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"Two hundred?" Lu Boqi was taken aback: "Don't you want to give money for nothing?" ”

"That's right!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "It's just the five hundred iron furnaces at the beginning, and there will naturally be no ones in the future." ”

Lu Boqi glanced at Liu Cheng in surprise, although he didn't know much about the cost of this iron furnace and honeycomb coal, but half a tael of silver was only six or seven buckets of brown rice, and it was very reluctant to change this iron furnace, not to mention the two hundred honeycomb coal given away for nothing.

Liu Cheng also saw Lu Boqi's thoughts, but he just smiled and didn't speak. The reason for this is simple: China in the 17th century was still a society based on an agricultural and pastoral economy, and although the operation of industry and commerce could bring huge profits, if it only served the consumption needs of the upper strata of society, it could not feed back agriculture and animal husbandry to develop with it. Then highly developed industry and commerce are harmful to the whole society in a sense, because there is only so much food produced, and the more developed industry and commerce are, the more resources will be drawn from agriculture and animal husbandry, and once a disaster occurs, the more likely it is that the peasants and herdsmen will fall into famine, and finally the whole society will only be destroyed by the turmoil from below. Not to mention anything else, there are hundreds of thousands of large and small livestock that are forced to kill every autumn because of lack of fodder in the various departments of Monan under the command of Liu Cheng, and countless people are frozen to death and starved to death in winter. The peasants in northern Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hetao will be able to obtain more fertilizer and animal power, and the yield per mu and the amount of land reclaimed will also be greatly increased. In order to achieve the above goals, Liu Cheng would rather make less money at the beginning, and even put money from his pocket to promote the use of honeycomb coal, anyway, only his own one will produce honeycomb coal and iron stove at present, compared with the stove at that time, honeycomb coal and iron stove are much superior in terms of fuel saving, ease of use and safety, as long as people are used to this way of heating and cooking at that time, Liu Chengcheng does not have to worry about not making money.

Seeing that Liu Cheng didn't speak, Lu Boqi knew that the other party must have made up his mind, and it was useless to ask again. He was very confident in Liu Cheng's ability to make money, so he didn't ask any more, and after a few idle words about Liu Cheng, he got up and said goodbye. Liu Cheng sent it to the door. As soon as he returned to the pavilion, Zhao Wende asked, "My lord, why did you say those words to Lord Lu?" ”

Liu Cheng smiled, motioned for Zhao Wende to sit down, and said with a smile: "What?" Jiansheng thinks it's bad for me to do this? ”

"Don't dare!" Zhao Wende said with a smile: "I think that the adults must have deep meanings, but I don't know what it is, please let the adults know!" ”

"Jiansheng, you said that if Lord Lu goes back and tells the Son of Heaven what I just said, what do you think the Son of Heaven will do?"

"This-" Zhao Wende was stunned when he heard this, he thought for a while, and replied: "If I were a saint, I would suppress this matter, just if it didn't happen, be careful in the future!" ”

"Oh, why does Jiansheng think so?"

"It's very simple, the adults have already taken care of the Monan tribes, and they have a good relationship with the Jungar people, the Mobei tribes, and Gushi Khan. If you want to fight the adult's idea, if you don't want to fight the adult's idea, a bad Xuanda, Yansui, Ningxia towns will have no peace, if the adult and the Dongyu unite, the court is afraid that the only way to move the capital will be. Since as long as the court does not move the adults, the adults will not rebel, so why make things out of control? ”

"That's a good point!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Then since Jiansheng can think of this, do you think Lord Lu wants to get it?" ”

Hearing Liu Cheng say this, Zhao Wende's eyes lit up, and he high-fived and said, "Yes, Master Lu must be able to think of it." Since he told the court, the court would not do anything to the adult, and if the news was revealed, his relationship with the adult would be over, so why should he be a villain in vain? Speaking of this, his brows furrowed again: "Even so, there is no need for adults to put it bluntly, right?" ”

