sjar Chapter 382 I'll use this money to recruit soldiers and horses, you guys have no objections, ri
Chapter 382 I'll use this money to recruit soldiers and horses, you guys have no objections, ri
The toothless father collected all the bowls and took them to the kitchen. After coming out, he strolled around the entrance of Yingxianlou, seemingly casually.
As soon as someone gets close, he immediately staggers, contorts his face, shakes his hands, limps, and approaches the person in a sickly manner.
They even had an expression that said, "I won't stop until I've extorted you to death today."
At night, the light was dim, and at first glance, it was terrifying!
Passersby were so frightened that they kept their distance, giving the missing-tooth father no chance to get close!
And what the missing-tooth dad wanted was precisely this "not giving them a chance to get close"!
Because he was just a lookout!
The father with the missing tooth leaned against the corner of the wall, watching the hurried figures of pedestrians dodging away, and his cracked, leaky teeth smiled "silently"!
If he saw an unfamiliar face lingering at the alley entrance for more than three breaths, he would deliberately cough loudly and painfully.
He then spat on the ground with blood-tinged saliva, looking exactly like someone in the late stages of tuberculosis, scaring pedestrians so much that they ran away as fast as they could, and they couldn't stop him no matter how much they shouted.
At this moment, several dark figures carrying boxes flew out from the Yingxian Tower and leaped from the roof of the Yingxian Tower, landing lightly on the roof tiles of Linji Restaurant!
Upon seeing this, the man with the missing tooth stopped trying to extort money. After looking around and finding no one, he turned around, stepped on the wall, and flew onto the roof, landing in Lin's backyard.
Lin Ji also saw off the last customer, and Li Chunhong and the others finished cleaning the restaurant.
"Boss, we've finished our work, we're heading back to the village!"
Gao Mengli put down the abacus and came out from behind the counter. "It's not safe at night. Your village isn't far, but it's not close either."
You can take our carriage back, and then hurry back tomorrow!
At this moment, Hei Yi drove the carriage out and handed the rope to Li Chunhong. "There is horse feed in the carriage. When you get home, remember to feed them once, and feed them again when you come out tomorrow."
Li Chunhong quickly waved her hand, her face full of embarrassment, "Master, how could I possibly accept this! We can walk back quickly, we can't possibly trouble your carriage..."
Before she could finish speaking, Gao Mengli smiled and pushed her hand back, then handed the rope back to her.
"The dew was heavy at night, and there were ditches and bumps on the road, making it too dangerous to walk."
Gao Mengli's tone was somewhat impatient.
After all, once she saw them off, she had to close the shop and count the money with Dou Weiyi and the others!
Hurry up and take it, don't force me to kneel down and beg you!
Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Li Chunhong quickly smiled and nodded, "Thank you very much, boss!"
Taking the reins, Li Chunhong urged the women from the village to get in the car quickly!
Today was her first day at work, and she had forgotten to tell her eldest son to come and pick them up in the oxcart tonight!
Li Chunhong gripped the reins, glanced back at the truck full of people, and counted the number of people.
Then he turned to Gao Mengli and waved, "Master, please go back inside. It's chilly at night! We'll make sure to bring the carriage back tomorrow morning so it won't delay you!"
As she spoke, she gently shook the reins, and the horse snorted and slowly headed towards the village.
After everyone left, Gao Mengli quickly signaled Hei Yi to lock the door and extinguish the candles.
After they finished, the two headed straight for the backyard!
Pushing open the door to the backyard room, one sees six large boxes and three small boxes neatly arranged inside.
Gao Mengli stepped forward and lifted the top large box, revealing neatly stacked silver ingots that instantly made her eyes sparkle. "Lord Dou, you guys are really quick. You've managed to steal all of Yingxianlou's revenue."
But judging from this number, it doesn't seem like a month's revenue.
Dou Weiyi raised her head excitedly, "That's right! I've been so excited since I received your letter, sister-in-law, that I haven't slept!"
They gathered men overnight and rowed day and night to reach the prefectural city. And look, this time they robbed more silver than expected—a full 600,000 taels!
