Fang said, "… Lord Ziyu, thank you for your concern. This king will take his leave …"
Since the other party had made a promise, Yang Rui expressed his gratitude, chatted for a while, and left a brocade box. Then, he got up and left.
Hua Xin naturally saw Yang Rui take out the brocade box, but she didn't know what was inside. She didn't know if the King of the East Sea was giving her a reward, a mission, or some other warning, so she didn't dare to mention the brocade box.
"Hiss …"
After sending Yang Rui to the gate of the courtyard and waiting for him to leave, Hua Xin quickly returned and opened the brocade box left by Yang Rui. She couldn't help but gasp.
The brocade box left by Yang Rui didn't contain anything like a mission, nor was it a warning like a human head that Hua Xin was most worried about. The brocade box was full of shiny gold coins. Hua Xin hadn't seen so much money in a long time.
Since the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, the entire Han Dynasty and the officials were just a group of puppets. They moved from the Luoyang Imperial City to the Chang 'an Imperial City at every turn. Not long after, they were sent back to the Luoyang Imperial City. Just a few days ago, they were almost kidnapped and sent back to Chang' an.
Regardless of whether the Han Dynasty was violent, cruel, or treacherous, they did not treat the officials as human beings, or during the several twists and turns, the officials were like beggars who did not have enough to eat. For a very long time, they had not been treated well.
Now, she suddenly received so many shiny gold coins, and they were extremely valuable East Sea gold coins at this time. Although Hua Xin came from an aristocratic family and had seen a lot of wealth, she was still shocked and couldn't figure out the King of the East Sea's intention for a long time.
In fact, Yang Rui had only left 1,000 East Sea gold coins for Hua Xin, which was really nothing in his hands. He only hoped that this would motivate the nobles and ministers so that they would be more concerned about the matter of Jun Mao Jun.
This was the biggest reason why Yang Rui had given the gold coins. Apart from that, Yang Rui had also stopped the young emperor and the civil and military officials from leaving. Under the premise that the Han Dynasty's economic system had collapsed, Yang Rui still had to support these people.
Before Yang Rui came to Hua Xin's place, he had already figured out that Cao Cao was also responsible for these people's food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other necessities. Cao Cao gave Hua Xin a 2000-shi official position according to 100 gold coins per year.
Yang Rui did a rough calculation. Cao Cao's standard of distribution was no more than 10 copper coins per jin of food. This standard was reasonable and could basically ensure that a large family could eat enough.
Cao Cao could bear the expenses of all the officials, so it was not a problem for Yang Rui. However, after thinking about it, Yang Rui directly increased the base of Cao Cao's original salary by 10 times. In terms of Hua Xin's salary, Yang Rui directly gave her 1,000 gold coins.
And the 1,000 gold coins were East Sea gold coins, unlike the ordinary game coins that Cao Cao gave out. The current ratio of East Sea gold coins to ordinary game coins was more than 1: 6. That was to say, one East Sea gold coin could be exchanged for more than six ordinary game coins.
According to this ratio, Yang Rui's salary was more than six times, which was more than 60 times the standard of Cao Cao's previous salary. Moreover, Yang Rui did not say that this was all the salary for a year.
From this point of view, it was normal for Yang Rui's generosity to surprise Hua Xin. After Yang Rui left, Hua Xin thought for a long time. At least, her impression of Yang Rui improved a lot.
Thinking of the reputation of this King of Dong Hai that was spread among the people, Hua Xin suddenly felt that it might be a good thing to be kidnapped by this King of Dong Hai. In that case, it seemed that she had to pay more attention to what he asked her to do.
Hua Xin thought so. In fact, Yang Rui's goal had been achieved. For Yang Rui, 1,000 East Sea gold coins were really not tiring for him. Yang Rui had already calculated the expenses of the Han Dynasty and civil and military officials in Luoyang Imperial City. It was about 100000 East Sea gold coins.
What kind of concept was such a number? It was just the price of an Asahi Pill. When Zhang Ning was free, she could work overtime to make an extra Asahi Pill. All the expenses would be calculated and thrown into a large auction house. It would be snatched up very quickly.
Moreover, this was just an example. With Yang Rui's wealth, he didn't need to care about such a small amount of money at all. As long as the Han Dynasty and civil and military officials could play a positive role, it would be completely worth it if he could get more famous historical figures in an operation like Ju Maocai.
At the very least, even if Yang Rui didn't intend to use the emperor to order his vassals, the Han Dynasty was in the area under his control. It could become his target at any time. Yang Rui wasn't the kind of person who didn't want to pay people for their work.
Moreover, Yang Rui wanted to promote Luoyang Imperial City to the status of an economic and trade center. The surrounding people's wealth was also a driving force. Otherwise, if the Han Dynasty and civil and military officials were poor, how could they drive consumption? Although the effect in this regard was minimal.
Speaking of the East Sea currency, its exchange value had already risen to over 6 in-game gold. It could only be exchanged for one, and it had basically stabilized. This was partly due to the various parties' reserves, but most importantly, it was due to the production of Yang Rui's territory.
After leaving Hua Xin's residence, Yang Rui continued to visit Liu Gu, Chen Jiao, Huan Jie, and the other civil and military officials. After an entire day of gaming, Yang Rui had visited twenty to thirty civil and military officials. He didn't gather them together, but personally visited them one by one.
Just Yang Rui's attitude had greatly changed the civil and military officials' impression of Yang Rui. This was especially so when they heard some news from their colleagues. The remaining officials who hadn't been visited by Yang Rui were already waiting anxiously. At the very least, they were looking forward to receiving the money pouches that Yang Rui would give to each family.
However, Yang Rui didn't visit them personally. Instead, he sent out the Ethereal Ninjas to visit the remaining officials' homes that night. They either appeared suddenly and entrusted the gatekeeper to deliver the items or placed them on the table. A money pouch and a copy of the imperial edict were distributed to the remaining officials in a very short period of time.
After interacting with the twenty to thirty people with the highest positions, Yang Rui believed that he had already conveyed his attitude and sincerity to the civil and military officials. As for the remaining ones, he left them to the Ethereal Ninjas to create an opportunity for them to interact with each other. After all, some things needed to be prepared.
At the same time, Yang Rui also wanted to intimidate them. If the Ethereal Ninjas could secretly place a copy of the imperial edict and money pouch in their homes, then they could also secretly take away their lives.
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