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In the early spring of the 41st year of Jiajing, the cold in Liaodong had not yet dissipated, and it was still covered with snow.

Last year, the Mongols invaded Liaodong again, and the general army of Liaodong was killed in battle, and the entire Liaodong once again fell into chaos. It was not until early this year, when the new commander-in-chief Wu Huan defeated Tumen Khan at Fushun, that the Mongol invasion was barely stopped. The whole of Liaodong gradually returned to calm.

With the addition of the family members and personnel of the 50,000 Wufeng fleet led by Mao Haifeng, the dangerous mountain already has 10,000 soldiers, of which the number of Liaodong iron cavalry has skyrocketed to 3,000 people, the Chiyan Legion has 4,000 people, and the ordinary soldiers are 3,000. With 150,000 inhabitants, it began to reclaim land and build an outer city on the periphery of the dangerous mountain castle.

In the battle of Fushun at the beginning of the year, Li Chengliang and Li Rusong led 2,000 elite soldiers to reinforce them. Under Wu Huan's arrangement, with the new Tieling general Zhang Jie, he concentrated 5,000 cavalry and attacked the Mongolian Tumen Khan army from the flank, beheading 800, which made the Mongolian army chaotic, Wu Huan took the opportunity to lead his troops to cover up and kill, and the Mongolian army fled for more than 300 miles.

After the war, Li Chengliang visited Wu Huan with heavy gifts and "gifted" most of his military exploits to Wu Huan, who was overjoyed and helped Li Chengliang follow the path of Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao at that time. Yang Xuan, who got bribes, helped Li Chengliang to apply for a sum of money from the imperial court to build the dangerous mountain, and expanded the number of the dangerous mountain troops to 20,000, and at the same time could appease 300,000 refugees, which made the dangerous mountain begin to expand the force justifiably.

The Ming Dynasty was very strict about the army, especially the border generals, and there were clear regulations on the number of guards around each general and the number of troops stationed in the city. A small city like Dangerous Mountain is only allowed to garrison 7,000 troops in order to ensure that Korean envoys can pay tribute safely every year because of its proximity to Korea. After all, the military household system limits the number of conscripts in the army, and too many troops will also increase the burden on the imperial court.

If you don't get the permission and approval of the imperial court, increase the number of defenders without authorization, and if you don't respect your superiors, you will be dismissed and investigated, and if you are serious, you will be directly beheaded with the intention of rebellion. Therefore, Yang Xuan came forward to help, but it was a matter of annoyance to Li Rusong.

After getting the quota of soldiers, recruiting and buying horses, Li Rusong's 600,000 taels of silver from North Korea quickly shrank by more than half, plus the cost of bribing superiors, making friends, and the cost of building materials for the houses of the newcomers, this money was still stretched.

"Fortunately, my brother-in-law helped, otherwise I would have gone to the capital to ask for food" Lying comfortably on the bed, holding Gu Xiuer and Zhang Zhixin in his arms, Li Rusong couldn't help but sigh.

The kind-hearted Zhang Zhixin had a good relationship with Xiu'er in the past, so after returning to the dangerous mountain, it was logical that she became Xiu'er's good sister and a good companion...... (Li Rusong's ** method is so powerful, and he was beaten without much effort)

"Fortunately, the bosom sister took out the dowry, and we got through the difficult mountain. Where has my uncle been lately? Why haven't you seen him for a long time? Comfortably arching her little head in Li Rusong's arms, Xiu'er asked with a blushing face.

After all, they are all girls with traditional education, although they were flickered by Li Rusong's flamboyant tongue, Xiu'er still often showed the appearance of a little woman, which caused Li Da Y to be a little excited, and almost pressed Xiu'er again.

"Hehe, our husband is a person who does big things, I just help our husband, and I don't need to divide each other's sister Xiu'er. That's right, Brother Song, where has my brother-in-law gone" Zhang Zhixin, who was the other half of the bare snow-white jade shoulders, showed a charming smile and said gently.

"Hehe, my eldest brother went to Mayang Island, where I spent 150,000 taels of silver, and the basic construction has been completed. I plan to secretly open up a route to Japan there, with the support of the sharp guns of the dangerous mountains and the fire of the Fran cannons, plus the navigation materials of the Chengzu period obtained from the palace, we can reopen the trade routes of Japan. Girl, it's time to start avenging the owner of Wufeng" Gently teasing the two beloved wives in his arms, Li Rusongzhi said proudly.

