Chapter 140: I Want a Live Horse

Worried about Chen Yufeng and them outside, and worried about Yang Yulin, who had been in a coma in front of him, Zhang Zhimu was in a heavy mood, but fortunately, Lu Chengxiang and them were worried about business, and Li Zhi dealt with the affairs of the two intelligence stations and monitored Fan Yongdou them. Zhang Zhimu doesn't have to worry too much. waited until the evening, when a person sent back by Chen Yufeng brought back the news that they had successfully annihilated the Manchu cavalry and intercepted the silver cart, that Zhang Zhimu was in a slightly better mood.

After hearing the news, Zhang Zhimu called Lu Chengxiang, Li Zhi, and Li Jing together and informed them of the good news. These people clapped their hands happily, and Lu Chengxiang said: "Now, Mr. Zhang's ticket number is there." ”

Zhang Zhimu said with a smile: "It is estimated that there must be at least four million taels of silver on those silver cars, and the silver of our ticket number is enough." When we get it done, we'll open our own bank. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "In the future, we can let go of the big work, during this time I have found several of my former shopkeepers and buddies, although they are not very righteous when I am unlucky, I think it is better to use people's strengths." ”

Zhang Zhimu said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, this is a large number of adults, and the realm is different." ”

Lu Chengxiang sighed and said: "At that time, I had the intention of killing them, but after I came back this time, I didn't take these seriously, and I felt strange myself." ”

Li Jing and Li Zhi were not concerned about money, although they were not too clear about the previous battle, but they were very encouraged that our newly formed team had defeated the Manchu Iron Cavalry that had always felt invincible in the world so easily. Li Jing said: "It seems that as long as the tactics are appropriate, our musketeers still have very strong combat effectiveness. ”

Zhang Zhimu also said: "After several battles, our team has also been trained, and they will become more and more courageous." Whether it is the Mongol cavalry or the Manchu iron cavalry, it is just that. ”

After reporting the situation to a few people, although it was very late, Zhang Zhimu still took Li Jing to the garrison yamen and reported the news sent back earlier to the garrison Li Qing and Wang Gonggong.

Now the three of them are already very familiar, and after being polite to the two of them, Zhang Zhimu said, "Two, I will tell you a great piece of good news." ”

The two of them craned their necks and waited to hear Zhang Zhimu say good news, because Zhang Zhimu must have extraordinary news when he came over so late. But Zhang Zhimu stopped talking, picked up the teacup and deliberately drank water. The angry Li Qing and the prince were about to jump up.

The prince said deliberately: "Okay, I said Zhang Dongjia, you will hang our appetite, and wait for me to return to the capital to see how I play your book in front of the emperor." ”

Zhang Zhimu also deliberately said: "Don't, princess, I'll say it right away." Just now, there was a report from outside the city that last night, our team outside the city got the news that the Manchu cavalry had been discovered, and they sent troops overnight, chased them until dawn, and encountered the Manchu cavalry, and completely annihilated the Manchu cavalry, a total of 1,500 people, and none of them escaped the net. ”

After listening to Zhang Zhimu's words, the garrison Li Qing couldn't hold the water in his hand. The prince was also so excited that he couldn't sit still, and he almost straightened his butt and left the chair, and asked: "Zhang Dongjia, I heard you right, you yourself completely annihilated a Manchu cavalry with a Jiala?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is true, the details will be known when they come back tomorrow, and it is estimated that they can drag back the bodies of the Manchu soldiers who were killed." This will also boost the morale of our military and civilians. ”

Wang Gonggong said: "I will immediately send someone to send a letter to the emperor, there has been no good news in the Ming Dynasty for a long time." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "When our people come back tomorrow, it will not be too late to report with detailed news." ”

The prince laughed a few times and said: "This Zhang Dongjia doesn't understand, today is the news of victory, and tomorrow will report a detailed battle report." It would be a sin if we learned such good news today and did not report it. ”

Li Qing said: "Zhang Dongjia knows too little about officialdom, so I talked to Wang Gonggong, if Zhang Dongjia wants to make a difference, it is best to stay away from the officialdom in the capital, you have the emperor's direct care, you can still do some things outside, if you go to Beijing and get mixed with those officials, you don't want to do anything." ”

