Jing Zhigang was overwhelmed by the source of funds for defending the city, and when he heard Gong Changyu talk about the strategy, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he was very happy. He filled Gong Changyu with a glass of wine, but Gong Changyu didn't serve the wine immediately, stood up and said, Master Jing, a thousand acres of public land, what is the annual rent?

When it comes to land rent silver, Jing Zhigang has a book in his heart, and during the Xiantong period, farmers in the south rented paddy fields to pay land rent and silver according to the degree of fertility. The public land of Wuyou County is the best area of Wuyou County, the rent silver is from one or two to one or two, and the maximum number of 1,000 acres of paddy field is only about 1,500, and the construction of city gates and forts is tens of thousands of taels of silver at every turn, and the rent of silver for ten years is not enough.

Jing Zhigang was in a hurry to buy half of the public land, so it was not difficult to understand, he calculated in his heart for a while before he responded: "General Gong, the rent of the public land is a little more than 1,000 silver." ”

"Oh. If I resell all the public land, how much silver can I get? Gong Changyu asked.

"According to the current market price, one mu (equivalent to 0.92 mu) of high-grade paddy fields is calculated for thirteen taels of silver, and all of them are sold for thirteen thousand taels, which is not enough." Jing Zhigang moved the iron fan on the table.

"Then you still fooled General Ben and said that you could get together 100,000 taels of silver in one day, aren't you bragging about not making a draft?" Gong Changyu picked up the wine glass, and when he held it hard, the wine glass shattered, and he stared at Jing Zhigang's face full of meat.

"I ......" Jing Zhigang couldn't help but have dense beads of sweat on his forehead, took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat, "General, wasn't I in a hurry just now?" ”

"Forget it, you Jinshi are used to talking about it, and General Ben doesn't care about it. General Ben asks you again, how many shops are in Wuyou City? How much is taxed? ”

"There are more than 500 large and small shops, and the taxes range from 10 taels to 100 taels, and the annual income is about 15,000 taels." Jing Zhigang replied truthfully.

"Very good. We started with the merchants and asked them to consciously pay for us to repair the city gates and forts. Gong Changyu took a new wine glass, and Jing Zhigang hurriedly filled him with a glass.

Gong Changyu said that starting with merchants was carefully considered. When he was on the ox cart, Lu Zanchen told him that Jing Zhigang opened an antique trading house in Wuyou City in the name of others, bought it at a low price, sold it at a high price, and took an antique with it, which was hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the treasure of the town was a "closed moon and shame light" sword of King Duliang of the Jingming Dynasty, which was worth 30,000 taels of silver. In the entire Wuyou City, there are no less than ten merchants who can take out 30,000 silver tickets at a time.

The sword of the king of Duliang was originally kept in the mansion of the small king city of Duliang, and after the fall of the Jingming Dynasty, the palace was guarded by soldiers sent by the county government. More than two hundred years have passed, and the magistrates of Wuyou City have changed twenty or thirty, and no one dares to break the idea of closing the moon and shaming lightsaber.

When Jing Zhigang first arrived in office, he worked hard to build himself into a clean official image of a "good county" who was honest and diligent and thrifty in front of the people and subordinates. Jing Zhigang did do some practical things for the people, such as reducing rents and taxes, building water conservancy projects to clean up garbage and silt in the moat, organizing people to plant trees and afforestation by the Yudai River in the south of the city, and personally leading his subordinates to the countryside to support farmers during the busy farming season, so as to win the trust of the people.

When they were in the county office, they wore clothes with a lot of patches, and the people really thought that their "parent official" was Ximen Leopard's rebirth. After making some political achievements, Jing Zhigang was a little fluttering.

Half a year later, he moved into the palace under the pretext that the county government's house was too poor and the family was not enough to live, and the palace became his private residence.

After living in the palace, Jing Zhigang often thought that as an official, it was a day to be confused, and it was also a day to be sober. No matter how well you do it, in the end, it's not a person who goes to politics, even if there is a "10,000 umbrellas"? Why not take the opportunity to make a profit, whether it is the country or the people.

Wuyou City, the former royal city, never belonged to the royal family, and the royal family was just a symbol of this city. Every brick and stone, a tree and a tree, a tower and a temple, a bridge and a road in the royal city all belong to the common people who were born and grew up in the city, and it is they who interpret the yesterday and today of the royal city. It is these ordinary people who connect the past and the future. I, Jing Zhigang, am just a hurried passerby.

So, Jing Zhi just started to attack the palace, and he became more and more bold, and took the valuable treasures in the palace as his own, and bought almost everything that should be sold, leaving the beams and pillars of the golden silk nanmu not demolished, and opened an antique dealership, Jing Zhigang, who was guarding and stealing, made a lot of money in three years.

Before the arrival of the Blue Wolf Army, he transferred all the silver to the secret passage under the palace, so his property was unscathed, but he was still crying poor in front of Gong Changyu, what a cunning corrupt official! Jing Zhigang never thought that Gong Changyu's strategy to start with the merchant was to start with his antique dealership.

"General Gong, what's the trick?" Jing Zhigang took the chopsticks and clipped a fish head to Gong Changyu.

