Now the most important thing is to raise the 500,000 taels of silver in place, with the relationship of a piece of heaven in the outer city, Tang Tong first started from the merchants in the area of Langfang Street, and invited the owner of this area to drink tea in Tongfu Teahouse, and the invitation was sent out three days ago in the name of the yamen.

On this day, outside the Tongfu Teahouse, there was a group of thugs under Tian Gong and his subordinates, all of whom were murderous and domineering, so that idlers and others did not dare to approach. Forty or fifty soldiers stood by the wall of the teahouse, armed with swords or spears in their hands, and they were imposing. As soon as those proprietors or shopkeepers came in, they knew that this was a Hongmen banquet, and they were all terrified, since they came and left, they couldn't leave, so they could only stay carefully. The scene seemed very depressing, and they didn't speak to each other.

When the time came, there were still a few that had not arrived, Tang Tong angrily took out his matching knife and slashed at a chair next to him, and the chair was split in half. The proprietor and shopkeeper present had never seen such a scene, and they were all frightened and did not dare to squeak.

Tang Tong shouted loudly; "Someone! Go and escort me to those who have not yet arrived!".

Ren Zhizhi went down with a dozen soldiers and a few men of Yitian, and it would take a while, so he couldn't be idle, so Tang Tong beckoned to Mo Lixin.

Mo Lixin is the main book, and he is Tang Tong's deputy, mainly doing some copywriting and office chores, which is within his scope of responsibility. As soon as he came up and stood on the stage, he took out a piece of paper, held it high and said loudly: "Guangji Bridge was washed away, and Xiding Gate has been closed for two or three months, and now it is very inconvenient to go out of Xicheng, everyone has seen it. If you want to build the road, you need silver, and the household department does not have a special fund, so the military department will raise it, and the military department has no money. We can only borrow from the owners, but we do not borrow in vain, and the money is the same interest, and we guarantee to pay it off within three years. Now let's take a look at the contract for borrowing.".

As soon as the words were finished, several officials began to send the contract to the owners and shopkeepers, and at the same time, Mo Zhubo was still talking; "Our loans are divided into five grades, one hundred taels for small businesses, two hundred taels for medium merchants, five hundred taels for large-scale businesses, one thousand taels for many branches, two thousand taels for large merchants, of course, there is no upper limit, many are also good, those who come today are on the scale, five hundred taels of silver can still afford, and now the owners can start to lend.", after speaking, he glanced at the shopkeeper and the owner under the stage, and everyone reacted differently, most of them were whispering eagerly, and they did not dare to speak loudly. The fierce soldiers around him couldn't help but feel frightened.

As soon as the words fell, the shopkeeper Wu of Tongxing South Goods Store held up two thousand taels of silver tickets and shouted loudly while going on stage; "Tongxing Changnan store, willing to borrow 5,000 taels.".

Mo Zhubo knew that it was Tang Tong's shop, and immediately laughed, and immediately stretched out his hand and said; "Please go to the front of the desk to go through the formalities, and those owners or shopkeepers are willing to borrow.".

Some of the merchants who have said hello to Tian Gong know that they can't hide, and they will give interest anyway, and they will put it in the bank, so why offend the government and bullies, and they will also come up to borrow, but there are still some people who are waiting.

At this time, the few proprietors or shopkeepers who did not come were caught by a group of soldiers into the teahouse, and they stood in front of the stage in an orderly manner, facing a group of people who did not borrow money in the audience. They are all proprietors and shopkeepers who were captured from their own shops, and the proprietors are all powerful people, and it is impossible to forcibly arrest them from their homes. The timid are at a loss, the bold are not right, there are strong owners and backstage, they are fearless.

At this time, Tang Tong held a knife in his hand, walking back and forth in front of them, sometimes slapping the knife on the palm of his hand a few times, staring at the standing cadres, etc., "The merchants who have borrowed money can go, and those who have not borrowed it can please serve them tea, if they wait until noon, they will call the most expensive table of dishes for the whole banquet, and the money will be paid by them. If it's night, let's go to the Fulai Inn and open two upper rooms, and we will sleep well with it, but the money is theirs.".

Tang Tong waved his knife around again, and said to the proprietor and shopkeeper in front of the stage: "You didn't even give face to the military department, stand up for me!", some of them had never seen this kind of scene, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to squeak, but some of them still held their heads high, just because they had a very hard backstage.

One of the proprietors accused Tang Tong: "You soldiers, lawless, I will sue you!".

