After the negotiation is settled.

Early the next morning, Li Jinniu, who had made a little preparation, put on a set of flying fish clothes with minimal sewing, hung a sharpened Yanling knife on his waist, and followed Qi Chunnian and the others out of the house.

Before leaving, Li Jinniu asked Qi Chunnian to borrow fifty silver dollars, handed them to his wife, and advised: "Take good care of the children, I will be back soon." ”

Liu Yueniang wiped the corners of her eyes, nodded and said, "Go and come back quickly, don't do anything fatal." ”

"Daddy, daddy, you're going to bring me something delicious when you're back!" The youngest daughter said coquettishly.

"Good! Whatever you want to eat, Dad will bring it to you. ”

Li Jinniu picked up his daughter, kissed her little face, and then put her down, gritted his teeth, and left without looking back.

……

Out of Yangzhou.

Hop on an e-bike.

Although the power in the battery is not very sufficient, with the human-powered riding mode, the journey of more than 200 miles is more than half a day to return to Xujiazhuang.

Li Jinniu, who was sitting in the back seat, was very surprised, the bicycle thing, he had seen it in Yangzhou, and he was already very surprised, but he didn't expect this kind of electric-assisted bicycle, not to mention running faster, but also very labor-saving, with a stronger load capacity, and it was okay to run five hundred miles a day.

Much better than the best horses.

If it is this kind of electric bicycle, it can equip a large number of Ming troops.

Or let the elite in the army not collect at night, equip a number of vehicles, the combat effectiveness may not be greatly improved, but the mobility will definitely be greatly enhanced, obviously make up for the disadvantages of the lack of good horses in the Ming Dynasty, and the military value is very great.

But I didn't have much time to sigh.

Stayed overnight in the paradise of Xujiazhuang on earth, met the legendary Xu Zhuang owner, chatted a few words, sighed about the young and promising Xu Zhuang owner, the next day, Li Jinniu continued to follow Qi Chunnian this team, riding a light carbon fiber bicycle without assistance, Li Jinniu who could not ride, then rode a double car with others, Li Jinniu sat behind, and each person carried a large bag of fifty pounds of materials, a total of 50,000 silver dollars, for road expenses and the capital dots.

The team then headed north, traveling 300 miles a day, and was expected to arrive in the capital in seven days.

Meanwhile.

Xu Jiazhuang also sent another elite escort team of hundreds of people, escorting more than a dozen boxes full of silver dollars (the silver dollars were minted by Xu Yuan in a modern factory), and then rented a small fleet to fill the cabin with rice, wheat and other grains, first to the Grand Canal, and then along the canal all the way north, to the destination of Jingshi.

Based on the daily march of 40 miles, it is expected to arrive in more than a month.

In order to avoid any unexpected situations, these two teams not only carried enough money, but also brought radio stations for communication, weapons for self-defense, in addition to stab-proof suits and recurve compound bows, as well as several sugar grenades, which should be able to easily deal with water thieves and bandits.

……

Soon.

August 29.

After several days of hurrying, in just five days, Li Jinniu, Qi Chunnian and other people successfully arrived in the capital and entered the heart of this old empire.

Then it took three days to carry out all kinds of dots, spending more than 20,000 silver dollars like flowing water, which bought off many eunuchs in the palace, especially with the help of Cao Huachun, the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi, and learned that there were Jiangnan righteous merchants who wanted to offer silver to the imperial court to help alleviate the financial predicament of the imperial court.

Imperial Palace, Nourishing Heart Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

"Jinyi Wei Baihu Li Jinniu greets Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live long live! ”

When he saw the emperor for the first time, Li Jinniu was very excited, kneeling on the ground and bowing again and again.

Qi Chunnian next to him only knelt down and bowed: "Grass people Qi Chunnian, meet Your Majesty." ”

"Two of you, please."

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen held his hand and instructed the side: "Give the two of you a seat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Li Baihu, you said that there are Jiangnan righteous businessmen who intend to give silver to the imperial court to bail out, may I ask who this Jiangnan righteous businessman is? How much money do you want to give? Do you have any requirements for the imperial court? ”

Zhu Youzhen asked straight to the point, this opening and closing is silver, which is obviously not in line with the meaning of the sage, but he is really short of money, every tael of silver is a straw to save the country, as long as he can get silver, what if he deigns to meet the businessman? It's better than meeting with cabinet ministers dozens of times, and they have nothing to do but raise taxes on the people.

"Your Majesty, that Jiangnan righteous businessman is Xu Yuan, the owner of Xujiazhuang in Xinghua County, Yangzhou Prefecture, and he does not want to offer silver to the imperial court, but wants to lend silver to His Majesty.

Li Jinniu corrected.

"Xu Jiazhuang Xu Yuan?"

Zhu Youzhen immediately remembered and said: "What you are talking about is the richest man in Jiangnan, who has freed up countless novelties, it is said that Xu Yuan, who is rich enough to rival the country, is he going to lend money to me?" ”

"It's my owner."

Qi Chunnian bowed his hand and took over the conversation: "Xu Yuan, the owner of my family, is benevolent, righteous and kind, thinks of the monarch and thinks of the country, and is quite good at business, with a slight thin yield...... Fortunately, Ming Jun is in power, and he has more heart to cheer up, so he wants to help the king serve the country, and is willing to lend 1 million silver dollars to help His Majesty do some modest efforts! ”

"A million taels?!"

