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A series of good news, just like a strong cold air from Siberia blowing away the haze over Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, made the hearts of the people of Shengjing re-see the long-lost blue sky and white clouds.

In line with the principle of first making it easier and then more difficult, the negotiators of the two sides reached a preliminary agreement on the reopening of trade activities, as well as on the types and tax rates of trade between the two sides. Although the list of trade did not include the food, iron, copper, gunpowder and weapons that Huang Taiji urgently needed for the time being, it also made him quite excited and happy. This already includes oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, wine, cloth, silk and porcelain and other necessities of life! It must be known that not long ago, oil and salt and other goods were also contraband in the trade with Liaodong.

The Liaodong side is naturally exporting furs, raw gold, ginseng, deer antler velvet, beeswax and other things, but Liaodong is overjoyed by the proposal of the Nanyue Army to purchase cowhide and wool and other things. Although these wools can be woven into felts and blankets, they can only be used in some areas after all, and cannot expand the scale of exports. Now that the Nanyue Army is willing to ask for it, it is naturally happy to see it happen. As for the export of cowhides, we are even more happy, we slaughter cattle to eat meat, and the cowhides are also to be thrown aside. Aside from making some leather goods such as saddles, this thing doesn't seem to be very useful!

But in the eyes of the Nanyue Army Mission, whether it is cowhide or wool, they can go back and show off their exploits in front of the eldest prince and many merchants! Wool, after cleaning, degreasing, combing, strip making, balling, and then through combing and weeding, dyeing the hair ball in the front of the road, through the comb, spinning, the wool strip is stretched (elongated and stretched). At the same time, twisting (twisting the thread), through this process, the thread becomes thinner and thinner from the strip, and becomes stronger and stronger through twisting, and finally the spun thread is combined into real yarn by merging the thread.

As for the cowhides. I'm sorry, the new troops are in full swing everywhere, and they have already swept away all kinds of equipment stored in the warehouse, from backpacks, belts, and medicine belts. More than a dozen workshops are looking for the best cowhides.

Although Huang Taiji and his civil and military henchmen did not approve the request of the Nanyue Army to purchase horses in Liaodong and Mongolia for the sake of their own safety, they immediately agreed to the trade requirements for cattle, sheep and other by-products!

In order to show his generosity and sincerity, Huang Taiji specially ordered people to collect a batch of cowhides and wool from all over Shengjing and Liaoyang, and loaded them and transported them to Jinzhou by sea to Dengzhou by the Nanyue Army Mission!

This move. Suddenly the price of Shengjing fell sharply again!

"Who said they were going to stop trading? Didn't the emperor personally order someone to send the things that the Nanyue Army wanted to the sea boat, and the people were happy to accept it? ”

"That's it! Not only do they want to continue to communicate with the Qing Dynasty, but I see that the adults of the Nanyue Army Mission themselves also went to the street to buy things! ”

The dozen or so officials who had been sent by Li Huabao to Liaodong to discuss and negotiate with Huang Taiji and other Liaodong rebels could never have dreamed that this time they had thought that it would end in nothing, but at most, the diplomatic contacts between the two sides that had a warm and frank exchange of views with each other in a cordial and friendly atmosphere would go so smoothly.

Huang Taiji not only signed and used his seal on the text of the peace treaty, but also agreed to the proposal of the Nanyue Army to go to the emperor and disarm. Loans, etc., have taken the initiative to maintain a unified standard between the tariff rates of trade between the two sides and the tariffs on the mainland. "This can also prevent smuggling and leakage by cunning villains." In addition, it is very intimate to propose that North Korea is a vassal country of the Qing Dynasty, and since I have surrendered to Grandpa Li in the Qing Dynasty, it is inevitable that North Korea will also be the only minister under Grandpa. So. I, Huang Taiji, will be the king of Joseon and will give up all the islands and ports along the coast of Korea to Prince Li to manage!

