Huang Taiji was the first to know about the liquor trade in North Korea, and he even praised it in private, saying that it was "a good drink with a hot mouth and a mellow aftertaste." ”

But Huang Taiji quickly sensed that something was wrong, because the nobles of the banners were also involved, according to Gang Atai's report, he traced that these liquors were dumped by a businessman in North Korea who had some relationship with King Li Liang, but what is suspicious is that there is not enough food in North Korea, where does so much grain come from to brew high-grade wine? The second suspicion is that the general business name called Li Dynasty Trading Company is located in Xuanchuan, which borders the Dongjiang provinces of the Ming Kingdom, which makes Huang Taiji suspicious, and the situation that Atay found out just now shocked Huang Taiji, because this Li Dynasty Trading Company actually involved the Houjin Eight Banners, according to the exact information, the two red flags have the second son of Daishan Shuotuo, and the third son Sakha Ling has joined the shares, although Yue Tuo did not come forward, but his son Luo Luohong, Doluo Xianrong, etc. are impressive, as well as the blue flag Haoge, the blue flag Zierharang, the two yellow flag owners A Dai and Dalai, Abatai, even Ma Guangyuan of the Han Army Banner, Shi Tingzhu, etc. are involved, a trading company that sells liquor actually almost wiped out the high-level of the Eight Banners, this phenomenon makes Huang Taiji feel frightened, Gang Atai lived up to expectations, and soon found out more details, the trading company also has the conditions to pull these nobles into the gang, these nobles in the banners for the trading company to match, a large number of sales of Golden Sun liquor, and in return, the Korean business society will sell forty percent of the sales proceeds, with the support of these nobles, In just a few months, the branch of the Li Dynasty Trading Company spread to all the large, medium and small cities of Houjin, and a steady stream of ox carts loaded with jars of liquor gathered between various outlets. In order to complete the entrustment of Huang Taiji, Gang Atai came to Lushun again regardless of the danger. After Fu Chamin's investigation, he finally found something wrong, and there was indeed a heavily guarded factory area at the foot of Laohuwei Mountain, ten miles south of Lushun, where a separate wharf was built, and the fleet under the banner of Xie Bai Trading Company carried a large number of things from the factory every month, and the sailing direction of the fleet was to the north. In addition, Fu Chamin also found that there was a lot of traffic outside the factory, and there were even businessmen in the Tianjin area transporting a ship full of wine for delivery, and Huang Taiji could almost judge after receiving these summarized news. Lushun purchased a large amount of liquor from all over the world, processed it again through some unknown procedure to produce this high level of liquor, and finally dumped all of it into Houjin, recovering a huge amount of silver from Houjin. It's no wonder that Houjin's economic situation this year has been quite bad. Some low-level aristocrats generally reflect that life has been very poor since the beginning of spring, and the lowest layer of the cloth is struggling on the verge of death, in the days of green and yellow, large-scale resistance and escape of the cloth are countless, Xiuyan, Fengcheng, Zhenjiang These places were already turbulent before the arrival of the Ming army, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

The battle between the Houjin Eight Banners and Lushun was in full swing. But doing business with Yang Bo is not ambiguous at all, and the liquor alone makes these people earn a lot of money. In addition to liquor, the Korean trading company also dumped tea, silk, ceramics, clocks, etc. to Houjin, and by the way bought back the furs in the hands of these nobles, medicinal materials and other Liaodong specialties, Huang Taiji knew the seriousness of the problem but did not bear it, and did not even show his tone in front of Haoge, the eight banners colluded together, any hasty blow will trigger a large-scale backlash, Huang Taiji needs to wait for the right time, and now, is the best time for a showdown.

