Chapter 250: Business Travel (Happy Valentine's Day to everyone)
"It's nothing more than death, but if this matter is successful, it will definitely be the two enemies of my China!"
Everyone has his beliefs, and for Wang Wenbai, his beliefs are very simple, nothing more than the restoration of the rivers and mountains of the Han people, nothing more. Other than that, anything else is not in his consideration, after all, he has experienced the Jiashen Heavenly Change and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he has witnessed the atrocities after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs countless times, and he has seen the white bones everywhere countless times.
There is nothing more important than the expulsion of the Manchus and the restoration of the Han people!
What's the harm if you go to hell?
When leaving the military department, Wang Wenbai's expression seemed very calm, and even his steps were the same as in the past, not in a hurry. Occasionally, when he met an acquaintance, he would nod his head and say hello, and look no different from an ordinary trade officer.
It's just that from now on, he is no longer a clerk of the Trade Bureau, and as Jun Zhengcheng agrees with his suggestion, this has been removed from the list of officials of the Trade Bureau. Now he is no longer a salaried official, but a businessman who eats by business.
At least, in front of Sun Laohei and others, he is a businessman, not an official. Although Sun Laohei clearly knew the identity of his official, Wang Wenbai knew very well that that person would not say it, and that person had plans for him and Jiangbei.
"An assistant is needed."
Thinking like this in his heart, Wang Wenbai naturally thought of a person.
"How about it, Apu, would you like to go to Mobei with me?"
Looking at the soldier in military uniform in front of him, Wang Wenbai asked with a smile.
Ah Pu is a soldier of the Loyal and Righteous Army, but his life experience is extremely tragic, his wife, children, and mother all died in the massacre of the Qing army, and it is precisely because of this that he will join the army, and even in the army, he also has a name - carrying the heads of two Qing troops, although the Qing army has been defeated at that time, but he still hacked two Qing soldiers to death with his own hands. Then everything went naturally, and he became a member of the Loyal Army.
However, the tragic experience has always affected him, causing him to do some unexpected things, such as he once killed a dozen captives who surrendered at once, and even hung their heads on trees, in fact, under normal circumstances, captives kill is killed.
Even the military leaders in the army often do not pursue the matter, and even sometimes, the military officials will receive orders to directly kill the surrendered Qing generals and their cronies, so that the captives are leaderless.
Killing people has never been a big deal, but the problem is that he kills too flamboyantly - hanging dozens of people's heads from trees on the side of the road. This directly led to his punishment, after all, those captives are also resources.
Of course, the punishment for him was not too severe, and in the end, because he was "too murderous", he was thrown into the horse farm of the Trade Bureau, where he raised horses. And Wang Wenbai met him in this place, he knew Wang Pu, understood his advantages, and knew his shortcomings, and the reason why he chose him was because Wang Wenbai knew that Wang Pu would never surrender to the enemy. And for Wang Pu, he has only one wish - to kill all the dogs in the world, such a person follows him, at least he doesn't need to worry about him running away if he can't stand it, or even defecting to the enemy.
"Can you kill Jiannu?"
Wang Pu's question was very simple, there was not the slightest abnormality on his face, and even his tone was extremely calm, as if he was mentioning a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.
"If this is done, it is estimated that we can kill more than 100,000 or 200,000 Jiannu without us using a knife!"
If they can persuade the Khalkha Department to send troops to the Beijing Division, if they break through the Beijing Division, maybe by then, the entire inner city may not be able to survive a single person, and the brutality of the Mongols is no worse than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or even a few points worse, Wang Wenbai does not doubt this.
"Okay, when are we leaving?"
For Wang Pudi, who is alone, he doesn't have any worries, as long as he can kill Jiannu, even, this is the purpose of his life, until now, whenever he closes his eyes, he always thinks of the child who was thrown to death, or his wife and mother who died under the knife of Qinglu, the unforgettable hatred makes him unable to forget all this, for him, maybe one day he will forget, but that day must be the last day Jiannu died.
