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Chapter 356
"Send 30 silver coins to Master Xu first, wait for a month or two, and I will send another 30 silver coins over..." Yang Reform's first sentence was to allocate 30 silver coins, and the internal funds quickly bottomed out.

"...If it is not enough, I can add more. The matter of the raft must not be delayed... Tell Master Xu to let him be bold and let him do it. I support him... By the way, I also issued a decree, Strictly order Zhou Yanru to rush to Ningxia Town in time, and buy enough rafts in time. If there is any delay, stagnation, or inefficiency in doing things, I will never forgive..." Yang Gai hastily dispersed the officials, Start working on it alone.

"The servant obeys the order, so I will send someone to draw up an order." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Send someone to tell Fan Weicheng, let him send someone to Fugu County, Shaanxi Province, to conduct an exclusive interview with Shi Kefa, to use Shi Kefa as a typical example, an advanced example to promote, and to make the immigration officials wholeheartedly for the victims of the disaster. It was shown through the mansion newspaper, and the story of the sheepskin raft was also included this time, so as to increase the confidence of the victims. By the way, the mansion newspaper should also enter Shaanxi as soon as possible. Here, I heard the report from the mansion." Yang Reform gave another order, although he ordered the Secretary of General Administration, but whether Fan Weicheng listened to the Secretary of General Administration or not was another matter, and Yang Reform gave another order.

"Your servant has written it down..." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Also, at Li Ruolian's... mention, no, borrow 100 million taels of silver and calculate the interest..." Yang Reform originally wanted to take the 100 million taels directly, but after thinking about it, it's better to borrow it. If you own your own cash machine, then the bank will not be able to continue to operate. Even if you have control and don't "borrow" all the bank's money, it is difficult to guarantee that the next emperor will have self-control, and it will still be formed in your own hands. One rule, although it doesn't seem very nice, but let's start with myself, the emperor himself has never owned "the world", so, borrow it, borrow it, and shame it.

"Ah! Your Majesty, do you really want to borrow money? Pay back the interest? Your Majesty, the servants are afraid that Li Ruolian will not accept your Majesty's interest..." Seeing that the emperor actually asked to borrow money, Wang Chengen felt that it was really embarrassing for the emperor, so he hurriedly stopped it.

"It's okay, you can borrow in the name of Yang Reform, not in my name. This is the rule, and you have to do this in the future, otherwise the bank will not be able to open? If I can withdraw money from the bank at any time, let those The minister knew that he thought the bank was my second internal money, and he was afraid that if the internal money was exhausted, he would rely on the bank. If this continues, no matter how much money there is in the bank, it will not be enough for those people to worry about..." Yang Reform explained .

"Well, that's true... I obey, Your Majesty, I will do it now." Wang Chengen thought about the emperor's words, and felt that what the emperor said made sense. Whatever he was doing now, the ministers were all staring at the emperor's internal funds. If you know that the emperor can withdraw money from the bank at will, I'm afraid that there will be another place to watch eagerly in the future.

"Forget it, I've borrowed everything, I'll write another IOU, and I'll give you two cents for the interest..." In order to establish the rules, Yang Reform did not hesitate to use words to testify. Of course, he would not use Zhu Youjian's name, but Yang Reform.

"Ah! Your Majesty, this is really inappropriate. It's fine to borrow it. If you still make a written statement, then in the future..." Wang Chengen was very anxious, this thing is a bomb!The whole world belongs to the emperor, and the emperor also wrote an IOU to others. What does this mean?This is a blow to the sanctity of the emperor, the divine power.

"It's okay, I'll borrow it under Yang Reform's name, I won't sign my real name..." Yang Reform explained with a smile.

Wang Chengen had nothing to say.It was borrowed by the emperor, and it was not borrowed by the emperor. It depends on how to say it. This can only follow the emperor's will.

Shaanxi.

On the official road from Xi'an Mansion to Ningxia Town.

A line of fast horses is galloping.

There were no more than a dozen people in this group, and the leader was Zhou Yanru, the deputy imperial envoy.

