The persuasion activities in Guangzhou Prefecture have been lively for several days, but they are a situation of ice and fire. The streets and alleys were full of enthusiastic people, or foaming at the mouth, propaganda and agitation, trumpeting the great achievements of Liang Guogong and his old man, which should be pleasing to the people. Or stop a passer-by and ask him to take out the passport he was carrying, copy the passport number, and then ask him to sign and put his fingerprint on the book. It was similar to a supergirl poll one year.

However, just like the calmest in the eyes of a typhoon, the Liang Guogong Mansion, which has been watched by everyone, is calm as usual. All kinds of people in the house should do what they should do. It was as if the mass activities that were in turmoil outside were another world.

It's in the inner house, but it's also unusually quiet. If it were a change from the past, I was afraid that Li Muhua would be the first to jump out and make a move. But after some cold palace treatment, she also became a lot more mature and quiet, in addition to reading, looking at flowers, feeding birds and fish, is to write a letter to Lu Mahong, telling them the couple and their grandchildren in Guangzhou.

The grandson in her mouth, the eldest son of Li Huayu, whose milk name is called Taiping (?) At this time, he was with his uncle and aunt, Dahao and Xiaohao, and the three children were taken by Li Shouhan to fish on the edge of the pond in the back garden.

The pond is also well-designed, and the waterway is connected to several small rivers outside, attracting living water to flow back and forth, and the red lotus and green leaves in the pond are beautiful. From time to time, koi fish and red fish jump out under the lotus leaves to move their bodies, play a few stiff, and splash the water.

Li Shouhan pulled a small bamboo chair in the water pavilion in the pond and marsh, held a fishing rod in his hand, and studied Jiang Taigong there. The three children next to him screamed and jumped in his ear from time to time, and the slightest movement was unusually happy, which made the maids and nannies who were waiting on the side also smile bitterly, but. Seeing that Grandpa Guo and the Seventh Lady were very happy there, these people put a heart back in their stomachs.

"Daddy! Daddy! Xiao Hao pointed to the goose feather fish that was sinking down violently, and motioned for Li Shouhan to take a look. Just now, Li Shouhan told the three uncles and nephews that if a fish bites the hook, the goose feather fish float will sink downward, and when the time comes, the fish will come out of the water as soon as the fishing rod is lifted.

Really. Li Shouhan lifted the fishing rod vigorously, and a carp with golden wings and scales shook its head and tail very unwillingly and surfaced.

Good sign! Rao had already made up his mind not to get involved in the persuasion activities of the Guangdong officials, and Li Peilin, who had just done a good job of the affairs in his hands, stood at the entrance of the water pavilion from a distance and saw the guards shouting and holding nets to fish out the carp from the water and put it into the bamboo basket on the side, and he couldn't help but feel a move in his heart.

"Brother Zong, why did you come in such a hurry?" He put down his fishing rod and took the hot towel from the guards to wipe the water on his hands. Li Shouhan was in a very comfortable mood, and after signaling the three children to salute Li Peilin, he asked Li Peilin about his intentions.

"My lord, the cabinet of Jingzhong has a will. Because Li Chuang was preparing to cross the river to harass Shanxi, the court was shaken, and the emperor ordered the Quartet to fight for the king. ”

Do you want to be a king again? Li Shouhan was a little confused. The laughter and laughter of his children and grandchildren in front of him made him forget what year it was. Seventeen years of Chongzhen! Li Zicheng occupied the northwest, and Zhang Xianzhong controlled Sichuan. Dolgon's tiger was in Liaodong, and the three families were staring at the emperor's throne in Beijing.

"How are the parties doing?"

"Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, has a letter. In addition to thanking us for lending him money and food to comfort the displaced people and repair the city, there are two more things to ask for. ”

Li Shouhan has always had a good impression of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, who was smeared by Donglin so black that he couldn't be blacker anymore and scattered his family wealth to resist the Qing Dynasty and died. After many correspondence with Ma Shiying, he found that this person was indeed a capable minister who was willing to do things and was capable, so he helped him many times. Help him clean up the mess in the Fengyang area. And Ma Shiying is also a character who knows the meaning of the song when he hears the strings, since this grandfather of the country, who has always been regarded as an accomplice of the eunuch party by the Donglin Party up and down the government and the opposition, is so goodwilled, how can he not have a good relationship with him?

Therefore, whether it is Li Dagongzi recruiting soldiers in northern Anhui, or the Southern Guangdong Army setting up a naval battalion in Anqing. As long as he Ma Shiying can help, this Governor Ma will be very helpful.

"What's so embarrassing about Ma Yaocao, she actually used the word Qiu?" Li Shouhan couldn't help laughing.