As soon as the words fell, Tang Tong slashed over and said, "I'll let you sue!", the bun was shaved off, the hair hung down, covering the face, how could that person have seen this, and he was stupid all of a sudden. A proprietor next to him flashed a knife before meeting him, and he fell down in fright and collapsed on the ground.

After Tang Tong made such a fuss and intimidation, many people paid the money and went through the formalities. It's close to noon, and those who haven't paid it all have government backgrounds, and they're still struggling. So Tang Tong said to the nearest person, "Are you the owner of that store?".

The man was tall and tall, with a domineering attitude, "I am the shopkeeper of Xinglong Silk Village, and my brother-in-law is Long Shijie, the servant of the ministry.".

Tang Tong didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a sneer; "Jinmao Tiger Dragon Shijie's Xinglong Silk Village, Cao Gexiang's people, since I dare to do it like this, there must be a relationship with the sky, so to speak! Cao Gexiang knew that he would not participate in this matter! It seems that you are also a shopkeeper, the stepping stone of the gate of the Dragon Mansion costs a hundred taels of silver, and the Dragon Mansion can't take out two thousand taels?", the man heard that it was true, and suddenly softened, knowing that these soldiers are really not easy to mess with, but they are still holding on.

Tang Tong approached the man, "I heard that the Long family has recently recruited thieves, fortunately, the things are well hidden, where are the good things?".

Tang Tong leaned his head into the man's ear and said a few words, then turned to the group and said; "Do you want me to say it?".

After hearing this, the man made a 180-degree turn, and immediately changed his words, "Deliver!" Xinglong Silk Village will be handed over immediately!", the man quickly waved his hand and summoned his entourage to go back and get the silver.

Tang Tong smiled indifferently and came to a person again, "You are the Jiang shopkeeper of Nanhe Pawnshop!" I want to buy a house in Huazhong Hutong in Xinshi Street, I heard that you are very familiar with it, you can run errands for me, and I will pay for the benefits!".

This Jiang shopkeeper got a lot of benefits from his death, and bought a house from the owner, listening to Tang Tong's words, he was afraid that Tang Tong would break his words. Even the Dragon Mansion was handed over, and he just had an excuse, so he stammered a little; "Nan and the pawnshop are getting ready to cross!".

Tang Tong talked privately with a few proprietors or shopkeepers who knew about privacy, and gnawed down a few difficult bones. The people who were arrested after all paid the money reluctantly, and the people who were present in Xidingmen to run the yamen suddenly relaxed their nervous mood.

Seeing that there were still a few sitting people who had not paid at noon, Tang Tong said to Mo Lixin impatiently; "Go and order a good table for a few owners, the owners are hungry, we are hungry, and someone is in for a treat! We only pay for the tea, and the food and drinks are the owner!".

There are still people who understand, and some people suddenly say; "Don't bother Lord Tang, I'll hand it over right away and go back to eat!".

Other proprietors or shopkeepers know that the whole banquet will cost twenty taels of silver to say the least, and the big ones will be paid, so why should they carry it and spend twenty taels of silver to entertain them, so hurry up and pay them all! Shortly after noon, it was all handed over.

Mo Xinli has long known that this matter is difficult to do today, and he is also ready to keep a day. I didn't expect Tang Tong's words to be done, and I couldn't help but admire! No wonder Zhu Siliang and Hu Jin didn't come, these two were hiding from each other.

For two days in a row, they invited the proprietors and shopkeepers of other commercial streets in the outer city to come to Tongfu Teahouse for tea, and they had already heard that the shops on Langfang Street had borrowed money, basically five hundred taels of silver, and they should be deposited in another place to save the money in the bank, so as to be relaxed and comfortable.

The inner city was invited for five days, and a total of more than 480,000 taels of silver was raised in eight days, and the difference of more than 10,000 taels was not to be worried. The people who followed him for eight days were very hard, especially Mo Lixin, in fact, Mo Lixin didn't want to come himself, he couldn't help it...

When the matter was done, Tang Tong said to Mo Lixin; "Mo Zhu Bo! Let's have dinner, I'll invite everyone to the Huangxiang Hotel tonight, I can't afford to have a full banquet!".

Then he said to Ren Zhizhi; "You bring a few soldiers, accompany Shen Zhu Bo to deposit the money in the money bank, and then come to the Huangxiang Hotel with Shen Zhu Bo!", after speaking, he and Mo Lixin walked out of the Tongfu Tea House.