That night, Yan Kunzhi had a large banquet and feasted the new governor Yang Wenyue, Yang Bo naturally couldn't escape, but because Yan Kunzhi was always strict, Yang Bo could only sit honestly outside the attic, and together with a large group of military generals, the military department had issued an order, ordering a guerrilla battalion to garrison Tongzhou, Yang Bo transferred the youth model battalion of the Panshi Brigade and the second battalion of Wu Zhongcun, about 2,500 people were on standby, Zong Yuanfang was anxious, but without Yang Bo's nod, he could only scratch his ears and cheeks alone, but there was no way, Yang Bo has been pressed and not moved, In fact, I just want to see the attitude of the new governor Yang Wenyue, if Yang Wenyue is a smart person, there will be a move tonight, if it is the kind of person who is unwilling to compromise, I can't say, Yang Bo will ask him to stand aside if he is impeached.

Three days ago, Yang Bo finally received a top-secret line report from the nail, this time the scale of the Jin Nan raid is not large, the main purpose of Huang Taiji is to rob the wealth, Yang Bo held several military meetings, the staff predicted that the Tatar slaves would break through in the Xuanda area, but the scene of attacking the city and plundering the land like the change of Jisi will not appear, so the rescue soldiers and horses stationed in Tongzhou are likely to be unable to contact the Tartar slaves at all, Zong Yuanfang's plan to make meritorious contributions is naturally empty, since there is no danger in aiding, Yang Bo needs to consider what reward can be obtained for this move, A few days ago, Yan Kunzhi had already used the identity of a supervisor to go up to the top, asking to increase the salary of the guerrilla battalion to 100,000, and suggested that the guerrilla battalion be expanded to the scale of four battalions, in addition to the Denglai general army, Lushun set up a separate general army, in charge of Pingliao affairs, the former Lushun deputy general Zhou Guangbi was promoted to Lushun general army, with Yang Bo as the deputy, Wen Tiren entered the palace to play the right, also expressed the same meaning, Emperor Chongzhen hesitated. He knew that Yang Bo's guerrilla battalion had already reached the strength of four battalions, but if Lushun set up another general army, then he would have to take out at least 500,000 points from the Liaoyu to Denglai and Lushun, but this had the advantage of bringing the guerrilla battalion into the control of the imperial court. Originally, the idea of Qingzhou setting up a strong army to deter Lushun could be simplified, and Cao Huachun suggested that Li Weiluan be transferred away and send people to control the soldiers and horses of the four battalions of Denglai, and that Dongjiang Shang Kexi and other units were relatively hostile to the guerrilla battalions, so that the original goal of arranging heavy troops around southern Liaoning, and if the guerrilla battalions moved slightly, the goal of encirclement and suppression on all sides could be realized. Although Emperor Chongzhen was a little moved, he still couldn't make up his mind, so he temporarily shelved this suggestion. At this time, the opinion of Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, is very important, it can be said that if he is willing to go to the sparse, Yang Bo will be able to justifiably take charge of the four battalions of Lushun, if Yang Wenyue is against it. Nine times out of ten, this thing will be yellow.

Really. Yang Bo was just about to leave the governor's yamen after the banquet when he was stopped by Yang Wenyue's personal entourage, and in the private room, Yang Bo revisited Yang Wenyue.

Yang Wenyue smiled and threw a stack of impeachments to Yang Bo and said: "Zhixian is too suspicious, this official has just taken office and came to such a show, Zhixian is testing me?" ”

Yang Bo glanced at the impeachments, the fire paint on them was untouched, and he smiled at the moment: "The lower officials are more domineering on weekdays, and there are also people below who have complaints. ”

Yang Wenyue smiled slightly. But he changed the topic and said: "The Japanese officials of the Ming Dynasty went to the imperial court and asked for the arrears of the guerrilla battalion over the years." Also, knowing that you have worked hard and won countless achievements, the court can only promote you to a general, which is chilling, since this official has taken office, he will naturally not ignore this"

Yang Bo knew that Yang Wenyue was showing favor to himself, so he smiled and said: "The last general doesn't dare to take credit, it's all Lord Yan, and Master Zong has earned a little bit of merit under his strategy."

Yang Wenyue saw Yang Bo coming to the road, and his mood suddenly improved, and said: "You don't have to be too humble, this official has also seen the tripartite checks and balances formulated by the elder and the military gate, and he is amazed in his heart, plus there is a strong army such as the guerrilla battalion, this official is full of enthusiasm and is ready to come to do a big job, but it is good to know how to support a lot?" ”

Yang Wenyue said very bluntly, that is, although he is a new official, he will inherit the strategic thinking of Wen Tiren and Yan Kunzhi, and at the same time, he is also in the heart of Yang Bo. Since Yang Wenyue can put down his body to show goodwill, Yang Bo can't help but appreciate it, and Yang Bo said solemnly at the moment: "The adults don't think the last general is vulgar, and the last general should be loyal to the country, shroud in horse leather, and fight bravely to kill the enemy."

