Chapter Eighty-Three: The Opportunity to Go West

"Your Majesty, General Yang has returned from Chengdu." Li Fuguo said.

"Oh." Zhang Xuan's heart was shocked, and he said, "Please." ”

Zhang Xuan calculated the time to send Yang Shenzu to Chengdu, and it was the result if he thought about it.

But a moment later, Yang Shenzu was ushered in. Zhang Xuan got up and said, "Brother Yang, how is Wu Sangui?" ”

Yang Shenzu said: "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui is very cunning. I'm afraid it's not a believer. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "It's just a slave with three surnames, it would be strange if he believed in people." ”

Yang Shenzu knew that Zhang Xuan had said more than once that Wu Sangui was a slave with three surnames, but he had a doubt in his heart, and said secretly: "In the troubled times, there are countless people in the Qin and Twilight Chu, but I don't know why Your Majesty looks at Wu Sangui differently. ”

However, he didn't ask, so he told him about his actions to see Wu Sangui.

After Zhang Xuan heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "What a lion with his mouth wide open." ”

Yang Shenzu and Wu Sangui talked about salt horses and the exchange of grain. To tell the truth, Sichuan is Sichuan after all, even if under the war, the food is a little tight, but it is also a shortage of food among the people, as long as Wu Sangui scrapes hard, it is quite easy to save some food in his hands.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan calculated carefully, if there was enough salt and horses, the annual trade volume would be about one million taels.

Fortunately, the imperial court is just selling it, and the salt part is paid for by the people of the two lakes, and the imperial court can't say that it can still make a hard-earned money, of course, more is impossible to earn, after all, Zhang Xuan is not to make money, but more to settle the world.

But there is more money to be spent on the horse.

A good war horse on the nine sides can also get one for three or five taels of silver. But in the hands of Wu Sangui, one hundred and fifty taels of silver, there was no counteroffer.

Moreover, his war horse is not as good as the war horse of the Nine Sides, it is not that Wu Sangui does not have a good war horse in his hands. Sichuan is connected to Qinghai, Qinghai mane, Hequ horse, are famous, not necessarily worse than Mongolian horses, Liaodong horses, but the best horses, are monopolized by Wu Sangui, will not be given to the Xia Dynasty.

Moreover, it also costs him to get horses from Qinghai and Tibet.

So, he's only multiplied tenfold.

And there are only two thousand horses at most, and there will be no more.

Zhang Xuan calculated carefully, if according to the price of its horse, Zhang Xuan wanted to gather 100,000 cavalry in the future to offset the cavalry advantage of the Qing army in the Northern Expedition, and it would cost more than one million. The Great Xia court has a balance of only one million taels a year, which is still good, once there are some other expenses, such as the inexplicable outbreak of the Taiwan War, the imperial court has a deficit of at least five million taels.

I don't know where the money came from.

"This silver, and deposited in the hands of someone else." Zhang Xuan cold

laughed and asked, "How do you view Guan Ning Tieqi?" ”

Yang Shenzu said: "But Er'er, except for the generals and families, there are only horses. If I Cao Yingjing is still here, you don't have to worry. ”

Zhang Xuan listened to Cao Ying's elite cavalry, and sighed slightly in his heart, although it was only a few years, but the situation has changed greatly, at the beginning, Cao Ying was mainly cavalry, and it has been transformed into sailors and foot soldiers, firearms-based, it can be called Cao Ying's elite cavalry army, but only twenty or thirty thousand.

Even with the passage of time, the war wore off, and these tens of thousands of cavalry were reduced but not helped. This is also no matter how high the price of horses is, Zhang Xuan has to grit his teeth and buy it from Wu Sangui.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Didn't the Qing court notice you?" ”

Yang Shenzu said: "I noticed that there were even Eight Banners Wrapping Clothes coming to the door and talking to me about some business, which was nothing more than some Jiangnan utensils, all of which were, Su samples." There are also several troupes. Horses for warhorses. ”

Suzhou in this era is the popular fashion of the whole world, if it is compared to today, it is like Paris, what is popular in Suzhou, it will be spread all over the world in a very short time, and it is called Suzhou.

Zhang Xuan savored the meaning and said secretly: "Dolgon has the means. ”

The reason why he did this with some openness was that the meaning of sowing discord was also very strong, but he didn't expect that Dolgon would be able to press this matter alive, and he didn't know what to do, and maybe he would show favor to Wu Sangui.

