"Jiannu internal strife is split?" Song Youliang was excited, and the foreshadowing he had planted at the beginning finally took effect. [Full text reading. "Send more people to Jianzhou and the Mongolian steppe, and each person will have an additional five hundred taels of activity funds. If you come across valuable information, don't be stingy with money! ”

"De Ling~ subordinates will select the most capable Jinyi Wei to do this." Simon replied, saying that Simon Jian turned around and was about to leave

"Wait~" Song Youliang stopped Ximen Jian and said, "Ximen Jian, your wife is about to give birth, right?" ”

Ximen Jian was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes, my subordinates thank Lord Junmen for their concern." ”

Song Youliang said: "Like a country, if you are worried about family affairs, how can you do your job well?" Song Youliang smiled: "I will send three stable women and five maids to your house." 4。 ”

Simon was grateful, bowed down and said: "The military gate is so sympathetic to his subordinates, and his subordinates are willing to smear the liver and brain of the military gate, and they will not give up." ”

"After you choose the manpower, find a reliable subordinate to take over, and then you can accompany your wife more~" Song Youliang smiled

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It is said that Sun Chuanting, who was assigned to Liaodong, has always felt shameless to face Song Youliang, a nominal disciple, after arriving in Liaodong, so on the way to Liaodong, he pondered in his heart how to train soldiers and horses diligently, rectify the soldiers, and wholeheartedly want to atone for his sins in Liaodong. However, Sun Chuanting still doesn't seem to have learned the lesson of the defeat in Henan, and still wants to play the trick of the train.

After arriving in Liaodong, Sun Chuanting was suddenly refreshed, in the eyes of many people in the Central Plains, Liaodong is a wild land, and the people who live there are rough barbarians. 6。 However, what Sun Chuanting saw at this moment was indeed the rise and fall of the Central Plains, where people's livelihood was withering. The fields are full of farmers, the walls of the city are tall and strong, the houses in the city are in order, and the streets are clean and flat. The most important thing is that Sun Chuanting sees every person with a happy smile on their faces, and in their eyes, you can see the pursuit of a better life in the future. This is very different from the numb expressions of the people in many places in the Central Plains like walking corpses

After coming into contact with the Dengzhou University Hall and Technician School of the Dengzhou Army, Sun Chuanting suddenly felt that he was outdated. After watching the performance of the Dengzhou army's muskets, artillery and spearmen, Sun Chuanting finally understood why Song Youliang could beat Li Zicheng to almost annihilation in Thirty Miles, while he was beaten by Li Zicheng in Henan

After all, Sun Chuanting was Sun Chuanting, he immediately put down his figure, asked questions shamelessly, and studied with Li Xin, Deng Youyang, and Zhang Yuliu and a group of young generals all day long. 2。

"Students meet their teachers~" When Song Youliang visited Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting was pondering a Mine-style rifle

"Oh~ It's Youliang!" Since Sun Chuanting came to Liaodong, his originally deaf ear gradually regained his sense of hearing somehow, "You have used great merit to guarantee the old man twice, and the old man has been grateful to you for calling out his teacher, which is really ashamed!" Sun Chuanting smiled a little awkwardly

Song Youliang said with a smile: "It's not that the teacher is incompetent, but when I was in the Central Plains, there were people who hindered everything. 1。 There are generals who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the emperor is constantly urging the war, but the time, place, and people are not available, how can they win the war? ”

Sun Chuanting nodded with a smile and said, "Yes~ Your Majesty is eager to seek treatment and is in a hurry to succeed~ Hey! ”

"In Liaodong, you don't have to worry, the so-called mountain is high and the emperor is far away, but the teacher can really do something for the people!" Song Youliang said sincerely: "There are a lot of people in Dengzhou and Liaodong who can fight now, but there are not many officials who can govern one side. ”

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "The old man has learned the same thing about your Dengzhou Army in the past month, if you want the old man to govern the army, then the old man will govern the army; If you want the old man to rule the people, he will govern the people. 6。 ”

"Thank you for your success." Song Youliang saluted again: "Right now, Jiannu is divided and infighting, Haoge stays in Xingjing and becomes emperor, and Dolgon goes to the Mongolian steppe. The student plans to attack Hauge in Jianzhou first, what does the teacher think? ”

Sun Chuanting waved his hand and said: "You know better about Liao affairs than the old man, the old man only cares about the war and leads the troops, and the rest is rough, Youliang, you can make your own decisions." ”

Song Youliang had just come out of Sun Chuanting's room, and Ximen Jian and Situ Gong were already waiting at the door

"Did the two of you come to see me at the same time?" Song Youliang asked

Ximen Jian said: "After receiving the secret security from Zhangjiakou, Fan Yongdou sent a few capable men to buy grain, grass, cloth and pig iron everywhere. 2。 ”

Situ Gong also said: "Wu Zhenfu also sent a secret escort, saying that Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others also sent people to the capital for activities and had contact with Zhou Yanru and others. ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "It seems that they have large-scale smuggling again, okay, send orders to all places and start acting." ”

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Fan Yongdou. His ancestral home is Jiexiu, Shanxi. Generations have been begging for life in Zhangjiakou. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty. Fan did business in Zhangjiakou and Mongolia. Seven generations. It was passed to Fan Yongdou and became a wealthy Han merchant who traded with Manchu and Mongolia in the Zhangjiakou area. The people of the time called it "Jia Yu Border City." in faith". Fan family. It has also become one of the most powerful businesses in Zhangjiakou. 5。 But. Over time. The Ming Dynasty was decaying day by day. As a merchant. The Fan family also saw that this dynasty was already about to collapse. Of course. Although there is such a thought. But they still can't be sure. However, a sentence of Marx in later generations is good: once there is a proper profit, the capitalist will come boldly. With a fifty percent profit, it takes risks; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to step on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of being hanged.

