At the beginning of March, Wang Yi rushed to Wula (Jilin City), where General Jilin was stationed, with 500 cavalry, and General Ming'an, Jilin General's Mansion, looked Wang Yi up and down, and then said with a smile: "I can't imagine that the chairman of Dashang is so young!" ”

"Don't dare to be!" Wang Yi hurriedly got up and said with a smile. "The main reason for coming here this time is to thank the adults for their help, without the help of the adults, we would not have been able to reach Dongning and launch an attack on Shuangchengzi."

Ming An smiled and said, "If you say that, the official will thank you!" If your insurance team hadn't arrived in time, the Russian bandits wouldn't have known what they were going to do! ”

On October 6, 1879, the 21st day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, nearly 100 Russian armed thugs broke into the three forks of the Sino-Russian border, Liushuhe and other Chinese villages, wantonly burning, killing and looting, for four days. More than 160 "vegetable camps" and "shacks" in the area were tragically robbed, livestock and grain were looted, 8 Chinese border residents were killed and 4 were injured.

For this matter, Ming An wanted to solve it officially, but was later stopped by his subordinates, saying that a few days ago, General Shengjing Chonghou signed the "Treaty of Livadia" with the Tsarist Russians behind the back of the imperial court, and now the whole people are angry, and we also have tense relations with Tsarist Russia. However, looking at the meaning of the imperial court, it seems that it does not want to make a big deal so that it is difficult to clean up. At this time, if we were to deal with the matter, it would inevitably leave an excuse for the Russians, and it would be difficult for the Russians to deal with it in case of a conflict between the two sides.

Ming'an heard that this was really the case, but the matter has already come out, and it must be solved. So his subordinates gave him an idea and asked the Dashang Insurance Team to solve the matter. Folk to folk, something really happened, and it was not too late for Ming'an to come forward again. To put it bluntly, it is to let the big business be the scapegoat.

After Li Bashan, who was stationed in Daqing, heard about this, he hurriedly called Wang Yi. Wang Yiyi looked at the map, and the place where the accident occurred was between Dongning and Hunchun, and Wang Yiyi liked it when he saw it. However, he made a condition to Ming An, asking Dongning to build an insurance battalion and put 200 cavalry and 300 infantry, which was actually an arsenal prepared for fighting Vladivostok.

Ming An didn't feel that he was there, so he agreed.

The Russian armed thugs were killed by the insurance team, and they were caught, and the last remaining 34 people were escorted to Ula by Li Bashan's men and handed over to Ming'an. However, later the Russian side still lodged a strong protest against this, Ming'an just made a false accusation, the bandits should be killed, and they should be sentenced, and then the Russians shouted for a while, and forget it.

By the time Wang Yizhen made a move against Tsarist Russia a year later, Ming'an already knew the situation. To Wang Yi's surprise, Ming'an was very cooperative, and later learned that it was because of the orders of the Shengjing general Qi Yuan. He not only actively organized the people to transport supplies, but also handed over a hundred snow plows in his hand to the Dashang Insurance Team. Originally, Wang Yi relied on the snow plow to maintain the internal transportation of the big merchants in winter, but now there are more than 100 taels of oxen pulling the snow plow, and the transportation capacity has been greatly improved. After Li Bashan's cavalry and infantry arrived, Xiang Long finally gathered all his men. Although Ming'an knew that Dashang was strong, he was still shocked.

Wang Yi came over today to thank Ming An for his help, of course, he also knew that he might have to leave something here this time. Sure enough, the two didn't say a few words, and Ming An began to make requests.

"If you have something to do, just tell me!" Wang Yi said stiffly.

Ming An looked at him with a smile, and then stretched out three fingers.

The king saw it, and it was gone! "Silver...... Three thousand taels? ”

Ming An shook his head with a smile, and said in his heart, you are called Hanako!

"It won't be gold......

Ming An shook his head again and said, "Three things! ”

Wang Yixin said, you might as well ask for gold, so that I can still be more sure.

"I don't know what three things are there?"

"The first thing, our Jilin General's Mansion previously borrowed 600,000 Dashang silver dollars from the government in Dashang's silver furnace, and the time limit is approaching...... But ......"

Wang Yi understood the meaning and said directly: "Extend it for three years!" ”

Ming An smiled, picked up the teacup, took a sip of water, and said: "For three more years, our general's mansion will not take it in vain, I can give you the mining rights of a gold mine and a coal mine as I said before, but our mansion will account for forty percent of the income." ”

Wang nodded, and then smiled: "Actually, I really don't need to, but since the adults have rewarded the words, I will do it...... I don't know where the gold mine is? ”

"Peel ditch!"

"Skin groove?"

"That's right, but I'll remind you that there is a gold mill owner there named Han Zongxian. This person was originally a gold thief, but after being recruited by us, he took the merit card and disobeyed the yang and the yin, and still colluded with the gold digging place to seek profit! ”

Wang Yi understood again and said, "Then I don't know if the adults still want to see this person again, or don't want to see this person again?" ”

Wang Yi said it very tactfully, and Ming An laughed and said: "I just want to see their family's account book, just tear half of it for you, and tear half for me." ”

"That's it!" Wang Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Then I'll copy a copy of the account book for you." ”

Ming'an nodded, and then began to talk about the third thing, which was related to the beating of Ulla.

