Chapter 56: Big Profit (2nd Watch)
"Quick, stop them!" Zhang Degui, whose face was pale, was so frightened that he almost fell, and he trembled when he said it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The horses' hooves rumbled, and the slush flew, like a straight spear from the forest, flashing with a cold cyan light, rushing straight over in an instant!
What made Zhang Degui almost angry was that this group of swordsmen who had spent a lot of money to invite them finally formed a formation, and when they faced the tip of the wedge-shaped battle formation composed of Xuanhu's heavy cavalry, they were still more than 100 steps away, and they didn't know who shouted, and these swordsmen immediately collapsed.
They threw their swords and cried out for their lives, and the people who were carrying the goods fell to their knees and begged for mercy.
Zhang Degui no longer screamed and ordered the swordsmen to continue to resist, he watched the cavalry rush away in a daze, his eyes were full of fear and confusion.
Seeing that the enemy army on the opposite side had broken down, the cavalry team that rushed over quickly divided into two parts.
The Xuanhu heavy cavalry in front lined up in a straight line, and the horses went straight to the gunwales of the Nafu ship, and after rushing up to the deck, they immediately slashed and killed the sailors who were panicked and wanted to pull anchor and escape.
The Flying Harrier Light Cavalry behind them let out a loud roar, and everyone brandished snowy riding knives in their hands, chasing and killing the swordsmen who were running around on the beach.
It wasn't a battle at all, it was a massacre.
More than thirty swordsmen, along with seven or eight sailors, were quickly killed.
Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, the remaining swordsmen, and the screaming and wailing sailors on the ship, almost at the same time, knelt on the ground and begged for their lives.
Li Xiao waved his right hand downwards and made a gesture to signal the end of the battle and accept their surrender.
Li Xiao's order made a group of infantrymen who finally rushed over in a pant of breath very helpless and annoyed, but they didn't expect that they would rush over so hard, but the battle was over, and they just gave the cavalry a soy sauce.
Amid the snickering of the cavalry, the resentful infantry began to fire at their captives, and despite the cries and begs of the surrendering swordsmen, they forcibly stripped them of all their new thick cotton armor and tied them up like rice dumplings.
At this time, Wu Liang, who praised the painting in front of the army, led the people, while counting the items, and directed the people to carry all the items on the twenty carts to the ship.
Soon, Wu Liang ran over with an excited face and reported to Li Xiao the statistics of the goods this time.
"Thousands of households, in this battle, our army has obtained a total of 4,000 taels of gold, a total of 10,000 taels of seven cents of gold and eight cents of gold, 60,000 taels of official silver, and 50 taels of silver, all of which have the number of the government. The folded color scattered silver is about 80,000 taels, and the fineness is also seven or eighty percent, which is quite good. In addition, the cloth silk obtained is Lu silk, lake silk, fine red yarn, black and blue thread, red velvet cotton, azure Luo, cotton silk, red violet, red and green Luo, Huang Pingluo, Hangzhou yarn, yellow ripe silk, big red line Luo, indigo cloth and so on, a total of more than 5,000 horses, all of which are valuable goods, cough cough γγγγγγ β
Wu Liang spoke eagerly, and suddenly a cold wind blew, and he coughed repeatedly.
"Mr. Wu, don't worry." Li Xiao still had a calm smile on his face, but he was extremely happy in his heart.
Li Xiao knows that these things are mainly from the south, from the south to the north, the logistics cost is extremely high, although the official banknote of the Ming Dynasty is not much, but all the way can not stand Haoqiang and the local government private tax card, all the way to the north, freight manpower plus the private card of the banknote, the cost is really not small, really want to sell to the Houjin side, the cheapest yellow yarn also has to be more than eight taels of a horse, the rest of the Lu silk, lake silk and other high-end silk, in the origin of Suzhou and Hangzhou will be more than five or six taels, transported to this Liaodong can be sold to thirteen taels of one horse, if it is sold to Houjin, The price can reach 256 taels in batches, which can be called a huge profit!
This kind of precious fabric, in Jinzhou Ningyuan and other places, is only a few rich and noble families are willing to buy and wear, and one or two pieces of ordinary middle-class families are considered good.
It is recorded in the history books that because silk is so valuable in Houjin, Huang Taiji's guards actually secretly stole his silk shirt, which can be called a strange story through the ages!
