Chapter 684: Sony's Buying a Treetop
PS: The plot of no discipline is coming.
The matter is big, and Huang Taiji naturally will not rashly explain it to Sony, a confidant.
sent away Sony, Huang Taiji was still in a heavy mood, this night, Huang Taiji tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep anyway. Just when the sky was bright and Huang Taiji was about to fall asleep, suddenly Concubine Zhuang, who was waiting beside him, woke him up tremblingly and told someone to ask to see him. It doesn't matter if I see this, from early morning to noon, the bad news has not stopped. First, the envoys sent to Beijing to negotiate peace were robbed and killed, but with the bravery of the guards, they finally managed to break out of the siege. As a result, after going through hardships and dangers to Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui refused to meet at first, but later changed his attitude and agreed to the meeting, and turned around and played the trick of smashing the cup.
The members of the mission had just entered the city of Urn, and there were ambushes above the city. Under the dense accumulation of hundreds of firearms from the high ground, the entire army of the envoy and others were annihilated, and they all became heads and were used by Wu Sangui to repay their merits. Wu Sangui even proudly said in the title book of the victory: I saw through the construction of slaves to discuss and deceive the city, so I lured it into the city and annihilated it in one fell swoop.
Before the tears of Wong Taiji's grief had been dried by the wind on his much thinner black face, his pig-like son Haorge had come to add to the blockage. Haoge came to Huang Taiji to complain, and the training according to the method of the model brigade has achieved certain results, and the strength of the Zhenglan Banner has increased, but his sister seems to have more training in Dorgon's soldiers! Therefore, the training can only be regarded as a barely draw. I can't continue to train by myself, so I also practice firearms, use real guys for two white flags, and use wooden sticks by myself. Moreover, the two white flags have a large population and abundant soldiers, and there is one person on their side, and three people are arranged on that side, and as long as they are pulled out, they are a strict army with a queue formation department. Compared with his messy team, this is simply a clear way to make himself unable to get off the stage.
Therefore, when Haoge, a simple-minded guy, learned that his father was annoyed by the current prices and panic buying trend in Shengjing, he immediately thought of his minions crying to him, and the little wealth that he had obtained from decades of bloody battles with the Heavenly Mandate Khan and the emperor was quietly swallowed by a group of scalpers sent by the two white flags and the two red flags! Immediately, Haoge suggested to Huang Taiji to do it immediately. Kill the Dorgon brothers!
Huang Taiji was at this time there was an evil fire nowhere to go, listening to Haoge's unreliable adventurous advice, immediately unceremoniously sent a few Kabush soldiers in, ordered them to beat Haoge firmly, Haoge was beaten with his head covered, had to rub his buttocks that were beaten high and swollen, thanked his father for his teachings, and returned to his palace to think about it behind closed doors.
When Haoge left, Huang Taiji ordered the palace door to be closed. It doesn't matter if there's a fire outside. But just as if God had to slap his face, not long after the palace gate was closed, the eight-hundred-mile urgent military intelligence was delivered, this Huang Taiji couldn't help but watch it, but it turned out to be a long nosebleed after reading it.
It turned out that Wu Sangui was still reluctant to give up when he got the advantage, killed hundreds of people in the mission with his front foot, and sent people to land near the lion's mouth with his back foot, and attacked all parts of the Liaodong Peninsula. He also looted more than 2,000 or 3,000 people, and burned down several farms.
What's even more infuriating. In the face of Wu Sangui's wanton looting and burning, the two nearby white flag garrisons actually turned a blind eye and did not move like a mountain, allowing this small Ming army of more than 1,000 people to act recklessly under their noses. Huang Taiji immediately summoned Dolgon to the audience, and Dolgon seemed to have been prepared for this, and took a large number of official documents from the minions under the two white flags to report the rebellion of Han slaves and Ming army captives in various places near the left. said that his two white flags were exhausted, so he was too late to rescue.
Looking at Dolgon kneeling below, Huang Taiji couldn't help but secretly wonder if this product was the winner of the little golden man, this expression and demeanor were the same as the real thing. What the fool of you!
Finally forced the fire and sent Dolgon away with a smile, and Huang Taiji immediately summoned Sonny to meet him. When Sonny saw Huang Taiji, the scene in front of him made Sonny, who had also scolded Tushetu Khan Oba and had braved the rain of arrows in the Ming army to rescue Haoge, was stunned.
I saw a red lacquered wooden tray on the Huang Taiji kang table in front of me, with a handcuff on it, and the handcuff faucet was wrenched, which was obviously a good medicine. A snow-sharp dagger and a rope, then looked at him with a smile.
