Chapter 516: Don't blame the past and never let it go

After the crown was cut in half in public, the fugitives from the North who were imprisoned were released after being screened one by one by the Jinyi Guard. However, they will not be able to live a stable life when they see the light of day. The imperial court has always had a rule for fugitives to make up their households on the spot, and there is no shortage of people in border towns all the time, so almost all of them have to be incorporated into the army to enrich the border defense. At this moment, a group of people were pushed and shoved out of the prison, and before their eyes were used to the lazy sun in the sky, the officers who came to pick people began to divide the people as if they were dividing the spoils. In the end, the three hundred households still scolded and quarreled.

"Our left guard only went out of Xinghe before, and a lot of people died in the battle with Arutai, this time your front guard right guard is to let us do what!"

"Let's make a move? Boss Xu, why don't you say that you picked up a big bargain on that trip, you have been rewarded up and down, and you have also gained a big face in front of Wu Anhou, not to mention that Lord Xiao Zhang is still grateful to you! These are twenty or thirty fugitives, and you are still fighting with us, is it reasonable? ”

"That's right, our three guards have always been one, no one is raised by a little girl, and all good things can't be taken up by your left guard! Our brothers don't take advantage of you, there are twenty-seven people in total, one guard and nine! Those who can run back from the Tartar are all first-class heroes, maybe the Imperial Horse Supervisor will come over to select the guards and pro-army, and in the end, it will be easier for our three guards to fight in the ring together than for your left guard family to fight in the ring! ”

As soon as Zhang Yue arrived, he saw such a noisy scene, he thought that these officers were too cumbersome to add people, but when he heard the subject of their dispute clearly, he immediately couldn't help laughing. Waving his hand at the sergeants who were about to exit to warn, he jumped off his horse and stepped forward with a few retinues. When he got behind the three red-faced fellows, and realized that they had no idea of his arrival, he coughed heavily.

"What a cough cough, this should be fought for...... Ah, is it Lord Zhang? ”

A stocky Baihu glanced back impatiently, recognized Zhang Yue is stunned, and hurriedly took two steps back and saluted. The other two also came back to their senses at this time, and they did not bow again. Zhang Yue nodded at them with a smile, then beckoned Niu Dare to come over, pointed to the group of people who had just been released from prison over there and said, "Which people are running out of Hulan with you on the same road, you can pull them out for me." ”

Seeing that Niu Dang was still a little stunned, Peng Shisan suddenly slapped him on the neck angrily: "What are you still doing in a daze, since the lord commanded, you will go up and bring people out." You've been with adults for days, and you're still afraid that he will hurt you? ”

Niu Dare knew that Zhang Yue was not joking, and his face suddenly showed a very happy face. Although the men who were strung together with their left hands tied with thick hemp rope all looked identical, he quickly found three of his companions from a crowd of unkempt and ragged men. Zhang Yue ordered someone to untie them, and immediately smiled at the three stunned hundred households.

"I know that these people who fled back from the north are warriors, and your three guards are not enough, but my guard has a meritorious role in killing the enemy in Xinghe before, and I promised him to reunite with his companions, so even if I am cheeky, I have to rob you of people. Their household registration Wu'an Hou will send someone to handle it, and when the time comes, they will have their own place to settle down. Aren't you afraid that the guards of the royal horse will come and ask for someone? I helped solve this matter, and no one will come to rob you again, how about it? ”

If other civil officials dared to say this, no one in the three hundred households would buy it, but Zhang Yue was born in a noble family after all, and he fought in Xinghe, so he naturally had a different sense of intimacy. In addition, Zhang Yue's conditions are more realistic than any gold, silver, wealth, wine, good horses, etc., they looked at each other for a while, and then readily agreed. Seeing that the three ignorant men were pushed into the carriage by Niu Da, they no longer argued, and each of them got closer and muttered before quickly dividing the people.

The Xuanfu left guard, known as Boss Xu, gathered all his new subordinates and gave a lecture, and then drove people to the camp like cattle, but he was still sighing about the good luck of the three people. Whether it is the Xuanfu Left Guard or the Imperial Horse Guard, it is not so easy to get ahead, but with this Lord Xiao Zhang, it is very convenient to do a good job when the time comes. Who doesn't know that this Ming world was originally the emperor and those nobles sitting together!

Regardless of how shallow, narrow-minded, and nonsensical the thinking of this hundred households is, Zhang Yue really doesn't have too much trouble getting out of these three people, even if it is household registration, it can be easily solved. The Ming Dynasty's enlistment of the Yellow Book is indeed extremely strict, but the military households are different from the civilian households, the stove households, the artisan households, the boat households, etc., and the will of the Shangguan is originally quite important. With Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng guaranteeing it, and patting his chest and saying that he would send the imperial horse supervisor with the lack of soldiers of the three guards of Xuanfu, Zhang Yue naturally took the person back.

