Chapter 523: Heading South
After Chang Yu returned to the palace, the remaining anger did not subside, and the hornet's nest of a few people under his command poked a little big, although he had just made a meritorious service, he could smash the flower building, gather people to fight, and even fight the soldiers and horses, the nature was too bad, and the impact was extremely bad, if this was fried by someone with a heart, Emperor Chongzhen's face could not be stopped, and he would inevitably be angry at him, and it was very likely that the military exploits of those guys would be taken down.
Fortunately, there were not many onlookers late at night, and most people thought that the troublemakers were just soldiers who drank too much, and they were finally punished by the people of Dongchang.
But others don't know, Wang Jiayan is clear, his way of walking can be regarded as giving Chang Yu a face, but it can also be regarded as holding the handle of the East Factory in his hands, which is also Chang Yu's biggest headache.
This matter is not suitable for publicity, it turns out that the image of the East Factory is very bad, and the emperor's face is not good-looking, Wang Jiayan and Chang Yu have no suspicion at this time, and they should not say it at will, in order to ensure that Chunxiang will come to the door early tomorrow morning and knock on it.
"What about the Terracotta?" Chunxiang asked.
Chang Yu shook his head: "The Terracotta Division is better than less, and they are still being stared at by Dongchang, and they dare to ask for trouble?" ”
Early the next morning, when the sky was twilight, Chang Yu finished washing up from the yamen of the inner east factory, dressed neatly and went straight to the grass fence field, and the eunuch army of the 300 palace battalion was fully armed and ready to go.
In the first battle outside the Guan, there were many dead and wounded in the eunuch army, and at this time they returned to the palace and made up the full amount, and those who died in the battle entered the martyrs' mausoleum, and the disabled had a lifelong pension, and those who wanted to stay in the palace were arranged for some idle duties, and those who wanted to leave the palace were given a certain amount of silver subsidies, but most of the eunuchs were unwilling to leave the palace, because the hearts of the people outside were too complicated, and the eyes were too piercing.
Chang Yu didn't say much, he was concise and to the point, and went south to kill the thief and make a contribution!
Not much will be Emperor Chongzhen personally to the strong, the morale of the palace battalion is high, and the military bureau of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court was ordered to send some armaments, which made Chang Yu sigh, he secretly practiced the eunuch army at the beginning, and even secretly purchased weapons from the Beijing camp fuel guzzler, and hid them, and even his own weapons had to be sandwiched in firewood and brought into the palace.
And now, the emperor has personally given weapons, or weapons specially made for Ouchi, today is different from the past!
The Gongzi battalion went out of the imperial city from Dong'an Gate, and the remaining three battalions under the command of Dongchang had been lined up for a long time, and then the four battalions started and went straight to the direction of Zhengyangmen to go out of the city.
Chang Yu looked back at the young man in the imperial city outside Dong'an Gate, and smiled slightly.
The young man shouted, "The Tartar has seen it, but the thief has not seen it yet."
Chang Yu laughed: "As you wish" said goodbye, beat the horse south, and followed the attendant.
More than 1,000 iron horsemen in the four battalions, and some of the family members took the baggage and went straight to the Yongding Gate, which attracted the people to watch and discuss.
Those who are well-informed will say, this is the man and horse of the great eunuch of Dongchang who was ordered to go south to supervise the army.
The people were shocked, and it was the ruthless eunuch of Dongchang, I heard that he supervised the victory of Taiyuan Taiyuan, supervised the army outside the pass, and Ningyuan won a big victory......
Some people also said that the killing of this great eunuch was too heavy, and tens of thousands of thieves in Taiyuan built Beijing outside the city, and Ning Yuan brought back nearly 10,000 Tartar heads to Beijing in the first battle......
There were many opinions, but the little eunuch turned a deaf ear and went out of the city to the south.
At the same time, Li Yanbu in the north of the city has pulled out the camp, around the southeast of the city to chase Chang Yu, as for the messy Tartar heads all over the ground, they are waiting for the people of the Beijing camp to take over and send them to the Great Wall of Gubeikou to build a view of Beijing.
