Wan Qian refers to whether the peak can bear the righteousness and benefit of the forty-third section

The officer and his subordinates laughed together, and the heaviness before leaving, as well as the solemn atmosphere when discussing the military situation, were suddenly swept away.

"Okay, Brother Li, I want you to leave the last batch, and before leaving, hand over our detailed work and intelligence personnel to Master Zhang Pan. ”

"Obey the order, Marshal, what about the meticulous work of the slaves in our army?"

"If they run away these days, let them go, and if they don't, take them with them. Yellowstone gave the order without hesitation.

"Yes. Li Yunrui was not surprised by this order, since he wanted to deceive, he would deceive to the end, and he would not give Houjin a chance to realize that the information was wrong and correct the mistake: "Dare to ask the marshal, when will you deal with these details?"

"Let me think about it," Huang Shi pondered for a moment, there was no doubt that Li Yunrui had no problem with destroying them after going to sea, but Huang Shi had other considerations about this: "There is no need to deliberately destroy them, we may have to return to Liaodong in the future, these people may still be used." ”

"Yes. There is one last thing, Liu Xingzhi sent someone to send a letter, hoping to go with us, since the marshal suggested that he put a long line and catch a big fish, the last general suggested that he might as well refuse him and let him continue to provide information for Dongjiang Town in Houjin. ”

To Li Yunrui's surprise, this question made Huang Shi think for a long time, and finally agreed with him with difficulty: "Okay, but remember to tell Liu Xingzhi that my Huang Shi's eyes will always be on Liaodong and on him forever." ”

After the official business was over, Huang Shi stared at Li Yunrui for a while. only looked at the latter uncomfortably, and after a while, Huang Shi sighed: "Brother Li is really dignified and quite manly. ”

"The handsome man praised it falsely. Li Yunrui waited for a long time to come to such a sentence, but the second monk couldn't figure it out, so he only responded stupidly.

Huang Shi picked up the top letter on the side of the table, threw it heavily on the table, and asked with a stiff face, "Inspector Li." Do you know who wrote this letter to Ben Shuai?"

Li Yunrui listened to Huang Shi's tone suddenly not kind, and he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart. He thinks he's never done anything wrong, and besides...... Li Yunrui scanned the letter with a peek, although he couldn't see the handwriting on it clearly, but he still noticed that it was not an official letter, it must be a private letter, so he still replied honestly: "The last general doesn't know, please punish the marshal." ”

"The last time I went to Liaoyang. It seems that you are taking good care of her, and his brother wrote to me about you, saying that he would like to see Li Dusi. ”

Huang Shi's words made Li Yunrui's heart beat wildly, and he had vaguely guessed what might happen, and his face was as red as Guan Gong.

"I've only been away for a few days, and Little Lady Chen has only been on Changsheng Island for five days, right?" Huang Shi looked at Li Yunrui, suddenly burst out laughing, and praised him: "Brother Li is really a good means. ”

Huangshi laughed for a moment before coughing. He waved his hand to interrupt Li Yunrui's plea, and handed Zhao Yinggong's letter to the latter to read for himself: "Zhao Tong's sister has returned to Zhao's house, I don't know it, fortunately you left late, hurry up and get hired, otherwise you won't be able to cover it up." ”

As he spoke, Huang Shi took out another bag of silver. Thrown into Li Yunrui's hands: "Now that my younger brother and sister have a body, don't worry about money, hire a big car, hire an old mother, and go by land." ”

"Xie Dashuai. ”

On September 26, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Huang Shi embarked on the sea route to Fujian, and most of the officers and soldiers of his battalions of descendants volunteered to follow, and the military households of Changsheng Island also enthusiastically signed up, vying to be the first to go with Huang Shi. In the end, Huangshi paid for it, and all pregnant women and mothers with young children hired cars to go down to Jiangnan by land.

