"Hmph, you just risked my life!" Xiao Chen said, "Yanyun County has been completely wiped out. The little family wealth that I have accumulated over the years has been completely sacrificed this time."
This is not Xiao Chen's pretentiousness, because Yanyun County almost paid for all the expenses of Li Wanyun's expedition, and the total cost was only 10 million taels!
Twenty million taels of silver, no matter how rich Yan Yun is, he still has to spend it.
In fact, no, because Xiao Chen still knew the financial situation of Yanyun County. Although taking out 20 million taels would be painful, it was far from breaking the bones...
Before the heavy snow came, Ouyang Cui had warned the old man and the others in advance, telling them that this year would be a severe winter. Not only would it snow heavily, but it would also be extremely cold!
Therefore, various preparations in Yanyun County have begun long ago. The coal bunkers outside Fengyang City alone have been expanded to more than a dozen. They are afraid that if the road is blocked by heavy snow, coal transportation will not be smooth.
In addition, various tribes in northern Xinjiang were notified, asking them to store as much hay and firewood as possible before winter this year to prepare for the cold winter and prevent white disasters.
The old man also asked them to sell and slaughter as many animals as possible when winter comes, otherwise a large number of people will starve to death when winter comes, and the losses will be serious. Do you remember five years ago?
No matter how much it was, Yanyun County purchased all the live sheep and cattle and shipped a large number of live sheep and cattle directly to Yizhou and Gaojuli. The beef and mutton were made into cans or dried meat and all were stored.
The furs are all made into clothing, felts, blankets, tents...
Now the old man has orders and prohibitions in all the tribes in northern Xinjiang. When he speaks, it is equivalent to an order. Every tribe, from the leader to the clan members, all obey and no one disobeys.
We are all used to it.
Yanyun County has no use for such huge supplies. They are all prepared to be used for disaster relief in various places, mainly Dazhou.
When others are in trouble, everyone supports them, but when they are in trouble, everyone supports them.
That's why Xiao Chen spoke so confidently, because he had already taken precautions and made preparations before the natural disaster came.
But not only to please the emperor, but also for the people who were affected by the disaster...
"Okay, I, Yan Yun, have lost all my money, can you two adults let me go?" Xiao Chen stood up and said goodbye, "What the hell, I, Yan Yun, can't be the only one who suffers, so let's go now Let’s talk to those ‘friendly countries’ and everyone will give some blood, so that I can feel more balanced.”
"Let's go together." Lu Jing and Chen Wenqi were two busy people, and it was freezing and snowy, but they were willing to accompany Xiao Chen on the hard trip.
"This is because the Emperor is not at ease with me and wants you two adults to monitor me!" Xiao Chen used his nose to figure out that it was the Emperor who appointed me. Otherwise, who could have ordered these two people.
"Don't say that the emperor is not worried, we are not worried either!" Chen Wenqi said.
"The emperor is also afraid that you have a bad temper and will start a fight if you can't negotiate with others... Didn't you beat me up last time for giving me the experience of being a royal guard? You said you don't have any official position now, why would you still fight with me? When people fight, they have no manners at all!" Lu Jing said with a smile.
"Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles." Xiao Chen sat down again.
"Let's go, hurry up, we have to get this done now regardless of whether it succeeds or not. We won't have time to accompany you later." Chen Wenqi said.
"If I was the only one doing this errand, I would just go to them. Now that there are two of you ministers, it is not appropriate to come to find them. They don't have such big butts! Send someone to find them all. Just say no to them here." Xiao Chen said.
yeah? Doesn't it make sense to the two of them? Let's go see them without telling them our identity, for fear of scaring them... Just do as you say!
After a while, more than a dozen foreign envoys all arrived. They saw three important ministers sitting in the hall with solemn expressions. They didn't know what big event had happened?
Apart from meeting the emperor, we have never seen such a huge formation.
Among them is the Minister of War. Damn it, he wants to declare war with us, right?
"Dear envoys." Xiao Chen coughed and spoke first, because he was the one responsible for this matter and the idea was his, "This year is not going well for the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are provocations from outside, and another disaster has occurred in the country. It is due to internal worries. Foreign troubles, bad things happen one after another..."
More than a dozen envoys expressed deep regret and sincere condolences...
"Nishimura-kun, take the lead and show your support!" Xiao Chencai is too lazy to listen to their nonsense. What I want is money. Who wants your condolences?
Nishimura Zhicun is now the envoy of the Japanese embassy in Dazhou. Although the relationship between Dazhou and Japan has been good and bad, going back and forth, up and down, and always swaying, the embassy has never been withdrawn.
Xiao Chen and he were old acquaintances, so they talked very casually.
"Uh... what attitude does Mr. Xiao Chen want me to express?" Nishimura Zhicun expressed surprise. Didn't I already express my regret just now?
"Young master, you are talking nonsense to me!" Xiao Chen said, "We brothers have a good relationship. I also have a very good relationship with your Emperor Shenzhao, General Xiaolin Haitang, Mr. Shaoyan Mingguang... we are as close as one family. People, don’t talk to two people in one family. Now that my family is suffering from a disaster, let me ask you how much money your family will provide!"
Chen Wenqi and Lu Jing suddenly coughed... reminding Xiao Chen to pay attention to his words.
Nishimura said with all his heart, Bagaya Road, you are not asking for our help, aren't you just asking for it?
But the problem is that what Xiao Chen said is really true. He has really good relations with many high-level people in Japan, including Emperor Shenzhao.
Moreover, he has taken the initiative to ask for money, no matter how much or how little, he has to give some.
Just don't know how much he wants?
"We don't think ten million taels is too much, because of what? Because our relationship is on display here." Xiao Chen said, "We don't think one million taels is too little, because of what? Because we know that you must also have difficulties. Yes, after all, in this world, no one has much leftover food..."
Even if there is no upper limit, at least it will cost one million taels of silver.
"Oh, one million taels is really too much." Nishimura Zhicun grinned when he heard that, the minimum consumption is so much, it will be difficult for others to bargain with you.
If I had known earlier, I would have pretended to be sick... But that wouldn't work. If this guy Xiao Chen was interested in me, I couldn't avoid it or escape.
You can avoid the first grade of junior high school, but you can't avoid the fifteenth grade.
"Then it's settled, you hurry up and send someone back to make arrangements. Disasters wait for no one." Xiao Chen looked at the Russian envoy Petroyevsky again, "Peter, Japan is in such a difficult situation and it's so difficult to pay one million taels." Silver, you guys have to ask for five million taels, right?"
"Oh, Mr. Xiao Chen, you can't say that. Our Ross is also in a very difficult situation now. Five million taels is too much. Aid will definitely not be enough. If it is a loan, I can agree to it." Petroevsky He also looked sad, regretting that he should not have come.
