Chapter 194 Show off wealth

Cui Daoyi sighed, "If this is the case, it can also explain why the Kongming mage pretended to be a layman. However, what is puzzled is that Master Kongming is a Taoist monk. How can he not understand this and cooperate with the Russians? Russians and Japanese, coveted the rivers and mountains of North Korea. Kim Hongji's cooperation with the Japanese is hateful, but Kongming's cooperation with the Russians is also to attract wolves into the house.

"Sometimes, you can only see it by being out of the matter." Zhou Charter said, "The Taoist priest is free from the secular world and can see it naturally and thoroughly."

"Where." Cui Dao sighed, " Sometimes, when I see it thoroughly, in fact, my heart is more painful."

As the two were talking, Yao Xi hurried in and said, "Brother, Zhao Zhenglun is here. He is eager to see you on the Peony Platform."

When Zhou Charter heard Zhao Zhenglun's name, he was very depressed.

When they were in Yizhou, Zhou Charter and Zhao Zhenglun made a deal with Korean ginseng. Originally, they pointed out that Qian Yougui took these batches of Korean ginseng to the Qing Dynasty to sell them at a good price and bought some cotton-padded clothes. However, the money was expensive for more than a month, and there was no signal. The cotton-padded clothes were not bought back. Zhou Charter promised to return 80,000 taels of silver to Zhao Zhenglun within a month, which also made Zhang Jun's brothers have to develop the service industry, wash their feet and massage to earn some money, and reluctantly bought the cotton-padded clothes for the winter, but the money owed to others could not be returned. .

Don't ask, Zhao Zhenglun is here to ask for the account.

Zhou Charter asked the officers and soldiers not to take a needle and a thread from the masses, but he took Zhao Zhenglun's 80,000 taels of silver and did not return them, which is in any case.

Zhou Charter had to stand up and arch his hand to Cui Dao and said, "There are some common things to deal with. Let's leave."

Cui Dao got up to see him off: "The Prime Minister is busy with official duties, and he dares not stay."

Zhou Charter took Yao Xi out of Xuanwuguan and hurried back to the Peony Taiwan.

As soon as he entered the government hall, he saw Zhao Zhenglun sitting in a chair and burning a fire in the brazier. When he saw Zhou Charter, he stood up in a hurry and was about to kneel down to Zhou Charter. Yao Xi shouted, "I told you a long time ago. My eldest brother is not kneeling."

Zhao Zhenglun knelt down and kowtowed to Zhou Charter's rules. Yao Xi was furious: "Zhao, don't do this, don't you owe you 80,000 taels of silver! You fucking want accounts, and you don't have to take the sad route!" Yao Xi knew about Goryeo ginseng. Like Zhou Charter, he also thought that Zhao Zhenglun was here to owe money.

"Yao Xi, hurry up and make tea for Mr. Zhao." Zhou Charter hurriedly stopped Yao Xi and said to Zhao Zhenglun, "Mr. Zhao, please get up quickly. I will definitely pay back the money Zhou Charter owes you..."

Zhao Zhenglun was full of tears and knelt on the ground and shouted, "Mr. Zhou is very grateful. I, Zhao Zhenglun, can't repay him even if I am a cow and a horse."

Zhou Charter looked ashamed: "Mr. Zhao, we can talk about the silver matter again. You get up first..."

"No need to talk about it, no need to talk about it." Zhao Zhenglun said while wiping his tears.

Yao Xi shouted, "Zhao, let me tell you that my eldest brother has no money on hand now. You can't talk about it!"

Zhao Zhenglun said in a hurry, "Zhou Zongbing has no money, Xiaomin has money."

Zhou Charter said, "If you have money, that's yours. I should pay you 80,000 taels..."

"It's returned, it's already returned." Zhao Zhenglun was frightened: "Zhou Zongbing, please look, the silver is here."

Zhou Charter noticed that there were more than a dozen boxes beside Zhao Zhenglun. Zhao Zhenglun stood up and opened the boxes one by one. It was full of white silver, which made people's eyes unable to open.

Yao Xi shouted, "Zhao Zhenglun, you are fucking full, bring so much money to show off your wealth! Are you fucking*! If you have the ability, you can drive a Marthatini here! Let me tell you, my eldest brother doesn't like you!"

Zhou Charter put his foot on Yao Xi's buttocks, staggered Yao Xi and shouted, "Mr. Zhao shows off his rich ghost. The money is back!"

Yao Xi then reacted and touched his buttocks and shouted, "Dog's money is expensive. Where has he died for more than a month? It has made my eldest brother in trouble! Where is this boy? I can't spare him!"

Zhao Zhenglun said attentively, "Mr. Zhou doesn't know that this money was indeed sent back by Mr. Qian, but Mr. Qian hasn't come back yet."

"You didn't come back? This boy must be afraid that my eldest brother will hit his military stick and hide outside and dare not come back! Damn, tell him to get back quickly. He can't hide from the 15th day of the first lunar new year!" Yao Xi shouted.

"Yao Xi, shut the fuck up! Make tea for me!" Zhou Charter shouted, "Mr. Zhao, please sit down. What's going on?"

Zhao Zhenglun and Zhou Charter sat down. After a while, Yao Xi brought tea, and Zhao Zhenglun told the whole story.

It turned out that Zhao Zhenglun handed over the Korean ginseng to Zhou Charter, and his life was not secure. After all, this was 80,000 taels of silver, and Zhao Zhenglun's family's life was covered.

Since Zhou Charter left Yizhou, creditors often came to collect debts. At the beginning, Zhao Zhenglun didn't have anything. Anyway, this batch of goods was taken by the general of Yizhou. How can a general soldier not count? When the creditors saw the IOU of the general soldier, they also urged it very tightly.