Within the authorization given to them by the eldest prince of Li, the mission also proposed a plan for the export of labor services, which could temporarily relieve the grain pressure in eastern Liaodong.

"I ordered Mr. Fan to negotiate with the envoys of the Nanyue Army. The other party sympathized with our difficulties and promised to give us a quota of 50,000 Ding Zhuang to work in the granges of the Nanyue Army in Denglai, Shandong, and other places, and do some work, such as dredging rivers, reclaiming wasteland, grazing cattle and horses, raising chickens and pigs, and so on. In addition to providing three meals a day, there can be a salary of two silver dollars per month, you see, how to reply to the other party in this matter? ”

Sitting in front of the Ten Kings Pavilion, Huang Taiji's complexion was better than a few days ago. His black face was full of red light, and his eyes were even wider, looking unusually energetic.

At this moment, he has already received a secret report from Sony, and with the negotiation of peace and trade becoming widely known step by step, the price of goods in Shengjing has dropped significantly. At present, although a stone of rice has fallen to ten taels of silver and a stone, it is still rarely cared for, but anyone who still has some rice grain at home is waiting to see how long it can fall.

Sony has already begun to order people to take his name card and visit the homes of those scalpers who have signed contracts with him and have usury debts, in fact, it sounds better to visit, in fact, it is no different from Mu Renzhi going to Yang Bailao's house to pay New Year's greetings. The purpose is one, debt collection!

If it weren't for Sony's debt collection, there wouldn't be so much gossip circulating on the streets of Shengjing, and whoever is in a certain banner has committed suicide with his family because he owes too much debt! The one from a certain banner, also because he couldn't pay off his debts, took his wife and children out of Shengjing and plunged into the Hunhe River.

Of course, Sony's debt collection is also divided into people and flags. Those who Huang Taiji thought were useful and needed to be wooed, Sonny would appear in front of him at the moment when they had already tied their belts to the beams of the house, their necks hung in the noose, and they were about to kick their feet a hundred times.

"The master thinks you are a talent, but unfortunately you took a wrong step in a moment of confusion. Let me ask you, a minion, do you want to die or live? ”

At the moment, no one wants to die.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, after walking a circle between life and death, people can experience the prosperous scene of great wealth and wealth, cooking oil and flowers, and also experience the gloomy and decadent Tang in the face of death, Sony threw an olive branch to these creditors.

Or, you keep your neck in the noose and seek relief, though. Even if you die, you have to pay the debt! Or, it is to be a slave of the emperor and be loyal to the emperor! It's not just about being loyal to your flag master anymore!

"Doesn't the emperor always want us to be slaves to read the Three Kingdoms? To learn Guan Yu Guan Mafa, loyalty to the emperor's master is a matter of course! ”

Thereupon. Those minions who originally belonged to Manchuria with the blue flag and Manchuria with the red flag, in front of the carrots and sticks waved in the hands of Mu Renzhi sent by Sony, they very wisely chose to be loyal to the emperor and be the emperor's minions.

"We are slaves to contribute to the emperor and the masters. To be loyal to the emperor is to be loyal to the master. The masters always can't say that we are loyal to the emperor, right? "Many people are looking for a theoretical basis for their betrayal.

Taking advantage of this turmoil, Huang Taiji quietly consolidated and expanded his strength and influence.

However, soon news came that the Mu Renzhi sent by Sony had encountered an opponent!

It is unfortunate that such a scene will occur when Mu Renzhi is collecting debts.

"I said Third Master Le. You see, the contract you signed with my master is handprinted. Said that he would pay the money and pick up the goods on the day. But these days have passed a lot, I don't see you paying, and I don't see you picking up the goods. According to the agreement, if you don't pay the money and don't pick up the goods after a few days, your deposit and goods should be recovered by our master. However, this interest was agreed on the same day, and it was returned from nine out of twenty. What do you think we should do about this? ”

Le Sanye had to talk to Mu Renzhi with good words, who let him sign the document of selling himself. What if this bet is lost? Good tea and good smoke are enjoyed, good wine and meat are eaten, but Mu Renzhi is not willing to let go at all, either you give money, or. You think of other tricks. You are the master of the master, don't embarrass us who are slaves!

