Chapter 538: What to Pledge
Thinking of the current situation in Nanming, Cai Ge couldn't help but feel short of breath for a while. And when it comes to this, the initiative is completely controlled by Yang Chendong.
Seeing that Cai Ge no longer spoke, but sighed and accepted his fate, Yang Chendong smiled in his heart, some people are like this, they always think that they are the emperor, and the people of the world should listen to him. But once you encounter hard stubble, your attitude will change immediately, which may be the instinct of human beings to bully the soft and fear the hard.
But Yang Chendong would not pity Yingzong, because he had already seen that pointing to such a person would not be able to lead the entire Han people to the top of the world. If others can't do it, then leave everything to yourself.
I already had an idea in my heart, and when Yang Chendong talked about some things, he naturally wouldn't be polite in his tone. Speaking of the battle of Jiaozhi is not over, the captured King Le Li has already said that it was his general Fan Yuhai who sent people to assassinate his own prince before. And this time, this person escaped and went to the Lancang Kingdom, and if I didn't catch this person, it would be difficult to understand the hatred in my heart, so the mercenaries should march to the Lancang Kingdom next, of course, unless they are willing to send Fan Yuhai's head, if they want to cover it, it will be another big war. Of course, these things should have nothing to do with Nanming, and the Duke of China told you this, just hoping that when you meet the emperor, tell him about it, and let him know what the mercenaries will do next. ”
This is clearly to remind Cai Ge that the mercenaries will not only not obey Yingzong's orders and stop the sword soldiers, but will continue to fight. As for when the fight will be finished, it is impossible to say. Just like now, on the pretext of finding the culprit Fan Yuhai, he sent troops to the Lancang Kingdom, so who knows what kind of reason he will use next time?
After all, you can always find a reason.
In other words, if they want to, the mercenary soldiers may develop endlessly, until one day, once the strength grows, I am afraid that they will come to find trouble with the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking that if the mercenaries really cleaned up these small countries one by one and finally integrated their forces together, it would not be much worse than Da Ming at that time, wouldn't Da Ming be in danger?
Cai Ge's face was constantly changing, and he said hurriedly: "Don't be in a hurry, even if this Fan Yuhai wants to attack the loyal and courageous prince, it will be self-defeating, and it is also the right thing to deal with him." It's just that there is a wrong, there is a debtor, and who's business is to find whomever it is. The Lancang Kingdom has always been the head of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also one of our Ming Dynasty's vassal countries, I believe that as long as they know it with reason and move it with affection, they will definitely not shield Fan Yuhai and their existence, and please give them some time to deal with things well. ”
"Well, I can try my best to help at this point, how to say that I am also a Ming clan. But you also know that it can't be too long, it's too long, and I don't know what will happen if the leader of the mercenary gets angry. Yang Chendong nodded, he didn't mean to do anything to the Lancang Kingdom right away. It is not that the military strength cannot be reached, but that such a blind occupation will easily cause problems if the rear is not well consolidated.
Now the focus he needs to focus on is how to make Cochin his other rear base, and only when it is firmly established will he move on to the next step of expansion. Of course, if someone has to be like a clown, then he will not be polite.
This kind of thinking is naturally invisible to others, so he needs to take this opportunity to put pressure on Nan Ming, put pressure on Yingzong, and at the same time it is also a means to paralyze Nan Ming, creating an illusion for them, that is, the strength of the mercenaries is still limited, and it is already very difficult to take down a Jiaozhi, and he is already powerless to capture the Lancang Kingdom.
In this way, Nan Mingcai may have a contemptuous heart, which will create more time for his own development.
The question of Cochin is settled. In short, Li can't be returned, and I believe that Yingzong will definitely accept this fact. If you don't accept it, there's no way, is it possible that he will really bring troops over? Let's not talk about whether he has such strength, if he really dares to do this, King Min and Beiming will definitely seize this opportunity to deal with him, and then Nanming can only become a history and disappear from this stage.
After deciding the matter of Jiaozhi again, Yang Chendong talked about Yingzong's desire to borrow silver from [Wowo].
"Envoy Cai, it's not impossible to do things about Nanming's need for silver, but there are two conditions."
originally thought that Yang Chendong was so strong, and the matter of silver must be gone, but now he suddenly heard someone say this, and Cai Ge also came to the spirit, "Loyal and courageous, please talk about it." ”
"First, the Yang Family Bank wants to enter Nanming and set up branches in some big cities, only in this way can it better dispatch money and do things for Nanming. Second, even if the borrowed money is collateral, but I just don't know what Nanming can give? If there is nothing, this thing is not going to be easy. Are you right? When Yang Chendong looked at Cai Ge, he was serious, and he looked like he was doing business.
