After more than two months of travel, on May 14, Fan Yongdou and his party arrived safely in Beijing, which was controlled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ●⌒Top Novel,www.

When the group arrived in Beijing, not only the children of the Fan family, but also Fan Yongdou himself were stunned: the regent Dorgon, the great Belle Daishan, the scholar Fan Wencheng, the blue flag lord Jierharang and others were greeted outside the Changyi Gate, although Emperor Shunzhi did not come, for a small businessman, this is already the supreme glory.

Shunzhi is still young, and now Dolgon is in charge, known as the regent, and Dolgon has the final say in the affairs of the court.

Fan Yongdou was frightened, hurriedly jumped off the horse, ran a few steps to Dolgon, and stood about a foot away, and said respectfully: "Xiaomin saw the regent and the princes and banner masters, I didn't know that so many princes came to greet me, I was really frightened, and I didn't dare to be ashamed. ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Fan, please get up, it's been a hard journey." Dolgon picked up Fan Yongdou with his own hands and said with a bold face.

Dai Shan also said with a smile: "Mr. Fan is our old friend, you have a saying in the Central Plains that there are friends coming from afar, and you are very happy, there are old friends coming, we should welcome them." ”

Jierharang said with some emotion: "If Mr. Fan hadn't sent charcoal in the snow and sent someone to warn him, I, Jierharang, would not have lived today, and I haven't seen him for some days. ”

Everyone surrounded Fan Wencheng and asked for warmth, which made people have an illusion for a while, as if a group of subordinates were greeting the superior leaders, and the surrounding people had an incredible feeling when they saw it from afar.

Others were not in harmony, but Fan Tianjun, who was with Fan Yongdou, knew that Fan was doing business in Zhangjiakou and Mongolia. After seven generations, it has always had a close relationship with the Manchu Qing, at that time it was still called the Jurchen tribe, especially in the Xiaoice River period, the agricultural development of the Ming Dynasty was also hungry and captive, and the Manchu Qing with low production capacity was even worse, it can be said that it was the Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou who risked the danger of raiding their homes and exterminating the clan, and had been secretly transporting grain, iron tools, cloth and other important materials to the Manchu Qing, which helped the Manchu Qing to survive the most difficult years.

The toughest time. Huang Taiji sent people to inspect the grain in the homes of those people, and if there was no surplus food, there would be no forgiveness, because he believed that if these people were hungry, they would riot and bring turmoil to the society.

Of course, Fan Yongdou brought to the Manchus. Not only is it an important strategic material, but it also sends people to collect important information, and Jile Harang got the information sent by Fan Yongdou and escaped death. This is also the case, Jilharang will be so enthusiastic about Fan Yongdou.

Fan Tianjun finally understood what the patriarch of the family said, he said that he would rather be a happy businessman than become an official in the court. Just look at the current situation, as an excellent businessman, Fan Yongdou firmly believes in the truth of harmony and wealth. And all the forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty get along very well, and the popularity is excellent, no, the relationship between the Great Belle Daishan and the regent Dolgon is actually average, and many of the nobles who came to greet them have average feelings, and even some disharmony, but they all give Fan Yongdou face and let go of prejudice.

If you become an official, you have to stand in line, so that no matter what you do, you will offend some people, the water of officialdom is too deep, and you don't know how to die if you are not careful, it is better to be a businessman in peace.

Of course, this time so many nobles came to greet, and another reason was that the two of them purchased a large number of firearms and ammunition this time, which was the most eager thing for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they all wanted to get a piece of the pie, so they came so together, this ginger is still old and spicy, not long after placing a big order, Sichuan announced the suspension of sales, and after repeated efforts, the order signed in front of it was still completed by the contract.

Fan Tianjun admired his old patriarch more and more.

The group greeted outside the city gate, and did not go to any mansion or restaurant to wash the dust, but went straight to the military camp on the outskirts of the city.

