Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

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"Cough cough!"

Liu Dongqiang coughed twice, then slowly said, "You guys, besides being small-minded and incapable of thinking, you didn't even analyze the Ministry of Household's announcement carefully!"

"Haven't you noticed that for merchants who sell grain to the court, their trading companies will be announced on the front page of the newspaper? Remember, this is the official media of the court, which means that our trading company will appear in front of all the people of Ming Dynasty. I don't need to say what this means, right?"

"This benefit alone is enough to save us nearly a million in advertising costs. Have you forgotten that we spent a fortune on advertising?"

"In addition to these, I also heard that the court will reduce taxes in the future, and there are also merchants who will leisurely consider raising grain for the court when there are major projects in the future!"

"To put it bluntly, don't think that this is the court begging us merchants, but it is giving us merchants an opportunity. Your sending of food today does not prove how patriotic you are, but it proves that you stand with the Ming Dynasty court. Since you are on the same path, you will have a share of the good things in the future!"

"Think about it, who among those who actively participated in the construction of the imperial court did not get rich?!"

"On the contrary, those who only care about their own interests and always say that they are just businessmen, aren't they getting worse and worse?"

As soon as Liu Dongqiang made this statement, all the businessmen at the scene suddenly realized what was going on.

They naturally have objections to being asked to sell grain at a loss, but if they regard this as a token of their allegiance, then the meaning is completely different!

The businessmen who were originally full of complaints suddenly had clear eyes and even began to shine.

"Now that I have said this, you should know what will happen next, right?"

"The Northern Yuan has been entrenched in the grasslands for many years. It is time for the Ming Dynasty to completely resolve the hidden dangers in the northern border. After this battle, it will be impossible to have such a good opportunity again. If we don't keep up with this step, we will be left behind!"

"Okay, that's all I have to say. I have to go check if my men are ready!"

"Haha, my Dongqiang Commercial Bank's transport fleet ranks among the top three in the country. If you have any transportation needs, you can come to me for consultation. Because I also need to transport supplies, there are not many vacant fleets. If you are late, I will be sorry!"

After saying that, Liu Dongqiang planned to leave.

But he was soon stopped by other businessmen.

"Boss Liu, you can't leave!"

"Yeah! If you leave, who are we going to talk to about the transportation business?"

"Boss Liu, you are absolutely right. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. No matter how much food we have, even if it doubles, we won't make much money when we start. But if we can get a few big projects in the future, that will be real gold!"

"Boss Liu, I'll take over the rest of your transport team!"

"Boss Ma, what do you mean? You've taken care of everything, so what should we do?"

"Hey, everyone, I, Ma, have hired Boss Liu's transport team and will give it to everyone to use for free! I only have one request, and that is to put up the slogan of my Ma's Company on the fleet!"

"Huh! Good fellow, in terms of business acumen and political acumen, Boss Ma is not bad at all!"

Perhaps it was driven by several major businessmen in Beijing, or perhaps what Liu Dongqiang said spread.

All of a sudden, merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty who had originally been uncooperative began to take active action.

The three major transport companies, Shunshun Transport Company, Nadutong Transport Company and Dongqiang Transport Company, led other transport companies to start frantic transportation. They were all rented by merchants with the purpose of transporting cartloads of grain and other supplies to Northern Zhili.

The entire process was a spontaneous act of the merchants, with no government officials involved.

There were even businesses that rented transport fleets and provided them to the people for free. The people only needed to deliver the grain to the transport teams to get the grain price quoted by the government, and then these transport businesses would directly deliver the grain to northern Zhili!

Materials from all over the country flowed into Northern Zhili like a river.

at the same time.

Commander Lan Yu's army has also arrived near the northern border.

"General, the army is running out of food and fodder!"

A subordinate ran in to report.

"How long can you hold on?" Lan Yu asked in a deep voice.

"It is estimated to take less than three days!" the subordinate said hurriedly.

"There is only this much, what's going on? Didn't this general tell us to prepare enough food and grass? How do you do it?" Lan Yu asked in a deep voice.

"General, we only have so much food when we left the capital. How much do these hundreds of thousands of people need to eat every day? It's already very difficult for us to survive until here. Besides, logistics are not our responsibility!"

The subordinate felt quite aggrieved.

Hearing this, Lan Yu fell silent again, his eyes becoming quite gloomy.

