Chapter 32: Business Comes to the Door
Jiannu Niu Lu Ezhen Tun Bu saw that his subordinates had suffered a big loss, and immediately reported to Jiala Ezhen Hushta, the Ming army dared to take the initiative to provoke, and also caused so many casualties among their own men and horses. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Hushta was furious, and immediately decided to take revenge, and personally led his troops across the Daling River to the west, and they were cavalry raids, a total of a thousand people came.
Now that Jiannu was surrounded by enemies on all sides, he really did not have time to launch a large-scale attack in the west, and the military order given to Jialae Zhen Hushta was to lead his men and horses to carry out harassing and tentative attacks.
They don't have many people, of course, they won't come to attack Ningyuan City, which is known to be heavily defended by the Ming Dynasty, but they will bypass Ningyuan from afar and look for fighters.
Businessman Wu Xiang bought a martial artist in the second year of the Apocalypse, he is a good hand in business, left and right in Liaodong, making a fortune in the country, and he can't fight at all, but he hung a false title of a four-grade servant, and actually gave Liaodong a thousand generals under the command of the Governor.
This kid is also running and transporting, pressing grain and transporting grass, and carrying his own private goods by the way, who knows that he is unlucky, and he became the scapegoat of Lord Huang Sheng and became the punching bag of Jiannu.
When he wandered with a thousand people to the vicinity of Gaotai Fort, which was eighty miles away from Ningyuan, he was discovered by the Jiannu cavalry under the command of Hu Shita, and the enemy was also about 1,000 people, and Wu Xiang also had 1,000 cavalry.
But when this scum saw that Jiannu was coming, he didn't let go of an arrow, so he fled after hitting his horse, and his cavalry rushed to seize the road and run wildly. Fortunately, the grain and grass materials they transported saved their lives, and Jiannu did not chase after them after grabbing a lot of money, but transported the materials that were originally transported to Ningyuan back to his nest.
Wu Xiang folded a number of soldiers and horses, lost all the baggage and materials, and fled into Ningyuan City in a hurry.
Fortunately, there was no movement after a few days, and the sentry horse was sent to inquire only to find out that it was a false alarm, and the main force of Jiannu was fighting with Mao Wenlong, the general army of Dongjiang Town.
The adults celebrated with their crowns, and the little Qianqian President Wu Xiang was unlucky, and he was left on duty to participate, and he was in a panic in Ningyuan City.
This kid can't fight, he has a lot of skills in the drill camp, and a lot of silver is sent out, and the adults have given a reply, as long as he has a few heads who killed Jiannu, he will be reinstated immediately.
The battle report was written like this, on the way to Ningyuan, when Wu Xiang escorted grain and grass materials to Ningyuan, he encountered a surprise attack by more than 5,000 cavalry of Jiannu, and he personally led his family to fight to the death, and the two sides suffered casualties on both sides.
Wu Xiang got the right words and came to his brother-in-law Zu Dashou, he didn't dare to mess with Jiannu's head, and he knew that he didn't have that ability.
It's a pity that Zu Dashou is only a low-level military attache now, last year he assisted the assistant general Jin Guan to guard Juehua Island, and this year he finally became a guerrilla general in charge of repairing Ningyuan City.
He doesn't have the ancestral army that became famous a few years later, he only has one or two thousand subordinates equivalent to engineering soldiers, how dare these people go to Jiannu to call out.
Zu Dashou looked at Wu Xiang's six gods without a master, and said disapprerovingly: "Why do you need to be like this, you have also saved countless belongings over the years, and the adults will not cut off your head when they get your benefits." It's a big deal to go back to Nanzhili Gaoyou to be a rich man in the future. β
Wu Xiang said with a bitter face: "Brother doesn't know, I have been working hard in Liaodong for many years, and my contacts and business routes have been opened, so it's a pity to give up now." β
Zu Dashou said: "So what, who let you run away when you see Jiannu, this time it is already commendable to be able to save your life, you have silver anyway, what is not beautiful about going back to Yangzhou Mansion to live a happy and leisurely life in the future, and you can save yourself from being afraid here in Liaodong." β
Wu Xiang said: "Brother, it is a curse rather than a blessing to have no official position and empty money, and I must keep the official position that I have finally mixed up no matter what." You'd better help figure it out! β
"How? I do, have you heard that the chief soldier Ma Shilong, the general Mao Yuanyi, and even the Lord Sun Yuanhua, who came here to supervise the construction of artillery, have been killed? Zu Dashou revealed this important news to Wu Xiang.
