Chapter 4 - Real Money
"I wonder what Your Majesty plans next? Of course, if Your Majesty hasn't thought about it yet, Poor Dao has an idea here, and he has enough financial resources to realize it! ”
Because he had seen the mysterious skills of this Zhang Daochang, Chongzhen asked with anticrative anticipation when he heard Zhang Yun say this.
"Oh! What are the good ideas of Daochang Zhang? ”
"Haha!" Zhang Yun didn't answer Chongzhen's words, but laughed twice, looked at Yan Yingyuan behind Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Presumably, Lord Yan must have quite a foundation in Jiangyin City and the surrounding areas, right?" ”
Yan Yingyuan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but answer: "Why did Daochang Zhang say that? Yan has just been in Jiangyin City for a few years! ”
Seeing that Yan Yingyuan was unwilling to admit it, Zhang Yun smiled, and did not pursue it, but looked at Chongzhen again and said: "The idea of the poor Dao is: this Yan Shimaster, who is very compatible with His Majesty's life, will come forward to recruit people, and he will have fifty or sixty thousand people!" ”
"As for weapons! There are not so many poor roads here, but there are two junior disciples in poor roads, entrusted by poor roads, I am afraid that tomorrow they will bring a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as antiques and other things, to the left side of Jiangyin City. ”
"So, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the lack of money, just let Master Yan go out to recruit people."
"When you have that large amount of gold, silver and jewelry tomorrow, are you afraid that you won't be able to raise enough silver to buy those iron ores to forge weapons?"
Zhang Yun thought that after he finished speaking, Chongzhen would be happy after he could raise the silver soon, but found that Chongzhen was still frowning.
So Zhang Yun asked again under curiosity: "Solve the matter of money, Lord Yan has quite a lot of connections and power nearby, so the problem of manpower can be solved quickly, Poor Dao is very curious, I don't know what Your Majesty is worried about?" ”
At this time, Chongzhen spoke: "I am very grateful to Zhang Daochang, but how much silver can Zhang Daochang raise alone?" ”
"You know, before I broke into Beijing, I also raised money from those high-ranking families, but I got very little ......."
"Haha......"
When Chongzhen said this, Zhang Yun couldn't help laughing, and at the same time blocked Chongzhen's later words, until tears flowed out of laughter, Zhang Yun gradually stopped his voice!
"There are some things, in the past month, Your Majesty has been in a hurry, and he has a lot of worries, so Poor Dao didn't tell you."
"After Li Zicheng broke through the city of Beijing, the princes and nobles who cried poor in front of Your Majesty, were forced by Li Zicheng to torture and loot property worth 70 million taels of silver."
Hearing Zhang Yun's words, Chongzhen, who had been interrupted by Zhang Yun, quickly disappeared from the trace of dissatisfaction in his heart, turned his head in disbelief, stared at Yan Yingyuan tightly and asked, "You come to tell me, is this true?" ”
Yan Yingyuan nodded silently, although there are some things that ordinary people in the world don't know, but Yan Yingyuan, as a local snake, how can he not know about this big thing!
Seeing Yan Yingyuan nodding, Chongzhen angrily scolded: "These thieves, I asked them to take out some silver to resist Li Zicheng, and they all donated a few taels or dozens of taels, and they all cried bitterly, crying that they couldn't open the pot at home!" ”
"And when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, these thieves were found so much silver and treasure in their homes, and I believed them at the beginning, thinking that the country was in such a difficult situation, and there was no surplus food in the ministers' homes, but ......"
"These thieves deserve death! Hateful! Hateful! Hateful! ”
Zhang Yun saw Chongzhen scolding, while patting his thigh there without grace, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be angry, let it pass the past, as long as Your Majesty is careful in the future." ”
"But don't be deceived by the so-called Donglin righteous gentlemen, don't lose the emperor's demeanor, even the clothes of the Han family are buried in the hands of this group of righteous gentlemen!"
"You must know that those princes and nobles, and the Donglin Party, if each family does not have 1.8 million taels of silver, they will be embarrassed to greet others when they go out, but we will leave these issues for later discussion, and now let's go back to the question just now."
Zhang Yun motioned for Yan Yingyuan to move a chair over, and only after Chongzhen, who was panting, did he redo it before Zhang Yun continued to speak.
"Just now, Your Majesty was worried that Poor Dao wouldn't be able to raise much silver, here, Poor Dao can give Your Majesty a reassuring pill, because the treasures of Poor Dao, even in this troubled world, are enough to exchange for more than 10 million taels of silver!"
"With such a large sum of silver, Your Majesty will definitely be able to buy enough food for fifty or sixty thousand troops, and in terms of iron ore, I believe that it is no problem to arm fifty or sixty thousand people."
"In this way, just say that you don't practice the fake tricks, and before you see those treasures, your majesty will probably not be at ease, so Poor Dao will go to meet the two junior disciples of Poor Dao tomorrow morning with Master Yan and his brothers."
"As long as Your Majesty sees those treasures with his own eyes at noon tomorrow, there will probably be no doubts like this!"
