As the saying goes, a good man doesn't meet an old neighbor. This sentence is completely a true portrayal of Huang Taiji and others after meeting Li Peiting. He fully experienced the taste of Gaozu's return to his hometown Yuan song that Fan Wencheng told him.

Out of Shenyang City to the south, not far from the Hunhe River, also known as Shenshui, Xiaoliao River, the name of Shenyang, is from this.

Out of the south gate of Shenyang, along the rammed very thick official road, the mighty procession, will come towards the Hunhe River. In the team, all kinds of cars, drum music, a variety of five-color golden dragon flags, wind flags, rain flags, Suzhou flags, etc., countless fans, yellow fans, square fans, peacock fans, yellow covers, purple mushroom covers, Cuihua covers, Kowloon crank yellow covers, these things all show the aesthetic standards and cultural tastes of the team owners, exuding a strong nouveau riche taste. In addition to these flags and umbrella fans, there are also such as golden chairs, golden bottles, golden plates, golden spittoons and so on.

Among the mighty saber ministers and ritual sword guards, a huge canopy is the most conspicuous and gorgeous. The whole body is made of silk and satin, and it is embroidered with all kinds of lotus flowers, reishi, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms. The color is purple, and it looks like a purple auspicious cloud after being propped up. Several strong men took turns to support this huge canopy with a circumference of several meters and a height of several meters. The wind chimes under the canopy, blown by the spring breeze, make a pleasant sound to the ear, which is used to drive away evil spirits.

Under this huge canopy, Huangtai Chicken rides on his beloved horse Xiaobai, looking at the Hun River that can be seen faintly in the distance, for this Hunhe River that originates in Rolling Horse Ridge, Qingyuan Bay, Fushun, Huangtai Chicken and his brothers are very familiar.

Not only because its birthplace is one of the old nests of the Jianzhou Jurchens. The most important thing is the bloody battle of the Hunhe River that makes the old slave and Huangtai chicken tremble when they think about it.

In that battle, Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin, commanded the old Qi army, and a part of the white pole soldiers from Sichuan and Nurhachi's Houjin army fought a bloody battle in the Hunhe River.

Later, Gu Yingtai, a Qing man, also recorded in the "Ming Historical Chronicles": "The infantry of the Ming Dynasty are all elite soldiers, brave and good at fighting, and they will not retreat in battle, and one of my generals and two guerrillas were captured." "The generals fought bravely. Defeat the White Flags (i.e. White Flags). and defeated the Yellow Pacesetter (that is, the Yellow Flag), and killed two or three thousand people who fell off the horse" "It was a battle, and I had more than 10,000 people when I was tens of thousands of people, although the force was bent and overturned, it was the first bloody battle since the Liaozuo used troops".

With thousands of infantry against the four banners of Jiannu (two white flags and two yellow flags), tens of thousands of elite armorers, the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers still did not fall behind. They waited in a fight. It is hoped that the allies and commanders will be able to use this precious time to join forces. Annihilate this group of Liaodong rebels in one fell swoop and recover Shenyang. However, it is generally based on the script of this great drama in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the commander and allies are often pig teammates.

After the vanguard defeated the 208 Banner Scout Cavalry led by Yasong, the main force of the Ming army no longer marched. So that the main force of the right-wing Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo was able to take the opportunity to pounce while besieging the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers. Zhu Wanliang's Ming army retreated after a little fighting, and was pursued and killed by Huang Taiji all the way along the way, with more than 3,000 casualties.

At this time, the Eight Banners Army and the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers who had been fighting for a long time were still inseparable, and the commander Tong Zhonghui sent an envoy to Yuan Yingtai to kowtow for help. And this Lord Yuan was already frightened, and he refused to agree on the grounds that Jin Qiangqiang could not turn the tide of the battle when he sent troops in the future.

