Liu Haojia laughed, flicked the paper in his hand with his fingers and said, "Sure enough, once the cannon goes off, there will be ten thousand taels of gold! Madam, erase the fractions and calculate it as a whole number. Then prepare the silver and send it to the capital."
Zhang Peijia said with a smile: "I have already made arrangements. There are some deposits in Liansheng Bank that cannot be touched. For the missing parts, we need to prepare some cash from Liansheng Bank in Beijing."
Liu Haojia waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. If you give away the money, they still have to deposit it in the bank. Just treat it as a transfer."
Zhang Peijia fiddled with the abacus beads at hand and said: "It's so profitable to attack civil servants. I'm jealous when I see it. I want to do it more times. I'm afraid those who benefited will go crazy, right?"
Liu Haojia put down the note in his hand and said: "This is the first time the Japanese are unprepared to attack. It won't be so easy next time. But it's okay to take a small advantage! But next we should let these pirates attack south! South! Sooner or later it will be a battleground for us, let’s let them mess it up first.”
Zhang Peijia said: "I don't understand these things, but I guess that my husband is going to talk to them about these things, so I have already asked people to prepare a banquet! In addition, I have also prepared a batch of ordnance to sell to these pirates. We can also make a lot of money back from the distributed money. This money can be put into our own account."
Liu Haojia laughed, patted Zhang Peijia's hand and said, "I have a good wife by my side, so it really saves me a lot of effort!"
After speaking, he shouted and said: "Come here, ask someone to inform Liu Longtou that I will entertain them at a banquet. In addition, I will give them money."
The servant turned around and left. Liu Haojia also started asking people to do an accounting and count the supplies to see how much money they could sell in the evening. When the pirates got the news, they naturally burst into joy! Isn't it just for the money that I go out to fight? It seems that Mr. Hou means what he says!
That night, Liu Haojia held a feast in Tianjin Shiweizhai to entertain many pirate leaders. Moreover, when he notified the pirates, he specifically told them that everyone should regard themselves as maritime merchants and pay attention to their clothing and tone of voice. Try your best not to be seen as a problem.
This made the pirates even more happy. They all dressed up as wealthy merchants and went to the banquet with their confidants. But they are used to being at home at sea, and they feel like they are wearing normal clothes! But they didn't think so, instead they showed off proudly.
Liu Haojia did not show up for this dinner. As a marquis, entertaining some maritime merchants would be a disgrace to the nobles of the Ming Dynasty. So Liu Guangyuan's son Liu Jinbao came forward. Liu Jinbao is now regarded as inheriting his father's business. His father works as an errand in the Gu Ninghou Mansion, and he has taken over the position of the housekeeper of the Wuning Hou Mansion, so it is enough for him to step in.
During the banquet, Jinbao performed very well, getting along with many maritime merchants, and also sold weapons to the merchants with the cooperation of Liu Guangting. With the help of alcohol, the merchants felt that with weapons they could do whatever they wanted like Wu Ninghou, so they placed large orders and returned almost all of their share of the spoils.
Moreover, during the dinner, Liu Jinbao also placed an order with them, asking for local specialties from Southeast Asia, especially the giant trees in the old forests of Southeast Asia. Because Liu Haojia specifically told him that the most suitable wood for shipbuilding is not only found in the old forests of Liaodong, but also in the dense forests of Southeast Asia. Especially the teak produced in East Asia is the best shipbuilding material!
When the maritime merchants saw that there was money to be made, they naturally agreed, which meant that they had turned their attention to Southeast Asia. How can these merchants who are accustomed to being pirates do business honestly? They must rely on robbery most of the time!
In addition, the news has spread that many noble people have placed hard work orders. It is okay for them to capture some locals when they come back from Southeast Asia specialties! It can be seen that in the near future, Southeast Asia will definitely be harassed by these maritime traders!
Although Liu Haojia did not attend the dinner, he was not idle either. He had already set off overnight with the money he was escorting. He wanted to rush to the capital before the news reached the capital and create the greatest effect!
After he entered the capital in a low-key manner with the silver car, he immediately came to Liansheng Bank. As soon as he saw the shopkeeper, he asked: "I have sent a message to you to prepare the money, are the cars and horses ready?"
The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly and said: "Everything is ready! Even the luncheon is ready! The invitations are being written by someone and will be sent over later."
Liu Haojia said with satisfaction: "Okay, write one and send a copy immediately. At noon today, everyone in the capital will know that I am sending a lot of money!"
The shopkeeper nodded to make arrangements, and Liu Haojia went to take a shower and change clothes to cheer herself up.
Just a moment later, fast horses began to gallop in Lend Lease Bank, and the people on the horses shouted triumphantly at people to give way. Pedestrians on the road were shocked by the behavior of these people and moved to both sides.
Some people thought that something big must have happened to Lend Lease Bank, but those with vicious eyes saw the smile on the face of the man on the horse and concluded that nothing serious must have happened. Even if something big happened, it would still be a good thing!
And there is no shortage of people doing good things like this in this world. There are people following these people on horseback. See where they are going? As a result, when the news came back, one person arrived directly outside the palace gate and was led in. The rest of the people rushed to the houses of nobles from various families and some big businessmen. Moreover, the person who greeted them and the messenger were all smiling after talking to each other. It seemed that it must be a good thing, and it was a big good thing!
Then another piece of news came. The most popular restaurant in the capital, Zishiweizhai, had actually announced that it would not accept customers at noon and the restaurant would be reserved by the owner. The door was also decorated with red decorations!
Then the third news came. Lend Lease Bank set off fireworks at the door, and then silver cars clad in red and colorful colors poured out one after another! Every car creaked under the weight of the silver boxes, it was extremely heavy! And the most outrageous thing is that the silver cars are leaving one after another, with no end in sight!
This topic instantly aroused the enthusiasm of the people in the capital! Everyone is guessing that Wu Ninghou is going to give out money? Does he already have so much money?
So more good-hearted people followed the silver cart and headed straight to Shiweizhai. They watched a large number of guards deliver the heavy silver boxes into the lobby. Then a large number of soldiers poured out from the backyard and surrounded the entire Shiweizhai. Surround! These soldiers wore tight-fitting, narrow-sleeved clothes, tied at the waist with belts, and had shiny leather boots on their feet. The bayonets on the hand-held fireguns were shining brightly. They looked so fierce that they scared everyone. Even those idle men who had nothing to do did not dare to come closer and could only look at the main entrance from a distance.
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