Wu Xiang saw that Wang Chengen didn't react, so he had to continue: "The dog came back and told the subordinate about his experience of going to the Yulin Army, and the subordinate also reprimanded him fiercely, how can you disturb these soldiers to rest?" ”

"Mr. Wu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Wang Chengen stretched his waist: "Pick up the important thing, we still have a lot of things to do for the saint here." ”

"Yes, yes." Wu Xiang is no longer going around in circles, "Xiaguan heard from the dog that the Yulin Army is now doing arms business with Datong and Xuanfu, and is also doing these businesses with Lord Chen in Dengzhou, General Zheng in Fujian, and the Hongyi people. Even, even。。。。。。 ”

"Huh." Wang Chengen saw Wu Xiang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and smiled lightly, "Did Ling Lang still say that the Yulin Army is also doing business with the Ministry of Soldiers, our family, and Long Live Lord?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Wu Xiang's cold sweat almost didn't stay, it seems that what Wu Sangui said is true.

"Mr. Wu, there is nothing to dare to, what Ling Lang said is true."

"Really, really?" Wu Xiang didn't expect Wang Chengen to say the answer without concealment.

"Mr. Wu." Wang Chengen took the tea bowl on the side and rinsed his mouth, "Yulin Jun is indeed doing firearms business with all parties now, and these long-lived lords all know it." Although General Jiang and the others are remnants of the pre-Song Dynasty, the Yulin Army's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and to Banzai is also well known. They fought against the Tartars alone with 6,000 lone troops for more than ten days, losing most of them but without complaint, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that no army can do it. ”

"That's, that's." Wu Xiang hurriedly responded, "The loyalty of the Yulin Army can be seen by the sun and the moon. ”

"Not only that, but the Yulin Army is also well aware of the shortcomings of our Ming army." Wang Chengen continued, "That's why General Jiang and the others helped Wan Sui Ye train the Divine Machine Battalion in Beijing. And they sell their firearms to soldiers everywhere without reservation, which is also for the sake of my Daming, and they should always let them earn some money, and they can't give no benefit to others. ”

"That's, that's." Wu Xiang didn't know what to say, so he had to compliment him vigorously, "Long live Lord Shengming, Wang Gonggong Mingjian." ”

"Has General Wu also seen the firearms of the Yulin Army?" Wang Chengen asked.

"The dog brought back a handcuff yesterday." Wu Xiang didn't know what Wang Chengen meant by asking, so he had to answer truthfully, "It is said that it was built by Yulin Jun himself, and the lower officials have seen it, it is indeed excellent, and I am afraid that it is the best firearm in my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Mr. Wu." Wang Chengen suddenly smiled and said, "The Yulin Army in Yazhou, Chen Yingyuan in Dengzhou, Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, and even the Mongolians in the naturalized city, Long Live Lord are all relieved." It's just that Zu Dashou was there, and the Holy Lord issued a decree to summon him to Beijing three times, but Zuo Dudu seemed reluctant to meet the Long Live Lord. ”

"No, no, don't dare, don't dare." Wu Xiang was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The prince and the prince are clear, the governor of Zuo Du does have important military affairs and can't get out." ”

"Our family is talking about Zu Dashou, and we didn't say General Wu Bing." Wang Chengen glanced at Wu Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, but didn't mean to let him get up, "Why is General Wu so nervous?" ”

"No, no, don't dare, don't dare." Wu Xiang's cold sweat really flowed down, and he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, "Father-in-law Mingjian, father-in-law Mingjian." ”

"Mr. Wu, please get up, don't be nervous." Wang Chengen made a look, and a little eunuch next to him came over to help Wu Xiang, who was trembling, "Although your Wu family and your ancestor have nephews and uncles, but Long Live Lord and our family know, he is him, and you are you." ”

"Long live Shengming, father-in-law Mingjian." Wu Xiang knelt on the ground again, "The lower officials are full of liver and brain, and they will never fail to live up to the grace of the saint." ”

Wang Chengen waved his hand, and the little eunuch stepped forward to help Wu Xiang again.

