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News of the southward march of the Northern Yuan army soon spread throughout Fujian. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Unlike what Zhuo Ke had predicted in advance, the news did not cause any panic among the people, on the contrary, the scholars, merchants, craftsmen and peddlers, and the people of all walks of life in the Great Song Dynasty rarely expressed the same gesture to the Dadu Governor's Office, willing to fight to the death in the Northern Yuan!

Some middle-aged people still remember the scene when the Yuan army crossed the river for the first time eight years ago. At that time, the peasants abandoned the land, the merchants abandoned the shops, the craftsmen abandoned the workshops, the soldiers abandoned the armor, the officials abandoned the Great Seal, and most people could think of anything other than surrender to flee. The Mongol soldiers were invincible in the world, and the Song army could never protect their hometown, except for fleeing and surrendering, everyone had no way out.

But the bloody facts tell people that evasion doesn't work. The Northern Yuan soldiers will not feel pity because you give up resistance, they like to kill, they like to set fires, they like to see the city turn into a pile of rubble. No matter how much of the goodwill of their emperor expressed in his holy decree to be diligent and love for the people, no matter how many Confucian professors and Taoist gentlemen argued that the Northern Yuan army was a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and counting on the conquerors to protect the power of the vanquished, it was tantamount to sheep and wolf herding.

The Mongols believe in the law of the steppe, and the wolf will only talk about fairness with the wolf, and will not give fairness to the sheep. The last lesson has already told the people this truth written in blood. Now, under the guidance of the Grand Governor's Office, everyone has rebuilt their homes, reclaimed the land, the workshops are getting bigger and bigger, and the trade is becoming more and more prosperous.

"Take up arms and defend our country!" The chief writers of the major newspapers spoke out. After several years of ideological conflicts, both the old and the innovative sides have now recognized the fact that this country is not owned by the Zhao family, nor by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, but by everyone who lives in it. When the Mongols came, the countryside would turn into wilderness, the buildings would turn into ruins, and after everyone had lost their country, there would be nothing left but the qualification to be a fourth-class slave.

"Northern Yuan Hulu, stealing authority, perverse, leading beasts to eat people......" The royalist Confucian Wu Yulin, who has always been in opposition to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, maintained consistency with the reformists for the first time. Although his articles still proceed from the perspective of Confucianism, they clearly express the unyielding position of the royalists. Privately, he said to his colleagues: "Whether the authority belongs to the imperial court or to the metropolitan governor's mansion can be said later." But once the northern captives enter the city, everyone doesn't have to fight for anything! ”

"This is the land where we have lived for generations, where our ancestors are buried and where our children are nurtured. Every brick, stone, grass and tree embodies our sweat and carries our civilization. No one can conquer him, and we will defend our wealth and dignity with our lives and blood......" In the official newspaper, Chen Longfu wrote like a rafter with a large pen.

Shaowu, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Leizhou, Liuqiu, Nanyang and other places boiled one after another, and people from all walks of life expressed their views to the Metropolitan Governor's Office by various means.

On the third day of the fourth month, the two richest families in the south, the Chen family in Xinghua and the Xu family in Fujian, represented by the mistress of the two families, Mrs. Xu, publicly promised in the newspaper that if the sons and nephews of the Chen and Xu families and the men in the business and workshop were recruited into the army, the two families would retain their positions and salaries until they returned triumphantly. If they die in battle, the two families will be responsible for providing for their children and nephews until they reach adulthood. The above commitment is sworn by the ancestors of the Chen and Xu families who sacrificed their lives for the country, and they will never go back.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Quanzhou, which had the most maritime merchants and was also the richest, collected 200,000 silver coins and deposited them in the money village supervised by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion as medicine money for the wounded soldiers in China. When the news broke, various businesses followed suit, and soon, the donations and materials received by the Metropolitan Governor's Office were equivalent to one million silver dollars, enough to arm an army of 50,000.

Some secluded celebrities who don't care about the world have also set their sights on the people. In April, Gu Shan's ink painting "Expedition" was auctioned in Quanzhou, and there was no trace of military spirit on the picture, and under the dim oil lamp, a young woman in her thirties with a son and a daughter silently wiped the dust off her husband's armor.

