Lao Wang then rushed to Chang'an.

In fact, Zhu Cihong will definitely look for him, at present, in addition to the Empress Dowager Yi'an, there are a few women in Nanjing, and it is estimated that the emperor also knows Wang Chengen.

He didn't know even the eunuchs.

At present, the three giants of the eunuch system, Han Zanzhou, who is actually equivalent to the head of the palace, has been a garrison eunuch in Nanjing before, and he will not have any relationship with Zhu Cihong, who is the crown prince in Beijing, even if they meet. There is also Lu Jiude, who is in charge of affairs outside the palace, mainly Zhang Yan's investment everywhere, he was a Fengyang garrison eunuch before, and he followed the army as a supervisor most of the time, and it is impossible to have a relationship with Zhu Cihong, who is the crown prince......

This is a big no-no.

Only Wang Chengen, the most trusted eunuch and the crown prince around Chongzhen, are familiar with each other.

If Zhu Cihong doesn't look for him secretly, who else can he find?

Obviously, His Majesty the Emperor is not very worry-free, and he doesn't want to rely on Donglin Qunxian for everything, and he also knows that these people have made his father very easy back then.

But Lao Wang is a smart man.

It is said that he has witnessed the whole process of Yang Qing's rise from beginning to end.

He didn't have the guts!

He went to Chang'an to try to save the relationship between Zhu Cihong and Yang Qing, and persuade His Majesty the Emperor to be a puppet with peace of mind, after all, being a puppet in the current situation of Daming is also very promising. As long as Princess Kunxing is here, Yang Qing will not be able to treat Zhu Cihong badly no matter what, as long as he doesn't do things to provoke Yang Qing, then his life will be very comfortable. But if he wants to provoke Yang Qing, it will be troublesome, Yang Qing's habit has always been to fight back thoroughly, and with Wang Chengen's understanding of Yang Qing, of course, it is clear that Zhu Cihong will not have any possibility of victory.

As a real cronie who can be said to have grown up with Chongzhen, he regards himself as Chongzhen's old slave, and he has to hold Zhu Cihong no matter what.

Just try to go!

Anyway, Yang Qing doesn't care about this!

His targeted deployments were quickly completed this New Year's Month.

Including the mobilization of the Huguang militia.

Yang Zhan's 17th Army boarded a ship in Fuzhou and reached Nanjing along the Yangtze River shared by both sides, while the 13th Army took over his defense area, and Yang Zhan, who understood the current situation, boarded the ship and headed for Huai'an as quickly as possible after meeting with the prison state......

He's really fast.

Understanding what was going on, he arrived in Huai'an without waiting for the northern canal to thaw, and led his troops to Xuzhou by land. And Huang Degong was also very satisfied that he was relieved of his actual military command and transferred to Nanjing as the chief of logistics, otherwise he knew very well that he would have to make a trade-off. Helping the emperor, there is no chance of winning at all, in fact, he dares to say that if he starts a war with Yang Qing, the middle and lower-level officers under his command will immediately take the soldiers to take charge of his capital, and the generals of the Ming army know very well that they have no ability to fight against Yang Qing, because the middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers are all Yang Qing's crazy believers. But if you don't help the emperor, you feel sorry for Chongzhen's promotion, and your conscience is a little uncomfortable, but now you don't have to worry about these things.

What can he do as a logistics manager?

Just when the Ming Dynasty was turbulent in order to meet the dark tide, on the distant Korean battlefield, the Ming Dynasty coalition forces finally recovered Pyongyang in a bloody battle.

Mainly by two infantry brigades of the Marine Corps.

Hauge fled to Anju.

However, relying on the reinforcements of the 20,000 Eight Banners Han Army, he still stabilized his footing for the time being, of course, the main reason is that the Li family has no money again, and they are already very satisfied if they can recapture Pyongyang. The Li family is now no matter whether they save up or sell their interests to Yang Qing, in short, they will make a sum of money to fight in the north, stop and continue to save money when the money is spent, and then fight another dozen when they have saved enough, anyway, with the support of the Ming army, they are not worried about being beaten again.

However, as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, in this kind of welcoming event, the king of Joseon, Li Liang, still sent his son Li Hao to Nanjing and offered their meager strength in the form of donations......

They donated 10,000 taels.

But they also want to borrow another half a million.

"500,000 is not a small amount, what are you going to pledge this time?"

Yang Qing said.

It is said that over the years, Li Liang has taken out everything he can take, customs duties, salt taxes, concessions, and mines have all been mortgaged to the Imperial Bank, and even sold a bunch of privileges to Ming merchants. However, the influx of Ming merchants did bring them benefits, such as the whaling industry in the port of Busan, although Li Liang could not collect taxes as a concession, but those Koreans who worked for whaling ships, some of the money they earned would still be transferred to Li Liang in various ways.

After all, their families have to pay taxes.

There are also those who work as employees for Ming merchants, even as concubines, these will also subsidize their relatives, and the latter also have to pay taxes.

Not to mention the mining of mines.

