Now the biggest thing for Wu Sangui is not Dolgon, nor Li Zicheng, nor Zhu Cihong, who is far away in the southeast, but the poor and naked martial artists everywhere in Gansu, Shaanxi and Ningxia.

Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia has always been an important military town of the Ming Dynasty, and there are only eight prefectures such as Xi'an, Yan'an, Qingyang, Pingliang, Fengxiang, Gongchang, Hanzhong, and Lintao under the rule of civilian officials, and there are many guards on the territory of these eight prefectures. What's even worse is that among the eight prefectures, Xi'an, Yan'an, Fengxiang, and Hanzhong, the four relatively wealthy prefectures were also controlled by the Dashun Army (Daxi Army).

The land that originally belonged to the military town of Weisuo, Wu Sangui couldn't touch it at all-that group of Ganshan warriors pointed to this land to eat! If they really want to move that bit of land, they won't fight with Wu Sangui?

The land of Qingyang, Pingliang, Gongchang, and Lintao was distributed to the Guanning military households who came with Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui himself fell into the Yantian of Huamachi, as well as the cities of Ningxia Acropolis, Lanzhou City, and Pingliangfu City, relying on this bit of land to support the Xiwang Mansion of Nuoda, which is not enough at all, Wu Sangui has filled in little by little his own savings in the past two years...... This king of Pingxi and the owner of the green flag of the Qing Dynasty actually deserves to lose money!

And what's even more terrifying is that Wu Sangui's cash flow is drying up! In his palace treasury, it is almost empty and can run mice, what can I do!

"Lord Wang, General Liu and Shopkeeper Jia have arrived together."

When Wu Sangui was worried about the loss of King Pingxi in the Xiwang Mansion (formerly Qingwang Mansion) in the Acropolis of Ningxia, his henchman Liu Sheng arrived with Jabus, one of the nine imperial merchants.

Liu Sheng had already become a general soldier before, but he was demoted because of the "wrong pick-up", and he was also sent to a drudgery, escorting Sony and Zu Zepu into Qinghai-Tibet, and selling silk, porcelain, tea and salt by the way - now Wu Sangui is also down, and there is no more money spent on the Guan Ningjun given to him by a wronged head like Chongzhen, and there is not enough land to collect rent and taxes, so he can only do everything possible to make money. Trading with the Qinghai-Tibet Heshute Khanate and the Yeerqiang Han Kingdom in the Western Regions has become a financial route for Wu Sangui, and he can't make a few, but it's better than nothing.

Among the four major commodities that Wu Sangui used to trade with the Heshute Khanate and the Yeerqiang Khanate (Ningxia has green salt), they had to be purchased through the great treasurer of the Nine Imperial Merchants. said that it was a purchase, but Wu Sangui couldn't get the capital, so he could only pay on credit. Among the nine imperial merchants, only Gibbs was willing to give Wu Sangui credit, so Gibbs set up many businesses on Wu Sangui's territory. He also set up a "Northwest General Number" in the Ningxia Acropolis, and in the autumn of last year, he came to Ningxia with silk, porcelain, and tea brought by sea, and after giving things to Wu Sangui on credit, he waited for the beginning of spring to settle the accounts, and then transported some special products from Tibet and the Western Regions to Beijing for sale.

And Liu Sheng only came back yesterday, this Jabus must have gotten the news, and he was urging the account early in the morning, this is because he is afraid that Wu Sangui will not have any money...... Wu Sangui is going to shed tears when he thinks about it, he is a good uncle of the Ming Dynasty, but he can't be rich in Nanjing? Even if you take a bribe, it must be 108,000 yuan. For a profiteer of the level of Jabbs, let alone asking for accounts, it is not qualified to pay bribes!

But now that Wu Sangui is poor, he doesn't dare to offend the owner of Jia Da's shopkeeper, and Wu Sangui also knows what the relationship between Jia's shopkeeper and Nanming's side is...... He couldn't be offended, so he had to stand at the door of the main hall to greet the big treasurer Jabbs.

Jabs came together with Liu Sheng, who had an ugly face, and when he saw Liu Sheng's face, Wu Sangui's heart sank-how could this be? Could it be that the business is losing money?

"Xiaguan Liu Sheng asks the prince for peace."

"Jabus, the grass man, greets the prince."