"Mr. Yin, how about you give us an idea?" Gong Changyu twisted his head to the old gentleman beside him.

"General, the old man is old, and he can't think of any better way. But to build the gates, I was the first to donate. Mr. Yin took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and counted them, "Please take a look, it's a total of five thousand taels, see if it's right?" ”

Jing Zhigang County ordered Mr. Jianyin to take out so many silver tickets, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed the silver tickets, only to see that the ticket numbers on them were all "Sheng Maoxiang", and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and instantly became polite, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Old man, you have generously donated money, and this official has thanked you on behalf of the 100,000 citizens of the city and the 500,000 people of Wuyou County." Thank you so much. ”

Gong Chang met the silver ticket and was snatched by Jing Zhigang, and reached out to take it back, but his cousin Zhu Rongchu grabbed him: "Don't worry. Let's see Mr. Yin's reaction first. ”

"Lord Jing, this silver ticket belongs to the 'Mao Shengxiang' money bank, and it can only be withdrawn if the old man himself goes." Mr. Yin said slowly.

Jing Zhigang is the son of a blacksmith, his family is poor, and he has never used a silver ticket, even after becoming an official, he also put the silver in the box at home and stored it, and never saved it in the money bank, because he was afraid that the money bank would eat his silver, so he naturally didn't know how the silver ticket could be turned into silver.

When Jing Zhigang heard this, his face turned green with anger, and he threw the silver ticket on the table: "Mr. Yin, you are fundraising, isn't this teasing me?" ”

"Your Excellency, you don't even know how to use the silver ticket, do you?" Mr. Yin laughed.

"Isn't it possible to go directly to the market with a silver ticket and buy something?" Jing Zhigang took a sip of wine.

"Wrong. The method of withdrawing silver tickets is very complicated and requires the ticket to be delivered to the person. Cashing has to go through cumbersome anti-counterfeiting procedures, and the money saved can only be taken out after making sure it is correct, and there is a 'no payment under the lamp' rule. Mr. Yin stroked his beard and snorted.

"Oh. I got it. Then can you take me to the bank and go to the silver now? Jing Zhigang replied.

"My lord, I'll talk about it when you're eating. No hurry, no hurry. Mr. Yin waved his hand.

"That's fine. Mr. Yin, this swim bladder is for you. Jing Zhigang sandwiched a fish maw into Mr. Yin's bowl, "Eat more of this thing, you can nourish your body and prolong your life." ”

"Master Jing, no wonder you are almost in your ear, you still have black hair, and you don't see the slightest sign of aging......" Mr. Yin smiled.

"Isn't it? Lord Jing married an eighteen-year-old second room this year, and he is full of energy. County Cheng Ma Wenling interjected.

"Ma Wenling, what are you talking nonsense. That concubine was given to me by someone else, not married......" Jing Zhigang said in a hurry.

"Oh, my wife can send it. Lord Jing, you have such a big face, who in Wuyou City has such a good heart, tell General Ben that I want him to send me one too. Gong Changyu took off his armor, rolled up his sleeves, and rubbed his hands.

"General Gong, that girl hasn't had a room with the official yet, if you like it, I'll give it to you." Jing Zhigang carried the wine jug and brought a circle of drinks to everyone seated.

"No, no. A gentleman doesn't take away people's love, you still keep it for yourself. Gong Changyu shook his head again and again.

"General, if you see that little girl, you will hook your soul, and I will have someone send it to Xuanfeng Tower for you." Jing Zhigang insisted.

"My lord, I said no. General Ben just said casually, casually. Gong Changyu laughed, "I didn't think Lord Jing was serious." ”

"General, I won't tell you, my yellow-faced woman is very powerful, and the rich merchant hid that girl in the inn, and now he doesn't have time to see it." The corners of Jing Zhigang's mouth were hooked, and his face was black.

"Master Jing, let's get down to business. The matter of raising silver taels, with the five thousand taels donated by Mr. Yin, there is still a difference of fifteen thousand taels, what should I do? Gong Changyu stood up and looked at the soldiers next to him who were still drunk and open, with a blank expression.

"Brother Jichang, I saw a sword in the 'Duliang Antique Shop', which is said to be of unknown origin. The common people said that the sword had been drained from the palace. Lu Zanchen said.

"Oh, that's it. Is the sword still in the antique shop? Gong Changyu pretended to be surprised.

"A few days before the Blue Wolf Army entered the city, they inexplicably disappeared." Lu Zanchen responded, "I went to the antique store to treasure today, but I didn't see it." ”

"The treasures in the palace are priceless, can they be guarded by special personnel?" Gong Changyu said.

"General, it's Lord Jing's family who lives there." Mr. Yin picked up the conversation.

"No, no, no...... Before the Blue Wolf Army enters the city...... My family moved out. Jing Zhigang's face turned white suddenly, and his tongue twitched.

"Lord Jing, you'd better give me an honest explanation, did you sell the sword to an antique dealer?" Gong Changyu's eyes widened, staring at Jing Zhigang deadly, and he could see that his heart was furious.

"General, this official is in the county government every day, and he is busy with official business, so I don't know anything about the sword." Jing Zhigang refused to admit it.