Chapter 50: Planning
The next day, in Shengjing, a white horse galloped off the reins on the street and went straight to the Qing court, this horse was Feilu!
"Stop it! Stop it! In front of the palace gate, looking at Feilu galloping over, the guards guarding the city shouted in panic. They pulled through the protective frame. I thought that the protective frame wrapped in iron wire would make Fei Lu retreat a little, but I never thought that Fei Lu did not hesitate at all, and went straight to the protective frame, and suddenly raised his head and roared, and the car was familiar with the protective frame and rushed into the palace gate.
This is not good, if the wild horse disturbs the emperor Ama and some elder brother in the palace, the mother and the concubine Gege, etc., then these guards will not be able to eat and walk around.
At this time, one of the guards suddenly saw that the horse was somewhat familiar, so he took a shortcut and ran towards Ning'er Gege's Gege Mansion.
"Report! …… Peaceful...... Ning'er Gege, there was a wild horse running towards the palace outside, and no one could stop it, okay...... It looks like Gege's Feilu horse! The guard said anxiously.
"What?! Fei Lu?! "I heard that Feilu was back, Ning'er rushed out of Gege Mansion to take a look, my obedient girl, it was really Feilu! I'm running towards the palace like crazy.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Dolgon, who had just come out of the Prince's Mansion and rushed to the main hall, saw Feilu rushing towards the Huang Taiji in front of the main hall, shouted, and protected the Huang Taiji behind him. Ready to meet the horse's hooves in mid-air.
At this critical juncture, only a whistle was heard, and Na Feilu immediately retracted the horse's hooves, and the scene was exactly the same as Zhu Qing at that moment. Because, the one who whistled was Feilu's master, Ning Er Gege.
"Your Majesty, are you okay? Seventh sister, you're too ignorant, why didn't you subdue Feilu earlier?! Let it disturb the emperor! Dolgon remembered the danger just now, and even remembered that he was almost caught up by Zhu Qing who was riding Feilu in Jinzhou a few days ago, so he was angry and said a few words to Princess Ning'er.
But Ning'er didn't respond, at this moment, all her attention was focused on the lost Feilu, she ran towards Feilu, hugged Feilu's neck and cried excitedly in front of everyone.
Ning'er has always been strong and does not shed tears easily, which shows how deep her feelings for Feilu are.
Huang Taiji saw it in his eyes and was also moved. Immediately stopped the agitated Dolgon.
"Forget it. The seventh sister didn't mean it, besides, she was happy that Feilu came back. With that, Huang Taiji walked into the main hall and started the early dynasty!
Dolgon understood that the first priority in this early dynasty was the matter of Jinzhou. So he didn't dare to slack off at all.
Like the Qing court, of course, there is also the Jinzhou guard general Zu Dashou, after sending Zhu Qing away yesterday, Zu Dashou gritted his teeth and wrote a letter to Wu Sangui, reprimanding his son-in-law who could not be saved in the face of death.
After Wu Sangui received the letter and learned about the Jinzhou incident, he became angry and killed the scout who was on duty at that time. The scout died unjustly. But it's also to blame that he didn't have an extra eye, and really saw Dorgon's army as an ordinary hunter. let people make a detour to Jinzhou from their own door to attack Wu Dashuai's father-in-law.
"Is Zhang Jushi here today?" After killing the scout, Wu Sangui was still angry, he remembered Daoist Zhang who played against him yesterday, if it weren't for him, Wu Sangui would not be reluctant to go out of the account to take a look in person.
"Handsome! Zhang Jushi didn't come today. Hu Wei responded.
"Hmph, this Daoist Zhang, when I see him one day, I must ask clearly, what is going on! Let's go, go to the horse farm to prepare 500 good horses, and follow me to Jinzhou to ask for guilt. Wu Sangui said angrily to Hu Wei. Hu Wei hurried to do it.
At this time, Shanhaiguan is in order, no matter how politicians fight, as long as the businessmen have business, they have to run outside the pass, the danger is more dangerous, but because of this, the profits are relatively high, so those bold businessmen still enter and exit Shanhaiguan.
Therefore, Zhu Qing decided to make a profit!
Increasing the tariff to 15 percent is much more expensive than the usual 5 percent, but it is much less than the 30 percent of the old stationmaster. Besides, Zhu Qing is not trying to fill his pockets, but the army is going to use money!
Let's not talk about the usual living expenses. But the two expenses that are urgently needed at present make Zhu Qing choke, that is, the preparation of eight hundred horseshoes and three hundred horses.
