After understanding what he meant, the four merchants couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts. They were asking them to provide food, and how could they be willing to do so?
One of the businessmen named Qian even said with a shy smile: "Haha, Master Liu, but we have paid our taxes truthfully."
"Yes, you are right, but what I want to say is that all of you have a lot of surplus food in your family. If you can contribute something, I would like to express my sincere gratitude." Liu Yuzhi said.
"But this, this doesn't make sense." The businessman surnamed Qian said: "The money and food in our family are all our own."
"My frontline soldiers are bleeding to protect Qin!" Liu Yuzhi said.
"But, what does this have to do with us?" The businessman surnamed Qian said again, spreading his hands.
"They are guarding the rear, for the peace and tranquility of Qin's homeland, and to protect you people!" Liu Yuzhi said again, his face no longer looking good.
"So what? I didn't ask them to protect me." Qian Shang continued.
"You!" At this time, Ye Cheng, who was standing by him, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He couldn't help but pointed at the businessman and said angrily:
"When the family and country are in trouble, everyone has a responsibility! Even if the businessmen are only interested in profit, it will not be like this! In order to retreat from Xirong, our people in Qin have joined the army one after another and are willing to shed their blood! The common people can understand this truth! At this time of crisis, you, etc. I don’t even know!”
"It's not like I asked them to join the army. What does it have to do with us whether we can fight Xirong or not?" The merchant asked again, asking him to provide food, not to mention how unhappy he was.
"It has nothing to do with you?" Ye Cheng laughed angrily, "If the governor hadn't led the army to go out, Xirong would have invaded by now! Can you still sit here!?"
With his words, the businessman surnamed Qian seemed to be afraid that he would use force. He couldn't help but smiled and looked at Ye Cheng and said: "My lord, you are an officer of the Wuwei Mansion. You will not abuse your power just because we are unwilling to provide food." Right? Haha, we are all serious businessmen who abide by the law, and the prefect has already strictly enforced the law. Presumably, you will not know the law and break it, right?"
His tone was disgusting. When Ye Cheng heard the words, he felt a surge of anger rushing straight to his forehead. He was about to get angry, but Liu Yuzhi raised his hand to stop him, and looked at the businessman with a smile. :
"Shopkeeper Qian, as far as I know, your business is spread all over Qin. Most of the restaurants, brothels, and gambling houses in Qinzhou City are under your name, right?"
"This... haha, a small business, a small business, makes Mr. Liu laugh." Shopkeeper Qian chuckled.
"Okay." Liu Yuzhi nodded, then looked at Ye Cheng and said, "Starting from tomorrow, all Qian's stores will be sealed."
"Yes!" Ye Cheng immediately accepted the order, not forgetting to glare at Shopkeeper Qian.
When the latter heard this, he became anxious and couldn't help but stand up and said: "This, this, this, Mr. Liu, you have no reason for this! I don't accept it!"
Liu Yuzhi glanced at him: "Now I have reason to suspect that your brothel is suspected of forcing girls into prostitution. Do you think it should be closed? As for the gambling house, I have now decided to ban gambling in Qin. What does Shopkeeper Qian have to do? objection?"
"This..." Shopkeeper Qian became even more anxious, but he couldn't refute.
Before he could speak, Liu Yuzhi continued: "As for the restaurant, I will not seal it down without any reason. I will give you another reason!"
ah! ? Hearing this, Shopkeeper Qian was dumbfounded. After being stunned, he knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Master Liu, please be merciful, please be merciful..."
Liu Yuzhi is the governor of Qin. If you really want to govern a businessman, it is not a matter of saying a word.
And his move to scare the monkeys was very effective. Seeing this, the other three people stood up quickly, raised their hands and said, "At this time when our country is in danger, we are all willing to help!"
"Okay, then I would like to thank you three." Liu Yuzhi also stood up and cupped his hands, then glanced at Shopkeeper Qian and said: "Shopkeeper Qian, please get up quickly. As for you, there is no need for you. Qinzhou doesn't need you to be like this. businessman."
"Ah? Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, please give me another chance..." Shopkeeper Qian shouted, but Liu Yuzhi had already walked away.
This was a typical example of him skipping a toast and getting a fine drink. When the other three saw this, they all shook their heads, quite gloating about the misfortune.
It wasn't until a while later that Shopkeeper Qian came to his senses. After standing up, he became furious, pointed at the other three people and said, "You are hurting me too!"
"Huh? Shopkeeper Qian's words are wrong." One person replied: "Liu Yuzhi is the governor of Qin, and the prefect is not here, so he has the final say. Can you fight? Furthermore, as a nation, we should As for those who have contributed, Shopkeeper Qian’s previous words were too hurtful, so it’s no wonder Lord Chang Shi is so angry.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone else said: "By the way, Shopkeeper Qian, are you interested in selling those stores to me? I can pay a high price..."
Fengyang County.
The people gathered together. Jiang Yi was standing on a high platform and said loudly:
"Folks! We, the soldiers of the Qin Army, are fighting bloody battles with Xirong on the front line! But do you know that they don't have enough to eat, don't wear warm clothes, and are hungry? They would rather eat bark and hay than die rather than take a step back!"
"What are they doing? To protect us, folks!"
"For the sake of their homeland, these young men are willing to shed blood and fight with their lives on the battlefield!"
"Think about it, how much courage this takes!"
"Now, we are in sight of victory, but we are unable to march due to lack of food and grass."
"I know that your families don't have much food, but even if two or three families put together some, it will be enough to feed a soldier on the front line!"
"As for us, we only need to tighten our belts and tighten our stomachs. What's the big deal? But this can help the soldiers in the front to kill more enemies!"
"Fight! One meal a day at worst! I'll give you two fights!"
"I will fight three times!"
"I'll also give you three fights!"
There is no suspense about this at all, because Xirong is a foreign enemy. Under Jiang Yi's speech, the crowd was excited and the people raised their hands and shouted.
There is no surplus food at home, and each person can only contribute a little. But the key problem is that there are so many people! It can be imagined that this adds up.
After mobilizing the people, Jiang Yi rushed to the largest wealthy merchant in the city and said directly to him: "The people would rather go hungry than work hard. Why don't you give it a try?"
His words were full of threats. When the latter heard the words, he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and laughed dryly: "Yes, yes... Mr. Jiang has spoken, how dare I disobey..."
The incident in Fengyang County quickly spread throughout the Qin Dynasty. What was unexpected was that people from all over the country began to spontaneously donate materials to support the war.
For a time, supplies were piled up in all counties. After hearing this, Liu Yuzhi couldn't help but sigh:
"Okay, okay, our army and people in Qin are united as one, why worry about the Xirong not being destroyed!"
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