Sometimes, hatred can make people strong, but it can also make people cold. For Wang Pu, I'm afraid that only the dead Qinggou is a good Qinggou, this, no one will ever doubt it, for him, the biggest dream is probably to kill into the Jingshi, and then kill all the people in the city, of course, this is just his thoughts.
Almost when Wang Wenbai and Wang Pu appeared in the caravan, those in the caravan who were negotiating a big business for the helper, and the people who were overjoyed immediately noticed the two of them, Wang Wenbai looked like a scholar, as for Wang Pu, although he was silent, but even if he was a ruthless person on weekdays, he would become cautious when he saw him, according to what others said, this person was murderous in his bones.
Murderous?
What is Murderous Aura?
Xuzi didn't know, but in his opinion, this Wang Pu worked very hard, that box of nearly 100 catties of tea, he loaded a boat silently, and after his own was loaded, he would also load someone else's, and he didn't even take a breath, it seems that for him, there is no such thing as a loss at all.
"Wang, Brother Wang, you, you can rest for a while, and drink some tea......"
Looking at Wang Pu, who was already sweating, Xuzi said on the side.
"I'll just pretend to be the rest."
You can't always let someone else do the work for you.
"I'm not tired, I'm idle anyway!"
Wang Pu didn't say much, he continued to work hard, and if he didn't work, he would have something wrong, but only he knew that he wanted to go to Mongolia with the caravan now, and then let the Mongolian people and the Manchurian dogs eat dogs, and use the hands of the Mongolian people to avenge their family and blood hatred.
While he was working, Wang Wenbai on the other side was chatting softly with Sun Laohei on the shore, which made Sun Laohei not as comfortable as before, because he was vaguely aware of the identity of this Wang Wenbai, and even vaguely felt that this person's identity was not simple, and he was by no means an official of the Trade Bureau.
If it is an ordinary official, how can he abandon his official position and engage in business? And he went with them to the unpredictable Mobei. What kind of person is that?
It must be a spy from Jiangbei!
In the north, catching such a person will kill him, and even his grandson Lao Hei will be implicated! It's a bit too risky.
"That, Wang, Wang Dongjia, you see, this matter ......"
Looking at Sun Laohei's appearance, Wang Wenbai said with a smile.
"Lao Hei, look at you like this, who doesn't like this silver, I'm just a businessman, remember! I'm just a businessman! ”
His words were not loud, and after reminding him softly, Wang Wenbai said in a voice that only the two of them could listen to.
"Next, you have to take care of it along the way, as long as we arrive in Mobei safely and complete this business, Lao Hei, don't worry, Wang will never treat you badly!"
Again, Wang Wenbai threw out his bait, luring him to profit, this is the easiest way, the reason why the Manchu spies were able to enter the Guannei back then, maybe I am afraid that he is like this, to lure these merchants to profit!
"Hey, Wang Dongjia, you, don't worry, I know how to do it!"
said so, but Sun Laohei's heart was still beating the drum, and he just secretly prayed in his heart that the road would be smooth and smooth, and nothing would happen. After all, the person in front of him is not a simple character, in case he is taken by the government, at that time, his sin will be great, and it is still a matter of whether this business can be done.
But if you don't, you won't be able to do it.
There is no him Sun Laohei, as well as Li Laohei and Wang Laohei, but this Jiangbei's goods are only Jiangbei's goods, and he Sun Laohei can only help them to continue this business with Jiangbei and earn a lot of silver, otherwise, maybe when, another Lao Hei will come out and do this errand for him!
Hey, business is not good!
When the boat left Qinghe, Sun Laohei looked at Wang Wenbai standing at the bow of the boat, and comforted himself while secretly praying in his heart.
"Anyway, it's just two more people, just two more people in this horse team......"