Relative to the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. The Bohai Sea is as calm as a bathtub. Fortunately, there are many experienced sailors on Changsheng Island, and they are all trained by Kazuo Kuroshima over the years. Although this voyage would also follow the coastline, for safety reasons, Yellowstone still sent a group of sailors back from the Black Island Fleet.

The whimpering horn sounded, and the birthplace of a large number of former Dongjiang Town military households was slowly moving away from them, and these officers and soldiers could only pay attention to the places where they lived and fought. Although the military families on Changsheng Island have fled from thousands of miles away, Changsheng Island at least belongs to the land of Liaodong, and I don't know where to go on this long-distance wandering, and I don't know if I can come back.

Huang Shi also stood on the deck of the ship and looked north, and the island of eternal life gradually turned into a black dot in his vision.

"Shuai, can we still come back?"

A soldier suddenly asked such a question behind Yellowstone, and his questioning caused a sigh of embarrassment. When Huangshi said that he was going south, the officers and soldiers of Changsheng Island enthusiastically signed up out of trust in Huangshi and this collective, but when they really faced this moment, a large number of officers and soldiers could not help but cry.

"Maybe, maybe not. Huang Shi frowned, and the feelings in his heart were also complicated. He hoped that the Liao affair would subside from now on, and the Ming court would no longer recruit him to return to Liaodong, but there was another voice in his heart laughing at this wishful thinking, and that voice urged him to speed up his pace to quell the rebellion of Lu'an, and then prepare to go north again as soon as possible to clean up the mess.

"After following Dashuai for so many years, the villain has been meeting his childhood friends in his dreams, always hoping to return to his homeland alive one day, and see that they have all survived. The soldier's voice trembled a little, and his lips trembled slightly open: "But the villain also knows that this is mostly wishful thinking." ”

"The old people in their hometown always say that people should return to their roots. The officer on the left picked up the sentence with a sigh of emotion. Six years ago, he followed the flow of refugees from Liaozhong to North Korea, and was separated from his whole family on the way, and then happened to meet Huangshi to go to sea, when a young man less than twenty years old followed Huangshi to Changsheng Island as a military man, and took root to create a world. Now he is going to sea again with Yellowstone. Enter a whole new world.

The officer took a deep breath and said loudly and forcefully: "Marshal Mao once said that our Dongjiang Town is like a dandelion, and our officers and soldiers in Dongjiang Town are going to take root. ”

"Dongjiang Town, I won't forget you, but we have to put down roots. Rooted ......"

The officers and men on the ship all waved their arms vigorously to the land of Liaodong and confided their hearts with all their might. Yellowstone tiptoed back from the agitated crowd, knowing he didn't need to comfort his men anymore.

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October 12, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Dengzhou

This month, Liu Qingyang has not been idle, and the merchants who come and go with Changsheng Island have made appointments for him to meet with a large number of business owners in Shandong and Beizhili. Liu Qingyang took the trouble to reassure them again and again that this was indeed Huangshi's loan money, and the repayment was also guaranteed by Huangshi's reputation. But everyone still seems to be a little uneasy, and many businessmen have publicly expressed it. If Huang Shi came to borrow money in person instead of being a guarantor, they would feel more at ease, and they would also consider lending Liu Qingyang more money.

After urgent discussion by the Dark Council, Liu Qingyang, as the first president and fundraiser plenipotentiary appointed by Huangshi, finally decided to borrow money from merchants in the name of Huangshi and Funing Town, and the name of this loan was finally finalized as: "Pingman's Great Loan".

It is expected that the borrowing method will be divided into two types, the first is the borrowing that will be repaid after one year, with an annual interest rate of 10%. This interest has surpassed the usury of Shandong and Beizhili; There is also a three-year repayment loan, with a profit of up to 50%, and the above two IOUs will be stamped with the seal of "Pingban General".