Wang Gonggong said: "By the way, Zhang Dongjia, I estimate that by tomorrow at the latest, the reply from the capital will arrive." No matter how the emperor replies, we can't let go of these unscrupulous businessmen. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, I'll come over early tomorrow morning, and we'll wait for news from the capital together." ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't want to stay in the garrison yamen for long, he was still worried about Yang Yulin in his heart. So after leaving the garrison yamen and returning to the inn, Zhang Zhimu immediately came to Yang Yulin's bed and accompanied Yang Yulin. Today, the doctor has changed Yang Yulin's medicine twice and injected it twice. But Yang Yulin was still lying motionless, Zhang Zhimu was scared for a while, and there was always an ominous feeling in his heart.

Zhang Zhimu asked the guy to call a basin of hot water, Zhang Zhimu tested the water temperature, dipped a cotton towel in water and carefully wiped one side of Yang Yulin's face, and then washed the cotton towel with water, wrung it out, and then carefully scrubbed Yang Yulin's two hands. At the moment when Zhang Zhimu looked up, he found that tears flowed out of the corners of Yang Yulin's eyes. Zhang Zhimu excitedly shouted outside the door, go and ask for a doctor. Hearing Zhang Zhimu's shout, Yang Yulin's eyelids moved slightly, and Zhang Zhimu knew that Yang Yulin was awake. hurriedly said in Yang Yulin's ear: "Yulin, are you awake?" The corners of Yang Yulin's mouth moved, and she didn't speak. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly asked the guy to pour a little hot water, and fed Yang Yulin a small bowl of water little by little with a small spoon. Yang Yulin, who drank some water, seemed to be much better, and her face seemed to be a little bloody. At this time, the doctor also came in a hurry, and when he saw that Yang Yulin could drink some water, his face was a little better, and the doctor said, "Don't worry about Zhang Dongjia." Miss Yang has been saved, and the rest is to raise it slowly. The girl is strong and will soon get better. ”

After the doctor left, Zhang Zhimu asked the guy to get some milk for Yang Yulin, and then Zhang Zhimu personally fed Yang Yulin little by little with a small spoon. After drinking the milk, Yang Yulin fell asleep again. Zhang Zhimu knew that Yang Yulin's life was no longer in danger, and now he would recover a little more if he ate something and slept more.

I no longer worry about Yang Yulin's life, and I don't have to worry about Chen Yufeng and them. Zhang Zhimu relaxed a little and began to think about the problem in front of him.

According to historical records, this year's Qing army broke into the territory of the Ming Dynasty to kill and plunder is not in this direction, and the location of the Manchu Qing entry should be in the north of Jixian County, Hebei Province. This was the last time Huang Taiji ordered the Qing army to enter the customs, and this time it was Abatai who was appointed as the general who was ordered to lead the army to conquer the Ming. This Abatai is the seventh son of Nurhachi, this person is good at warfare, this is his first large-scale expedition as a commander, it is the fifth time that the Manchu Qing have entered the customs, and it is also a manchu operation after Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing army marched into two routes, destroying the Great Wall from Jielingkou and Huangyakou respectively, and defeated Bai Tengjiao, the general soldier of Jixian County, and Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Ma Lanyu, and Jixian County fell. Within two months, the Qing troops connected Kebazhou, Hejian, Yongqing, and Hengshui, and turned to attack Shandong, Kewu City, and Linqing Towns, and arrived in Yanzhou. Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu, committed suicide by being captured, and Zhu Hongzhi, the king of Leling County, Zhu Hongfu, the king of Yangxin County, Zhu Yiyuan, the king of Dongyuan County, the king of Anqiu County, the king of Ziyang County, and other kings and about 1,000 people from the clan in charge of the government were captured and beheaded. ’ P! h8 p1 e$ q, R0 b, J( [.