"It's nothing more than military salaries, food, grass, armor, equipment, etc." Li Peilin made a premise speech, and then slowly said: "What Ma Yaocao asked for is also related to King Qin's matter. ”

Ma Shiying has a good relationship with Shi Kefa, who is born in Daxing County, Shuntianfu, and is currently the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the counselor of the aircraft, and controls the capital, Jiangnan and Huaiyang regions. (Huh?) Something is wrong again. Ma Shiying, a big traitor, actually has a good relationship with the Shi Pavilion Department? Now that Chongzhen's classmates have made the will, asking all the soldiers and horses to be Qinwang, and even Li Shouhan, who is far away in Lingnan, has received the will, how can Shi Kefa, who is in the Huaiyang region, escape? He received an order for him to send troops to the "King of Qin" in the name of the superintendent. Two months after receiving the will, Shi Kefa ordered the soldiers of all towns in the south of the Yangtze River to come to the aid and swore to the king of Qin. (This is a historical fact.) He received the order in February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and only ordered mobilization on April 11, and on the 22nd, he learned that the city of Beijing had been breached, and Zhu Youzhen went to Jingshan for a one-way tour. I don't know what he's been up to for the next two months. ）

However, although the Huaiyang region, Liudu, and Jiangnan are known as wealthy, they are also short of pay and weapons, insufficient money and food, and serious arrears of salaries for the army. Shi Kefa's duty is again, so he has to discuss with his neighboring friend Ma Shiying how to raise this large amount of military salary and rations?

So, Ma Shiying opened his mouth to ask Li Shouhan for help.

"The rich land in the south of the Yangtze River is actually short of both salaries and weapons?" Li Shouhan couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Ma Shiying's request for military funds from King Qin for his old friend Shi Kefa, "You're kidding me, aren't you?" Who doesn't know that Yangzhou and Jiangnan have always been rich, and in the place where officials fart the crotch of their oily pants? ! What else do you say about the shortage of salaries and weapons? ”

Li Peilin held Ma Shiying's letter in his hand, and was made angry and funny by Li Shouhan's tired look. Are you embarrassed to say that? Even if Shi Kefa wants to find large households in Yangzhou, Liudu and Jiangnan now, and try his best to raise military salaries, he is afraid that he will not find anyone! You can smuggle refined salt into the Yangtze River basin and canal basin at the beginning, squeezing the profit margins and living space of Yangzhou salt merchants.

Nowadays, although all parts of Jiangnan have not implemented various tax and grain systems because they are not under the jurisdiction of the Southern Yue Army, the life of the gentry and wealthy households is still not easy. The reason is simple. Most of those who have not entered the two peripheral organizations set up by the Nanyue Army in Shanghai, Jiangnan, and other places, the Songjiang Trade Zone and the Jianghai Joint Defense Agreement, that is, those who have not been the commercial and financial leaders of the Nanyue Army, have not been able to mix with the comprador qualifications, and have not carried out trade activities with the Nanyue and Chinese businessmen, are extremely miserable.

It was only Jin Shang who took the lead. The behavior of exchanging one tael of silver for one silver dollar followed by countless Jiangnan businessmen has already shrunk the property of countless wealthy families who have hidden hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in their homes by at least one percent! The reason is very simple, the silver fineness of a piece of Nanzhong silver dollar is quite high, and the signboard is pure silver, in fact, it is almost the same, and the fineness should be above ninety-ninety-eight. A silver dollar should be converted into eight coins, and the finesse silver in Jiangnan is mostly about eighty percent five! That is, a silver dollar is actually used as one or two kuping full pattern silver! But if it is other folk silver, such as yuan silk, steamed buns and other loose silver with bad quality. I guess it's going to be one or two halves. After deducting the fire consumption and transportation losses, this alone made a lot of profits for the Jin merchants and the merchants of Nanzhong. Not to mention the refined fine cloth, fine salt, white sugar and other things produced by the large factories using the fruit and horse looms. These commodities are the main culprits who quietly harvested the wealth of Huaiyang and Jiangnan.

In addition, the officials and gentry still do not pay taxes and grain, how do you ask Shi Kefa, an empty supervisor, to face the clamor and demand for wages of the group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals stationed in Huai'an, Sizhou (now Sixian County, Anhui), Linhuai (now Linhuaiguan, Fengyang, Anhui), and Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui)? After thinking about it, he had to ask Liang Guo for help. So, I had to ask my friend for help and try it on my behalf.

"How much do you want to borrow?" Li Shouhan is also straightforward.

