Chapter 24: Bloodletting
Soon! Three days passed, just when they were about to go crazy, Yuan Keli sent people to let them go to Ningyuan City again to discuss, so everyone immediately rushed to Ningyuan, after entering the city, and Yuan Keli greeted him, and a messenger said: "Governor Yuan! But I'm waiting for death, if there is no information about this, we, the people of the Immortal Heaven, will starve to death! ”
"This governor also sent 500 li to Jingshi urgently on the same day, and there is always time for His Majesty to discuss with the ministers, right? After His Majesty knew your difficulties, he withstood the pressure of the ministers and decreed that the lowest price of grain was 18 taels and one load, and no matter how low it was, I couldn't afford it! Yuan Keli sighed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"18 taels!" Everyone silently said, it's still too high, this price, "can't it be lower?" "Everyone.
"This governor has done his best, and His Majesty's side has also given the minimum, if you really can't afford to pay so much cash, this governor has an idea to do it, and it is easy to explain to Your Majesty and the ministers of the court!" Yuan Keli thought for a while and said.
"How? Governor Yuan, please speak! Everyone looked forward to it.
"That's it! If you can't afford to pay 18 taels per load, then press 12 taels and then add a war horse for a load," Yuan Keli said.
"What?! Steed?! The crowd exclaimed! The heart said: "Damn! How dare this old immortal say! Steed! Here you go, what should you do when the Ming Dynasty comes to beat us? War horses are our lifeblood! ”
"This Governor knows what you think! Look! Now that there is a shortage of food, you can't have enough to eat, let alone this horse? Although war horses eat grass, the vegetation does not grow well in this bad weather, and there are probably very few good pastures, right? Right? Besides, our Ming Dynasty and Mongolia have always been very friendly, and if we give us war horses, we won't harass or invade you, right? I really don't worry that we can sign an agreement, the character of this governor is guaranteed, and even this governor can let His Majesty personally make an order, you can definitely rest assured! Yuan Keli said with a smile.
It seems that this is the real purpose of Daming, not only to rob money but also to rob horses, but Yuan Keli is right, now the rations of people, cattle, sheep, and horses have all become problems, but can this horse really be given, they hesitated.
At this time, the envoy of the Karaqin Mongols said: "This 。。。。。。 Governor Yuan, can you take credit? After this winter, we will pay it back! ”
"Yes, yes!" Others chimed in.
"No! There's already a death order on the part of the Tobu! Cash! Yuan Keli refused.
The envoy of the Karaqin Mongols did not give up and said: "Why don't you replace this horse with cattle and sheep?" ”
"Yes, yes!" Others chimed in!
"That's it! 3,000 war horses, half of the remaining cattle and sheep" Yuan Keli also knew that it was impossible to change all the war horses, so he took a step back.
“。。。。。。” Everyone was speechless, it seems that this is the lowest bottom line! Everyone shook their heads secretly.
"Can you promise not to invade our Mongolia?" The envoy of the Karaqin Mongols asked.
"Pontus promises! We can sign a non-aggression pact, as long as you don't invade us, we will not invade Mongolia! This Governor personally seals! Yuan Keli said.
"It's not enough for you to seal it, your Emperor His Majesty must also approve this agreement and not allow the invasion of our Mongolia!" The envoy of the Karaqin Mongols.
"That's fine! We can sign the agreement now and send it to Jingshi! Yuan Keli said.
Everyone discussed with each other and said, "Then let's write an agreement first, and then we will go back and seal each other, and when the time comes, you can trade after your emperor of the Ming Dynasty confirms it, and we will also go back and prepare for it!" ”
"Yes! The Governor can send someone back with you right now! Yuan Keli said and ordered Man Gui and He Kegang to lead some soldiers and Mongolian envoys back to count the number, and everyone saluted and said goodbye to Yuan Keli, and went back to prepare, alas! What a bloodletting! The price of this grain is too high! And horses, cattle and sheep! Although the various tribes have made up, but it is still broken, it is impossible to carry out any activities on the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, everyone sighed in their hearts, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and the envoy of the Karaqin Mongols hated the authentic, damn old man Yuan, sooner or later Lao Tzu will snatch it back, fortunately, this silver and gold can come out, but it is better! Thinking about it, everyone went back and prepared.
Yuan Keli's recital was sent to Jingshi, and Chongzhen's face was about to smile like a flower after seeing it, "Haha! This Yuan Keli is doing a great job! Not only sold 10 times the price but also got so many war horses, I want to reward him well, he also said that the Mongols sent 3 good war horses and a thousand taels of silver to me now, in this way, the intention is to give him one of the three good war horses and this thousand taels of silver, in addition to the silver obtained from the sale of grain this time to take out a thousand taels of silver to Yuan Keli and this meritorious soldiers, and add Yuan Keli as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, ranked three dukes to seal the Taibao! The other cabinet members also unanimously approved, and Chongzhen was satisfied with stamping his own jade seal on the agreement! I earned at least 300,000 taels again! And war horses! And these tens of thousands of cattle and sheep! Wow Ka Ka! This put the blood of the Mongols, and they should have done nothing in the short term.
Soon Yuan Keli received the instructions and rewards of Emperor Chongzhen, and began to arrange after kneeling and thanking, and soon the Mongolian side was also ready, and the two sides started a transaction in the city, both sides were finally stamped on the agreement, and the Mongolian soldiers carried the grain to the car, and the registrar stood next to him, and the Jinyi guard was watching, Yuan Keli nodded with satisfaction, looking at the silver two of the white flowers Yuan Keli was also in a good mood, the only dissatisfaction was that this war horse was relatively strong except for a small half, and the others were relatively thin, It seems that these Mongolian bosses are not too stupid, Yuan Keli said in his heart, but let the war horses eat well and nourish their bodies, this is not a thing!
On the other side, the Mongolians looked at the silver and war horses, the cattle and sheep were taken away by Yuan Keli's people, and their hearts were also dripping blood, and they wanted to register more when they counted the population, but it turned out that the eyes of this Man Gui and He Kegang were the same as fiery eyes, this Man Gui was a Mongolian, and it was difficult for them to cheat on their side, they just gave these two people benefits, they were stunned and didn't accept it, they were really brainless They scolded secretly, but there was no way at all, but the grain was bought. I was able to survive this harsh winter. It's a consolation.
After two days of busy work, Yuan Keli personally sent away this group of customers enthusiastically, until he couldn't see their team before returning to the city, people who don't know still think what a good friend is saying goodbye!
Back in the city, Yuan Keli asked He Kegang to lead 1,000 elite Guanning iron cavalry, escort this batch of silver taels and horses, cattle and sheep to the Beijing Division, He Kegang took the order to go, and sorted out the matters here into a song and let He Kegang send it back, He Kegang took the order to go.