Just as Yang Zhi often speculated on the emperor's thoughts, Mr. Yi also pondered Yang Zhi.

This uncle is bold and thoughtful, and most of his actions are deviant and finally uneventful, and he will be in the limelight even more after that. Mr. Yi didn't believe Yang Zhi, but because he thought he had a deep understanding of officialdom. The open and secret battles in the officialdom are not as good as the battles, and sometimes they are sold without knowing it, and they are still happily giving money to the people. Can he do something like Yang Zhi like a storm?

There is a world of difference between being an official and hiding in a dark corner, and being an official means that you should be clearly responsible. Who doesn't like white silver? If it weren't for the extra money, would I be guilty of partnering with a killer? The so-called ambition is simply a joke. Yang Zhi is already a high lord, will he be willing to work for Great Xia for the rest of his life? As Yang Zhi's descendant of the old team, it is more practical to explore the bottom line of this fierce man!

Yang Zhi's answer was simple and very refreshing: "I didn't say that you were not allowed to fish, why do you have to find death by yourself?" ”

According to Mr. Yi's wisdom, Yang Zhi should not be too verbose. But because Penglai's position is too important, he then added a few words: Although Wang Yuxin, the commander of Penglai County, has average ability, he is good at harmony and mud, and he is a smart person who understands current affairs. Such a strange character, if he could have been promoted, he would have been promoted a long time ago, and he must not be cut off from his financial path. In the future, when working together as an official in the same place, we must pay attention to "unity and cooperation", and don't forget to share a piece of the pie. Bai Xinglang is the biggest wrongdoer in the early establishment of the Customs Branch, and he is Qin Jiaoyang's father-in-law, so he must pay attention to "selling" his face in the future. For example, candidates such as masters, scribes, and handymen hired by the branch office are given priority to those recommended by Master Bai. It is also possible to solve a little "welfare" of the sub-office and other people. Of course, when it's inconvenient for you to come forward, don't forget to use him as a gunman as much as possible. Affordable, you got. Notoriety his back. You can't do this, are you stupid?

Yang Zhi also drew a bottom line for Mr. Yi that cannot be crossed: all personnel in the branch. You can only be a official, not an official! But if there is a violation, I will not admit it. At the same time, you have done it!

Another thing that surprised Yang Zhi was that he greatly underestimated the fanatical demand for officials among the wealthy merchants and magnates in Penglai.

All dynasties of the Chinese Dynasty have respected the Confucian concept of "valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce" as a national policy. Since ancient times, the nine streams of the so-called three religions and nine streams have been emperors, scribes, officials, doctors, monks, soldiers, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants. Although the merchants were relatively affluent, their political status and social status were extremely low. It is because some merchants and families do not hesitate to hire famous teachers and Confucians to teach their children to devote themselves to the imperial examination. It's very common. I think that the old man Yang Yan was extremely picky, but he was willing to spend a lot of money to hire Xu Wenhan, a famous scholar in Xinyang, to teach his son Yang Zhi, which is a typical example.

Yang Zhi knows the general environment of this era. But what he never expected was that Bai Xinglang was only promised ten sesame grains through Qin Jiaoyang's mouth, and Bai Xinglang got a mansion as the yamen of the customs branch, and Bai Xinglang also handed over a "donation" of 2.8 million taels of silver! If Bai Xinglang didn't intercept this, do you believe it? At any rough calculation, the price of each place is at least as high as 300,000 taels or more. Thus. Penglai merchants are so affluent!

Yang Zhi thought about it carefully, but it was not difficult to understand.

Penglai is a wealthy businessman with a few local clans. Most of them built homes and settled here after making a fortune. In troubled times. How many wealthy businessmen have really seen the original accumulation of fortune history? The first is to whitewash the old bottom and obtain a legal official status. The attention of all eyes is actually an indirect witness. The second is to take the line of the customs yamen. With the talisman of official status, the road to wealth in the future will undoubtedly become smoother and smoother. The third is to directly bypass the single-plank bridge for the imperial examination. His own children finally squeezed into the crack in the door of the career. 300,000 taels? It's not expensive! It's a good value for money!