This nation on horseback is really urgent.

After arriving at the barracks, to Fan Yongdou's surprise, Emperor Shunzhi and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang were also there, and it seemed that the Manchus attached great importance to this firearms performance.

"Mr. Fan, what about firearms? The Queen Mother and the Emperor are waiting to see. After the ceremony, Dolgon said straight to the point.

The show was orchestrated by Dorgon in order to further assert his prestige.

Manchu Qing Dynasty has a total of eight flags, is yellow, inlaid yellow, is white, is blue, inlaid white, is red, inlaid red, inlaid blue, Dolgon is the flag owner of the white flag, according to the convention, the eight banners have the upper three clans and the lower five flags, the yellow flag, the inlaid yellow flag, the blue flag is personally led by the emperor Taiji, is the emperor's personal soldiers, the status is noble, the conditions are generous, called "the three flags". The remaining five flags, the red flag, the red flag, the white flag, the white flag, the blue flag, called the "next five flags", by the prince, Baylor, Beizi in charge, stationed in all parts of the Beijing Division, after the death of Huang Taiji, the biggest power is Dolgon and the two flags in charge of the red and inlaid red two flags, in addition to the eldest son of the Emperor Taiji Haoge, this era is good at his own age, no interest in the competition, and finally the contradiction is concentrated in the two yellow flags headed by Hauge and the two white flags headed by Dolgon and Duoduo, the treacherous Dolgon saw that he was alone, so he retreated, Embracing the young Fu Lin as the emperor, he supported it with everyone, and as a result, he won the support of Dai Shan, and thus became the regent.

After becoming the regent, Dorgon raised his white flag to the upper three flags, and reduced the original blue flag to the lower three flags, which had many twists and turns.

After these years of operation, Dolgon has successfully suppressed Haoge, and successfully controlled the two flags of Zhenghuang and inlaid yellow, so that they are on the four flags of Zhenghuang, inlaid yellow, Zhengbai, and inlaid white, and the strength is strong, due to the neutrality of Daishan, so that Dolgon covered the sky with one hand in the Manchu Dynasty, and from the pursuit of the Dashun army after the battle of Shanhaiguan, it is known that after the defeat of the Dashun army, Dolgon sent a three-way army to chase and kill, namely Azig, Duoduo and Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui is a general of the previous dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and Li Zicheng has a grudge against his father, Azig and Dordor, on the other hand, were Dorgon's younger brothers.

A brother led an army to chase and kill, and Dolgon managed Beijing with peace of mind.

Fan Yongdou purchased the firearms back this time. Part of it was delivered to the front-line soldiers, and most of it was used to guard the Beijing Division, and it was the Shangsanqi who guarded the imperial city, and the Shangsanqi were all in the hands of Dolgon, which was to take the opportunity to expand his strength.

"Back to the prince's words, everything is ready." Fan Yongdou said respectfully.

As he spoke, he made a gesture to his subordinates, who understood, and carefully opened the boxes containing firearms one by one, quickly. The bright new firearms and spiky bullets glittered in the sun, causing a commotion among the crowd.

Fan Yongdou personally took a new-style firecracker, sent it to Dolgon with a smile and said, "Lord, this is a newly purchased new-style firecracker, it is fast and powerful, please check it." ”

Dolgon had already played with this new type of firearm that didn't need to light the fuse, and he also saw its power, so he spent a lot of money to buy it, even if Sichuan wanted the Eight Banners beauties to change it, he pinched his nose and recognized it. When I saw a batch of new firearms, I was in a good mood, so I first skillfully pulled the bolt to take a look, and saw that the joints were flexible. With oil on it, he nodded in satisfaction, picked up a bullet and stuffed it into the chamber of the gun, and glanced at Zilharang with some amusement. Without looking at the buttoning machine in the sky, there was a "bang", and a bullet was fired diagonally into the sky. It frightened many Manchu nobles who saw this new type of firearm for the first time.