That's enough to cover the Dou family army's pay for two years!
Ayu squatted down, opened a small box next to her, and took out a thick stack of silver notes. "Moreover, when we went to the other side just now, we also found two boxes of silver and one box of silver notes! A total of fifty thousand taels!"
"Fifty thousand taels?"
Gao Mengli took a silver note from Ayu's hand and examined it carefully against the candlelight.
This silver should be working capital kept by Yingxianlou for its own use.
If the silver notes are issued by other money shops, exchanging them can be quite difficult.
When she saw the words "Qianji Money Shop" printed on the top of the banknote, she was delighted. "These are banknotes issued by Qianyun Money Shop!"
At Qian Yun's money shop, Dou Weiyi, being close to Qian Yun, could exchange his money for cash directly by simply "scanning his face," eliminating the hassle of repeated verifications.
Even if there are problems later, Qian Yun will help him clean up the mess, doing it flawlessly!
Gao Mengli put down the silver notes, looked up at Dou Weiyi, and asked, "What are you planning to do with this batch of silver?"
At this point, Dou Wei frowned. "After you left, Qian Yun left Pingyao for Kyoto. She wrote to me saying that the situation in Kyoto was tense, and she was going to move all her shops south..."
Dou Zhan added from the side, "Merchants are the most astute. Qian Yun said that the old emperor is planning to move the capital, and he told us to prepare as soon as possible!"
Gao Mengli's eyes instantly darkened.
To put it nicely, it was a relocation of the capital; to put it bluntly, it was abandoning the city and fleeing.
Mengze mentioned this matter when he returned from investigating Zhuangzi, but he wasn't entirely certain.
Unexpectedly, even a big merchant like Qian Yun had to move his shops ahead of schedule, which shows that the situation is more tense than it appears.
Qian Yun's business is large, and he will naturally have unknown connections, so the information he receives is definitely reliable.
The old emperor not only considered moving the capital, but had already decided to do so.
Lin Xi, standing beside him, also looked somewhat grave. "Do you know where they intend to move to?"
Dou Weiyi and Dou Zhan exchanged a glance, then looked at Gao Mengli and Lin Xi, and uttered a tense statement: "Ling Si Mansion!"
The four prefectures of Ju, An, Si, and Wei were originally built along the river.
Ling Si Prefecture and Ling An Prefecture are adjacent to each other, and the waterway journey only takes three or four days, so they are very close.
For a moment, no one spoke in the room.
half an hour.
Dou Zhan closed the box and patted it. "I plan to use this silver to recruit soldiers. Ten thousand will be stationed in the Northwest, and I will transfer the remaining twenty thousand to the prefectural city!"
With this money, he can recruit 20,000 soldiers, train them urgently, and they can go to the battlefield this winter!
Dou Weiyi nodded in agreement. "That's right. There are Japanese pirates in the southeast, so the southeastern army can't be transferred."
Moreover, that old scoundrel always says that when he's in the army, he'll disobey the emperor's orders, and he's always saying that!
Dou Weiyi sneered, his fingertips tracing the corner of the box. "He's single-mindedly focused on seizing military power in the southeast and resisting the Japanese pirates, only seeking to protect his own territory."
Whether it's moving the capital to Kyoto or conscripting soldiers in the prefectural city, as long as it doesn't affect his interests, he will never meddle.
Dou Zhan chimed in, "That's right, so there's only one army left, the 30,000 elite troops of the Beijing Garrison. The old emperor will definitely lead them south!"
After saying that, to avoid any unforeseen complications, Dou Zhan called on Qian Yan'er and the others to quickly move the silver onto the boat, preparing to set off that very night!
Watching the boxes of silver being carried out, Ayu turned around, gently hugged Gao Mengli's waist, rested her head on his shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "Ali, I'll come see you again next time..."
Gao Mengli patted Ayu's shoulder and said, "Be careful on the road. Remember to send me a letter when you arrive so I know you're safe."
Ayu nodded, her voice full of reluctance, "I will."