Although Qin Tai has thought of a way to deal with everyone, he is afraid that everyone will suffer. So Qin Tai decided to give everyone some silver before dispersing them. At that time, Qin Tai was a six-rank official, and the imperial court gave Qin Tai eighty-one and twenty-one years of Yulu a year. However, the actual amount of silver in hand was definitely less than seventy-five taels of silver, which was an old practice of the imperial court, and it was also something that Qin Tai could not solve alone.

Qin Tai's family has a little savings, and when he came out to be an official, although Master Qin was dissatisfied with Qin Tai as an official of the Criminal Department, he was still afraid that his son Qin Tai would suffer. Therefore, Master Qin deliberately acted as angry, and was unwilling to say anything to Qin Tai. In fact, Master Qin asked for his wife, and Qin Tai's own mother gave Qin Tai a large bag of silver tickets. Qin Tai once counted it once, and it was a total of more than three thousand four hundred taels of silver, which was already a lot of wealth at that time. Over the past year or so, a little silver has been used one after another, and there are still more than 3,100 taels of silver left.

Qin Tai decided to leave three hundred taels of silver to the "old drunkard" master first. The "old drunkard" master has no children and no daughters, and he has never heard of any relatives in him. Although three hundred taels of silver is not much, you can buy a small house and a small piece of land for the "old drunkard" master in the countryside of Jiangnan, and buy some wine, so that the "old drunkard" master can live in the countryside with peace of mind and no longer have to be displaced.

Qin Tai also decided to give "Ma Sandao" a hundred taels of silver, "Ma Sandao" is not wealthy at home, so "Ma Sandao" has to do the thankless job of a jailer. There is a saying that "the head of the cell of heaven kills, the damned servant." "It can be seen that being a cell head hurts yin morality. Qin Tai once heard "Ma Sandao" say that the old lady of "Ma Sandao" once persuaded her son not to do it anymore. "Ma Sandao" also once thought about opening a butcher shop in his hometown, specializing in slaughtering pork. It's a pity that "Ma Sandao" has no business capital, and there is no suitable store. Qin Tai wanted to give "Ma Sandao" a hundred taels of silver, with this money, he could not only do business and open a butcher shop, but also decorate the house and buy a good piece of land. In the hometown of "Ma Sandao", the land price is much cheaper than that in Jiangnan. With this money, the "Ma Sandao" family no longer has to suffer poverty.

Zhan Xiaoxiao never said that he was short of money, but Qin Tai also knew that Zhan Xiaoxiao was a person with backbone. Zhan Xiaoxiao will not use the hard-earned money of her parents at home, let alone do some illegal things. Therefore, the small amount of money is not much, and it is not easy to come by. Qin Tai was going to give Zhan Xiao three hundred taels, why he gave so much, Qin Tai didn't know. He just thinks that Zhan Xiaoxiao is usually lavish, and he is afraid that he will starve and be poor in the future. He actually cares about Zhan Xiaoxiao, but he doesn't want to answer positively. He made up a passable reason for himself, "Ma Sandao" has been married and had children, and Zhan Xiaoxiao has not yet started a family. It costs a sum of money for a blind date, a sum of money for a bride price, a sum of money for marriage, money for settling down to buy a house and land, and a large sum of money for having a child in the future. Therefore, Qin Tai felt that he should give Zhan Xiaoxiao more silver, which could be regarded as some "meeting gifts" from Qin Tai's uncle to Zhan Xiaoxiao's future children. [If Qin Tai dares to disclose the figures, it is estimated that the man "Ma Sandao" will definitely hunt down and kill Qin Tai. The one who dragged his family and brought his mouth only gave a hundred taels of silver, and finished the calculation. Zhan Xiaoxiao is such a little girl's skin, can one person get three hundred taels of silver? Have you been having adultery for a long time? 】

As for Xiao Lingzi, Qin Tai was going to leave a hundred and zero silver coils for Xiao Lingzi. Let Xiao Lingzi wait for his news in Nanjing City, and it is estimated that it will not be long before he will have news back to Nanjing. Whether he dies or is arrested, Xiao Lingzi will go back to his hometown directly, and he doesn't have to wait in Nanjing City anymore. If Qin Tai really gained a firm foothold in Fujian and created a piece of the world, Xiao Lingzi would join Qin Tai in the south. One hundred taels of silver, whether it is after staying in the hotel, it is enough to go north or south.