At this time, Nurhachi's grandson-in-law, the former Fushun guerrilla "Li Yongfang, won the Chinese gunner, released his shackles personally, and rewarded him with a thousand gold, that is, used to attack the Sichuan soldiers, all of whom were broken. ”

Under the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon operated by the traitor gunners who were fed with silver, the rest of the Qi family's army still struggled for several days, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, and the whole army was annihilated.

In this battle, the Jiannu Eight Banners who died in history were Yabahai, Buha, Sun Zaqin, Bayan, Yamburi, Shiertai, Lange, Dumubu, Dahambulu, Wangge and other nine people! The killings and blows to Jiannu surpassed the Battle of Sarhu!

Remembering that his white flag rushed up and was driven down by Zhejiang soldiers with knives and guns once, the corpses covered the route of the charge, and the tragic situation of the wounded wailing and the living crying, Huangtai Chicken couldn't help but feel a faint pain in the old wounds on his body.

"Your Majesty, there is the Hunhe River ahead."

Prince Li rode his horse from one side and trotted all the way to the back of the Huangtai chicken, and he seemed to be thinking about the old battlefield in his heart.

"Second brother, the old battlefield is in front of you. Father Khan led us to fight in the east and west, and we died nine times to earn today's foundation! ”

"Yes! I remember that the battle went up with my red flag and collapsed. Your white flag goes up, and it also falls! The two yellow flags of the father and the emperor are also hard to support. The pro-army didn't get a bargain when they went up! ”

It is rare for the two brothers to have such a leisure moment, and they recall the friendship and scenes when they fought side by side. As the team marched, a large elm forest on the bank of the Hunhe River had crashed into people's eyes. The green of the branches of the trees danced in people's eyes, and the air smelled fresh after the earth had thawed.

The elm trees hugging each other form a magnificent elm forest by the river, and through the dense trees, several newly built tents smoke from the river.

The banner owners of each banner were instructed to disperse their soldiers and horses, and hunted on the north bank of the Hunhe River, led by Huangtai Ji and Dai Shan, and Dolgon, the Duoduo brothers, Hauge, Abatai, Jierha Wolf, Dudu, Yue Tuo and others each dismounted and walked towards the tents that were a bit of a Luozi style (Luozi was a temporary building built by the Jurchens when they were fishing, hunting and gathering in the woods).

Outside the tent, a few people who looked like guards and servants had already learned the news, and when they heard the sound of hooves outside the woods like thunder and people shouting horses, they knew that the emperor had arrived, but they knelt on the ground and did not dare to lift their heads.

Huangtai chicken sniffed with his nose, and there were bursts of aroma in the air, and following the taste, a large copper pot was bubbling white gas outward. That's where the intense aroma wafts from.

"This guy will be happy!"

Huang Taiji twitched his nose twice and gave a definition of the Mr. Li he wanted to meet.

And they all came to the tent. Before Li Peiting came out, Dolgon signaled his younger brother Duoduo to go and invite Li Peiting out, not to wait for the emperor to arrive and avoid it.

Dai Shanjiao quickly followed, and several of his children and grandchildren hurriedly followed him when they saw this.

Leaving Dolgon to accompany the Huangtai chicken father and son to stand in place and wait for Li Peiting to come to see the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty and Bogda Khan.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li! The emperor is here! Please come out and see the Emperor! ”

Duoduo's voice echoed in the elm forest, and his tone was very respectful, but in the ears of the Huangtai chicken, there was always some sarcasm.

Li Peiting came out of the tent in a clean and well-dressed manner, and bumped into the brothers Daishan and Duoduo head-on.

"Second Brother Tong! It's you! ”

Li Peiting's words made Dai Shan's face red.

It's been a no-one call for many years.

"Bold!"

He was about to open his eyes to see who the man across from him was, to be able to call him so loudly. Yue Tuo, Shuotuo, Du Du, Adali and others around him were already scolding in their mouths, and they were about to pull out their sabers at their waists. Get ready to teach this damn Nikan in front of you a lesson. It's just that if you don't shave your hair and change clothes, you dare to call the respected Prince Li like this?!