p The Qing army was divided again from Yanzhou, and some went to Laizhou, Dengzhou, and Haizhou; The other part crosses the Yellow River. In March of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, he returned to Juzhou and Linyi in Shandong, just in time for the coming of spring, the spring grass was green, the Qing soldiers unsaddled and grazing, repaired for more than a month, and then the two soldiers and horses returned through Hebei, first met in Miyun, and then went out of the customs on May 22, and returned to the east safely. Abatai led the army into the pass, which lasted eight months, conquered 3 prefectures, 18 prefectures, 67 counties, and 88 towns, defeated 39 Ming troops, and obtained 120,000 taels of gold, 2,205,270 taels of silver, 4,440 taels of pearls, 52,230 horses of various colors of silk, 13,840 collars of satin and fur, more than 500 minks, foxes, leopards and tigers, and captured a population of 369,000 people, more than 321,000 camels, horses, mules, cattle, donkeys, and sheep. As for the gold and silver looted by the soldiers and the servants of the king's Beylor, who were brought by the officials and privates, they were not counted.

This time, the Qing army entered the customs just like the last few times, killing countless people along the way, slaughtering several cities in a row. According to the archives of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the big cities massacred by the Qing army this time were Linqing, and the population of Linqing alone was at least 800,000. According to some statistics, the Qing army alone entered the customs and slaughtered more than 2 million people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhimu was a little uneasy, and it was no pity that those princes would be killed if they were damned. But the tragic death of those innocent people is too unjust. What is infuriating is that the Qing soldiers unsaddled and grazing in Linyi for a month, but there was no Ming army to attack and disturb. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is already rotten and hopeless.

It is recorded that before the Manchu Qing Dynasty officially entered the customs, there were more than 50,000 men on the register. However, the Ming Dynasty had a population of 90 million and an annual output of 9,000 tons of iron. The disparity is staggering.

Zhang Zhimu sighed, feeling that there must be some kind of virus in the culture of the Chinese nation, otherwise such a tragedy would not have been staged again and again. In my previous life, I knew that a small island country had plagued the land of China for many years, and what was even more infuriating was that even a small country like the Philippines dared to argue with a large Chinese country with a population of more than one billion, and a big country like ours did not dare to speak up. Could this be the fate of the Han nation? The more Zhang Zhimu thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt that this time he must change the cartilage problem of the Chinese, and he had to add some blood to the Chinese nation. Since the steel knife in my hand is still very sharp after trying, then I will use this Abatai sacrificial knife. Thinking of this, Zhang Zhimu got up and kept circling in his guest room. He has already decided that this time he will definitely go south to meet these Qing troops. Minimize the damage they cause. However, now the time is very tight, and Fan Yongdou must put away the fish in the net as soon as possible, and then prepare for the expedition.

When Yang Yulin woke up again, Zhang Zhimu asked the guy to go to the guy's room and let the master boil some mushy gruel, and then helped Yang Yulin sit up a little and lean on the luggage. Zhang Zhimu fed Yang Yulin little by little and drank half a small bowl of mushy porridge. Yang Yulin drank the porridge with tears. He didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to take care of her so carefully. This made Yang Yulin very moved. After drinking the porridge, Zhang Zhimu wiped away her tears with a cotton towel, but the tears just didn't fight and kept flowing out. Zhang Zhimu saw that this was not good, and his tears could not be wiped away. He said, "You haven't drunk much water, it's all coming out of your eyes, and your body will be weaker." ”

This amused Miss Yang, although she didn't dare to laugh, she couldn't help laughing. Zhang Zhimu said: "It's okay now, I thought I was going to leave you in Zhangjiakou this time." ”

Yang Yulin pretended to be displeased and said, "Why, you are looking forward to my death." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Wherever you say, you scared me to death." ”

Yang Yulin said: "It seems that you still have me in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't be so worried about me." "In this era, there are really not many people who can speak like Yang Yulin. This is also very good for Zhang Zhimu's temper. But Yang Yulin's words, he couldn't take it. He helped Yang Yulin to lie down and said, "Don't think nonsense, lie down and sleep and tomorrow will be much better." ”

Yang Yulin knew that Zhang Zhimu was deliberately interrupted, but she had to lie down and rest, and now her body was really weak, and she felt a little tired after just saying a few words.