Sonny was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, but he didn't dare to ask Huang Taiji what he had done wrong. "The slave is all given by His Majesty, and it is not a pity to die, but I hope Your Majesty will tell the slave that the slave must know where the slave's crime is." After a while, seeing that Huang Taiji never spoke, Sony had the courage to ask Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji waved his hand and said, "You didn't do anything wrong, these things are prepared for me." There are only you and me here, I might as well open the skylight and say something, the situation in my Qing Dynasty today is related to Dolgon. If you surrender to Dolgon, now take up a random thing, kill me, and then go outside and shout that the emperor is dead, and pass the edict to Dolgon, the prince of Rui. Even if you are killed by my guards, your Hesheri family will still have a bright future. β
Saying this, Sony almost sweated and dehydrated! Hurriedly kowtowed violently, saying that the slave would not dare to have this thought even if he died! Huang Taiji smiled and helped him up, and then said very solemnly: "It's not that I can't trust you, it's just that now my life is hanging by a thread, and only you can save me." If you don't want to, then you might as well use these three things to cut yourself off. β
When Sonny saw Huang Taiji like this, tears fell like rain, and he kowtowed to the ground and said: "The slave has received the emperor's great favor, even if he is broken and his bones cannot be repaid." The emperor has been sent, and even if the slave dies, he will definitely do it. Huang Taiji nodded and said, "I won't let you die, but there is an errand handed over to you, and I have something here, even if you die, you must send it." β
Huang Taiji paused slightly: "I heard that you have a very good relationship with Huang Yunfa Huang in Shanxi, if you are really loyal to me, give these two letters to Mr. Huang." And tell him that one is for him, and the other is for him, and that the other is in the epistle to him. This matter must be kept confidential! As for how to give it to the recipient, let him figure it out himself. It's up to you if my life is still there. β
Sonny took the letters, feeling that they were heavier than the city gates. He didn't dare to delay, and immediately after returning home, he let his eldest son Hesheri? Kabula took people to put on makeup and went to the eight families in Shanxi to find Huang's shopkeeper's henchman in Shengjing's shop, and asked him to take him to Huang Yunfa.
At the same time, in order to cover up this matter, Sony ordered the Hesheri family to participate in hoarding, buying and selling. In this way, even if someone finds out about this, they will think that Sony is trying to make a fortune from Jin Shang.
Sony arranged everything, and secretly said in his heart, Your Majesty, that's all a slave can do. I hope to live up to the emperor's trust.
Regarding the confidential matter mentioned in Huang Taiji's letter, it would be too naΓ―ve and simple to say that Sony did not secretly take any means to open it and take a look! Sony was able to protect the whole family in the power struggles of the Qing Kingdom several times, and later the Hesheri family became a towering tree, can this little trick and small means be there?
From the letter, it turned out that Huang Taiji took a risky move, but it was also a wonderful move. He asked Huang Yun to send a face-to-face match, and asked Li Shouhan, who had an ambiguous relationship with the Jin merchants, and at the same time made a big deal of silver dollars with the Jin merchants, to ask for surrender!
And the second epistle. It was simply written to Li Huayu, the eldest son of Li who presided over the affairs of military horses, money and grain in Shandong and Denglai on behalf of Li Shouhan!
Seeing that the letterhead recipient wrote the name and official title of Li Dagongzi, he couldn't help but pat his knees excitedly, and was greatly amazed by his master's clever methods!
"The young master of Nanzhong, who is in charge of Shandong, Denglai, Taiwan and other places, Li Gong, Hua Yu, and the Taijian:
I and Jun across the sea, I have never met, but the prestige of Jun is heard far and near. Liaodong is said that the eastern soldiers are brave and fearless, and the dragon and tiger battalion is as smart as a snake. Only a few rode back. I also heard that Shandong's five grains were abundant, and cotton and wheat were harvested. The rule of the three emperors is rare.
I also heard that the heroes of the Junzhi family have come out in large numbers, and the lord of Zhaoyang County, Hua Mei, has rarely met opponents on land and sea, although she is a woman, but all the men under my command who have eyebrows are all pushing their hands and raising their eyebrows. Jundi Huabao and Huaxuanwei shook the southern wilderness and opened up the territory. I will live with myself, the father of the king. When you are full of pride and have children, why not worry about not becoming a hegemon.
However, I am also suffering, and the people are suffering. Under the rule, prices soared, and rice was expensive. Rice beads and laurels. The people live on wild vegetables, and their complexions are all green. Although I don't dare to call Mingjun, but since Songshan, I don't dare to add meat to food, I don't dare to wear clothes, and those who do it are also uneasy.
