Back home, Bai Xiang gave the envelope to Xia Yi.

"It was sent by Qiulan's mother?" Holding the envelope, Xia Yi's mind suddenly flashed the words cheating, mother and daughter.

When he opened the envelope, he realized that he was thinking too much.

The explanation in the letter was not very clear, but he asked Xia Yi to go to the yamen and said that he had done an excellent thing to the wealthy businessmen recently.

After so many days of investigation, the Qiulan family has also turned Xia Yi's identity upside down, and determined that Xia Yi is currently just a small wealthy businessman.

In addition to the identity of the wealthy businessman, they actually have another discovery, which is under intense investigation. It is precisely because of this discovery that the Qiulan family will take care of Xia Yi.

Putting the letter aside, Xia Yi decided to go over and take a look, the time mentioned in the letter was tomorrow morning, and there was still one night before now.

The letter was shown to Su Xue, and the two discussed.

The theme of their deliberation was whether this matter was the key to this world.

In this incident, what kind of changes will happen to Bai Xiang's existence?

Unable to discuss an answer, the two put things aside for the time being.

The next morning, Xia Yi came to the yamen, he was stopped by the guards, reported the name of the Qiu family, and was allowed to enter.

The guards did not lead him to the office, but led him to the private house behind the yamen and to the lobby.

In the lobby, there are five other people, drinking tea.

Seeing Xia Yi recently, the five people stood up and said hello to him.

They glanced at each other, and one of them, a fat man of two hundred pounds, asked, "I don't know which family my brother belongs to?" ”

After thinking about it, Xia Yi said: "I just came from the Northland, and I don't know what the situation is, can you tell me?" ”

After listening to Xia Yi's words, the five of them confirmed that he was also a colleague, and relaxed: "To be able to come here, my brother's business must be unusual, right?" ”

"It's fine."

"I don't know what my brother does? Maybe we'll have a chance to work together. ”

Xia Yi then determined that the five people in front of him were also wealthy businessmen. He sighed again: These businessmen really don't forget to do business wherever they go.

He replied: "I am involved in a lot of industries, mainly the street economy. ”

"Street economy?" Five, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't understand what this word means.

"Is it wood? Contracted construction of streets? The fat man asked.

"No, it's just buying a street and planning it or something." Xia Yi explained, "I have four streets in the East Side, two streets in the North City, and one street in the South City. ”

Xia Yi thought that he would see the shock in the eyes of the five people, but he didn't expect that the five people were very calm.

It seems that the business of these five people is not ordinary wealthy.

Sure enough, the five people introduced themselves, and they were all big businessmen who almost monopolized one kind of business.

Especially the fat man of 200 catties, half of the country's cloth business is in his hands.

Xia Yi's business, compared to them, is just ordinary.

This made Xia Yi a little regretful, and decided to find a chance to shock the five people.

After simply getting to know each other, the fat man began to talk to Xia Yi about today's events.

"We don't know the specifics, but I heard from the grapevine that the Holy Lord is planning to do something to the snake people."

"With this move, all the money is burned." Another wealthy businessman continued.

"The imperial court has just been stable for a few years, and I am afraid that there is not much silver in the treasury."

The five sighed.

They didn't say it explicitly, but the hidden words were obvious.

The court was looking for them for money.

Compared with the five people who felt sorry for the silver, Xia Yi was very calm, he had a unique ability to print money, how much he wanted.

There was silence in the lobby, and after a while, two middle-aged people in civilian clothes came to the lobby.

"Master Di!" The five people stood up and shouted, and Xia Yi also followed behind, making a form.

Among the two middle-aged people, the sturdy one smiled: "Hello everyone, hello everyone." ”

The two parties exchanged a few words of greetings, and Master Di asked the entourage behind him to change into good tea, and the seven of them tasted the tea first, and then got down to business.

Master Di clenched his fists: "The six are all pillars of our country, and this time I invite you to come over, mainly for the sake of the snake people." ”

"The Guanzhong region is an extremely important area in our country, which can be attacked and defended, and there is a surplus economic rear and convenient transportation, and it is the capital of the former dynasty."

Master Di didn't immediately say anything about asking the six people to pay the money, but said slowly.

"Ten years ago, the former dynasty was destroyed overnight, the world was in chaos, and it took eight years for the saint to finally dominate the world. Now that the world is peaceful and the people are happy, it is time to deal with the culprits who caused the chaos in the world. ”

“……”

From the mouth of this Master Di, Xia Yi slowly sorted out the situation.