After Yang Yulin lay down, Zhang Zhimu came to Lu Chengxiang and said to Lu Chengxiang: "Mr. Lu, can you find a few blacksmith shops tomorrow and use molten iron to cast some crossbow shells." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "There is no shortage of blacksmith shops in Zhangjiakou, and I will arrange for someone to go tomorrow." Why don't we have enough guys? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "A lot of them were used when fighting the Mongolian army camp, and there was still a little and a half left. I'm afraid that I won't have enough to use when I need something, so it's not a big mistake to prepare first. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Okay, let Li Jing give me a look tomorrow, and I will personally arrange this matter, don't worry." ”

Lu Chengxiang knew that Zhang Zhimu must have his reasons for arranging this, so he hurriedly said that he would definitely do it seriously.

Hearing Lu Chengxiang say this, Zhang Zhimu was relieved and said, "**I will go with the garrison to ask for some." The ** given by General Jiang last time was useless, and it was enough to get some. If you can make crossbow shells, make 3,000. Also buy some paper and wax, these are used to make *** and block crossbow mines. ”

Lu Chengxiang asked, "Is Miss Yang better?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's much better, I just drank some porridge and fell asleep." It scared the hell out of me. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, I'll just say something I shouldn't say, you can take Miss Yang when you go back, this girl has a mind about you." We can all see it. Besides, people are worthy of you. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Lu can tell me this, because he doesn't treat me as an outsider. You know that I just married Huang Yukun, how can I do these things to be sorry for him. ”

Lu Chengxiang asked puzzledly: "Hey, what is it for a big man to marry a few women, and Huang Yukun is definitely not a woman with a small belly." No, I'll ask you when I go back. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly said: "Don't, don't do this." Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to tell. ”

Lu Chengxiang smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, you can't understand you at this point." Haha!"

This night, because he didn't have too much to worry about, Zhang Zhimu slept soundly.

The next day, Zhang Zhimu got up and hurried to see Yang Yulin, but Yang Yulin had already woken up and had already eaten. Zhang Zhimu said: "Oh, I slept too hard yesterday, if you wait for me to get up before eating, you won't be starved." ”

Yang Yulin said: "I woke up early and slept in the past two days. When I woke up, I felt hungry, as if I hadn't eaten in my life. ”

Zhang Zhimu saw that Yang Yulin's spirit was much better, so he was not too worried. He himself went to the canteen to eat, and Li Jing led people to accompany him to the garrison yamen. He wanted to wait for the emperor's news as soon as possible.

But as soon as Zhang Zhimu arrived at the yamen hall, the prince stood up with a smile and said, "Zhang Dongjia, you are still late, the emperor's will has arrived." Take it. ”

Zhang Zhimu stretched out his hand to accept the order, and Li Qing, the guard next to him, said: "Zhang Dongjia, the holy order must be received on your knees." ”

Zhang Zhimu is most annoying about kneeling, but if he doesn't kneel today, he can't do it, if this prince goes back and tells the emperor that this Zhang Zhimu doesn't kneel when he receives the holy decree, then the emperor must think that he has the intention of rebellion. So Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to kneel down and take the emperor's letter. Wang Gonggong asked: "Zhang Dongjia doesn't seem to be willing to kneel?" ”

"Could it be that the prince likes to kneel." Zhang Zhimu replied with a question.

"Hehe, I don't want to kneel either. But Your Majesty, I'm willing to kneel. Wang Gonggong said.

Zhang Zhimu didn't care what the prince said, he opened the letter from Emperor Chongzhen, and saw that the emperor only wrote four words, "I want a live horse", Zhang Zhimu suddenly felt steady. With the emperor's will, everything else will be easy to do.

Zhang Zhimu put away the emperor's letter, looked up, Wang Gonggong and Li Qing were looking at him, Zhang Zhimu said: "The emperor said that he wants a live horse." ”

The two of them were even more confused when they heard it, what kind of dumb riddle did this Zhang Zhimu and the emperor play.

The prince said: "The emperor's will for me is that everything in Zhangjiakou will be done according to your wishes." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Wang Gonggong, Lord Li, the opportunity to make meritorious service has come. Immediately raid the homes of Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, and Zhai Tang, and the property personnel will be escorted to Beijing and handled by the emperor himself, but the confessions must be made in Zhangjiakou. After returning to Beijing, don't let these four people come into contact with anyone else until the case is closed. In addition, there are Huang Yongfa, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, and Tian Shenglan, and the emperor has promised to let them go and give them a chance to make a new change. The four of them promised to donate one million taels of silver to the emperor each, but the matter must be kept absolutely secret, and whoever leaks it will lose his head.