Yang Wenyue smiled and stopped Yang Bo from spitting, expressed his loyalty, and said: "Knowing the leisure and loyalty, the liver and the courage can be learned from the sun and the moon, but this official does not need to know the leisure horse leather shroud, as long as he can work together with the official, why worry about the construction of slaves jumping off the beam?" ”

Seeing Yang Bo patting his chest, Yang Wenyue finally threw out the last bait: "Zhixian, this official will go to the imperial court tomorrow to protect you as the deputy chief soldier of Lushun, although Your Majesty hesitated slightly, but the new official of this official took office, Your Majesty still has to give this face, plus the elder and the military also have this intention, presumably this time will not be dismissed, as for the salary, the official will make an appointment with Zhixian today, and in the future, the salary of the Lushun Department will be fully supplied, and there will be no arrears of half a cent." ”

Yang Bo's eyebrows fluttered and bowed and said: "Thank you for your grace at the end."

Yang Wenyue deliberately frowned and said, "It's just, it's just that the Tatar slaves are sweeping south." Gyeonggi is shaking, the guerrilla battalion should not be neglected to come to the rescue, this is the top priority, if the aid is meritorious, the official can also talk for the leisure, right? ”

Yang Bo smiled secretly in his heart, knowing that he was under a lot of pressure, once he couldn't suppress himself, he was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would have the idea of changing people, and nodded at the moment: "My lord has an order, the last general will be Rinzun, and he will swear to set off early in the morning after tomorrow."

Yang Wenyue breathed a sigh of relief, and added: "The grain and salary of the official will be raised on behalf of the first, and the guerrilla battalion will not be able to lack food and clothing. ”

With Yang Wenyue's food and salary guarantee, Yang Bo's hanging heart finally let go, as of May, Lushun's business form is mixed, the current largest income is still the sea trade twice a year, but the Japanese market is far from saturated, the demand for Dongjiang medicinal materials, furs, etc., but Yang Bo has no fleet transportation, the channel to Japan is still controlled by the Zheng family, if it were not for the small smuggling scale of the Denglai sailor, I am afraid that it would have been with the Zheng family, and high wine is the most profitable commodity at this stage, The Ministry of Commerce and Trade has asked for several times to expand the scale of the secondary distillery, and the plan they submitted is to ensure the supply of 800,000 jars per year. The military industry is very difficult to cope, the production of flintlock pistols is mainly guns, and other parts and components are basically realized assembly operations. However, due to the need to supply firearms to six battalions of the bandit army, Yang Bo's autumn offensive against the Tatars this year had to be postponed, and the refitting plan of the Panshi Brigade was even more distant. Sixty percent of the annual income needs to be invested in this area, and there is no return.

The biggest headache is that the water camp is in urgent need of warships, and at present, the water camp only has more than 50 large and small warships, more than 20 lucky ships, and the rest are merchant ships. In addition, many warships were not equipped with artillery guns, not to mention the control of the Japanese trade routes to which they went, and the patrol around Phi Dao Terai alone was already somewhat overwhelming. And shipbuilding. It costs a huge amount of money, and Yang Bo feels that he may not be able to sign the plan for three years.

But these problems can open a gap on the North Korean side, which has many restrictions on the high-level liquor dumped by Lushun, and the previous food-for-wine plan formulated by Yang Bo has also hit a nail in the coffin in North Korea. The silver kept coming back. But the grain flowing out of Houjin was stuck by them, and now Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua, who are sitting on the Dongjiang River, are here, and Yang Bo feels that he should take advantage of the opportunity of Houjin's southern plundering to solve the North Korean problem once and for all.

"What do you think of the two firecrackers in Lushun?" Taking advantage of Shang Kexi's resign, Yang Bo's face was full of professional smiles.

"What's wrong?" Tan Yinghua was a little confused.

Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua asked Yang Bo for firearms a few times, and Yang Bo excused himself at that time because he couldn't do it, but now he feels that military weapons are also a kind of commodity, so why can't they be sold?

In this way, Phi Daoxi refused to build slaves. North Korea is a deterrent to North Korea, and it cannot be done without firearms. I thought about it for a while, and I came to prepare to expand the weapon workshop, so I ......" Yang Bo stopped talking after selling it.

"Okay" Tan Yinghua said with joy on his face: "It's still leisurely and intimate, how about getting 200 sticks for my old Tan?" ”

Yang Bo's face suddenly darkened......