Ten years ago, in the Yinshan Mountains in the north of Guanzhong, a group called the snake people suddenly appeared, the snake people attacked the capital of the previous dynasty and destroyed the former dynasty, and the current emperor took advantage of the chaos to go up like that.

Now, the world is seated, and the emperor doesn't want the snake people to stay in his territory anymore, so he wants to get rid of those guys.

Xia Yi was a little puzzled, the Yinshan Mountain Range is not big, how many snake people can there be? Need to be so solemn?

Or is that the snake man not talking about the name of a foreign people, but a magical creature?

Let's go back and look into it.

In ancient times, this was not good, the news was very closed, unlike modern times, everyone can know something about their own country, and they can also know some things about other countries.

Xia Yi continued to listen to the discussion between Master Di and the wealthy merchants.

The wealthy businessmen gave moral support and verbal encouragement to the imperial court to send troops to solve the matter of the snake people in Yinshan, but they did not talk about donations.

Master Di tried a few times, but when he saw the rich businessmen, he was unconscious, and he gritted his teeth.

In this dynasty, the imperial power was not strong enough to the point that "the whole world is not the king's land", and the emperor could not persecute these rich merchants.

Putting down the teacup in his hand heavily, Master Di put away his smile, and he said coldly to his entourage, "Take it out." ”

The attendant took out a yellow scroll from his pocket.

Opening the scroll, Master Di glanced at the six people: "This is Your Majesty's decree." ”

The five rich merchants were unmoved, and they drank their tea as if they had not heard.

It's just a handwritten decree, not a holy decree, and it's not worth their nervousness.

Master Di snorted again and read, "...... Donate 10,000 taels of silver, Feng En Cavalry Captain, donate 100,000 taels of silver, Feng Yun Cavalry Lieutenant, donate 1 million taels of silver, Feng Cavalry Captain, donate 5 million taels of silver, Feng Qingche Lieutenant, donate 10 million taels of silver, and seal Baron. ”

Cavalry Lieutenant and Captain are the aristocratic ranks of this dynasty, En Cavalry Lieutenant is the seventh grade, the light car Captain is the second grade, the Baron is the first grade, and the rest of the viscounts, earls, marquises, and dukes, according to the meaning, are super products.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Master Di looked at the rich businessmen with a sneer: "What do you think?" ”

The five people except Xia Yi glanced at each other, closed their eyes, and each thought about it.

Master Di was not in a hurry, drank a cup of tea, and refilled another cup.

is the same as him, as well as Xia Yi.

Raising his head, Master Di glanced at Xia Yi curiously, wondering why he could be so calm, and at the same time wondering why he was arranged to come here.

You must know that the businessmen who can come here, but after layers of screening, stuffing people here, they need more than just face.

However, since the other party has not appeared in the information, it should be just an ordinary businessman, and it would be great to get a cloud cavalry captain.

As for the other five wealthy merchants, Master Di's plan was to try to let each of them get a light car captain, or at least a riding captain.

With more than 10 million taels, this time the goal was successfully achieved.

Moreover, when these five people have knighthoods, it will be much easier to get money from them.

After Master Di drank the second cup of tea, the five wealthy merchants opened their eyes.

The fat man asked first: "Can it be hereditary?" ”

"Yes."

"Can I give a knighthood to someone else?"

"No."

This answer did not surprise the five, and they began to quote.

"I'll give a million."

"I'll give five million."

In addition to Xia Yi, the five wealthy businessmen quickly finished reporting, two five million and three one million, totaling thirteen million taels, and Master Di successfully achieved his goal.

A smile appeared on his face again.

"Where's Mr. Xia?" He asked Xia Yi again, and he didn't have any hope for Xia Yi. Lifting the pen, he was already recording the amount of five wealthy merchants.

Xia Yi put down the teacup unhurriedly: "I'll give 10 million taels." ”

Master Di's hand shook, and the brush scratched a stain on the paper.

The other five wealthy businessmen also looked at Xia Yi with a look of surprise.

It's not that they can't take out 10 million taels, but once they take it out, they will break their muscles and bones.

"Mr. Xia really gave 10 million taels of silver?" Master Di changed a blank piece of paper and continued to write.

"Nope."

Listening to Xia Yi's words, Master Di frowned, and there was another ink stain on the paper.

He spread out a new piece of paper again: "Sir, don't make such jokes......"

Without waiting for his words to finish, Xia Yi continued:

"I'll give you ten million taels of gold."

Click-

With a strong finger, the brush in Master Di's hand broke off at the waist.

He threw the pen aside and looked at Xia Yi seriously: "Really? ”

The five wealthy merchants also looked at Xia Yi with a look of astonishment, 10 million taels of gold is 90 million taels of silver, and among them, there is only the fat man of 200 catties, who can make up so much silver with all his net worth.

