Chapter 30： Raise money

After the introduction, Wu Changqing motioned everyone to take their seats.

After looking at the people, Wu Changqing said: "Everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to discuss matters, Wu is very grateful. Wu first thanked you for Wusong's people. You must have seen the brutality of the Manchu Dynasty. They oppressed us Han. Wanton slaughter our Han people.

It was for this reason that I raised troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in order to restore the status of our Han people. All of you are Han Chinese, and you must be reluctant to kneel down to Tatar. "

After Wu Changqing finished speaking, the wealthy businessmen did not say anything.

They don't care whether they kneel for the Zhu family or Manqing, as long as they can continue to make money and enjoy the blessings. It's just that it's safer to give allegiance to the Manchu Dynasty, but to give allegiance to the Zhu Family of the Ming Dynasty may be cut off by the whole family.

In contrast between the two, they are naturally more willing to kneel for Man Qing.

As for the Han people Wu Changqing said, Tatar, they didn't care at all.

"General, we are just businessmen who have nothing to do with them. We really don't want to get involved in those wars. We just want to do some small business in peace."

Tang Yu stood up and said, each of them knew in their hearts that Wu Changqing had summoned them to ask for money, so they were not happy with them.

A little money is still a trivial matter, and they are even more afraid that Man Qing will return to defeat Wu Changqing and settle accounts with them. At that time, the charge of an enemy is definitely indispensable.

Hearing Tang Yu's words like this, Wu Changqing could only gritted his teeth, he couldn't get angry and ransack all these people from their homes.

These merchants are more than just a merchant.

At present, whether in the Qing court or in the area under Wu Changqing's control, many officials are their family members or sponsors.

If they ransack their homes rashly, it would be tantamount to offending a large number of grassroots officials, and turmoil would definitely occur in the ruled area.

Moreover, nowadays, when officials do not go to the countryside, the governance of the countryside is actually dependent on these gentry families. As long as they do a little trick, they can inspire the people to rebel.

Governing the country is not a person's business, at least for now Wu Changqing still needs to rely on these people. If you want to reform, you have to wait until you have enough strength in the future.

Liu Shizao saw Wu Changqing's gloomy face and knew that Wu Changqing was already very angry.

In order not to completely irritate Wu Changqing and prevent Wu Changqing from making any radical actions, he stood up and said, "Of course, we all deeply admire the general's righteous deeds against the Qing Dynasty for the people. In order to support the general's great cause of fighting the Qing Dynasty, the villain is willing to offer something. Meager power. Although the war has caused my business to lose money for several months, I am still willing to donate one thousand taels to the rebels."

"Although the villain has made losses one after another, he is also willing to donate one thousand taels as military resources." Tang Yu echoed.

Later, other merchants followed suit. Some of the property was not as good as theirs, and even only willing to donate five hundred taels.

Wu Changqing looked at this scene very helpless, although a thousand taels of silver is not too small, if you buy rice, you can buy at least 300,000 catties.

For ordinary people, this is simply a huge sum of money.

However, for an army, one thousand taels is too shabby.

Because of the lack of meat and oil in this era, both soldiers and ordinary people have a very large appetite. On weekdays, soldiers usually eat two catties of rice a day, but at least three catties during the battle.

Therefore, this one thousand taels of silver is enough for Wu Changqing's army for about half a month.

In addition to eating, the soldiers also need to pay for the army. This kind of hard work requires at least a couple of silver a month to make sense. Moreover, the soldiers died in battle, and they had to give some compensation to their families.

In addition to military expenses, Wu Changqing had to buy ordnance. He lacked knives, guns and armor, let alone artillery. Although you can make guns yourself, you need money for raw materials, and money for craftsmen.

In short, one thousand taels of silver is really pitiful for an army.

More importantly, this thousand taels of silver is only a drop in the bucket for these wealthy businessmen.

None of the wealthy businessmen present is worth less than one hundred thousand taels. Like Tang Yu and Liu Shizao, their net worth reached one million.

If you donate one thousand taels if you have millions of net worth, Wu Changqing can't be angry.

"Then thank you for your support."

Wu Changqing said coldly, he can't use a knife to force these people to donate more, at least not now.

However, the current behavior of these businessmen is completely disgusting to him, and he will never let these guys go in the future. When the rule is stabilized, at least 50% of the tax will be collected and let them cry one by one.

Although everyone donated a small amount, there were also 13 thousand taels in the pool. At any rate, they could give the soldiers a month's worth of payment.

A group of wealthy businessmen left the government office, all with a smile on their faces.

It took a thousand taels to send Wu Changqing, the rebel leader, to buy a Ping An, which is quite cost-effective. In their plan, even two thousand three thousand donations can be accepted.

What they didn't expect was that Wu Changqing would be so easy to talk.

"I'm still younger after all."

Tang Yu sighed, and everyone laughed.

They all understood that Tang Yu was making a joke about Wu Changqing or a hairy boy who was not sophisticated enough. The real soldier and bandit leader must use a knife to frighten people at this time.

Chen Daolin looked at these self-righteous people with a cold snort in his heart.

Unlike others, he did not underestimate Wu Changqing, and even thought Wu Changqing was very remarkable.

There were so many generals in Daming, but they failed one after another with heavy soldiers in their hands. But Wu Changqing relied on hundreds of courageous villagers to start his career, but continued to win. Can this kind of person be a waste?

In short, Chen Daolin is very optimistic about Wu Changqing. He was there when Wu Changqing gave a speech that day. At that time, he felt that Wu Changqing was very different.

As for the difference, he couldn't tell.

After the crowd had dispersed, Chen Daolin returned to the Yamen again, begging to see Wu Changqing.

He was going to sponsor Wu Changqing. This was not his impulse, but the determination he finally made after thinking about it for two days.

He funded Wu Changqing not because of his loyalty to Daming, but an investment.

He was optimistic that Wu Changqing could do something, and maybe even separatize one side, or become a member of the first rank of the imperial court. Either way, it is worth his investment.

In ancient times, Lu Buwei invested in foreigners and thus took charge of a country.

Lu Buwei gave all the businessmen a head to let them understand that the business could still do the same. As long as the investment is successful, there will be numerous profits.

This time, Chen Daolin is also ready to take a gamble.

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