The painting was sold for 1,000 gold coins on the same day, and Gu Shan donated all the proceeds from the auction to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Although Gu Shan is far from Zhao Mengfu, the eleventh generation grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, regardless of fame, prestige and painting skills, after this picture is published, the fame of Southern Gu is far behind Northern Zhao, and even in later generations, the children of the Gu faction are ashamed of the children of the Zhao faction.

Encouraged by this atmosphere, the state recruiting offices were soon filled with young men between the ages of 18 and 35. The Metropolitan Governor's Office does not prohibit weapons among the people, so those who sign up for the army are very skilled in the operation of bows and crossbows, which greatly speeds up the training of recruits in various places, and several major recruit training camps are running at high speed.

"What's so terrible about the Tartar people, since the Baizhang Ridge has come down, which time has our army not fought more with less? From Page Mishi, Suodu, and Zhang Hongfan to Dachun, which one is not a famous general in a hundred battles, and in the end, they are not all defeated under the hands of the Metropolitan Governor? Several of the non-commissioned officers in charge of training relayed this opinion to the recruits in a high-profile manner.

"Our army has never been defeated, and this time we will definitely be able to withstand Kublai Khan's attack. If you don't get it, you will cross the Yangtze River and go straight to Huanglong Mansion. Veterans of the war have a blind trust in the military strength of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, "Injury, don't be afraid, as long as you don't miss arms and legs, the hospital will definitely allow you to return home alive in a few months." Crippled, don't be afraid, with the land protection certificate in your hand, the government is responsible for raising you for a lifetime. Died in battle, then don't be afraid, what is there to be afraid of if you are already dead, at least future generations will say when they mention you, my father was a man at the beginning, not kneeling on the ground and letting the Mongols cut off his head......."

"yes, I'm afraid of a ball! Fuck it! The soldiers laughed wildly, their eyes full of longing for blood and fire. If it weren't for the fact that the Metropolitan Governor's Office had been unwilling to lower the recruitment threshold, it would have to abide by the strange principle of "no recruitment for the only son, no recruitment for those who have already joined the army, and no one for the elders in the family to support them", as well as the frighteningly high standard of physical strength and archery, everyone would have put on this military uniform a long time ago. This time, even if you can't be rewarded for meritorious service and become a general, at least you can enter the township council after retiring, and with the "land defense certificate" issued by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, it is a piece of cake to choose a lizheng and a district head, which is much easier than going to school to study hard and then take a lot of exams.

Inspired by glory and dreams, no one cared that the training subjects of this batch of recruits were much simpler than before. The armor and ordnance standards of the new barracks are also many grades worse than the original veteran barracks. It is slightly higher than the People's Army, but it is only on par with the local garrisons.

"War is not just a soldier's business, a war between nations, and everyone can do their best for their country. As long as the enemy army is on our territory, it is just for us to use any means. "With the deepening of war preparations, a view of national war has quietly become popular among the people.

Some people with extreme personalities quietly issued rewards to the heroes of the rivers and lakes on the north bank of the Yangtze River to buy the heads of local officials in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Forty gold coins were made for transit, twenty for the storehouse, and ten for the county lieutenant....... The price of the tax collector varies according to the region. Although there was no real effect, the news still scared local officials all day long.

At the same time, merchants from all over the country were pleasantly surprised to find that the Metropolitan Governor's Office had lifted the ban on trade with the Northern Yuan. With the exception of food, steel and firearms, almost all supplies have become exportable. Some chambers of commerce with flexible channels immediately started the idea of ordnance, and after a little temptation, they actually found that Du Gui, the protector of the merchants, was supportive of this, and the Haisha Gang, which had a close relationship with the Dadu Governor's Office, had taken the lead in reselling weapons from the garrison to the north.

"Fighting a war is not only a matter for soldiers, we are in business, in addition to donating money and materials, we can also make more contributions to the country. It doesn't matter if you lose a little, as long as the army is undefeated, sooner or later everyone will be able to earn it back! Zhang Cuifeng, the former leader of the Haisha Gang and the current boss of the Huaxia Salt Chamber of Commerce, held his wine glass and said to the businessmen who came to inquire about the news.