"It's just that there are some things that always have to be addressed. It's not that if you want to cover up, you can cover up the past. Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart. He immediately thought of the Zheng family, Wu Sangui was to the Qing court, just like the Zheng family was to the Xia Dynasty, it seemed to be calm, but in fact, the dark tide was turbulent, and it was always a hidden danger.

Zhang Xuan said: "Lao Yang, I won't ask you more, just give me one word, if you fight Sichuan, how many people do you think you will use?" I can take it down. ”

"It doesn't take much." Yang Shenzu said: "I have taken a closer look, and I have also taken a trip to Yungui, and I have seen the soldiers under the command of the King of Yunnan, with the Yungui Governor's Mansion, the strength of a town in Chongqing is enough to level Shu." ”

Zhang Xuan was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "This is true. ”

Yang Shenzu said: "The minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty. ”

"The minister has carefully investigated, and there are three people who can break Wu Sangui."

"First, the soldiers and horses are not fine, there are more than 200,000 male soldiers in Wu Sangui Shu, which seems to be a lot, but nearly two-thirds of the starting points are all Sichuan troops surrendered, or stationed in one place, and should be rebelled, Wu Sangui did not move, even if he reorganized the Sichuan army, the strength was not strong for a while.

"Second, the people's hearts are not in the east."

"Haoge slaughtered in the middle of the river, and where he passed, there were almost no chickens and dogs, even if he camped into the middle of the river several times, the depth of the poison was only the depth of the east. The people gritted their teeth and regarded them as thieves, and they just suppressed them with heroic soldiers, the people

All enshrine the tablet of General Yang, which can be seen very clearly. ”

"Third, the hearts of the people in Sichuan are undecided, the military is not convinced, Wu Sangui can only use tens of thousands of elites, however, Wu Sangui has a good wrist, it seems that Sichuan is generally blocked, but in the high mountains and deep streams, where the army is difficult to reach, I don't know how many Han families are dressed, only the army is out, and where it passes, the group rises accordingly."

"Just." Yang Shenzu said: "There are two points to worry about. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Yang Shenzu, and had a feeling that Shibei should be impressed for three days, when Yang Shenzu followed him, he charged into battle, but he was a good hand, but he may not have such an analysis.

Sure enough, he is not the original him, and Yang Shenzu is not the original Yang Shenzu.

"Those two points." Zhang Xuan said.

"First. It's these situations, Wu Sangui doesn't know. Yang Shenzu said: "Wu Sangui's character is flawless. But the wrist is good, if it drags on for a long time, it will only get harder and harder. ”

"Second, that is, to attack Sichuanzhong, the Qing army will definitely respond, and the army in the northwest and Hanzhong will inevitably go south to support. The northwest has always sent elite soldiers, and when the time comes, the minister can't think of what the situation is. ”

Zhang Xuan got up, paced slowly, let out a long breath, and sighed softly, although he didn't speak. But Yang Shenzu had already heard the regret.

Yang Shenzu hurriedly added two sentences and said, "The minister thinks that the reason why Wu Sangui wants to reach an agreement with our dynasty. I'm afraid there will be a delaying tactic. ”

"I know." Zhang Xuan said: "It's a pity, Wu Sangui needs time, and this dynasty also needs time. ”

"In the southeast sea, there has just been a fuss, and it is really impossible to fight again in the west."

If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan.

Many people think that there are few opportunities in the world, but Zhang Xuan feels that there are always opportunities, and it is the strength to grasp the opportunity in his hands.

Now this opportunity, Zhang Xuan felt that he couldn't grasp it.

Seeing this, Yang Shenzu was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart, and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "In the past few years, I don't want to fight with Dongyu, you can endure with peace of mind, and go to the martial arts hall for the time being." In the future, when there is a big war, it will naturally be useful to you. ”

Yang Shenzu said: "Yes." ”

Zhang Xuan sent Yang Shenzu away, and when he was alone, he felt even more uneasy. I felt that it was a pity, and after thinking about it, I had to ask Li Dingguo about major events in the West. All the things that Yang Shenzu said were written and sent to Yunnan.

After Zhang Xuan was busy with this matter, he took the note, opened it, and said, "Calculate the time, the negotiations on the Macao side should also begin." But I don't know what the negotiation will look like. ”

However, in his mind, the two sides may have some differences on small matters, but they have a bit of agreement on the general situation, and there should be no problem.