"Everyone leave for now. No one is to enter without my orders!" Ma Shiying dismissed the performing courtesans.
Once the women had cleared out, Ma Shiying leaned in close to Qian Qianyi and whispered, "There is a way. My trip to Nanjing this time is for the purpose of recruiting troops and raising military funds."
"The Nanjing Ministry of Revenue is facing a funding gap as high as three hundred thousand taels. If we find a way to fill that gap, we will have done the Crown Prince a great service."
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