"Yes, Mr. Fan, thank you for your hard work." Dorgon said with satisfaction.

"Don't dare, do things for the prince, this is the blessing of the villain."

After speaking, Fan Yongdou said depressedly: "It looks simple, and the villain has gathered a lot of craftsmen, but he can't make it, just take the gun chamber as an example, it is a simple gun chamber, our best craftsmen can't make it, do everything possible to make the bullet fire, but if you can't let it go twice, it will have to crack, I don't know how much effort it takes, I have to buy it from Sichuan at a high price, accept their extremely demanding requirements, think about it and feel unbalanced." ”

The firecracker is so good, Fan Yongdou can't be unmoved, he thinks that Sichuan can make it, and he can make it, the new-style firecracker looks like an old-fashioned bird's gun, it's easier said than done, but it's dumbfounded to really do it, not to mention anything else, it's just a small firing pin that makes him blind, and he can't get it right, and the craftsmen at the bottom of his hands are not less scolded.

Of course, if he knew that it was under the guidance of Lu Haoshan, a prophet, and that he was using new technology to make iron, he would have put it into practice while researching, and collecting a number of jù while using it, it would have taken him several years to complete, but in fact, the money and energy spent could not be calculated, and perhaps his heart would be much more balanced.

Dolgon was also anxious, but he was very heartfelt, and he knew that if he wanted to hurry, he would not be able to reach it, so he patted Fan Yongdou on the shoulder and said: "Mr. Fan, don't be in a hurry, take your time, what we have is a craftsman and conditions, if it is so easy to imitate, it is estimated that the surname Lu will not be sold so happily, this king does not believe it, and he can't get it out of it with so many excellent craftsmen?" When we can do it, it will be the time to sweep Sichuan. ”

No matter how capable Lu Haoshan is, he only has a region in Sichuan, with limited resources, and his development will be restricted, or he will not exchange firearms for those resources, and wait for himself to dominate the Central Plains, and gather the human resources of the Central Plains, even if he drags Lu Haoshan to death, and the ants bite to death is the truth.

"Fourteenth brother, even if you spent so much money and ruthlessly gave away the Eight Banners women, just for these Laoshizi, in my opinion, this is no better than those birds, right?" At this time, Zilharang walked over with a somewhat unkind face, and said with some indignation.

In order to buy these firearms, Dolgon even exchanged the conditions for the beauty of the Eight Banners, the upper three flags plus the white flag of his own people, the red and red flags of Daishan are not too much, after all, he is a neutral force, it is not good to offend him and push him to the opposite side, so the blue flag of Zilharang has become the main force of the exchange, and one-third of the women are selected from the blue flag, for this reason, Zilharang has made the flag people spit on their backs, and some people poison their sheep at night to vent their anger, This greatly undermined Zilharang's prestige.

In this way, can Zilharang not be angry?

"Oh, Sixth Brother thinks these new firecrackers don't have much effect?" Dorgon didn't care, and asked with interest as he stroked the new firearm in his hand.

Zierharang said without hesitation: "Of course, my Manchu soldiers are strong and strong, Manchu iron cavalry dominates the world, and the Ming Dynasty has fought for so many years, the Ming army has artillery and firearms, but when are we afraid?" Didn't you hit Beijing again and again? We have robbed so many beauties, goods, cattle and sheep over the years, and that time was it robbed with firearms? No, we didn't send our own people out in the most difficult times, but this time we sent such a young and beautiful woman, it's, it's just, it's just."

I wanted to say that Dolgon was deliberate, deliberately reducing his population, but when I thought that the two white flags also came out of the woman, and now that Dolgon covered the sky with one hand, he didn't dare to offend him severely.

"Oh, it seems that the sixth brother is quite angry, otherwise, we will use this new firearm to play a game." Dolgon squinted his eyes and said with a non-smirk. (To be continued......)

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