Although at first, Sun Laohei seemed a little nervous, but after a few days of boat walking on the Grand Canal, he slowly got used to the existence of these two people, and as for the others, it was only when the two of them came from the south and thought of the merchants who earned money together in the north. And the Qing soldiers and tax collectors encountered along the way didn't even look at them, after all, for outsiders, these merchants are just merchants, that's all, at most, for officials, these merchants are fat in their eyes.
Almost every day, Liu Junguo would count the passing ships at the tax card, and occasionally he would go over to ask about the goods on the ship, of course, and ask how much tax was charged for the goods.
"Fifteen taels and three money ......"
When he left the ship, Liu Junguo naturally didn't feel the gaze of the tax collectors around him who wanted to kill him, although he was not an official of the tax customs, but after all, he was an official of the imperial court, as an official of the household department, although he had no power to interfere with the tax customs, but as an official in the court, he checked at the tax customs, and no one could say why, let alone those ordinary tax officials, even those tax customs supervisors, could not blatantly stop him.
"I said, Lord Liu, look at it, this hot day, you are always hot, come, go, let's change places, have a cup of tea, and rest for a while......"
Wei Senping, who is the tax superintendent, politely said to Liu Junguo, he was almost annoyed to death by this Liu Zhixian for a while, in the past, he had to have at least one or two hundred taels of filial piety every day in this tax customs, but since this grandson came here all day long, the tax officials naturally did not dare to extort cards as in the past, and they could not extort cards, so naturally there was no filial piety in the past, so Wei Senping naturally even wanted to kill people in his heart.
"In this way, thank you Lord Wei, it just so happens that I still have some things over there, and I want to ask you for advice!"
Liu Junguo, who has been in this tax customs for half a month, knows very well that he is a tiresome character here, the supervision of this tax customs has always been a two-year term, and if you want to release this tax customs superintendent, you have to spend at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, this half a month, at least a few thousand taels of silver blocked others, and he has already got what he wants in half a month, so he will naturally not hinder others from getting rich here.
But even so, Liu Junguo still needs Wei Senping to do him a favor, after all, he still has no bottom in his heart about this matter.
"Look at what you said, Master Liu, what is there to ask for, but if you have any instructions, you can always speak up."
Although Wei Senping, who is the tax superintendent, is a fat poor, and he is also a slave in the internal affairs office, but after all, the official position is placed there, although he looks down on the Lord Liu in front of him, but after all, he is a member of the third grade, and he often goes in and out of the emperor's side.
After about half an hour's effort, the two of them came to a restaurant on the shore of Daming Lake, and they didn't need Wei Senping's orders, the shopkeeper of the restaurant hurriedly ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and the two sat down politely, and when the tea came up, when drinking tea, Liu Junguo looked at Wei Senping and said.
"Master Wei, I think you must be curious about what Liu is doing at the tax customs for a while, in fact, I won't hide the truth from you, the reason why Liu stays there all day is to see how much money this tax customs collects!"
Liu Junguo's words made Wei Senping's heart suddenly tighten, okay, this is really direct enough, doesn't this mean that he has found out something this time? Do you want to get some benefits from yourself now?
Just when Wei Senping was thinking about how much silver could buy the other party to shut up, he only heard Liu Junguo continue.
"Lord Wei should know that now the imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops outside, and the daily salary needs are more than tens of thousands of taels, but now the imperial court has not only lost the wealth of Jiangnan, but not only the military salary is becoming more and more tight, even after the Jiangnan Cao grain is cut off, the capital is also starving, and the army is not paid to disperse, the emperor is worried about this military salary all day long, and I am waiting for the king's luck, so I naturally have to worry about the king!"
At this time, Liu Junguo's words were full of fists, and Wei Senping kept nodding, although his heart continued to increase the price with his words, and when he increased the price from one thousand taels to five thousand taels, he only heard this Lord Liu look at him and say.
"Therefore, Liu thinks that if you want to solve the use of the imperial court, the key is still in this tax customs!"
Staring at Wei Senping, Liu Junguo asked with a smile.
"Brother, in your opinion, is this tax too light?"