"Presumptuous!" However, Dai Shan stopped the impulse of his children, grandchildren and nephews, and ordered Shuotuo: "Go, go and report to the emperor." This is the old man! ”

It is indeed an old man. When Li Peiting appeared in front of Huangtai chicken. From Huangtai Chicken to Daishan, from Abatai to Tanggu, there are also the not-so-famous third son Abai and sixth son Tabai. The ninth son, Babutai, was a little dumbfounded and embarrassed.

However, Nurhachi's tenth son, Derga, eleventh son, Babuhai, eleventh son, Dorgon, fourteenth son, and fifteenth son, Dordor were a little surprised by the appearance of their brothers. It's no wonder that most of these people were born and came of age after the Battle of Salhu, how can they know the descendants of the Li family in Liaodong?

"Second Brother Tong, Brother Tong, our brothers haven't seen each other for nearly twenty years, right?"

"Third Brother Tong, Sixth Brother Tong. I haven't seen you for many years, but the style is still the same! ”

Sitting on a woolen blanket embroidered with a large flower pattern, Li Peiting saluted and greeted the surrounding group of Manchurian elders and nobles one by one, which made everyone a little uneasy.

From the bottom of their hearts, they all have a deep inferiority complex, although on the surface they open their mouths and close their mouths to Nikan and barbarians, but in their hearts, they yearn for and revere Chinese civilization to an almost pathological point.

This mentality continued until they entered the customs and forced the Han people in the world to shave their hair and change their clothes. However, from the various emperor paintings in the collection of the Forbidden City, there are images of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and others wearing Han costumes, combing their hair in a bun, or reading, or chatting and playing chess under the tree.

With the kind of literary prison of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if it weren't for the permission of the emperor himself, what bold painter would do such a thing that was enough to raid the family and destroy the clan?!

However, the inferiority complex of these people in front of them is not only because of the gap in civilization, but because of the deep impression or shadow of the Li family's ostentatious power when they were young.

When Nurhachi did not use the Seven Hatreds as a fig leaf to raise troops to rebel, he was almost the most obedient Tusi official in the Ming Dynasty, or he or arranged for his brothers and nephews to pay tribute every year, not to mention, and even sent his children to be stationed in Beijing for a long time. The mansion of the Li family in Tieling is even more familiar to these princes who have become adults back then.

However, at that time, poor relatives from the countryside came to ask for help, a bit like Grandma Liu came to Rongguo Mansion to recognize relatives, for silver, grain and clothes. Every time Nurhachi came to the door with his sons, he always asked the brothers of the Li family for help.

It was at this time that Li Peiting was familiar with the sons of old slaves such as Huangtai Chicken and Dai Shan.

Looking at Li Peiting, Huang Taiji looked at the honor guard in the distance, and suddenly had a sense of pleasure after taking revenge on the society, he was about to show off to Li Peiting, or instruct Fan Wencheng and others to brag about themselves, in order to relieve the resentment of being despised and despised in the Li family for many years.

However, seeing Li Peiting's indifferent expression, he suddenly felt that those Qiluo umbrella fans and gourd axes not far away were slapping his face.

This may be the eternal distance between their brothers and Li Peiting, the gap between the children of the family and the nouveau riche, and even no less than the mystery in the hearts of several adult Baylors, should they be surnamed Li or Tong?

said a few words of gossip that were not harmed, Huang Taiji thought. Rather than using the prestige and power of the Qing Emperor to suppress Li Peiting, it may not be possible to let this descendant of the Li family, who knows himself and the early Qing situation, be willing to use it for his own use, but it is better to use friendship to restrain him.

"Second brother, the starling brother is going to reprimand you a few words." His words, which were full of his brother's doting feelings for his younger brother, made Dai Shan and the others present almost scream! When did this black guy talk about brotherhood like this?!

