Chapter 273: The Gross National Product of the Two Red Flags
"What does the second uncle mean?"
As Dai Shan's eldest son, Yue Tuo is actually much older than Li Peiting, but this does not affect his honorific title for Li Peiting. Second, he and his half-brother Shuotuo came to Prince Rui's mansion today, and he was mentally prepared to ask for help in a low voice.
And Adali on the side, as the son of Daishan's third son, Sahapho, came to plead with the second uncle in front of him.
"To tell you the truth, since I have made an oath with the emperor in front of the ancestors of heaven and earth, it is not easy to disobey." Pei Ting is so difficult.
"However," looking at Yue Tuo's increasingly ugly face, his words changed, "On the day before the oath with the emperor, I also had an agreement with your fourteenth and fifteenth uncles that if the trade of the Eight Banners is opened, then I am willing to give another 10% of the total trade amount to the two white flags." ”
When his grandfather Nurhachi was alive, he and his half-brother Shuotuo were separated from his father under the auspices of his grandfather. Naturally, he is not unfamiliar with the matter of managing his family, but he can't turn around about what Li Peiting just said.
On the other hand, his younger brother Shuotuo, firstly, has a good relationship with Dorgon, so he will not be too nervous when he comes to this palace of Prince Rui, and secondly, his brain is not as square and unruly as Yuetuo's work. Relying on these, Shuotuo keenly found the pre-set gap from Li Peiting's words.
"Second Uncle means that we can go and ask for Uncle Fourteen and Uncle Fifteen?"
As early as the ninth year of the Mandate of Heaven, when the old slave was in power, he ran away from home because he couldn't stand his father's abuse. Doing things is a different style than Yue Tuo.
"Your fourteenth and fifteenth uncles have thirty percent of the shares in their hands, and they are all going to be exchanged with me, so you brothers might as well discuss it with them. I just received the goods, and the color of the goods was not marked with a white flag or a red flag! ”
Shuoto pondered nervously in his mind.
The share left for the two red flags and the blue flag is only 20 percent, and the three are divided, and the two red flags are only 1 percent and a half of the sky. This half share is estimated to be not enough for my father to use the old thing to send away a few pampered half-brothers. As the eldest brother of the banner owner, if he does not have certain materials in his hands to win people's hearts and reward his subordinates, I am afraid that it will not be long before the soldiers and soldiers under his subordinates will be swallowed in one bite. And as a half-brother, Shuoto. He will also die a very miserable death.
At that time, Shuoto ran away in anger because he couldn't stand the abuse of his father and stepmother. Some people say that he "defected" to the Ming Dynasty. Before he knew Shuoto's whereabouts to determine whether he was a defector, his father Daishan insisted that Shuotuo had the intention of defecting; After finding Shuto and making it clear that he had not defected, Daishan knelt down five or six times to ask Nurhachi to kill him.
Such a father has long made Shuoto feel that he is inferior to nothing.
If it weren't for the eldest brother helping him out. Supporting each other. I'm afraid that he was abused by his father and stepmother and died. Since then. In Shuo Tuo's eyes and heart, only Yue Tuo, the half-brother, is a relative.
For the sake of his brother and the property of the cattle in his hands, not to be snatched away by his younger brothers, Shuoto glanced at Adali on the side. He stepped forward and knelt down in front of Dolgon, crying aloud.
"Uncle Fourteen, our two brothers have also been without their mothers since they were children, and they grew up in the bullying calculations of others, and today, it is easy to have some hope, which can make the life of the minions and soldiers under his command better, but they will be bullied. Uncle Fourteen, you have to call the shots for your little nephew! ”
If Szoto said something else, Dorgon and Dodor might not be able to listen to it, but Shutto's crying and lamentation touched the softest, most sensitive, and most untouchable wound in the heart of the butcher, who had single-handedly slaughtered the city countless times and had countless people's blood on his hands.
He suddenly discovered that the person who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly was not only the son of one of the murderers who forced his Eniang to death, but also the same as himself, they were all poor people who had no Eniang since they were children, and they were all people who protected each other with their brothers and came through the ups and downs!
However, compared to them, he seems to be lucky, after all, before Ama returned to heaven, he had clearly attributed the population of Niu Lu to his name, and the position of the banner owner had been decided. But the two brothers in front of them were constantly bullied and abused by Ama and their stepmother!
Compared to the two brothers, Duoduo felt that he was lucky!
It may be because he was the cause of the death of his parents since he was a child, and Duoduo is known as the absurd prince, reckless, uninhibited, and tyrannical and killing, but if you think about it, the psychological blow to let a twelve-year-old child suffer the death of his father and mother overnight is undoubtedly a huge psychological blow. So he has always expressed his perverse temperament and absurd behavior, which makes Huang Taiji feel very headache.