"Who? Collect debts at the door of my third brother? ”

From outside, a very confident and arrogant voice came, and before the words landed, several men dressed in white flag uniforms surrounded their master and walked in from outside the door.

"Brother Cao! Oh no! Cao Jueluo! ”

Le Laosan saw Cao Zhenyan who was wrapped in a few house slaves and walked into his yard like a moon surrounded by stars. He also participated in the Battle of Tashan, and he was no stranger to Cao Zhenyan, an upstart in Manchuria with the White Flag. But. On that day, as the Jiala Zhangjing under the Blue Flag Manchuria, he was naturally full of envy, jealousy and hatred for Cao Zhenyan, a fortunate minion who became a red belt in one fell swoop because of his shit luck. Even in Tashan Fort, when the two yellow flags squeezed Cao Zhenyan, he once made sarcastic remarks on the sidelines.

However, now he is like a drowning man who sees a log, whether it is wood or crocodile, he has to climb up to try his luck. At least, with Cao Zhenyan, Jueluo, present, this group of lackeys and evil slaves of the Sony family did not dare to make too many mistakes.

Le Laosan's Fujin son was also like seeing a savior, and personally gave up his seat to Cao Zhenyan and served a bowl of tea. Cao Jueluo consciously swung the red belt around his waist outward, so that the coats under these Sony doors could be seen more clearly.

"Are you Soniso-sama's disciples?"

After all, Cao Zhenyan is Jueluo's identity, don't talk about these coated minions, even if Sony himself sees it, he has to give a thousand salutes and make a nice sound in his mouth to pass the test. There is no way, this is the system of the Great Qing Kingdom. Even in the Kangxi Dynasty, even if the slave official residence was a product of the dynasty, and the master was reduced to carrying a big one on the street, the master dared to block the slave's eight-lift sedan chair and let the slave carry a section for him. Even if the master is very unwilling, there is no place to reason and cry. No way, this is the cornerstone of the Eight Banners, it is the system.

"Recall Luo Ye's words. A few of us are the coated minions of Master Soniso. Because Lord Le and our master have an agreement, and now that the day comes, the slaves have been ordered by the master to come out to the house of Lord Le to disturb, in order to share the worries and solve problems for the master, and there is no other meaning. I don't know what Jue Luo Ye is doing at this time today? Jue Luo Ye has great achievements, he is the top character in the hearts of us who are slaves, he can't stammer on weekdays, he will definitely serve Jue Luo Ye well, Jue Luo Ye has a lot, and it won't make us embarrassed! ”

In the end, he is a slave of the Suo family, and he is trained well on weekdays. The words are soft and hard, neither humble nor arrogant. A few sentences blocked Cao Zhenyan to death, sealing the excuses and reasons why he might be able to stop the disaster for Le Laosan.

"Whew! What should I do? After all, isn't it just that Le Laosan owes money to your master? Look at you minions, doing this! almost squeezed out Le Laosan! Let me tell you, he and Prince Rui and Prince Yu, together with Benjueluo, suffered the rockets and shells of Li Huamei's crazy woman in Tashan! It is the person who the two masters always think about in their hearts! Isn't it just that you owe your master some money? Count them out! ”

More than 7,000 silver dollars were brought with interest. Cao Zhenyan sent these Sony disciples Mu Renzhi away in a huff, but he was moved by Le Laosan's eyes were full of tears! Just now, he had been tortured and rubbed by this group of house slaves and was on the verge of collapse, and he touched the meat knife on his waist several times, intending to end his rotten life.

