Peace Order-Chapter 819 - 101: Reunion in Changfeng Building_2

Wen He seemed genuinely regretful: "Those ladies’ jewelry boxes could actually fetch quite a lot of money. If you were to acquire the jewelry of these young ladies, you could sell them to their suitors for much higher prices."

"Not just ten times the price, but even a hundred times the price, those gentlemen from aristocratic families would accept it happily, and you could easily hold leverage over them, achieving many things with ease."

"Their bottom line isn’t so hard to breach, and being in high positions, it’s almost perfect..."

Wen He paused, smiled, and said: "That was just a jest, merely a joke."

"I only heard it from a friend of mine."

Li Guanyi grinned.

Deciding not to delve into his scribe’s past.

Perhaps it was the contrast that made him feel, at that moment, his own moral level was so high it frightened him. Mr. Wen He said: "So, the beauty I speak of is not you as an individual."

"Rather, it’s the trend you represent, the possibilities. To the aristocratic families, that is the true beauty, and your connections with them, like a fierce tiger setting foot, would not be overlooked by Chen Country or Ying Country. With that, I can safely extract the silver."

Wen He’s strategy was very successful.

Li Guanyi easily drew the attention of Chen Country and Ying Country.

Wen He managed to gradually transport the substantial amounts of gold and silver, hiding them at the porridge distribution area of the Qilin Army, a place bustling with people and guarded by the Qilin Army, where it went unnoticed.

After taking inventory of the gains, Wen He informed Wen Lingjun, stating it was a gift from the Great Emperor, further indicated by the white jade token in Li Guanyi’s possession, clearly an imperial item that Wen Lingjun didn’t recognize as the key to the imperial tombs, yet reluctantly accepted.

The nobleman candidly said: "If it weren’t for Wen He, the lord wouldn’t deceive me."

Li Guanyi felt his moral bottom line was being overshadowed.

Wen Lingjun’s character, once trusting Li Guanyi, harbored no suspicion. And after accounting with Wen He, reported to Li Guanyi: "A lot, with many imperial marks among them."

"Among them, the pure gold and silver alone weigh millions of silver taels, over ten million silver taels, even for Ying Country, offsetting taxes with gold, iron, and provisions would count as a third of a year’s revenue."

"Using the annual tax revenue of a vast nation spanning thousands of miles."

"With no need to support the imperial family, no need to allocate to the aristocratic families." freёweɓnovel_com

"But instead, investing wholly into a place a thousand miles wide, it seems the plans the lord had previously conceived could all succeed, yet this gold and silver cannot be transported back to Jiangnan at this moment, as the state of the world is just starting to change, and the wealth is heavy and easily discovered."

Wen Lingjun explained the current situation to Li Guanyi, speaking slowly and warmly, neither fast nor slow, with the subtle fragrance of winter snow pines wafting from his robe sleeves, pointing to the table with his finger, said:

"The tax revenue of a country for four months, guarded by a thousand cavalry, is far from enough."

"This is enough gold and silver to spark a small-scale war."

"Unless... the world undergoes significant change, drawing everyone’s attention to this single matter, leaving them panicked and without the time to concern themselves with this. Or, even if they do care about the gold and silver in the lord’s hands, there’s already no way to stop it."

"In this way, it stands in the land of invincibility, and then the plan can proceed."

Wen Lingjun said: "After the autumn hunt, an opportunity for such global change will surely present itself."

"At that time, bringing together the people and the gold and silver into Jiangnan, the Lord should return like a dragon to the sea, accomplishing the great trend, free from the constraints of aristocratic families and the world..."

Wen Lingjun hesitated momentarily, stood, and cupped his hands warmly, saying:

"However, I have a request that I ask the Lord to consider."

Li Guanyi said: "Please speak, Historian."

Wen Lingjun spoke slowly and calmly: "Since we already have this gold and silver, more can be done. Please write a letter to dispatch Daiqing in the State City to start water management to avoid tidal floods."

"If the Lord permits, I will gather more commoners along with Qingyu, but in doing so, the Jiangnan Eighteen States will eventually become congested."

"At that time, if the great change truly occurs, may I ask the lord to dispel the troops from Jiangnan’s Eighteen States to seize control of the Seventeen States from Ying Country and Chen Country."

Wen Lingjun said: "The majority of these Seventeen States are in Chen Country’s hands."

"If the Emperor of Ying holds it in hand, it will be greatly disadvantageous to us, and we must strive for that moment, using the tides to surge to the Seventeen States with large ships, swiftly conquering them, no longer merely exerting influence over a thousand-mile domain, but completely controlling this region."

"Previously, the Lord had an agreement with the Emperor of Ying; thus, only by seizing that moment can you force both him and Chen Dingye to swallow this loss quietly."

Li Guanyi said: "Historian, how confident are you?"

Wen Lingjun said: "Send Yuan Zhi and Feng Xiao to dispatch at my command."

"If at that time, the Lord’s reputation can resound in all directions, and what Daiqing does is thorough enough to inspire the people of the Seventeen States, then ninety percent, ninety percent indeed..."

The gentle nobleman softly said:

"I have ninety percent confidence in allowing the Lord to completely pacify the whole of Jiangnan."

"Then after that, it will depend on what the Lord does in the Western Regions."

Li Guanyi said: "Very well."

He rose and bowed deeply, saying: "Then, thank you, sir."

All this gold and silver was temporarily left behind, and Feng Xiao was taken away by Wen He and Wen Lingjun, their strategies shifted once more. Li Guanyi wrote a letter to Yan Daiqing, informing him that the money problem had been resolved and that he could begin preparing water management measures against the autumn tides.

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