Chapter 300: The Trade of All Evils

The attack of the guards in Liaodong is not even a war, let alone the contribution of opening up the territory, under the skillful action of all forces, first the reclamation regiment, and then the maintenance of law and order in the guards, but the territory has advanced a little to the front.

In addition to Fujian and Guangdong, China is near Liaoning, and most of the border people in Liaodong are exiled or prisoners, all of whom are fierce and adventurous people.

The cold climate was not an obstacle, and after surviving the first cold winter, the reclamation groups had a great harvest in the fertile black soil the following year, and the profits from the crops even exceeded those of the mountain goods, and the easily found minerals such as coal, iron and forests added to the abundance.

The current garrison of the guards has not yet opened up to the location of the reclamation manor, and the manors rely on their own force to defend, in fact, they are attacking most of the time.

Because the reclamation of wasteland needs manpower, and the construction of manors needs manpower, the Liao people who can get out of the customs do not lack equipment, money and food, but lack manpower.

In the same way, the merchants who plotted the reclamation of the estates, as well as the larger forces on which the merchants depended, were shocked by the fertility and value of the land, but now no one could mobilize more manpower to go outside the gates, and the estates in the provinces of the gates also needed to be managed and cultivated.

And the years in the past few years are also good, there are no displaced people in the provinces, and now the land outside the customs is estimated that an unskilled farmer can cultivate 150 acres of land in three nurseries, one-third wheat, one-third soybean, and one-third alfalfa.

At the very least, there could be an income of fifty quintals, and there was an almost endless amount of borderland, and now it was men and cattle that were needed, and nothing else. Cattle can be bought, can be constantly bred, but there are not so many people, incidentally, the unskilled peasants mentioned above are slaves to the reclamation manor, that is, those Jurchen tribes that were scattered by the army of the guard, and the wild Jurchen tribes who went into the mountains to capture the reclamation manor itself.

But these people are too few, many of the men in the manor have part-time soldiers, they must defend their manors together, they must plunder the population, and the people who participate in the labor are often some old and weak women and children, so the current situation is that the gold mountain is in front of them, but they can't eat it.

If it weren't for the fact that the forces behind the manor had made an agreement with each other, some of the larger reclamation groups would have attacked their weaker companions.

All kinds of news came back to the capital, and the people behind the manor were surprised by the huge profits they had made, and on the other hand, they were anxious to make a bigger income in the second year, and now all they could do was to support them with equipment, and to influence the government to exile the prisoners outside the gate as much as possible.

But this is a drop in the bucket, it doesn't play a big role at all, these people can't help but think of the time when the restaurant is making money every day, and all kinds of ways to make money are popping up, these are all whose ideas are they, and they are all thought up by Jiang Feng, the owner of Huifeng Building.

When they went to Jiang Feng to ask if they had any new ideas, these businessmen sent representatives to inquire suspiciously.

Jiang Feng had no mental preparation for the Jingshi merchant group to send representatives to Dengzhou, in his impression, something similar to the merchant union, that is, the chamber of commerce of the Jiangnan merchants and the Shandong salt group organized by himself, he didn't expect that the Jingshi would have such an organization.

History has changed slightly, but Jiang Feng, who is in it, can't feel it at all.

In addition, the representatives arranged by the Jingshi business group to visit Jiang Feng also surprised Jiang Feng, it was actually Wang Yuqi, the noble son who had a short contact with the Jingshi Jade Fang, Wang Yuqi is the third son in the family, and he can't inherit too high a title at all, so he has been doing business with peace of mind recently, and it's good that he can't have the right to be a comfortable rich man!

Wang Yuqi's brain is quite flexible, when he started to do business, he pondered Jiang Feng's actions in detail, and he really felt that he was a genius everywhere, and his heart faced Jiang Feng from the beginning of the defense to admiration. This time, he came to Jiang Feng to ask for ideas, which is also his opinion.

Jiang Feng received the other party in the original mansion, and the reclamation manor that appeared outside the gate was completely unexpected by him, even if he racked his brains, he couldn't think of whether such a situation had happened in history, but what kind of benefits would the manor outside the gate look like Jiang Feng also understood, but at this time, there was no room for action.

The merchants had an exclusive desire for profit, and it can be imagined that the merchant group of Jingshi came up with the idea of reclamation outside the Guan, and successfully used the fierce Liao people and the border army of Liaodong to open out of the Guanwai, occupying a large number of fertile land, and the Jurchens were all taken captive and become slaves.