After using the "Pingman Big Loan" to raise money, Liu Qingyang would lend the money to those merchants who participated in the maritime trade according to specific needs. The standard set by the Dark Council was that, in addition to the normal payment of sea taxes, the profits of these merchants should also be distributed to Yellowstone according to the amount of money borrowed. After making a profit, the merchants can use their dividends to redeem and repay the loan until they have completely taken the purchase and sale for themselves.

But no matter how much money the merchant invests himself, even if all the funds are used in the "big loan", the Dark Council will guarantee him at least 10% of the dividends, and they will not work for Huang Shibai anyway. This kind of cooperation model of the white wolf with almost empty gloves has aroused the interest of many businessmen, although the open sea trade is full of risks, but the rewards given this time are really rich, so in the end more than ninety percent of the patriotic businessmen have made a choice and began to plan to run the sea trade.

These days, a large number of merchants rushed to the wharves of Shandong and Beizhili to collect sea ships and sailors. And ordered a large amount of silk and raw silk. For a time, Luoyang paper was expensive. Ship rentals in places like Leiden and Tientsin have risen, and even the salaries of sailors have risen by at least 10%.

According to the regulations set by Yellowstone. In addition to those former merchants, anyone who has recently purchased 1,000 taels of military tickets for the Dongjiang Army can also participate in the sea trade loans, and those who have purchased 100 taels of military tickets can also participate in the sale of loans. As a result, there were people who made a special trip to sell goods to the Dongjiang River to exchange for military tickets, and then brought back to ask to participate in the Fujian Maritime Trade Plan.

In addition, there are also many businessmen who have the attitude of earning less and cannot let go, and also ask someone to buy 100 military tickets for Dongjiang Town, which meets the minimum requirements for participating in the borrowing place, and requires borrowing money to open a few shops. Liu Qingyang told them that once they participated in this plan, they would give priority to the supply and sale of goods from the merchants designated by the Dark Council, and they all agreed.

Zhen Yucun, the new governor of Dengzhou, pretended not to know that this was a loan, and he reached an agreement with Liu Qingyang, that is, theoretically speaking, Zhen Yucun was only notified that this was a donation activity for the purpose of pacifying the barbarians, and how Liu Qingyang was fooling around was Huangshi and Funing Town's own business, and it had nothing to do with him Zhen Yucun.

A few days ago, Zhen Yucun promised to lend the central hall to Liu Qingyang for 15 days, and the excuse they found was: Zhen Yucun was guaranteeing in the name of the Dengzhou government to ensure that Liu Qingyang was not a liar, and the silver donated by businessmen from all walks of life in Dengzhou could also fall into Huangshi's pocket and be used for the great cause of pacifying the southwest.

Then Zhen Yucun said that he was going to Jinan to report to the governor, and Zhen Yucun set off in a hurry early yesterday morning, and told Liu Qingyang in advance that he would come back in Jinan in fifteen days from today.

In front of a yard full of merchants, Liu Qingyang asked his subordinates to carry out a large box of blank IOUs printed with the seal of General Huangshi, and after showing them to the visiting businessmen one last time, Liu Qingyang asked everyone to come up in order to subscribe for the debts.

"Five hundred taels of silver. Three years. ”

"Okay. When the soldiers of Changsheng Island on the side counted the silver taels, the clerk next to him filled in the IOU, just when he wrote fifty percent of the money.

"Wait," the merchant stretched out his hand to stop the paperwork, and he smiled and nodded at the position of the money, "Here, just write a centime." ”

The clerk's eyes widened: "Three years is fifty percent of the money." ”

"Yes, I know. The merchant nodded yes, and then said with an unchanged smile: "The old man has a lot of money. I didn't come here for this little money, but I came here today because I heard that Huang Dashuai sent troops to the southwest to quell the rebellion, and he came to contribute a little bit of money, even if he didn't want to make money, it didn't matter. ”

Then the other man did not wait for the clerk to speak, and hurriedly said, "Here are also five hundred taels of silver." It's the same for three years, and the profit is the same as the old gentleman before, just a cent. ”

