Hearing this number, Zhu Wanchun just smiled slightly, and he said casually: "Three hundred taels is not much, I will give four hundred taels to Brother Min first, and when the salt drying method is successful, Brother Min will take the salt to offset the silver at that time." Yan Jiao mentioned the words, the deputy mention of Lord Liu is an old friend of his father, and if he says it, he will not go to Yunti Pass to find trouble with Brother Min. Even if there is a villain instigating, we will be able to smash the silver. ”

Four hundred taels of silver is Zhu Wanchun's advance payment, not the investment in shares, so it is necessary to use silver to offset it.

It is to open up the joints of the Salt Division, and even if someone makes a mistake in the Salt Division, Zhu Wanchun is responsible for leveling it down.

This is an additional investment, which can be regarded as a dual investment of emotions and materials.

"Thank you, Brother Zhu." Min Yuanqi was very happy, this time the trip to Huai'an was not smooth at the beginning, but now it seems that the effect is really good, the two sides not only negotiated the conditions, but even began to call each other brothers, which is quite a good start.

It seems that there are some things, doing and not doing are the same results, if it weren't for Min Yuanqi's brazen action at the dock, showing his determination and will, I am afraid that Zhu Wanchun would not pay attention to him, and when he wants to cooperate with a big salt merchant in Huai'an, it is also empty talk, and it is difficult to be noticed. Although Min Yuanqi can slowly boil salt to accumulate original capital, it is too slow for a long time, and with the silver given by Zhu Wanchun, he can do it when he returns to Yunti Pass.

From the perspective of later generations, this is to get venture capital, and there is no need to give the original shares.

"But Brother Zhu doesn't have to be so eager to indulge next time." Min Yuanqi smiled: "It's better for a gentleman to be frank." ”

The Zhu family firm refused before, it was indeed Zhu Wanchun's arrangement, Min Yuanqi saw that it was not unusual, but it made Zhu Wanchun a little embarrassed when he pointed it out in person, and he had to say haha: "The dishes are cold, can't we waste it?" ”

"Naturally, I'm hungry too." Min Yuanqi generously lifted the chopsticks and began to pick up the dishes.

Min Yuanjin and Liang Shifa beside him had been waiting for a long time, and they also started together when they boarded.

Zhu Wanchun looked at it with a smile, feeling that Min Yuanqi in front of him had an interesting face, not as rough and reckless as he thought, and at the same time he was scheming, he also had a humorous and straightforward side.

Such a person should not be too tired to deal with.

As soon as everyone started, there was a sudden commotion outside.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder, and everyone's faces changed. Even if Huaiyang Beidao or Fengyang Governor came to inspect the place, it would not make such a big move.

Even if Huai'an Mansion is not as prosperous and wealthy as Yangzhou Nanjing, it is also a densely populated mansion.

Zhu Wanchun's face changed, and he rushed to the window to look out.

Of course, Min Yuanqi and others were the same, in front of the window on the second floor of this restaurant, it was soon full of people who were observing outside.

There were about fifty or sixty horsemen on a horseback ride, and they were already rampage through the streets of Fucheng.

The street vendors along the street were hit by chickens and dogs, vegetables, eggs, live chickens, all kinds of goods were knocked away, live chickens and ducks were flying all over the sky, people were screaming and avoiding, but there were always people who could not avoid it, some people were directly hit by galloping horses, and the crisp sound of broken bones when the person was knocked away could be heard from afar, and the person who was hit in mid-air was spurting blood from his mouth, and it seemed that most of them could not survive.

There were also people who were trampled on broken leg bones, and the loud clicking sound was terrifying to hear.

The cavalry didn't care about it, they still galloped at high speed, and even when they saw that someone was still in the way, it was Pegasus who rushed over to collide, and as for the life or death of the person who was hit, these cavalrymen obviously didn't care at all.

"Abominable!" Zhu Wanchun is a native of Huai'an Mansion, born and raised here, seeing the current situation, of course he is furious!

Someone responded and said: "Even if it is the governor, no, the standard battalion soldiers and horses of the Shi Pavilion Department should not be so brutal and brutal, what is the difference between such officers and soldiers and rogues?" ”

Min Yuanqi turned his head to look at the man, shook his head slightly, and did not make a sound.

The rogues also had to take care of the pursuit and suppression of the officers and soldiers, or the leaders with great ambitions like Li Zicheng, and later gradually rectified the military discipline, not only did they not kill people and loot, but also opened warehouses to give relief, so it was naturally impossible to indulge the soldiers and horses to run rampant and bully the people.

Of course, the military discipline of the peasant army could not be as uncommitted as imagined, and the combat strength of the peasant army was not as the literati imagined, but the corruption of the military discipline of the soldiers entering Beijing led to the defeat, which was not the case.

However, the military discipline of officers and men is worse than that of the outlaws. It is the same no matter which general it is, especially after the middle of Chongzhen, the military discipline of officers and soldiers began to be generally corrupted.

One is that Chongzhen's imperial technique is so bad that it can't be added, for example, the Qing army broke through for the first time, Chongzhen cut off dozens of heads in one go, and many people died quite unjustly, but as soon as Chongzhen's temperament came up, killing people was like mowing grass, and there was no reason to be afraid at all.

The emperor kills people without scruples, the first assistant, the soldier, the governor, the governor...... From the first assistant of the cabinet to the governor and the governor, the state and county civil officials are even less important. The dignity and dignity of civil officials, as well as the stable political ecology, the emperor did not consider it at all.