I don't dare to compare myself with a saint, but I benefit myself and the world, and I don't give up. Therefore, after thinking about it, I decided that the sky should be owned by the king. Jun Wenzhi can be in the east of Shandong, martial arts can be soothed, and he is open-minded, kind to people, and can be trusted. Therefore, I am not afraid of the opposition of the people, I am not afraid of gossip, and I am willing to entrust the Eight Banners of Liaodong to you. I know that Jun will deceive me, in order to show sincerity, I will disband the Eight Banners in stages, and the weapons Ding Zhuang will be sent to Shandong for your disposal. Although I have not seen you, I believe that you will not treat my subordinates badly. A few years later, my army is exhausted, the king's sharp feet, at that time the king can send officials, all of them are Liaoshen, so that decades of war and chaos once calmed down, do not use the sword soldiers, do not raise the war, why not? However, I also ask for something, I don't want to live, but my son Haoge is a straightforward person, and I ask for shelter under the banner of the king. The people of Liao Shen have no food, and they hope that the king will give them relief. If this matter is successful, although I am divided in the country, there will be no regrets. β
At the end of the letter, in order to show his sincerity in surrendering, Huang Taiji specially offered to offer 2,000 good horses, and 200 Mongolian herdsmen accompanied him. In addition to the good horses and herdsmen, there are also 5,000 head of cattle to help Li Huayu in Shandong. "Wen Jun has recently expanded the Dragon and Tiger Camp and lacks good horses, and there is a shortage of farming cattle in various parts of Shandong, so I should do my best to repay it!"
After reading this peace letter written by Huang Taiji to Li Huayu, I couldn't help but sweep the haze in my chest.
Huang Taiji's letter seems to be a complete grovel request for compromise, to surrender to the Nanyue Army led by Li Shouhan, to offer the land of Liaodong, and during this transition period, to prepare to use Liaodong's Dingkou weapons to transfer to Shandong in exchange for food, but every sentence in it is a hidden edge!
From the very beginning, he touted that the Li family was talented, and their children were all heroes, which reminded Li Huayu in the subtext, it is true that you are your father's eldest son, but you are not the heir. Moreover, in terms of etiquette, you are not a son-in-law.
Several of your adult brothers are working hard for what? Don't tell me they have no idea what your father will do a hundred years later! Of course, you have an absolute advantage now, and the other younger brothers don't dare to have any crooked thoughts at all, but what if they also make great achievements? So, I'm here to give you a big credit!
If you talk about a normal level of peace, it is better to say that this is close to a surrender peace. That's a lot of credit!
Sony was also a literate member of the Liao Thieves group, fluent in Manchurian script, and had made many missions to Mongolia. I have seen a lot of things in the Central Plains, Mongolian tribes, and Manchuria's Eight Banners that father and son kill each other, brothers fight each other, husband and wife turn against each other, and mother and son become enemies. Weighing Huang Taiji's letter of peace, he couldn't find a reason for Li Huayu's opposition anyway.
In the midst of rejoicing, a guard in the palace came and said that he had obeyed the emperor's will. Ask Lord Sonny to go to the camp of the Eight Banners of Sauron outside the city to select, if there is any relationship among the Daur people who are related to Grandpa Li's Seventh Aunt Taiao Lei Yilan, even if it is a clansman, they must be selected together, handed over to Huang Yunfa Huang's shopkeeper, and asked him to take it to the Guannei and transfer it to the Seventh Aunt's wife.
Huang Taiji can be regarded as having done enough work! For the sake of this peace negotiation, even the lady's route and the pillow wind are ready to start blowing!
Naturally, Sonny didn't dare to slack off, so he ordered his men to go to the camp of the Eight Banners of Sauron outside the city to look for it. However, a thought came to my mind. Immediately ordered someone to prepare a horse to go to Huang Yunfa's shop in Shengjing.
"Shopkeeper Huang, I remember that when you and I were chatting before, you once told me that there is such a thing as buying treetops in Guibao Land?"
The shopkeeper of Huang Yunfa's Shengjing firm is also a member of his clan, and he is a nephew of his who has never produced five suits. At present, the Huang family is also well aware of the communication channel between the Liaodong anti-thief group and the Nanyue Army. is searching for dry intestines in his own account room, how to take advantage of the soaring prices and rush to buy in Shengjing today. Otherwise, wouldn't he be sorry for the favor Huang Taiji owed to the Huang family, and also sorry for his distant cousin and her mother?
At this time. Sony came in a hurry, and he asked such a question!