The old man in the back was a loud voice, and he shouted as if everyone didn't know: "The old man's in-laws were originally from Guangning, and it was thanks to Huang Dashuai that they were able to escape from the Sun thief." Last month, my eldest daughter-in-law added a grandson to me, and this time I heard that Huang Dashuai was raising funds in Dengzhou. The old man made a special trip to cheer Huang Dashuai. ”

The surrounding crowd suddenly resounded a few cheers, the second businessman was even more excited after hearing it, he looked around the crowd and shouted: "This five hundred taels of silver old man is not going to ask Huang Dashuai, hey~~~ The old man takes a fancy to this Huang Dashuai's general seal, from today it is the treasure of the old man's town, and it will be able to bless the old man's family to turn evil into good fortune and ghosts." ”

As soon as these words were shouted. The sound of color in the crowd suddenly sounded again, and many people nodded yes, saying that Huang Shiyi Bo Yuntian was righteous, even if he donated some silver, it was also his due righteousness, and many people echoed him: "If you can invite Huang Dashuai's evil spirit home, it is worth spending hundreds of taels of silver." ”

"Thank you to the old man for his help," the two of them were at the front of the line, and when they spoke just now, Liu Qingyang was afraid that they were coming to make trouble, so he hurriedly listened carefully. It was just symbolic for these two people to ask for money, after all, Huang Shi said that it was a loan. People want a profit to give Huangshi face.

Liu Qingyang walked over and took the pen from the clerk's hand. Personally wrote the IOU carefully and handed it to the first merchant: "Please take it from the old man." ”

The merchant took the IOU and looked at it a few times. Stunned, he said: "I said that it would be good to fill in a cent, why do you still fill in fifty percent?"

"The old man's righteous act, I thanked Huang Dashuai on behalf of him. However, today's loan has been set to be fifty percent of the money, Tong Su is not bullied, and the old man Haihan is invited. Liu Qingyang bowed respectfully, and the people fell silent for a while, and the old merchant repeated it several times, stubbornly must reduce the profit a little.

But Liu Qingyang is more stubborn than him, although he is extremely polite in words, but he insists that this money is fifty percent: "If the old man has a heart, please borrow more money from my family, of course, the profit is still fifty percent." ”

In the end, the old businessman couldn't resist Liu Qingyang, so he had to reluctantly take Liu Qingyang's IOU with fifty percent interest, and left extremely awkwardly. When he heard Liu Qingyang and the old man arguing just now, the second person behind the old merchant was already unhappy, and when he saw Liu Qingyang write him an IOU of five hundred taels of silver, a three-year term, and fifty percent interest, although the merchant knew that he was facing a general, he still couldn't help jumping three feet high:

"This general, the grass people are willing to donate this silver to Huang Dashuai, the old man just now is also a righteous act, and he is willing to share worries for the country, why do you insist on blocking it, general, aren't you Huang Dashuai's subordinates? Why do we want to help Huang Dashuai's salary and you have to oppose it?"

"Thank you to this brother Tai Gaoyi, Ben Jiang's father is also a merchant in Beizhili, and Ben Jiang also knows that it is not easy to earn some silver...... "Of course, Liu Qingyang can't have the slightest disgust with businessmen, because he was born in a merchant family, but after his explanation, the merchants in the middle hall also felt close.

Listening to Liu Qingyang talk about the hardships of running business and the hard work of escorting goods along the way, these businessmen felt the same way. The second merchant sighed a few times and then said loudly: "This general is invited, there is absolutely no problem for me to take these five hundred taels out, and it can be regarded as repaying my in-laws' kindness." It's not easy for us to make some money. But if you have a strong contribution, one person can contribute ten taels of silver, and you can add wine and meat for Huang Dashuai's brothers. ”

The businessman's words caused another voice of approval, and when this person saw that he was in the limelight again, he turned around and left with joy in his heart: "Forget it, the five hundred taels of silver are placed here, and I don't want Huang Shuai's IOU." ”

The merchant shouted. He strode towards the door.

