Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Bad Stomach
It is said that the imperial history is out of Beijing, and if you can't shake the mountain, it will be regarded as a failure, but Yang Shaofeng and Young Master Yang, who can't even compare to the seventh grade of the imperial history, from the ninth grade to Zhao Hanlin, the posture of the right guard in Wanquan is bigger than the left capital of the Imperial Palace.
If it is said that the thousands of households in the surrounding forts came to visit the door is nothing, then the commander of the Wanquan Right Guard and the commander of the Wanquan Division personally came to the door, and after returning back, they launched a major rectification of the surrounding guards and checkpoints, and the meaning behind this is too great.
Because the geographical location of Wanquan Right Guard is the closest place to the Tatars, as long as you cross the Great Wall, you can directly mix with the Tatars.
It is precisely because of this that there will be a Wanquan right guard here, and there will be a Wanquan left guard, a security right guard, and a Xuanfu three guards next to it, and then there will be a Wanquan Dusi who is in charge of these guards.
This place, which was later called Zhangjiakou, was still the second stronghold of the eight locusts merchants at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and many materials were transported to Jiannu by the eight locust merchants from here - the eight locust merchants made money by sucking blood from the body of the Ming Dynasty and then transfusing blood to Jiannu.
Even during the Yongle period, commercial activities here, especially those that are illegal, will be more rampant than elsewhere.
And the general rectification that began after the return of the commander of the Wanquan Division, immediately made the commanders of many subordinate positions nervous.
Facts have proved that when Shangguan doesn't care, what kind of problem is not necessarily a problem, and none of the problems that Shangguan cares about are minor problems.
At the very least, because Yang Shaofeng felt that he wanted to crack down on border smuggling, it was not only the entire Wanquan Division's subordinate guards who became nervous, but also those businessmen who had a headache due to various checkpoint inspections, as well as all the errands in the entire border city and the thousands of households in the border city.
For the newly built border city of Qianhu and those errands, the influx of merchants alone was a huge test, not to mention the large number of Tatars and Warats outside the city waiting for the border city to be truly opened.
And Yang Shaofeng and Yang Dahanlin, who made everyone nervous, suddenly found that he had nothing to do.
The cattle and sheep trading with the Tatars and Warats will be handled by Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang, and their two good students, Yi Xiao and Bai Geng, will also follow Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang throughout the process.
The rest of the clerical affairs will be taken care of by Cheng Han, and even the three classes of officials have been assigned to Wu Ming, a hundred households in brocade clothes to manage.
What else can I do?
Yang Shaofeng reluctantly found that the most suitable thing for himself to do might be a salted fish.
It was not until the two Tatar brothers, Timur and Dehuotai, visited again that Yang Dahanlin's salted fish career came to an end.
For Yang Shaofeng, the two good brothers Timur and Dehuotai must be entertained well, so there is nothing to say, according to the standard of one bottle of immortal drunk per person.
The beautiful fairy is drunk, and then there is a piece of sheep and scorpion carefully boiled by the chef of the drunken fairy building, life is so beautiful......
After three rounds of drinking, Timur directly expressed his intention: "The Taishi ordered the two of us to come here to discuss the matter of those slaves with Brother Yang. ”
Yang Shaofeng put down the wine glass and said, "Old, what you said is wrong, how can you be called a slave?" We don't have any slaves here. That's a laborer, a worker who was sent by Master Arutai to work on my construction site. ”
Timur didn't care about what slaves were not slaves at all, let alone what laborers were not laborers, and just said drunken at the moment: "Taishi said, the price of three taels for your person is too low, and the salary of fifteen cents a day is too low, so you have to add money." ”
Yang Shaofeng's face showed a trace of displeasure, and he snorted coldly: "That's not right, right?" The price of my Ming Dynasty is placed there, a fat chicken is only 20 yuan, and the good white rice on each stone is only 5 or 600 yuan, and the salary of 15 yuan on this day is still low? ”
The defirement platform said: "Brother Yang, this is your mistake." Can the price of this Ming Dynasty be the same as the price on the grassland? Where do we have five or six hundred dollars of white rice per stone? Where is the fat chicken for twenty dollars? ”
Yang Shaofeng snorted and said, "What is the opinion of the Taishi?" ”
Timur said, "If it's a slave...... Well, if it is a laborer, one gets seven taels of silver, and it is the same price for men, women, and children. If you are a young man in our tribe, you will have to pay twenty-five wen a day. ”
Yang Shaofeng sneered: "Old, if you Taishi really do this, then it won't be interesting." Do you believe it or not, I bypassed your Taishi and settled directly with your young and strong, and I didn't even have to pay the high price of fifteen yuan? ”
Timur was stunned for a moment, and then said, "This is impossible. Bypassing the Taishi, you won't even be able to recruit a young man, and you won't even need to pay a penny when the time comes. ”
Yang Shaofeng gritted his teeth and said: "The salary is eighteen yuan, the laborer should not be old and weak, men and women are four taels of silver, don't tell me more." ”
Timur shook his head and said: "No, the salary is twenty yuan, the laborers are not old and weak, both men and women are five taels of silver, this is the bottom limit given to me by the Taishi, don't embarrass me." ”
After thinking about it in his heart, Yang Shaofeng nodded directly and said, "Deal!" ”
Yang Shaofeng's happiness made Timur stunned for a moment, and only after a long time did he say: "Brother Yang is really a happy person!" ”
Yang Shaofeng snorted and said, "Don't talk about these useless things, this time I always feel that I have lost a lot." You should be careful about the affairs of the young and the laborers, and get someone for me as soon as possible. ”
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The reason why Yang Shaofeng was in a hurry to let Timur get some young men and laborers to come over was because there was a mine near the border city, and it was an open-pit coal mine.