……
The next day, Zhang Yun got up early in the morning and was about to go to find Yan Yingyuan, but as soon as he opened the door, he was stunned to find that there were dozens of big men standing outside the door!
"Ahem, ahem......"
Zhang Yun coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, "I didn't expect you to get up earlier than Poor Dao, so in this case, let's stop delaying the time and set off immediately." ”
When he went to the forest outside Jiangyin City and found a hidden valley, Zhang Yun turned back to Yan Yingyuan and said: "Those two junior disciples of Poor Dao don't want to be contaminated with any cause and effect, so with you here, their two brothers will not show up, so I also ask Master Yan to stay, and Poor Dao will go to see them alone, and take the treasure by the way......"
After Zhang Yun walked out of Yan Yingyuan's sight, he used the non-human skills of the evolution liquid to sneak back again!
After carefully counting all the people who came with him today, and repeatedly making sure that there were no fewer people, Zhang Yun walked towards the hidden valley he had just discovered with confidence......
It didn't take long for Zhang Yun to return to Yan Yingyuan's side and said to him: "The treasure and poor road have all followed, but in terms of transportation, I'm afraid it will take more effort from Master Yan!" ”
Yan Yingyuan looked at Zhang Yun with suspicious eyes and said, "I didn't expect the Dao Chief's movements to be so fast......
"Ha, ha!"
Zhang Yun snorted and fooled Yan Yingyuan.
The group set off again, and soon found more than a dozen large boxes that Zhang Yun had just taken out, Yan Yingyuan was in good spirits, and hurriedly walked over, and after only opening two boxes, he quickly sealed all the boxes!
Turning to the people behind him: "These things are extremely valuable, and I have to bother you brothers, so be careful when carrying them......"
Yan Yingyuan was arranging for someone to carry the treasure, but Zhang Yun looked at him silently, thinking in his heart, no wonder Yan Yingyuan would be so famous in the future life.
Just at his ability to collapse Mount Tai on the top and his face remained unchanged, Zhang Yun felt that he Yan Yingyuan was indeed worthy of his reputation!
The group returned home safely, and Chongzhen saw that Zhang Yun really didn't lie to himself, and really brought back so much gold and silver treasures.
The face that has not been smiling for so many days, at this moment, finally blooms with a bright smile!
Zhang Yun looked at a middle-aged man laughing so disgustingly, and he was also a little funny, but he didn't forget to remind: "Your Majesty, now you have treasures, but being rich doesn't mean being powerful!" ”
"Next, it is up to Lord Yan to recruit troops and horses, and pull up a well-trained team as soon as possible, so that Your Majesty can enter Nanjing City in a beautiful manner......"
"Yes, yes......"
Chongzhen hurriedly responded to Zhang Yun's words, and then said to Yan Yingyuan: "Yan Yingyuan, I will appoint you as the chief military officer first, you will quickly recruit troops and buy horses, and if you make great contributions in the future, I will definitely not treat you badly." ”
Yan Yingyuan was taken aback, and at the same time a little excited, this was appointed as the chief military officer?
Thinking of his previous identity as a canon, at this moment, Yan Yingyuan had some tears in his eyes, and hurriedly knelt down and said excitedly: "Minister, Yan Yingyuan, will definitely not live up to Your Majesty's trust......"
After Chongzhen turned around and left, Zhang Yun was about to go back and have a good night's sleep, but Yan Yingyuan jumped up at this time, pulled Zhang Yun's arm and said, "Dao Chief, how can these treasures be sold?" ”
Zhang Yun turned his head and asked strangely: "Could it be that you, Yan Yingyuan, have been doing the history of Jiangyin City for so long, and you can't handle such a little treasure?" ”
After thinking about it, Zhang Yun said again: "You can go to those rich and noble families to take over this large amount of gold, silver and jewelry!" They definitely have cash. ”
Yan Yingyuan was stunned, it was the first time he had seen such a generous person...... After a pause, he spoke: "It's not that Yan can't do it, it's just that these treasures belong to the Taoist after all, and Yan always has to ask the Taoist chief first to deal with it!" Otherwise, who would Yan become? ”
"Ha, ha......"
Hearing Yan Yingyuan's words, Zhang Yun acted as a hermit and laughed a few times first.
Only then did he turn around and say to Yan Yingyuan very forcefully: "These treasures, Poor Dao doesn't care at all, Poor Dao went down the mountain this time, just to restore the clothes of the Han family, even if he was robbed for this, he didn't hesitate to say that with Poor Dao's ability, will these things be lacking?" ”
"This time, if Poor Dao didn't count the Han family's troubles, plus he had a relationship with one of His Majesty's ancestors, how could he let go of his free life and risk being robbed and go down the mountain to muddy the waters?"
"So as long as Lord Yan Shi uses the silver taels exchanged for to revive the Ming Dynasty, Poor Dao will have no opinion at all, even if Lord Yan Shi lets go and helps His Majesty to rejuvenate Daming as soon as possible, even if you pay ten times more treasures for this, Poor Dao will not care."
After speaking, Zhang Yun pretended to leave Yan Yingyuan's sight very forcefully......