"What does four fingers mean? Forty thousand taels of silver?"
Chen Xuan couldn't help but shook his head when he saw it, "Do you think I need this little money?"
From today onwards, not only the Liao family's money will belong to Chen Xuan, but also the Chen family and the Qin family.
The two families behind have more money than the Liao family!
Therefore, although forty thousand taels was a lot, Chen Xuan was not really interested in it.
Besides, Chen Xuan felt that Zhang Tao was not honest.
He had been a prefect for so many years, and he only collected 40,000 taels of silver?
It's impossible no matter how you look at it!
The richest family in the entire Barbarian City is his Zhang family!
Suddenly, Ling Mo frowned and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he meant four hundred thousand taels!"
As soon as these words came out.
In an instant, the whole scene fell silent.
Even Chen Xuan was a little confused and wondered if he had heard it wrong.
He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ling Mo and said, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
Ling Mo shook his head, then nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Zhang Tao's wife is a businessman. Her business is spread across the twenty-four cities of the border. With Zhang Tao as her backer, she has accumulated a lot of wealth."
Speaking of this, Chen Xuan suddenly remembered that he had never met Zhang Tao's wife.
His wife is Zhang Tianci's biological mother and Qin Baiye's elder sister.
At first, Chen Xuan didn't take it seriously, but after hearing Ling Mo mention it, he suddenly felt that Zhang Tao's wife might not be simple!
"Where is his woman? Where is she now?" Chen Xuan asked.
Ling Mo has worked with Zhang Tao for so many years, he must know something about the situation.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be in Tiger City."
Ling Mo spoke seriously.
Hucheng is the second largest city among the twenty-four cities in the entire border area, and its scale and population far exceed those of Mancheng.
Its prosperity is far beyond that of the Barbarian City!
The largest city on the border is Longcheng!
This is where the King of Zhenxi lives. The King of Zhenxi’s Palace is here!
The entire Longcheng is basically the private back garden of the King of Zhenxi, and all the industries belong to the King of Zhenxi and his family.
Hucheng is where people do business.
Of course, although it is said to be a place for ordinary people to do business, in fact, unlike the dominance of Longcheng, the relationship network in Hucheng is intricate and complex.
This is because the governors of the twenty-four border cities all have family members doing business in Hucheng. In addition, in peacetime, Hucheng is also the city with the most trade exchanges with merchants from several nearby countries!
"Four hundred thousand taels of silver, you old man are really rich!" Chen Xuan looked at Zhang Tao again as if he was looking at a golden hen that lays eggs.
"I said, even if all the gold and silver in the whole Barbarian City were taken out, it would not be enough to take out 400,000 taels of silver. I didn't expect you to do business. But think about it, since ancient times, officials and businessmen have colluded. As the governor of Barbarian City, you have power at hand, and it is normal for you to use power to make money."
Ling Mo suddenly continued, "If I'm not mistaken, he plans to use this money to buy an official position. Originally, being a prefect was already the limit for him in this lifetime, but as long as he spends money to build relationships, he can continue to be promoted in the future. As long as the connections are in place, he can even be an official in the capital."
Hearing this, Chen Xuan didn't find it strange.
When the original owner of this body was still alive, he heard a lot about buying and selling official positions.
Sometimes, when the imperial treasury was not big enough to spend, the empress herself would ask her subordinates to sell official positions to raise money.
Today's Dagan Dynasty is gradually declining and no longer as prosperous as it once was.
What's more, there were continuous wars in the southeast, northwest, and northeast!
In addition to the 180,000 troops of King Zhenxi guarding the western border to guard against enemy countries.
In the north, it was facing the grassland dynasty of Di, and in the south, there were many small countries such as Tang and Yue.
Although the east faces the sea, there are four island countries in the East China Sea, which often form bandits to burn, kill and loot in the East China Sea area!
In the country, due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, many bandits appeared.
It can be said that the entire Dagan Dynasty, although relatively stable on the surface, is actually full of crises!
There are enemies watching you everywhere, just waiting for you to become weak so that they can bite you hard and eat your flesh and blood!
Fortunately, no matter how decadent the Dagan Dynasty was, a lean camel was still bigger than a horse. Although many nearby enemy countries were eyeing it covetously, the Dagan Dynasty was still strong and had millions of soldiers!
Although if someone dares to be the first to speak out, the empress will be furious. If she leads the army in person, she can directly crush the enemy!
"Forty thousand taels of silver is definitely not enough to save the lives of you and your son, but four hundred thousand taels can."
Chen Xuan laughed and continued to say to Zhang Tao, "Write a letter now and ask your wife to send the money over."
On the side, Xiao Liuzi was quick to ask someone to prepare pen, ink and paper.
"You want all my money?"
Zhang Tao found it unbelievable.
He just told Chen Xuan that he had so much money. His purpose was to let Chen Xuan know his ability so that he would not kill him easily and save his life.
If Chen Xuan wanted money, he would just give him some.
Anyway, didn’t I only spend 10,000 taels of silver to save my son?
Even if the relationship is strained now, it should be no problem for each person to buy his life with 50,000 taels of silver, right?
The result was unexpected.
Chen Xuan was asking for too much, wanting all his belongings!
This is simply cannibalism!
"Why, do you have any objection?"
Chen Xuan squinted at him, "What's that look in your eyes? Do you think I'm too greedy? Let me tell you, all this money of yours is not your money, but the hard-earned money of the common people. I am now collecting this money back for the common people!"
Help the people get their money back?
Listen, is this human language?
Not to mention Zhang Tao and the others who didn't believe it, even Xiao Liuzi and Ling Mo and the others on the side felt that Chen Xuan was simply talking nonsense and flattering himself.
"Impossible! The most I can offer is 100,000 taels of silver for the lives of both my father and son!"
Zhang Tao shook his head without even thinking about it.
Four hundred thousand taels, that was the money he used to advance his career!
Even if he gave Man City to Chen Xuan now, he could use the remaining money to become a governor of another city.
Or, buy an official position in the capital.
If I give it all to Chen Xuan, my future will be ruined!
He still feels that he has room for improvement.
"It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin."
Chen Xuan shook his head in disappointment. "In that case, I don't want the 400,000 taels. After all, this dirty money of yours is too hot to handle."
Zhang Tao was so angry when he heard this. Didn't he just say that the money was recovered for the people? Now he said it was dirty money and it was hot to handle?
So you are the one who says all the good and bad things?
"Zhang Tao, your wife should still be very young."
Suddenly, Chen Xuan laughed with evil humor.
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