"I need some time to raise this gold." Xia Yi tapped the empty teacup with his fingers.

The entourage immediately stepped forward and wanted to give Xia Yiman a man, but was stopped by Master Di.

Master Di got up in person and took the teapot to pour tea for Xia Yi.

"I wonder how long it will take sir to prepare? The imperial court can provide some help. ”

It must not be an easy task to collect 10 million taels of gold, but it doesn't matter, with the silver of the other five rich merchants, it is enough to fight a wave of snake people, and Xia Yi's gold will go directly into the treasury when the time comes.

"It can be a little long."

"Don't worry, sir, this official knows." After thinking about it for a while, Master Di wanted to ask Xia Yi if he could finish the gathering before next year, and then he could fight a wave of Cypriots.

Before he could ask, Xia Yi replied: "It will take about five days." ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" The fat man who was drinking tea was choked all of a sudden.

"It only takes five days?" It was not Master Di who was questioned, but another wealthy businessman.

They knew how difficult it was to raise 10,000,000 taels of gold, and there were only so much gold and silver circulating in the market that they would not be able to gather them in a short time, that is, most of them had deposited so much gold somewhere, and they did not need to sell them.

Ten million taels of gold!

The hearts of the five were trembling.

What trembled even more was Master Di's heart.

The emperor was born recklessly, and when he fought the world, he was pitted by those big families, and he didn't know how expensive gold was during the war, and he cried when he ascended the throne to Kukong, and even the palace was built on the basis of the previous dynasty.

10 million taels of gold is enough for the emperor to spend lavishly for two years.

"Then the official is waiting for the good news from Mr." took a piece of paper and wrote 10 million taels, and when he wrote the word gold, he deliberately wrote the word three fonts smaller.

He knew that Xia Yi was teasing him before, causing him to break two pieces of paper and a pen. Xia Yi is the owner of gold, and he is not good at revenge, but he can find a balance in the emperor.

Fold the paper and stuff it into his sleeve, Master Di said goodbye to the six people, and said to Xia Yi that he would tell the emperor and discuss the reward, and left in a hurry.

Five wealthy businessmen immediately surrounded Xia Yi, who said that the gold was left by his ancestors, and got out and returned home.

The matter of the title is stable, at least it is a viscount, and most of them can be mixed with the earl, and the status matter has been settled.

It's time for a new home.

It's a pity that 10 million taels of gold is still less, if you pay 100 million taels, it would be nice to buy a duke.

The reason why Xia Yi didn't do this was because 100 million taels was too much, and the impact on the market was too great, and it was easy to cause bad things, and secondly, because the duke had always only had royal blood to sit on, and it didn't work if he had gold.

Xia Yi began to think about another thing.

How can you take out 10 million taels of gold?

His [turning stones into gold] is to turn other substances into gold, and if he can hold on, he can even turn the entire planet into gold.

If he can hold on.

What the substance that turned into gold was what it was, and what it was after it changed, it would not change, and if he took out ten million taels of gold of different shapes, it would be strange.

After thinking about it, he had a way.

bought a mountain around the capital, and together with Su Xue, he made a cave, and then used [Turning Stones into Gold] to convert the rocks into gold.

Estimated at almost 10 million taels, he stopped his skills.

[Turning Stone into Gold] consumes mana, so he can judge the amount of gold generated by the consumption of mana.

When he returned home, he had eaten and drunk well for five days, and he told Master Di the location of the cave.

The Emperor, who had been shocked five days earlier, also went over to take a look, and when he saw the cave made of gold, he exclaimed:

"His mother!"

On the sixth day, Xia Yi was summoned, donated 30 million taels of silver for military expenses, and promised to donate for ten consecutive years, Xia Yi got the title of "Marquis of Qingyuan".

The emperor originally sealed the "Marquis of Jinshan", Xia Yi disliked Taitu, and made another palace maintenance payment and got a name change card.

asked the emperor for a big mansion again, and Xia Yi returned home. A group of little eunuchs came after him and gave Xia Yi a reward and a holy decree.

The marquis was not a trivial matter, and this matter quickly spread to Tanhualang's mansion.

Qiulan's elder brother, the young Tanhualang, was worried.

He originally just wanted to send Xia Yi to get a lieutenant, but the other party actually fished a marquis back.

He looked at the results of the investigation in his hand and walked back and forth in the lobby anxiously.

If the emperor found out, I'm afraid he would kill me!

After grabbing a handful of hair from his head, Tanhualang went to the Prime Minister's Mansion.