Buy treetops. It is impossible to determine when it became popular among Shanxi merchants. However, it can basically be determined that it is a futures trading behavior of buying and selling short in the market. According to Qi Junzao, a scholar of Daoguang University in Shouyang, Shanxi, said in "Ma Shou Nongyan": In the fourteenth year of Daoguang (1834), there were four or five points in the autumn harvest of Shouyang, and there were two or three points, which varied. Early August. Corn has not yet appeared, and the price of grain is very expensive. Profit-seekers sit on a large amount of capital, monopolize the left and right, see the rice empty, and spend the harvest in the future. Then he hoarded Juqi, causing the market price to soar for a while. What's more, those who buy grain do not have to pay for it, and those who sell rice do not have to have rice. According to the current price of rice, regardless of the future price, contract trading, maturity delivery, arbitrary growth. Inflating the price, so that the price can not be stable. The ancients believed that this was short buying and selling, which is actually a typical agricultural futures transaction.
At the beginning of the TV series Qiao's compound, Qiao Zhiyong's brother almost bankrupted the Qiao family because he competed with others for hegemony in the sorghum futures market.
The shopkeeper Huang is naturally a good player and a master here, and he is familiar with the various doorways in between, but he never thought that Sony would be able to raise such a question today.
"Sony-sama, what do you mean?"
"At present, Shengjing's rush to buy and prices are soaring, the reason does not need to be said, and the Huang shopkeeper is also clear. The dog must have gone to Shandong at sea to join Huang Dadong's family at this moment. If, under the mediation of Huang Dadong's family, Li Dagongzi was willing to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty on the matter of peace, then what would be the situation? β
"Prices in Liaodong are bound to plummet! The withdrawal of the original Nanzhong businessmen is also self-defeating! How can there be a reason in the world that the young owner is talking about the west, but the guy is going east? Unless it's a guy who doesn't want to do it anymore! "Shopkeeper Huang blurted out without hesitation!" Wait a minute! Sony-sama means ......"
The two cunning fellows looked at each other and smiled, and let out bursts of smug laughter.
However, Sony himself did not have that much courage, and that night, he still quietly entered the palace, and after explaining the progress to Huang Taiji, he explained in detail to Huang Taiji that he had discussed with Huang Taiji about buying treetops.
For this kind of thing that can be done without having to pay a penny by himself, Huang Taiji is naturally happy to make a decision! (What, you ask me how many I have?) All right! The profits obtained were snatched from the hands of the main speculators such as the Two White Flags, which can be regarded as weakening the economic strength of the Two White Flags. At the same time, he gathered his own hearts and minds, so that those who swayed from side to side found that the original two white flags were not as strong as they imagined. At the same time, the Huang family made huge profits, which can be regarded as returning their favor! οΌ
Soon, Sony, which was originally engaged in hoarding and buying and selling activities in the open and in secret, joined the trend with great fanfare, adding fuel to the fire of the intensifying rush to buy.
"Ladies and gentlemen, a bucket of japonica rice has risen to ten silver dollars now. Brown rice mixed with gravel bird droppings also needs at least six and a half pieces to have one bucket. The dyed cotton cloth produced locally also reached 20 silver dollars a horse, and the one from Nanzhong was even more expensive, at least 25 yuan a horse, and the flower cloth was even more expensive. β
In the Huang family's business, Sony and the Huang shopkeeper drank tea and chatted with more than a dozen big speculators who are currently hot in Shengjing City, and talked about the future business.
"That's it! Salt, sugar, and silk are all rising in price! Everyone is in stock and don't dare to put it outside! β
"Outside?" A scalper sneers at the actions of his accomplices. "Didn't you see that this price increase alarmed the emperor who was recuperating in the palace? The Kabush soldiers have come out to catch special things everywhere! As long as you catch someone trading in the black market, you will immediately send it to Liaoyang and hand it over to Chen Banda to do hard labor! β
"You're afraid of a hammer! Doesn't the Han people have a saying that the more forbidden the private salt, the better it is to sell?! Besides, the ones caught are all the remnants of each Jialali everywhere, and some of them are simply coated minions of each family! Catch it, catch it! The emperor catches a batch, we have an excuse to raise prices, the more the emperor catches, the higher our prices will rise! β
"That's what it means!" Another scalper praised his accomplice's words, "I'm afraid that the emperor won't arrest him!" The more the emperor catches it, the more panicked people are in the market. Even more rumors are spreading, and the easier it is for the price to be speculated. β
"That's right! A few of my little minions were blocked in a dead end by a few of Prince Su's men yesterday, and they were so frightened that they thought they were going to be sent to Liaoyang to make iron. But those people smiled and asked them what they had in hand. In the end, he took the goods away and dropped the silver dollar according to the price of the previous days. β
"Everyone." Sonny and Shopkeeper Huang glanced at each other and felt that the heat was almost over.
"At the price of ten days ago, the two of us have a large amount of goods to sell. I don't know if you can eat it or not? β
Sony tossed a huge sweet and delicious pie. (To be continued......)