What the Fan family did. is the truest portrayal of this sentence. From the beginning of the Wanli period. The Jurchens, who lived in the northeast, began to expand militarily. But due to the hostile relationship with the Ming Dynasty. The military necessities needed by the Jurchens. It can only be obtained through the trade market in Zhangjiakou. 3。 That is, it is based in Zhangjiakou to run in the past. The Fan family is under the leadership of Fan Yongdou. I couldn't suppress my desire for these benefits. Maybe. In their opinion. The so-called national righteousness. The rise or fall of the country has nothing to do with them, the merchants. Thereupon. The Fan family and seven other merchants began to do business in this area. According to the records of the Qing Dynasty in later generations. They "traded with Liaozuo and had a long faith in faith." And trade with the Jurchens. It also made the Fan family and the other seven families not only gain the favor of the Aixin Jueluo family. Also made a huge profit for himself. Afterworld. Manchu Qing Dynasty Central Plains. Shunzhi specially recruited the heads of these eight merchants to Beijing. Feasts, servants, and officials. 8. Merchants do not want to be officials. It was included in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He became the famous "Eight Emperor Merchants" in later generations. Fan Yongdou's grandson Fan is even more amazing. In the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi (17o). 1。 The Dzungar tribe rebelled again. The Qing government urgently sent heavy troops to conscript. At that time, due to the long distance. And mostly through sandy areas. The delivery of military rations became a prominent difficulty. After Fan learned about this. According to his father, he was a businessman outside Cyprus since he was a child. Familiarize yourself with the favorable conditions of the road. Careful accounting. Petition for the current dynasty. Voluntarily transported military rations at a cost less than 13 percent for the imperial court. Kangxi heard the music. Immediate approval. From now on. to the Qianlong room. Many times they have "tried their best to save the day." Thousands of miles in the desert. Do not work officials. Do not disturb Yan". The military rations transported were all "bound to arrive." In the meantime, they may be attacked by the enemy. or change the grain transportation plan in the middle of the journey. Suffered heavy losses on several occasions. It was also borne by Fan personally. Save the national budget in 100 million taels. Tremendous personal sacrifices and contributions were made to the victory of the counterinsurgency. It also makes the "Eight Imperial Merchants" an idol of countless merchants in the Qing Dynasty.

In an inconspicuous courtyard house in Zhangjiakou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Ying, Huang Yunlong, Fan Yongdou, eight big locusts, and big traitors were sitting in the eight Taishi chairs. 4。

Finally, Fan Yongdou spoke, "Let's talk about it, what should we do?" ”

Wang Dengku said: "What to do? My people have been sent to Songjiang to collect cotton cloth, is it possible to ask him to come back? ”

Fan Yongdou shook his head and smiled: "I didn't mean that, Lao Wang, I mean which way we stand." ”

Jin Liangyu twisted a pinch of mustache on a mole on the left corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "I don't think we should stand anywhere, the Qing Dynasty fights the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty fights Mongolia, Mongolia fights the Qing Dynasty, the more chaos we make, the more money we make." ”

Huang Yunlong scoffed and teased: "Don't forget, we went to Jianzhou to buy goods, all from the Mongolian steppe, at that time Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty were one, now what?" Are you going to take this road again to take the goods to the Qing Dynasty, aren't you afraid that Prince Rui will lead the Mongolian Tartars to intercept your goods? ”

"Yes~~" Fan Yongdou nodded and said: "This road will be difficult to walk in the future, so I think it is better to go far than to get closer." Besides, I have dealt with Prince Rui and Prince Su. Judging from my old Fan's decades of experience in reading people, Prince Rui can achieve great things, so I advocate that we give up Jianzhou and make every effort to make friends with Prince Rui. ”

Jin Liangyu was a little reluctant, "Could it be that the business over there in Jianzhou can really only be abandoned?" Maybe we can open up the road in the West Liaoning Corridor~"

"Get through? To put it lightly, a Wu Sangui, how many gifts did we give him in previous years? And Zu Dashou, have we made the silver less? Fan Yongdou said: "Now there are many Hong Chengchou, and even that milky Song Youliang may have to roll a kick, how much silver does it cost?" ”

Guest Liang nodded and said: "Especially that Song Youliang, who is rich and wealthy, doesn't care about silver at all, look at this~~" Guest Liang took out a few silver dollars from his arms, which were Dengzhou silver dollars, "This is the silver dollar he minted, and the fineness and workmanship are all of the highest quality." ”

Tian Shenglan looked at it and said with a smile: "That's it, I still have a lot of tun there, I heard that there are only 100,000 taels in total, and it is very hard." ”