This prince and Li Qing were startled when they heard it. They thought to themselves, what kind of magic power is this Zhang Zhimu, who can actually make the emperor pardon these four people who are beheaded for capital crimes, and just like doing business, he gave the emperor so much silver that he was worried about the silver, which was four million taels of silver. Coupled with the confiscation of the money of the four families, it seems that the emperor is going to start to get better.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Wang Gonggong, Master Li, let's divide the work, and you go to raid the homes of the four people." I went to the house of the other four to collect money for the emperor. You guys start there, I'll do it on my side. ”

The prince and the prince said happily: "In this world, I will serve two people, one is the current emperor, and the other is you, Zhang Dongjia." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Come on, don't talk about these things between us in the future, don't talk about it, do you say it's Lord Li." ”

Li Qing said: "Yes, we are in an iron-clad relationship now, so don't be polite, hurry up and get things done." It is my creation that I met you, and it is a great blessing that I can do such a thing for the emperor when I am about to leave my job. ”

Wang Gonggong said: "Now it will be easy for you to go back to Beijing, and those powerful ministers will not be able to arrange it for you." Ha ha! ”

Li Qing and a few people walked out and said, "I, a petty official, might as well go back to the capital and say a word to the prince." ”

Wang Gonggong and Li Qing led the officers and soldiers to raid the house, and Zhang Zhimu and Li Jing came to Huang Yongfa's house. Huang Yongfa saw Zhang Zhimu coming, and wanted to kneel down again, Zhang Zhimu hurriedly helped him up. Entering the inner hall, Zhang Zhimu said to him: "The emperor's secret decree has arrived, and now the garrison Lord Li and Jinyi Wei have begun to go to Fan Yongdou's house to raid their house. The emperor agrees with you to take out the money. However, this matter must be kept secret, and when you pass the court, don't say that Fan Yongdou and they forced you to do business with the Manchu Qing, you know that this is the behavior of the enemy, you didn't agree, you have done a little business with Fan Yongdou before, and you don't know that he collaborated with the enemy. Bear witness to them of their collaboration with the enemy. ”

Huang Yongfa hurriedly nodded yes.

Zhang Zhimu asked, "Is the silver ready?" ”

Huang Yongfa said: "All four of us are ready. They were all sealed in chests, four million taels of silver. ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he was shocked in his heart, these people are too rich, it seems that these people took out a million taels of silver without harming their vitality. For if they had made it together, it would not have been all silver, but there might have been some gold and some silver. The four of them neatly took out four million taels of silver, which is a lot of money, and the transportation should be arranged well.

Huang Yongfa asked, "When do you need to use silver?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Before it is finalized, you hide the silver first, and I will inform you when it is needed." ”

It didn't take long for Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, and Tian Shenglan to arrive after receiving Huang Yongfa's notice, and Huang Yongfa learned from them what Zhang Zhimu had just said. Wang Dayu said: "When we came, we saw that the official army had surrounded Fan Yongdou's house. It is estimated that the others are about the same. ”

Tian Shenglan said: "Zhang Dongjia, if we can pass this hurdle, you are the great benefactor of our whole family, and I will let the whole family provide for you." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't be, don't break my yang life." In the future, we just need to do a good business. A few of you are also the top in Zhangjiakou, let's join hands together, give full play to our respective advantages, and make the business bigger and stronger, that is the right way. ”

Liang Jiabin said: "As long as we pass the current pass, everything we have is equivalent to what you Zhang Dongjia gives, we are looking forward to your horse, and you can do what you say." ”

Zhang Zhimu was talking to a few people here, and a family member outside the door came to report: "There are officials and soldiers outside who please see Zhang Dong's house." "As soon as Zhang Zhimu heard that there were officials and soldiers invited to see him, it must be Master Li Qing's subordinates, and he was looking for him in an emergency.

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.