When the living businessmen saw the old man, they all got up one after another, bowed to the old man, and said, "Mr. Jia, you have always been good. Xie Yuanqing had already greeted him, bowed to the old man, and said, "Father-in-law, your old man is also here." ”

It turned out that this old man was Xie Yuanqing's father-in-law, Jia Jicheng. He has been doing business in the Quang Nam area for more than 40 years and has a high reputation among merchants. However, in recent years, his property has also been dispersed and handed over to several sons to operate, and he bought a manor in the suburbs of Guangzhou, and spent his old age in peace, rarely showing up. This time, Xie Yuanqing was also afraid that he was not qualified enough and would not be convinced by other businessmen, so he invited his old father-in-law out.

Seeing that he was bumping into Jia Jicheng, Wang Zhong didn't dare to be sloppy, and hurriedly gave Jia Jicheng a salute, saying: "Jia Shibo has always been good, and his nephew is polite." ”

Jia Jicheng looked at Wang Zhong and said, "Nephew Wang, you are going there." ”

Wang Zhongdao: "Yang Juma said just now that whether or not to donate, or how much to donate, is voluntary, and the court will never force it." My nephew thinks that we are all merchants who keep to ourselves, and we have never paid less in taxes and slaves. Now that there is something in the court, there are naturally those officials of the court to take care of it, and it has nothing to do with us, so we have to take the first step. ”

Jia Jicheng nodded and said, "Nephew Wang, if you want to leave, the old man will naturally not dare to stop you, but can you listen to the old man say a few words, and it's not too late to leave?" ”

Jia Jicheng's face, Wang Zhong didn't dare not give it, and said immediately: "Since Shibo said so, my nephew will listen to it even more." As he spoke, he turned and sat down in his place.

With Xie Yuanqing's support, Jia Jicheng came to Yang Yan first, saluted Yang Yan, and said, "The grass people have seen Lord Horse. ”

Yang Yan also stood up, owed a debt, and said, "Mr. Jia, don't be polite. ”

Jia Jicheng turned around at this time, faced all the businessmen present, and said: "Everyone, the old man is a person who has already retired from the scriptures, this year there are eight out of sixty, and there are no days to look forward to, close your eyes today, and I don't know if I will be able to open my eyes tomorrow." Originally, I shouldn't be in charge of things anymore, but the current situation, I don't need to say, everyone should also know, if it weren't for Yang Juma blocking the Jin people in Longxing Mansion and letting the Jin people come to Guangzhou, would we still be sitting here and talking so freely? ”

Wang Zhong said at this time: "Jia Shibo, it's not that my nephew intends to refute your words, my nephew and I have also done a few transactions with the Jin people, and they have always been silver and goods, and I have never seen any difference between them and the Song people." We are just ordinary people, and whoever becomes the emperor only needs to pay taxes and levy them. If we are still doing our business, what will the Jin people do to us?

Jia Jicheng shook his head and said, "Nephew Wang, you are wrong, you can still do business with the Jin people now, that's because the Great Song Dynasty is still there." If Da Song is gone, will the Jin people still do business with you honestly? He swept the audience and said, "I think there are many people here who have similar thoughts as Wang Shinephew. But among you, who has really experienced the events of the Jingkang and Jianyan years. Does anyone know how the Jin people treated us people in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

The businessmen present whispered for a while, and then they all quieted down and listened to Jia Jicheng's words. After stopping for a while, Jia Jicheng slowly raised his left hand, only to see that the index finger, ring finger, and little finger of his left hand were all cut off by the roots. Jia Jicheng said slowly: "This is what was left at that time. Some of the older businessmen were more familiar with Jia Jicheng, and it was not surprising to know that he only had two fingers left on his left hand. But most of the young businessmen saw it for the first time, and there was an uproar at the scene.

Jia Jicheng continued: "At that time, Lao Yu was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who lived in Hejian Mansion. The Jin people hit Hejian Mansion, and the people in the villages and towns they went to, the people were all harmed, killing people like hemp, chickens and dogs were not left, and the smell was hundreds of miles. There were horrific sights everywhere. There were twenty-three men, women and children in the old man's family, and except for Lao Yu, everyone else died at the hands of the Jin people. The old man hid in the pile of dead people and pretended to be dead, so he was lucky to escape this catastrophe. He closed his eyes, as if recalling the experience of that time, sighed slowly, and said, "That experience is so terrible, that for years to come, the old man will have the same nightmare." Later, the old man did not dare to have contact with the Jin people again, so he came to the south to do business, and after decades of hard work, he earned such a family business. Before the old decay was halfway into the ground, the golden man was going to fight again. ”

The businessmen sitting there were silent, and even Wang Zhong had nothing to say.