At this time, a lieutenant general beside Lan Yu said, "General, I was wondering how Ouyang Lun could be so kind as to give us 90 million in military funds. Now we have the money, but no food supplies. People are starving to death. What's the point of giving us money?!"

"First he used a large amount of money to stabilize us, and then he used this trick to cut off the source of funds. Ouyang Lun is so scheming!"

"Without food and fodder, our army will soon be disbanded!"

"General, let's go back to the capital and kill the treacherous minister Ouyang Lun first!"

Just as the lieutenant general was speaking passionately, another of his men walked in.

"General, the Ministry of Revenue sent a message asking us to send someone to the North Zhili military warehouse to collect the corresponding supplies!"

Um! ?

Lan Yu was stunned.

Go and get the supplies. Are they ready so quickly?
The lieutenant general who had just shouted that he wanted to deal with Ouyang Lun was now completely dumbfounded!

"General, this must be fake. It's a delaying tactic of Ouyang Lun! We must not be fooled!"

"If Ouyang Lun really has prepared all the supplies, why doesn't he send them directly to the military camp?!"

The lieutenant general questioned immediately. Hearing this, Lan Yu also felt that it made sense. Just as Lan Yu nodded and was about to express his affirmation, another subordinate suddenly ran in.

"General, there is a group of merchants transporting a large amount of supplies to the gate of the military camp. They say they are here to deliver supplies to us on behalf of the Ministry of Revenue!"

Um! ?

Lan Yu was shocked again!
This is delivered directly to your door?
Then he turned around and glanced at his lieutenant general who had questioned him, thinking that his subordinate might have been blessed with a mouthful!
"How much food have been transported? If there were only a few carts of food, we would have just driven them away. I am not a beggar. Can I be sent away with just a few carts of food?" Lan Yu said with some disdain.

"No, the general sent back more than a few trucks of supplies. The amount is so numerous that I can't even see the end of it!" the subordinate said hurriedly.

"What!" Lan Yu was also dumbfounded. Endless supplies? Where did Ouyang Lun get so many?
"Let's go and take a look with this general!" Lan Yu hurriedly walked out of the tent and when he arrived at the gate of the camp, it was exactly as his subordinates had described. Trucks of supplies were lined up in a long queue, and there was no end in sight.

Be nice!

Ouyang Lun actually did it.

You know, when Ouyang Lun gave him 90 million military funds, Lan Yu was wondering whether Ouyang Lun could only get money but not supplies.

Lan Yu knew that Ouyang Lun had a lot of money and controlled the Ministry of Revenue. To be honest, it was not difficult to get 90 million taels of silver, but it was different to get supplies. There were only so many supplies and it was impossible to create them out of thin air. The 90 million was just to shut him, Lan Yu!
In fact, Lan Yu didn't think about how much supplies Ouyang Lun could get for him. He planned to buy them with his own money, and then burn, kill and plunder along the way after arriving at the grassland.

With money and soldiers, why worry about not winning?
After the Northern Yuan Dynasty is annihilated, he can take advantage of Ouyang Lun's poor preparation of supplies as an excuse to severely report Ouyang Lun. By that time, Ouyang Lun will be completely trampled under his feet!
But when he saw so many supplies blocking the entrance of his military camp, Lan Yu was completely stunned. For a moment he didn't know whether to be happy or angry.

"Where are the people from the Ministry of Revenue escorting the supplies?!"

Lan Yu wanted to figure out what exactly happened here!
But after shouting for a long time, no one stood up.

At this time, a man who looked like a businessman stood up and said, "I, Ma Jianzhen, greet the great general!"

"Are you from the Ministry of Revenue? Why have I never seen you before?" Lan Yu looked at the man in front of him with confusion. He knew many officials in the Ministry of Revenue, but he was sure that he had never seen this guy!

"In reply to the general, I am only the fleet manager of Shun Shun Transport Company, not an official of the Ministry of Revenue." Ma Jianzhen said truthfully.

"There are no officials from the Ministry of Revenue!" Lan Yu was stunned again, "No, if there were no officials from the Ministry of Revenue escorting you, then you came here on your own?"

"Yes, we were originally going to deliver the supplies to the Beizhili warehouse, but the Ministry of Revenue sent us a message saying that our convoy was closest to the general, so they just asked us to deliver it directly. It just so happened that the Beizhili warehouse had too much supplies!"

