Chapter 2081： it's just the beginning

Chapter 2080 This is just the beginning

It takes a lot of money to raise private soldiers. Without money, everything is empty talk.

And the prefect of Hangzhou dared to take the first shot among the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and even dared to invade other people's territory, of course, he was relatively strong.

Confidence and courage are all given by strength.

Strength is given by silver!

If you have money, you need to raise soldiers, and then you need more money.

Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, there are countless wealthy people, and the property is also rich. The prefect of Hangzhou is not at all worried that his coffers will be empty.

Zhao Shu, who has a simple family, does not have so many intricate clan connections, and is so wealthy, is of course on the blacklist of the first batch of extortion by the prefect of Hangzhou.

The prefect of Hangzhou was not polite to Zhao Shu at all, and asked for 500,000 taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth.

Zhao Shu knew very well that this was just the beginning.

I gave 500,000 taels, and I don’t know how many 500,000 taels will be given in the future.

But when the prefect of Hangzhou opened his mouth, it was absolutely impossible for him to be ripped off. If he dares to do nothing, the prefect of Hangzhou will be furious, and he will surely become the chicken that others kill and warn the monkeys.

Zhao Shu cried and cried miserably, saying that there was not so much cash, and he could only collect 100,000 taels if he died, and there was really no more.

Several other merchants secretly contacted each other and bought off a master trusted by the Hangzhou prefect. After some bargaining, Zhao Shu finally took out 150,000 taels of silver.

At that time, he wanted to leave Hangzhou.

However, he could not leave immediately. The industries in Hangzhou have to be properly placed.

The fertile fields, shops, and 5,000-mu tea farms are not small businesses. Even if he does not need to personally issue orders to make specific arrangements, it will take a lot of time to set them up.

And the most important thing is not these, but the 100,000 acres of flower fields and the perfume workshop in the flower fields.

Fortunately, this time is the off-season, the flowers and trees have basically withered, and the perfume workshop should have almost stopped.

Zhao Shu made a decisive decision and immediately stopped the perfume workshop. The core workers are all from their own families, all evacuated and returned to the Zhao clan to live in a low-key manner.

Other workers stay to take care of the flowers and trees, and live in the village and are strictly forbidden to go out.

The core equipment and tools in the workshop were all put away and hidden in the underground secret room of another house.

The silver that the perfume workshop has earned over the years is not a small amount. With this alone, he, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunyun have each earned nearly one million a year, and this silver can be easily earned. It's not like Sang Tian needs to put in so much energy.

This is still their low-key, otherwise they will expand their production capacity and make more money easily!

This is an industry where money is quite fast Zhao Shu didn't dare to move at all. If the black-hearted Hangzhou prefect finds out, he will definitely force himself to hand it over without hesitation.

No one can resist such temptation.

After finishing this, Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was about to leave Hangzhou with Taotao and go to Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunyun, he found that he couldn't leave again.

The brother-in-law of the prefect of Hangzhou came to the door.

Also came to ask for money.

This one, like his brother-in-law, was not polite at all, asking for half a million.

Zhao Shu was going crazy on the spot: How could he give him half a million dollars! are you crazy?

Does this person know that his brother-in-law came to ask him and didn't give it!

Zhao Shu had no choice but to continue acting and cry poor, roaring wildly in his heart, he was going to run away, he really couldn't stay here any longer!

(End of this chapter)