"Yes, yes, cooperate with the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and don't suffer!" The merchants who asked for him nodded frequently. The biggest difference between Wen Tianxiang and other officials of the Great Song Dynasty was that he understood the principle of equivalent exchange and never took it for granted that merchants did things for the government. Rather, every time they received help from the merchants, the Metropolitan Governor's Office would give a reward equal to the amount of help. The current Haisha Gang is the best example, and in all dynasties, the Haisha Gang, whose main business is smuggling salt, is the sworn enemy of the government. They allied themselves with the rebels, and once the rebels were successful, the Haisha Gang immediately became the focus of their former allies. Throughout the ages, only the Metropolitan Governor's Office broke this precedent. Before the rise of the Governor, the Haisha Gang smuggled salt, grain and pig iron to Baizhangling like charcoal. After the rise of the Dadu Governor's Office, it reciprocated the favor and abolished the salt monopoly system of the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Only under the rule of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can the Haisha Gang sell salt justifiably without smuggling, and can create their own signboards just like they do canned food, woodware, and other trading houses. From a smuggler to a patriotic businessman, this reborn change has made many businessmen who know the details of the Haisha Gang envious. And at present, the project operated by Zhang Cuifeng is even more eye-catching, Zhang Er Mazi knife shop under the name of the Huaxia Salt Industry Chamber of Commerce has actually obtained a weapon export diploma issued by the government!

In these years, as long as the businessman with a head knows what price a broken steel crossbow and a set of steel-lined leather armor that the broken army looks down on can be sold for on the northern **. Especially for merchants, passing by the territory of those mountain kings, sending a repaired steel crossbow, a dozen featherless crossbow arrows to worship the mountain, hundreds of miles away, no one will ever fight this caravan again.

"Zhang, Brother Zhang, we also want to cooperate, cooperate with the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, cooperate. But Du Fatzi said that he only issued licenses to trusted merchant groups, so ...... "A caravan leader who has been running Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time asked tentatively. How can Du Gui be trusted? I really don't know. According to the information they heard, in addition to the five families of Xu, Chen, Fang, and Su, who have made great contributions to the state, only the Haisha Gang and a certain chamber of commerce in Quanzhou, which donated 200,000 silver dollars, have obtained the diploma of arms export. If you can spend less money to get a weapon export diploma, everyone would rather give the Zhang family a bonus for nothing.

"Well, Fat Du probably didn't make it clear. As far as I know, not only the eliminated steel crossbows and leather armor, but also the Linggen armor, vermilion lacquer bow and even monkey armor previously captured from the Yuan army can be wholesaled, and if you can meet the conditions of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, you can even get the Broken Kou Blade, Snow Maple Knife (saber) and chain mail! Zhang Cuifeng sipped the wine and hung his appetite intermittently.

"What, chain mail?" A couple of small businessmen could barely believe their ears. The Broken Blade and chain mail were the standard equipment of the Broken Army, and in the past few years, they were scattered to the northern folk through war, and finally became the treasures of the nobles of the family. In particular, the best chain mail with solitary forged steel plates installed in some parts is known as general armor in the north, and the black market price can definitely be sold for more than 1,000 silver coins. In the chaotic years, having such an armor is equivalent to one more life, ask who doesn't want to live to see the Taiping Era! If you have the ability to resell chain mail to the Western Regions, it is possible to become a tax collector under Haidu.

"Yes, chain mail. But you have to have the ability to meet the conditions set by the Metropolitan Governor's Office! Zhang Cuifeng smiled and said affirmatively.

"What conditions? Please tell me, Brother Zhang, we have been dealing with each other for so many years, and we can help our brothers! ”。 When the merchants heard that they had an opportunity to get started, they couldn't wait to pray.

"First of all, you can't sell these things to the officers and soldiers of the Great Yuan. Otherwise, the diploma will be withdrawn and a fine of 100,000 will be imposed. From the boss to the guy, no one can run! The weapons of our capital are numbered, which year they were shipped, where they were sent, which year they were retired, and whose firm bought them, and the records are clear! On a steel crossbow, there are steel seals on almost every part, which was discovered by the Dadu Governor's Mansion in the hands of the Yuan soldiers, and the person who handled it couldn't rely on it! ”

"That's, that's!" The merchants nodded in reply. Only those whose brains are kicked by a donkey will sell things to the northern government, not to mention being pointed at the backbone, who has the ability to recover money from the officials in the north?