However, as Nurhachi's favorite son during his lifetime, according to the customs of the nomadic fishing and hunting peoples, the youngest son who was not separated was called the son of Shouzao, and had the right to inherit all his father's inheritance, and when he was six years old, he was named Heshuo Ezhen, becoming one of the highest-ranking Great Baylors of the Houjin at that time. However, this qiē changed dramatically after the death of his parents. His transformation from a powerful and high-ranking banner lord Baylor to a lonely and weak boy can be imagined as a great stimulation to Dord's young mind.
Unlike the cautious and forbearant approach of his second brother Dorgon, Dordor took a different way of dealing with the world, he didn't seem to be aware of the sinister living environment around him, or he realized it but didn't care at all, venting his full resentment in a rebellious way, simply selling small, and acting willfully and even absurdly. Deliberately on New Year's Day, when congratulating, he offered Huang Taiji a lame bad horse as a congratulatory gift! When he was accused, he said it was a joke, and laughed at it.
Huang Taiji became emperor, in order to show the generosity of Renjun's friendship and brotherhood, but also because of Abahai's care before his death, but also because Duoduo was the youngest concubine of Nurhachi and was deeply favored. For Duoduo, it can be regarded as a reward for enveloping. Duoduo, who was only twenty-two years old, was named the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the title of Prince Heshuo Yu.
However, for Huang Taiji's various envelopes, Duoduo did not buy it. He scoffed at the people that Huang Taiji liked, but he liked to be close to the people that Huang Taiji hated.
Now, when he encounters such a thing that can block Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, one of the murderers who forced his mother to death, how can Duoduo let it go?!
"Shuoto! You boneless thing! What are you crying about?! ”
He took out his identity as an elder and loudly reprimanded Shuoto.
"Did you lose the battle, or was you taken away from the population?! Aren't you just worried that your Ama will not be fair enough to your brothers, and that the share of trade will not be distributed according to the population of Niu Lu and the official position and military exploits?! ”
Although Dordor was perverse and absurd, he was extremely intelligent. Otherwise, he would not have been named the banner master so early among the fifteen sons of the old slave. Of course, there is the credit of the eldest concubine Abahai. is also the reason why he himself is favored by the old slave.
He hit the nail on the head and pointed out the reason why he was crying bitterly. The brothers Shuotuo and Yuetuo suddenly felt like a bowl of vinegar was poured on a charcoal fire, sour and hot. I couldn't help it, Yue Tuo also had tears in his eyes. It made Sahapho's son Adali a little embarrassed.
"The two white flags that I and your twelfth and fifteenth uncles are in charge of, although there are a few cattle from your seventh uncle Abatai recorded in them, but they are compared with the two red flags and the blue flags. The share of its own trade obtained is also considerably large. The two flags accounted for 20%. There is also a gift from the second uncle of the Li family. ”
As the leader of the three brothers. Dolgon understood what he meant from Li Peiting's eyes, "How can you not make good use of such an opportunity?!" ”
In the Eight Banners of Manchuria. There are 25 bulls in the red flag, and 26 bulls in the red flag, although they are not as good as half of the soldiers and horses of the two white flags, but they add up to more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. If these soldiers and horses were to be enveloped in some way, it would be beneficial to the Dorgon brothers. Moreover, among the Niu Lu people who were previously allocated to the red flag, Dolgon had secretly arranged countless undercover agents to do so.
"If your Ama is not fair enough to do things, and the share of the two red flags' own trade cannot be fully distributed according to the Niu Lu population, official position, military exploits, etc., you can appeal to the emperor and ask the emperor to come forward to uphold justice. For selfishness, you can order your minions to come to the two white flags and hand over to us the furs, gold, ginseng and other things that you want to trade. We will hand it over to your second uncle's firm in the name of the two white flags of trade. How about getting what you're going to want? ”
The purpose of Yue Tuo, Shuo Tuo and Adali was originally to fight this idea. Now the two white flags are rich, which is an open secret in the Eight Flags. How can they not be envious, jealous and hateful if they have two flags and have a share of other people's three flags? The purpose of their brothers and nephews coming to the Rui Palace's palace was originally to get some leftovers from the fat bowl that the Dorgon brothers ate, and they were already satisfied that they could send their minions when they returned. However, Dolgon was generous enough to let them serve their own food in the pot, how could this not make Yueto excited?
Excitement is excitement, Yue Tuo is not excited to the point of confusion, some things always have to be made clear in advance. After thinking about it in his heart, he gritted his teeth.