Zhou Yanru spent the whole night in the inn pondering whether he should pay attention to the current ass or the future. If he is afraid of the pain in the buttocks today and arrives in Ningxia town a few days later, the consequences may be quite serious, which will directly affect the ass in the future. seat problem.

Immigration from Shaanxi, obviously, is one of the most important things for the emperor now, and the key to immigration is from northern Shaanxi, and the key to immigration from northern Shaanxi lies in Rafts, and the key to Rafts is Ningxia Town, so, Arriving in Ningxia Town in time and handling the matter of the leather raft in a timely manner is a great achievement. Not only is it easy to communicate with the emperor, but he has a good impression. In the future, Xu Guangqi will not be an imperial envoy for immigration. It was me, Zhou Yanru thought about it all night, and finally decided to give up the brigade, take light cavalry, use the fast horses at the post station, change horses without changing people, and rush to the Yellow River in Ningxia Town at a speed of [-] miles a day.

Although his butt hurts, Zhou Yanru forgot about the pain when he thought about how he could sit in the cabinet safely, think about being an imperial envoy for immigrants, and think about how famous he would be for generations because of immigrants, Zhou Yanru forgot about the pain and kept moving forward.

Yang Reform, who has been thinking about the platform for a long time, has now figured it out. The Shaanxi matter is approaching a critical moment. I am far away in Beijing, and there is not much I can do. What I can do is in terms of money. Xu Guangqi's Sinong Division naturally has those immigration officers to operate it. Whether it is good or bad depends on those people. I am far away in the capital, and it is very unrealistic to go through my own hands.

Immigration was the key to Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty. Yang Reform really didn't pay much attention to such things as rebellion and popular upheavals. A rebellion without the participation of disaster victims is simply a joke, and Yang Reform is not afraid of it at all.I am afraid that those people will coerce a large number of victims and sweep up the entire Shaanxi like locusts, causing devastating damage to Shaanxi. This is what Yang Reform is afraid of.

Nowadays, there are Sinongsi immigrants and rebel tug-of-war, and there are new troops stationed in Shaanxi. Yang Reform is not very afraid. Judging from the current situation, at most he looks like he is using the new army to practice in Shaanxi. Those who make rebellions It is difficult for a person to become a climate...

After considering his own situation clearly, Yang Reform also changed his attitude towards things. He began to smile at life, and he was not angry, let alone angry. Those salt merchants would not pay an extra penny for his own damaged body. .

"Big companion, send this secret box to Shaanxi." Yang Reform wrote a private letter to Xu Guangqi and asked Wang Chengen to send it out.There are some things that are inconvenient to say clearly, so I can only explain them in private messages.

In the letter, Yang Reform told Xu Guangqi that he sent Guo Huan and people from the choir to comfort the victims. Xu Guangqi, when dealing with matters similar to Wang Er, you can mainly appease them, and those who are sincerely on the right path can be lenient, but you must be careful to prevent them from causing trouble.

"As ordered, I will go now..." Wang Chengen agreed.

"In addition, you can release the news that the palace is going to install glass windows, and it will cost about 10 taels of silver... By the way, I remembered the lantern. After the raft floated down, it had to be transported by mules and horses. Going upstream, in order to save time, it is best to float down during the day, and transport it back upstream at night, trying to transport the victims back and forth within one day at the fastest speed. In the name of disaster relief donations, donate [-] lanterns to Shaanxi for the mules and horses to transport the leather rafts upstream at night..." Yang Reform suddenly remembered that in Xu Guangqi's letter, it was said that one back and forth a day, rapid Transshipment of victims, drifting from one settlement point to the next during the day, in the evening or at night, using mules, horse-drawn carts, and transporting the rafts back upstream, and continuing to transport victims during the day, did not say what lighting was used, Yang Reform probably used torches, Yang Reform decided to go directly to the lantern.