"Second, you have to buy food from the north to the south. At the moment, we are at war with the Tartars, and we need a large amount of military food reserves. The Weapons Export Diploma is divided into four levels, from four to one, and the higher the level, the higher the level of weapons you can wholesale. If you want to enter this door, you must first buy back grain from the north. Ship 3,000 stone to the entry checkpoint first, take the grain collection certificate of the checkpoint back to Fuzhou to find me, we naturally have a way to get you a business certificate! ”

"Three thousand stones?" The merchants gasped. If it is an ordinary year, the purchase of 3,000 stone grain is not a big problem. But at present, it is not easy for the people in the north to even have enough to eat, and the price of grain is getting higher and higher day by day, and it is even more difficult to get 3,000 stone of grain to go south than to rob Kublai Khan's baggage team.

Zhang Cuifeng glanced at the interrogator, and a few disdainful sneers came out of his nostrils. "Three thousand stones is just the beginning! If you don't have diamonds, don't do this porcelain work. The third-level certificate is 10,000 stones, the second-level certificate is 20,000 stones, and the first-level certificate is 40,000 stones plus the guarantee of the officials above the pacification envoy. And don't fight the idea of buying grain from Jiangnan, most of the governor's office has an order, from now on, the grain will be purchased by the government at market prices, and grain stores in various places must be supervised by the government. Those who raise the price of grain and export grain to the north will be punished as collaborating with the enemy! ”

The hearts of the merchants were like being poured with ice water, and suddenly they became cold, from the front of their chests to the backs. According to the standards Zhang Cuifeng said, there are indeed only Chen, Xu, Su, and Fang who have the strength to obtain the highest level of weapons export diplomas. At the wine table, some people whispered that it was too unfair for the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to do this, and some people quietly started the idea of uniting with other businesses to operate together.

"Actually, it's not that hard. If there is chaos today, north of the Yangtze River, there are not a few big locks in which state and county. Everyone is buying and selling in the north, don't tell me that you are a good citizen, and you have nothing to do with any of the village owners. Go out and find a few stockades to join forces, knock out an official warehouse, or give the escort team to transport military rations, and there are as many 3,000 stones. The owners of the village got weapons, we made money, and we took revenge by killing the Tartars, and all three are beautiful! Seeing the frustration on everyone's faces, Zhang Cuifeng "couldn't help it" and pointed out a clear path for everyone.

He spoke easily, but the merchants were so frightened that they breathed cold air. There are many checkpoints in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the taxes are like cattle hair, and when everyone sells goods to the north, they bribe the government, make some cards, and even collude with robbers to break through the customs. But it was all a petty fight, and as for the blatant collusion with bandits and robbery, no one had the guts to try it, except for the Haisha Gang, which had serious bandit habits.

Think about the benefits of weapons on ** more than ten times, and then think about the risk of colluding with bandits to commit crimes. Most businesses are slowly having a plan in their hearts. There are some things that don't need to be done directly by the end beneficiaries. There are also businessmen in the north who want to make money, robbers who want to develop their strength, and corrupt officials who want to bribe and die. Through their hands, it seems that it is not as difficult as previously thought to scrape together 3,000 stone of grain and buy a fourth-class output diploma. Anyway, the best goods on the market are steel crossbows, leather armor, and vermilion lacquer bows, and although the profits of those high-end goods are high, there are few people who can really afford them.

A few days later, the first batch of southern goods of the year circulated through various channels to the markets of the Great Yuan Dynasty. The northern tycoons, who have been tossed by the trade embargo policy for more than half a year, have rushed to buy them. The prices of lacquerware, woodware, silk, and farm tools, which had not been seen for a long time, were all sold at a good price, and under the influence of this, the price of grain in various parts of the Northern Yuan Dynasty also fluctuated by half of the price again.

Just as the grain merchants were considering whether to buy more grain from out of town and sell it, they heard the bad news. In the spring drought in various places, some people bought surplus grain from the people at a price of more than 20% of the market. When the merchants heard the news, they instantly raised the price of grain to a new high.

At the end of April, Jukou Huang Mazi led a crowd of 5,000 to attack Zaoyang, killing the Beiyuan County Commander and looting the treasury. At the same time, the Northern Yuan Gucheng County Order reported to Zhongshu Province, and the county was attacked by bandits, and the archers fought bloodily to repel the thieves and beheaded 800. However, the city walls were destroyed, and the official stockpiles were lost.

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