"Then thank you for the grace of the fourteenth uncle and the fifteenth uncle, the soldiers and minions under the three of us all hope that the three uncles will be like Buddhas in ten thousand families. The nephew intends to give the uncles a little filial piety according to the example of the share of the uncles' rewards. ”
Get! Yueto is going to let the Dorgon brothers take a cut of it!
"Bastard thing! Get out! ”
Before Dorgon could say anything, Dorgon was already waving his knife and jumping up and scolding.
"Lao Tzu lacks your little bit of loose silver?! If Lao Tzu is short of silver, he can only go to North Korea, Mongolia, and Ming to rob it, and still need the pitiful silver of your two red flags?! Don't be verbose, just take your things to the house and hand them over to the housekeeper to go to the second brother's business of the Li family to change things! Remember, in the future, whether it is in the Ming Kingdom, the Qing Dynasty, or North Korea and Mongolia, anyone who meets the firm of Second Brother Li must be well served! ”
"Yes! Uncle Fifteen, please rest assured. When we came, we had already warned our minions that no matter where we met the second grandfather's subordinates in the future, we must get along well! ”
"Yue Tuo, you've been talking for a long time. How much do you want to exchange? There must be a base for the amount of refined salt, the amount of wine, the amount of cloth, and the rest of the miscellaneous goods. I also let my treasurers have a plan in advance, so as not to panic when they arrive. Seeing that the heat was almost over, Li Peiting entered the technical discussion.
Now it is time to have an in-depth understanding of the strength and population of the two red flags.
"To be honest, for all kinds of good things that the second grandfather took out, I praised the two red flags. Several minions who came back from the Ming Kingdom and fought with the soldiers of the king of Nanzhongqin said that the armor and swords that the second grandfather took out were almost the same as those of the soldiers of the king of Nanzhongqin. The swords are even better than the Nanzhong Army! ”
Adali looked at the age in front of him, not much different from himself. But it was three people who were two generations higher, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Today, Li Peiting gave Huang Taiji dozens of sets of good armor and swords, although it was said that they were equally divided by Huang Taiji's generous flags at that time. But in the two red flags, he didn't get a knife. For those blades that can cut wrought iron knives. He had long been envious.
"If only it could be provided. My uncle and I are willing to go bankrupt to equip our subordinates with such armor and weapons. ”
Adali uttered such a request. Immediately, the eyes of the four brothers, Dorgon, the Duoduo brothers, Yuetuo, and Shuotuo brothers were all focused on Li Peiting, hoping to get the desired answer from his mouth.
As everyone knows, Li Peiting's heart is also like cooking in oil at this time. Huang Taiji also planned to buy firearms, gunpowder, armor, and weapons from him. and all kinds of iron and iron materials, however, the export of these things is strictly restricted and controlled. What varieties and specifications can be exported, to what regions, and what is the number of exports at one time are all controlled by Shouhan and various departments. Seeing the high price offered by the Eight Banners, Li Peiting had no choice but to grit his teeth and refuse.
"Armor, knives and guns are not easy to get in the hands of all parts of the South and Central Regions. All I can say is to try to collect for the five. ”
"However, two virtuous nephews, how many things do the two red flags plan to want, you don't seem to have a number yet?!"
The three representatives of the two red flags and the two or five boys gathered in a corner and discussed carefully for a while. However, it does not seem to be possible to come up with an exact number.
According to Shuoto's idea, he only had to exchange all the Niulu population in the hands of the three people, as well as all the property of the Niulu population in the hands of other princes and nobles who could influence it. Rather than letting Dai Shan'er take advantage of this, it is better to let the people of the two red flags pass through our hands in private, exchange all kinds of good things from the south, and let him cry in Prince Li's mansion with his own share!
The bad relationship between Yue Tuo, Shuo Tuo and Adali is well known in the Eight Banners. Yue Tuo's several cuts, fines of silver, fines of horses, and fines of cattle seem to have something to do with Dai Shan. This may have a lot to do with the fact that after Yue Tuo's mother died, he was put in front of Huang Taiji's mother by the old slave to be raised. And the bad relationship between Shuotuo and Daishan makes people wonder if Shuotuo is because his mother gave birth to him by fornicating with someone else. Dai Shan wanted to put Shuo Tuo to death several times.
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, taking advantage of the political trend of Duoduo wanting to support Dolgon as the emperor, taking advantage of the internal instability of the Eight Banners, and in the case of the compromise of all forces, the two white flags, two red flags, and two yellow flags, forcing Dolgon to lose his pawn and protect the car in order to protect his younger brother Duoduo.
In this way, the father regards the son as an enemy, and the son certainly does not have that concept of father and son. Now all that Shuo Tuo is thinking about is how to use the opportunity of this trade to give Daddy Daishan some good looks!
