Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Merchants Are Man
Luo Hui stared at him and felt that something was wrong, so he opened the envelope.
After pulling out the letter, Luo Hui was also confused, what kind of word is this, I don't know it at all!
"Chang Kun, your family letter is so strange, why don't you know the official at all!"
Chang Kun cried and mourned, his body kept trembling like sifting chaff, and he was speechless.
Wan Bi touched his beard: "My lord, Xia Guan knows a little about foreign languages, it's better to let Xia Guan take a look!" โ
Luo Hui nodded and handed the letter to Wan Bi.
"It's disrespectful to think that Wan adults still know this!"
Wan Bi smiled, quite proud, finally there is another one stronger than him!
Wan Bi took the letter, frowning at first, and anger gradually appeared on his face.
After he read it, he glared at Chang Kun angrily: "Boldly disrupt the people, dare to collude with the Manchurians and sell arms!" โ
Luo Hui was confused by them, what does it have to do with what? Are you singing?
"Lord Wan, what is the situation, you tell me clearly!"
Wan Bi was very excited, holding the letter paper in his hand and shaking: "This person turned out to be a merchant who sold arms to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and this letter is the list of goods!" โ
"What?" Luo Hui was hit hard, and he was immediately furious: "Profiteer, profiteer, I want to kill you!" โ
He drew his knife, and Chang Kun collapsed to the ground in fright.
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The sound of the long knife breaking through the air was so piercing that just as the blade was about to kiss Chang Kun's neck, Luo Hui stopped.
"Calm down, calm down!" Luo Hui kept reminding himself that the knife was gradually removed from his neck with difficulty.
Chang Kun avoided a section and was scared to cry.
Wan Bi looked at Chang Kun: "What are you going to do with him?" โ
Luo Hui withdrew the long knife: "Let me think about it again!" โ
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"Chang Kun, now this official asks you, but if you have half a lie, not only you, but your nine clans will be killed!"
Chang Kun cried: "Big, adult, villain will never dare, as long as you are willing to let go of the grass people, the grass people are willing to do anything, anything!" โ
Luo Hui looked at him coldly, these profiteers, they really could do anything for money, and they actually dared to buy arms for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, no wonder the Ming Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, and they also made a contribution.
"Are those dozens of truckloads of cloth really cloth?"
Chang Kun hesitated, looked at Luo Hui's cannibalistic eyes, and felt that he was telling the truth: "My lord, the cloth is just a disguise, and it is full of arms, guns and gunpowder!" โ
Luo Hui thought for a while: "Let's go, take us to see!" โ
Chang Kun stood up tremblingly with the support of the maid.
Several people came to dozens of carriages together, and Chang Kun trembled and pointed to the middle carriages: "These eight are loaded with arms!" โ
At Luo Hui's signal, several soldiers cut the rope and untied the cloth, revealing several large wooden boxes.
After they used their knives to pry open the wooden box, there were dozens of firecrackers neatly placed inside!
Luo Hui walked over and picked up one, all of which were brand new firecrackers. This shot is weird, and there's a lead in the back!
Chang Kun walked over: "My lord, this Peruvian gun is the most advanced arquebus!" โ
It turned out to be an arquebus, no wonder it felt weird. This kind of gun has to be ignited before it is fired, which is very inconvenient. And it can't be used when it's raining and getting wet.
But even then, this arquebus is more powerful than cold weapons. It's the ancestor of hot weapons!
Luo Hui played with Peruvian guns, he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty already had such advanced firearms, and he thought that the current firearms of the Ming army were all old-fashioned things in the Shenji Battalion.
Luo Hui played with this advanced Peruvian gun and quickly turned to Chang Kun.
Chang Kun trembled with fright, this thing is very powerful, he has seen it with his own eyes, such a close distance, he has to be beaten into a sieve. Although this arquebus is not very easy to fire, no one can eat it!
Chang Kun said with a trill, "My lord, can you put down the gun first!" โ
"Don't tremble, I will shake with you when you shake it, don't blame me for going crazy when you go wrong!"
Chang Kun broke out in a cold sweat on his head, isn't this torture. He's not a machine, he won't shake if he doesn't shake!
Luo Hui felt that it was almost there, so he put down the brand-new Peruvian gun.
He really wanted to test the power of this gun, but it was better not to expose this weapon too soon!
Several other boxes were also opened, and they were also filled with guns and ammunition, as well as a lot of molded gunpowder shells, which were sharp weapons for siege.
Originally, the Manchus were all cavalry, and the siege was not strong, but once there was such gunpowder, this disadvantage did not exist!
The more Luo Hui thought about it, the more annoyed he became, no wonder almost all the fortresses in Liaodong had fallen this year, and these profiteers had made a great effort!
"Chang Kun, why do you want to sell arms to the Manchurians, can't you sell them to the imperial court?"
Chang Kun lowered his head: "My lord, the grass people also want to sell to the imperial court, but those generals often lower prices, default on payments, and sometimes even don't give money at all, in the name of the country and home." The grass people are also helpless, and the Manchurians are willing to buy these things with twice the money. Besides, not all of the grass people's arms were sold to the Manchurians, and some of them were still sold to the imperial court, but the price was relatively low, so there was really no way! โ
Although his words were suspicious of shirking, Luo Hui also knew that what he said might be the truth.
Finding a clean official in today's court is like finding a virgin in a brothel!
Wan Bi looked at Chang Kun: "My lord, what do you want to do with him!" โ
Chang Kun also listened with his ears open, and Luo Hui thought for a while: "Let me think about it!" โ
Wan Bi was anxious: "My lord, this person sells arms to Manchurians, the evidence is conclusive, and his crime should be punished!" โ
Chang Kun was so frightened that he knelt down again: "Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives!" โ
Luo Hui thought about it carefully and killed him, although it was cool for a while. But can this stop those businessmen, as long as there is profit, there will be people who will take risks. Only if the imperial court allows these merchants who sell arms to make money, then these merchants will naturally take risks to trade with the Manchurians, and they will become the help of the imperial court.
Thinking of this, Luo Hui understood that this person could not be killed, not only could he not be killed, but he had to use it!
Luo Hui had the letter in his hand, and with this, he could control this person and make him bow down and obey his orders.
"Let's take him back to the county government first" Luo Hui made a decision: "Remember, treat him well, don't hurt him!" โ
When Chang Kun heard this, he immediately turned into laughter.
He kowtowed to Luo Hui desperately: "Lord Xie, Lord Xie is not killed!" โ
Luo Hui pulled him up and stared at him: "You know that I don't kill you with conditions!" โ
Chang Kun is not stupid: "My lord, the grass people don't dare to sell things to Manren anymore!" โ
Luo Hui shook his head: "No, you still have to keep in touch with the Manchurians!" โ
Chang Kun was stunned, he didn't quite understand: "This, my lord?" โ
Wan Bi was also blinded: "Lord Luo, you won't be crazy!" โ