The rest of the money is what Qin Tai owes to his parents. The Qin family does not lack this money, and it will not lead to the defeat of the Qin family because of the lack of this money. Qin Tai wants to use this money to recruit soldiers and grain, which is for the sake of the people of Fujian, and it is the foundation for his own survival.

Qin Tai is worthy of being a native of Shanxi, the son of a businessman, and he can more or less have some business experience. He calculated that going to Fujian would require at least a team of about 1,000 people to escort and listen to the transfer. These thousand people not only had to protect Qin Tai, but also grain and silver. Although the more food the better, depending on the number of people and the limitations of physical strength, you can only bring a maximum of 10,000 koku. And he should not bring less silver, but at least a hundred thousand taels of silver. In this way, the gap is big, and it is not something that Qin Tai can solve alone.

Qin Tai gave everyone the money, and he had two thousand three hundred taels of silver in his hand, plus one thousand taels of silver left by Shi Xiong, but it was only three thousand three hundred taels of silver. A thousand soldiers, a levy of one tael of silver each, plus food along the way, at least three thousand taels of silver. This is still the simplest and cheapest standard of food. If you add the equipment and weapons of the soldiers, you can't get it without tens of thousands of taels of silver. One stone of grain, according to the market price, one stone of grain is one tael and six pieces of silver. Fine grains are one stone and one tael of silver, and miscellaneous grains are one stone and six coins of silver. Even if they were the worst grains, 10,000 stone of grain would cost 6,000 taels of silver. Besides, now is a time of war, and not only does the price of grain change three times a day, but it is very likely that 2,000 will continue to rise. 100,000 taels of silver is the bottom line to suppress the common people of Fujian, and if it is less, it will not only be insufficient, but also cannot make everyone believe in themselves. A total of nearly 120,000 taels of silver was needed, and now Qin Tai only had 3,300 taels of silver, which was not even a fraction.

Qin Tai also thought about borrowing silver, of course, not from rich merchants, nor from the common people, but from the imperial court. However, Qin Tai immediately realized the difficulty, the imperial court would not believe the words of such a petty official, and besides, they all seemed to have an enmity with him. Qin Tai himself knew that he had offended Yan Song's father and son, and had brought down several reserve cadres left by Yan Song's father and son in the locality. Not only did these people fail to rise to prominence, but they also became prisoners of the Criminal Department. Don't say that the treacherous and cunning Yan Song Shoufu, even the short-tempered Yan Shifan gritted his teeth with hatred. Xu Jie is an old fox, and since he refused to join his party, Qin Tai has actually offended Xu Jie. If it weren't for Zhang Juzheng's mediation, Xu Jie would have already attacked himself. Xu Jie, a person who thinks he is a representative of integrity, is actually very ruthless than a vicious person like Yan Shifan, who often fights opponents and knocks down opponents one by one under the guise of justice. After the "Nine Sons and Ghost Mother" case, Qin Tai offended the Sima family's backer, the Hubu Shangshu, so that the people in the Hubu would not help Qin Tai. After the "Qianqiu Pavilion" case and the "Zhang Jing", "Ma Ming", and "Chen Yuan" cases, Qin Tai also offended the eunuch Lu Fang, the eunuch of the first celebrant and the eunuch Chen Hong, the first pen. In this way, Qin Tai no longer has a little room for maneuver in the center. In Jiangnan, in Nanjing, Hu Zongxian was polite to him on the surface, but in fact, Qin Tai knew that Hu Zongxian did not treat him. Don't say that Qin Tai asked Hu Zongxian for money, even if Qin Tai asked Hu Zongxian to do a small thing, Hu Zongxian probably wouldn't agree immediately. Hu Zongxian didn't speak, and no one in the entire Jiangnan officialdom and Nanjing City dared to help Qin Tai. Where did Qin Tai find so much silver, without money, Qin Tai couldn't do anything. You can only do it in a hurry.

Although Qin Tai didn't have much hope, he still gave it a try. He not only wrote to Hu Zongxian, the governor of Jiangnan, but also to the "top leaders" of the major yamen in Nanjing, hoping that they would help him. Help yourself raise all the money and equipment you need as soon as possible. But not only did there not hear a reply, but even some of the letters were sent back untouched.