"Mr. Wu." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "We want to hear what conditions Yulin Jun and Ling Lang made yesterday?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law." Wu Xiang knew that he couldn't play any tricks in front of Wang Chengen, "In addition to the handcuffs yesterday, the dog also brought back some tobacco, all rolled into a straight tube, saying that it was called cigarettes and cigars. ”

When Wu Xiang said this, he touched his whole body up and down, but found that he didn't bring any of them.

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Mr. Wu doesn't need to look for it, we know that thing." ”

"Yes, yes." Wu Xiang continued, "The Yulin Army means that all the places north of the Yellow River will be allocated to the dogs, and only the dogs will be sold for cigarettes and cigars; As for firearms, only one dog is sold in the entire Guanning and Jinzhou areas. ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, he secretly thought in his heart: "Jiang Beiming is really a big deal, and only the Wu family is sold north of the Yellow River." However, only such a big interest can envelop the Wu family's father and son, and it seems that Yulinjun is really helping himself. ”

"Let's congratulate Mr. Wu first." A real smile appeared on Wang Chengen's face, "Just these two things, Wu Zongbing is waiting for the cashier, the profits here are not ordinary." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Wu Xianglian said that he didn't dare, "Everything still depends on the prince." ”

"We still want to ask." Wang Chengen asked again, "What is the price that the Yulin Army gives you?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law." Wu Xiang's heart was a little suspicious, why Wang Chengen was so concerned about this matter, "Listen to the dog, the price of the firearm General Jiang did not say, but the cigarettes, General Jiang said that he could give the dog 3 cents of silver for a box, that is, 20 pieces." ”

"Then how much silver does General Wu want to sell?"

"This subordinate has no plans yet." Wu Xiang became more and more confused, why did Wang Chengen start to find out the root cause and ask the price.

Wang Chengen thought about it, and Jiang Beiming tried this kind of cigarette for him. Although Wang Chengen is a non-smoker, he also knows that if this kind of cigarette is sold for at least 1 yuan a box of silver in Beijing, even in Ningyuan and the important towns of Jiubian, it can be sold for four or five cents of silver.

Wu Xiang didn't know what Wang Chengen was thinking in his heart, and looked at Wang Chengen in a daze and didn't dare to speak.

"Come on, show General Wu a seat." Wang Chengen watched Wu Xiang sit down obliquely, and asked again, "Wu Zongbing thinks that north of the Yellow River, an important town on the nine sides, how many boxes of cigarettes can be sold in a year?" ”

"This." Wu Xiang really hadn't thought about the price and sales at all, because he didn't think that this matter would be reliable at all.

"Our family doesn't mean anything else, our family just asks."

Wu Xiang worked hard to calculate, and he was startled first, "Back to my father-in-law, it should be tens of millions of boxes." ”

"Are there so many?" Wang Chengen didn't quite believe the figure Wu Xiang said.

"Back to my father-in-law, theoretically, there should be no more." Wu Xiang explained to Wang Chengen, "The soldiers in the important towns of the Nine Frontiers and the area around Guanning all have a habit of smoking tobacco, and General Chiang's tobacco has a unique taste, and the lower officials think that the rich merchants and ordinary people everywhere can also like it." It's just that the sergeants in the important towns of the Nine Sides don't have much silver, and if it is according to the price that General Jiang gave to the lower officials, it may not reach this amount, but it should be about the same. ”

"We know." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "Chief soldier Wu, such a big gold ingot is waiting for General Wu Bing, why don't you go and discuss with the Yulin Army?" ”

"Thank you, princess, the lower official will leave, the lower official will leave." Wu Xiang bowed and retreated.

"Godfather, you should have used it early." A little eunuch brought over a food plate.

"Put it aside." Wang Chengen's mind is now on the number that Wu Xiang said, with a sales volume of 10 million a year, even if it only sells 5 cents of silver a box, it is still an income of 500,000 taels. How much can Wu Xiang earn here, how much can Yulin Jun earn, even if it is worth five hundred and fifty, the imperial court is only 25,000 taels of tax burden, do you have to let others take the big head? Wang Chengen's heart suddenly lowered his favor towards Jiang Beiming by a few points.