Such a good thing, naturally I don't want Jiang Feng to get a piece of the pie, but the current situation is that although there is Jinshan outside the Guan, but there is a lack of manpower to carry Jinshan, it is better to take over Jiang Feng's strength, these people in the Jingshi are all well-informed people, knowing that Jiang Feng now has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and now he has been demoted to a garrison.

The salary of 3,000 garrison soldiers, the salary of 10,000 guerrilla soldiers, there is a difference of 7,000 people, and the merchant group of the Beijing division is not clear about what Jiang Feng can look like, but he sees these 7,000 people, and the officers of the Ming Dynasty have always not regarded their soldiers as people.

The Jingshi merchant group knew that Jiang Feng had about 2,500 family members, and they also knew that most of the soldiers and horses of the Jiang family army were young and strong people who were absorbed by Chen Deaf during the rebellion.

Therefore, the order given to Wang Yuqi was, no matter if there were any good ideas, and strive to capture Jiang Feng's 7,000 people at a certain price.

Jiang Feng called the cook of the Jade Building to the mansion, and directly put the feast on the table, the purpose of the two sides was definitely not to eat this meal, when the tea was served after the meal, Wang Yuqi directly opened his mouth and said with a smile:

"Brother Jiang, we never thought three years ago that these Zhuangzi outside the gate turned out to be a daily gold, and now many people are ready to stop the business of the restaurant and concentrate on operating outside the gate, but unfortunately Brother Jiang, you were not in Beijing at that time, otherwise there must be a world for you!"

Hearing this, Jiang Feng laughed a few times, picked up the tea bowl and pretended to take a sip. The manor outside the gate is indeed coveted, and the reason why he wants to acquire a piece of land there in Jeju Island is to have a place to settle outside the mainland.

He really didn't think of the manor outside the gate, he always felt that the Jurchen tribe was the barbaric Manchu Tartars decades later, and he didn't want to provoke it easily, no one thought that the reclamation group composed of men from military households was even more powerful, and he just pushed it over.

Now when I want to go to the Guanwai reclamation, there are already all kinds of manors of all sizes dotted on the way, which is quite inconvenient, and according to the news that Wang Qinian inquired about, almost everyone in these manors is still martial, and it is a pure group training area.

Seeing Jiang Feng muttering there, Wang Yuqi didn't know what to do next, his head was bright, and he knew that it was more convenient to deal with martial artists or go straight, so he simply said:

"I don't hide it from Brother Jiang, now the Zhuangzi outside the gate is good, and now everyone has some silver in their hands, but there is a shortage of manpower, looking at the thousands of acres of fertile land but no one cultivates it, it is a pity, I have always known that Brother Jiang is anxious, and this time the brother came to ask for advice!"

Wang Yuqi didn't have much hope for Jiang Feng to have any ideas, but this was the beginning, if Jiang Feng said that there was no way, then the next thing was to ask the seven thousand soldiers. Hearing Wang Yuqi's inquiry, Jiang Feng fell into deep thought there.

The other two guests in the room were also from Jingshi, they had all heard that Jiang Feng was angry and beat the prince of the country, all kinds of fierce and vicious exploits, and now Jiang Feng is already a general in the army, and his body is extremely powerful, that is, Wang Yuqi is quite calm, and no one else dares to speak.

After being quiet for a while, Wang Yuqi and the three of them made eye contact with each other, and Wang Yuqi cleared his throat there and said:

"Brother Jiang, if this is ...... matter?"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiang Feng, who rubbed his chin with his hand and asked:

"The Zhuangzi outside the gate is so good, I also want to send someone to try it."

When he said this, Wang Yuqi suddenly understood, nodded again and again, and said:

"These things are done in a hurry, it should have been shared by our friends in Beijing, and Brother Jiang was in Shandong on the same day, so we can't bother, since Brother Jiang has this meaning, then it will definitely be convenient."

The words are clear, since you have a way to solve people's problems, you can join the Zhuangzi outside the gate, after Jiang Feng heard this promise, he opened his mouth there again:

"Brother, I have more than 10,000 mouths to eat here, and I can't work in vain!"

Hearing this, Wang Yuqi was shocked in his heart, did the other party have a way, listening to this speech, it didn't seem that he wanted to sell his soldiers, and couldn't help but hesitate and said:

"And ......?"

"Six taels of silver per person, how much do you want!"

"Six taels, Brother Jiang, now a strong man on the market is only two taels of silver, four taels, and I have four taels at most here!"

"Four taels is four taels! Bring your own boat! ”