And these expenses, the household department will not give a penny! Not to mention that this is a subject added by Zhu Qing himself, which is not within the budget, even if there is a budget, the household department will not approve it, because, everyone knows that Shanhaiguan is a piece of fertilizer, as long as you are willing to get some means, you can squeeze out oil and water.
Although Zhu Qing squeezed, he couldn't squeeze too outrageously. So the cost is still very tight.
Lin Bai has already gone to find a horseshoe, there is an iron shop in the pass, the Yuan family iron shop, it is said that it was with Yuan Chonghuan back then, and later Yuan Chonghuan was killed, the Yuan family army was disbanded, and he opened this "Yuan family iron shop" near Shanhaiguan alone to make a living.
"Eight hundred horses, that's three hundred and twenty horses, it will take seven days." Lao Yuan said to Lin Bai.
"Three days, can it be done? We only have three days. Lin Bai said.
Old Yuan shook his head.
"Uncle, Jinzhou can't hold it anymore!" Lin Bai said.
"Okay, old man think of a way." After hearing this, Lao Yuan sighed.
"How much silver do you need?" Lin Bai must know the budget.
"One hundred and fifty taels."
"One hundred and fifty taels?!" Lin Bai couldn't believe his ears, Zhu Qing only gave him a budget of one hundred taels, and Lin Bai solved the extra part by himself.
"Little brother, the real iron horse is to use the best horseshoe, have you ever heard of the Guanning iron horse? If you want to be invincible back then, in addition to the warrior's brave war horse, the horse's shoe is also very important. So, I'm going to give you the best horseshoe, in fact, the price is already very low, if it were an ordinary guest, I would charge three hundred silver, do you know why my iron shop is so deserted, but our family can't starve to death? It's just that I met the owner who knew the goods, and I did a few orders of business with him, and I had to eat it this year. Old Yuan said to Lin Bai earnestly.
"Okay. Thank you so much, uncle. It seems that I, Lin Bai, have to be a bandit to pay off my debts. Lin Bai teased.
"How do you know you can't do it if you don't do it?" This old Yuan is also quite interesting, and he responded humorously.
"Three days, in three days we will bring silver to fetch the horseshoe." Lin Bai smiled, carried the halberd, shook his head and returned to Shanhaiguan.
"How? Got it? At the gate of the city, Zhu Qing and Cheng Li were training the army, and when they saw Lin Bai coming back with a sad face on his shoulder, he stepped forward and asked.
"It's done, but it's an extra fifty taels of budget." Lin Bai responded.
"Hmph, you said you were in charge." Zhu Qing smiled.
"Hey, would I like to lend you some? Wait until the next batch of military spending arrives to pay it back? Cheng Li asked Lin Bai.
"No, I don't. The shopkeeper has already told me a trick. "Lin Bai's ruffian began to attack again.
"Oh? What's the trick? ”
"Be a bandit!" Lin Bai said humorously.
"Okay, as long as it's not ordinary people and businessmen. Vice General Cheng and I acted as if we didn't see anything. Zhu Qing said, patted Cheng Li's shoulder, the two looked at each other, and laughed.
"Oh, yes. Now that my horseshoe has been settled, your three hundred horses are not an easy matter. Do you still have the heart to joke here? Lin Bai asked Zhu Qing, although it was a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but in private, Zhu Qing didn't care about these courtesies.
"Hey, I'm waiting." Zhu Qing sighed and looked outside the gate.
"Wait?" Lin Bai was puzzled.
"Brother Qinglong has just passed a book to Zu Dashou Feige. Said he wanted to buy a horse with him. Cheng Li said.
"Buying a horse? How much does that cost? Lin Bai was even more shocked when he thought of exceeding the budget by so much as he thought of playing horseshoe, so these three hundred horses were not a small number.
"You also know that now in this Guanning area, except for Zu Dashou who has this strength, only Wu Sangui is left, but you all know that it is impossible to buy it from Wu Sangui." Zhu Qing explained.
Cheng Li and Lin Bai nodded.
"However, the last time Zu Dashou just gave us 400 horses, this time we want to buy them? Is it possible? Cheng Li asked.
"So, I'm waiting. If I don't wait for a reply, it looks like I'm going to be a horse thief too. Zhu Qing laughed at himself, and the three of them looked at the outside of the gate, full of anticipation.
"Okay, Vice General Cheng, the brothers are almost rested, let's continue." Zhu Qing said and walked off the training ground.
Outside the gate, Wu Sangui and Hu Wei rushed to Jinzhou with a generous gift of 500 good horses, and took the blame.