"Huh! Third Brother Le, what are you doing here? I can't do it, I can't do it! Looking at Le Laosan, who knelt down in the courtyard, the whole family was waiting. kept kowtowing to thank Cao Jueluo for his kindness, but Cao Zhenyan was sincere, and stretched out his hands to support the third couple of Le.

"Everyone is rolling out from under the cannonballs in Tower Hill, so naturally they should watch and help each other! Now that you have encountered some difficulties, it is naturally my duty to do so. Cao Zhenyan's words said that Dele Laosan's heart was like pouring a bowl of vinegar on a hot charcoal fire, which was sour and moving.

"The two princes, Prince Rui and Prince Yu, also mention you from time to time, and they don't hide it. Today, I am also under the royal order of the master of the Lord Rui, and I heard that there are quite a few brothers who came out of Tashan together and are in trouble, so I came out to take a look. If you can help everyone, do something to help! ”

"What? Lord Rui is still thinking about me? "Le Laosan, as a blue-flaged Manchurian Jialazhangjing, never dreamed that he could still be remembered by Prince Rui Dolgon.

"That's true. To tell you the truth, the silver that helped you out of the siege just now was from Lord Rui. Otherwise. Although my old Cao has something to eat, he can't take out so much silver for a while! ”

"Lord Rui. Great benefactor! ”

"Lord Rui, a good man!"

Such things are staged in different plots in various corners of Shengjing City. Those who play the role of chivalrous heroes who help the poor and those who save the suffering and the needy are undoubtedly all kinds of people in the Rui Wangfu. The bitter masters who played Yang Bailao and other bullied and debt collectors covered the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and even the Horqin Mongol Prince and the Clothed Soldiers. Playing the opposite role, there is no doubt that the house slaves on the Sony Mansion are clothed. Historically, this kind of debt collection has been hated. What's more, the excellent hard work of these guys has brought the hatred value to the peak.

However, the hard work of these people made those Yang Bailao people kowtow in front of the Rui Wang's Mansion with gratitude and thank them, and they all had one thought in their hearts. "It's Lord Rui who retains a little bit of our decency. In this life, even if you are broken bones, you must repay the grace of Prince Rui's master! ”

Someone took the opportunity to make waves, "See! The master of King Rui is the timely rain in the Water Margin of Loyalty and Righteousness, and he is the master who pays the most attention to benevolence and righteousness! Those of us who are fortunate to follow such a master, that is our blessing! ”

Dolgon spent hundreds of thousands of silver, and easily guarded his basic plate, and by the way, he consolidated the Tashan system, and even stretched his hand into the other five banners, competing with Huang Taiji openly and secretly for the hearts of the people. This point, if Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the Ten Kings Pavilion, didn't know, it would be strange!

Therefore, Huang Taiji wanted to take advantage of this labor export to continue to weaken the strength of the remaining five banners, and send their banner population to Shandong as much as possible to be a cow and a horse for Li Huayu, so that they could earn money for the banner masters. He didn't believe that after this turmoil, those banner owners who were about to lose their pants would be able to resist the temptation of two silver dollars per person per month!

"Your Majesty, the subordinates of Prince Li didn't say that this salary is for silver or can it be converted into local purchases in Shandong?"

Sure enough, someone couldn't hold back and took the lead in jumping out to bargain. His abacus is very loud and shrewd, two silver dollars, you can't buy anything in Liaodong, but it's different in Dengzhou! It is said that the prices there, whether it is grain or cloth, are more than six or seven percent lower than those in Shengjing! There is such a huge gap, how can those of them who are masters not do it in this and make false reports, erosion and leakage?

However, there are also those who are insightful of Huang Taiji's actions.

"Your Majesty, the clothed minions everywhere under the minions, although life is difficult at the moment, they can barely survive. The minions are willing to give up the amount of the white flag to the rest of the flags. The minions are even more courageous, making decisions for Prince Yu Duoduo, and giving up the amount that should be shared with the white flag! "Dolgon's high wind and bright festival was immediately praised by the rest of the banner lords. Although several of his Baylor princes were dissatisfied, they were lonely, and they couldn't say anything.

