Chapter 52 Grain for the Holy Treasury

When the ship arrived in Hankou, Yang Dongfang said goodbye to Hu Xueyan, Hu Xueyan wanted to go downstream to Anqing to meet Zeng Guofan, and invited Yang Dongfang to go south, but Yang Dongfang refused it once. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Dongfang bid farewell to Hu Xueyan and stayed in Hankou for three or five days, buying grain on a large scale, and the grain of the Zhou Dynasty in Hankou rose sharply, because everything that could be sold was bought by Yang Dongfang, which once aroused the vigilant investigation of the Hankou authorities, but it was stopped because the buyer did not know where to go.

Bai Li is still the first time to leave the clan land, but also the first time out of Sichuan, all the way excited like a bird that has only been locked up for a long time, just from the beautiful scenery of Yueyang Tower, began to ask questions again, pointed to the end of Hankou Town, a large piece of its special buildings: "Li Li look quickly, what kind of place is there, why the houses there are so strange, and they are higher than the houses in the town, the same as the stone buildings of the Zhuang people." ”

Jumping along with Bai Li's gaze, you can see a special plot of land with an area of more than 400 acres, where the town has been built in a typical Western style, white stone, brick and earth, with a cloister on the second floor, and a pointed or rounded roof.

You can even see a new Christian church typical of the 19th century, with a large bell that rings on the hour.

"It was the British Concession, the Hankow Concession ceded to the British by the Manchus." Speaking of this, Yang Dongfang's hand clenched into a fist unnaturally, and there was a secret force in the sleeve of his robe.

"Yikes! Yang Dongfang, where foreigners live, heard that foreigners have red eyes. Green nose, yellow hair, is it true, can we go in and have a look? The girl's curiosity filled Bai Li with the desire to explore, but she was interrupted by Yang Dongfang head-on:

"If you are not afraid of being caught by the British devils and being the lady of the village, you can go in and take a look, and now that we are in business, you have to call me master, or young master, no big or small, I will let you go back to Sichuan against the river, and I will not take you to Shanghai and Hong Kong."

"What is the murder? What should you do if you scare Sister Hu so fiercely. ”

"You..."

"It's the teacher, oh no! It's the old man. "I heard that I was going to send it back, how dare Bai Li say more, and then pretended to be a good girl, looking like a little woman is willing to sleep, I am all for Sister Hu's good.

Yang Dongfang really had no way to deal with him, the woman blinked her eyes and asked again, "Master, what are we buying so much grain for, are you going to give it to my father as a dowry?" Ah, so that our people will not have such a hard time. ”

"You're a monkey invited to tease." It's so sad to talk to him, and I don't know who the two of us are the crossing party.

Why did Yang Dongfang buy so much grain all the way, is it for Tieshan, the answer is no, if Tieshan is short of grain, at most he will only go to Chongqing or Sichuanzhong to buy, and he will not go to Hankou, Wuchang and other places where the grain price is quite high.

You must know that the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are still in the midst of war, and the Suzhou and Hangzhou regions have been in war for many years, and the grain has been unable to be self-sufficient, and most of them rely on the two lakes to dispatch the past, so it has given birth to the increase in the price of grain in the two lakes.

Why buy grain, and at any cost, as much as you want, the reason is that Yang Dongfang's next place to go, Nanjing City, is now renamed Tianjing by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The weather turned cold, and it also snowed in Jiangnan and other places, which was not conducive to fighting.

However, this situation was even more unfavorable to the Taiping army in Nanjing, because the city lacked food

Although he is a little disgusted with Sect Master Hong's set and ashamed of Hong's character, in order to make the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom last longer, in order to save more soldiers for national rejuvenation, the true heroes who shed blood and sweat.

Of course, Yang Dongfang did not deny that he was a little selfish, and the fact that the Nanjing regime had been supported for a longer time was beneficial to the development of the New People's Army.

Once Nanjing falls, the main force of the Hunan army may be transferred to central Sichuan, and the pressure on the New People's Army will become greater at that time, at least until the New People's Army takes the whole of Sichuan, Nanjing will not fall.

Therefore, Yang Dongfang was in a hurry to go out of Sichuan and down the river to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, a prosperous city that had been devastated by the war.

After some effort, he finally entered Nanjing City, but Yang Dongfang did not see Hong Xiuquan, or even other military generals, until he was met by the military advisor Hong Renji.

Hong Renji is a person who is about the same height as Zeng Shihe, and he is also a thin person, wearing a simple and clean cotton robe, and he also has a beard, but his nose is relatively large, the bags under his eyes are slightly raised, and the vicissitudes of his face are more obvious.

Probably because of the crisis in Nanjing, and the reason why his administrative philosophy did not work in the kingdom of heaven and hit a wall everywhere.

Or maybe it's because Suzhou City has just been taken away by the Huai army.

Yang Dongfang looked at Hong Renji, Hong Renji also looked at Yang Dongfang, Yang Dongfang was also in a plain cotton robe, wearing a fur hat, and he found that Yang Dongfang had a hairline on the left and right sides, and he actually grew hair like himself and others, and he couldn't help but be a little more curious.