Yang Reform is building momentum for Liulizhai, not only to promote Liulizhai as a mountain of gold and silver, but also to promote Liulizhai as a conscientious, responsible, and kind-hearted Liulizhai. , is an excellent protection.What's more, this kind of windproof, waterproof, and not afraid of shaking lanterns is really the best choice for transferring leather rafts at night.

Wang Chengen has heard countless orders this day, and this one is the most surprising.

Without hesitation, Wang Chengen said: "Of course, Your Majesty, I will go to do it now." Wang Chengen agreed, took the secret box, and went to work.

"Wait, what's more, Liulizhai took the lead in donating. Let the head of the country and the imperial merchants under my name pledge to donate. If one party is in trouble, all parties will support them. Let them be a conscientious and responsible businessman. ...Well, let those who take the initiative to pay taxes..." Yang Reform thought for a while, and then ordered.

Wang Chengen hadn't taken two steps, when he heard the emperor's order, he agreed again: "I obey, Your Majesty."

"Also, let Fan Weicheng blow up the matter of Liulizhai's leading donation in the mansion newspaper, and let the names of the merchants who donated this time be listed in the mansion newspaper." Yang Reform ordered again, those salt merchants, everyone Merchants, Yang Reform hated it to the core, let alone hoped for it, and now he has already started to deal with them.

"Obey, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen once again agreed, the emperor ordered a lot of things today, Wang Chengen once again sorted out the things he had to do, kept talking in his heart, for fear of forgetting one of the emperor's orders .

Wang Chengen went out on a business trip, and Yang Reform was alone.My mind is also clear, I don't have to worry about Shaanxi affairs, Shaanxi is too far away, and I want to remotely command Shaanxi affairs, basically it's a pain in the ass.It's better to pay more attention to your own money bag. If you have money, you can do whatever you want. If you don't have money, you can't do anything.Now, it is better to take a good look at the stocks.Yang Reform was thinking again, when the businessmen from Jiangnan whom he had arranged to come to the capital would be a good time to sell the stocks. Now, the stocks are still in the fermentation period and are still in the stage of building momentum.

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In the past few days, the hot topic in the capital is nothing more than the matter of Shaanxi, and everyone talks about it clearly and clearly. After all, 1000 million taels of silver went to disaster relief, which has never happened before. It is a hot topic, not to mention, now it is rumored that there is a series of civil uprisings in Shaanxi, and everyone is waiting for the latest news to see how things in Shaanxi will develop.

In this teahouse, many people gathered, talking about today's Di Bao, talking about today's latest news.

"I said, is this skin raft transporting people reliable or not? It won't sink, right?" This teahouse, because it received private visits from the emperor's micro-service, is quite popular and has gathered many people, businessmen, Landlords, rich people, and literati are all waiting here, hoping to be the next lucky one.

"Brother Zhang, is this because you have not seen it? A relative of mine is doing business in Shanxi and Shaanxi. I heard him mention this matter. He said! The Yellow River goes up and passes through Tongguan. It is getting more and more difficult to walk, and it is difficult to sail, so the locals use sheepskin tires as boats. Going down the raft, it is said that three or four hundred miles a day is no problem, so the emperor said that this year, millions of disaster victims will be transported out of Shaanxi. This well-informed person immediately broke the news.

One person asked in disbelief: "Brother Ma, is what you said reliable? How many sheep do you have to slaughter for millions of immigrants? That sheepskin raft can really travel three or four hundred miles a day? "

"Brother Ma is right. It is said that this matter is true. I heard from those lords who went down to court that the emperor laughed from ear to ear when he read the news. He travels three or four hundred miles a day. It is absolutely reliable... , Think about it, what effort does it take to go down the river? This is still slow. If you travel thousands of miles a day in the south, you haven’t seen it before... Don’t you think so? In other words, as long as there are enough sheepskin rafts, Don't talk about shipping a million, even if it's 200 million, it's not difficult to get out..." Another person also said that now, the whole capital is discussing this matter, and many of the officials are even more Playing the crown to celebrate, and even inviting friends to celebrate this event, so the news of the sheepskin raft transporting the victims spread throughout the entire Beijing city in an instant, and became the headlines in the city.