For the first point, the Yang Family Bank's entry into Nanming, Cai Ge really can't say anything. After all, if you want to ask someone else to do something, it's normal for that person's bank to enter their own territory. Not to mention, under the guise of doing things for Nanming, there is no reason to refuse.
As for the second one, Cai Ge really didn't think about it. In his opinion, if the emperor asks who borrows silver, it is to give you face, how can you still ask for collateral?
Of course, he wouldn't say such an idea in front of Yang Chendong, who knows if it will anger others, the feeling of not being able to breathe just now has not completely subsided, he doesn't want to feel it again.
Therefore, after just thinking about it for a while, Cai Ge asked rhetorically, "Then I don't know what kind of collateral Nanming needs to pay if he wants to get the silver taels?" ”
"What kind of collateral do you have?" Yang Chendong did not fall into the trap of the other party, but held the initiative and asked rhetorically.
Originally, Cai Ge still wanted to wait for Yang Chendong to open his mouth, and look at what the other party had taken a fancy to, so that he could bargain well, but he didn't think that the problem was kicked back again, but it made him fall into contemplation.
It sounds like borrowing money with a mortgage in kind, but it often happened among the people of the Ming Dynasty. Like a field, a house, and some antiques and women's jewelry, they are all ordinary collateral, and even pawn shops are willing to accept these things in exchange for silver taels for others.
But this time, what Nanming needed was not tens of thousands of taels of silver, but tens of millions of taels, and in the face of such a large amount, the natural weight of ordinary items was not enough. It's hard for Cai Ge, I really don't know what to do.
Naturally, Cai Ge is just a mouthpiece, and he has no autonomy over how things will develop, and in the end he has to report to Yingzong and let him decide. What he wants now is to figure out what can satisfy Yang Chendong and let him lend money to Nanming.
Unable to think of a reason, Cai Ge looked at Yang Chendong with a groveling look and said: "Loyal and courageous, don't tease our family, these things are really not understood, you just need to say something, our family will naturally report to the emperor, and it will be determined by his old man Shengming." ”
Originally, he wanted to sell a guanzi, but looking at Cai Ge's appearance, he was really not good at it, Yang Chendong had to dispel the idea of letting the other party guess, and said: "To be honest, there is really nothing in Nanming now that can be favored by the mercenary leader." King Min and Bei Ming are both watching from the sidelines, even if you are willing to give us land, presumably the mercenary leader may not agree. Besides, you don't want mercenaries to meddle in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Hehe, hehe." Cai Ge smiled a little awkwardly. What are you kidding, land is the foundation of a country, even if the mercenaries want it, Zhu Qizhen will not give it. Besides, the current Nanming is already chaotic enough, if the mercenaries also insert a stick at this time, wouldn't it be chaos on top of chaos?
Looking at Cai Ge's obviously flattering smile, Yang Chendong knew that he had spoken to the other party's heart, and continued: "This time Yingzong needs too many silver taels, if it is converted into antiques and other things, it must be an astronomical amount, and it can't be taken out." ”
"It's the pole, it's the pole." Cai Ge nodded again and again and said, "The emperor is still very generous to us subordinates, and there are a lot of things to reward at ordinary times." Now that there have been years of war, the treasury has long been empty. ”
"Hmm." Yang Chendong nodded to indicate that he knew, and hesitated for a moment: "Even if the fields are useless and there are no antiques, then I really don't know what is valuable, and I'm afraid things will be difficult to handle." ”
As soon as Yang Chendong showed embarrassment, and even deliberately retreated, these things were in Cai Ge's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart. This time he was ordered to come, and the matter of the truce in Jiaozhi had been smashed, and if the affairs of Yinliang were not handled well, it was conceivable that what was waiting for him after returning to Nanjing.
At this moment, what he is thinking about is no longer meritorious service, but how to cope with the errand, and getting a merit without fault is already the best result. So he categorically couldn't let anything happen to the silver two, and immediately he said to Yang Chendong with a bitter face: "Don't, loyal and courageous, how can you say that our Ming Dynasty is also a country of Shangbang, with a large land and a large population, just tens of millions of taels of silver, as long as the situation is calm and the four seas are peaceful, it won't be long before these silver can be earned..."