Shang Kexi on the side laughed and said, "Old Tan, do you think that Zhixian is a bodhisattva who scatters wealth?" He was thinking about the little silver in our pockets. ”

Tan Yinghua touched his head and said in surprise: "Huh? Asking for silver? I don't have any money, I just deposited 20,000 taels in your Huitong Bank, so what kind of interest, I haven't seen a single hair of interest."

Yang Bo said angrily: "Lao Tan is still worried that my credit will not be successful? What Qianzhuang pays attention to is a credit, how can it be connected to the world without credit? ”

Shang Kexi smiled and said: "Zhixian, you just let go of the two of us poor bastards, you have an idea today, a trick tomorrow, I and Lao Tan have such a little family money, all for you to get Lushun, Lushun fire is good, I also want a few hundred, but can you get a credit?" ”

Yang Bo shook his head and said solemnly: "No credit!" ”

Everyone was laughing, and Yang Bo said again: "You are guarding the treasure house of North Korea and asking for food, North Korean leather, wood, ore, and horses are all good things, if I were on Phi Island, I would have been rich enough to rival the country." ”

Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua glanced at each other, and Shang Kexi said, "Zhixian, how was the matter discussed last time?" ”

Yang Bo nodded and said: "I have made a plan, there will be a special service team to go to Phi Island with you in a while, you will try to cooperate with their actions at that time, control the Kwanghaejun of North Korea, and then talk slowly with Li Liang, but to put it simply, if you have a point of force in your hand, you will be able to get more benefits in North Korea at that time, and it is unreliable to rely on the loyalty of Li Chao." ”

Shang Kexi said: "Leisure, you are still selling firecrackers around and around, or if you have a penny of silver, buy an extra firecracker, you offer a price, and I will take out the wife at the bottom of the box."

Yang Bo sent more than 100 arquebuses to the two of them, and now these soldiers equipped with firecrackers have become their most elite Jiading team, but unfortunately the scale of the Jiading team is too small to exert its due power, and the external war mainly relies on cold weapons such as spear formations and sword and shield soldiers.

Yang Bo did not make an offer, but continued: "Jeju Island in North Korea is the best horse farm, if you pull out tens of thousands of Dongjiang iron cavalry on Phi Island, plus tens of thousands of infantry equipped with firearms, do you think the situation of confrontation with the Tatar slaves will be immediately improved?" ”

Hearing Yang Bo's ambitious plan, Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua were shocked, Tan Yinghua opened his mouth blankly, and Shang Kexi's eyes flashed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Where do you get war horses?" After a while, Tan Yinghua muttered to himself that the prospect that Yang Bo had described to him was a little unacceptable to him.

"War horses everywhere, Tartars. Mongolia, Liaoxi Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang. If you can grab it, you can grab it, and if you can't grab it, can you buy it......" Yang Bo said lightly.

Seeing that the two of them were deep in thought, Yang Bo explained: "Liaodong is bitterly cold, we can sell them high-grade wine, tobacco, tea, sugar and other cold-repelling things next year." Those warlords in Liaozhen can't do anything else, but they have a lot of silver, do you know how they hide the silver? There are several cellars in the house. The silver in it is piled up, and the salary is millions a year, so we have to spend it for them, right? ”

Shang Kexi had a difficult face and said, "The question is, what do we take to buy horses on Phi Dao?" Let's listen to the advice of the idle people. and did not drink the blood of the soldiers. Occupy empty salaries, the imperial court only gets 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver every year, this bit of silver is not even enough to raise soldiers, what else to talk about raising horses? ”

"The difficulty is temporary" Yang Bo waved his hand and shifted the topic to selling arms: "Liaozhen needs an intermediary for business, it is the purpose of my discussion with you, I heard that Yuan Ji and Zu Dashou have a gap?" In addition to Zu Dashou, who else is Yuan Ji familiar with in Liao Town? ”

Shang Kexi shook his head and said: "Since the decline of the Li Chengliang family in Hedong. The ancestral family of Hexi has become a standout, and the ancestral family can be mentioned up to the era of the Eastern Jin Dynasty general Zu Ti. Zu Dashou's brothers Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, sons and nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa, etc., are all officers at all levels from the general army, down to the deputy generals, generals, and guerrillas, and are stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and Jinzhou Zhucheng. ”

Yang Bo frowned, he couldn't say that Zu Dashou had long regarded his Lushun guerrilla battalion as a thorn in his side, and the share of the money snatched from Liao was increasing year by year, plus Zhang Chengren, who had only been beheaded some time ago, it was strange that Zu Dashou would do business with him.

