When Wu Laojiu was taken to Yuan Weitai's study in the backyard, his mouth was dry and he couldn't speak.

Yuan Weitai ordered someone to pour tea and drink it with him, and Wu Laojiu drank a full teapot, and then he felt that his throat was moist.

Under Yuan Weitai's questioning, General Wu Laojiu saw and heard everything together, which was basically the same as what the military intelligence secretary said.

Yuan Weitai didn't care much about the details of the disaster in Hongluo Village. That is already a fait accompli, and no amount of anything can make up for it. He was more concerned about the next actions of Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing.

According to Wu Laojiu, there are more than 100 fishing boats in Hongluo Bay, which will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the two thieves. Then the two thieves will definitely loot more fishing villages in the future, so as to raise fishing boats to prepare for going to sea.

really let the fan of the Military Intelligence Department say!

Yuan Weitai was secretly glad that he had made the right choice.

He ordered someone to take Wu Laojiu down to rest, and then discussed with Song An: "Ning Zhi, seeing that the second thief is really in a hurry to go to sea, I am afraid it will be too late to burn the fishing boat only by relying on the third class of officials." The official wants to temporarily recruit the villagers in the city to do this. ”

Yuan Weitai also figured out that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo were unlikely to attack Dengzhou City, so they dared to plunder in the coastal fishing villages. In that case, why didn't he simply burn all the fishing boats and trap the rebels and other imperial armies to pacify it.

That's a big credit.

Of course, Yuan Weitai also has a little selfishness, that is, he can take this opportunity to train the recruited Xiangyong into an army.

In the peaceful years, if any civilian official dares to recruit village warriors to train without authorization, he will definitely be impatient. But now is a troubled time, and the imperial court is willing to see civilian officials training to protect themselves.

Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's rebels attacked and killed Dengzhou, giving Yuan Weitai a reason. If he didn't climb up the pole, wouldn't he be sorry for this great opportunity?

Song An has been Yuan Weitai's staff member for many years, and he knows this Dong Weng's temperament very well. As soon as Yuan Weitai's words came out, he heard the sound of the piano and said aloud: "Don't worry, Dong Weng, this matter will be handed over to Song, and Song will definitely live up to Dong Weng's entrustment!" ”

Yuan Weitai was overjoyed. If you can take this opportunity to make great achievements and master an army of your own, it will be considered a blessing in disguise.

"Ning Zhi is worthy of my arm. Okay, you go directly to the treasury to withdraw the money, and all those who apply for the township will be rewarded with five coins of silver! ”

Yuan Weitai firmly believes that there will be brave men under the reward. Five coins of silver is really a lot, not to mention that Yuan Weitai asked them to burn the ship instead of fighting this time, and there will definitely be people vying for recruitment.

As for how to explain this cost in the future, it is very simple, it is all about fighting the rebels.

How can there be a war that doesn't cost money, isn't it normal to spend thousands of taels of silver?

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Beijing Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Dolgon set up a banquet in the palace to give food, and sealed the Jin Dynasty merchants Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yun and so on as the Qing Dynasty imperial merchants.

In Dolgon's view, the encirclement of the eight Jin merchants was a major event of no less importance than the westward expedition.

You must know that these eight Jin merchants are not ordinary businessmen. Long before the Qing army entered the customs, they traveled back and forth inside and outside the customs through their own channels, sending grain, salt and iron and other important materials to Liaodong.

At that time, the Ming court implemented a comprehensive grain blockade policy in Liaodong, strictly prohibiting the people from reselling grain to Liaodong.

If it weren't for these Jin merchants, the Qing army would not have been able to buy enough food even if they had silver in their hands, and they would have starved to death long ago.

It was precisely by relying on the secret grain delivery of the Jin merchants that the Qing Dynasty was able to wait until the day of entering the customs.

Moreover, the Jin merchants not only delivered grain, salt and iron to the Qing army, but also sold all the Ming army intelligence they spied on.

In this way, the Qing army will know what the Ming army is moving as soon as possible, so that it can be easily targeted.

It can be said that without Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yun and other eight Jin merchants, there would be no good days for the Qing court to enter the customs.

Dolgon feasted Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou and others in the Qianqing Palace today, and they were also draught and did not forget to dig wells.

Of course, Dolgon's big move was not only as simple as sealing the Eight Great Jin Merchants as imperial merchants, but also planning to use the Eight Great Jin Merchants to raise food for the Qing army.

If disasters continue today, the north is perennially dry and red land for thousands of miles, and the grain output is very low.

It is impossible to feed hundreds of thousands of troops with the grain produced by the northern provinces every year.

And the grain stocks in the local treasury had bottomed out, and Dorgon was very distressed by this.

He also knows that the granary of the world is in Huguang, but now it is impossible to conquer Huguang for a while, so he can only temporarily buy food for emergencies.

For this reason, Dolgon naturally thought of the Eight Great Jin Merchants.

Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou and others could brave the blockade order of the Ming court to smuggle grain to Liaodong, and now they naturally have the ability to get grain from the south.

The price is more expensive, and it is better to solve the problem of eating first.

Dorgon was a very pragmatic man, and in order for the horses to run, they had to be fed with fodder first.

For this reason, Dorgon took out the imperial merchant qualification as a bargaining chip.

In order to facilitate customs clearance, the eight major Jin merchants all purchased a lot of industries in Zhangjiakou Fort in Xuanfu Town, and the focus of business was shifted to Zhangjiakou.

Dolgon simply let these eight families belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they are still plugged into each other's markets.

In this regard, Fan Yongdou and others were naturally overjoyed.

The grassland outside the Saiwai is not as good as that in the Guannei, except for the lack of cattle and sheep, there is basically less everything.

In particular, salt and tea are the most scarce and necessary for herdsmen.

As for the mink and ginseng in Liaodong, if they are sold in the Guannai, they will naturally be able to sell at a good price.

But there are so many businessmen in the world, and if you want to make a profit in the case of competition, you have to keep the price down.

This is something that Fan Yongdou and others are extremely unwilling to do. Merchants are profit-seeking, who wants to give up the meat in their mouths?

However, once he became an imperial merchant, he could implement a monopoly, especially the leather goods supplied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the price was naturally easy to say.

As for the profiteering industries of salt, iron and copper, Fan Yongdou and others dare not think about it for the time being. However, he feels that as long as he does it properly, he may not have the opportunity to get involved in this area in the future.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to do a good job of the matters assigned by the regent and win the favor of the master.

As long as the master is happy, everything will be easy to say.

For this reason, the eight Jin merchants led by Fan Yongdou swore at the banquet that they would do a good job in raising military rations and live up to the regent's trust.

Dolgon was in a good mood, and gave each family a number of Zhangjiakou premises as a trap.

Three months, Dolgon thinks that it will take three months at most, and the army of the Eight Banners will be able to calm Li Chuang, fix Sichuan, destroy the remnants of the Ming, and sweep the world!

Therefore, the eight Jin merchants only need to raise enough food for the army to eat for three months.

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