"I went back to Liaodong, why didn't I come to you starling? Go to your fourteenth and fifteenth brothers? Starlings are now short of manpower. Look at this Great Qing Kingdom, which official position is pleasing to the eye, just say, Starling will make a will! ”

When showing his brother's righteousness towards his long-lost brother, he showed off his current powerful position without revealing anything.

Huangtai Chicken's hand is also perfect.

Li Peiting also had a very sincere smile on his face, and he dealt with Huang Taiji hypocritically.

"Starling. Look at me......"

"Mr. Lee. To be called the Emperor! Ning Wan on the side fully demonstrated a minion's loyalty to his master, and he spoke out to correct Li Peiting's inappropriate language.

"Bold! This is my brother in the old days, and I can't be bound by the courtesy of a monarch and a minister! After once again fully demonstrating his broad mind, Huang Taiji motioned to Li Peiting to continue.

"Your Majesty. I've gotten used to it all these years. I don't want to be an official in the court. If you want to be an official. In the south, I can mix with at least a third-grade official, but since the family change, I have no intention of becoming an official in the court. I just want to emulate Tao Zhugong. Boating on the rivers and seas. ”

While speaking, Li Peiting took out more than a dozen bottles and cans from the person, and after opening them, the red and yellow juices emitted a burst of sweet fragrance in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty, Second Brother Tong, Third Brother, Sixth Brother, Ninth Brother, Fourteenth Brother, Fifteenth Brother, try this, I brought it from the south. South China Sea fairy dew. It is most suitable for this early spring. This winter, everyone, chasing the north, eating sweet and fat, this thing can just remove the dry fire in the body. Please! ”

After speaking, he drank all the three cups of different colors of juice (juice) poured for him from the three cups in front of him one by one, and took a picture of the cup towards Huangtai Chicken and the others.

As soon as this South China Sea fairy dew entered the mouth, Huangtai Chicken knew that he had been hit by this Li family kid again. Over there, Duoduo was already crying out for joy, "Delicious! Sure enough, it's comfortable tight! Second Brother Li, you must give me some of this thing! People who eat meat every day are indeed a little tired of eating! Drink some of this and clear your mouth is also good! ”

Sigh! Huang Taiji and Dai Shan breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and through the words of Duoduo, a young brother who only knew how to rush and kill, Huang Taiji said his purpose.

"Second brother, since you don't want to enter the court as an official, then the starling brother is not difficult for you. Do you have something you want Starling to help with? Just say it! In addition, you said that you want to emulate Tao Zhugong, you can too! Just ship the goods! Starlings accept them all, the property here is as long as you can see it, just take it! ”

Although Dolgon has always regarded Huang Taiji as a great enemy of killing his mother in his heart, he also has to admire Huang Taiji at this time, look at the face of others, what he said is obviously to ask Li Peiting to help provide the production of the Ming Kingdom, but he is very righteous to express that he wants to support his brother! No wonder people can be khans and emperors! I also have to learn a thing or two from him!

As he spoke, the corners of Huang Taiji's eyes couldn't help but swirl around the guards brought by Pei Ting, who was standing nearby, all of whom were wearing steel cuirass, with swords or swords hanging from their waists, and with his years of experience in warfare, the breastplate was a good thing at a glance. How he hoped that Li Peiting could transport iron weapons, armor and grain in large quantities for him like the merchants of Shanxi!

"Your Majesty, in addition to the goods that I talked about with the fourteenth and fifteenth brothers before, things such as the South China Sea fairy dew, books and other things can also be supplied to the starling brother openly."

"Books?! We don't know Chinese characters! What is the use of reading books? Duoduo fully demonstrated the true character of a brave and unscrupulous puppet, he shouted rudely, and Huang Taiji only frowned when he heard it, this ridiculous fifteenth brother!

"If you don't know how to read, you can have someone read it to him!"

Pei Ting took out a letter from the tent, which was the Romance of the Three Kingdoms published and printed by Nanzhong. This is the idle book he uses here to pass the time.