Not long after, in the capital, in the duty room of the celebrant eunuch, Meng Chong, the chief of the imperial horse eunuch, that is, the fourth eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, was reading a secret report, and he was smiling while reading it. Several other eunuchs also came back to see Meng Chong, and Meng Chong stopped laughing.

The eunuch Lu Fang, the eunuch of the celebrant palm seal, frowned and said to Meng Chong, "What's the matter?" What do you see? ”

Meng Chong hurriedly straightened his attitude, got up and bowed his head and replied, "If you go back to your godfather, it's from Nanjing." It said that Qin Tai, the new Fujian steward of the Criminal Department, begged his grandfather and grandmother's dignitaries everywhere to ask for money. However, the major yamen in Nanjing not only refused to allow it, but also retreated without even reading the letter. Qin Tai was anxious like a blind bear, stumbling around. ”

Chen Hong on the side gloated, but Lu Fang was not happy. He said: "Is this Qin Tai the one who went to Qianqiu Pavilion to make trouble?" Didn't he help Hu Zongxian? Did you get so much silver for Hu Zongxian? Hu Zongxian doesn't care about this great benefactor? ”

Meng Chong didn't take it right away, but Chen Hong on the side spoke. He said: "Back to Godfather, this Qin Tai is the Qin Tai you always remember." But Hu Zongxian is an ungrateful person. He would never help Qin Tai. Otherwise, Qin Tai would not have been transferred to Fujian so easily. The son thought that Hu Zongxian might be playing tricks in it, and maybe he was adding fuel to the fire. ”

Lu Fang sighed and said, "Actually, this kid has done us a great favor. Don't talk about the matter of Qianqiu Pavilion, that is, the matter of Zhang Jing and fake Chen Yuan, if it weren't for him and Ma Ming, the consequences would be unimaginable. But after all, this child is an outsider, and he is not easy to discipline, otherwise I really want to train him well. Forget it, leave him alone. He'll be fine. ”

Chen Hong's eyes shrank, and he hurriedly said, "What does godfather mean, will someone help Qin Tai?" ”

Lu Fang glanced at Chen Hong, although he was a little dissatisfied with him, but still replied: "Hong'er, you are getting more and more sloppy. Who is Tan Lun? Whose man is he? What did he do in Jiangnan? Have you forgotten? It seems that you, the governor of Dongchang, are becoming more and more incompetent. ”

Chen Hong ignored Lu Fang's criticism and immediately thought of the crux of the matter. By the way, it's this Tan Lun. Only this person can help Qin Tai, it is possible to help Qin Tai, and only then can he help Qin Tai. Who is Tan Lun? He was the attendant of King Yu and was called King Yu's right-hand man. King Yu is the son of Emperor Jiajing and is the most likely person to become the next emperor in the future. Yuwang's teachers are Xu Jie, Gao Gong, but the most trusted people are Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun. King Yu was concerned about the war in Jiangnan, and specially transferred his attendant Tan Lun to Zhejiang to join the army for a term. Nominally, he was just a small five-rank member of the army, but in fact, he supervised Hu Zongxian and the generals on behalf of King Yu. Hu Zongxian could ignore Yan Song and Xu Jie, and he would not take care of the celebrants, but he had to scruple about Tan Lun, who was sent by the future emperor Yuwang. This Tan Lun represents King Yu in Jiangnan, everyone knows that behind Tan Lun is King Yu, King Yu is the future emperor, and offending Tan Lun is offending the future emperor. So everyone didn't dare to underestimate this Tan Lun, and they didn't dare to go against Tan Lun's intentions. Whether it is King Yu or Tan Lun, they are all people on Zhang Juzheng's side, and of course they will help Zhang Juzheng's friend Qin Tai. The reason why Qin Tai can continue to survive in officialdom is because of Zhang Juzheng. King Yu and Tan Lun privately wanted to take care of Qin Tai on behalf of Zhang Juzheng, and Yu Gong Qin Tai's trip to Fujian was related to the stability of Fujian. Yuwang wants a peaceful world and a stable Fujian, so Yuwang and Tan Lun will definitely fully support Qin Tai. Qin Tai may be the only last straw in Fujian, it is related to the stability of the world and the stability of Jiangnan, Tan Lun will definitely support Qin Tai. Hu Zongxian just wanted to control Jiangnan, but King Yu wanted a complete Jiangnan.