When Wu Laojiu was taken to Yuan Weitai's study in the backyard, his mouth was dry and he could not speak.
Yuan Weitai ordered someone to pour tea for him to drink.
Wu Laojiu drank a full teapot, and then he felt that his throat was moist.
Under Yuan Weitai's questioning, Wu Laojiu recounted what he saw and heard, which was basically consistent with what the military intelligence officer Fanzi said.
Yuan Weitai was not very concerned about the details of the disaster that befell Hongluo Village.
That is already a fait accompli, and nothing can be done to make it up.
He was more concerned about the next actions of the two thieves Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing.
According to Wu Laojiu, there are about a hundred fishing boats in Hongluo Bay, which will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the two thieves.
Then the two thieves will definitely loot more fishing villages in the future to raise fishing boats to prepare for going to sea.
I really let the military intelligence department talk about it.
Yuan Weitai was secretly glad that he had made the right choice.
He ordered people to take Wu Laojiu down to rest, and then discussed with Song An: "Ning Zhi, it seems that the two thieves are really eager to go to sea.
I'm afraid it will be too late to burn down the fishing boat with just three squads of yamen.
I want to The city temporarily recruited local warriors to do this."
Yuan Weitai also figured out that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo were unlikely to attack Dengzhou City, so they dared to plunder the coastal fishing villages.
In this case, why didn't he simply burn down all the fishing boats, trap the rebels, and wait for the imperial army to put them down.
This is a great achievement.
Of course, Yuan Weitai also had some selfish motives, that is, he could take this opportunity to train the recruited rural warriors into an army.
In a time of peace, if any civil servant dared to recruit local braves to train soldiers without authorization, he would definitely be impatient.
But these are troubled times, and the imperial court is happy to see civilian officials training to protect themselves.
The rebel troops of Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo attacked and killed Dengzhou, which gave Yuan Weitai a reason.
If he didn't climb up the pole, wouldn't he be regretting this great opportunity?
Song An has been Yuan Weitai's staff for many years and knows the Dong Weng's temperament very well.
As soon as Yuan Weitai said these words, he heard the music of the piano and knew the elegant meaning and said loudly: "Don't worry, Dong Weng, I will leave this matter to Song.
Song will definitely live up to Dong Weng's instructions."
Yuan Weitai was overjoyed.
If you can take this opportunity to make great achievements and master an army of your own, it will be a blessing in disguise.
"Ning is worthy of being my arm.
Okay, you can go directly to the treasury to withdraw the silver.
All those who apply for local bravery will be rewarded with five coins of silver."
Yuan Weitai firmly believes that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward.
Five coins of silver is really a lot, not to mention that Yuan Weitai is asking them to burn ships instead of fight this time, so there will definitely be people vying to apply.
As for how to explain this expenditure in the future, it is very simple.
It is all attributed to fighting the rebels.
There is no way to fight without spending money.
Isn’t it normal to spend thousands or even thousands of taels of silver?
Beijing Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Dorgon hosted a banquet in the banquet hall and granted the title of imperial merchant of the Qing Dynasty to the merchant kings of Jin Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang and Huang Yun.
In Dorgon's view, winning over the eight major Shanxi merchants was as important as the Western Expedition.
You must know that these eight Shanxi merchants are not ordinary merchants.
Long before the Qing army entered the Pass, they used their own channels to travel inside and outside the Pass, transporting grain, salt, iron and other important materials to Liaodong.
At that time, the Ming court implemented a comprehensive grain blockade policy in Liaodong and strictly prohibited people from selling grain to Liaodong.
Without these Shanxi merchants, the Qing army would not have been able to buy enough food even if they had money, and they would have starved to death long ago.
It was precisely because of the secret transportation of food by Shanxi merchants that the Qing Dynasty was able to wait until the day it entered the customs.
Moreover, Shanxi merchants not only transported food, salt and iron to the Qing army, but also sold all the intelligence they spied on the Ming army.
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In this way, the Qing army will know immediately about any movements of the Ming army, making it easy to target them.
It can be said that without the eight major Shanxi merchants such as Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yun, there would have been no good days for the Qing Dynasty to enter the customs.
Dorgon held a banquet with Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou and others at the Palace of Qianqing today, and he was also a well-dweller.
Of course, Dorgon made such a big move not only by conferring the eight major Shanxi merchants as imperial merchants, but also with the intention of using the eight major Shanxi merchants to raise food for the Qing army.
Nowadays, natural disasters continue, the north is dry all year round and the land is thousands of miles away, and food production is very low.
It is impossible to feed hundreds of thousands of troops with the grain produced every year in the northern provinces.
The grain stocks in various government treasuries have reached their lowest level again, and Dorgon is very troubled by this.
He also knows that the world's granary is in Huguang, but now it is impossible to conquer Huguang in a while, so he can only buy food for emergency.
For this reason, Dorgon naturally thought of the eight major Shanxi merchants.
Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou and others were able to brave the Ming court's blockade order and smuggle grain to Liaodong.
Now they naturally have the ability to get grain from the south.
It's better to be more expensive if it's more expensive.
It's only right to solve the problem of eating first.
Dorgon is a very pragmatic person.
If you want the horses to run, you must let them eat enough forage first.
For this reason, Dorgon used his imperial merchant status as a bargaining chip.
In order to facilitate the customs, the eight major Shanxi merchants purchased many properties in Zhangjiakou Fort, Xuanfu Town, and shifted their business focus to Zhangjiakou.
Dorgon simply let these eight families belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and still blocked each other's trade.
Fan Yongdou and others were naturally overjoyed about this.
The grasslands outside the Great Wall are no better than those within the Pass.
Except for cattle and sheep, there is basically a shortage of everything.
In particular, salt and tea are the most scarce and necessary items for herdsmen.
As for the minks and ginseng from Liaodong, if they are sold within the customs, they can naturally fetch a good price.
But there are so many merchants in the world, and if you want to make a profit when there is competition, you have to lower your prices.
This is what Fan Yongdou and others are extremely unwilling to do.
Businessmen are chasing profits, who is willing to give up the meat in his mouth?
But once you become an imperial merchant, you can implement a monopoly, especially the leather goods supplied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the price is naturally easy to negotiate.
As for the hugely profitable industries such as salt, iron and copper, Fan Yongdou and others dare not think about it for the time being.
But he feels that as long as it is managed properly, there may not be an opportunity to get involved in this aspect of purchasing in the future.
Of course, the most important thing right now is to handle the matters assigned by the regent and please the master.
As long as the master is happy, everything will be easy to talk about.
For this reason, the eight major Shanxi merchants headed by Fan Yongdou vowed at the banquet that they would successfully handle the task of raising military rations and live up to the regent's trust.
Dorgon was in a good mood and gave various houses in Zhangjiakou some houses to win over them.
Three months, Dorgon believed that it would take at most three months before the Eight Banners army could defeat Li Chuang, conquer Sichuan, destroy Can Ming, and sweep across the world.
Therefore, the eight major Shanxi merchants only need to raise enough food to feed the army for three months
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