"Stop him. ”

Liu Qingyang shouted behind his back, and the soldiers of Changsheng Island who guarded the door crossed their spears when they heard the sound. And he stopped the merchant. The merchant was obviously in a hurry, his expression changed greatly when he saw this, and he could no longer care about Liu Qingyang's identity, so he turned around sharply and shouted angrily: "General, what do you mean by this?"

When the merchant turned around, Liu Qingyang had already separated the crowd and walked over, holding an IOU of five hundred taels of silver in both hands. said in an unwavering tone: "This brother, my family commander has a military order, this 'Pingman Big Loan' is a loan, not a fundraiser, whoever leaves the silver land, must let him take the IOU away." This credential, please be sure to accept it. ”

Looking at the fifty percent of the money on the IOU and the vermilion seal of the "Pingban General", he looked up and looked around. The merchant found that the whole audience was looking at him intently, and he immediately felt disgraced, so he waved his hand angrily: "I came here today to sincerely help him, and I am by no means greedy for this fifty percent dividend, and the general will inevitably think that I am too small." ”

Liu Qingyang maintained the posture of holding the IOU in both hands. Unmoved, he repeated: "My handsome family has an order, today is a loan, not a fundraiser, since this brother Tai has left silver, please take the IOU away." ”

The merchant felt that he was too old to get off the stage, so he exclaimed angrily: "If this general says that he will not accept the payment, then I am willing to take the silver with me!"

Liu Qingyang was silent for a second, waved his hand and asked people to send five hundred taels of silver, and said to the stunned merchant: "In that case, please take the silver away from this brother." ”

The merchant and Liu Qingyang looked at each other for a moment. Finally snorted. The splitter grabbed the silver from the soldiers of Immortal Island and turned away angrily. Liu Qingyang waved his hand behind him, and the guards at the door turned sideways and let the person out.

......

On October 20, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the Huangshi Institute arrived in Funing.

After arriving in Funing Town, Huang Shi hurriedly organized manpower to buy fruits and vegetables, and at the same time vigorously strengthened sanitation regulations to help his subordinates survive the period of water and soil adaptation, while he led the engineering troops to investigate the local geographical situation.

"It's really Jiangnan, there is a lot of water here. ”

Since the Xiaoice River period, the rainfall in the north has decreased greatly, and in the past 50 years, Liaodong has not seen a river with abundant water. Fujian has mountains and rivers and many rivers, which makes the children of Liaodong who have just arrived here sigh with envy. Fan Leyou immediately selected several sites for the construction of waterwheels, and also planned the construction plan of the reservoir:

"Dashuai, let the craftsmen of Immortal Island come as soon as possible. I don't know if I need to build a lot of reservoirs, anyway, the windmill will not be used for a while, with the amount of water here in Fujian, our machine tool is enough for three shifts a day. ”

Huang Shi nodded approvingly. After a few days of rest for the sailors on the ship, they will set off again for Liaodong, and in two months they will bring back a large number of machine tools and skilled workers. Now what Funing Town has to do is to repair enough waterwheels before they come back, whether they need to build a reservoir in the future or not, anyway, Huangshi knows that he can produce a large number of hydraulic machine tools.

The military cantonment in Funing Town does not seem to be very reliable, because a lot of military land is on paper, and for more than two hundred years, many so-called "borderless lands" have been occupied by civilians. If the army and the people fought for land, the local government would generally favor the peasants, after all, these were the people of the land under his rule.

There were other so-called "borderlands" that were also taken away by military households and hereditary petty officers, and Huang Shi knew that if he forcibly reclaimed the land, he would be taking food from many poor military households. Although those hereditary petty officers were powerless to fight against Huangshi, Huangshi was also unwilling to offend their interests, so as not to cause panic among the old people in Funing Town, thinking that these Liaodong disciples would drive them out.