Ma Yaocao did not explain it in the letter. It's just that there is such a thing, please take care of it for the sake of the ministers of the same hall. Specific transactions. He will ask Shi Kefa to send people to Liudu or Shanghai to consult with the people in charge of our Nanyue army. However, judging from the little meaning he made between the lines, Shi Kefa had to borrow at least enough food and armor to support 30,000 soldiers and horses for several months! ”

"Humph!" Li Shouhan snorted in his nostrils and threw the towel in his hand aside, these people always thought that other people's money, food and equipment were as simple as the wind blowing, and they only needed to open their mouths. How can there be such a simple thing in the world?

Shi Kefa said that Jiangbei could be exempted from salt tax. Or use the salt tax as collateral to offset the payment for the goods. These words made Li Shouhan feel a little more comfortable. Use the salt tax in Yangzhou, Huai'an and other places as collateral. This undoubtedly handed over the salt industry in Jiangbei to the hands of the Southern Yue Army!

Although in the past 20 years, with the unremitting efforts of the two gangs of Yancao and salt merchants from all over the country, the salt tax in Jiangbei has long been eroded. However, the salt tax was handed over to the Nanyue army as collateral for supervision, in addition to giving Li Shouhan a justifiable reason to enter the Huai'an and Yangzhou regions. It is also possible to openly turn the refined salt that was originally smuggled into official salt for sale. Completely reshuffle the salt market!

"Ma Yaocao is also very supportive of his friend, and in the letter he offered to take the salt tax under the Governor of Fengyang as collateral."

The full name of the Governor of Fengyang is the Governor of Fengyang, and he is also a member of the military affairs of Henan and Huguang, and his station is Fengyang Mansion, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty. Although Henan, Huguang and other places under the jurisdiction of Ma Shiying have already hung the banner of Dashun, they still manage the huge territory of Fengyang Mansion and the surrounding areas in the thirteen counties of Bozhou, Suzhou, Yingzhou, Sizhou and Shouzhou, and have a huge influence and a large population. There is Ma Shiying's extra weight, naturally, Li Shouhan is happy to see.

"Just now you said that Ma Yaocao has two things, this is one thing for Shi Kefa to come forward to raise money and equipment, but what about the other thing?"

Li Shouhan smiled and handed over the bamboo basket containing the carp to Dahao, and motioned for him to take his sister and nephew to the side to play. But he continued to ask Li Peilin about another thing in Ma Shiying's letter.

This incident made Li Shouhan a little unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, it is also reasonable.

"Ma Yaocao means, the ground in Fengyang has been drought and flood for many years, and it has been a continuous war for many years. There are many people in various places, and there is no proper source of food and clothing. There is relief money and food, but I am afraid that this generation will also change from disaster victims to hungry people, from hungry people to homeless people, and one step forward is to vote for the rogues, endangering the Daming Jiangshan community. ”

Therefore, Ma Shiying came up with an idea of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle. Gather the victims from all over Fengyang and go to the places under the jurisdiction of the Nanyue Army to reclaim the famine. This can be regarded as a kind of wishful thinking to move the trouble of Jiangdong! But no matter how good the abacus is, we have to see if Li Shouhan will break the abacus beads. Therefore, Ma Shiying also wants to ask Li Shouhan for instructions first, and explore the tone of this Liang Guogong.

Although in the eyes of many gentlemen in Donglin, Li Shouhan, the Duke of Liang, is also an accomplice of the eunuch party, and a martial noble, and he is in cahoots with the eunuch party, and all kinds of means and behaviors for the tiger are endless. But this favor has never existed.

"Haha! This Governor Ma is also a wonderful man! Li Shouhan couldn't help but laugh. This is undoubtedly dozing off and sending a pillow.

In previous years, most of the people who were attracted from all over the Central Plains to reclaim famine land in various parts of the Central Plains were dealing with the military leaders, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant armies in various places, as well as the local bandits, and exchanged the various materials they needed for the population. But now, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are both emperors of the founding of the country, and it is too late to recuperate, so how can they be willing to package and sell their labor? So, for more than a year. Signs of labor shortage have already begun to emerge in Nanzhong. However, the sea ships of the Nanyue Army transported a large amount of goods to the port and unloaded the goods, but they could only reluctantly go south with the cabin half empty or simply empty. This is a huge increase in the cost of sea freight!

