Chapter 514 The First Lords Conference of Jiangnan
Three days later.
Just when Gu Chan's new tax policy was officially implemented in the Jiangnan area, all the people cheered.
All the officials, businessmen and wealthy businessmen in the Jiangnan area had sad faces and felt extremely uncomfortable.
It’s hard to feel uncomfortable. In this situation, they don’t dare to say no at all, just because the army sent by the prince is getting closer and closer to the Jiangnan area. Once the name Gu Chan is gone, Without the protection of the Seventeenth Prince, they would most likely lose their heads.
So now they can only surrender to Gu Chan and accept this new deal obediently.
In this way, Gu Chan's reputation spread in the Jiangnan area, and she quickly gained the love of the common people. Everyone praised her as a good lord.
For a time, Gu Chan's reputation quickly spread throughout the Tiancang Kingdom, causing everyone to talk about it.
Looking at Gu Chan, she couldn't be happy at all at this moment.
In the past three days, all the three billion taels of border relief silver raised from various places in the south of the Yangtze River have been transported to Changshi Wharf, and it took a dozen large cargo ships to load it.
However, Gu Chan sent a message last night. The prince had already predicted that she would send the relief money raised to the border, so he had already sent 100,000 generals to the Jiangnan area by land and water.
In other words, the prince has blocked both of her roads. It may be impossible for her to transport the rescue money to the border.
This night, the lights in the Yushi Mansion were brightly lit.
The lobby in the front yard was full of people. These people were all officials, merchants and wealthy businessmen from the Jiangnan area, and they were all members of the Second Prince's gang.
Yan Xishan and Guo Huai sit in the two closest seats on the far left, Gu Chan sits in the first place, and to her right sit Bai Jingtian, Chang Wei, and Xiao Xiang.
It can be said that now these three people have completely become Gu Chan's confidants. Compared with everyone present, Gu Chan trusts them the most.
After Gu Chan took a sip of hot tea, she looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, the first Jiangnan Lords Conference is officially held tonight. Everyone must have received the news. The prince's army will be divided into land routes and waterway, come to the Jiangnan area respectively, which means This means that all the second princes in the Jiangnan area are unlikely to escape, and the prince blocked the waterway to prevent me from transporting the rescue money to the border through the waterway."
"The time limit given to me by the previous imperial decree. It’s half a year, and now it’s almost the New Year, It's been almost four months. Anyway, if I still can't transport this silver to the border in the next two months, then my task will not be completed. The prince will kill me all at once, and then all of you will be killed. They all have to die.”
“Now. With my title as the Seventeenth Prince and the Lord's Dragon Seal in hand, I can protect everyone, but once I am killed, everyone will go to hell together."
After that, Gu Chan continued to drink tea without caring about these people's reactions.
Anyway, she understood that these people pushed her up to protect themselves. Now that the prince has done so brilliantly, if everyone can't find a way to save her, everyone will die.
No, her idea is right. At this moment, all the officials, businessmen and wealthy people present were impatient, whispering to each other, and thinking about countermeasures.
Yan Xishan waved his hand to calm everyone down and said, "Everyone be quiet. Mr. Guo and I have thought of a way to deal with it. I don't know if it is feasible. Let's talk it out now and let's discuss it."
After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to Guo Huai, who was sitting next to him.
Guo Huai immediately stood up and said, "The prince sealed the waterway, undoubtedly to make it impossible for the lord to complete the task, so as to use this reason to kill him, so as long as the border relief money can be transported out, his move will be It’s useless, so Master Yan and I thought about it and decided to organize a flying mysterious beast team and let the flying mysterious beasts help transport the silver. The prince can’t stop it even if he wants to!” “Yeah, that makes sense!” It is difficult for the prince's people to stop him from flying up into the sky at night to transport silver coins."
"As expected of Mr. Yan and Mr. Guo, this method is great."
"Now, we are all saved."
Following As soon as Guo Huai said this, everyone started to chime in, thinking that this method was indeed a good one.
Gu Chan sat silently on the chair.
Yan Xishan looked at her and asked, "Lord, what do you think of this plan?"
"It is feasible, but how many flying mysterious beasts can there be in Jiangnan? This is three billion taels of silver, which is enough Loaded with dozens of large cargoes Where's the ship? Let alone a month, I'm afraid even if it takes half a year, it won't be completed. What's more, the mysterious beast is not invincible and needs to rest! It will take a lot of time to go back and forth. "Gu Chan said with a frown.
Yan Xishan and Guo Huai looked at each other and both closed their mouths.
Chang Wei shook his head and said, "The lord is right. The main strategy of the Flying Mysterious Beast Team is feasible, but it has been delayed for too long and it still cannot completely solve the problem. The best way now is to All the cargo ships must set sail as soon as possible, and they must successfully reach the border within two months."
"So Mr. Chang, what do you think we should do? Is there any better way than the Flying Mysterious Beast Team? "?" Yan Xishan said angrily.
Chang Wei held the white folding fan in his hand, scratched his forehead and said, "Well, I do have a way, but it's a little more troublesome. I just don't know if the lord is willing to take this risk."
"First of all. Let's talk about it," Gu Chan said with interest.
“I suggest that these dozen cargo ships go down the Jiangnan River, directly enter the river of Yexing Kingdom, go around other countries to the sea, then go around the coast to the river at the border of Tiancang Kingdom, and then go upstream. Enter the border." Chang Wei explained.
Everyone present suddenly brightened up after hearing this, and began to whisper among each other again.
There is no doubt that in terms of safety, Chang Wei’s strategy is safer than Yan Xishan and Guo Huai’s. However, the problem is that once more than a dozen cargo ships leave other countries, The problem is, I'm afraid that such a large amount of silver will be wasted, and I will definitely not be able to get it back.
And if so much silver falls into the hands of the prince, it can at least be used for the people of Tiancang Kingdom. Once it falls into the hands of other people, it will be a huge loss for Tiancang Kingdom.
This is the biggest risk in this plan.
Gu Chan knew this very well. She looked at Bai Jingtian and Xiao Xiang and said, "What do you two think?"
"I think Mr. Chang's plan is risky. It's a little bigger, but it's much more stable than the Flying Mysterious Beast Team," Bai Jingtian said.
"Yes! I think so too. The Flying Mysterious Beast Team took too long and could easily be intercepted." Xiao Xiang shouted.
Gu Chan nodded noncommittally.
However, everyone present started to quarrel. Some of them supported the Flying Mysterious Beast Team, and some supported taking a detour abroad. Soon the quarrel in the lobby became loud.