Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 3 Social turmoil and turmoil

Section 2 Jin Merchants

Li Yongfang first saluted Nurhachi, and then saluted the Jiannu banner owners present, and then said with a servile face: "Qi Great Khan, the minister has a way to get a large amount of iron and other materials that my Dajin needs, and can obtain these materials in a steady stream. ”

Nurhachi smiled and said, "Hehe, General Li, please speak." ”

Nurhachi's word "please" flattered Li Yongfang, and the whole person was suddenly extremely excited, and said with a red face: "The minister obeys the order!" The Great Khan, when he was a guerrilla general in the Ming Kingdom, had some dealings with some merchants in Shanxi. At that time, the minister's subordinates generally lacked weapons, armor and other things, and the minister wanted to build some by himself, but he lacked the materials he needed, just like my Dajin is in the same situation now. Fortunately, at that time, the minister had some spare money in his hands, so he negotiated with those Shanxi merchants, and they were responsible for getting the materials needed by the minister, and even some ready-made weapons, armor, and horses, while the minister spent money to buy them. ”

Amin on the side said suspiciously: "Shanxi is far away in the northwest of the Ming Kingdom, how did those Shanxi merchants transport these materials and military equipment to Liaodong, which is thousands of miles away?" You must know that Ming Guo is very strict with those things that are eaten inside and outside. ”

Li Yongfang's heart trembled when he heard the words "eat inside and outside", but his face still did not change, and he saluted to Amin very stiffly and said: "Qiqi Erbeile, that's the case, most of those Shanxi businessmen are engaged in some smuggling business on weekdays, and they have a lot of contacts with various Mongolian departments, and they have a lot of friendship with each other, and they have earned a lot of money from it. The materials that the general needed were transported by the Shanxi merchants through the Mongolian tribes. ”

Nurhachi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "How many of those Shanxi merchants are there?" Are they all willing to do business with my big gold? What can they provide to meet my Daikin needs? ”

Li Yongfang thought for a while and said: "Qiyu Great Khan, there are eight main merchants in Shanxi, namely Qiao, Cao, Chang, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan, and Kong. The minister can contact them immediately and find out their tone first. ”

Nurhachi said: "Very good! General Li immediately contacted those Shanxi merchants and told them: As long as they can send the materials that my Dajin needs, the gold, silver, goods, ginseng and Dongzhu are of their own choice! I will not treat them badly! ”

Li Yongfang said respectfully: "Minister, the order!" ”

At this time, Huang Taiji suddenly thought of something and asked, "General Li, what if those Shanxi merchants are not willing to do business with my Dajin?" You must know that we have a hostile relationship with the Ming Kingdom now, what if they not only do not do business with my Dajin, but also report the current situation of my Dajin to the Ming court? In that case, we'll be in a position of passivity. ”

Li Yongfang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "Please rest assured, those Shanxi merchants are all mercenary people, as long as the price given by my Dajin is high enough, those Shanxi merchants will sell to us even if they are their own ancestors." ”

Azig said with a dark smile on the side: "Hehe, it's like General Li? ”

Li Yongfang said with a straight face when he heard this: "Taiji's words are wrong! The last general, with his fierce loyalty to Dajin and the Great Khan, will abandon the darkness and surrender to my Dajin, but it is not for any glory and wealth! ”

Everyone present felt a burst of disgust when they heard Li Yongfang's words, and then saw his righteous expression: "This Li Yongfang is really shameless, he has been a bitch but he is still proud of himself, showing off his treason everywhere, like a pug!" ”

And Ning Wan and I, who were sitting next to Li Yongfang, and several other traitors also felt that their faces were hot, and they all sat out unconsciously, wanting to stay away from Li Yongfang.

At this time, Huang Taiji continued to ask: "Even if these Shanxi businessmen only have money in their eyes, how can General Li guarantee that their clansmen and friends will not go to the informant?" ”

Li Yongfang still talked about it and said: "Sibeile doesn't know, those Shanxi businessmen have been very grouped since ancient times, and even their clansmen and friends are very conscious of safeguarding the interests of their respective families, and there has almost never been a matter of their own people harming the interests of Shanxi businessmen. It is precisely because of this that the Ming side generally referred to the Shanxi merchants as the Jin merchants, and after many years of marriage and grouping, these Jin merchants have now been both prosperous and lossy. Therefore, the four Baylors can rest assured. ”

Hearing this, Huang Taiji nodded and said, "If this is really the case, then these Jin merchants may really be able to become a big boost to my Dajin!" ”

Nurhachi also thought so, and said: "Since this is the case, then I will leave the matter of contacting the Jin merchants to General Li with full authority." General Li, you must do it as soon as possible, and give me a satisfactory answer in the shortest possible time. ”

Li Yongfang patted his chest and said, "Please rest assured, the minister will do his best to do this errand." ”

A few days later, Li Yongfang received eight guests in her own house. All eight of them were dressed as Mongols, with oily robes shiny and stained, and several of them wore felt hats on their heads, which looked very incompatible in this early summer.