He handed it to Huang Taiji with both hands, "Starling, I know that you like to read, this is for you, and you can use it to kill time and take a break in your spare time." ”

Crisp white paper. The typesetting is neat, the printed text is very exquisite, the ink is very uniform, there is no such thing that the ink is heavy here, and there is a lack of a pen, not to mention the content, the appearance is very exquisite.

What's even more intuitive is that there are embroidered characters on the title page of each volume, and you can know who it is when you look at it. There are also illustrations at the beginning of each episode that tell the story scene that happened in this episode. What surprised Huang Taiji even more was that several battles, such as the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling. There are maps as annotations. Although it is the name of the place during the Three Kingdoms period, the troops, generals, and garrisons of the warring sides on it can be seen very clearly.

"Good! Second brother, I won't tell you, starling is for this book. They were specially ordered from North Korea to pay tribute to paper every year. If only you could bring such books in large quantities. Starlings are willing to exchange silver and ginseng fur with you! ”

Huang Taiji has already made up his mind to make this Romance of the Three Kingdoms a must-read in the Eight Banners Army and send it to every Niu Lu. Ordered the pen to be read to officers at all levels. First, it can be used as a popular reading material for the art of war and strategy, which is entertaining and educational. Second, you can use the idea of loyalty to the monarch preached in Luo Guanzhong's works to brainwash those minions with two red flags, two white flags and blue flags, and let them know that it is not their respective banner owners who should be loyal, but him, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty!

The role and danger of the book, the banner lords and princes present were not as far as Huang Taiji thought, and a group of people led by Duoduo only stared at the fish soup that was churning up and down in the big copper pot, and occasionally paused for a moment on the armor and sword on Pei Ting's guard, their eyes full of greedy desire.

"Awu! A few of you come here. ”

Under Pei Ting's summons, his guards ran over in a few steps, "I've seen the big shopkeeper!" ”

"Take off your armor and swords."

The guards glanced at each other, and the military order did not dare to disobey, so they had to disarm.

Soon, dozens of armor and swords were placed on the ground in front of everyone.

Duoduo stepped forward and took a saber in his hand, and after a little fiddling with it, he felt that it was very heavy to start, and it did not match the shape of the saber. Beside him, Hauge took a sword in his hand.

He looked back at Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji's dark face showed an approving look. The uncle and nephew each drew their swords, and a little light flashed and danced on the sword in the spring sun!

"Your Majesty, I know you need this, but at the moment I can't make sure that I can get a weapon from the South China Sea, where such items are extremely strictly controlled. I can only give the armor and sword on the guards to the emperor and the princes. ”

"Good knives!" Duoduo's shout completely drowned out Pei Ting's words, and in the distance, a Baya soldier was crying and mournful, the wrought iron saber in his hand was cut in two, and only the hilt and half of the blade were held in his hand......

Everyone's eyes were completely attracted by Duoduo's actions, and the iron steel was against wrought iron, and it was a complete victory!

Next, it was time for a lively technical discussion.

Pei Ting ordered someone to serve a bowl of soup to each prince Baylor, and everyone drank delicious fish soup, sat on the blanket and discussed business, as if returning to the scene when the old slave first started the army.

The battle began when everyone boasted that the fish soup was delicious.

According to Huang Taiji's meaning, foreign trade should be controlled by him, the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, and then distributed uniformly according to the population of each banner, and each banner was strictly forbidden to conduct trade activities in private, so as to prevent the power of each banner from expanding again. However, this approach is at odds with the ideas of the flag owners.

For a time, Duoduo quarreled with Hauge, and Zilharang also loudly reprimanded Baya Lazhang Jing Wubai with a yellow flag.

If it weren't for Huang Taiji and Li Peiting being here, I was afraid that these people would draw their swords against each other.