However, after a month in a row, I haven't seen any expensive money come back. The creditors are anxious and come to collect debts every day. Some creditors even put down their harsh words. If they don't pay back the money, they will be rude!

At this time, Zhao Zhenglun panicked. The so-called roughness is to move things and rob houses, and the most important thing is to kill people!

Although Zhang Jun has a good reputation for not disturbing the people, if Zhou Charter really doesn't pay back the money, they have soldiers and guns, Zhao Zhenglun is a kind of grassy people, so he can only watch.

Zhao Zhenglun has been so long that he wants to hang himself. Three days ago, a wooden boat crossed the Yalu River and transported 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 taels of silver worth of cotton coats and a large amount of medicine, including more than 1,000 muskets, five Gatling machine guns, three wild guns, and a large number of bullets and shells.

The visitor was a quartermaster of Zhang's quartermaster department, but Qian Yougui, the minister of the quartermaster department, did not come back.

The quartermaster found Zhao Zhenglun, handed over 100,000 silver to Zhao Zhenglun, and asked Zhao Zhenglun to help prepare the carriages and horses to transport these materials to Pyongyang.

When Zhao Zhenglun saw the silver, he was so excited that he almost fainted. Without saying anything, he mobilized his family, relatives and friends, hired mules and horses, formed a transport team of more than 100 people, transported the supplies together with silver, and walked on the road for three days, and had just arrived in Pyongyang.

Zhao Zhenglun came to the prime minister's government on the peony stage. Luo Mingfang received him and was also overjoyed to see cotton-padded medicine, guns and ammunition. He let Zhao Zhenglun sit in the government building to drink tea and rest, wait for Zhou Charter to come back, and order all the more than 100 people brought by Zhao Zhenglun in a grand year. Take it to the leisure and entertainment street under the Peony stage, where you can enjoy good wine and meat, and arrange bathing and massage services after eating and drinking enough, all of charge. Luo Mingfang herself went to various regimental battalions to distribute supplies with Hannagan. Now it is the middle of winter. Soldiers are in urgent need of cotton-padded clothes and medicine. If they arrive at the soldiers earlier, the soldiers will be less frozen.

Zhao Zhenglun briefly explained the itinerary along the way, and Yao Xi shouted, "Zhao Zhenglun, you show off your wealth, but you still don't accept it!" You brought cotton-padded medicine here, which is a great achievement. What the hell did you do with the silver? Do you show off your family's wealth?

Zhao Zhenglun hurriedly said, "Ajutant Yao misunderstood that Xiaomin's capital was only 80,000 taels, of which 30,000 taels were made by Xiaomin himself, and the other 50,000 taels were borrowed. Xiaomin thought that the general soldier was very kind to Xiaomin. If there was no general soldier's care, there would be no Xiaomin's family today. Therefore, Xiaomin discussed with his family and left 50,000 taels to pay off the debt, and the other 50,000 taels of silver, all donated to Zhang Jun, at the disposal of the general.

Zhou Charter hurriedly said, "What's the need for Mr. Zhao? I promised you 100,000 taels at the beginning, but I can't go back on."

Zhao Zhenglun shook his head: "The general soldier is not good enough. These 50,000 taels of silver have passed the hands of Xiaomin. It can be regarded as the general soldier's return to Xiaomin. Now Xiaomin has donated it purely out of voluntariness. I hope the general soldier can accept it. Xiaomin has only one request. This money must not enter the Red Cross Society! If you enter the Red Club, you will buy Masatini for *! Before Xiaomian came to Pyongyang this time, he had already issued a message in Yizhou that he would donate money to Zhang Jun. The people of Yizhou knew that if the general soldiers did not accept it, Xiaomin would have no face to return to Yizhou!"

"Aren't you fucking showing off your wealth?" Yao Xi scolded, "The whole state knows that you donated 50,000 taels of silver. Can you keep a low profile!"

Zhao Zhenglun said solemnly, "Supporting the army reflects the positive energy of society. Of course, we should make a big deal!"

Zhou Charter said, "In this case, this is also Mr. Zhao's heart. I will accept these 50,000 taels of silver for the time being. Later, I will ask the Quartermaster Department to send Mr. Zhao a banner of 'building a harmonious society together in the military and land' as a tribute. Oh, by the way, why didn't the money come back? Where is he?"

Zhao Zhenglun took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Charter: "This is a letter that Lord Qian entrusted to bring to the chief soldier, and you can know it at a glance."

Zhou Charter opened the letter and knew that Qian Yougui was now in a small mountain village called Zalantun in the northeast.

At the beginning, Qian Yougui took Korean ginseng and crossed the Yalu River with Jin Yuan Shikai and arrived at Jiulian City.

According to the idea that money is expensive, it is best to ship this batch of goods to Manchuria, where they can be sold to Russians and sell them at a good price. However, the road to Manchuria is far away, and long-distance transportation is extremely difficult. Moreover, the road is not peaceful. If you go north, there are many beards to rob houses.

Therefore, the money is expensive and intends to ship it to Beijing this time. Because there are a lot of goods, Yuan Shikai is expensive to hire carriages and horses. Yuan Shikai is also righteous. As an imperial envoy, he asked Song Qing, the governor of Jiulian City, to provide convenience. Yuan Shikai and Na Jin came forward. Song Qing didn't say anything and gave Qian You ten driving horses.

Qian Yougui took the goods and horses and walked slowly. The two imperial envoys Yuan Shikai and Na Jin were eager to return to Beijing to return to the empress dowager and the emperor, waiting for the money to be expensive. Jin and Yuan Shikai took the lead, and Qian Yougui took the goods and went to Beijing.

Not long after, the money was expensive to Fengtian and met a Russian businessman named Balaofu.