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up, and he trembled, this money was really a lot, but when he thought that it was borrowed money, he was not very satisfied and said: "Since it is Sijun to serve the country, why is your owner borrowing instead of offering?" Will I have to pay back this money in the future? ”

He secretly said in his heart, that Xu Yuan is so rich, only a million taels of silver, and he has to pay it back, sure enough, it was a businessman, and he fell into the eyes of money, the so-called Sijun serving the country is all fake, if it is true, how can he say the loan.

He was suddenly a little interested, now the court has no money, the inner secretary has no money, not to mention borrowing a million silver, that is, borrowing 10,000 taels or 1,000 taels, I'm afraid it won't be repaid, what he needs most is someone to really dedicate himself to the country, not to be rich enough to rival the country, and to say a borrowed word.

"Your Majesty, didn't you hear the story of Zigong's ransom? Millions of silver dollars, my owner is not unable to donate to the imperial court, but donate once, you may be donated a second time, the third time, to the back of the donation, not to donate, reduced to moral kidnapping forced donation, just because my owner Sijun to serve the country, so must donate until the bankruptcy, in this case, my owner not only can not afford it, other wealthy businessmen see, I am afraid that they will also be afraid of donating silver, since then no one has donated money. ”

Qi Chunnian said: "And in the name of borrowing silver to help the imperial court, firstly, to avoid moral blackmail, secondly, with the credit endorsement of the imperial court, businessmen are also willing to generously donate money to help the imperial court bail out, as long as the Ming Dynasty is forever, do not worry about not being able to return, businessmen and the country have common interests, in order to avoid debts can not be cashed, the more businessmen who lend money to the imperial court, the more they will help the imperial court, and then form a solid community of destiny." ”

"In the end, in order to show the sincerity of Sijun to serve the country, the owner of my family lent this batch of millions of silver dollars to His Majesty without interest, no need to write an IOU, you can repay the money at any time, and you can't afford it now, but ten or twenty years later, the court's finances will improve, and there will always be a day when you can afford it."

Listen to this explanation.

The young emperor nodded repeatedly.

Reasonable.

It really makes sense, just now he thought shallowly, and even forgot the allusion of Zigong's ransom, now it seems that the owner of Xu Zhuang really wants to help the court.

But why did Xu Jiazhuang do this?

What is the scheme?

After all, there are so many businessmen in the world, all of them are despicable and greedy, why is there only this Xu Yuan, whose ideological consciousness is so high, obviously just a businessman, but he has the world in his heart, thinking about the king and the country, what does he want to do?

The young emperor's suspicion was sick, although it was not very serious, but a seed of suspicion had been planted, and it was not so easy to completely pull it out.

Seeing that the emperor's face was constantly changing, full of suspicion and suspicion, Li Jinniu immediately said: "Your Majesty, in fact, Xujiazhuang is so generous, not only to serve the country, but also because of some troubles, I want to ask for self-preservation, Xujiazhuang is too rich, the new county commander of Xinghua County, has a shocking evil idea, wants to impose heavy taxes on Xujiazhuang, try his best to exploit it, and also collude with corrupt officials and nobles from all parties, planning to force Xujiazhuang first, and then send troops to exterminate, and finally embezzle and divide all the property of Xujiazhuang. ”

"Your Majesty, the local corrupt officials are lawless, in order to protect themselves, Xu Jiazhuang has to make this decision, I only hope that Your Majesty Mingjian, for the sake of righteous businessmen to help the country, accept the loan of Xu Jiazhuang, in addition to the future Xu Jiazhuang's taxes, also willing to send all to His Majesty's inner circle, not to be handled by corrupt officials, including this year's tax grain of 54,000 stones, tax silver 10,000 taels, is on the way to Beijing, will be delivered soon! This income is there every year, it will only increase and not decrease, although it is not a lot, but it is better than long-term stability, I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to accept it? ”

Li Jinniu stood up and said, reflecting the role of a qualified bridge.

In addition, in order to increase credibility, he also asked Qi Chunnian to take out the magical tape recorder and press the play button, so that the young emperor could hear the greed and ugliness of the local officials with his own ears, and he was angry and clenched his fists.

Of course!

When he arrived here, with the young emperor's not low IQ, he naturally understood that Xu Jiazhuang was lending money to him and paying taxes directly.

Find a backer.

I want to find him, the emperor, as a backer, to avoid being endlessly coveted and framed by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and I want to make money and operate with peace of mind.

As for the benefits brought to him, the emperor, it is not a lot, but it is definitely a lot, and there is also a channel for borrowing money, the first loan of one million means that it is not impossible to borrow the second and third in the future...... Not to mention that the problem of lack of money has been completely solved, at least it can be greatly alleviated!

The heart is moved.

Zhu Youzhen had to admit that he was moved.

But once the precedent of Xujiazhuang is opened, although he can get money and food, with the virtue of those civil officials, he will definitely oppose it and exert great pressure on him.

And for Qi Chunnian's proposal that 'local officials shall not harass and destroy the operation of Xujiazhuang, once a conflict breaks out with the government, I hope that His Majesty will stand on a fair position and properly deal with it', undoubtedly gave Xujiazhuang a huge sense of independence and autonomy, and became a 'place outside the law' that the government could not govern.

From this point of view, I can't be the backer of Xujiazhuang, and I can't give this kind of autonomy, which definitely does more harm than good.

Tangled.

For a while, the young emperor was very entangled, thinking of all aspects, and didn't know whether to agree or disagree?