"Someone." Wang Chengen shouted, "Go and invite Jiang Beiming of the Yulin Army, our family has something to look for him." ”

"Huh." The little eunuch just now promised to go out, and another little eunuch ran in from outside: "Godfather, Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang of the Yulin Army ask to see you." ”

"Hey." Wang Chengen laughed, "Please let them in." ”

After Wu Sangui left last night, Jiang Beiming, Xu Lang and others discussed the matter of doing arms and tobacco business with Wu Sangui in detail. Xu Lang calculated the sales volume and profits of the tobacco business, but found that the traversers ignored a very important issue.

This question is the same as Wang Chengen's thoughts, Xu Lang found that the tobacco business alone can reach hundreds of thousands to millions of silver in a year. Not to mention whether Yulin Bay has such a large production capacity and how much manpower it will cost, it is just a matter of profit, and several traversers feel that it may leave a very bad impression on Wang Chengen. Wu Xiang's father and son and Yulinwan earn hundreds of thousands a year, while the imperial court only has tens of thousands, which will make Chongzhen and the court think of themselves.

After consultation among all the traversers, a bold and impromptu decision was made. It was decided to tell Wang Chengen that tobacco production north of the Yellow River would be done by the imperial court, and that the Yulin army would be responsible for providing technology and sales programs, and that the silver would naturally be earned by the imperial court.

The reason for making this hasty decision is that in addition to taking care of the psychological balance of Chongzhen and Wang Chengen, Xu Lang also wants to use the tobacco incident to stimulate the industrial problems of the Ming Dynasty, and it is best to let Chongzhen understand the charm of industrial production and enter the era of industrial revolution early.

There was no time to inform the family of this, and all 7 traversers of the Independent Brigade voted once, and finally passed the plan 5 to 2. As for whether the family will agree, it will only be reported after returning to Yulin Bay.

Xu Lang faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, too many things had happened in Xuanfu Town this time. Whether it was the secret peace with Tao Min, the 3,000 killed amount of the Ming Dynasty government, or the decision of the tobacco business, it was all made by these traversers temporarily. Xu Lang felt that when the next time he held a crossover conference, he and Jiang Beiming would become the target of public criticism again.

"The lower officials see the prince." Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang saluted together.

"The two generals are very polite." Wang Chengen looked at the two of them with a smile, "Did you have a good time talking with Wu Sangui yesterday?" ”

"The prince laughed." Jiang Beiming replied, "The subordinates are just doing things for the Lord and the prince. ”

"General Chiang is too worried." Wang Chengen wanted to hear what Jiang Beiming meant first, "I don't know what the two of you are looking for our family?" ”

"Back to the prince." Jiang Beiming said, "General Wu visited his subordinate barracks yesterday, and his subordinates also told General Wu about doing business, and General Wu also had this meaning. It's just that the subordinates ignored one thing, so I came to ask my father-in-law what he meant. ”

"I wonder what General Chiang overlooked?"

"Back to my father-in-law." Xu Lang replied first, "The Yulin Army is going to do some tobacco business with the Wu family, and we will also promise to sell only the Wu staff to the north of the Yellow River." It's just that his subordinates calculated the sales of tobacco last night and found that the sales volume may be huge, and Yulin Bay does not have such a large production capacity. ”

"Really?" Wang Chengen still asked quietly, "I don't know what the sales volume calculated by General Xu is, what are you going to do?" ”

"Father-in-law." Xu Lang clenched his fists and replied, "If you calculate according to the population north of the Yellow River and the number of tobacco smokers in the important towns of the Nine Borders, the annual sales may be tens of millions of boxes, and Yulin Bay does not have such a large capacity." Therefore, my subordinates discussed with General Chiang to see if we could provide a way for the imperial court to produce directly in the north. In this way, the income of the imperial court will also increase a little, which is more than the value of one hundred draws and five draws. ”

"The imperial court produces tobacco?" Wang Chengen didn't expect Xu Lang to say this idea, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, "The imperial court has never done business, so how can the imperial court do business?" ”