Seeing that Yang Dongfang was tall and straight, with a handsome face, when he walked in, he was steady and calm, and he was not timid when facing himself, and there was an indescribable confidence in his eyes.

With a little calculation in his heart, Hong Renji opened his mouth and said: "Shopkeeper Yang, please sit, now Tianjing is surrounded by a group of demon lackeys, Shopkeeper Yang can still have his heart to my heavenly kingdom, which really makes the old man feel very gratified, and he thanked him in the second Hong." ”

"Deserved, deserved."

Yang Dongfang didn't expect that Hong Renji was also a kind old man, so he was polite to him, and said at the moment: "Lord Hong is really a kid, the kid just does what needs to be done." ”

The two chatted politely, and both sides did not mention the word food, expecting the other party to speak first, because both sides knew that food was priceless in Nanjing.

Hong Renji, a native of Huaxian County, Guangdong, is the younger brother of Hong Xiuquan, the king of Taiping, who has lived in Hong Kong for many years, and was named a military advisor and a god, and was once the prime minister.

He was one of the leaders of the Taiping Empire who had a wide understanding of the West, and the "New Chapter of Senior Administration" was a political program with the idea of developing capitalism, which was quite advanced in China at this time.

Now the small affairs in the big city are basically handled by him, Hong Xiuquan is immersed in his emperor's throne drunk and dreaming of death, night and night sheng song ignores affairs, in his eyes there is no hope for the kingdom of heaven for a long time, his basic concept is to be free for as long as he can, and live a few more days if he can live happily for a few more days.

The emperor has been the emperor, a lot of women have also played, and the golden gold has countless people, and the age of knowing the destiny of heaven has made his mind and body dying, without the slightest fighting spirit, and he is bent on being an ostrich.

As the prime minister of the Kingdom of Heaven, Hong Renji naturally understands that there is a great shortage of food in the city now, and many people in the city gnaw on the bark of trees to live.

Yang Dongfang understood better that the reason why Nanjing was breached in 1864 was because of the lack of food in the city, and the Taiping army had nothing to eat, where could they still have the strength to resist the Hunan army, which was almost armed to the teeth.

Seeing this, Yang Dongfang sneered, and then talked to Hong Renji about his "New Chapter of Senior Administration", talking about governing the country and the army, using Xiyi for China, etc., which really shocked Hong Renji, although there are still people who know more about this aspect than themselves.

With the in-depth communication, he found that Yang Dongfang knew more than himself, and it was more reasonable, and he couldn't help but secretly admire it, regarded him as a confidant, and was commensurate with his brother.

In the end, after talking for two hours, I still couldn't get enough of it, and then I remembered the main reason why Yang Dongfang entered the city, and then took the initiative to ask Yang Dongfang how much food he brought, where to hand it over, whether he wanted to go out of the city, and so on.

Yang Dongfang said that the grain was one million deniers, and proposed that it could be traded in the city, which shocked Hong Renji, who thought that Yang was only a hundred thousand deniers was very remarkable, and he actually brought one million deniers, and there was no need to go out of the city to send troops to receive food, what could be more pleasing than this.

However, Yang Dongfang also made a request: "Brother Hong, Yang heard that the Heavenly King has countless treasures, and he is afraid that they are hidden in the holy treasury, I don't know if I can have the fate to witness one or two, so the price of grain can be reduced by six layers." ”

"What... Forehead! Hong Renji didn't expect Yang Dongfang to mention this condition, Hong Touquan likes to collect treasures, he knows this, and he also used the crown wine glass made of gold to show off how rich he is to the Xiyi people.

Thinking that the price of grain could be halved, Hong Renji immediately said: "This matter is not big, it is not small, and it needs to be guarded by the Heavenly King, so you wait here for a while, and I will go and ask the Heavenly King to reply to you." ”

Yang Dongfang nodded and clenched his fists, expressing his deep agreement, and waited for him to drink tea and eat snacks here at Hong Renji.

Hong Xiuquan's baby! O Heavenly Treasury!

Yang Dongfang is really a little greedy. Rather than being hidden by Zeng Laojiu's attack on Nanjing in the future, it is better to get it away yourself.

Soon Hong Renji came back, but his expression was very unnatural, he wanted to speak and stopped, and he couldn't speak, Yang Dongfang saw this and asked: "Brother Hong, doesn't the king of heaven agree, that's nothing, just be a kid and be blessed." ”

Hearing Yang Dongfang say this, Hong Renji had a harder time speaking, and finally sighed before saying, "Brother Yang. It's not that the king disagrees, it's just... ”

"Just how?"

"It's just that he made it clear that if you take a look, the four layers of food prices will also be combined." It was difficult for Hong Renji to spit it out.

"Ahh Yang Dongfang's eyes could be stared out, and he scolded in his heart, Hong Shen's stick is so black, he doesn't even want to come out, no wonder you can be the king of heaven, sure enough, he is a goose plucking person from his bones, and it is all black to my head, it is really dead.