Zhang Shize put down his bowl and said slowly and logically to a room full of old Shanxi rich men: "Our Jingying camp is a guest army, not a local guard or battalion soldier. It is unreasonable to privately participate in local affairs. If the Jingying camp changes its mission, The Ministry of War needs to ask His Majesty for permission. We can only do this after we receive new orders. Otherwise, everyone will drag the Beijing camp to do private work, and there will be no chaos."
The old rich men in the room nodded quickly and echoed: "Young Master is right, the responsibility of guarding the land is indeed the responsibility of the local people. You should not make it difficult for the Young Master. However, what is the quality of the local guards and frontier troops? The old people still know. If they can be trusted, then... forget it and don’t mention it."
The patriarch of the Fan family said: "We all know the concerns of the young master. All the young master needs to do is to leave early, that is, to go to Guihua City in advance. There is nothing wrong with this. No one can find anything wrong with the young master and Uncle Dingyuan."
The head of the Wang family also hurriedly said: "As long as you leave in advance, young master, with 80,000 capital troops and 100,000 civilians, this overwhelming team will be frightening, but it will be enough to scare away the Mongolian Tatars."
The head of the Jin family also said quickly: "Yes, just leave. I'll make the decision. I can still make up 200,000 taels. Young Master just needs to make a move. I'm not afraid of the Tatars not running away."
Zhang Shize looked troubled and said: "Everyone, you don't know that we are also in trouble. There is no overnight food in the Beijing camp. These bastards are all rogues. On weekdays in the capital, we have to give I was looking for trouble, and they burned incense without causing trouble. If we hadn't marched in the wind and snow this time, and there were so many complaints and riots, we wouldn't have stayed in Jimingyi for so long. We all promised that we would never do it until spring started. Let’s go and calm them down.”
Several family heads looked at each other. There was a look of pain in his eyes. I have known for a long time that the appetite of the British government is like a stove pit. No matter how much money you put in, it will not be enough to burn it.
It seems that it will be impossible without heavy blood. Mr. Zhang made it very clear this time.
It’s not that I don’t give you face, it’s that the soldiers refuse to leave. What can I do?
The only way to let the soldiers go is to give them money.
If you don't have money, these Qiu Baye will ignore you.
According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the labor army to serve the local area, the silver is probably more than four taels, and the officers are even higher. The total is estimated at five hundred thousand taels.
For a moment, these old men were all trembling, it was really hard to let go of the good money.
But when I think about the goods and money accumulated in various shops in Zhangjiakou, this mere five hundred thousand is not worth mentioning.
For a while, these people in the room were whispering and discussing countermeasures.
Looking at them one by one, they looked like they were taking out money and cutting meat.
Zhang Shize couldn't help but sneer in his heart. These old men, all of whom have a lot of money, are reluctant to add more oil when cooking. What a bunch of misers.
Old God Zhang Shize is here drinking tea. At this moment, it was them who were anxious, not myself.
At this time, we need to be stable. Each of these old scoundrels has a net worth of several million. If we don't squeeze a few taels of oil out of them, we will be sorry for ourselves.
At this time, a shopkeeper ran back in panic. Pushing them away, he shouted: "It's not good, it's not good. Hou Shilu is defeated, defeated, and the defeated troops have fled back."
The room was buzzing all of a sudden, as if it had exploded.
Although everyone knows that the combat effectiveness of the camp and guard troops is worrying, they are still only 10,000 people. No matter how you say it, you lose.
Originally, they came to Beijing Camp because they were afraid that if the camp soldiers and guards failed, they would have a back-up, so they were unwilling to spend more money.
But he didn't expect that Tuxie Tuhan's troops and horses were so strong that he defeated Hou Shilu in one day.
From this point of view, Zhangjiakou is in danger.
All of them turned pale with fear.
Zhangjiakou is their lifeblood. In addition to the red distribution every year, the business group's reserve funds and materials are all there. After all, after more than two hundred years, the shareholders have become more independent. Now there are 70 or 80 shareholders in each company, or even hundreds.
It can be said that the clan of the Dong family is the board of directors, and it depends entirely on the organization and coordination of the clan leader to arrange and decide major events and personnel arrangements.
Assets are one thing, but more importantly, the human resources from clerks to stewards, camel team captains, shopkeepers at all levels, and guards are all human resources accumulated only after two hundred years of operation. These are soft powers that cannot be afforded to be lost.
These caravans travel to Moscow and Hungary once a year. If these talents are lost, it will take many years to resume business activities.
These people must not only have professional skills, but also have the trust of the proprietor, and they must work well with each other. Without a well-integrated team, this business cannot be made.
Along the way, I don’t know how many spheres of influence I have to pass through and how many difficulties I have to encounter. All these must be solved by these talents. There must be no falsehood at all.
Because the people working below have to solve the problem. If you don’t have the ability, you can’t solve it.
Suddenly, everyone was anxious.
Zhangjiakou's wealth is at least tens of millions of taels. If the city is destroyed and plundered by the Mongolian Tatars, Tuxie Tuhan will be full and he will not have to work hard to herd sheep for more than ten years. One bite and I became a fat man.
Several family heads looked at each other with determination.
At this time, the urgency is urgent, and this is not the time to bargain and bargain. At this time, we must seize time. One minute later, Zhangjiakou may be captured.
They saw that the commander-in-chief Hou Shilu and the deputy general Tian Guang were finished. What could the more than 500 guard soldiers and more than 300 camp soldiers in Zhangjiakou be able to withstand. At this time, everyone was anxious.
"Mr. Zhang, I am paying tribute to you and Yang Shuai by paying these one hundred thousand taels. We are willing to pay another five hundred thousand taels for departure. We sincerely request the army to leave immediately."
Zhang Shize immediately smiled, put the tea bowl on the small table, and said: "Since you are thinking about our brothers who are suffering in the capital camp, I will spare my face and have a good discussion with the commander-in-chief and the generals. Then. No matter what, we cannot watch the Tatars attack Zhangjiakou regardless of whether they are right or wrong."
Seeing Zhang Shize's agreement, these old men immediately became as excited as if they had been shot. They said repeatedly: "It all depends on the young master. The family fortune of the old man and others depends on the brothers in the capital."
Immediately, the shopkeeper placed a thick stack of banknotes in front of Zhang Shize.
Zhang Shize unceremoniously took it and took a closer look. The gift was actually a bank note from Yang Fan's Xinghe Bank. There is absolutely no problem with this.
Because everyone knows that Xinghe's banknotes cannot be counterfeited at all, they are all genuine, and they have strong credit and will never bounce. 100% cash on sight. Moreover, deposit and redemption are available in more than a dozen cities across the country.
Nowadays, it is fashionable for big businessmen to carry Xinghe banknotes, because Xinghe banknotes are very safe and convenient.
Seeing that the money was in hand, Mr. Zhang stopped holding it and stuffed the banknotes into his arms with a smile on his face. He raised his hands to the family heads and shareholders and said, "I'm going to do this right away. I will definitely set off today, don't worry."
The shareholders of the eight major business groups in the room all bowed and handed over their hands.
"Thank you, Master, for your righteousness."
Zhang Shize turned around and left. It was his principle to collect money and do things. As long as Young Master Zhang accepts your money, he will definitely give you an explanation.