Someone interjected: "That's right, this matter depends on whether enough sheep can be slaughtered, tsk tsk, millions of immigrants will leave Shaanxi on sheepskin rafts, have you heard of this before? Have you seen it? I Zhang Laosan has lived for such a long time, and his eyes have been opened. With the current emperor, this person! It is not in vain..." Zhang Laosan, who spoke, said with emotion.

"That's right, after seeing the emperor's handiwork in handling affairs, I felt that my eyes were opened. I really didn't live in vain. This matter! It is only possible in our Ming Dynasty, and it is only here in today's Holy Majesty! Tsk tsk, it's not simple, it's not simple..." Another person also said with emotion.In ancient times, information was not very dazed, and it was not easy to see all kinds of unusual things with one's own eyes. Even if you want to hear about some things, it is very difficult to see them.

The person who broke the news just now interjected: "Hey, what are you afraid of without sheep? No matter how poor you are, a county can't even find 50 sheep? In Shaanxi, how many sheep does that family have? Just a few The shepherd can make up two thousand sheep. Besides, I heard that this time, the emperor is planning to buy sheep from the Mongols. You think, the Mongols are born to live by grazing. Any tribe, that one is not thousands of sheep. Tens of thousands of livestock? Think about it, it only takes a few days to cut the sheepskins and go down the Yellow River. This matter! It just depends on who gets the money. I heard that this time, it was the money from the emperor again, [-] What about Wanliang, hehe..."

Everyone was surprised and exclaimed in cooperation, which made the person who broke the news feel a kind of pride.

Everyone was talking about it, but the newsboys on the street were shouting: "The latest news, the latest news, Liulizhai donated [-] horse lanterns to Shaanxi, which are specially used for transporting sheepskin rafts at night...The latest news, Liulizhai donated [-] lanterns ..." The newsboy's voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the teahouse.

The newsboy's voice went a little farther away.

People in the teahouse discussed what was going on.

"I said, what is this lantern? Why donate it to Shaanxi to transport sheepskin rafts? Has anyone seen this thing?" a person asked curiously.

"Lantern? Lantern? Since it's produced by Liulizhai, it probably has something to do with glass. I'm afraid it's something new from Liulizhai. Listening to the name, I'm afraid it's a lamp for horses..."

"A lamp for immediate use? How to light the lamp immediately? Is the lamp oil not spilled out?..." Everyone asked immediately.

However, basically no one has seen what a lantern looks like, so they can only guess out of thin air.

The entrance of Liulizhai.

Following the news from the newsboys, the crowds are getting more and more crowded, and everyone is curious about what new gadgets this Liulizhai has produced. It is specially donated to Shaanxi for transporting leather rafts at night. Lights for immediate use?
Sun Liniang is the emperor's woman, so she usually doesn't come out.

The shopkeepers and shopkeepers in the store were so busy that they were sweating profusely, and kept explaining what a horse lantern was.

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"Hehe, guest officer, do you also want to see lanterns?" The waiter warmly received another newcomer. At the beginning, he asked if he was looking at lanterns, because most of the people who come here today are looking at lanterns. of.

"Yes, my master heard that there is a kind of lamp for riding on horses. I heard that it is very magical. It is produced by Liulizhai, so I came here specially to have a look... Hehe, open your eyes..." A man in a rich dress smiled. Speaking of it, even though he was talking to the waiter, he seemed peaceful.

"Hehe, guest officer, to tell you the truth, this lantern was originally a new product recently launched by our Liulizhai, but now, it has been donated to Shaanxi by our shopkeeper. I heard that it is specially transported there at night. It’s for leather rafts, hehe, you know it too..., now, there are only a few samples left in the store, hehe, if the guest officer wants to see the samples, please come with me..." The waiter in the shop immediately explained , From time to time, he revealed his identity as the big shopkeeper, to show that Liulizhai is different from others.

"That's, that's..." The man in rich clothes smiled and followed the waiter to visit the lanterns.

(End of this chapter)