Ma Jianzhen replied: "We are all volunteers to deliver the supplies. Not only us, but also the common people along the way, we all walked and formed a convoy!"

"The general has received the supplies. He will sign and stamp the receipt for us, and then we can go to the Beizhili warehouse to hand it in."

Ho!
The Ministry of Revenue didn't even send anyone, but these merchants and common people spontaneously formed transport teams one after another to deliver supplies to the front line. Are these merchants and common people so obedient now?

Lan Yu was more and more shocked as he looked at the merchants and common people in front of him with high spirits.

This Ouyang Lun is really scary.

"Collect these supplies, check them one by one, and then sign and stamp them!"

Lan Yu nodded and did not refuse.

With so many supplies, only a fool would refuse. Everyone wants to fight a war of abundance!
Although Lan Yu really wanted to deal with Ouyang Lun, Ouyang Lun gave too much and he could not refuse.

Military expenditures were secured and supplies finally arrived.

The morale of the invading army rose again!
The relevant news quickly spread in the court. After learning that the logistical issues such as military expenses and supplies for the expeditionary army had all been resolved, all the civil and military officials were shocked!
At the Duke of Korea’s residence.

Li Shanchang's face looked quite ugly at this moment.

boom!
Li Shanchang slammed the table heavily.

"Why is this happening!"

Li Shanchang couldn't understand it. When he heard that Ouyang Lun actually gave 90 million to Lan Yu as military expenses, he was extremely shocked. But at that time he didn't care too much, because Li Shanchang knew very well that the most important thing in managing logistics was not money. Ouyang Lun controlled the Ministry of Revenue, so it was not difficult for him to forcibly take out 90 million.

The real difficulty lies in the preparation and allocation of materials.

The Beijing-Pingcheng Railway Project and several previous major projects had almost consumed the Ming Dynasty’s material reserves, especially the court’s inventory.

Dispatching troops to the Northern Yuan Dynasty was a completely emergency event, and there was no time to prepare supplies. In particular, it had been a long time since the imperial edict was issued by the court, but there was still no movement from Ouyang Lun. Li Shanchang thought that this time it was a safe bet, and Ouyang Lun was bound to be charged with delaying military affairs and failing to perform his duties.

But things turned around too quickly. After Lan Yu got the 90 million, he directly assembled his army and set out. Afterwards, Ouyang Lun prepared the supplies directly in Northern Zhili. As soon as Commander Lan Yu's army arrived, sufficient supplies were delivered immediately.

Such logistical support is absolutely impeccable!
"What kind of existence is this Ouyang Lun?"

Li Shanchang suddenly understood Zhou Yu's state of mind! Why did Zhou Yu have Liang?

Even when he was fighting with Liu Bowen, he had never been so desperate.

What scared Li Shanchang the most was that these things were reported to him by his own spies after they got the information. So far, he had not received any news reports from the generals commanding troops outside, especially Lan Yu.

You should know that when Lan Yu went to the battlefield, Li Shanchang specifically told Lan Yu to inform him in time no matter what happened, so that he could provide Lan Yu with some advice and strategies.

However, the army had been out for such a long time, but he had not received any secret letters from Lan Yu. Li Shanchang thought that there was a problem with the person who delivered the message, so he sent someone to investigate. As a result, he got the news that Lan Yu did not write any secret letters.

Could it be that Lan Yu has nothing to report?

of course not!

Lan Yu wrote memorials to the Cabinet and His Majesty every two or three days, and his writing was extremely clear and concise. Li Shanchang also learned many things from the memorials.

This made Li Shanchang feel very uncomfortable.

I, Li Shanchang, am still the leader of the Huaixi Party. You, Lan Yu, are so disrespectful to me. If I let Lan Yu become the leader of the Huaixi Party in the future, where will there be a place for me, Li Shanchang? !
At this time, Li Shanchang even thought of taking action against the supplies for the expeditionary army. As long as there was a problem with the supplies, Ouyang Lun would be the first person directly responsible, and secondly, Lan Yu could be warned, killing two birds with one stone. However, there were also many disadvantages. Firstly, if the truth was exposed, he, Li Shanchang, would not have a good end. Secondly, if Lan Yu knew about this, it would affect the unity within the Huaixi Party.

For a moment, Li Shanchang was unsure.

"What should I do?!"

(End of this chapter)