Chapter 0605. Hollow out the last copper plate
With land, there is hope to live, how much gold coins spent can be earned back under the hard work of the land, before the aristocratic landlords of Constantinople sold the land, but also because the frenzy of the Arab army really made them desperate, there is no confidence to hold on, and now Constantinople has turned into a safe, no matter how much it costs, they are also obsessed with getting the land back. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]
The flame belt of isolation had not yet burned out, and the landlord had already driven the carriage home to get the money, and the dinar and silk spices and gems that had just been obtained from the Min State had not yet been warmed, and they were mixed with five times as many things but returned.
"Mr. Hou, you are indeed an excellent businessman, and General Ben has not been persuaded by anyone for so many years." Seeing this scene, I knew that it was impossible to ask Hou Jie to sacrifice the land, and what Hou Jie said was really good, if the entire nobles of Constantinople hated him, the emperor would not have to come back, Leo turned his horse's head boringly and turned around to go back to the palace, but Hou Jie suddenly stopped him.
"Wait for the general, the matter is not over yet, there is another request below, I don't know if the general will agree."
"Oh? Say. Turning his head suspiciously, Leo looked at the past again, but the language was still so simple, Hou Jie did not hesitate, turned around again, and shouted loudly again to the Byzantine landlords who were still discussing raising money on the opposite side of the fire belt: "This time the price increase is also because I and other Fujian people are dissatisfied with your Byzantine people's treachery, not greedy for this money, so the land controlled by our Fujian country, the money sold, the eighth layer will be handed over to General Leo!" ”
The land near Constantinople is worth at least 20 million dinars according to the market price, and cutting half is 10 million dinars, these days the price has been pushed to the extreme according to the price of cabbage, Wu Yuanqing has bought four layers since he was young, and he can also sell it for 4 million dinars, according to his dedication method, the royal family has obtained 3.2 million dinars, and he has done nothing.
Wu Yuanqing, who sold the land, knew it, but Wu Yuanqing was not prepared for such a big hemorrhage, and couldn't help but rush over with a depressed stomach, but was pressed back by Hou Jie's eyes, whether it was the Byzantine landlords or the rest of the large landowners who annexed the land, they couldn't remember being stunned, and even Leo pulled his fingers on the horse for a long time, swaying and almost didn't fall, this time he simply jumped off the horse, and asked excitedly with a trembling voice: "What Mr. Hou said is true?" ”
"Of course, we Fujian people are not like these capricious people." Very contemptuous, Hou Jie glanced at the rioting nobles and businessmen who had not yet dispersed, and said categorically.
"Of course, this is only the taxes paid by our Fujian country, and we can't be the master of the rest!" Glancing at the other big nobles who were stunned next to him, Hou Jie added lightly.
Leo's eagle-like eyes looked sharply, and Leonti couldn't help but shudder......
It's really rich and uncle, even if the army is like this, he still likes to ignore it at night, and even the palace gate is not opened, under the huge tax layer, Leo almost didn't use the posture of serving the emperor to serve Hou Jie, a full five hundred Byzantine heavily armored knights are forming an honor guard to escort on both sides, and the beauties of the palace serve tea and pour water, and sell the land at the main gate of the palace.
But under such service, several big land businessmen, including Wu Yuanqing, were crying with their faces as if they had died of their father.
The original huge speculative profits, a huge amount of seven million dinars, Wu Yuanqing paid 3.2 million gold coins, and the rest of the big businessmen also had to give one million, and the huge amount of money or goods of more than 4 million dinars were all transported into the Byzantine Grand Palace, and these profits that originally belonged to them went into other people's medicine bags, how could these big businessmen and nobles not cry.
Without signing a contract for the sale of land, Wu Yuanqing's face trembled, and finally he simply took the opportunity to drink tea and slipped aside, pulled Hou Jie to the corner, and roared sadly at the gold coins and various treasures of silk and spices that had been piled up into a small mountain: "Little monkey, there is no such a loser as you, right?" Three million two million dinars, more than half a year old to catch up with our Fujian country, just gave birth to these Byzantine barbarians? Isn't it enough to give less? ”
Ignoring Li Que's face, while drinking the fragrant tea held by the Greek beauties in the Byzantine court with a smile, Hou Jie also lowered his eyes, and glanced at the Byzantine noble landlords who were constantly lining up below to redeem their land, and whispered in a low voice.
"Brother Wu, don't forget what the mission we came here is, don't you know the reason why the Arabs have lost this streak, don't you still want to be kicked up and down and almost burned into a roast suckling pig?"
Even at half of the market price, the redemption of these lands almost drained all the deposits of the landlords and nobles, and even had to be topped with goods, and every landlord came with a cart, gold and silver, silk and porcelain, family heirlooms, diamonds, jewelry, and even weapons and armor, mules and horses, male and female slaves were sent, and every time he received his own land, every landlord's face was a face with a look of pain and happiness.
Last night's crazy chase had already scared Wu Yuanqing to lose a pound, and if he wanted to do it again, he would have to kill himself, and no matter how important the money was, he wouldn't have his life to spend? Thinking of this, Wu Yuanqing's fat head immediately turned into a woodpecker.