"I'm just going to put it bluntly, and I've pierced this layer of paper!" Liu Cheng sneered: "You know that he Lu Boqi relied on me to become the governor of Xuanda, the squire of the military department, and I also know it, and Lu Boqi himself knows it." If you don't pierce this layer of paper, people will pretend to be confused. I just want to tell him plainly that if the court is in chaos and insists on transferring me to Guannai to fight thieves, I will dare to poke a hole in the sky. This kind of thing can't be said by me, a military general, and if I say it, I will tear my face with the court, but if I don't say it, I can't do it, in case the court really issues an edict, am I against it or not? I just want Lu Boqi to understand, don't want to fool around, eat so many benefits from me, you have to speak for me at a critical time! ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!" At this time, Zhao Wende had fully understood Liu Cheng's intentions. Liu Cheng, who had just eaten the Monan tribes, was extremely reluctant to lead his troops into the customs to fight the thieves, although he could keep Minmin in Guihua City to lead the Monan Mongolian tribes, but without his own command, he would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage in the war with Houjin. However, according to the political rules of the Ming Dynasty, as the chief soldier of Datong, he has no right to comment on the central decision-making, and the most vocal person on the issue of whether to transfer troops is none other than Lu Boqi, who is the governor of Xuanda. In this case, instead of begging and buying, it is better to intimidate directly, after all, if Liu Cheng is really reversed, the first person to die is none other than Lu Boqi, who is Liu Cheng's boss.

"Then do you want to reply to Lord Yang's letter?" Zhao Wende asked.

"Back!" Liu Cheng pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Actually, this is also an opportunity, didn't Lord Yang be blocked back by the ministers every time he raised taxes and salaries to train troops before?" Now that the middle has been breached, and the thieves have all been beaten to the canal, no one will object! ”

"That's what your lord said!" Zhao Wende said with a smile: "It's okay if Zhongdu falls, this luck is absolutely unbreakable!" ”

"Well, you can explain what I mean, I will never go to fight the thieves, but if you give rewards to the various departments of Monan, it is still okay to draw two or three thousand cavalry. Also, this is a good opportunity to raise taxes and salaries, so you must seize it! Do you understand? ”

"I understand it below!" Zhao Wende smiled: "My lord wants to get a piece of the pie from this salary? ”

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng smiled: "Give me two or three years, Mo Nan's side is the basic plate, and I won't eat this salary in vain, at least eat Horqin and the rest of the left wing, and then pull the Chechen Department Shuolei Khan over, if Actun opens up the situation on the Jurchen side of the East China Sea, Donglu will be the turtle in the urn." By the way, write a letter to Brother Xu for me, and ask him to send someone to visit the Tang King at all four o'clock, and this relationship cannot be broken. ”

Zhao Wende asked: "Then the king of Tang is the king of the domain, and Lord Xu has a foreign minister who has a close relationship with him, isn't it suitable?" ”

"It's not too secret, it's just a gift for four sections, it's a trick of idle chess, and I can't use it for the time being, but maybe I will use it in the future!"

Zhao Wende glanced at Liu Cheng puzzled, but still responded: "Yes, my lord!" ”

Zhao Wende put his pen and ink on the low table in the pavilion and wrote the letter, he didn't add any points, and after a while, he wrote the reply to Yang Sichang, Liu Cheng picked it up and looked at it carefully. Zhao Wende didn't speak, and sat in front of the low table waiting for Liu Cheng's reply. After a while, Liu Cheng crumpled the letter paper, and Zhao Wende hurriedly asked, "My lord, is it not good to write it?" ”

"No, Jiansheng, you wrote very well, but this matter is too important, what you see on paper is shallow after all, you go to Beijing in person and tell Lord Yang my bottom line. The soldiers can be transferred, but at most one battalion of infantry and 2,000 cavalry, they will be handed over to Brother Xu to command, and the salary and reward cannot be less, and the position of my own Datong general soldier cannot be moved. There is also an opportunity to raise taxes and salaries, and you have to remind him that if you can hint, you can hint at it, and if you can't hint at it, just say it directly. Also, before leaving, I will go to Lord Lu, and after I go to Jingshi, I will go to Gonggong Hu, find a few more people to speak for us, don't be afraid to spend money, understand? ”

"My subordinates understand!" Zhao Wende also felt the pressure from Liu Cheng's gaze, and he said in a deep voice: "The subordinates will go back to prepare immediately, and they will set off tomorrow!" ”

"Hmmm! Wave the flag, you pick a few capable people to escort Mr. Zhao to Beijing, and go to the treasury, all kinds of gifts are prepared, and finally go to Beijing, you can't treat Gonggong Hu badly! “

"Yes, sir!" Hao Shaoqi answered and stood up. Liu Cheng stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhao Wende's arm, and said in a low voice: "Three years, give me another three years, and our carp will be able to cross the dragon gate and turn from a fish to a dragon!" ”

Shengjing, Qifu Palace.

