Chapter 172: Suspicion

Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

In February of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Fengyang fell, after the carnival, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng formed two routes, Zhang Xianzhong took Jiangbei, and Li Zicheng went west into Henan.

Fengyang was lost, and the court was shocked, and the Son of Heaven Zhu Youzhen issued an edict and severely reprimanded Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian.

Zhang Guowei had few soldiers, so he could only ask the imperial court for help.

Within a few days, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, urgently led 50,000 troops out of Tongguan.

At the end of February, Zhang Xianzhong went to many places in Anhui and Henan in an attempt to reopen the Shaanxi passage through Henan to the north, however, Hong Chengchou arrived in time to plug the gap, and Zhang Xianzhong was blocked one after another, so he had to go around to other places.

At the beginning of March, Zhang Xianzhong conquered Luotian and opened the gateway to Huguang.

After a few days, Zhang Xianzhong led the army westward, entered Huguang through Huoshan and Yingshan, and conquered Macheng.

All of a sudden, the rogue was in full swing.

As the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou has the duty to clarify the bandits, and if the bandits are unequal, he will be restless for a day.

For Wang Teng, this is rare good news.

It is reported that Jin Liangyu, Fei Qing and others have already gone through Hong Chengchou's door, and if Hong Chengchou is still in Shaanxi, Wang Teng will probably not be able to benefit.

Hong Chengchou's departure means that Wang Teng no longer has to worry about his life.

The new governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng, admired Wang Teng a lot, and no one could move Wang Teng with him.

In Datong Mansion, people from all sides are crazy and are generally looking for the whereabouts of Shen Yikui.

Jin had already admitted that they had lost five thousand taels of silver, which was a lot of money. Whoever gets this silver can greatly increase their strength.

The wealth is moving, and under the search of people from all walks of life, a news about Shen Yikui came: Recently, someone in Shaanxi has played the banner of Shen Yikui!

Whether it is Jin Liangyu or the heroes from all walks of life, they are moved when they hear the wind. Vowed to seize the gods and take back the silver.

However, half a month has passed, and there is still no news of the "Shen Yikui" who committed the crime, as if he had never appeared.

Five thousand taels of silver is enough, but for Jin Liangyu, the most painful thing is his dead son.

You can make more money if the money is gone, but if your son is gone, you can't live anymore!

Jin Liangyu's anger was full of nowhere to vent. At this time, the Lingqiu Trading House sent people.

Jin Liangyu didn't want to see him, but the other party said that there was something important.

What could be more urgent than finding the real culprit?

"Let him in!"

Jin Liangyu is a businessman after all, although he hates the people of Tiexing for not responding properly, he also knows that the other party is not to blame for this matter.

No one would have imagined that three hundred guards would be slaughtered, if it weren't for Jin Liangyu's own eyes. Even he wouldn't believe it easily.

Business is business after all, and the son is dead. If you lose business again, this is a big loss.

Suddenly, a young man who was not less than the weak crown walked into the hall, "Little nephew Tie Xinyuan to meet his uncle."

Jin Liangyu was a little puzzled, "Xinyuan? What are you doing here? ”

Tie Xinyuan is the eldest son of the head of the Iron Guild, and he has quite a lot of means at a young age. I heard that the reason why the Tie family holds the position of the head of the association is not unrelated to him.

"I don't know if my uncle has heard the news of Guangling's iron smelting"

Jin Liangyu frowned, "Is it Wang Teng?" ”

"This is the person"

"I remember that Guangling does not produce iron ore, so what does Wang Teng want to make iron?"

Tie Xinyuan's face changed, "Uncle." The little nephew came here this time for the Guangling Iron Mine."

Jin Liangyu thought he had misheard, "Guangling Iron Mine? ”

Tie Xinyuan bowed his head, "Yes, there is a mine on Shiti Mountain, and I don't know how Wang Teng found it."

Jin Liangyu's eyes showed a cold light, "The mine should be owned by the government, didn't you take the road to Guanglingzhi County?" ”

Tie Xinyuan shook his head, "Guanglingzhi County didn't expect that there was a mine on the mountain, and Wang Teng had already bought the mountain before the end of the month."

Jin Liangyu took a breath of cold air, "This guy has been prepared for a long time."

Tie Xinyuan thought so, "Yes, right now, Wang Teng's iron factory is near the military village, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get close to it."

The relationship between Wang Teng and the Jin family has always been bad, and if he smelts iron, it will obviously not be a good thing for Jin Liangyu, who controls the price of iron.

"The Jin family and the iron industry are both prosperous and lossy, and right now, Wang Teng is also going to get involved in the iron business, I think this wind must not rise, otherwise, you and I will no longer have a foothold."

"What my uncle said is very true, some time ago, the iron company has increased the price of coke, however, Wang Teng is still buying on a large scale, once he has other coke to help, I am afraid that the price of this iron will be twists and turns."

Jin Liangyu frowned, "Virtuous nephew, after all, Wang Teng is new to the industry and doesn't understand the rules, as long as we suppress him, I'm not afraid that he won't comply."

"What does my uncle think?"

"Lower the price of Datong ironware, no matter what price Guangling ironware is sold, we will be one point cheaper than him! Since then, Wang Teng will not be able to sell iron tools and will have to close the iron factory sooner or later."

Lowering the price means reducing profits, however, compared with Wang Teng's threat, short-term losses are completely acceptable, thinking of this, Tie Xinyuan nodded slightly, "According to what my uncle said, reduce the price of ironware, as long as Wang Teng can't hold it, we will win."

Jin Liangyu felt that something was wrong, "Wang Teng just bought a thousand taels of silver a few days ago, and now he has built an iron factory, where did he get so much silver?" ”

Could the Hunyuan robbery be done by Wang Teng?

As soon as this year came out, he couldn't suppress it anymore, and it was said that Shen Yikui did it, but all the people from all walks of life dug three feet into the ground and didn't find any trace of Shen Yikui, but someone found clues that the robbers fled to the spirit.

Could it be that it is really Wang Teng?

Tie Xinyuan naturally didn't know what Jin Liangyu was thinking, "Uncle, the people of Guangling are afraid of rogues, and many people spend money to buy peace, and most of Wang Teng's silver is given by them."

"Sent by the people?" Jin Liangyu felt a little unbelievable.

If bribery could build an iron factory, then the world would have been all over the subway factory.

Just when Tie Xinyuan saw Jin Liangyu, Wang Teng convened the generals to discuss the matter, and Zhou Yuji was among them, "Everyone, now there are only two kinds of soldiers in our army: musketeers and pikemen, if you defend the city and fight, it doesn't matter, but if you fight on the plains, it is obviously not feasible to have no cavalry."

Huang Degong frowned, "My lord, the cavalry is extraordinary, and it is not easy to train."

Through the early seizure, Wang Teng had a total of fifty war horses in his hands, and later purchased some through Wei Yuan's hands, and now, there are seventy war horses in the Shitishan military village, so that the number of cavalry can only be tentatively set at fifty people.

Archery on horseback is a technical job, and if you want to do it, you don't know how long it will take to train.

Liukou and Jiannu will not give Wang Teng too much time to prepare, and maybe they will have to rely on the fire gun to win on the horse in the future.

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