Wu Xiang's eyes immediately lit up, and he said: "I have heard of it, but I know very little, if my brother knows the inside story, I would like to hear it in detail." β
Zu Dashou said: "I can't know the specific situation, but I know that it is all the plan of that Guangning scholar, he is now the general of Bapinzanhua, and you and I are actually colleagues." It's just that he doesn't belong to any Shangguan in Ningyuan, and the Shangguan who can use him is the Supervisor. β
Wu Xiang said: "It doesn't matter, Lord Zongbing just gave him benefits, and I also gave benefits, and doubled, now Liaodong's business is getting better and better, as long as the grain is sent to that side, it will be doubled." If I lose my office, the loss will be too great. β
Wu Xiang, a military general, has no ability in this aspect except for the specialty he should master, which is fighting, and he is simply outstanding in other aspects.
He immediately got active, but he invited some adults to drink a few drinks, and he knew very well how the chief soldier Ma Shilong got the head of Jiannu, and even the price code was not bad.
So an uninvited guest came to Lord Huang Sheng's mansion.
Huang Sheng was busy every day, and at this time he was directing a group of craftsmen to tinn the polished brass propellers. This time, all the copper originals had to be treated with anti-corrosion treatment, and they were prefabricated at home or in the workshop before they were finally installed on the Quang Ninh.
It's already early September, and if we don't hurry up, once the sea freezes, this renovation and upgrading will not be completed this year.
But copper was too expensive, Huang Sheng bought 18,000 catties of brass before and after, and relied on Sun Yuanhua's relationship to get the official price and spent 2,000 taels of silver.
There are too many people in the Huang family to eat, and Huang Sheng has too many things to process, and there is not much silver left of more than 4,700 taels. Huang Sheng is bad, he wants to get the ship advanced as soon as possible, and then take his family to make a cameo appearance as a pirate to generate some income.
I'm embarrassed to attack the Ming Dynasty, you can grab the Japanese or Goryeo sticks, anyway, it's very close to Goryeo.
Huang Dongshan was overjoyed, and he said: "My lord, there is a guest in our house, and the guest is very generous, so he gave two taels of silver to the small messenger." As he spoke, he showed Huang Sheng the silver in his hand.
Huang Sheng didn't have any visitors here, and he didn't know who was coming, so he asked, "Dongshan, did anyone come and hand over the name?" β
The name thorn is a post used by officials and gentlemen when they visit each other, and it serves as a business card for later generations. Huang Dongshan said: "No." The adult told the little one that his surname was Wu Mingxiang and his two rings, he was white and clean, and he was wearing the clothes of a fourth-grade military attachΓ©. β
Huang Sheng knew Wu Xiang, and he also knew that he was the son of the big traitor Wu Sangui, and he wondered in his heart, I was very low-key in Ningyuan, so I recruited this long-legged general.
When he came to the living room, Wu Xiang greeted him with a smile on his face, and said: "I have admired Lord Huang's reputation for a long time, but it is better to be famous than to meet. After saying that, he bowed and bowed.
Huang Sheng saw that this kid was really a character, he would come to things, and he could be short for a little eight-rank official. Huang Sheng knows his character, this is a big profiteer who can't afford to make a profit.
Today's visit must have come for a purpose, Huang Sheng said: "General Wu is too polite, I don't know what advice I have when I come to the cold house." β
The two exchanged a few words. Wu Xiang's family brought in a few boxes. Wu Xiang said politely: "Lord Huang, the lower official has prepared a little courtesy, and I hope to accept it with a smile." β
He waved his hand, and the family members retreated, and then came to the box, and opened several boxes one by one.