Yang Zhi consciously pushed Bai Xinglang to the front desk as a middleman, not without suspicion of stealing the bell. To put it bluntly, it is a traitor. The relationship between Yang Zhi and the Qin family and the Bai family is well known, how good can the reputation be? It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice! The emperor Lao'er only gave him a bunch of low-grade black gauze hats, which were not used to revitalize the business, so could he keep the cubs? What's more, it is your wish to be with those wronged big-headed financiers, and it is not to scrape the anointing oil of the small people. Even if someone sued the emperor to fight the imperial lawsuit, Yang Zhi was also justified.

On the fourth day of the first month of September, news came from Dangji Island: A ransom equivalent to 10 million taels of silver sent by Emperor Yan had been delivered.

Whether the silver taels are short or not, and who are willing to go with the prince of Beiyan, Yang Zhi didn't even bother to ask, and only ordered cleanly: release people.

Linglong heard the news, but was silent for a long time.

In this way, he is tantamount to a complete break with the Northern Yan royal family, and then he will be able to reunite with his parents and younger brother without knowing when? Even if they are reunited, so what?

For Beiyan at present, 10 million taels is really not a small amount, and it is almost worthy of Beiyan's national income for two years. Even if Yang Zhi only received the equivalent of gold equivalent to five million taels of silver, and the rest could be replaced by treasures and antiques, Beiyan would take two or three years to recover. The Great Xia country is flourishing, and there are many heroes. In stark contrast, the treasury of Beiyan is empty, the country's strength is declining, and the national strength is weakening, will the period of national destruction be far away? I pity my previous female generation, who did not hesitate to sacrifice her life and forget to die to work for the country, but in the end it was a dream of Nan Ke!

In addition to the one million taels given to Yingniang, there are now nearly nine million taels of silver tickets in Yang Zhi's hand. Looking at the thick stack like tissue paper, it is enough to make Linglong jaw-dropping. Even so, Yang Zhi is still able to save money. Engraving official seals, customizing official uniforms, and repairing and decorating the Yamen Mansion of the Customs Branch ......, all the expenses for the preliminary preparations, only dryly threw a sentence to Mr. Yi: I want to go to Bai Xinglang.

Mr. Yi was originally not thin-skinned, but when he saw that Yang Zhigang had received 2.8 million taels of silver into his pocket, but he still relied on Bai Xinglang for a few small coins, even he felt a little too much. But Yang Zhi's few sighs made him even more dizzy: In the future, this will be your land, Lao Tzu is helping you save money! There is no way, the landlord's family has no surplus grain!

The huge ransom extorted from Emperor Yan was a windfall. As a start-up capital to plan a retreat and hoard supplies, it should be more than enough. Yang Zhi almost copied the seven million taels of silver tickets he brought from Chang'an, and originally wanted to hand over most of them to Linglong so that he could use them to deal with this matter. Now, it seems, it's more like a transfer of money.

As the saying goes, go out with more money. In the future, not every place where I go, scraping the ground is as handy as in Penglai. After thinking about it, he only gave Linglong five million taels. The branch office was initially set up, and there were a lot of things to do. It's not that I underestimate Mr. Yi, it is already very good to be able to put up the shelves of the branch office a year ago, and to hire, recruit, and train them in place. The opening gong and drum at the door of the house, no matter how you say it, can't be smashed. He gave Mr. Yi another one million taels, and he kept nearly three million taels.

On the 6th day of the first month of September, the official seals, official uniforms, and other robes of various colors were in place, and 100 men selected from the outer islands were also put ashore on standby. In order to prevent Mr. Yi from repeating the mistake of his bare-bones commander, Yang Zhi selected 20 people for him to retain as the founding team.

On the 10th day of the first month of September, it is advisable to travel, open the market, seek wealth, and go to the top of the day.

After Yang Zhi and Linglong said goodbye, he led nearly 100 subordinates to Jinan. Qin Kongyun no longer walked along, but went south to Jinling. (To be continued......)