When it was dark, almost the entire Yangzhou city knew that the great eunuch of Dongchang and the secretary of the military department, the chief soldier of Xuzhou, and the prefect of Yangzhou were guests in Wang's mansion at this time.

For example, the Wang family invited the most famous chef in Yangzhou City, and took out the best Fenjiu that had been treasured for decades to entertain guests, and Gao Jie screamed excitedly, secretly glad that he didn't run out in the afternoon to "watch" them.

The topic continued during the banquet, mainly Chang Yu and the Wang brothers further discussed the cooperation matters, and the others were really just accompanying the guests, after all, it was Chang Yu's private affair and said that it was the official business of Dongchang, and others did not dare to interfere at will.

In the end, Chang Yu and the Wang family determined two business cooperation at the dinner table, the Yangzhou branch of Daming Bank was wholly owned by the Wang family, and the head office took 20%, and the Wang family was designated as the general distribution of Yangzhou official salt.

To be honest, these two things alone are enough to make the Wang family's business to a higher level, you must know that the Grand Canal is an important logistics channel for merchants in this era, and opening a national chain of money in such an important town as Yangzhou, that business can be imagined, not to mention the salt industry that is strictly controlled by the imperial court.

The Fan family was grateful to Dade for this pie that fell from the sky, and they had to donate some food and salary to the court to express their gratitude, but they really let Chang Yu shirk it, the brothers just didn't follow, and even opened their mouths to donate 100,000 taels of silver, and they were really rich.

Do you really not want Chang Yu?

How can it be!

Don't give it for nothing! The reason why he repeatedly excused himself was nothing more than to capture the old man and let the family give more: "That's it, since the two are so attentive, the governor is grateful for the two hearts of the people and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court, but the governor ...... Hey, now it's not an outsider, so I'll just say it, and the first business of the Yangzhou branch of Daming Bank will be done to the governor."

Wang Zhaoyi's brothers were stunned for a moment, Shi Kefa and the others were also confused, which one is this, how can you do your business before you have a single character.

Or Ren Minyu reacted quickly: "Isn't it that the Lord Overseer wants to borrow money from the Yangzhou Branch?" A word woke up the person in the dream, and everyone reacted.

Chang Yu did not deny it: "The current situation of the imperial court is clearer than the governor's heart, if you want money, you want food, but there are endless natural disasters and man-made disasters, especially in the Gyeonggi area, the silver is just a thousand miles away, and there is an urgent shortage of a large amount ......of food.

At the end, Chang Yu sighed: "The governor wants to borrow one million from the two of them to purchase grain for Gyeonggi relief."

Million! Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu were surprised, this is too much borrowing.

But Chang Yu's expression was calm, he believed that the Wang family could take out this bit of silver, the reason was very simple, that is, they had bribed Duo Duo with 300,000 gold to let him not kill innocents indiscriminately.

Do you know how much 300,000 taels of gold are worth?

Some people will say three million taels of silver.

No, no, no, far more than that, gold to yellow and silver has never been fixed from ancient times to the present, the exchange rate in the Western Han Dynasty was one to three, at that time gold mining was difficult, silver is also difficult. In the Wei and Jin dynasties, the exchange rate became 1 to 10, but in the Song Dynasty it was 1 to 13, and on the eve of the Opium War it was 1 to 30.

The Ming Dynasty, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, reached 1 to 20, because the mining speed of gold was far less than that of silver, and secondly, because the international gold and silver price ratio has always exceeded China, so at least since the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of foreigners who shipped silver to China, and then exchanged it for gold and shipped it out, making China's silver price lower and lower, and the gold price higher and higher.

Therefore, at that time, the 300,000 gold that the Wang family bribed Duoduo was at least equivalent to five or six million silver, of course, it may be the entire wealth of the Wang family, so Chang Yu only opened his mouth to borrow one million.