Jia Jicheng swept the businessmen sitting with his eyes again, and said: "These are the personal experiences of the old man, do you think that when the Jin soldiers are killed in Guangzhou, they will change their sex?" Saying that, Jia Jicheng then pointed out the window and said: "If you don't believe it, don't visit and ask the beggars downstairs, they were originally from Lin'an Mansion and Shaoxing Mansion, because of the Jin people's southern invasion, they stayed in Guangzhou and begged for a living, such beggars are not a minority in Guangzhou, can't it be explained?" ”

Xie Yuanqing said: "Everyone, Guangzhou is the southernmost point of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Jin people are killed here, where can you escape to?" So what we are doing is not only to help the court, but also to save ourselves. ”

As soon as he said this, many people immediately responded, but most of them still bowed their heads and remained silent.

At this time, Jia Jicheng said: "Everyone, just listen to the old man's nagging a few more words." Since ancient times, businessmen are the end of the four people, and they all say that we businessmen value profit over righteousness, but in fact, it is not wrong, and they ask themselves in their hearts, have they done a few things without conscience in the process of doing business? ”

At these words, most of the people present lowered their heads, and one person stood up and said: "Although what Mr. Jia said is true, but we are all business people, and we are willing to lose money and not make more money." So sometimes it's okay to do something that tastes good conscience. ”

Jia Jicheng nodded and said, "That's what I said, we are not saints, and it is normal for us to have some selfish and distracting feelings." But people, in this life, you can't just do things that taste your conscience, and when necessary, please be less selfish and show a little conscience. In fact, the one who is not a person with a family of more than 10,000 or more than 100,000 or more than 100,000 is enough in this life, and no matter how much money you earn, you can't bring it into the coffin, so it is better to use it in some useful places, and in the future, it can be regarded as a contribution to the Great Song Dynasty. That's all the old man says, you can do it yourself. ”

After saying that, he turned around and saluted Yang Yan again, and said, "Master Horse, after the old man has finished speaking, I will ask the horse to make it clear." ”

Yang Yan arched his hand to Jia Jicheng and said, "Mr. Jia, thank you very much." Then he said loudly: "Everyone, this official still says the same thing, this time please come, whether to donate, or how much to donate, is voluntary, and the court will never force it." Everything that needs to be said has been said in the scriptures, and now it's up to you. ”

At this time, Xie Yuanqing stood up first and said, "I am willing to donate 300,000 copper coins to the court." ”

Then Jia Jicheng spoke again: "Although the old man is old, he is also willing to donate 300,000 copper coins to the imperial court, plus 100,000 stones of grain. ”

With their son-in-law taking the lead, and Jia Jicheng's words just now also aroused the righteous indignation of many businessmen, and immediately the other four members of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce Shi Fu, Cai Jianfang, Zou Xuping and Ding Kui also got up one after another to register the donated money and grain. Shi Fu and Cai Jianfang both donated 300,000 yuan and 50,000 stone of food. Zou Xuping and Ding Kui donated 250,000 yuan, 50,000 stones of grain, and 10,000 horses of silk. Other businessmen also got up and went to the table to register their donations.

At this time, Wang Zhong suddenly got up, turned around and went downstairs without saying a word. When five or six merchants saw this, they also got up and went downstairs. There were more than a dozen businessmen who saw it, and some were eager to try, but they looked left and right, hesitated for a moment and stayed.

Yang Yan, Zhao Ruyu, and Yue Lin were all relieved when they saw it. It seems that this time it was an overall success.

After a busy day, all the donations of all the merchants who attended the meeting were registered. This time, a total of one hundred and three merchants made donations, and a total of 14,730,000 copper coins, 785,600 stone of grain, and 123,700 horses of silk were harvested. The total amount of the harvest is even higher than Guangdong's fiscal revenue in a year.

After everything was finished, Yang Yancai said: "Thank you for your great help, this official will truthfully report today's situation and the list of donors to the imperial court, and the emperor will not forget your contributions to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

After the meeting was dismissed, Yang Yan, Zhao Ruyu, Yue Lin, and others invited Xie Yuanqing, Shi Fu, Cai Jianfang, Zou Xuping, and Ding Kui to the state government, and proposed that they wanted to entrust businessmen to buy grain from overseas. It was also promised that the government would not only purchase the grain at the price, but also reduce or exempt the tariffs according to the weight of the grain purchased.

As soon as Xie Yuanqing and the other five heard this, they could reduce or reduce tariffs according to the weight of the grain purchased. I think it's profitable, so I agree. After several discussions, it was decided that the grain purchased from overseas would be bought at the price of eight cents per stone for the imperial court. This price is ten times the price of domestic grain in the Great Song Dynasty in normal times, but it is almost only a slight profit for grain purchases from overseas. But now is the time when there is a shortage of grain and grass, and we can only rely on buying overseas grain for the time being.

However, on the whole, Yang Yan's trip to Guangdong has gained a lot. Not only did he review the navy, but he also raised a lot of money and grain for the imperial court, and at least got a way to supply food, and he could continue to support the confrontation between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State.

At this moment, a messenger suddenly came from outside the door and said: "Yang Concubine, the big thing is not good, there is a rebellion in Sichuan, and the imperial court urgently recruits the concubine to rush back to Tianlin Mansion immediately to discuss countermeasures." ”

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