Ding Yimo wanted to ask Sun Yuanhua for help, but it was the cigarette quota of the Dengzhou Tobacco Factory.

Since last year, that is, in September of the first year of Chongzhen, the emperor allowed Yuan Chonghuan to revoke the governor of Denglai, and his authority was changed to the governor of Shandong, the officialdom of Dengzhou began to be extremely turbulent: whether it was the promotion and dismissal of officials, or the inventory and liquidation of government treasury materials, or even the reshuffling of various spheres of influence, it would take a lot of time and involve all kinds of entanglements of interests -- just to control the logistics of Dongjiang Town more effectively, Yuan Chonghuan ignored the outstanding merits of the "theater command" of Denglai, which had been established for eight years. It is both hasty and stupid to cut it out in this way.

In this context, the lucrative Dengzhou Tobacco Factory is naturally also the main battlefield for various forces, especially after Wang Ting's hand came in; At the beginning, he was deflated by Chu Fan, but now that Chu Fan has left, and the ground in Dengzhou has returned to Shandong, of course he will not let go of such an excellent opportunity.

After all kinds of tricks, coercion and temptation, Wang Tingqian finally got his wish and got a six-percent stake in the Dengzhou Tobacco Factory and began to directly meddle in the specific affairs of the cigarette factory -- in fact, to put it bluntly, it was to snatch the sales quota of cigarettes!

Although Lu Du is shrewd and capable, how can he be the opponent of the old fox Wang Ting, and Chu Fan is firmly tied to that life-and-death battle, except for writing letters and guidance, he has no energy to deal with such a thorny problem, so after half a year, the East India Company has been losing in this quota battle, from the original largest sales channel to even the basic requirements can not be met.

This made Ding Yimo crazy--fairy grass cigarettes have now become one of Feng Runxiang's fist products--he wrote to Chu Fan more than once to tell him about this, but Chu Fan, who was lacking in skills, couldn't help it, and finally let him come to Sun Yuanhua to try it and see if he could put pressure on Wang Tingtry through the Yamen of Jiliao Governor.

Ding Yimo's request made Sun Yuanhua very embarrassed - although he could speak to Yuan Chonghuan, Shandong was not under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiliao! However, he finally agreed to Ding Yimo to think of other ways.

After sending Ding Yimo away, Sun Yuanhua immediately wrote a letter to Xu Guangqi, the teacher he and Chu Fan shared, and vigorously found a piece of land in the Shanhaiguan Pass, and allocated a group of guards to start trying to grow corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes.

It took him five days for all of this to be considered a rough fix, and only after watching the seeds fall into the ground did he get up and return to Ningyuan City.

Sun Yuanhua had just arrived at the yamen and didn't even breathe, so he was invited by Yuan Chonghuan, and he only had time to wipe his face and hurried to the backyard study.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Yuan Chonghuan beckoning to him with a happy face, "Brother Chuyang, you can be regarded as here!" If you don't come back, I'll send someone to kidnap you!" ”

Sun Yuanhua is Yuan Chonghuan's confidant, of course he has long been used to such jokes, and said with a slight smile at the moment, "Brother Elemental is so happy, but what is the joy?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan laughed, glanced at the closed door of the study, and whispered excitedly, "Someone is coming over there!" ”

Sun Yuanhua chuckled in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but widen suddenly-what Yuan Chonghuan said was naturally referring to the Jianzhou Tartars!

Since becoming the governor of Jiliao, Yuan Chonghuan began to plan for money; This matter is a taboo in the imperial court, and those who know the inside story are just a few people like Sun Yuanhua and Zu Dashou; Yuan Chonghuan repeatedly explained to them that it was an expedient measure to seek money, and its real purpose was to dispel Huang Taiji's vigilance, gain time to build a walled city, build firearms, and train soldiers, so that within five years the Guanning army would have the strength to fight against Jiannu.

That's right! When Yuan Chonghuan boasted to the emperor about the "five years of Pingliao" Haikou, he himself interpreted it like this: the so-called "five years of Pingliao" does not mean that Jiannu will be defeated and Liaodong will be recovered within five years, but that he will have the ability to defeat Jiannu after five years.

For this point, Sun Yuanhua, like many sober people in the DPRK, did not think that Yuan Chonghuan intended to deceive the monarch - after all, the strength of the Guanning army was placed here, and if he was pulled out and knocked to the death with the elite of the Eight Banners without being trained in place, it was not Pingliao, it was sent to death! But the emperor is a character, and he can't wait to blow the chaff to see the rice, saying that the five-year period is too long, and he really wants to tell the truth, but he is afraid that Yuan Chonghuan will go out of the palace with the front foot, and the middle will to replace him with the back foot has already arrived home! In order to sit firmly in the position of the governor of Jiliao and even go further, Yuan Chonghuan chose to take risks, he decided that as long as he could win a field battle in the face of the Eight Banners within five years, he would be able to perfunctory the promise of Pingliao for five years and the crime of bullying the king!

The emperor is easy to fool, but Huang Taiji is not easy to fool - although he has only been a slave chief for a little more than a year, judging from the battle of Ningjin and the means of attacking the Mongolian tribes later, he can be regarded as a master of great talent, such a person will watch Yuan Chonghuan build a city at the door of his house and be indifferent? No way!

That's why Yuan Chonghuan is willing to take a big risk to seek money privately - since the matter of Pingliao in five years has already deceived the monarch, it is better to take another risk, if Huang Taiji is really confused, once the plan to build a city in western Liaoxi is completed, the initiative in the battlefield in Liaodong will return to the hands of the Ming army!

Yuan Chonghuan has always done things by unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, which Sun Yuanhua has long understood; So he also knew that even if he opposed this Yuan Inspector, he would let it go regardless of it, and in order for the anti-Tartar plan to go smoothly, Sun Yuanhua had to pinch his nose and agree-after he had his help, and he could also grasp the rhythm to prevent Yuan Chonghuan from doing something too out of line under impulse.

At the beginning of this year, Yuan Chonghuan searched around, and finally found a few lamas as intermediaries, and began to contact Huang Taiji privately. But new and more intractable problems have arisen.

First of all, the title of Huang Taiji, that is, the status of the Jianzhou Tartars -- Huang Taiji's letter was headed "Emperor of Manchukuo, to the Governor of the Ming Dynasty", and even proposed that "national treasures should not be used indiscriminately except for the edict." In this case, you should cast the imperial seal of Manchukuo with me" such a request!

Yuan Chonghuan knew that the emperor would definitely not agree to such a ridiculous condition, even if it was a secret agreement, it was absolutely impossible! No matter how eager the emperor is to solve the troubles in eastern Liaodong, he can't be on an equal footing with Huang Taiji!

The second thorny issue is North Korea.

In the Liaodong strategy inherited by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, North Korea is a very important help, but after the Ding Mao chaos, there were many doubts about the Ming Dynasty, the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty; The Ming Dynasty and the opposition were also worried that North Korea would not be able to withstand the pressure of the Tatars and completely fall over.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan put forward in his previous letters to Huang Taiji that he hoped that Huang Taiji would "withdraw his troops before they returned, and do not go back after they have returned" and stop attacking North Korea.

None of these questions could be clearly explained by correspondence, so at the request of Yuan Chonghuan, Huang Taiji agreed to send a secret envoy to negotiate, and now, the person was almost there.

Who will be this secret envoy sent by Huang Taiji? (To be continued.) )