Sure enough, the brothers of the Wang family did not disappoint Chang Yu: "Does the Lord Overseer want cash, or is it equivalent grain?" ”

This is the vision and mind of businessmen, first of all, Chang Yu gave them the opportunity to make a lot of money by investing in shares, and you can't refuse people's requests, let alone borrow.

Secondly, there are so many bigwigs who testify that with the little eunuch and the imperial court he represents, it is absolutely impossible to rely on this account, if he wants to rely on it, he will directly go to the private loan, not the account of the Daming Bank.

Therefore, since they have the ability, of course they have to do this business, not only to do it, but also to do it beautifully, I will give you silver if you want silver, and I will help you purchase food if you want it, and I will donate a lot of 100,000 taels of what you borrow and return what you borrow.

These words really made Chang Yu happy and grateful, and got up to toast the Wang brothers, this was also the first time he took the initiative to toast tonight or stood up, which flattered the Wang brothers and toasted three glasses in a row.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Chang Yu, who has always drunk little, was dizzy tonight, but he still looked like he was not drunk and did not return, and he actually drank the hot chat of the Wang brothers hooking their shoulders and putting their backs on their brothers, Ren Minyu, who was looking directly, was dumbfounded, Shi Kefa shook his head with a wry smile, Gao Jie rolled on the ground with a wine jar, muttering that he wanted ten ......

drank a broken piece, drank a broken piece for the first time in his life, Chang Yu woke up in the Yamen guest room, his headache was like a crack, Lianxin used a wet towel to put a blank on his forehead, and brought him a strong tea that had been brewed a long time ago, and poured half a pot in one breath and squatted at the door holding his head: "Who the fuck will let Lao Tzu drink in the future and chop him."

"You can pull it, yesterday I advised you to drink less, you shouted who won't let you drink, who chopped ......" Gao Jie came over at some point, and he was also top-heavy and had a hangover on his face.

Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "Don't talk about calves, before Lao Tzu got drunk, he obviously saw you rolling on ......the ground in a wine jar" Gao Jie blushed: "How is it possible, you must have drunk too much to see dazzling......"

When the two were fighting each other, Ren Minyu learned that Chang Yu woke up and came to greet him, and told him that Wang Zhaoyi would come to the yamen early in the morning to wait for greetings, and he was waiting in the lobby at this time.

This made Chang Yu feel that the Wang brothers were really caring.

After washing, it was almost noon, Chang Yu went to the lobby to see that Wang Zhaoyi was alone, saying that his brother Wang Zhaode was busy purchasing food, Chang Yu asked for details and learned that the Wang family had sent people to purchase everywhere, anyway, whether it was along the river or along the river, it was the land of fish and rice, as long as there was silver, you could receive food, and it was definitely more suitable than Octopus to understand the market price better, which made Chang Yu have the idea of letting the Wang family as Octopus do procurement in Jiangnan.

Wang Zhaoyi was excited when he heard it, saying that this matter was negotiable, and the two of them talked and unconsciously arrived at the meal, Wang Zhaoyi invited Chang Yu to go to Wang's mansion for a banquet again, but Chang Yu politely refused, he still had official business to deal with, and then sent Wang Zhaoyi away.

Yamen's lunch was clear and light, Gao Jie didn't know where to go, Chang Yu Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu chatted while eating, Shi Kefa asked when he would leave, Chang Yu frowned slightly: "It should have arrived."

Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu were surprised: "What should be there?" ”

"Later, the two of them will know" Chang Yu sold a pass, took a break after lunch, and was about to wait for Lianxin to go to the street to buy some things, and a relative guard came to report urgently: someone brought it.

Who?

Jiangyin Sangong, Yan Yingyuan, Jiangyin Classics, Chen Mingyu, Jiangyin Classics, Feng Houdun, Jiangyin Instructor.

What is the classic history, simply put, it is miscellaneous for the county order, although it is also an official position, but it does not enter the rank, does not enter the stream, is responsible for the arrest, the subordinate officer of the prison, the monthly salary rice and three stones, similar to the auxiliary police of later generations?