Later generations consider the mistakes of the Chongzhen period, and sometimes simply push it to the Donglin Party or a certain party, which makes no sense, because in the Chongzhen period, no civil official can form a monopoly and grasp the authority of the court, and no one can form a stable power chain. The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty is not a political hall in legal theory, and the cabinet elders are not prime ministers, and the power of the cabinet elders comes from the personal relationship between the six books and the local governors, and they can master the six ministries and a large number of local governors and counties, and appoint private individuals, so that the cabinet elders can use their own power and use such a tortuous way to truly implement governance, rather than just relying on votes to do the secret.

In the Ming Dynasty, even if Zhang Juzheng could threaten the imperial power and reprimand Wanli Tianzi as a student, he was still not the real prime minister.

Chongzhen kills people, but the people he kills are mainly civilian officials, and he is more forgiving to military generals. How many bad generals, such as Zuo Liangyu, have been defeated and fled on the battlefield many times, disobeyed military orders many times, and how many heads have been cut off during the Wanli and Apocalypse years, but in Chongzhen's hands, they are safe and sound.

Chongzhen has always been the main force of practicality, and the superintendents are all scholars, so it doesn't matter if there are more killed. The military general is the one who leads the troops, and he is afraid that he will not be able to pick a suitable successor, and more importantly, he is afraid that his troops will mutiny.

The more fearful they are, the more arrogant and domineering the generals become, and the law is corrupted.

This is a kind of vicious circle, and the bad discipline of the military generals in the late Ming Dynasty and the weight of the ruined local areas by the officers and men are really jaw-dropping, and the damage to the places where the officers and soldiers have passed is much more serious than that of the rogues.

This is also the reason why Min Yuanjin, Liang Shifa, Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng and others were moved by Min Yuanqi's words.

Once the officers and soldiers fight in Dahewei, the damage to the local area will be too serious, and if there is no self-protection power, the end will be quite miserable, and no one wants to let their hometown relatives fall to that kind of situation.

With the relatives behind him, even if it is the light of fireflies, he has to try to compete with the bright moon.

Another reason is that although the imperial court has increased the three salaries, the silver of the additional salaries has been stripped layer by layer, and as a result, the army is in arrears, which is a chronic disease, from Jiajing to Wanli to Chongzhen, the army mutiny and salary are becoming more and more serious. Even if the generals receive military salaries, most of them fall into their own pockets, half of them support their families, and almost zero of them fall on the heads of the battalion soldiers.

The emperor did not send hungry soldiers, and the army had no pay, of course, they could only rely on looting to support themselves, and this situation was getting more and more serious by the end of Chongzhen.

At present, most people understand that the military discipline of officers and men is so bad and the weight of destruction is far above that of the rogue, and what the right people say is really too naïve.

It may be that from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, there has been no tug-of-war between the rogues and the officers and soldiers, and it is not the battlefield of the Great War, so it is the reason why they are used to being comfortable.

The might and destructive power of dozens of cavalry was quite astonishing, and in less than a quarter of an hour, miles of streets were cleared.

The cavalry went farther away, and there was confusion again.

One can imagine how much confusion and destruction these cavalry caused when they came in through the city gates.

But that wasn't the end of it, more cavalry poured in, more than a thousand.

The iron hooves of the war horse made a spark on the bluestone pavement, and the sound of the answer was like the sound of a drum beating incessantly, and everyone who heard it felt upset.

This kind of wanton and unscrupulous scene is like a group of robbers who come into the homes of good people and fight with open fire, who have no scruples and can do whatever they want.

They ate and drank, and even the women of the house, and the robbers did whatever they wanted.

It's just that in an instant, a big city like Huai'an seems to have completely changed hands.

After more than 1,000 cavalry entered, they began to go deep along the streets and alleys, and then about two or three thousand foot soldiers entered the city and began to enter the city, driving away the original small number of guards and battalions, and the new battalions began to take over the city defense.

These soldiers and horses, the infantry wore green robes, and wore blue folded scarves on their heads. The appearance of the army is not neat, the jackets are also of different colors, one-tenth of the infantry has armor, most of them are shabby cotton armor, a small number of generals look like mixed in the infantry team, wearing iron armor, walking slowly under the banner of the general.

That kind of arrogance and casualness shows what kind of quality and style this army has.

After the infantry took over the defense, there were more than 1,000 cavalry coming in, this time the cavalry rode the war horse is generally taller, the cavalry is more majestic and burly, most of the cavalry are armored, mainly the bubble nail cotton armor of the placket, this cotton armor and the armor form of the Eight Banners are almost the same, the Eight Banners are wearing armor, and it was originally the armor form of the border army of the Ming Dynasty.

A small number of cavalrymen were directly dressed in iron-scale armor, the armor was dazzling, and their attitudes were extremely arrogant.

In the middle of the cavalry, there is a flag bearer holding a big flag, and the word "Liu" is quite conspicuous and dazzling.

"Alas......" Zhu Wanchun looked depressed and said in a low voice: "It seems that the soldiers and horses stationed in Huai'an were transferred by the Shi Pavilion Department." I don't know if it's Caozhou Liu, or Huama Liu? ”

Someone said: "Huama Liu has been transferred to Linhuai, guarding Fengyang Shouzhou, defending Chenzhou, and Qizhou all the way, this news was confirmed a few days ago." Now the one who comes to our Huai'an must be Caozhou Liu. ”

"Our Huai'an luck is not good." Someone said in a tone of indignation: "Huama Liu's military discipline is poor, but his soldiers and horses are Shanxi town soldiers and old battalion soldiers, and they have fought many wars. Caozhou Liu relied on patting horses and harming people all the way, but he didn't have any real skills at all, and his subordinates' military discipline was worse than that of Huama Liu...... What a fuck, fucking bad luck! ”