As a result of the discussion, Li Peiting sold at least 30,000 pieces of dyed cotton cloth, 10,000 pieces of flower cloth, 5,000 stone refined salt, and at least 5,000 books to Liaodong every year, mainly illustrated copies of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As for the spices, the more the merrier.

Huang Taiji traded with Li Peiting with gold, silver, bronze and other things, ginseng, fur and other things in his hands. In order to alleviate the competition of interests between the flags, under Li Peiting's suggestion, such a distribution ratio was reached within the Eight Banners:

Huang Taiji, who commands the two yellow flags and actually controls the blue flag, controls sixty percent of the entire trade quota, of course, the sixty percent trade quota is not completely owned by these three flags, it belongs to the eight banners, and all the goods from the trade must be uniformly used to all the families of the eight banners.

The three brothers of Dolgon Azig Dodor, who were the first to contact Li Peiting, because of their meritorious introduction, the two white flags accounted for 20% of the trade quota, and these two components could be arbitrarily disposed of by the Dolgon brothers, and were not within the 60% share mentioned above, which was regarded as the self-reserved land of the two white flags.

The remaining 20% is distributed by the remaining three flags.

The purpose of today's hunt has been achieved, although Huang Taiji did not completely control Li Peiting's trade route, but at least his own harvest is the greatest, especially Li Peiting is very tacitly proposed to import a large number of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which provides favorable conditions for him to further control the eight banners and weaken the power of the banner owners.

"Second brother, since you're back, don't you plan to go home and have a look?"

The home in his mouth refers to the mansion of the Li family in Tieling and the mansion of Li Chengliang of Ning Yuanbo.

Hearing his words, Li Peiting's expression was gloomy.

"The humble room was empty, the wat was full of beds, the grass was withered, and it was once a singing and dancing field! Starling, it's useless to go, it's just sad! Just ask for one thing. ”

"Second brother, just say, what kind of grace do you want? Is it the Prince? Is it the king of the county? Or is it free of kneeling in front of the emperor? Just say it! ”

"Those have never thought about it, just ask for the emperor's will, in the future, the generals of the Eight Banners, when they see the banner caravan of my firm, can be polite and open the net. Pei Ting couldn't be more grateful. ”

"Mr. Fan, the purpose! From now on, whether in the territory of our Qing Dynasty or in the territory of the Ming Kingdom, all merchants, caravans, ships and personnel that are prevalent in Yulong shall not be looted or killed, and they must be respected. Violators, capture the flag! ”

That night, when Prince Rui's mansion was feasting on wine and meat, cheering and drinking for Li Peiting, a housekeeper came to report, and several princes such as Yue Tuo, Shuotuo, and Adali, who were in the red flag, came to visit and asked to see the second uncle of the Li family.

"Second uncle, Ercheng trade is a lot, but if my two red flags are to be divided with the blue flag, there will not be much, and I will die one and a half, and I hope that the second uncle will look at the face of his father, and think of ideas to seek some benefits for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and slaves of the two red flags!"

It turned out that he thought that the trade quota in his hands was small, and he planned to come to the master to discuss and see if he could think of other ways. Dorgon and his brother Dodor smiled at each other. Moreover, the housework in the two red flags, the Dorgon brothers also know well, but they are afraid that this half share, in the hands of Dai Shan, will not be distributed to Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo, the two sons who make him look awkward.

They had reached a secret agreement with Li Peiting, no matter how much the trade quota of the Eight Banners was, in addition to the original 20% of the original 20% of the share of the two white flags, the other 10% of the share was privately given by Li Peiting to the two little brothers.

"If Brother Fool can get the armor, swords, iron tools, artillery, gunpowder and other things you urgently need in the south, he will also hand them over to you first."

It was in Dolgon's study, and Li Peiting patted his chest to reassure the two brothers.

"Prince Cheng, there are two great gods in front of you, how can you come to beg me?"

Li Peilin smiled and pointed to the Dolgon brothers who were cutting meat with a silver-handled knife, and began to divide and disintegrate within the Eight Banners. (To be continued......)