But it was these three small officials who did not enter the stream, when the county commanders, county officials, coastal defense, and academic history leaders in the yamen resigned and left collectively when the Tartar army was approaching, it was they who led the people of Jiangyin to fight to the death with the Tartars for 81 days, and they all died in battle.

This kind of person, Chang Yu must use, although they are all unknown at this time, but they must be given a platform to display their ambitions, so after he took charge of Dongchang, in addition to helping the emperor do some dirty work and find out intelligence, he also did two things, one, find someone, and two, kill people.

Find some loyal martyrs who bravely resisted the Tartars in history and sacrificed their lives for the country, and kill the two devils to lead the way.

Because after all, the memory of the previous life is limited, many people have to contact to remember, thinking that someone will either find him or kill him, for example, he has no time to think about the people and things in the south when he fought in the Gyeonggi area before, until this time he settled Bai Wang and returned to Nanjing, he thought that Jiangyin was not far from here, and when he left Nanjing, he sent people to Jiangyin to find the three of them and agreed to meet in Yangzhou. The three of them have public offices, and it is not difficult to find them.

Of course, after ordering to go to Jiangyin to find the third duke, he also secretly ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to go to Henan to kill Fang Heng, that is, before the Tartar had conquered Henan, he had already taken the initiative to kneel to greet him, and then was sent to Jiangyin as the new county commander of the Ming Jinshi Fang Heng, whose disgusting degree was no less than Sun Zhiqi.

Yan Yingyuan and the others who were approached by Dongchang had the same reaction, that is, panic, and they didn't know what they had done to alarm Dongchang to get people.

But soon calmed down a little, because they were not shackled, and these fans were politely tight along the way, only saying that someone wanted to see them in Yangzhou.

It's just that I racked my brains along the way and couldn't figure out who wanted to see them, until I arrived in Yangzhou, and met a person I couldn't dream of, the great eunuch of Dongchang.

Chang Yu saw that the three of them were in the prime of their youth, and his heart became more and more fond of it, so he immediately went straight to the topic: "The governor wants to send the three of them a future, do you want to be an official or join the army?" ”

Not surprisingly, the three of them were confused.

Inexplicably pie falling from the sky, who is not confused, this is like a person who is asking for food on the street and is suddenly taken away by several people to meet a super-rich man and tell him that this is his father.

After a lot of effort, the three of them finally determined that this was not a prank, and the other party just had no reason to give himself a future, either as an official or in the army.

To be an official is to be famous, at least you have to raise more than one person, but at most you can only be a small official below the county order, and if you are lucky, you can make up a small county order in a remote area.

Although the three of them have no fame, it is not a problem to have a big backer like Chang Yu to become a magistrate, but there are also conditions, that is, they must be transferred to Henan and Hebei, that is, the place that suffered the most natural and man-made disasters a few days ago.

The reason is very simple, these people can die for the country, which shows that they have noble character, even if they do not have outstanding talents, they will definitely not harm the people under their rule.

If you choose to join the army, it is naturally impossible to come up and be a general, first give the general or a thousand generals into the army to run in and exercise, and rely on military merit to be promoted.

But whether it is in the army or as an official, it is far more promising than being a small official in the Jiangyin Yamen, the three of them are naturally excited, but it is difficult to choose for a while, Chang Yu is not in a hurry to let them make a decision immediately, and there is a banquet in the yamen, and Shi Kefa has Ren Minyu as a companion, which really flatters the three of them, but they can't guess how to get the favor of the little eunuch.

In the end, Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu chose to join the army, Feng Houdun was trained to choose to join the army, Chang Yu asked Yan Chen and Ma Yingkui to go to Jinan and Octopus to Puzhou to join Li Yan, and Feng Houdun went back to Jiangyin first to wait for the appointment of the Ministry of Officials.