Liu Sheng and Jabs saw Wu Sangui standing outside the main hall to greet them, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, which was not the etiquette of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the way of kowtowing to the Ming Dynasty.

"Hurry up, Mr. Jia, you are the God of Wealth of this king, what are you kneeling for! I still owe you money! Where is the reason for a creditor to kneel down to a debtor? ”

Wu Sangui also ignored Liu Sheng, and hurriedly went to help Jabus - he is now a creditor! Wu Sangui doesn't know if he has the money to pay back? And he didn't dare to stab this creditor with the knife in his hand, because he could only rely on Boss Jia to have some income now, and without Jabus, he wouldn't even be a debt slave!

Wu Sangui invited Giabs into the main hall, and Liu Sheng also followed, still holding the account book in his hand. Seeing Wu Sangui and Jabs sit separately, he handed over the ledger with a smile on his face.

"Lord Wang, this is the account book of his subordinates who went to Qinghai and Tibet to sell silk, tea, porcelain and salt, please take a look ......at it."

"Look, this king has a headache when he sees the account book now, you can report the number!" Wu Sangui didn't have this thought, waved his hand and said, "Is it a loss, or a gain?" ”

"Back to the prince's words," Liu Sheng smiled apologetically, "The subordinates are really not the material for trading, and the business in Qinghai-Tibet is really not good......

"That's a loss!" Beads of sweat appeared on Wu Sangui's big forehead.

"No loss, no loss......" Liu Sheng stammered, he was indeed not a trader. He was originally a man from Shaanxi, who only studied and collected rent, and did not know how to do business.

"Earned? How much do you earn? ”

"It's not that it's earned, it's not calculated yet," Liu Sheng shook his head, "My subordinates brought back 1,000 Zephra horses, 2,000 yak skins, 2,000 Tibetan sheepskins, and 1,000 Tibetan antelope skins......"

It turned out that Liu Sheng's trade was done as a barter, using silk, porcelain, tea, salt and other people in exchange for horses and animal skins, and he didn't know whether he made money or not.

No one else has done this business!

Wu Sangui also had a headache when he heard this, so he had to look at Jia Bus, "Mr. Jia, you are a trader, how much do you think these things are worth?" ”

Jabs doesn't understand, he's a fake trader, he's a thousand households Lin Yihu in Jinyi Weibei Town, a dog spy, where can he really do business?

However, Jabus is a person who can fool, otherwise he would not have been allowed to be this "Ninth Emperor Merchant". After all, he served as an attaché of the mission after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, and he showed his face in front of Dolgon, and he also had a part in the death of Hong Chengchou! Although many officials on the Qing Dynasty side have seen him, he has never been recognized by people by relying on his clever mouth and a little makeup and disguise!

"Lord Wang, I don't know how much it's worth," Jin merchants, who have been charged for more than a year, Jabus's Shanxi dialect is becoming more and more authentic, and it is becoming more and more flavorful of Shanxi Laokeng, "Isn't it the first time to do business in Qinghai-Tibet?" But it doesn't matter, the amount can't be called a loss for the prince. This trip to General Liu Shen also worked hard, so he received the goods brought by General Liu from Qinghai-Tibet, and gave him 5,000 taels of silver, so he didn't want to work in vain. ”

Wu Sangui sighed, he finally made money this time.

Jabbs also said: "Pull the goods brought by General Liu to Beijing and Tianjin for sale, and some of them will be earned, and then the prince will share a share." What do you think, Lord? ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he grinned: "Mr. Jia is really polite, this king has thanked you." ”

As he spoke, Jabbs took out a notebook from his sleeve pocket, smiled and handed it over: "Lord Wang, there is a strange book here, which was brought from Jiangnan by a friend of the grass people, and the grass people thought it would be useful to the prince, so they brought it to Ningxia." ”

"Really?" Wu Sangui hurriedly glanced at Liu Sheng, Liu Sheng went up and took the book, and then respectfully handed it to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui took the book and took a look, there were three big characters on the cover, "feudal said", and there were small words on the side: Yangzhou Ji Kun.

"Ji Kun?" Wu Sangui said, "Who is he?" ”

Liu Sheng said: "He is a military member of Yangzhou Wei, and now he is an official who supervises the imperial history. ”

Wu Sangui said: "It's an imperial history...... So what does he say in this book? ”

Gibbs laughed and said, "It's to teach people how to engage in feudalism." ”