"How did he plan to do it? Are there any plans? ”

But it is not said in the epistle. But. But the messenger revealed some words out of his mouth, to see if it was possible to have 300,000 people every two months. Either gather at the river to board the boat, or gather together from the land to the sea. However, there was no way to raise rations and salt vegetables along the way. I also want to ask the lord to help me. ”

A little grain, rice, and salt vegetables is nothing compared to the income of 300,000 people every two months. Li Shouhan waved his hand very casually. "Brother Zong, for this little thing, you just have to promise Ma Yaocao's messenger. As long as the situation in Zhongdu can be stabilized and the mausoleums of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty are not disturbed, what is a little grain and rice? ”

That's what I said! made Li Peilin speechless for a moment! Lord. What could you be a little more shameless?! Keep saying what is for the sake of the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, but in your hand, you are waving the small hoe that digs the corner of the Daming Jiangshan Sheji fast! Others dig the corner of the wall, but you dig the corner but you have to stuff a few barrels of black fire @ medicine into it, and let it go!

However, with Li Shouhan's will, Li Peilin naturally knew what to do. At that moment, he politely declined the seventh lady Ao Lei Yilan to stay and share the kindness of the golden carp caught by Li Shouhan, glanced at the dying carp that was tortured in the hands of the three children, Dahao Xiaohao and Taiping, and got up to leave.

returned to his signature room, Li Peilin ordered someone to invite Ma Shiying's envoy. This person is a member of Ma Shiying's clan, called Ma Wu. Speaking of which, it is still his nephew who has not come out of five suits. If it weren't for this relationship, Ma Shiying would not have let him run back and forth and come into contact with such a confidential matter.

Li Peilin immediately explained Li Shouhan's meaning to this Ma Wu, and used the salt tax as collateral to borrow from the Liang State Mansion, in addition to paying military salaries, it was used to purchase military rations and add armor and equipment. "My lord has agreed to this. After you go back, ask Master Ma to tell Shi Kefa Shi Inspector and send someone to Shanghai to contact you about the matter. ”

"As for what your uncle said, immigrating to Nanzhong every two months to eat 300,000 yuan, after the official persuaded the people from all over Fengyang in front of my family, the lord saw that in the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, in order to protect the peace of the ancestors of the past generations, he still reluctantly agreed."

As soon as he said a word, Ma Wu praised Li Shouhan and Li Peilin for their immeasurable kindness. "Grandpa Guo's move has countless lives, and my uncle will also be grateful to Lord Changshi." This is clearly to give Li Peilin a benefit.

Li Peilin waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to do this. "If Uncle Ling has such a heart, a certain family will understand it. Being able to make the living beings in Jianghuai no longer become starving is the immeasurable merit that Uncle Ling has accumulated for his own officials. The words were a bit official, but Li Peilin refused Ma Shiying's gift, but he saved enough face for Ma Shiying, which made Ma Wuwei admire his officialdom methods.

At that moment, Ma Wu kowtowed to Li Peilin with satisfaction, got up and was about to say goodbye, but he heard a sound of footsteps outside, it was Li Shouhan's son and daughter, Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Southern Yue Army, who came to find Li Peilin.

Ma Wu was naturally an interesting person, so he quickly fled immediately, leaving Li Peilin and Zheng Zhilong to talk indoors.

"Those people outside are making such a commotion, what does the lord mean?" What Zheng Zhilong was referring to was the various persuasion activities in the city.

"If the people outside want to make trouble, they can make trouble. The lord doesn't speak here, what can they make a name for? Li Peilin ordered someone to make tea, and sat down with Zheng Zhilong across the coffee table to drink tea and talk.

"So, what does the lord mean? Be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty? "Zheng Zhilong is also a person with a backbone in the back of his head, and he never thought of being a loyal and filial son of the Ming Dynasty one day. However, at present, he is Li Shouhan's sons and daughters, his son Damu, several younger brothers Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Zhibao and others are all in important positions in the Nanyue Army, if Li Shouhan has the intention of ascending the throne as the emperor, they are also as people from the dragon, royal in-laws and will become new members of the nobility.

However, now that there is a lot of trouble outside, Li Shouhan, as a pig's foot, ignores it, as if this matter has nothing to do with him. This is what makes Zheng Zhilong quite puzzling. Hence this question.

"If you want to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, then the group of guys who are so enthusiastic about persuasion outside are chaotic ministers and thieves. With the character of our lord, it's good not to grab and cut off your head! But you see, have you ever touched a single hair of them? Li Peilin broke through the sky with a word, and immediately solved the mystery in Zheng Zhilong's heart. It seems that his in-laws are definitely not a kind person.

"But, Brother Feihuang. The lord was fishing in the pond in the back garden and caught a golden carp. ”

"Whew! Good sign! Good sign! ”

The carp jumps over the dragon gate, everyone knows this truth.

"However, now Longmen doesn't know where it is, and he jumped out of the water rashly, if someone or an osprey sees it, wouldn't it be a big deal?!"

Li Peilin picked up the teacup, "Brother Feihuang, please!" (To be continued.) )

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