After making up his mind, Wei Hong rushed to the palace without stopping and went straight to the Zichen Palace. During this time, the Tang Dynasty was also very peaceful, in addition to the lack of supplies for the northern army to survive the winter, the Hui Turks repeatedly violated the border, and the two sides had begun to have sporadic wars. When Wei Hong arrived at the Zichen Palace, Comrade Lao Li was discussing with Li Jing about the war against the Hui Turks.

"Hou Weihong, meet the saint!" As soon as Wei Hong entered the hall, he knelt on his knees and made a big salute. Although the relationship with Comrade Lao Li has improved by leaps and bounds, the necessary etiquette is still indispensable.

Comrade Lao Li asked Wei Hong to get up and said, "Didn't I say that you should wait outside for a while?" I am discussing war with the Patriotic Princess, what is more important than war? ”

Li Jing is not an outsider, Wei Hong did not have the slightest scruples, and said bluntly: "Shengshang, didn't you say that there is a lack of military uniforms and bedding in the north to survive the winter?" The villain has already sent people to prepare the bedding needed for the winter, and the 50,000 pieces of clothes in stock have also been thickened, and they can be transported to the Ministry of Industry before they are needed. ”

Hearing this, Comrade Lao Li frowned: "I have told you about this a long time ago, and you are only now starting to prepare, at this time, I am afraid that many people in the army in the north have already been frozen, and I have not punished you, it is already an extrajudicial grace." What do you mean by telling me this now? "Comrade Lao Li thought to himself, you kid must not come to ask for credit, otherwise he will immediately send someone to drag you out and hit the fifty boards again!

Wei Hong knew that he had disturbed the conversation between Comrade Li and Li Jing, and he felt a little angry in his heart. In order not to make Comrade Lao Li angry, Wei Hong did not dare to sell Guanzi, and said as concisely and clearly as possible: "Now that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not stable, the treasury is empty, and it costs a lot of money to supply the military uniforms and bedding for the northern army to survive the winter, which is a great burden on the treasury. If the saint is willing to promise the villain one thing, the villain will give the 50,000 pieces of thickened clothes and 100,000 pieces of cloth to be made into bedding, without collecting a penny, to the saint, as the villain's modest contribution to the country. ”

"What?!" As soon as he heard this, Comrade Lao Li stood up suddenly. During this time, Comrade Lao Li was worried about how to give this money to Wei Hong, after all, now that the treasury is empty, and the country is using the money, if it can be less, it will be less. Comrade Lao Li knows Wei Hong's surname very well, and now Wei Hong said that the army's military uniforms and bedding for the winter are not collected, in addition to surprising Comrade Li, he is also vigilant, for fear that Wei Hong will come up with something else.

Comrade Lao Li looked at Wei Hong with shrewd eyes, and said after a while: "Wei Hong, if someone else says that the military uniform and bedding were given to me, I really believe it. But when you kid said that, why can't I believe it? ”

Li Jing next to him also said with a deep meaning: "Although Hongyuan Commercial Bank is one of the three major commercial houses in the capital, it is not a rich country, 50,000 thickened military uniforms, plus 100,000 pieces of cloth bedding, is worth a lot of money." If you don't take a penny, won't it be a blow to your Hongyuan firm? ”

Wei Hong smiled softly: "Holy Lord, Wei Guogong, you listen to me after I finish speaking." These military uniforms and bedding are not false at all for the villain to give to the saint, but the villain said before that the saint must promise the villain a condition! ”

"You say!" Comrade Lao Li urged impatiently. Wei Hong categorically couldn't make any excessive demands, if he only needed to agree to a reasonable condition, he could get so many military uniforms and bedding for free, why not do it?

Wei Hong took a deep breath and said: "Nowadays, in addition to Hongyuan Commercial Bank, there are also Tianzihao and Hongda who supply military supplies. The saint only needs to say to Tianzihao and Hongda Commercial Bank that the military uniforms and bedding supplied by our Hongyuan Commercial Bank are all charged according to the normal price. Tianzihao and Hongda didn't dare to make Shengshang's money, so they could only push the price down to the same as our Hongyuan Commercial Bank. Although this will cost money, these two families will not give up the big fat meat of military supplies, even if they give up, please use some means to prevent them from cutting off the supply of military supplies! As long as the saint is willing to agree to this condition, not only can he get a large number of military uniforms and bedding from my Hongyuan Commercial Bank without spending a penny, but he can also buy Tianzihao and Hongda's military uniforms and bedding at a flat price, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

Comrade Lao Li knew that Wei Hong was bent on killing Tianzihao and Hongda, and after listening to Wei Hong's words at this time, Comrade Lao Li was immediately relieved. Wei Hong wanted to borrow his own hand to drag down Tianzihao and Hongda. After thinking about it, Comrade Lao Li swept away the skepticism just now, slowly sat down, and said with a smile: "Wei Hong, Wei Hong, you let me say what is good about you, you are the only one in the world, dare to use me!" And it's so high-sounding! ”

Wei Hong said with a smile: "Use and use, but the benefits obtained are extremely rich, what do you say?" ”

At present, military needs are the primary plan, as long as the army in the north is settled, can we concentrate on meeting the Hui Turks. Comrade Lao Li thought for a while, and then agreed: "Cheng, I will do what you say!" However, there is one thing I want to declare in advance, you Hongyuan Commercial Bank needs to bear half of the military uniform bedding I bought from Tianzihao and Hongda, and all the money spent! ”

"What!" This time it was Wei Hong's turn to be stunned, Wei Hong had calculated everything, and he didn't expect Comrade Lao Li to be so dark!

"Saint, the villain made a rough calculation, except for the military uniform and bedding supplied by the villain. For the northern army to survive this winter, it will cost at least 40,000 taels of silver. If you let the villain bear half of the money, the villain inside and outside will lose nearly 100,000 taels of silver. Wei Hong frowned and said bitterly. In fact, there are not so many, at most a loss of 80,000 taels of silver, but Wei Hong inherited the excellent traditional virtues of others, and lied and overreported.

Comrade Lao Li shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Is 100,000 taels of silver a lot for you?" As far as I know, this year, your Hongyuan Commercial Bank has earned at least 400,000 taels of profits in Hangzhou and Jinling. Coupled with your own principal of Hongyuan Commercial Bank, all the belongings are more than one million taels! You also occupy 30% of the shares of Hongyuan Commercial Bank, and you alone have 300,000 taels of silver! ”

Wei Hong wanted to cry a little, although he accounted for 30% of the shares, but the money never reached his hands. Besides, the Sancheng shares have not yet been implemented, and they must become close to Li Ruohua! Now that all Wei Hong's belongings are combined, it would be good to have three thousand taels of silver! It's like a billionaire, the president of a company, who has huge personal assets, but most of them are real estate, and he has very little liquidity at his disposal.

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