part to buy the hearts of the people.

But Zhu Chongjiu doesn't seem to be lying, from the recovery of Yangzhou City and the current prosperity of the city, he has no possibility of lying, after all, more than 600,000 mouths are placed there, whether it is opening porridge sheds to give alms, or cashing in for work, a lot of grain must be taken out, and the price of rice in Huaiyang area, up to now, is still about three times that of Jiangnan, and the little floating wealth collected from Zhang Mingjian and the rich people can ensure that no one starves to death, and it will definitely not make Yangzhou City so vibrant from top to bottom.

After figuring out what Zhu Chongjiu said was the truth, he immediately admitted his mistake, "Liu believes that the chief manager is by no means a lie, Liu has also seen with his own eyes that the people of Yangzhou regard the chief manager as a Buddha of all families, if the chief manager is just a person who sells fame and reputation, he will not be so loved by the people." ”

"Then why are you still embarrassed by Manager Zhu again and again." Hearing this, Song Ke slapped the table again and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, Berwyn, even if you tried all the lies before, this temptation is a bit excessive." The honest man Zhang Yi was also very puzzled by Liu Ji's actions, and then Song Ke's words continued to ask.

"Liu is not a lie." Liu Bowen shook his head with a wry smile, "Liu just doesn't want the millions of Li Shu in the three places of Huaiyang, as well as tens of thousands of heroes in the world, to end up with empty joy." ”

Without waiting for Song Ke and Zhang Yi to refute, he quickly bowed his hand to Zhu Chongjiu, "Chief Manager, if Liu Mou is offended today, please also ask the Chief Manager Haihan to come one or two, Liu Ji can swear to God, not with malicious intentions." ”

"Berwyn is serious." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and shook his head slightly, "This is a tavern, not my Grand Governor's Mansion Hall, even if it is my Grand Governor's Mansion Hall, sometimes everyone argues, and it is noisy like a vegetable stall, Zhu is very annoyed by this, but he has never thought of curing anyone's crimes." ”

"Hey, cough, cough" Shi Nai'an drank a sip of water into his trachea, choking and coughing, the atmosphere of the council hall of the governor's mansion, he has been taught for a while recently, it is indeed unimaginably noisy, but the noise is noisy, after the final decision is made, everyone can take the initiative to give up the dispute and work together to do things, and it is rare to deliberately demolish the stage for their own people because of political disagreement.

"Then Liu will tell the truth." Liu Bowen glanced at his senior brother Shi Nai'an, and then bowed his hand to Zhu Chongjiu again, "The third source of wealth for Chief Manager Zhu is the income from the sale of artillery to other princes, of course, there are others, but the main thing is artillery, the total weight of a copper cannon is only more than 500 catties, and its selling price has risen from the original 1,000 catties of copper, and now it is worth 1,000 yuan each, which has increased more than three times." ”

"This, indeed, the price has risen a lot." Zhu Chongjiu's face changed rarely, and he used the tea cup to hide his embarrassment, "However, the current artillery is also very different from the original one, although the total weight has not changed much, the barrel is at least four inches longer than the original, and the number of continuous shots has also increased significantly." ”

This is a means that he was forced by the food problem a while ago, and had to copy it from Zhu Dapeng's memory, and every change in the artillery is counted as an upgrade, from version 1.o to version 3.o now, all the way to infinity, anyway, every change must be better than the previous version, and the upgrade is not "arbitrary" for customers.

Liu Ji didn't understand artillery, but he also heard from the old-timer Zhu Sheng that the longer the tube of this thing, the farther the range, and the increase in the number of continuous shots means that the risk of exploding is reduced, so from these two points, he can't blame Zhu Chongjiu too much.

However, he came to Yangzhou today, not to bargain with Zhu Chongjiu, so he smiled and added loudly, "Mr. Zhu's attainments in the control instrument, Liu is willing to bow down, but, can Mr. Zhu know that in order to buy your artillery, many heroes have begun to scrape the ground, can Mr. Zhu know, even Liu Futong's side, this year's grain has risen to forty percent of the yield per mu, and they do this, in fact, it is equivalent to helping you grab money from the people, and even so, they still can't keep grabbing it forever, In case the money and property in the surrounding places are sucked up by your Yangzhou city, where will Manager Zhu's new source of wealth come from, could it be that Manager Zhu can still risk the world and sell artillery to Meng Yuan's side. ”

"Hiss" Shi Nai'an didn't care about coughing again, raised his head, and looked at Zhu Chongjiu, his face full of worry.

Although Luo Ben and Lu Kun were very confident in Zhu Chongjiu, at this moment, they couldn't help frowning slightly, they just felt that after having money, it would be much easier for the government to do anything, but they really didn't think about it carefully, in the future, every year, the Grand Governor's Mansion would invest the same amount of money into all departments under its rule, let alone think about it, once the situation of drying up and fishing appeared, as Liu Ji said, where would the Grand Governor's Mansion go.

In an instant, everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Chongjiu, expecting him to bring confidence and surprise to everyone as before, but Zhu Chongjiu suddenly lost interest in speaking, first evened half of the tea in Liu Ji's life into his bowl, and then smiled and raised the lamp to invite, "Come, Berwyn, please use tea." ”

"Hmm." Liu Bowen didn't know what dumb riddle Zhu Chongjiu was playing, frowned, picked up the teacup and drank with the other party.

Zhu Chongjiu smiled, drank all the tea in his teacup, and then took half of the water in Liu Ji's teacup again, and continued to invite, "Come, this tea is good, please drink it again." ”

"Huh." Liu Ji made a sudden realization, drank the water in his teacup in one gulp, and then defiantly showed the bottom of the cup towards Zhu Chongjiu.

"Hehehe." Zhu Chongjiu also smiled, waved his hand to signal Robben not to get up, and picked up the copper kettle filled with water, filling everyone's cups, "Come, Berwyn, please drink again, Xiao Er, refill the water, this pot is too small, change to a large pot." "This book is from 17k novel network, the first time to see the genuine content!

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