Those coolies who are tired to death in the black kiln, in exchange for money, will still be exploited by Li Liang from their relatives in various ways. Moreover, those Ming merchants would even import grain from the Japanese state, and these grains, regardless of their price, supplemented the food gap in North Korea.

But now......

"Xingong, there are still some mines in the northern Guangfu District."

Li Hao said with a smiling face.

"But the profits of your mines are very low, and besides, whether it is iron or coal, I can't transport it to Daming."

Yang Qing said.

There is really nothing good about North Korea.

Although there were iron and coal mines in the north, and even a large lead-zinc mine and copper mine, most of them were difficult to develop, and they were still under the control of the Qing army. The most land recaptured by Li Liang is coal mines, but coal can only be used locally, and even Denglai does not need their coal, let alone Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As for the trade of ginseng and other mountain goods in the mountains and forests, at this time, it was basically controlled by the Ming merchants, and the Imperial Bank had controlled all the taxes that could be controlled before, which was really nothing good.

"In this way, I have two suggestions, the first is the right to tax the tax, you contract the land tax right in some areas to the Ming merchants, and then they will provide you with loan guarantees. Second, if you simply sell Jeju Island to the imperial court, it will cost you 500,000 yuan, and an island will be of little use to you anyway. ”

Yang Qing then said.

O tax right, the favorite of the colonists!

As for Jeju Island, it can be used to build a large horse farm, which was originally used by the Mongols during their conquest of Japan.

And he just printed 500,000 banknotes to the Li family.

The latter loan is also in the Ming Dynasty to purchase arms plate armor and food, these banknotes are still returned to the hands of the Ming people, it is said that this advanced plundering method is more suitable for North Korea than direct robbery, after all, North Korea is loyal enough to the Ming Dynasty, such a good dog can not be too ruthless, to touch his head from time to time, he will sell Meng to reciprocate.

"The second item."

Li Hao hesitated for a moment and said resolutely.

The first item involves too much, mainly because their officials still have to collect taxes to collect money, and contracting to Ming merchants will bring strong opposition from local officials.

But it doesn't matter if you sell Jeju Island.

"That's it, don't go through the household layer at all, that's troublesome, you sell Jeju Island to me, I will buy it for 500,000 yuan, and the king of Korea will sell Jeju Island to me, the Duke of the Ming Dynasty."

Yang Qing said.

"Then this 500,000 is too much!"

Li Hao said with a smile.

It can be seen that he is a good boy who is sensible.

"It doesn't matter, I and the king of Joseon are both ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the country, just like brothers, how do you need to care about these money and trivial things, I just think that the scenery of that place is good, and after buying it, I will repair the garden for the princess, and I will support the king of Joseon to expel the Tartars."

Yang Qing said generously.

In this way, Jeju Island became his personal domain.

As for the fact that he immediately leased the island to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion at an annual rent of 100,000 yuan, this is another matter.

On the same day, the dusty Wang Chengen also arrived at Chang'an City under the escort of a sentry cavalry, but he was blocked by a triumphant team on the streets of the city.

"Princess, what a coincidence!"

Li Laiheng on horseback said with a smile.

Wang Chengen, who had to wait with the guards, arched his hand and said: "General Li is back with a full load!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at the long line of captives behind the cavalry of the Shun army, all of whom were young women, all of them exotic, but they were emaciated after the long journey. Originally, they were supposed to ride camels, because Li Laiheng still had camels with almost no end in sight behind him, and these camels also carried large and small pockets on their backs, which were estimated to be gold and silver leather goods.

Li Laiheng conquered Turpan.

Li Zicheng's first offensive against the Western Regions ended in victory, and Liu Zongmin led his army to replace him, and this old bandit would be in charge of the next attack to the west......

Uh, you can also say looting.

It is said that this old bandit has long been unbearable for the peaceful life stationed in Shanxi, and he is not allowed to go out for things like going out to loot, which is simply a test of his patience.

"It's just a few captives, I also prepared a few for Yang Qing, don't forget to bring them to him."

Li Laiheng said proudly.

"Don't have a few, how about I bought all of you?"

Wang Chengen said with a smile.

"The prince also likes women!"

Li Laiheng was stunned.

"I don't like it, but some people in Nanjing like it, I bought all your captives, thirty yuan each, let's not negotiate the price." You will continue to catch in the future, I will catch as much as I want, and now that the prison country has issued an order to release slaves, the Huaxia clan is forbidden to be slaves and maids from now on, and then you have to be as many people as possible to raise slaves and maids. Our business can go on for a long time, you just have to go west to catch these young women, I want to catch as many as I want, especially the white people to the west, and the men don't want it! ”

Lao Wang said excitedly as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Father-in-law, I'm going to report to King Qin, we can indeed do this business!"

Li Laiheng said in surprise.

One can exchange thirty stone grain in the south of the Yangtze River, this is definitely a good business, and there is no shortage of such women when attacking the west, but he didn't know that Lao Wang was already ready to sell it for a hundred yuan in Nanjing. Because of the release of slaves, the price of slaves and maids skyrocketed, and a Korean maid had to exceed fifty yuan, not to mention this kind of Persian maid, which has been popular since the Tang Dynasty.