Although Azig did not know the purpose of the fourteenth brother's actions, he had already made up his mind, and as long as it was Dolgon's claim, he would follow it closely.

Zhenghong Banner Manchuria also gave up the amount it should share, and this time, the remaining five flags can be properly distributed to cross the current pass.

When he heard the ministers of his banner discussing whether it should be distributed according to the number of cattle or the number of people and soldiers, Huang Taiji, who was sour and indignant in his heart, waved his hand in annoyance: "What you are saying is!" My three younger brothers are so sympathetic to my Eight Banners, soldiers, and civilians, am I not as good as my own younger brothers? What is divided according to the cattle record, according to the population of soldiers and horses, they are all bastards! I have made up my mind, and those with a small population will share more! If you have a larger population, you will share less! So that everyone can get through the threshold in front of them! ”

Huang Taiji's proposal immediately won the unanimous approval of the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners present. Originally! The target of 50,000 workers sounds like a lot, but if the eight banners are evenly distributed, each banner will only receive six or seven thousand people. After that, it will be distributed among the three banners of Manchu, Mongolia and Han, and then distributed, each family will only have two or three thousand people. Not to mention alleviating the shortage of money and food in the flag, it is not enough to send away the remaining Ding in the flag and the clothes in the homes of masters at all levels!

After some noise and competition, the quota of 50,000 workers was finally distributed. The first batch of 6,000 people from the Eight Banners, who arrived in Denglai to engage in river digging work, happily set out from Shengjing and went to Jinzhou through Liaoyang.

They were pleasantly surprised to find that the Qing Emperor and their master Huang Taiji actually saw them off outside Liaoyang City.

"Master, the slave must be in Dengzhou and earn some face for the master!" As a minion under the Yellow Banner Manchuria, Tuha respectfully kowtowed to the Yellow Dragon umbrella on the head of the city.

"What, you are a servant of the Qing Emperor?" At the side of the road, a leader of the Nanyue Army, who had come to receive and manage the laborers, asked Tuha in Manchurian.

"We are the Paishku of Zhenghuang Banner Manchuria! Who are you? Tuha involuntarily sniffed the smell of wine wafting through the air, and the smell of wine came from the person in front of him.

"I'm the captain of your team. Han's name is Ecuador, and his original name is Ecuador! Ekui untied the kettle from his waist and handed it to the big man in front of him. It can be seen that this guy is the same as him, and he is also a good drinker.

A bite of burning knives went down to the stomach, and a piece of dried meat diffused the aroma in his mouth, and Tuha suddenly became a confidant with the Ekui in front of him. He only felt that even if he and Huang Taiji, who was in Liaoyang City at this time, changed positions, he would never change them!

However, he never imagined that Huang Taiji, who watched them go away under the umbrella of the Yellow Dragon, had already reached the last stop of his life.

"Master, at present, our Daqing Dynasty is also in urgent need of manpower to restore the factories and mines everywhere. The slave is a little dull, why does the master want to put these tens of thousands of strong people in Dengzhou? At the head of the city, Chen Banda, who was specially called by Huang Taiji, was very puzzled by Huang Taiji's actions.

He was responsible for the restoration of the mines and workshops in Liaoyang and nearby Anshan, and he only hated the lack of manpower under his men, but now Huang Taiji sent these tens of thousands of Ding Zhuang to Dengzhou. If there is really a shortage of food and grass, it is better to let these tens of thousands of people kill and plunder in the pass!

"You slave, you are good at smelting iron and casting cannons, you don't understand other things." Huang Taiji didn't bother to explain to Chen Banduo. At this time, he was in a good mood, "What are we going to eat for dinner at night?" ”

"Back to my master, the new wheat has come down. If the master is willing, the slave will let the following steam some steamed buns, how about the master appreciate it? Chen Banda replied respectfully. (To be continued.) )