After three hours of riding, we finally arrived at Jinzhou City. Seeing that Jinzhou was in a mess, Wu Sangui felt the seriousness of the matter. He sighed and said lightly to Hu Wei, "It's over, Jinzhou is in trouble, and now the old man won't believe it if he doesn't pick up the skin of this handsome." ”
"What then?" Hu Wei asked.
"Go and tell the guard to tell him to tell me that I have brought five hundred horses to plead guilty. First suppress the old man's anger. Wu Sangui instructed Hu Wei.
"Yes." Hu Wei nodded and went to deal with it.
After a while, the gates opened. Wu Sangui walked in tremblingly.
"You rebel! The old man thought that you waited for the old man to die before you came to collect the body! Unexpectedly, as soon as Wu Sangui entered the city gate, he saw Zu Dashou rushing out inside, scolding as he hurried.
Seeing Zu Dashou walking towards him angrily with a steel whip, Wu Sangui's legs were weak, he knelt on the ground, and shouted repeatedly, "Father-in-law, stop being angry!" The son-in-law also has a hard time. ”
"Bitter?! What's the pain? People from Shanhaiguan can rush over to save the old man, so you just sit idly by? Zu Dashou was angry and reprimanded, raised the steel whip, and attacked at any time.
"Father-in-law, spare your life! Let your son-in-law explain. Wu Sangui begged for mercy.
"Okay, you say, if you can't say one, two, three, the old man will clean you up today!" Zu Dashou's anger has not subsided.
"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Sangui saw that he had the opportunity to defend himself, so he hurriedly responded, "Actually, the son-in-law also had a premonition that something would happen that day, but Zhang Jushi was playing against the son-in-law at the time, and he said that it was okay, so the son-in-law didn't ask much." You also know that Zhang Jushi traveled in the Far East and knew everything about the Qing army, and you recommended it to me at that time. I thought he said of course it would be fine, who knows...... Ay. Wu Sangui said, slapping his mouth, although it sounded very loud, but compared to the steel whip, it was much lighter.
"Hey! This old Taoist priest! Jinzhou City, which has to be taken care of by the old man, is now in a mess. After listening to Wu Sangui's explanation, Zu Dashou hated and threw the steel whip to the ground.
"Father-in-law, don't worry, the son-in-law will definitely help the father-in-law make a comeback, isn't it? When the son-in-law came, he brought five hundred horses. I hope my father-in-law will regain his strength as soon as possible! Wu Sangui's attention gradually shifted when he saw Zu Dashou. Then he picked up the steel whip on the ground and handed it to Zu Dashou, bowed his head and said.
"The people are gone, what's the use of asking for horses?" Zu Dashou had a bitter face, "The most important thing in front of me is to rush to repair the moat and supply the soldiers, my iron cavalry troops will not have much profit or loss at that time, and these horses are nothing more than a waste of food for me to put here." Either you take it back, or I'll give it away! ”
"Send ...... Giving away? Wu Sangui was taken aback, this is five hundred war horses, if you didn't marry your daughter, Lao Tzu would not be willing to give it to you, but now you say that you want to give it to others?
"That's right, Shanhaiguan Qinglong just came to write and asked me to buy three hundred war horses. But what is this to buy, obviously I just want to take it for nothing. I still don't understand his foundation? How many days have I been guarding Shanhaiguan? Hum. Zu Dashou sneered.
It's okay not to say it, as soon as it is said to be the Qinglong of Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui is angry and doesn't fight in one place, "Then send a ball?" Wu Sangui said hatefully.
"If he had asked me in the past, I wouldn't have looked at me. But they saved my life after all. Keeping Jinzhou, if I don't want to help with this, it won't sound good to spread to the capital. You say, do you take the horse back or keep it for him? Zu Dashou said.
"This ......" Wu Sangui hesitated.
"I knew you didn't care if I lived or died! Where did you go when the old man was beaten by Dolgon?! Seeing that Wu Sangui was hesitating, Zu Dashou was furious, raised his steel whip and wanted to smoke again.
"The father-in-law is angry, and the son-in-law agrees." Although Wu Sangui had a lot of reluctance in his heart, he could only endure it in front of Zu Dashou. Who called himself a subordinate of someone else, and married someone else's daughter?
"You don't have to keep them all, he only needs three hundred. You can take the rest back, I can't take care of it here, and I can't take care of my own horses. Tomorrow he will come and buy horses, and you will take as much as you can. Don't embarrass me. Zu Dashou put away the steel whip and said coldly.
Wu Sangui had no choice but to grit his teeth and nodded.
Zu Dashou returned to the study and wrote a letter, "The war horse is ready, come and get it tomorrow!" After that, a carrier pigeon flew out of Jinzhou City and headed for Shanhaiguan.