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The military camp of the Jiangning camp in the capital of Kuizhou.

This is a place of absolute martial law, ordinary people and others cannot get close, otherwise they will be killed, even the officials at all levels of Kuizhou Mansion cannot approach at will. Especially after the start of the intelligence war, the station of the Jiangning battalion has become a place that ordinary people are not allowed to approach.

Su Tiancheng entered the Jiangning camp, came to a house, paused outside for a while, shook his head and entered.

This is where the Jiangning camp holds felons.

The person detained this time was extraordinary, and it was also caught by Qu Qingze with great difficulty.

After Su Tiancheng entered, he saw a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, who was white and fat, and looked like he had been pampered for a long time, and ordinary businessmen could not reach such a level.

The middle-aged man's face showed horror. Since he was captured, he has not slept a single night, and of course he knows what he is doing, especially after learning that he was captured by the Jiang Ning battalion, he has completely collapsed, and he can't imagine what the consequences will be.

"My lord, this is the merchant who traded with the rogues."

Su Tiancheng nodded, this situation, Qu Qingze has already said it, and there is another point, this businessman is just a middleman, earning silver, which is equivalent to doing business, and I don't know what the consequences will be if he does this, the real behind-the-scenes commander will definitely not show up.

The purpose of seizing this businessman is also to cut off the line of the rogue to get the munitions, the Jiangning battalion is about to launch a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of the rogue bandits, and the final decisive battle is coming, at this time, no arms can continue to flow into the hands of the rogues.

Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face. He didn't want to do anything to the merchant, on the contrary, he wanted to take advantage of the merchant.

"My lord, the grass people should die, the grass people don't know that those things can't be touched, and the grass people won't dare in the future. I definitely don't dare, I won't do it if I die......"

Seeing the middle-aged man kneeling in front of him with a handful of snot and tears, Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face.

"Don't be nervous, you are a businessman, it is natural to make money, as long as it is a business, especially a money-making business, always think about what you want to do, and those who don't know are not guilty. This official will not be unkind. ”

The nature of a businessman is sensitive, and when he heard Su Tiancheng say this, he knew that there was hope, and he kowtowed harder.

"Don't kowtow, you do two things, as long as you do it well, you will continue to do your business, and the official will not do anything to you."

"Your Excellency. The grass people must do a good job, they must do a good job. ”

"First things first. Whoever entrusted you with this business, write it truthfully, including how many people the other party has, what requirements they have made, and what they want you to continue to do, the more detailed the better. The identity of the other party, you know the Tao, you can listen carefully, what you are doing is the matter of destroying the nine clans. If it's not written in detail, or if there's something to cover up, the official won't spare you. ”

"The second thing, if your first thing is done well, you can continue to do business, continue to deal with those people, no matter what they ask, you will agree, but don't do it, deal with them, in case there is no way to deal with it, you can contact the government directly."

The middle-aged man's face changed, and the two seemingly simple requirements were actually very difficult, especially the second request, to deal with the Houjin Tartar and the Liukou, where is it such a simple thing, but it is definitely not okay not to agree.

"My lord, the grass people will do their best."

"Hehe, maybe you still have the psychology of luck, but the official wants to tell you, if you don't do well, you don't need the official to do it, the other party will not let you go, not only you, but even your family, it is impossible to be spared, when the time comes, the official will not think about protecting you, if you are bold and dare to gamble with your family's life and your own head, you can try."

"The grass people don't dare, the grass people don't dare to ......"

Qu Qingze was a little strange, why didn't Su Tiancheng think about getting information from this businessman, this is actually a very simple thing, as long as he is tortured, the problem will be solved, and at the same time, he will open a big net and arrest all the upline and downline who trade with the businessman, and all the problems will be solved.

This businessman, Qu Qingze took a lot of hard work to catch it.

"My lord, isn't it too cheap to let this black-hearted businessman go like this?"

"Lao Qu, I know what you think, this guy has done something against the sky, asking for money and not dying, it is true that he should be killed, but even if we kill this businessman, or even kill his family, we can guarantee that no one else will contact the Liukou, and we can guarantee that Houjin will not find other businessmen, this is not guaranteed, it is only a little more than a month before we attack, let this businessman deal with Houjin and Liukou, so that their transaction cannot be carried out, and when Houjin and Liukou understand, it will be too late."

Qu Qingze nodded.