"This matter is not in a hurry, it is inconvenient for me to come forward, you usually inquire more, we want to set up a business in Liaozhen, it is not possible to have a strong person as a backstage, by the way, when do you plan to send troops to Zhenjiang?" Yang Bo asked

Tan Yinghua said with a smile: "Then it depends on your soup shopkeeper, I slapped the table with him a few times, and he said that the fire has not yet arrived." ”

Yang Bo's eyes rolled, and he quickly had an idea: "Otherwise, when Zhenjiang and Xiuyan are recovered, we must have a lot of Zhenyi heads in our hands, let's share a little profit to Liaozhen, let's let out a little rumor, and see if Liaozhen will send someone to contact us?" ”

Shang Kexi suddenly said with great joy: "What Zhixian said is extremely good, since our Liaonan was transported into Beijing, the court will not be surprised by the dozens of Zhenyi heads, we can make those people in Liaozhen miserable, I heard that His Majesty has issued several orders to reprimand Liaozhen, saying that they dare to call it a great victory with only a dozen heads, and some time ago they also ordered Liaozhen to enter Beijing to watch the ceremony, I don't know what expressions they will have on their faces when they see the 1,800 Zhenyi heads beheaded by Tieshan?" ”

Monk Yang Bo glanced at each other, and laughed at the same time, but Tan Yinghua said hatefully: "We have killed too many Tartar slaves, and the price of Zhenyi heads has fallen year after year, I remember that Chongzhen can sell five taels of silver as soon as a Zhenyi head changes hands in five years, and now it is good that a head can be sold for three taels......

Yang Bo nodded and said: "So while it's still worth a little silver, sell more to Liaozhen, anyway, the imperial court's grain has been handed over a few times, and there is not much left in our hands, it is better to exchange it for silver. ”

Tan Yinghua was a little worried: "If Liaozhen repeatedly reports successes, will the imperial court be at both ends of the snake and rat, and the share allocated to us from the Liao salary will be repeated?" ”

Yang Bo shook his head: "Just control the quantity, except for us, who can wholesale the Zhenyi head?" You have a stake in Xie Bai Trading Company, and after the trade route in Liao Town is opened, you will sit on Phi Island every year and wait to count the silver, right? There is also a big thing, the silver they hide in the cellar can persuade them to deposit it in our Huitong Bank, every year the chicken lays eggs, the eggs give birth to chickens, and the interest alone can earn a sum, why not? You first find a person with authority, with him taking the lead, others will rush to come, every time you pull a sum of money, Huitong Bank can give you a lot of taps, how about it? ”

Shang Kexi smiled: "Zhixian, you have gone around such a big circle, let's be straight, how many shots is a firebolt?" I want the kind that doesn't have an arquebus, and I want five hundred rods."

Tan Yinghua lowered his head and thought about it, and said firmly: "I can't fight for a long time, I want a thousand strokes!" ”

Yang Bo saw that the business was done, so he said with a smile: "Each rod of the fire gun uses forty catties of iron, four coins of silver, such as carbon, coal, etc., and the rest of the smelting embryos, reels, drill cores, grinding, wooden trays, copper dumpling chains, etc., add up to the price of four taels and three dollars, in this way, I count you five taels and one rod, how about it?" ”

Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua lowered their heads and thought about it, this price is very real, the firecrackers produced by Lushun are not inferior goods of the Daming Ordnance Bureau, and they don't blow up even if they go far, and they also know that there is no place to buy five taels of silver in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"It's coming!" Tan Yinghua's face ached, and he asked again: "When will you hand over the silver and give the goods?" ”

"Pay half of the deposit first, and the other half will be deducted from the dividend after delivery, as for the delivery, it will be delivered in May next year, how about it?" Yang Bo replied with a smile.

Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua were stunned for a moment......

"Hey, hey, time can be discussed, then, do you want two rounds of artillery? What about the short guns? Yang Bo saw the two of them brushing their sleeves away, and hurriedly chased after them.

The next day, Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua stood on the bow of the fortune boat, looking at the rippling blue waves of the sea in the distance, and they were in a good mood.

Shang Kexi glanced back at the old cannon and a dozen Lushun special service members chatting on the deck, and said to Tan Yinghua in a low voice: "I'm afraid Liaozhen is in trouble."

Tan Yinghua didn't know what to do, and looked at Shang Kexi with some surprise.

Shang Kexi smiled and said: "Yang Bo is fierce in battle, do you see him doing business?" It's just faceless and skinless, those old thieves have to bow down when they see him, and the silver in the cellars of those generals in Liao Town is remembered by him, but I'm afraid that he will soon have long legs and run away......"

Tan Yinghua touched the top and bottom of his body, and couldn't even find a copper plate, so he couldn't help but nod and echo: "My old Tan really called the bag empty this time, and the bag was empty!" (To be continued......)