Chapter 322 Preparing to Crack Down on Corrupt Officials
After everyone had finished speaking, Lin Pianran slowly opened her mouth, her voice steady and firm, "As for the weapons, I will do everything I can to raise them, and the quantity should be very considerable."
"As for food and fodder, I will do my best to relieve the urgent need..."
"As for the issue of ringing silver, I believe the imperial court should take the lead and organize everyone to join in the charity and initiate a fundraising campaign."
"I firmly believe that if Emperor Wu of Qin heard of this, he would give his full support. If we can leverage the power of the nobles and wealthy merchants, we will be able to gather small streams into a river, raising a large amount of silver to solve the problem of military pay."
"There is another way to raise food and fodder. Although it's a bit loss-making, it's also a quick way to make money. You may want to consider it. If you think it's feasible, I'm willing to teach you everything I know."
Upon hearing this, everyone leaned forward involuntarily, holding their breath and waiting for Lin Pian'e to continue.
Bai Wuji asked impatiently, "Please give me some advice, my lady."
"Copy corrupt officials."
These three words were concise and powerful, and as soon as they were spoken, they sounded like the morning bell and evening drum, making several people suddenly realize and their eyes opened up, and a knowing smile quickly bloomed on their faces.
After discussing things to this extent, several major issues have been basically resolved.
At this time, Huo Yuchen asked the secret guard to bring a wooden box and hand it to Lin Pianran.
"This is the grain you provided for disaster relief last time, and the silver the Ministry of Revenue gave you. A total of 133,000 taels. Father, in gratitude for your timely assistance, also gave you a lot of jewelry and cloth as a reward. It will be delivered to the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion tomorrow."
Lin Pianran happily took the silver, which made Han Chaolin beside her jealous.
My sister is so rich that she spends hundreds of thousands of taels of silver casually.
Compared with his sister, he is so poor.
So embarrassing.
Lin Pianran stuffed the box into Han Chaolin's arms and said, "You should use this money to help your father and brother out of their predicament."
Han Chaolin didn't expect his sister to be so generous and magnanimous.
He responded repeatedly, "I will do my best to follow your instructions..."
The others didn't expect that Lin Pianran, a little girl, would act so decisively upon hearing that a powerful enemy was invading. They all admired her very much.
Especially Baili Qingyun, his opinion of Lin Pianran suddenly changed.
In his heart, Lin Pianran was a woman who was greedy for money and valued money as her life, but he didn't expect that she would be so wise and righteous at this time.
It was already afternoon and the birthday party was coming to an end.
Lin Pianran was worried about the tense situation of the war, so she planned to return home early.
Hua Xuewei and Han Yunxi heard that Lin Pianran was going back home, so they accompanied her. Han Chaolin naturally wanted to be a flower protector.
As soon as they returned to the gate of the Duke of Huguo's mansion, Lin Pianran took Hua Xuewei's hand, shook it gently, and said with a smile, "Mother, I still have some things to take care of. Let my brother accompany me out for a while."
Seeing her daughter's anxious look, Hua Xuewei didn't ask any more questions. She just sternly instructed Han Chaolin, "Take good care of your sister. If she gets a little scratched, you'll be punished when she comes back!"
Han Chaolin was scolded with a look of grievance, but he did not forget to retort, "Mother, I knew I was definitely not your biological child, otherwise why would you abuse me so much?"
Hua Xuewei raised her hand as if to hit him, but Lin Pianran blocked it, "Mother, things are urgent. I'll be leaving first."
After saying this, he jumped into the carriage.
The carriage started and slowly drove away. Han Chaolin made a face at his mother and quickly followed.
The carriage drove all the way to the gate of a remote and desolate courtyard in the north of the city before slowly stopping.
Lin Pianran introduced to Han Chaolin, "I bought this yard a while ago. It doesn't have any special use, so I renovated the whole yard and built it into a place for storage."
Han Chaolin felt that many of his sister's behaviors were very clever and at the same time very unconventional.
What kind of sister would find a remote yard and convert it into a warehouse? How could she possibly need such a large warehouse to store so many things?
Han Chaolin really couldn't understand.
He felt that his sister was a bit reckless and spent money recklessly.
But he only dared to think about it secretly and did not dare to say it out loud.
Afraid of being beaten.
Unexpectedly, when he entered the yard, he didn't see anyone looking after the yard, let alone a decent guard.
Han Chaolin became even more confused.
What on earth is my sister doing?
At this time, Lin Pianran said to Han Chaolin, "Third brother, you take the people here to guard the gate first, I will go in and take a look."
Seeing his sister's serious expression, Han Chaolin led the more than 20 guards he brought with him and stood guard at the gate, not daring to be negligent.
Lin Pianran entered the warehouse alone, and in a flash, she filled the empty warehouse with all kinds of weapons. The weapons were stacked up layer by layer, almost filling up the huge space.
These were all collected by her from the two strongholds of the men in black. When she looted other mansions, she also found a small number of weapons. Lin Pianran waved her hand lightly, and all of them were moved out of the space.
She firmly believed that these weapons would, to a certain extent, alleviate the increasingly tight pressure of weapons on the front battlefield and bring hope to the warriors fighting bravely.
After putting down the weapon, Lin Pianran went to the gate to look for Han Chaolin.
Seeing Han Chaolin and his guards guarding the gate as if they were facing a great enemy, Lin Pianran just found it funny.
But she didn't explain.
Let this beautiful misunderstanding remain forever!
When Lin Pianran brought Han Chaolin and Jingyu into the warehouse, Han Chaolin was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out when he saw the entire warehouse filled with knives, guns, swords, halberds...all kinds of weapons.
"Sister, where did you get so many weapons?" Han Chaolin screamed.
"I stole it."
"Sister, are you kidding me?"
"Really? I'm not lying. I haven't counted the exact number of these weapons. You'll register and sort them yourselves, and then discuss their distribution with His Highness, General Bai, and the others. I don't understand what's going on on the battlefield, so I won't interfere."
"If you encounter any difficult problems and need my advice, you can consult me."
"Okay, okay, my sister is so amazing. With you, I can be worth thousands of troops..."
Ever since seeing the weapons, Han Chaolin's eyes have been shining and he almost jumped for joy. He kept praising Lin Pianran as if he wanted nothing to do.
Lin Pianran felt a little embarrassed.
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