The most crucial point is that although there is a lot of water in Fujian, the land is not as fertile as that of Liaodong, and many of the military tuns are sand fields in the mountains. The old part of Huangshi is accustomed to seeing the people of the Great Plains of Liaodong, and the quality of the land makes them not very satisfied. In the end, Huangshi simply continued to owe the land first. Anyway, many of them have not farmed at all in the past few years, but have worked in various projects in the Huangshi area. Now Funing Town is in ruins, and there is so much work that needs to be done, Huangshi simply sent all the military households to the construction site to continue working.

As for the future, Huang Shi estimated that there would be no less work in the future, only more and more, so he was not very worried in his heart. As long as the sea trade can be vigorously launched, Huangshi will pay for the land. Sooner or later, you will be able to buy the land back.

"Alright, everything is ready. Just wait for news from Lu Shang. Huangshi stomped the land under his feet, as long as Lu Shangken ran sea trade along the southeast coast, this land would soon become the main economic source of Huangshi. The sea journey from Fujian to Japan is not far, and based on the local dialect of Funingzhen, the penetration of Chōshū will not only not weaken, but will continue to strengthen.

"Everything is good in Fujian, but it lacks big trees. ”

In the past two days, Fan Leyou accompanied Huangshi to many places in Fujian. Because Fujian has had the habit of running to the sea since ancient times, so in the past thousand years, large logs have long been cut down to make boats. Whether Huangshi wants to run a sea trade or clear out pirates, it needs a lot of shipbuilding, and Fujian can use a pitiful amount of wood to make large warships.

Facing the small trees on the mountains of Fujian, Fan Leyou, the chief waterwheel expert under Huangshi, couldn't help but sigh: "When we were in Liaodong, we didn't have enough water power, but now we have water power. As a result, there is no wood again. ”

Huang Shi also asked some local military households in Fujian, saying that in recent years, if the Ming naval divisions in Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang provinces wanted to build large warships, they generally carried wood from the Yunnan-Guizhou region, or imported it from the Indochina Peninsula and the South Seas. The amount of large timber in Fujian and Guangdong is too scarce to be enough for large-scale shipbuilding.

"Maybe in the future we can transport from Liaodong. "A water conservancy worker who followed Huangshi to explore the terrain once stayed in the Kuandian area, and the thousand-year-old forest in the Changbai Mountains has always been Chen Jisheng's best barrier. The guerrilla army of the Dongjiang Right Association fought black bears there in peacetime and Houjin soldiers in wartime, and Lin Hai was their homeland.

The Ming Dynasty ruled Changbai Mountain for more than 200 years, although there were many Han people in Liaodong, but it was just hunting, and few trees were cut down, so the trees there were tall and dense, according to the military household, the big trees that the two could not hug together abound on Changbai Mountain, and the northeast was cold and frozen. Trees grow more slowly, so the texture is denser. It should be suitable for shipbuilding.

"It's not that I can't think about it," Huang Shi didn't immediately deny the idea. The cost of shipping timber is not easy to say now, but if it is not very high, it is really difficult to find people who take advantage of timber more than Chen Jisheng, not to mention that the quality of timber in Changbai Mountain is rarely compared: "Maybe I really want to go back to Dongjiang Town to buy wood, well, it is more convenient to cut wood than to dig ginseng all over the mountains, Vice General Chen has nothing else, that is, there is a forest, his wood must be the cheapest in the world, and I can also give him some hacksaws for nothing." ”

After making everyone laugh easily, Huang Shi stood up for a long time: "But this is all for later, all of this requires a lot of silver, and only after Brother Liu raises the money, can we show our strength." ”

......

Seven days ago in Dengzhou, after the merchant left angrily with his five hundred taels of silver, Liu Qingyang went back to work as if nothing had happened. At that time, many people were a little puzzled, and they didn't know why General Liu was angry with his enthusiastic donors. But at that time, the work was busy, and everyone had to hide their doubts in their hearts.