"So, you didn't quit the army without fighting Liu Cheng?" Huang Taiji's voice was a little low, and it reverberated in the empty hall, mixed with the original voice, and seemed a little blurred. Dolgon, who was kneeling on the ground, gritted his teeth, kowtowed two more times, and said, "Exactly, Great Khan!" Seventh Brother personally went to Laoha River, and after exploring Liu Cheng's military situation, he felt that it was difficult to compete with him, and after discussing with Seventh Brother, I felt that it was better to withdraw the troops! ”

"Old Seven, did you personally go to investigate Liu Chengjun's situation?" Huang Taiji turned his gaze to Abatai who was kneeling beside Dolgon, compared to Dolgon, Abatai's expression was much more relaxed, he nodded, and described in detail the situation he witnessed at the Laoha River crossing that day, and finally said in a deep voice: "Great Khan, the general situation is like this, I think that Liu Cheng not only rewarded the soldiers with the help of building the floating tu, but also won the hearts of the people." Both the troops and the armor battle are superior to ours, and there is really no chance of victory in the battle, so it is better to escort the remnants of the left flank back! ”

"Hmm!" Huang Taiji nodded, but did not express his disbelief in the actions of Dolgon and Abatai: "Old Seven, Old Fourteen, you have worked hard all the way, go back to wash the dust first, rest for two days, come on, pick out the ginseng sent by the King of Korea and give each Old Seven and Old Fourteen a pack, let them go back to replenish their bodies!" ”

"Thank you, Great Khan!" Abatai and Dorgon hurriedly kowtowed to thanksgiving, and then withdrew from the temple. The two looked at each other with apprehension before going home.

"Chahan, why are you so ignorant, you ran to break the queen for those minions on the left wing, and were killed by the Southern Barbarians!" In the Guan Gu Palace, a sad cry came out, a woman with a full head of beads and emerald fell on the kang and cried bitterly, and two noble ladies with tears on their faces next to them were comforting in a low voice. At this time, with the voice of the eunuch, Huang Taiji came in from the outside, and when he saw the three noble ladies who were crying, he showed a look of embarrassment on his face: "Since you all know, I won't say more!" ”

The noble lady who was lying on the kang and weeping bitterly got up, knelt on the ground and walked a few steps on her knees, grabbed the hem of Huang Taiji's robe, and hissed: "Great Khan, Chahan was killed by the Southern Barbarians, but Dolgon ran back without firing an arrow, you must not be able to count it like this!" ”

"Concubine Chen, what are you doing, the bricks on the ground are cold, get up and talk, it's not good if your body is broken!" Seeing this, Huang Taiji hurriedly reached out to support the noble lady, and it turned out that this person was Borzigit. Hai Lanzhu, she is the Emperor Taiji Empress Borzigit. Zhezhe's niece, Zhuang Concubine Borzigit. Bumu Butai's sister, but she entered the palace relatively late, she is twenty-six years old, and her rank is still before Concubine Zhuang. The character is also very strong, even Huang Taiji is afraid of him. She learns that her younger brother Borzigit. Chahan was killed in battle after the left wing was broken, while Dorgon and Abatai retreated without a fight, and could not help but grieve.

"I can't get up! My own brother died under the arrows, and the corpse could not be preserved, but the army under the command of my in-laws did not avenge him, why do I need this body as a sister? Speaking of this, Concubine Chen pulled out a short knife from her waist, bit her long hair with her mouth, cut it with a knife, pointed to the broken hair and swore and cursed: "Immortal Heaven is above, as long as my brother Chahan's great revenge is not avenged, my Hai Lanzhu will not let my hair grow above my shoulders for a day, otherwise my neck will be cut in two like this hair!" ”

"Concubine Chen, why are you doing this?" Huang Taiji was taken aback by Hai Lanzhu's behavior, hurriedly snatched the short knife from the other party's hand, and called the queen and Concubine Zhuang for help, before helping him to lie down on the kang. Seeing that the faces of the queen and Concubine Zhuang were also full of sadness, Huang Taiji's explanation couldn't be said for a while. After a long while, he whispered: "I will keep the matter of Chahan in my heart, but I can't blame Lao Fourteen for this matter. Concubine Chen, you should rest for a while, don't be too sad, don't hurt your body and bones! With that, he stood up and walked outside.

Huang Taiji walked out of the Guan Jiu Palace, distraught, and he walked around the palace aimlessly. Limited by manpower and material resources, the palace of the Later Jin in Shengjing at that time was far from being comparable with the Forbidden City in terms of scale and architectural art. Huang Taiji turned around a few times, only to find that he had actually returned to the gate of Guan Jiu Palace, he was still worried about Hai Lanzhu's situation, so he went in again. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.