The Yamen, the chief administrator of Wula, was a special institution for the Qing Dynasty to collect and present tributes to the royal family, and it was also a unique special institution in the Qing Dynasty. It was established in the 14th year of Shunzhi (1657) and abolished in the third year of Xuantong (1911). In the 254 years of the existence of the Yamen, the chief governor of the Ula Dynasty, it was directly led by the Qing Imperial Internal Affairs Office for two (1657~1676 and 1727~1736) for a total of 28 years, and was led by General Ningguta and General Jilin for 226 years.

In other words, now the errand of beating cattle Ula falls on Ming'an.

Jilin tribute is divided into monthly tribute, annual tribute, longevity tribute, and there are many types. The main tributes are: ginseng, mink, Dongzhu, venison (including deer tail, breast fork meat, ribs, buttocks * tip), sturgeon, pine nuts, honey, bird's nest, Anchuxiang, arrow shaft, carved feathers, even barnyard rice, bell rice, mountain leeks, mountain red, lotus root plum, cold onion, etc., are all in the list of tributes.

However, as the Qing court demanded more and more tribute, wild resources became less and less, and the burden of tribute in Jilin became heavier and heavier. Now even Ming'an can't bear it......

"What do you mean?"

"Now that the imperial court has acquiesced to your establishment of the Northeast Republic, and a lot of the large tracts of land you inherited have not been developed, so ......"

"Your Excellency wants us to help you with some tribute?"

Ming An nodded and said, "That's true!" ”

Wang Yi understood, in front of his feelings, the old guy fell in love with the native products of his new land, thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, I can agree, but I have a request!" ”

"Please."

"As the old saying goes: 'Fish instead of drying up, hunt instead of burning forests!'" Therefore, if an adult wants to send someone to pick something, my people must follow, and set a quota every year according to the growth of the harvested thing. If it is exceeded, then the general, I can't say anything, and I won't let your people come next time. ”

Ming An thought about it, this requirement is reasonable, anyway, there is still a certain amount of production on the three acres of land in Jilin, plus the supplement of Wang Yi's land, it should not be a problem to complete the amount required by the royal family every year.

After that, the two talked happily, and Ming'an also wanted to invite big businessmen to invest more in Jilin, and it was best to have a few more places like Daqing. Wang Yi naturally couldn't ask for it!

After returning to Mukden, Wang began to live a normal life, and although he won a complete victory in the Russian sneak attack this time, he also suffered a lot of pressure. Fortunately, after everything was distributed, he didn't have much to do with himself. I can grow up with two girls every day, and just do some daily things, but it is a different taste.

In addition to incandescent lamps, there are neon lights, xenon arc lamps, flash lamps, and now they are also developing fluorescent lamps and various other light source equipment. But what surprised Wang Yi the most was that the two girls actually secretly studied the gas laser and its working principle......

In mid-March, Wang Yi went to visit Shengjing's general Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan praised the contributions made by the Great Shang to Shengjing. Wang Yi knew that many of the big businessmen's enterprises had shares in the Qiyuan family. And now Qi Yuan also sees Wang as his own son and nephew, which makes Wang Yi flattered, and hurry up with a honey-bellied sword, uncle! After that, the two talked about the issue of the Northeast Republic, and there was actually a lot of discussion within the imperial court about this matter. After all, it was the ancestral land of the Qing Dynasty, and during the Opium War, the Russians took advantage of the danger to blackmail, and they succeeded.

"Little one! It is said that you were reckless at the beginning and offended those people in Yushitai. ”

"Oh, have I ever done anything like this?" Wang Yi deliberately pretended to be confused.

Qi Yuan smiled and said, "I'm also asking you to be careful." ”

"The juniors know."

An old man and a young man were talking, and someone came to report that Lord Zuo asked to see him.

Wang listened, okay, Zuo Da Hero, this is a figure he admires!

"Uncle, can I meet Master Zuo?"

Qi Yuan laughed and said, "I think our Lord Zuo is here to see you." ”

"Look at me?" Wang Yi was puzzled: "What do you want me to do?" ”

"Your insurance team has turned the Russians into bears, and a martial artist like Lord Zuo naturally wants to see you, so it's not unusual."

That's what happened.

"Okay, please Zuo-sama! Little one, come out with me to greet you. ”

The king went out with the people in a hurry.

Zuo Guigui is forty-three years old this year, and he should have looked quite a scholar when he was young, but now he is slightly blessed in middle age, and he looks more imposing.

"I've seen a general!" Zuo Guigui hurriedly gave Qi Yuan a salute.

"Alright, get up!" Qi Yuan said with a smile: "Guanting, let me introduce you, this is the chairman of Dashang - Wang Yi!" ”

"Xiao Yi, this is General Zuo Guigui!"

Wang Yi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Zuojunmen!" ”

"Luck, luck!" Zuo Guigui looked Wang Yi up and down, he had heard of Wang Yi, but he never thought that this person would be a child! Speaking of which, he didn't see the big merchants, because some of his subordinates were stationed in the Yingkou Fire Temple, and there were many opportunities to see the insurance team......