"We do things, and there are pros and cons. For example, Song Sijun traded arms, this matter, there are many benefits, maintaining all the expenses of the Jiangning battalion, but the disadvantages are also obvious, especially this time the white pole soldiers suffered a fiasco, and the arms transaction has a direct relationship, is it because of such a thing, we can not carry out arms transactions, obviously not, if there is no arms deal, the Jiangning camp may be difficult to maintain, the court does not have so much silver. ”

"Let's talk about this businessman, let him go and deal with Houjin and Liukou, we can just watch him, we don't need to continue to spend time digging deeper, as for other people, there is no need to pursue it, put an insignificant businessman, in exchange for the fact that Liukou can't get the replenishment of arms, compare the two, you don't have to think much about what to choose."

"If we punish this businessman, or even wipe out all the businessmen or spies involved in the transaction, and the people will form other forces in a short period of time and continue to trade, it will take us a lot of energy, and we should not do this game of cat and mouse."

"My lord, Song Sijun asked, whether it is to provide general cannons to the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, the matter is very important, and he does not dare to call the shots."

"Lao Qu, what do you think?"

"Xia Guan feels that it is a little inappropriate, the power of the general's cannon is huge, if the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe get it, it will cause a great repercussion, if it is in the court, some adults know about it, they will definitely be impeached."

"Don't think about impeachment, just talk about the matter and think that we should provide the two tribes with a general cannon."

"This, Xia Guan thinks that as long as the amount of ammunition can be controlled, even if it is provided, the problem is not very big, not to mention the Mongolian tribes, even Houjin, cannot make shells, and they are still subject to us."

"That's right, this idea is right, to provide the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe of the general cannon, on the surface, enhance their strength, in fact, this will make the two tribes more dependent on us, if we don't provide the ammunition, the general cannon is equivalent to scrap metal, what's the use of them holding it."

"Xia Guan understands, Xia Guan will inform Song Sijun."

"Well, we must strictly control the number of shells, and in addition, we must tell the leaders of the Xibe and Daurian tribes to beat hard, and cripple the disobedient tribes on the grassland, and the rest of the tribes that are beaten dare not have other ideas, especially those tribes that are dependent on Houjin, and they must not show mercy, even if they destroy these tribes, it is not a great thing."

Qu Qingze looked at Su Tiancheng, a little unconvinced, why did he ask the two tribes to launch an attack at this time.

"Lao Qu, isn't Houjin calculating us at this time, we also have to calculate them, so that they have a headache for the grassland, you must know that Houjin attaches great importance to the stability of the grassland, in the past, we focused on trading, but now we think more, to take advantage of the turmoil in the grassland, involving a lot of Houjin's energy."

Two days later, a secret letter departed from Kuizhou and was sent to the capital.

After reading this secret letter, Zhu Youzhen quickly summoned Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou, Yang Sichang and others.

After Sun Chengzong and the others saw the secret fold, their expressions were very serious.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Su Aiqing's secret letter clearly stated that during this time, Houjin is very likely to act, and even launch a large-scale attack like the year before last, threatening the capital, you tell me, how to deal with it."

Everyone looked at Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong did not hesitate and quickly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Su's analysis is accurate, the matter of exterminating the Liukou involves all aspects, Houjin has always been eyeing the tiger, several times my army saw that the Liukou was about to form a fatal blow, Houjin had a move, forcing the imperial court into a two-front battle, the result was that both sides lost the fighter, the minister thought, Lord Su's proposal can be considered, ordered the Yulin battalion to be stationed in Datong, Shanxi, stationed in Anning Fort and Jingbian Jiangning battalion soldiers, responsible for guarding Yulin and Ningxia border passes, Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, The border army in Jinzhou strengthened its vigilance and paid attention to the movements of Houjin at any time. ”

"In addition, the grassland tribes are a little chaotic during this time, Lord Su thinks that this kind of chaos is very beneficial to my Ming Dynasty, even if Hou Jin orders those subjugated tribes to take the opportunity to enter the customs and harass my Daming, we have to see if they have such an opportunity, the strength of the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe has become unprecedentedly strong, and it can block other Mongolian tribes with bad intentions for my Ming Dynasty, so there will not be much problem with the border passes in Ningxia."

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

He has a lot of feelings, once upon a time, when he saw such a situation, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had nothing to do, and even made a mess, but now the situation has changed, and the imperial court can calmly make deployments, while guarding against the invasion of Houjin, while doing their best to exterminate the Liukou, they don't need to worry so much. (To be continued......)