After the immortal disappeared

He put aside this doubt and went out to welcome the guests.

Dianke ordered Mr. Wang to come to He Lingchuan to convey his holy message.

Yuan Wangting proposed to increase the tax on Hongya Trading Road for thirty years as a supplement to the loan mortgage. In other words, if Yuan Wangting cannot pay back the money, the customs revenue from Hongya Trading Road in the next thirty years will belong to Rongshan.

In addition, in order to protect its own rights and interests, Rongshan can also send people to the local area to take charge as they go.

According to He Lingchuan's understanding, this means allowing troops to be stationed. If you want people to be willing to pay you money, you have to have a complete set of violent institutions in the local area.

Generally speaking, no sovereign country will tolerate other forces stationing troops on its own land, but Hongya Road has two special features:

First of all, it is on the western border of the Yuan Kingdom, not in the hinterland of the Yuan Kingdom, and cannot threaten the central and southern regions of the Yuan Kingdom; it is also far away from the mainland of Rongshan, and cannot receive real-time support and supplements from the Rongshan Sect.

Secondly, there is Mr. Yuan’s little thought. If He Lingchuan didn’t have a special understanding of Hongya Road, he might not have discovered it:

Panlong Desert is not only one of the culprits causing poverty in Yuanxi, but also its protective umbrella. With the disappearance of the wild sand season and the normalization of the Panlong Desert, the biggest threat to foreigners entering and leaving Yuanxi has also disappeared.

If foreign forces are ready to take action - He Chunhua originally took Blackwater City back from external forces - the Yuan Kingdom, which is tired of civil war, may not be able to resist foreign aggression. Once the Rongshan Sect controls the Hongya Trade Road, it will naturally provide protection.

In other words, Rongshan Sect guarded the west gate for Yuan Kingdom.

This is the same as He Chunhua's previous responsibilities as the governor of Qiansong County.

It seems that after He Chunhua left Blackwater City, his successor did not do a very good job.

But no matter what, the fact that King Yuan can agree to He Chunhua's plan also shows that He Chunhua's influence on King Yuan's court is growing.

This was what the He family and his son had discussed. He Lingchuan had no objection and just nodded to Dian Ke Ling and said:

"I still need to find someone from Rongshan for an estimate, but in my opinion, this method should be feasible."

He sighed slightly in his heart. Even if Yuan Kingdom had some options, it would not be willing to mortgage all such high-quality assets.

Even Yuan didn't know its actual value, but He Lingchuan did. What he can do is to get a fair price for Hongya Trading Road.

…

The next day, with everyone's well-informed operation, the assessment of Hongya Commercial Road passed smoothly.

The He family, father and son, and Da Sinong all arrived at Fenglong Bank. He Lingchuan presented the information, special envoy tokens and documents, and signed the down payment of Rongshan Zong's aid from here.

Da Sinong directly received 1.9 million taels of real silver, and the remaining 1.8 million taels were military supplies. He Lingchuan had secretly sent flying letters before, so some of them had been entrusted to government officials and merchants to transport them into the country. Yuan Congress would receive this batch of important supplies in advance.

When Yuan Jun learned of this, he announced his congratulations to Lingchuan for entering the palace, praised him profusely, and gave him some rewards.

Military reinforcements were coming, and the entire capital let out a sigh of relief.

All kinds of greetings and invitations came to He Mansion like a snowflake, either for He Chunhua or He Lingchuan.

Yes, the "Rongshan Special Envoy" has officially entered the vision of officials of all sizes in Yuandu City. He not only has the power to sign payments, but also supervises the use of borrowed money.

In Yuan Kingdom, at this delicate moment, even Yuan Wangting had to look at He Lingchuan's eyes and wait for him to nod and give money.

How could officials not pay a warm visit to such a person?

He Chunhua simply took He Lingchuan with him, either holding a banquet for guests in a restaurant, or inviting officials and friends to the house to listen to plays and enjoy the gardens, as if they were indulging in sensuality, feasting and feasting.

He even ignored military and political affairs. Once when he attended a military meeting, he was drunk.

He Chunhua's uncharacteristic behavior also made the whole Yuan talk about it.

These things kept Mrs. Ying very busy. During dinner, she complained in front of her two sons that the family's money had been flowing like water recently.

He Lingchuan is at home today. While crossing his legs, he grabbed a big red strawberry and showed it to his mouth: "No matter how much money you spend as a favor or gift, you can get it back later, and you can even add more to it as interest. Mom, you don't understand. Toru."

Mrs. Ying glared at him fiercely: "Who are you saying is not transparent? Put your legs down and sit as if you are sitting up. How unbecoming are you!"

He Yue also took a strawberry: "The military supplies from the East are coming soon, and father is hurrying up."

The people of Rongshan began to evaluate other mortgages, and He Lingchuan rarely had two days of free time: "How are you doing these two days?"

The dignitaries of Yuandu were extremely enthusiastic towards him, and those beautiful girls in their prime years either sprained their feet next to him or fell into the water in front of him.

There are also many noble ladies and ladies who show their kindness to Zhu Xiuer and want to find out information about him.

Even He Yue, who was already engaged, could meet a girl on the road and make secret glances at her.

Everyone can see that the old He family is ready to ride on the wind.

He Lingchuan was so annoyed that he hid at home after two banquets. When Mrs. Ying asked him why, he only said that it was much easier to kill people with a knife than to deal with women.

"The court meeting was in a quarrel over the use of military supplies." He Yue was already well informed, "Your Majesty wants to send most of the supplies to the northwest front. After all, the northwest front has been short of food and clothing for a long time; but one group of veterans insists that, To quell the rebellion in the south, we need to use a thunderous force. If we finish the war early, we can mobilize the whole country to deal with Dong Haoming. Therefore, the logistics supplies on the southern front must be sufficient; the war on the northwest front cannot be finished in one or two days, and besides these more than three million taels It’s just the down payment, and there are more than three million left behind, so General Ke can’t be short of it.”

He Lingchuan was a little surprised: "All these veterans are on our father's side?"

He Chunhua has only been transferred to the capital for a short time, so how come he already has supporters?

I'm afraid that when I was in Xiazhou, I started planning and running the business. He is a father with a long-term vision and extraordinary ambition.

I have a goal a long time ago.

"Not entirely. But Master Yan supports his father."

He Lingchuan let out a long sigh. Yes, the relationship between my father and the national teacher Yan Lixin is extraordinary. This should be the result of mutual support.

No one can fight alone in official circles.

"There are many ministers who support General Ke and demand the first donation to the northwest front." He Yue shook his head, "Some also said that the main warehouses in various states have been dry for a long time, and the government offices at all levels cannot pay salaries. Officials also need to eat, and finally It’s good to distribute some first.”

Zhengcang is mainly used to supply official salaries, that is, to pay salaries to officials at all levels. Including but not limited to money, cloth, silk and firewood.

Hearing this, He Lingchuan looked at the bright red strawberries on the table.

Even in Yuandu City, this stuff is not something that a small official family can afford.

In fact, it was only after he came to Yuandu as the special envoy of Rongshan and dealt with officials at all levels that He Lingchuan truly felt how embarrassed this country was.

At this time, Yuan Kingdom was like a dry sponge that could no longer squeeze out water.