"Second uncle, the little nephew plans to do so. Since the three uncles are heroic and righteous, they are willing to help. The little nephew was also brazen and made an inch. The little nephew plans to connect several good banner owners of the two red flags Mongolia to do this together. Although they do not have many soldiers, they are victorious in a vast area and produce a lot of goods. There are naturally more things that can be exchanged with the second uncle and can enter the second uncle's eyes. Then we will trade with the second uncle according to the products produced. ”
"Shuoto, you've got a good idea!"
Dolgon and Li Peiting let out exclamations of admiration almost at the same time. The two of them glanced at each other, and the meaning in their eyes was profound. The exchange in that eye contact meant, "So you're so shameless and vicious!" Then they looked at each other and smiled.
This method is naturally good and very stable. However, with Dolgon's keen military and political sense, he naturally discovered the way to this. This is clearly that the Shuoto brothers want to act as a leading party, and quietly introduce the influence of the two white flags into the two red flags Mongolia! And what Li Peiting thought of was another thing, if you want to identify whether the things produced can be exchanged, then the people who are bound to be prosperous must go everywhere to see, and their footprints are all over Liaodong, villages and towns, cities, mountains, rivers, roads, as well as products, soldiers, population, customs, this Liaodong has changed since Salhu, and the secrets of this group of Liaodong thieves will be fully visible! What's more, in this way, it is equivalent to all the production and plunder of these four banners, and all the profits will be returned to the prevailing control of Long!
"Two good nephews, this is a good thing. Then I sent the stewards and men of the firm to go around to see what kind of goods could be exchanged. However, the two virtuous nephews, when I was in Fuso, the weeds that covered the mountains and fields in the various daimyo territories were found to be useful by the men. Dengshi, a famous man who was originally poor hahaha, became rich overnight. ”
Peiting's words painted an extremely bright picture for Shoto and Adaly.
"Second uncle, don't worry! As long as the second uncle's people are willing to condescend, my two red flags will definitely treat them like guests! Thinking that once the weeds in the mountains and forests everywhere could be exchanged for all kinds of good things produced in the south, Shuoto's eyes were red with excitement.
At the moment, several people simply sketched out a "entrepot" trade document of two white flags and two red flags, and the confidants wrote a contract in the form of a pen, and the three parties used seals.
Yue Tuo's uncle and nephew simply used some wine and food, and left happily, to secretly inform his generals and officials of the good news.
"Fourteenth brother, fifteenth brother, congratulations to the two elder brothers." Pei Ting gently dried the ink-stained paperwork, folded it carefully, and put it in the leather book. He turned to Dorgon and the Dodor brothers.
Dorgon just smiled and didn't say anything, while Dorgon was a little confused.
"Second brother, what is the second brother of the Li family talking about, why can't I understand a word?"
Dorgon ordered the crippled banquet to be removed and tea to be made, and Dorgon had to hold a bottle of South Sea fairy dew there to drink.
"The two red flags of Manchuria and the two red flags of Mongolia will all be in the hands of the two brothers, isn't this a happy event?" There were only three of them inside, and the outside was all guarded by Pei Ting's guards outside, so they could naturally talk freely.
"I also want to say hello to the second brother, the products produced by the four flags are also quite rich, congratulations to the second brother on making a fortune."
Dolgon also gave his hand to Li Peiting to say goodbye.
"Brother, second brother of the Li family, there is something wrong right now!" Dodor suddenly discovered a loophole.
"If the minions of these two red flags all take things out of our hands, when the time comes, we will only not have enough shares in our hands!"
"Smack!"
Dorgon slapped his shaved head, "Pretend to be smart, but it's actually confused!" ”
He pointed to Li Peiting, who was sipping tea, "Second brother is here, isn't it as much as he said?" ”
"It's the goods that sent two red flags and four flags, and he only received one Jiala there, so what should he do?"
Duoduo woke up like a dream, raised the juice bottle in his hand, and bowed respectfully to Li Peiting, "Second brother, thank you!" ”
Being able to grasp the gross national product of the two red flags is also a matter of many things for Li Peiting, and he has to say a few words at the moment.
"If you can help the two of you, my brother should do his best."
There was no word that night.
The golden rooster sang for the first time, and the sky dawned.
While Dorgon was having breakfast, the porter hurried in and muttered a few words in the butler's ear.
"Master, the blue-flaged prince of Jierha Wolf has sent someone to send an invitation to invite you to go out of the city to hunt! Q: Can the master of the Li family go together? ”
"Go! Where is this guy asking me to hunt, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong! ”
"So, how do you reply to someone with the blue flag?"
"Go! Why doesn't this king go! ”
The smile on Dolgon's face was as bright as the spring sun. (To be continued......)