"Next, there's the cargo on board." Wu Liang stopped coughing, and said hurriedly: "In the cargo hold of the Fu ship, a total of 120 bear skins, 80 tiger skins, 110 leopard skins, 350 deer skins, 200 wolf skins, 100 fox skins, 80 mink skins, 500 rabbit skins, 100 musks, 400 deer antler velvets, 500 Dadong pearls, 50 good old mountain ginseng, 150 ordinary wild ginseng, and 500 broken small ginseng. β
Wu Liang said excitedly, and Li Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard it.
These goods shipped back from Dongyu do not seem to be much, but in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, they are real luxuries and extremely valuable.
I thought that the ginseng on the Houjin side was weighed by the catty, and in the Jiangnan area, the most common ginseng whiskers could be sold for a few taels of silver, and the whole ginseng weighed more than one or two was almost the equivalent of gold. And those nearly ten taels of old wild ginseng can be sold for thousands of taels of silver in one place in the south of the Yangtze River!
And those furs, originally the Jurchen hunting and food accessories, in the local are not very valuable, but when transported to the Ming Dynasty, the price is also doubled, the most valuable mink skin, a collar of nearly a thousand taels of silver, only the prince-level noblewomen and the richest rich merchants are willing to buy.
And others, deer antler velvet can be sold for more than 30 taels per catty in Daming, the most common Dadong pearls can also be worth more than 20 taels each, and wild Northeast musk musk can be worth 200 taels of silver each!
Li Xiao made a rough calculation in his heart, and in this battle for wealth, it was conservatively estimated that he had obtained a total of about 400,000 taels of silver.
This battle for wealth has made a lot of money.
Li Xiao had a bright smile on his face, and the generals next to him had smiles on their faces.
"Damn, we're finally developed, and now our army won't have to worry about spending money." Tian Wei rubbed his hands excitedly.
"It's still Master Li who is clever enough to catch all the treasures and goods smuggled by the enemy, and none of them slip through the net. Now all our soldiers can finally live a good life. Wang Yishou next to him also smiled profusely.
"Hmph, our army is rich now, and it is only right to vigorously expand the recruitment of soldiers and horses in the future! When we arrived in Shandong, the stingy Liu Zeqing saw that our soldiers and horses were so magnificent, and he would never dare to underestimate us again! Mo Changrong pouted on the side and interjected to add.
While everyone was talking and laughing, Zhang Degui, who was tied up with a lot of flowers, was escorted to Li Xiaoma by Duan Shidi and several spearmen angrily.
Li Xiao saw that this shopkeeper Zhang looked quite embarrassed at this time. His hat had fallen somewhere, his hair was scattered, and the fox fur on his body had been torn open, revealing the brocade underwear inside.
It's just that his eyes are still the same as just now, full of horror and confusion.
"Shopkeeper Zhang, don't come unharmed." A sneer of contempt appeared on Li Xiao's face.
"Li Xiao! You thief, dare to rob the people's property in broad daylight, do you know that these goods are owned by many Liaodong generals, and you are a small handfulγγγγγγ β
"Smack!"
Li Xiao raised the horsewhip in his hand and slapped it on Zhang Degui's face, Zhang Degui screamed miserably, and immediately covered his face in pain, but blood oozed from his fingers.
"Zhang is expensive, Hugh has to quibble! You ignore the laws of the imperial court, you are a thief, you dare to smuggle trade with Tartar gold, this official is a Ming official army, how can you care! You can see for yourself, the furs, dongzhu, and ginseng of this whole lucky boat are not traded with tartars, and where do they come from! Now that you've got all the stolen goods, what else can you say! Zhang Degui, if you fall into the hands of this official today, you are really committing many injustices and killing yourself! β
After Li Xiao finished saying this coldly, Zhang Degui opened his mouth and stammered, and suddenly his legs and feet weakened and he collapsed to the ground.
"Li Xiao, are you going to kill me?" Zhang Degui's voice was low.
"Kill you?" Li Xiao sneered again: "No, the official won't kill you, he will kill you, I'm just afraid of dirtying the official's hands." β
Zhang Degui's eyes lit up suddenly, he raised his head, looked at Li Xiao in a daze, and then kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said loudly: "Li Xiao, as long as you are willing to let me go, as long as you are willing to let me live." Then today's matter has been revealed, and all my goods have been given to Mr. Li, and I will give another γγγγγγ β
"Shopkeeper Zhang, don't say more." Li Xiao interrupted him coldly, and then pointed back at the horsewhip in his hand and said lightly: "Look back, the person who killed you is rushing over from there." β
Zhang Degui turned back in horror, but saw that in the increasingly drowsy dusk, a large black army poured out from his own road, striding quickly in his direction.