Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang suddenly laughed.

Min Qingshu said in a fierce voice: "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Lang said: "I remembered something happy."

Min Qingshu asked, "What's so happy?"

Chen Lang said: "My wife gave birth to a child."

Min Qingshu went crazy and roared, "Chen Lang, what do you want? Draw a picture for me."

Chen Lang said, "During the last Royal Merchants' election, I ate two bear paws by myself, but I wasn't full."

Min Qingshu said grimly, "I'll give you three."

Chen Lang shook his head: "Not enough."

"Aren't you afraid of dying?"

"I have a good appetite and can eat."

"Okay, how many do you want to eat?"

Chen Lang took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Min Qingshu.

Min Qingshu took it with a dark face and said, "You really have been prepared for this a long time ago."

Chen Lang said: "It's better to be prepared."

After Min Qingshu finished reading the contents of the paper, he was completely furious. He tore the paper into pieces and roared with all his strength, "Mr. Chen, you actually want to take most of my Min family's wealth!"

"Wow...wow..."

Chen Erwa, who was sleeping, was frightened by Min Qingshu's roar and started crying loudly.

Li Xiuzhi quickly turned her back and put her breast into her son's mouth to comfort him.

Chen Lang took a look, his face a little cold, and said: "Master Min, you scared my son. Logically, I should ask you for more compensation."

"But I'm a respectable and generous person. Considering this is your first offense, I won't bother with you."

Min Qingshu was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out. He said, "You have shame? You are magnanimous? Chen Lang, you are so shameless that you can say such things so openly."

"I tell you, I will never allow you to humiliate the Min family like this."

Chen Lang said indifferently: "Humiliation? Haha, your Min family is not worthy of being humiliated by me."

Min Qingshu said, "The court has issued an order to postpone the delivery date of the annual cloth. I will definitely find a way to solve this problem."

"Don't think you can stock up on Hongyanzui without restraint because of it. Let me tell you, the Liao Kingdom is busy fighting wars, and they don't have much money to spend on your Hongyanzui!"

"You won't last long."

Chen Lang said, "Master Min doesn't know how to fight."

"As the saying goes, if the front is tight, the rear will be tight. The more wars you fight, the easier it is to make a fortune."

"Also, Master Min cares about me so much, he should have heard that I have a sign."

Min Qingshu felt a strong sense of unease in his heart and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Chen Lang smiled: "Simply put, this sign will allow me to smoothly deliver memorials to some important officials in the court."

Min Qingshu asked, "What do you mean?"

Chen Lang said, "What I mean is, if I submit a memorial to the cabinet, your Min family will be charged with deceiving the emperor."

Min Qingshu's voice trembled a little as he said, "I don't believe you have such a great ability."

Chen Lang said: "You can give it a try."

Min Qingshu put his hands behind his back and pinched his waist hard, using the pain to divert the anger in his heart.

"You don't need to scare me, Chen Lang. Although His Majesty hasn't paid as much attention to merchants as before in the past year, we merchants still hold a very important place in His Majesty's heart."

"The Min family's situation is nothing more than a piece of cloth fading over the years. At worst, it's just a case of their property being confiscated."

"Given your Majesty's character, as long as we are willing to give him money, even tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, the family business can definitely be saved."

"Our Min family started from scratch. Without this money, we will just have to go through the same journey again."

"What my great-grandfather can do, I, Min Qingshu, can do too."

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Chen Lang clapped his hands non-stop and said, "You're really ambitious. I'm a little moved by what you said."

"But you overlooked the most important point."

Min Qingshu asked, "What?"

"Didn't you just say that we're going to have a war?" Chen Lang said.

Min Qingshu said: "That was a war between the Liao Kingdom and what does it have to do with us?"

Chen Lang sighed and said, "So you guys really lack strategic vision. In that case, I'll give you some free science."

"In Asia today, the only people who could cause trouble for the Liao Empire are the Jurchens of Liaodong. They are incredibly fierce, and there's a saying about them: 'If there are less than ten thousand Jurchens, then ten thousand or more are invincible.'"

"Ten thousand Jurchens could hold their own against a Liao army of seventy to eighty thousand. However, the Liao court had recently been plagued by internal strife, which had significantly reduced the Liao army's combat effectiveness. The Jurchens who previously could be suppressed with seventy to eighty thousand might now require hundreds of thousands or even two hundred thousand."

"The Liao Kingdom doesn't have that many troops in the north, so they can only transfer them from the Youyun area. And the emperors of our dynasty have always wanted to recover Yanyun and restore the glory of the Han Dynasty a thousand years ago. Once the Liao garrisons in the Youyun area are transferred away, Your Majesty will definitely send troops to join the Jurchens in attacking the Liao Kingdom from both sides."

Min Qingshu swallowed his saliva. Although he didn't understand these things, his intelligence was not a problem. After listening to Chen Lang's inference, he felt that it made sense.

"What does this mean?"

Chen Lang said: "War requires money."

"Why was Emperor Wu of Han so powerful? It was because Emperors Wen and Jing left him a vast fortune. But even so, the campaign against the Xiongnu drained it all. While our dynasty may seem wealthy, our spending is even more terrifying than during Emperor Wu's time, and the treasury has been empty for a long time."

"The current emperor favors merchants, which has made the national treasury a little richer. However, this little money is impossible to support the huge expenses of conquering the Youyun region."

Min Qingshu said in a trembling voice: "The Jurchens are just nomads in the Liaodong region. How could they possibly defeat the Liao Kingdom? Perhaps this war will end soon."

"By then, our dynasty will not send troops to the Youyun region, and naturally it won't cost too much money."

Chen Lang said: "Naive."

"If you think so, then I still say the same thing, you can try it."

There was no trace of blood on Min Qingshu's face.

He kept telling himself that Chen Lang was exaggerating and that war would not break out so easily.

The Youyun area has been separated from the Central Plains dynasty for nearly two hundred years since the end of the previous dynasty. From the perspective of regional culture, the Youyun area can no longer be considered Han land.

Although Youyun is an excellent place for raising horses, there is no sense of cultural belonging and it is very difficult to reclaim it. Without absolute certainty, the emperor would not easily send troops to the Youyun area.

But even after repeating this point in his mind hundreds of times, Min Qingshu still couldn't convince himself.

After a long while, Min Qingshu asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you really have a sign?"

Chen Lang picked up the teacup and said with a smile, "Guess."

"Oh, by the way, let me remind you one last thing."

"If you admit your mistake now, I can take care of this matter for you."

"If you wait until the full explosion comes, you won't just have to face me."

"There is another family that hopes your Min family will die."

Min Qingshu's body stiffened as he muttered, "Lai family..."