Chapter 495: Start a business but make a fortune

Facing the gazes of Luo Guanlin and Wang Yue, Yao Ran said, "It is true that Your Excellency has donated 7 million strings of cash to support the northern border."

There was a moment of silence in the study, and Luo Ze, who was helping Yao Ran, was also stunned.

Luo Guanlin frowned quickly, then came to his senses and asked, "Where did such a large amount come from?"

Yao Ran just said: "It is your private property."

As Chang Suining's right-hand man in the governor's mansion, Yao Ran also handled many things for Chang Suining. Chang Suining gave her a lot of discretion, so Yao Ran had also met Meng Lie. When introducing Meng Lie to Yao Ran, Chang Suining's introduction to Meng Lie was very concise and clear: [This is Mr. Meng. If the private treasury in the governor's mansion is insufficient when I am not here, just look for him.]

At that time, Yao Ran looked at Meng Lie and felt that he was a walking silver vault.

Therefore, Yao Ran had some understanding of how wealthy his master was now.

As for exactly how rich he is and where this wealth comes from, no one knows.

"Sir, where did this private property come from?" Wang Yue's face was filled with confusion.

Yao Ran shook his head slightly: "This is your private matter, I don't know."

Wang Yue's pupils trembled slightly, which means... the mystery of his life experience that was widely circulated was very likely to be true?

And then there is…

"So, the lord's previous poverty was just an act..." Wang Yue was about to say this, but he quickly changed his words: "Is it just a show?"

"It wasn't a show before." Yao Ran explained: "As far as I know, your private property only appeared later, it was not there at the beginning."

Wang Yue understood—it was a windfall.

The adults have quietly fulfilled most people's lifelong dreams!

Wang Yue couldn't help but sigh: "Your Excellency has made a fortune halfway through your business..."

This sudden realization made Wang Yue feel emotional and at peace at the same time.

The Jiangdu Governor's Office had always been very punctual in distributing salaries. It was said that most of the money was paid from the Governor's private treasury. He was both pleased and guilty about this. Every time he received his salary, he would feel doubly reluctant - if he accepted it, he would feel sorry for the Governor's private treasury; if he didn't accept it, he would feel sorry for his own wallet.

Now, when he receives his salary, he can do it without any burden! Wang Yue heaved a sigh of relief in his heart - this was the most direct change in his mentality after learning that the adults had made a fortune.

After sighing over this matter in his heart, Wang Yue continued to explore with surprise: "From what I see from your appearance, you are destined to be of extraordinary origin..."

You must know that it is not 700 strings of cash, nor is it 70,000 strings of cash, but 7 million strings of cash... If you can easily take out 7 million strings of cash and shake Dasheng, how many people who meet the requirements can be shaken out? Luo Guanlin did not speak, but he was reserved about this story.

Seven million strings of cash is indeed a huge number, but in the past, there had been good friends who refused to reveal their identities and would often send millions of strings of cash to his master... If there were more such good friends, it would not be impossible to fill up his master's private treasury.

Although such a generous and gullible friend is rare, his master is indeed very good at deceiving... or in other words, manipulating people's hearts.

However, although the truth of this story is unknown, the fact that it has spread to such an extent and attracted so much attention... Luo Guanlin does not believe that there was no instigation from Chang Suining behind it.

Therefore, this is public opinion deliberately promoted by his family. As for whether it is true or false... considering her usual true and false style of doing things, we have to wait and see.

However, it is not difficult to imagine why she chose to do this...

There was no explicit statement, but such clues were thrown out, leading to people's speculation -

Historically, the most daring things in this world have come from people's conjectures.

In this way, she was telling the world that she, Chang Suining of Huainan Dao, had troops in her hands and people behind her. Those who wanted to compete with her would naturally have to think twice.

But, is her intention... just that?

Luo Guanlin lowered his eyes and looked at the document in front of him, but he felt that the words and lines formed a winding path, and as he looked, they all seemed to lead in the same direction.

As it was getting dark, Wang Yue and Luo Guanlin were walking together on their way out of the outer study.

Wang Yue was still immersed in the feeling of suddenly knowing that his master had made a fortune. After suppressing all his emotions and fantasies, Wang Yue said with a little worry: "I hope this windfall will not drown your ambitions."

Once people become too rich, it is often easy for them to lose their motivation - of course, he has never had the opportunity to experience this feeling personally.

"What she seeks is never money." Luo Guanlin said calmly: "Money is just a means for her to do things."

Before, when she complained about being poor, she was not worried about how much money she had, but about not having enough money to do what she wanted to do.