Because they were imprisoned for more than a month, on the one hand, they lacked food and clothing, and on the other hand, they were still worried about being beheaded all the time, so the three people with yellow faces and thin muscles were only ignorant and listened to people's instructions at first. Washing and changing clothes, then drinking porridge and eating steamed buns, waiting until they had their stomachs full and had the spirit, and understood what was going on from Niu Kang's clumsy explanation, the three of them finally understood that this time they were really free, and they couldn't help but burst into a burst of ecstatic cheers.

Zhang Yue, who was in the next room, heard the sound that almost toppled the roof, and a smile appeared on his face. And Fang Qing, who came to see him today, was almost startled by the sudden cheers, and couldn't help frowning at this time, thinking about how the people around Zhang Yue dared to be so presumptuous, until Zhang Yue's question came from the opposite side, and he hurriedly put these thoughts aside.

"Don't worry about them, these are people who have suffered a great tribulation, and now it is easy to see the light of day, so naturally they are overjoyed." Seeing that Lian Sheng held a small tea tray and sent two cups of tea, he asked straightforwardly, "You also said that your family still has Shangtun in Shanxi, but this time it was really a coincidence." It's just that the price in this opening can be raised so high, you should have made a lot of effort in it, right? ”

After dealing with Zhang Yue back and forth many times, knowing that he didn't like to beat around the bush when mentioning business, Fang Qing calmed down, and then honestly owed a debt and said: "My lord's eyes are like torches, and the students really feel that since they have ordered not to pay salt this time, the price is really too low." In addition, the regulations of the adults were set differently, so the students mentioned to a few merchants in Lu'an Mansion that they had to have at least seven buckets and five liters to be sure. It's just that I didn't expect the student to add one stone in the end, but he was still grabbed in front, and it was really a fluke to get a share of 3,000 leads. ”

"Anyway, you've done the court a great favor this time." Zhang Yue thought of the twists and turns that he and Zheng Heng jointly sent yesterday, and then thought about the most important thing in the Northern Expedition was the transfer of military food, naturally Fang Qing did not have any objection to this little caution, and then said, "The three tribes of Wara surrendered and were sealed, and Arutai was also crowned King of Hening, but the nature of the Mongols is to plunder, so the imperial court also opens and stops at the border market, but I know that even if the crown is not there in the past, there have always been caravans that go outside the border through the border. ”

Although most of the Fang family has now moved to Qingzhou, Shandong, there are still many clansmen who remain in Lu'an Mansion, Shanxi, so Fang Qing naturally will not know about these tacit things in the business field. However, listening to Zhang Yue's blunt words at this time, he couldn't help but feel a sudden burst in his heart, and hurriedly put the teacup back on the small table next to him. He was happy to watch those competitors take a hit, but there were too many Jin merchants involved in the line outside his mouth, even Zhang Yue might not be able to overturn the entire boat with one shot. If he loses his mind at this time, he will most likely lose himself in the end.

"My lord, after the Tartars fled north, they could no longer enjoy those good things in the Central Plains except for looting, so as long as those things in the Central Plains were delivered to the mouth, they would be tenfold, twenty or even a hundred times more profitable. It is true that businessmen pursue profits and ignore the ban, but this is a business that has been repeatedly banned for decades, and there are too many involved, if adults want to investigate this matter, I am afraid that the backlash will be great. Although the Jin merchants are only rich, they also pay a lot of silver every year, so they ......"

"This rope is tied to the Jin merchants at one end, and there are probably countless characters at the other end, so I won't be pedantic enough to pull a rope up, and then offend everyone. If you do business outside the mouth without permission, if you just bring some silk or other luxuries, it is harmless, but if it is a tea brick, it is not good, and it is absolutely not okay to pass on the news to the Tartars! When I was in Jiangnan, hundreds of people died in one go, just because of a truth, it is human nature to pursue profit, but you must not be a traitor! ”

Seeing that face that suddenly became murderous, Fang Qing only felt that it was a little difficult to swallow his saliva, and for a while he remembered that there were still twenty or thirty flail prisoners left in Ningbo City. There is a saying that it is better to die than to live, but it is better to die directly than to die like that, so that you don't have to suffer piecemeal. He turned his head with great difficulty, and it was easy to squeeze out a smile.

"So, what do you mean by ......?"

"Every time a Tartar enters the Kou, countless people break their homes for it, so this wind must not be fueled. To do business outside of the mouth, you can, but it has to be clean! The Jin merchants had only one choice, either to be the people of the Ming Dynasty, or to roll directly to the grassland to be the lackeys of the Tartars. Didn't you just think that cheer in the next room was weird? They had all been taken captive by the Tartars to the north, and had to go with great difficulty to come back, and for them they would have had the opportunity to bite off a piece of the Tartars' flesh, and to eat the Tartars alive. I don't blame the merchants who quietly sell goods outside the mouth, but I must find out a few Tartar spies! ”