This open-pit coal mine alone is basically worth all the fares - the current conditions of the Ming Dynasty are obvious compared to the vertical coal mines that are not capable of mining at all, and the inclined shaft coal mines with great risks.
At the very least, there will always be reef coal in the coal mine, and the poison of the firepower of that thing can melt even the alloy drill bit.
Can the emergence of reef coal promote the development of Daming Metallurgical Ironmaking Technology?
Yang Shaofeng doesn't know, but he is willing to try it, anyway, he won't lose money no matter what, why not do it?
Of course, good coal can't be used by Tatars and Warats, but don't forget that in a normal coal mine, in addition to good coal and reef coal, there is a lot of coal face.
The coal noodles are mixed with the loess in a certain proportion, mixed with water, and then made into brick-like blocks, and after drying, it is the best fuel.
In the three eastern provinces of later generations, this kind of thing called slime was used in the countryside until 9012, although it could not be used for iron smelting and steelmaking or anything, but it was best for heating, and now it is made out for the Tatars and Warats, who dares to say that this son does not talk about unity and conscience?
Yang Shaofeng was pondering beautifully, Wu Ming didn't know where it came out, and said in a low voice: "It has been found out, there is indeed coal on the mountain in the west, and there are a lot of them. ”
Yang Shaofeng just wanted to nod, but suddenly shook his head again and said, "Those Warat people don't have any movement now?" ”
Wu Ming bowed and said: "No, because the border market has been opened, and those Warats don't care about attacking the Tatars, they all drove cattle and sheep to the border market." ”
Yang Shaofeng touched the beard that had just grown out of his chin, and said with a smile: "Then it's not interesting." Mahamu is not a stupid person, Taiping and Vulture Polo are not stupid, there has been no movement so far, and it is estimated that they are still holding some bad water. ”
Wu Ming bowed and said, "According to the information we have received, the envoys of Mahamu, Taiping, and Vulture Polo have disguised themselves as ordinary herdsmen and blended into the city. ”
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "Can you slaughter people halfway, and then blame Arutai?" ”
Wu Ming scolded secretly in his heart, and said in a low voice: "It is estimated that it will not work." If they were slaughtered in the city, they would inevitably cause a disturbance, and the Tatars and Warats would have been alarmed.
If they were intercepted and killed on the way out of the city, they would definitely be able to kill, but it was not so easy to blame Arutai. ”
When Yang Shaofeng heard this, he immediately said with some regret: "Then you go and think of a way to let the three messengers know the news that we need a large number of laborers, and it is best to let them take the initiative to come out to see me." ”
Wu Ming responded in a low voice, turned around and left the Yamen of the Lifting Division - ask less, don't ask, say less, do more, this is the way of Jinyiwei's survival.
After Wu Ming left, Yang Shaofeng, who didn't know what to do, simply asked the dog to find Lin Yu.
The opening of the Zuixian Loubian City Store was imminent, Lin Yu was very busy and fat, and after seeing Yang Shaofeng, he was not polite, he directly picked up the teapot on the table and poured a whole pot of tea, and then said: "Brother-in-law came to me, is there something wrong?" ”
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "How is the purchase of wool and cashmere?" ”
Lin Yu nodded and said, "It's okay, but it's okay to say something about that cashmere, no matter what the wool thing is woven into, it feels a little prickly, brother-in-law, you may have miscalculated this time." ”
Yang Shaofeng snorted and said, "Continue to find someone to come over and ponder, and strive to improve some." Cashmere is made into clothes, wool is woven into blankets, both of which keep you warm.
If it really doesn't work, they will sell the cashmere clothes to the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the wool blankets will be sold to the Tatars and Warats, anyway, the sheep are theirs, and the wool does not cost money. ”
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "No, even if you get a few hundred sheep a day, the right cashmere wool is still too much."
Besides, weave blankets from wool and sell them to those barbarians, and when they see them, they can probably weave them themselves, and who will buy blankets from us when the time comes? ”
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