Liu Chengdao: "Then I will reply to the Jurchens like this, so that we can no longer trade with the Jurchens in the future, even so, we can exchange more than three percent this time, I think the Jurchens will definitely be happy to accept it." ”

"How much time does it take to add another 30%?" Fang Congzhe asked.

If it was only thirty percent, Liu Cheng would be able to roughly calculate the time it would take, but he didn't know how to change the previous amount, so he turned his head and asked Shi Fuxing, "How much time will it take if you add another thirty percent?" ”

Shi Fuxing replied: "It will take 15 to 20 days. ”

"How could it take so long? Hasn't it been changed all these days? Liu Cheng said dissatisfied.

Shi Fuxing naturally wouldn't say that he hadn't had time to change the Jurchens to the casino these days, "Next month is the martial arts evaluation, and the recent inspection has been a bit strict, so the progress has slowed down a lot." ”

Liu Cheng naturally knew about next month's evaluation, and the recent movements of the Beijing camp were indeed different from usual, even the soldiers who built the camp were recalled, and the training was much stricter, so he didn't blame Shi Fuxing anymore.

Fang Congzhe asked, "How much is the number of adding three percent?" ”

Liu Chengdao: "There are 8,000 catties of gunpowder for all kinds of firearms, 500 single-shot firearms, 100 continuous firearms, 100 multi-barreled firearms, 120 heavy guns of the Franc machine, and 600 firemines. ”

Fang Congzhe was surprised and said, "There are so many? I'm afraid that the firearms arsenal in Beijing will be emptied by you. How do you ship out? How were the Jurchens transported back to Liaodong? ”

Liu Chengdao: "Lord Fang, don't worry about it, we have our own methods, and the Jurchens naturally have their own methods." At that time, I will arrange for someone to send half of the proceeds of the transaction to the adult's mansion, and as for the lack of a soldier in the military department, it will depend on the support of Lord Fang. ”

"Aren't you afraid that the Jurchens will get firearms and attack the Beijing camp?" Fang Congzhe asked suspiciously.

Liu Chengdao: "We will naturally deliver gunpowder and artillery separately, and at the same time, someone will monitor them to leave the capital, as for where the Jurchens like to fight out of the capital, it has nothing to do with us, not to mention that the Jurchens bought so many firearms this time, if they can't bear the loneliness and shoot two shots at the Beijing camp, I'm afraid that even if they make some sweetness, so many firearms will have to be left behind, I don't think the Jurchens can do such a stupid thing." ”

Fang Congzhe said: "This is the best, next month I will lead the prince to Beijing to watch the martial arts exercise, then the lack of firearms will definitely break out, you have to get things done before the martial arts exercise, and you can't leave any clues, if you can point the clues to the British Gong, then it would be the best." ”

Liu Chengdao: "To be embarrassed by you is to cut off my career, I know what to do, Lord Fang, please rest assured." ”

Fang Congzhe got up and said: "So I'm relieved, the old man will go first, and you will go after a stick of incense, so as not to be discovered." ”

When Fang Congzhe returned to the mansion, he saw Fang Shihong bored fighting crickets on the ground, thinking of the people in front of the door, Fang Congzhe sighed heavily, pointed at Fang Shihong and scolded: "The old man's reputation is all ruined in your hands." After speaking, Fang Congzheyi flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked away.

Fang Shihong looked at Fang Congzhe who walked away inexplicably, looked at Fang An with a confused expression and asked, "Where is the old man, who is angry with me again?" ”

"Alas, young master, there are notices everywhere outside about the case of that prostitute ~ woman falling from a horse, the master doesn't even dare to go out of the door now, do you think he can not be angry?" Fang An sighed, took out a notice from his arms, and handed it to Fang Shihongdao.

Fang Shihong took the notice and looked at it, and suddenly his face was bitter again, "I thought that I would be able to go out after the limelight in the past few days, but who would have thought that this one would come again, wouldn't it be that I would not be able to go out for a long time." ”

"Young master, you can stop at home for a few days."

Fang Congzhe went back to the room to change his clothes, and since the matter of Jingying had been properly discussed, it was time to rely on Wenchen to fan the flames.

Fang Congzhe summoned the butler and handed a note with the person's name written on it to Fang Andao, "You go and invite these adults." ”

Fang An opened the note and looked at it, these people include Yang and Chen from the Inspectorate, as well as those who are in the six departments, Lang Zhong of the Ministry of War, Wai Lang of the Ministry of Rites, etc., the people on the note Fang An are very familiar with each other, and they belong to the Qi Party line, and they have always been the first to look forward to Fang Congzhe.

After more than half an hour, these people gathered in Fang Congzhe's study, and after everyone arrived, the housekeeper Fang An served tea one by one, and then closed the door and retreated.

I don't know what these people talked about, but they talked for a long time until the evening.

A few days later, Zhu Youzhen was quarreled with early in the morning.

"What? Dou Gang Leader came early in the morning to repay the money? Zhu Youzhen looked at Dou Xiao, who had been waiting for a long time, and teased.