On the top of the Long Live Mountain in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the southern city, whispered, others could not hear, and after a long time, he turned around and went down the mountain, but met Princess Kunxing halfway up the mountain, and said: "Jiao'er, this early morning is not afraid of the wind and cold."
Zhu Yujiao's face was crimson, and she was a little panicked: "Back to my father, the child is wearing thick clothes, and the weather is very good today, not cold."
Emperor Chongzhen snorted: "Take a look at the scenery in this imperial city, after a while, you will get married, but it will not be so convenient."
"Father" Zhu Yujiao raised his mouth, Emperor Chongzhen laughed a few times, and said: "You can play by yourself" and then turned around and went down the mountain.
Zhu Yujiao sighed slowly, walked to the top of the mountain and looked south, upset for no reason, raised her foot and kicked the grass next to her, and the palace maids behind her were nervous.
When the market opens at dawn, Jiangmi Lane, as the largest grain wholesale and retail market in Beijing, is always bustling, and the shops on the street are chatting about it on weekdays in addition to the recent hot news is the Octopus Chamber of Commerce.
Song Siyang, the owner of the Octopus Chamber of Commerce, was originally only a gangster in Nancheng, and the rice shop was only a little scale in Jiangmi Lane, but in the blink of an eye, Songjia Rice Shop changed its appearance and expanded to become the largest one in Jiangmi Lane.
What is even more surprising is that Song Siyang's business is almost more in and less out, and one-third of the grain ships entering Jiangmi Lane every day are contracted by him, but very few are sold, especially Octopus sometimes bids too high in order to grab the grain source, which causes other grain merchants to be dissatisfied and unite to fight a price war with him.
The wool is out of the sheep, the grain merchants grab the grain source to raise the purchase price, but in the end it is the people of the capital who pay, the price of grain changes three times a day, and when the eyes are becoming more and more messy, the government issued a document, disturbing the price of goods, confiscating the house, for a time the grain merchants in the capital were in danger, and the grain price returned to normal overnight.
But only Song Siyang of the Octopus Chamber of Commerce went his own way, buying on a large scale every day, but only selling a little, obviously stockpiling grain, isn't this disrupting the market order.
Someone went to report it, but soon the entire Jiangmi Lane, or the grain merchants in the capital, heard the news that Octopus was an imperial merchant, and they were responsible for purchasing military rations for the imperial court!
So it was, for a time, the Octopus Chamber of Commerce became famous in the capital, and everyone was envious, and there were a few people who dared to ask the world if they could meddle in the imperial court projects with the approval of the imperial court!
Rumors are flying all over the world, but Song Siyang is busy and has no time to take care of it, Octopus is now the emperor's businessman, and it is a big project to go public, to purchase and supply for several armies in the south, and to transport and supply military rations, every link is not a hardship that ordinary people can think of, especially in this year of war and chaos.
Hearing that Changyu was going south in the morning, Song Siyang hurried to the Yongding Gate to see off but saw the dust flying, the little eunuch had already gone away, he had a little regret and hurriedly took the carriage back, there was a big matter to deal with today.
Yesterday, I went to the household department, because Chang Yu and Emperor Chongzhen had greeted him, and Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, received him personally, asked some questions, and also approved the silver, asking him to mention it today.
Does Octopus have money now?
Yes, the total net worth of these people in the Twelve Taibao is not a small amount, and there are government guards Tang Potian, Teng Xiang Wei Cheng Ming and other generals who are close to Chang Yu to buy shares, plus Wu Mengming put together the coffin book and took it out, not to mention that Chang Yu also invested so much money, and it can be said that there is a big consortium behind Octopus, and the family background is strong.
Is Octopus short of money?
Shortage, military food procurement needs a large amount of cash, plus the size of the shop now, although it is not overstretched, but it is about to bottom out, fortunately, Chang Yu came back and saved a sum of silver here, which is urgently needed to be used for turnover.
As soon as he arrived at the store, there was a report from the family that Chunxiang, the commander of the East Factory, and Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, came to see him.