"Fourth Master, Thirteenth Master, is today's meal suitable?”
At this moment, Zhang Mu had already arrived in Jiangxi.
At this moment, the person in charge of entertaining Zhang Mu was the magistrate of Jiujiang, Chen Mu 'an.
Long before he came over, Zhang Mu had already arranged for his subordinates to come over and issue a decree saying that the imperial envoy had been ordered to gather food and asked officials at all levels to receive him.
Kiangsi is not as rich as Yangzhou.
However, Zhang Mu had long planned to plunder a fortune.
He was here to prepare food.
If he didn't really take some food with him, wouldn't he be letting himself down?
Secondly, if he didn't take the opportunity to get some silver, it would seem like he was letting himself down and letting down the soldiers who followed him.
In Zhang Mu's opinion, these officials were all about the same.
It was not that there were no clean officials.
However, as long as he wanted silver, they had to think of a way to gather silver for him.
Zhang Mu picked his teeth and said indifferently,""Not bad!"
The person in charge of impersonating Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang was Liu Yongjiang. He was the bravest of his men. If he didn't impersonate Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang, he really couldn't find anyone else.
Chen Mu 'an said politely,""Fourth Master, I'm still preparing for the rations. However, it's not easy to prepare for now!”
" Magistrate Chen," Zhang Mu said calmly," the disaster in Yangzhou is serious. If I had no other choice, why do you think I would go to Jiangxi?" Huh?“
Chen Mu 'an was stunned and muttered in his heart.
Even if he wanted to go, shouldn't he go to Jianghuai? Why did you come to my place?
Jiangxi was so damn poor.
How could money and food be compared to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan?
Even Jianghuai was much better than Jiangxi.
Besides, what does the flood in Jiangnan and Jianghuai have to do with Jiangxi?
Of course, these words could only be kept in Chen Mu 'an's heart and could not be said out loud. Chen Mu' an nodded."Fourth Prince, I have already ordered the gentry of Jiujiang to prepare food and silver. However, this number is too large.”
"The flood in the Jianghuai area is also serious. It is better to prevent it before it happens. Now that the flood has passed, the farmers have no harvest. If this continues, who knows how many people will starve to death? You are here enjoying yourself, but you don't know how many people are still living in misery in the Qing Dynasty. If you delay a little here, more people will be hungry and sleepy. Who knows how many people will be starved to death?”
Zhang Mu said unhurriedly," Chen Mu 'an, your salary is the people's fat. You watched the people starve to death and forced them to rebel. Can you bear this responsibility?"”
Chen Mu 'an lowered his head again.”
"Of course!" Zhang Mu smiled and said slowly,""This money isn't considered as requisitioned. It's considered borrowed from the Imperial Court. If you borrow it, you will return it. Your food and silver, the Imperial Court will definitely return it!”
Chen Mu 'an was slightly stunned.”
"Urgent!" Zhang Mu picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. Then, he slowly said,""What? You don't really think that the Imperial Court wants to rob you of your silver, do you?”
"I don't dare, I don't dare!" "If the imperial court is willing to return it, I can think of a way, but…" Chen Mu 'an said quickly.
Zhang Mu took out a big seal and said with a smile,""The imperial envoy's seal is here. Chen Mu 'an, I can write an IOU. I can naturally return it from the national treasury next year.”
Chen Mu 'an heaved a sigh of relief and quickly said,""This lowly official understands. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will give the imperial envoy an answer!”
Zhang Mu nodded.
"Sir, do you want to rest?" Chen Mu 'an asked again.”
"The Imperial Court has its own rules. This Baylor is staying at the relay station. Tomorrow, this Baylor hopes to receive good news!”"Alright, I'm going back now!" Zhang Mu said with a straight face.”
Liu Yongjiang, who was playing the role of Thirteenth Brother, was also expressionless.
He only occasionally interrupted.
In fact, similar conversations had already happened countless times.
Liu Yongjiang now admired Zhang Mu to the core.
If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely run away as soon as possible and not get caught. However, it was different for Zhang Mu. He actually pretended to be Fourth Master and Thirteenth Master.
It was fine if he was impersonating.
This guy actually dared to ask the local officials for money.
He even expressed that he was asking the imperial court to borrow money and return what was borrowed.
With the imperial envoy backing them up, they were naturally willing to take the money.
Zhang Mu had been swindling and swindling along the way.
Starting from Su Hang, the most dangerous one was Jinling. There was a Manchu general who knew Fourth Master and Thirteenth Master. However, he was still doubting them when Zhang Mu ordered his men to chop off his head.
Resisting donations was going against the imperial court. Even if you were a Manchu, you couldn't do it. Take the money honestly. Otherwise, the imperial sword would kill the treacherous officials.
He was still cheated by Zhang Mu.
No one dared to doubt their identity as imperial envoys.
If you dare to doubt me, I'll cut you down on the spot.
Let's see who still dares to doubt it.
Not to mention Liu Yongjiang, even Wu Sidao had been tricked by Zhang Mu. What a joke. He had been extorting along the way.
They robbed people from Yangzhou and stole five million silver.
However, it had probably been more than half a month since they had walked all the way here.
The 5.5 million taels of silver in Zhang Mu's hands had become more than 10 million taels of silver.
In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the annual tax revenue was about 70 to 80 million taels of silver. In other words, Zhang Mu had casually taken away at least one-seventh of the financial income.
However, this was not all.
One had to know that this was the Kangxi Dynasty. The annual tax revenue of the imperial court was definitely not that much. It would be very good to have more than 30 million taels of silver.
The central government had little money, but the local government had more.
If he wanted to collect 70 to 80 million taels of silver in taxes, he would have to wait until Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne.
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post station
"We're almost there!"
Zhang Mu looked at his hand-drawn map and pointed at a location. He smiled and said,"Anji, this is almost our final destination. This place is located at the border of eastern Hunan and western Jiangxi. The western slope is in Yanling County, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, and the eastern slope is in Honggang Mountain, Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province.”
(Previously, there was a mistake. The protagonist said that he wanted to go to the forest. After carefully checking the map and looking at the information, the most suitable place was still the place where Taizu raised his army. He began to modify it later.)
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