"That's right!" Wang Yue smiled and continued casually, "Most people in the world pursue money. Those who don't pursue money mostly pursue fame and power..."

Wang Yue said, tidying up his short beard, and said: "But I think you are not the latter. As you just said, money is just a means for you to act. In my opinion, fame and power are also means for you. You are not a person obsessed with power-"

At this point, he sighed and said, "What you really want, sir, is to serve the people, for all the people."

After hearing Wang Yue's words, Luo Guanlin looked forward and said, "There are not many people like this in the world."

Wang Yue raised his eyebrows and laughed.

Luo Guanlin turned to look at him, frowned and asked: "What's so funny?"

"Guan Lin." Wang Yue lowered his voice with a smile in his eyes: "You only said that there are few such people in the world, but you didn't say that you are not such a person."

“……” Luo Guanlin turned around and continued walking forward without looking around.

Wang Yue came closer and whispered, "Guan Lin, you're not leaving, are you?"

Luo Guanlin asked his friend without commenting: "...You were worried that she might rebel at first. If she really rebelled, would you leave or not?"

Wang Wangshan was very worried that he might get on a dangerous pirate ship by mistake.

Wang Yue thought of this and said with a smile: "I remember you comforted me at that time, saying that you still have a father and brother above you who can suppress her, so I don't need to worry too much..."

When he said this, Luo Guanlin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Looking back at what he said back then, it was really ridiculous. How could he have the confidence to think that her father and brother could suppress her? "It seems that you were just looking at the mountain in the fog at that time, thinking that you were just a small hill..." Wang Yue said, "Little did you know that you were actually a towering mountain top."

Luo Guanlin did not deny this statement.

Wang Yue then smiled and shook his head, and replied hesitantly: "I won't leave."

He said: "There are many wars in the world now, only Jiangdu can see Qingming Festival... You and I both know that this is not luck by chance."

"The world is unpredictable. Since I came to Jiangdu, my thoughts have been changing all the time..." Wang Yue said in a decisive tone: "Now I feel that the way you are doing is the right way for the world. There is no reason not to follow it."

Luo Guanlin: "Since ancient times, every supporter of the rebels has probably thought this way."

Wang Yue hissed softly and turned to look at his friend: "Really? When it comes to being a supporter of the rebels, I am certainly not as experienced as you, so please don't lie to me——"

"..." Luo Guanlin's eye twitched.

Wang Yue laughed.

Luo Guanlin also put his hands behind his back and smiled silently, apparently having let go of most of the past.

Wang Yue waited for an opportunity to ask again: "So, are you leaving or not?"

"I'm not leaving for now." Luo Guanlin walked with his hands behind his back, saying in a light tone, "The poem has not been written yet."

Wang Yue asked hurriedly, "Want to write poetry again?"

Luo Guanlin said, "I was asked to do so."

This time Chang Suining went to the plague area in person. Luo Guanlin disagreed and tried to persuade him.

But Chang Suining had made up his mind, so he said to him: "You must go. If I don't go in person, how can I make it sound meaningful when you write a poem to praise me for this matter?"

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Luo Guanlin looked a little puzzled: [When did someone say he wanted to compose a poem?]

Chang Suining said: [I am just about to ask you to write a poem for me - when I have done this, I hope you will write a poem to praise my good name.]

He also made an unreasonable and shameless request in all seriousness: "If I have put in 20% of my effort, I hope you can exaggerate it as 100% in your poem - I just wonder if you will find it difficult?"

The desire for fame and reputation is written openly without any concealment.

However, Luo Guanlin, who was most disgusted with such people, did not feel the slightest bit of disgust when he heard what they said.

He thought that it was probably because of what Wang Yue had just said that the so-called fame was just a means for her to do things and was never what she really wanted.

"I wonder how things are going over there, sir..." Wang Yue showed some worry when he mentioned this: "So many people have been infected with the plague... I think the situation must be extremely chaotic."

Such a large-scale spread of plague is rare in history books.

"The doctors sent by the court also went to Mianzhou to treat the people suffering from the epidemic..." Luo Guanlin said: "This is also a good thing."

The doctors who came from the capital had been following the imperial envoy to stay near Yuezhou to watch for a while, until the news of Chang Suining's actions reached the capital. After weighing the pros and cons, the sage ordered the imperial envoy to bring the doctors to Mianzhou to treat the people.

Wang Yue sighed softly and said, "Your Excellency is forcing the court to save these people..."

The news that his master had settled the infected people in Mianzhou had already spread, but the imperial envoys and doctors sent by the court had not taken any action. If they returned to Beijing, how would the court deal with this matter? Even though the emperor denied the poisoning, the voices of accountability from all over the place had not stopped, and Bian Chunliang even used this to incite the people...