Li Yongfang wiped his bald head, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then said slowly: "How is it?" How are the heads of your eight families thinking about it? I've already said it before, my Majesty the Great Golden Emperor is very generous, especially to friends, and even more so to treat each other! Moreover, now Daikin has gold, silver, jewelry, and ginseng and skins, as long as the eight of you can bring iron, food, and other materials to Dajin, you can earn endless wealth for several lifetimes. ”

Those eight people were the representatives sent by the eight families of the Jin merchants, and after listening to Li Yongfang's words at this time, everyone was talking in a low voice, and then one of them said: "General Li is healthy!" The villain was sent by the Qiao family, and the head of my family asked me to ask the general, have you heard that the imperial court is now setting up a town in Tongzhou and training a new army? ”

"I know, I know everything about every move inside and outside the Ming Dynasty." Li Yongfang said nonchalantly.

"Does the general know how many men there are in the new army? Who will the Lord be? ”

Li Yongfang said impatiently: "There are more than 200,000 people, and the main will be Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town. What's wrong? What does this have to do with our business? ”

"Huh." The Qiao family smiled and said, "Of course it matters!" In the future, after the more than 200,000 troops are formed, they will definitely go north to conquer the Dajin Kingdom. How will Daikin resist when the time comes? If Daikin is defeated, our dealings with Dajin will definitely be exposed, and the imperial court will definitely kill all eight of us, which is a crime of treason. ”

Li Yongfang sneered when he heard this, his eyes were full of disdain, and he said, "Even if the more than 200,000 horses of the Ming Kingdom have become an army, what can they do?" What if the Ming State conquered Liaodong on a large scale? What is the situation in Mingguo now, I think the eight of you know better than me, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is internal and external troubles! How long did it take for the Ming court to gather a large army for another northern expedition? One year, two years, or eight years, ten years? For such a long time, the eight of you can rest assured that you can make a lot of money boldly, why don't you do such a good thing? Besides, even if the Ming Kingdom immediately sent troops to Liaodong, my Dajin would not be afraid at all. You don't see the battle of Sarhu, the Ming Kingdom has gathered almost all the elite divisions that can be mobilized, Liu Ting, Juniper, Li Rubai, which one is not a famous general? But the result? The 100,000 Ming army was defeated in one fell swoop, and the corpses were everywhere! Therefore, there is no need to think too much, and there is only one thing you need to consider, that is, how to raise all kinds of materials for my Dajin as soon as possible and transport them to Liaodong in time. ”

After listening to Li Yongfang's words, the eight people present all nodded one after another, obviously moved by Li Yongfang's shameless words. At this time, the eyes of these eight people all flashed with a strange light, and their hearts were all thinking about how to go back and persuade their patriarch in order to raise various materials for Dajin as soon as possible; No one thinks carefully about how much harm their actions will cause to their motherland and compatriots, and in the hearts of these people, there is only their own family, gold and silver, there is no motherland, no ancestors, and there is no basic ethical code for being born as a human being!

Li Yongfang was very happy when he saw that everyone was moved by what he said, and then he ordered someone to take out a big box and said to everyone: "Everyone, this is 8,000 taels of silver, which is the hard-earned money given to you by His Majesty the Emperor of Dajin and the Wise Khan. When you go back, say to your respective family masters, if you are friends with Dajin, my Majesty the Emperor Dajin will definitely not treat you eight badly. ”

After everyone saw the white silver, as if a group of hungry wolves had seen the raw meat, they all laughed excitedly, and said that after they returned, they would definitely persuade their own master to transport the materials needed by Daikin as soon as possible, and the price was negotiable.

Li Yongfang also smiled and said: "That's good, that's good." At the same time, he secretly said in his heart: "Haha, even if this matter is done, when the first batch of supplies arrives, the Great Khan will definitely reward me heavily." ”

At this time, Li Yongfang looked like a dog waiting for the owner's reward, with a look of expectation.