Afterwards, a good deed person raised this question to Liu Qingyang, Liu Qingyang pondered for a while, and felt that it might not be easy for his subordinates to understand his thoughts directly, so he said lightly to the officers and soldiers of Changsheng Island: "Let me tell you a story, this is a story about the saint and the saint's disciples. ”

Liu Qingyang read a lot of books when he was a child, which naturally included the Analects, so he naturally came to Confucius with his life and deeds: "It was the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Lu State formulated a law that if the Lu people saw their compatriots being sold into slavery in a foreign country, as long as they were willing to pay to redeem the people, then after returning to the Lu State, the state would compensate them." This law was enforced for many years, and many people who had been displaced in other lands were saved and returned to their homeland. ”

"What a good law!" the audience said in unison.

"Later, the saint had a disciple named Zigong, who was a very wealthy merchant. He ransomed many Lu people from abroad, but refused to be compensated by the state, because he thought he didn't need the money and was willing to share the burden of ransom for the country. ”

"What a good man! He is truly a disciple of a saint. And all the people cheered for Zigong in unison.

Everyone's praise made Liu Qingyang smile slightly, and he waited until everyone's voices calmed down a little and said: "But the sage scolded Zigong more than once, saying that Zigong's move hurt heaven and reason, and harmed countless compatriots in Lu who were in trouble. ”

"Ahh

Everyone suddenly let out an exclamation. Since Confucius said that this matter was not done right, then of course everyone believed that Zigong had indeed done wrong. But no matter how they think about it, they think that Zigong is a good person, and he has obviously done a great good deed for the country, how can it hurt heaven and reason?

When the officers and soldiers of Changsheng Island were talking, Liu Qingyang kept laughing, and after a while, they didn't talk about the reason, so they gathered around Liu Qingyang again and shouted in unison: "General Liu." You don't want to sell it. ”

"The sage said that everything in the world is just the word righteousness and profit, and the original law of the country of Lu is just a word of 'righteousness' in people's hearts, as long as everyone can have compassion when they see their compatriots in distress, as long as he is willing to redeem this person without fear of trouble and bring his compatriots back to China, then he can complete a good deed. Afterwards, the state will compensate him so that the person who did the good deed will not suffer losses. And if he can be praised by everyone for the 'righteousness' in his heart, in the long run, more and more people will be willing to do good deeds, so this law is a good law. ”

Liu Qingyang left everyone some time to digest, only to see that everyone nodded silently, and their faces showed deep thought.

The sage also said. Zigong's actions have certainly won him higher praise for himself, but at the same time, he has also raised everyone's requirements for 'righteousness', and those who go to ask the state for money after ransom people may not only no longer be praised by everyone, but may even be ridiculed by the countrymen, asking them why they can't share the country's worries like Zigong. The sage said that Zigong's move was to oppose 'righteousness' and 'profit', so instead of being a good deed, it was the most abominable evil deed. ”

looked at all the dumbfounded subordinates. Liu Qingyang sighed again: "The sage also said." Since Zigong, many people will pretend to be invisible to their compatriots in distress. Because they are not as rich as Zigong, or they are not as showy as Zigong. Many people in Lu will not be able to return to their homeland because of this, so the sage said that Zigong's move was hurtful to heaven and reason. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and after an unknown period of time, a timid voice sounded: "After Zigong did this, is the situation in the Lu Kingdom really as the sage expected?"

Liu Qingyang glanced at this person who dared to doubt Confucius, and said meaningfully: "A saint is a saint." ”

In the minds of this group of people, Confucius is almost a god-like image, and everyone has long been mentally prepared for this ending, but when the person asked a question just now, they had some faint expectations in their hearts, hoping that Confucius would also make a mistake in judgment, and those people of Lu who were in distress could be saved as always.