Dou Xiao smiled wryly: "Zhu Gongzi said that he laughed, he hasn't raised the silver taels in the next moment, and I came here today to have important news to tell Zhu Gongzi." ”

Zhu Youzhen asked, "Oh? If you don't know any important news, you still have to trouble the Dou Gang Master to come over in person? ”

Dou Xiao said: "That day, Zhu Gongzi ordered me to bury seven corpses in Dongshan, where the Beijing camp was bombarded, because I was in a hurry to print the notice that night, and the second person caught up with the gamblers, so this matter was delayed, and when I took people to Dongshan last night, I happened to find a secret. ”

Seeing Dou Xiao's cautious look, he said with some doubts: "Oh? I don't know what the secret is? ”

Dou Xiao also saw the energy of these people that day, and wanted to take this opportunity to find a backer, he happened to encounter something last night, so he wanted to come here to sell a good one, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen asking, he said slowly, "I took a few henchmen to Dongshan yesterday night, because I was afraid of being discovered on the road, so I set off late, and I went out after a while, and I was cautious on the road, for fear of alarming the people in the camp, and I didn't go up to Dongshan until the beginning of the ugly year, just when we dug a pit and prepared to bury the body, I heard a group of people coming up from the mountain, We thought we had been discovered, so we threw the body into the pit and hid, and guess what? ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Dou Xiao sold Guan Zi and said a little funny: "If you have a fart, let it go, are you still waiting for me to keep you for dinner?" ”

"Yes, yes, hehe......" Dou Xiao continued, "We hid in the dark and didn't dare to make a sound, I later counted the group of eighteen people, and when I got closer, I realized that these people were actually Jurchens, including the Jurchen who was injured in the fight in my casino that day." ”

Zhu Youzhen said suspiciously, "Jurchen? What do they do on East Mountain? ”

Dou Xiao smiled again and said, "When I finish speaking, you will probably understand, the Jurchens naturally don't think of any good ideas near our Beijing camp, what do you guess I saw besides this group of Jurchens?" Without waiting for Zhu Youzhen to respond to Dou Xiao, he continued, "It's actually artillery, and there are as many as two." ”

Zhu Youzhen was surprised when he heard this, "What? Two guns? What are the Jurchens doing here? ”

Dou Xiao said disdainfully, "Hmph, what else can these Jurchens do?" It must have been bombarded in Beijing, but since I discovered their scheme, it is impossible for them to succeed. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "No, it's not that simple, next month is the Beijing Camp Martial Arts Assessment, when the time comes, a lot of gunpowder will be moved to the martial arts arena, and there will be many royal relatives and nobles to observe, the Jurchens want to stew the upper layer of my Ming Dynasty." ”

Dou Xiao rubbed his hands and said, "Master Zhu, is my news considered meritorious?" See if you can ......"

Seeing Dou Xiao's appearance, Zhu Youzhen thought to himself, if this 10 million taels is exempted from him a few times, it will be gone, if it is less, it will be stingy, it is really too impulsive to give him 70 million taels at once that day, it should be a long stream.

"Well, yes, this news is of some value, and the arrears of 10 million taels will delay you for another year, and you will not be charged any money, how about it? This son is generous. ”

Dou Xiao listened to Zhu Youzhen's words and felt a little bitter, he didn't have a fixed repayment period, what difference does it make if he has one more year or one less year, anyway, he has to send money over every month as usual, but he also understands that how much is it appropriate to give away? One piece of news is exempted from 502,100,000,000 taels, which is probably the most expensive news in the world.

In fact, in Zhu Youzhen's opinion, this news is worth it for him, not to mention one million taels, five million taels or ten million taels, when the time comes, his father Zhu Changluo, his brother Zhu Youxiao and his Zhu Youzhen and the princes and ministers are probably going to go, if these people are finished, Daming will not be far from the end of the game.

"And then? What happened? Zhu Youzhen then asked.

Dou Xiao replied: "Because the corpses you ordered us to bury were used as targets for the Beijing camp, so the place where we hid was relatively far away, those Jurchens pulled the artillery and went deep into the mountains, because we didn't follow up for fear of being discovered, even if we didn't follow up, we should be able to find it again, but when they left, I counted two people less, and they should have stayed on the mountain to guard the artillery, if they went into the mountains to search on a large scale, I am afraid they will be discovered." ”

Zhu Youzhen continued to ask: "Where did they go later, and do you know who they met?" ”

"I don't know this, because the things you explained are important, I am afraid that my subordinates will not be able to handle things well, so I stayed on the mountain and watched them bury the corpses, and I also specially planted a poplar sapling on the soil bag where the corpse was buried, and a piece of red silk was tied on it, and you can find it when the time comes." , Dou Xiao proudly invited merit.

Zhu Youzhen sighed and said: "Alas, this time you have lost a chance to make meritorious contributions, if you follow the group of Jurchens to find their place to stay, and find out who sold those two guns to him, but you have made another contribution, this merit can be worth at least one million taels." ”

Dou Xiao smiled and said, "Really? A million taels? Does this need to be asked? It must have been the person who went to the fight with the Jurchen that day, and at first glance, that person didn't look like a good person, it must have been that person who colluded with the Jurchens. ”