"I've said before, what is the biggest threat to Yang Bo's department? It is their training, the homeless, the lower-class farmers, and even the exiled Nikan, as long as they go to Lushun to train for a few months, they can fight with the most elite of my Eight Banners, Yang Bo can train these people like a mold carved out, this Ming army's equipment is excellent, the ferocity of firearms I believe you all have a deep understanding, I don't tell you, I also learned from Lushun, with the captured equipment of Wuzhen Hachao, but also equipped with arquebuses, I know that the public school can not afford this silver, So I used my property to pay the first soldiers, what was the result? The only one who repelled the Ming army's siege in the First Battle of Fuzhou was Wuzhen Hachao, well, far away, what did Yang Bo sell to my Eight Banners through North Korea? Liquor, silk and satin, high-end clocks, do you understand? It's all things to enjoy, Yang Bo is so calculating, selling these luxury goods that make my Eight Banners warriors want to stop, and recovering a lot of silver, so that he can feed so many soldiers and horses, and equip so many equipment, it's ridiculous that the people of my Eight Banners can't see through each other's tricks, not only privately trade with them in the name of each banner, but also open the door for it, isn't it ridiculous and lamentable! ”

Everyone was full of shame, bowed their heads and said nothing, Huang Taiji was very satisfied with the results he chose to achieve in the showdown before the war, but the problem is that it makes sense that Lushun goods can be dumped after gold, and it can't be blocked by blocking alone, Huang Taiji also knows that they have private channels for smuggling in each banner, and it is impossible for him to completely cut off these channels, so it is equivalent to openly turning his face with the Eight Banners, Huang Taiji thought about it, and said: "I also like rare clocks, I also like silk and satin, and I also like liquor, but do we have to trade with North Korea?" Zhangjiakou, Xuan, and Dayi exchange millions of silver with us every year, what rare goods can't be bought? Isn't that right, the eight families are loyal to us, isn't it good for us to let them get rich? If this silver is given to them, they can bribe officials, inquire about the military situation, and create momentum in the court to impeach Yang Bo, which is also better than giving it to the Lushun Ming army to kill our Houjin warriors in turn, right? ”

Everyone's faces were a little ugly, but they were suppressed by Huang Taiji in the name of righteousness, and they didn't dare to object, how can the things in Xuanda compare with Lushun? Does Xuanda have a golden sun? Does Xuanda have beautiful clocks? Xuanda merchants transferred to the Mongolian ministries to reach Shenyang, can the price of those southern goods be compared with those sold from North Korea? When Dai Shan got up and agreed, everyone didn't dare to say more despite the reluctance in their hearts.

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Since everyone understands the stakes, there are no outsiders here, let's make an oath, I don't care what happened before, and I won't pursue it, but from today on, if there is anyone who dares to smuggle with North Korea in private, it will be our public enemy, and the Eight Banners will chase it together." Eight Banners to Suppress It! No wonder I said it in advance, in the future, North Korea's trade and trade will be in addition to grain and grass. Except for military supplies such as iron, gunpowder, and cotton cloth, all other things are not allowed to enter, do you understand? ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up and bowed down to say yes, the power of Huang Taiji's strategy was that he was not an enemy of the entire Eight Banners. Instead, in the name of righteousness, the power of the Eight Banners was raised to concentrate on attacking one family, and the Eight Banners were originally constantly tumbling, and the prince of each banner, Baylor, had a ghost in his heart. If Huang Taiji concentrates his firepower to attack one family, who would dare to be this up-and-coming bird? I'm afraid that even the most powerful two red flag daishan and two white flags don't dare, everyone is thinking in their hearts that they want to quickly withdraw themselves or their families from the Li Dynasty trading company.

Huang Taiji is in a good mood. And he said, "To fight is to fight for silver." Although Lushun cleverly set up various projects to collect money, but as far as I know, the Ming court has been in arrears of Lushun's food and wages, Yang Bo raised troops in fact by relying on trade to make money, and the focus of commerce and trade is our big gold, so cut off the trade of the North Korean side, Lushun Ming army will lose the biggest source of income, and they will immediately fall into a crisis of grain and grass. Everyone is struggling, and it depends on who can persevere. I have ordered Gang Atai and others to start seizing all the branches of the Li Dynasty Trading Company in Dajin and seizing all their goods, I have sent a letter to Li Liang, severely condemning the behavior of the Li Dynasty Trading Company's capital enemies, if you want me to release these merchants, let Li Liang exchange the grain, as for those seized goods, I mean that all of them will be confiscated into the public middle school, and then divided equally among the Eight Banners, which can be regarded as compensation for your losses, right? ”

Huang Taiji Shen slapped a sweet jujube, hearing his arrangement, everyone's faces seemed to ease a lot, although the Eight Banners nobles cut off a lot of money, but there was a windfall in front of them that did not have to pay anything, which made them feel very good for those who were used to robbery.