Therefore, after hearing Liu Qingyang's confirmation that the good law of the Lu country was abandoned because of this, everyone let out a heavy sigh. Liu Qingyang seized this opportunity to use the topic to play: "Today, the businessman who insists on donating, he actually doesn't realize that what he wants to do is what Zigong has already done. If I had agreed to him to donate money today, or had agreed to write only a penny of interest, the rest of the people who wanted to make a fortune would have been blamed, and they might have followed suit and given a few taels of silver and left in a hurry. And when the news gets out, all the merchants who hear about it will not believe that we are borrowing money to pay interest. ”

Liu Qingyang shook his spirit, and spit out the block in his chest: "The sage said that if you can make a lot of profits by practicing benevolence and righteousness, then the world must be full of benevolent and righteous people, and this so-called righteousness and profit are not separated." The marshal often said that whether it is the soldiers of Changsheng Island or the merchants who sell goods to us in Dongjiang, they are all righteous people who serve the country, so we are very tolerant of soldiers on Changsheng Island, and we also make profits to merchants as much as possible. In my opinion, Dashuai's move is secretly in line with what the sage said, so it is also a dignified truth. ”

Everyone was convinced when they heard it, Liu Qingyang set a high profit of fifty percent, and what he asked for was a large amount of silver, and only with usury could he attract a large amount of money. If you change the loan to fundraising today for a small profit, although you may get tens of thousands of taels of silver for nothing, you should not even think about raising millions of taels of silver in the original plan.

"General Ryu Takami. ”

Everyone finally gave a convincing voice of approval.

This praise made Liu Qingyang smile slightly: "The marshal has entrusted me with the heavy task of fundraising, and this matter is related to the food and clothing of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on my Changsheng Island, and to their weapons and armor, how dare I not do my best and think twice when encountering problems? You must keep in mind that all the acts of borrowing money to help us on Changsheng Island are righteous deeds, and all those who lend money to our border army are righteous soldiers, and of course we must not let the righteous soldiers suffer." In addition, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on our Changsheng Island are counting on the help of these righteous soldiers, and if we hope that more righteous soldiers will come forward, then we must first try our best to help these righteous soldiers profit. ”

Today is already the third day of the "Pingman Big Loan", Liu Qingyang suddenly saw two familiar figures from the crowd, and these two people seemed to have met and discussed before they came in, and they walked straight towards Liu Qingyang together.

The first to speak was the businessman who left in a bad mood the day before yesterday, he bowed deeply at Liu Qingyang, and said angrily: "This general, I was offended a lot the day before yesterday, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

The merchant didn't wait for Liu Qingyang to return the salute, and then said loudly: "I went back that day and discussed with my in-laws, and my brothers, we do other business, and there is no fifty percent profit in three years, since it is all profit anyway, it is better to use it to help Huang Dashuai, today I plan to take 40,000 taels of silver to the general, please take about three years." ”

"However," the loud-voiced businessman changed his words, and hurriedly said before Liu Qingyang thanked him, "It's just that this money is related to me, my brother and my in-laws' family property, so I must ask clearly, how does Huang Dashuai plan to return the principal and interest?"

As the merchant spoke, the old merchant nodded as he listened, apparently speaking to his heart. The old gentleman also planned to bring tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although Huangshi is famous, they are still suspicious, and they are always a little worried that Huangshi will directly charge the silver to military salaries.

"And rightfully so. Liu Qing agreed loudly, and confidently pointed towards the row of seats in the back, where there were already many businessmen: "Two of you, please take a seat, the general has already arranged the paperwork, just waiting to solve the doubts for the two." ”

These documents arranged by Liu Qingyang will patiently inform them of the purpose of the loan, although the detailed business insider cannot be revealed, but the plan has been arranged in different categories for renting ships, buying goods, opening shops and other expenses, as well as a lot of related budgets, these borrowed businessmen are a lot more relieved, plus Huangshi's reputation today is enough to shake the world, some doubts in the hearts of these people have disappeared.

At the end of October of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, when Zhen Yucun returned to Dengzhou from Jinan, Liu Qingyang had already raised more than 2.7 million taels of silver for Huangshi in these fifteen days.

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