Wu Xiang said: "Lord Huang, there are six thousand taels of silver here, and the lower officials want ten Jiannu heads, what do you think?" β
Huang Sheng was a little funny, it seemed that his reputation in Ningyuan City was not good! It's a full bounty killer who takes people's money to eliminate disasters for others. But now that I am overstretched, I really need silver.
Another order came, of course, I can't help but take it, otherwise the whole family will be hungry. Anyway, since I am fortunate enough to come to Daming, I will take the destruction of Jiannu as my responsibility in the future, and kill the Tunguska barbarians while still having silver to earn such a good thing as the best of both worlds, why not do it?
Huang Sheng said: "General Wu, how did you know that this official was able to get the head of Jiannu, and how did you know how much silver was needed?" "Huang Sheng was a little depressed, and he didn't set a price for Jiannu's head, why should you be sure that a head is six hundred taels of silver.
Wu Xiang smiled and said: "There is an adult with high power, he gave a head three hundred taels, and the lower officials did not dare to compare with him, so they paid double the price." β
It seems that Daming is really leaking everywhere, there are no secrets at all, and people even inquire about the price code clearly.
Huang Sheng didn't care about him, and said calmly: "Oh? Could it be that Lord Wu also prepared two No. 3 fortune boats? β
Wu Xiang realized that there was a problem with what he said just now, he was a little embarrassed, and said with a dry laugh: "Xiaguan has also prepared a sentinel ship, but the equipment on it is readily available, although it is not worth the price of two, it is not far away." β
Huang Sheng was a little surprised, the warships of the sailors of Juehua Island, they Liaodong took the gate to give it away, just like taking it from their own home.
Historical records record that Juehua Island was attacked by Jiannu in the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and more than 2,000 large and small ships were all burned, and there may be a lot of water in it.
People came to trade sincerely, and did their homework very well, so Huang Sheng no longer insisted that Wu Xiang give two No. 3 lucky boats, but changed his words: "General Wu, this time this time this official is going to cross the sea to attack Jiannu and strive for success, but the horses of the family cannot be transported, and they have no horses to ride after they secretly go ashore, how can they form an assault effect?" β
During the trial voyage, Huang Sheng saw the special sea ships used by the Ming army to transport horses, which were different from the tall Fu ships, which were a kind of cargo ships, relatively low, and could transport twenty to thirty war horses at a time.
Huang Sheng estimated that the displacement of such a sea ship should be about 100 tons, and the reason why it was not high was probably because it was convenient for horses to get on and off, because horses were not human after all, and they were easily frightened if they had to go through a springboard that was too long and too steep to go to a high place.
The hull of the ship is almost parallel to the dock, and it is much more convenient, you only need to blindfold the horse and lead the horse a few steps to reach the cabin.
Wu Xiang said: "Your Excellency is going to cross the sea to attack Jiannu? It's wonderful, there are thousands of miles of coastline in Liaodong, how can Jiannu be all-encompassing, the chance of success is too great, and the adults are really like gods with soldiers. β
This kid is not stupid and understands the art of war, but the most important thing in fighting a war is courage, and he just lacks the most important link. But he would use his brain to think about the problem, and when Huang Sheng told him that he was planning to go on a sneak attack by boat, he also thought it was very reliable with his knowledge, and began to make a big fuss.
Huang Sheng didn't care about his compliment, looked at him with a smile, and didn't speak. Wu Xiangduo was clever and immediately understood, and he said, "Tomorrow, the lower officials will go and buy two horse boats and hand them over to the adults." β
Buy? The Ming Dynasty has been corrupted like this, and the things of the public are the things of the dignitaries, and he Wu Xiang can get the sailors and warships to skim the boats, and he will spend money to buy cheap cargo ships like horse ships?
Huang Sheng saw that this kid was very good, and he didn't break it, and he could cooperate with him to do business and make money in the future, so he no longer embarrassed him, and he agreed quickly, Wu Xiang was very single, he paid the silver first and then got the goods, and even the warship asked Huang Sheng to go to Juehua Island tomorrow to receive the goods, so as not to have too many dreams at night.