Three hundred thousand taels of silver!
Three hundred thousand taels?!
Even Xiao Dongchen, who had spent over a decade honing himself in the Provincial Administration and considered his composure well cultivated, was so shaken by that figure that he lost his grip on himself.
But faced with such an enormous sum, never mind him-even the two Provincial Governors would probably have struggled to control themselves.
Yet that was not all.
While Xiao Dongchen stood stunned, Chen Yi calmly took out a firelighter and kindled a light.
Then he pulled the thick stack of silver notes from his robes and held it outside the carriage compartment.
By the firelighter's faint glow, he displayed it openly before Xiao Dongchen.
"As long as you agree to join forces with my young master, Lord Xiao, these silver notes are all yours."
Speaking unhurriedly, Chen Yi gently fanned out the stack of silver notes.
One after another, they revealed the Great Wei Bank seal in the upper right corner and the written denomination of one thousand taels.
In the firelighter's glow, the seals showed a deep, muted red.
The sight of that stack instantly reddened Xiao Dongchen's eyes, and even his breathing grew much heavier and faster.
As a Counselor in the Provincial Administration, he was often responsible for collecting taxes from Shuzhou's merchants, commoners, and others. The silver notes that had passed through his hands, though not an enormous amount, still exceeded a million taels.
Naturally, he could distinguish genuine silver notes from counterfeits.
One glance.
With just that single glance, Xiao Dongchen murmured, "They're actually genuine..."
For a moment, thoughts rose one after another in his mind.
There were thoughts of the Liu Family of Jingzhou's plans and their purpose in approaching him, but more than anything, there was the greedy desire to