"That's that, or is it the little monkey you did right."
"Besides, Brother Wu, most of it was handed over to Leo, which means that most of the hatred has been resisted by him, no one notices, we can still make a profit of 800,000 dinars, and return 300,000 to Fujian, but there is still a surplus of 500,000! When the time comes, you'll be seven and I'll be three......"
Listening to Hou Jie's analysis, Wu Yuanqing's eyes lit up again, 500,000 dinars, and he also caught up with his family property, his fat head shook more smoothly, and he happily agreed......
As soon as Wu Yuanqing was sent away, on the edge of the stable land sale venue, a knight was full of embarrassment and suddenly galloped over, although it was also a Byzantine heavy horse, it was still different from the royal guard cavalry, there were two more white crosses on the armor, and the armor was crooked, as if he had lost a battle.
The nearby heavy cavalry honor guard was very loyal to fork the cavalry from afar, and inadvertently, Leo, who accompanied the sale of land, frowned and greeted him, and after muttering to the embarrassed knight for a while, Leo turned around helplessly and said hello to Hou Jie.
"General Ben has something to deal with, and if Sir needs it, just talk to my lieutenant General Jefferson."
"The general is busy himself." Hou Jie also hurriedly stood up and saluted back, but seeing Leo hurriedly turn around and leave, Hou Jie pinched his chin again, what made this proud general in such a hurry, and even forgot to hide the anxiety between his eyebrows.
At this time, behind the landlord lined up in the distance, an obscene figure suddenly looked at the image of a probe of his brain, which happened to be under Hou Jie's eyes, shook his head helplessly, and stood up from his seat, but Hou Jie walked in the direction of the palace.
"What are you going to do?"
The voice came from behind him, and Ma Barbisi, who was anxious when he watched Hou Jie enter the palace, shuddered, turned around and changed into a black cloak to cover most of his face, not Hou Jie or which?
All of a sudden, Ma Barbisi's really anxious tears came out, grabbed Hou Jie's sleeve and knelt on the ground, crying: "My lord, my master has been arrested, you should find a way to save him!" ”
"Caught?" Hurriedly dragged this kid out of the crowd by the collar, found a corner to hide, and Hou Jie, who was carrying the kid's collar, asked in surprise: "Who was arrested?" ”
"Patriarch Peter I, last night he said that my master was a devil, and then he was beaten out with stones by the believers, and now the believers are still besieging the Patriarch in the Angel Castle, there are already tens of thousands of people, but this guy just doesn't come out like Wang Ba's shrinking shell, you can think of a way."
Ma Barbisi was as anxious as a spinning top, but Hou Jie suddenly realized, no wonder Leo was in a hurry to leave like his grandson, two riots in one night made him catch up, and now the spiritual leader of the faith in the eastern part of the empire is still under siege, so it's no wonder that he is not in a hurry.
After thinking about it, pressing Ma Barbisi's shoulder, Hou Jie ordered in a hurried tone: "You go back now, you must try your best to persuade those believers to disperse, and you must not clash with Leo's army, then it will not save your master, but harm your master." ”
"So, my master?"
"Ben will be able to get him out in the next few days, you go back quickly, once it really bleeds, it will be difficult to control."
He glanced at Hou Jie hesitantly, after all, he couldn't bear to be anxious, and after nodding, Ma Barbisi turned around and slipped out again, watching his figure gradually disappear, Hou Jie sighed speechlessly: "Hey, I really need to worry about everything." ”
"What the hell is going on?"
After waiting for a while to wait for Hou Jie to come back, still from inside the palace, Li Que couldn't help but come over, but asked in a sour tone: "It can't be that you have an affair with a certain palace daughter, right?" Zhonghu Army, this is Byzantium, even if the King of Min returns to protect him, he can't rush it, take it easy, don't let the emperor catch it and cut off the small head. ”
What's the same thing? Looking at Li Que's unchanged silver mask, which seemed to have a sour taste, Hou Jie sat back in his seat speechlessly and waved his hand: "A little private matter, it's not as dirty as you think." ”
"Humph!"
On this end, Li Que inexplicably sulked, and on the other hand, Wu Yuanqing was struggling for 500,000 gold coins, in the end, it was sold directly according to the account book, and there was a lot less verification process, and by the evening of this day, basically thousands of landlords' fields had all been sold back.
The last copper plate in the pockets of many people was also taken out, looking at Leo who was satisfied and returned with satisfaction, and the Byzantine landlords and nobles who were in a complicated mood and slowly dispersed, the corners of Hou Jie's mouth couldn't help but show a meaningful smile.
"Someone, bring the tax money into the treasury!"
In this day's transaction, Hou Jie also made a trick, it should belong to his own share, try to choose small and valuable ones to hide directly in the carriage, belong to the Byzantine one, and pick large dazzling stacks together, after the end of the day, the wealth at the gate of the palace is really piled up, and Leo himself is dazzled.
At the sound of his high command, a group of royal guards began to sort into categories according to the ledger, and the royal officials, who were busy sorting out, did not notice the red eyes of the landlord who had not yet dispersed the title deed......