Huang Taiji saw that it was almost over, so he coughed and said: "Since everyone agrees with my strategic ideas, then let's discuss it carefully, everyone understands that Mopan City is not easy to fight, let's brainstorm and implement the specific tactics......"

At this moment, Ao Bai hurriedly entered the tent with two people, and after Ao Bai knelt down to Huang Taiji, he came to Huang Taiji's ear and whispered a few words, Huang Taiji laughed, waved his hand and said: "If you go to shout again, just say that I love Xinjue Luo * Huang Taiji swears to the sky, as long as the Ming army dares to go out of the city to compete, I will never take the opportunity to attack the city gate."

After Ao Bai left, Huang Taiji said: "Mopan City is in a hurry to go down, what are you going to do?" Do you have any ideas, speak them out, discuss them, and discuss them? ”

Everyone is thinking deeply, and they are quite cautious when it comes to specific tactics, which is also the military tradition of the Houjin Eight Banners.

At that moment, Yue Tuo's deputy Du Du got up and said: "Your Majesty, the minions have some ideas, Yang Bo thinks that Mopan City is tall and strong, and there is no shortage of food and water sources in the city, so he can confront my Eight Banners, and the minions think that we must not be in a hurry, we need to be prepared for a long-term siege, and it is the best policy to constantly consume the Ming army." ”

Huang Taiji nodded interestingly and asked, "What I have is patience, but in your opinion, how to lay down the Grinding Plate City?" ”

Du Du saw that Huang Taiji's attitude was gentle, and there was a faint meaning of encouragement in his words, so he said loudly: "The slave thinks that our Eight Banners don't have to be in a hurry, let Bao Yi take turns to go into battle and not attack the city, as long as he keeps carrying stones and soil, he will rely on tens of thousands of people to pile up a soil city that is on the same level as Mopan City, and when the earth city is piled up, it is the day when the city is broken." ”

Du Du's words made everyone discuss, Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Yes, the method of attacking the city is nothing more than three strategies of fire attack, water attack, and earth attack, there is no other good strategy, although this pile of soil is good but it takes too long, we consume energy in three months, can we consume it in half a year?" What if it's a year or two? The energy consumption of the Ming army, we may not be able to hold on, even if we consume energy, will you be as miserable as the Da Ling River at that time? ”

Abatai, who is known as a soldier, got up and echoed Du Du and said: "Your Majesty, compared with Yang Bo, the biggest enemy of the Eight Banners and the First World War, the Eight Banners, it is worth it to live a hard life for a few years, Yang Bo just wants to use the city to fight a war of attrition with me, the slave thinks it must not be on, let's put on an unhurried posture, prepare for a long-term siege, after a long time, the morale of the Ming army will inevitably be low, our biggest advantage as an attacking party is to take the initiative, when to fight, where to fight is up to us, Yang Bo can only defend passively, the minions think that they need to maintain a non-stop siege day and night to consume the number and morale of the Ming army, and when the ice freezes, we completely surround Mopan City to attack with all our might, and the minions think that the Ming army that has been besieged for more than half a year is exhausted, how can it be my opponent who waits for work and the elite of the Eight Banners? ”

Just when everyone was discussing the details of the siege, Ao Bai hurriedly ran in and said something in Huang Taiji's ear, and everyone saw that Huang Taiji's face was flushed, and there was a beastly lotus sound in his throat.

"Yang Bo, you are like a wild man in the cave, hiding your head and tail, and screaming wildly, thinking that you can't do anything!? Break the mill city, I will cut you with a thousand knives to quench the hatred in my heart! (To be continued......)