Forced by the situation, the emperor had no choice but to severely reprimand the army for its mistake of "failing to resettle the people" and sent the imperial envoy with doctors to Mianyang Prefecture to treat the people.

As more and more people were taken in, Mianyang Prefecture was in need of manpower. Chang Suining welcomed the arrival of these doctors - even if she was dissatisfied with the court, the safety of the people was more important. At such a critical juncture, she had no reason to risk the lives of the people to compete with the court on this matter, which would be useless.

Wang Yue said at this time: "Looking at the current situation, the court may want to confuse the truth..."

They all knew the truth and who was the culprit, but the court and the emperor were obviously determined to deny everything.

"But so many innocent people died..." Wang Yue sighed in disappointment and powerlessness. After a moment, he said, "But I always feel that, given your temperament, you will not agree to it..."

I will not agree to let the court confuse the matter and let it go.

Luo Guanlin said in an ambiguous tone: "But that's not wise."

The court wanted to cover up the matter in order to save public opinion and maintain the court's shaky prestige. If she insisted on revealing the matter, it would be tantamount to standing against the court and the emperor. If she was not careful, it would easily lead to a real disaster.

In short, letting Chang Suining do this is really a very bad idea.

"I believe that Your Excellency will not ignore it." Wang Yue said firmly: "And if it were you, you would definitely do it too."

Luo Guanlin did not deny it.

Wang Yue smiled again: "So our adults' way of doing things is actually very much in line with your wishes. Just for this reason, you are reluctant to leave."

There was no sense of sudden realization of the truth in Wang Yue's words; instead, it was as if he had seen through it a long time ago.

Luo Guanlin realized something, turned around and frowned, asking, "...Since you have already determined that I will not leave, why were you counting down the days until I leave yesterday?"

"I'm doing this to make you see my true feelings as soon as possible." Wang Yue looked well-intentioned, smiled and patted his friend's shoulder: "Stay, the days of mutual support between you and me are still to come."

Luo Guanlin glanced at him and walked away.

Wang Yue laughed and chased after him.

In fact, he had just been convinced of his friend's thoughts not long ago - this conviction started with the poem signed by Qian Shen on the day of the Sea Sacrifice.

It was from that poem that Wang Yue caught a glimpse of the change in his friend's mentality, and that change was truly earth-shaking.

Recently, Li Xian's mentality has been changing every day.

He led his army to camp outside Tanzhou for many days, but the situation inside Tanzhou City was not what he had initially expected.

When Bian Chunliang withdrew from Yuezhou City that day, he ordered soldiers who were sick with the disease and even his eldest son to clear the way for the army. He led the remaining less than 50,000 troops to break out. Although they suffered heavy losses along the way, for Bian Chunliang, it was not all without a good side -

Most of the soldiers killed by Bian Chunliang on the road were weak, so this was equivalent to repeatedly screening out those who were infected with the disease.

After Bian Chunliang entered Tanzhou, he was left with only more than 10,000 soldiers he brought from Yuezhou. Not long after, Bian Chunliang made another cruel decision - he ordered the killing of all the more than 10,000 soldiers who had accompanied him all the way from Yuezhou, except for more than 100 outstanding generals.

When the bodies of the soldiers were beheaded and burned, Bian Chunliang put on mourning clothes, drew his sword, cut off one of his own fingers, and swore to heaven that he would make the court pay for its blood debt with blood.

He attributed this action to the court's immorality, and he did this to protect the people inside and outside Tanzhou from suffering from the plague.

Bian Chunliang set up an altar, knelt on it to apologize for his sins, and invited a master to pray for the souls of the dead.

When the news of this move spread, the people inside and outside Tanzhou City were shocked. Immediately, many forces and people were extremely disappointed with the court and took the initiative to surrender to Bian Chunliang.

This was a situation that Li Xian had never expected - the plague in Tanzhou City had been almost wiped out by Bian Chunliang's self-cutting of his arm, but his army was burdened by the endless illness! Although the mortality rate was not high due to proper prevention, it had not improved. The military doctor said that this disease was a new disease evolved from the plague and he must rest well. He had no choice but to be patient, but recently there was a shortage of medicinal materials... He didn't know how long he would have to rest! Listening to the news from outside every day, one day, Li Xian could no longer sit still and forcibly selected 50,000 soldiers from the army to capture Tanzhou City.

As soon as Li Xian ordered his troops to leave the camp, a soldier in front of his tent shouted: "...There is an assassin!"

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