Wang Gang stood in the center of the hall, and the merchants were all standing, because there were too many people to sit down on their knees. There were hundreds of people in the bustling city, and some small businessmen did not stand in the lobby. It's outside, listening.

Although Wang Gang's reputation in Jinyang is not very good, he is quite respectful in front of these businessmen.

Wang Gang stretched out his hand and pressed it, and the lobby suddenly fell silent, and Wang just opened his mouth.

"I am looking for you to come here today, there is something to ask you for a favor, and I also know that I am very busy with the shopkeeper, so I will make a long story short"

"General, please speak, as long as you can use us, please feel free to speak"

"Yes, General Zhenbei, please surrender, I dare not guarantee others, our Li family will definitely be the first to stand up"

"What are you Li family? Our Taiyuan Xu family hasn't spoken yet."

There was a sudden noise from below, and Wang Gang laughed heartily and spoke.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, when I finish the matter, you will make a decision. I'm naturally grateful for the help. I won't blame you if I can't help."

Wang Gang was worried that they would quarrel again, and then spoke.

"I want to build the Zhenbei General's Mansion in Jinyang, so that it is convenient to handle military affairs and arrange non-commissioned generals. However, I don't know if you are willing to help me."

As soon as Wang finished speaking, there was a commotion and whispering.

"Our Li family is willing to donate three million dollars for the construction of the General's Mansion," said the head of the Li family, who spoke just now. It seems that the status of this person in charge of the Li family is not low, and he will donate three million when he says he will donate.

"Our Xu family is willing to donate five million dollars," said the head of the Xu family. Since the last time the Xu family made a lot of money in Jinyang City, they have been nervous, for fear that the Xinzhou Pastoral Association will find them to retaliate.

"Our Deng family also donated five million money" The Deng family and the Xu family are connected, and they also hurriedly jumped out to express their position.

The bottom was noisy again, one million, two million kept talking, Wang Gang had to raise his hand again, and waited for the merchants to calm down before speaking.

"I guess you misunderstood what I meant, I didn't ask you to donate money, but to borrow money. If it is returned after one year, half of the interest will be paid. Moreover, I will take the twenty acres of land around the General's Mansion as a guarantee, and I will also write an IOU, which will be stamped with the seal of General Zhenbei, and I will also sign and draw the pledge. What do you think? ”

"Don't bother, we trust you, don't want interest"

"Everyone came to Taiyuan to make money, how can you use your money in vain. I thank you for your trust in the Zhenbei General's Mansion, but the documents that should be signed still have to be signed. Have you gone back and consulted with the elders of your family before giving me an answer? If you think about it clearly, you can ask Fan to sign the document. In addition, gold, grain, and copper coins are all available, and they are all at half the interest, and the use time is one year."

As soon as Wang finished speaking, he saluted the many merchants and walked out of the hall.

The hall was boiling again, originally thought that Wang Gang was looking for them to donate some money and food, which is normal in other places, and the merchants have become accustomed to it. But Wang Gang actually asked them to borrow and repay the interest. and mortgaged the land and the general's mansion, which really surprised them.

"Quick, report this matter to the head of the family, let him make a quick decision, don't fall behind, and then it will affect our voice in Bingzhou," a small voice in charge said to his entourage.

The others also made moves, and suddenly dozens of horses galloped out of the market and headed for the surrounding counties. Some also went to Luoyang, Guanzhong, and even Xihe County.

And in the study of the Xihe County Mansion. Taishou Lin sat in the center, and on the left and right sides were Liang Jiong, the commander of the county, and Zhao Yan, the commander of the capital.

Lin Zhi's expression was serious and he was silent for a long time. It took a long while before he spoke.

"Ding Tingshi went to Luoyang, I don't know what will happen to this new Wang Zhoumu"

Lin Zhi suddenly felt a little tired, and Ding Yuan fought secretly for a few years, Ding Yuan has always wanted to meddle in the government affairs of Xihe County, but he has not succeeded, Xihe County was operated by Lin Zhi Iron Bucket, originally thought that he could live a stable life for a few years, but Ding Yuan was transferred back to Luoyang, and sent a general in the north of the town and the state pastor.

In fact, the reason why Ding Yuan has not been able to control the annexation of the state is because Ding Yuan has no military power in his hands, although he has the title of a general who protects the Huns, but there are only two or three thousand soldiers, and even Zhang Yi of Taiyuan County has not done it, let alone Xihe County.

Xihe is a large county, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led 36 counties, but with the decline of the Han Dynasty, the continuous harassment of the Xiongnu and Qianghu, many county towns were deserted, became the pasture of the grassland people, now only Lishi, Zhongyang, Pingzhou, Lin County, Yuanyang, Yuanyin, Pingding, Guangyan, Meiji nine counties, is the remaining county seats, but also often shrouded in the iron hooves of the Huns, there were Shangjun as a barrier before, with the fall of the whole line of Shangjun, the fall of Xihe County is only a matter of time.

While resisting the Huns, he also had to deal with the struggle for power and profit in the history of the state assassins, which made Lin Zhibei tired. But in his early fifties, his hair is gray, and his body is not as good as before, not because of their Lin family, who have lived in Xihe County for generations, he sometimes really wants to resign and go into hiding.

"There are only two kinds of governors in charge of the localities, meddling in local government affairs and controlling the local army. The newly appointed state pastor will also start from these two aspects, but the new Wang Zhou Mu has not yet sorted out Taiyuan County, and he has no time to take care of Xihe County for the time being."

Juncheng Liang Jiong is a scribe in his thirties, calm and quick-witted. Handle the government affairs of Xihe County in an orderly manner, and he is the person that Lin Zhi relies on the most. Almost everything will be discussed with Liang Jiong.

"Why does this imperial court always send some such people to the state, and what has become of the state now. Still thinking about fighting for power and profit, I don't know how to defend against foreigners, it's chilling"

Zhao Yan couldn't help but complain, as a military general, Zhao Yan did a very good job, whether it was training soldiers or resisting the Huns and Qiang. Every battle must be the first, and the martial arts are strong. There is nothing to say about marching and fighting, but there are too few soldiers in Xihe County, the money is meager, the food is thin, and the population is sparse. It could not afford to raise a large number of troops, and there were 3,000 soldiers in Xihe County, and 200 to 400 in other counties.

"Ji Shu, where do you think the Wangzhou Pastor will start first" Ji Shu is Liang Jiong's word. As for what Zhao Yan said, he didn't take it seriously at all.

"The subordinates thought that Wang Zhou Mu would start with military power, he was the general of Zhenbei, and he was in charge of the military affairs of the state, and it was reasonable to forcibly intervene in the army of Xihe County" Liang Jiong also felt a little tricky, which was essentially different from Ding Yuan's assassination history.

"Do we have to wait and let him control the military power of Xihe County?" asked Lin Shi with some reluctance. Judging from the news that Taiyuan returned, Wang Gang brought 14,000 soldiers and directly stationed in Jinyang, and the Taiyuan County Campaign had no right to speak.

"The subordinates have a way, although they can't stop Wang Taishou from interfering in Xihe's military, but they can also make him not adjust Xihe's generals."