"And there will be a distinguished guest tomorrow, as long as the big man behind him is willing to nod, the financial resources will be guaranteed" Before the words fell, Li Rusong suddenly blew out the candle at the foot of the bed, and then there was a sound of something in the darkness (imagination is endless, everyone is brainless).

Early the next morning, a large caravan came from outside the city of Dangerous Mountain:

The whole caravan consisted of a total of five hundred miles of carts, piled with grain, cloth, salt and other daily necessities, as well as some novel gadgets, and on both sides of the convoy were five hundred Liaodong iron horsemen, whose vigilant eyes scanned everything around, and a luxurious carriage was guarded in the middle.

"Hahaha, Steward Zhang, you are driving to the dangerous mountain, Li has lost the distance, atonement for the sins" When the convoy entered the dangerous mountain, a middle-aged man dressed as a thin steward walked to the carriage, Li Chengliang hurriedly took Li Rusong to meet him, and said with a smile.

"Ha Lu, General Li, Li Gongzi, you have to work. Come on, drag the guy who offended Li Gongzi last time" Seeing the respectful attitude of the Li family's father and son towards him, Steward Zhang smiled slightly, and then turned around and shouted angrily.

"Spare your life! The big steward, the villain is also for the Zhang family! Two Zhang's slaves dragged a man with a big tie up, who cried and begged for mercy while struggling.

"Hah! It's actually your father and son, two vulgar martial artists, who dare to falsely accuse so-and-so! The big steward, last time it was these two fathers and sons who encroached on the Zhang family's land, and the little one just wanted to help the family regain the land, and there was no dissent! The chief steward spares his life! As soon as he saw the Li family's father and son, this person's eyes rolled, and he immediately scolded Li Chengliang, Li Rusong and his son, and begged for mercy from Steward Zhang next to him.

This man's name was Zhou Lun, and he was an errand runner for the Jin merchant Zhang family, who was responsible for leading a caravan to trade various commodities with the Jurchens in Liaodong. When I passed by the dangerous mountain last year, I found that there were thousands of acres of cultivated fertile land in the dangerous mountain, and I was immediately greedy.

During the Ming Dynasty, the gentry forcibly seized the land, which was very common all over the country, even in a bitter cold place like Liaodong, as long as there were profits and benefits, these guys would not have the slightest hesitation to rush up and take it for themselves.

The Zhang family behind Zhou Lun is a Jin merchant, the son of the family Zhang Siwei is a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing, and he is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, his father Zhang Yunling is doing business abroad, and his uncle Wang Chonggu is a Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing (1541). I like to talk about military affairs, and I know all the borders. He successively served as the director of the Criminal Department, the Shaanxi Provincial Inspector, and the Henan Political Envoy. In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1555), he was the deputy envoy of the Changzhen military garrison, and attacked the Japanese in Xiagang. It can be said that he is a wealthy family in the clear stream of the gentry, who has formed good relations with many officials in the capital, and has a certain amount of power in the court, and few people dare to provoke him outside.

Relying on the golden signboard of the Zhang family, Zhou Lun forged a batch of land deeds of the Zhang family in the dangerous mountains, and found the Li family father and son proudly, claiming that the land and fertile land here are the ancestral property of the Zhang family, and asked Li Chengliang and Li Rusong to return the land immediately, and at the same time compensate the Zhang family for their losses.

Zhou Lun's wishful thinking is that even if he can't get the land, it's not bad to put a sum of money in his pocket. It's a pity that he met Li Rusong, the king of Yama in Liaodong.

After figuring out the backstage of this guy, Li Rusong immediately ordered someone to tie him up, hang him up and whip him fifty lashes after making sure that no one knew that Zhou Lun was coming to him. Then he personally carried the heavy gifts, escorted Zhou Lun in an airtight carriage, and took people to Puzhou to visit Zhang Yunling, who lived in Zhang's family.

Originally, Zhou Lun thought that the other party was killing himself, and kept thinking about how to take revenge on the Li family's father and son along the way. But to his surprise, he was thrown into the dungeon soon after arriving at Zhang's house, and Li Rusong was sent out of the door by Zhang Yunling himself.

Now I've been kidnapped to this person again, isn't it? Zhou Lun didn't dare to think about it anymore, he understood that he had become an outcast!

"General Lee! Li Gongzi! The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, offending the two, you two adults have a lot of let me go! The little one will be a cow and a horse in the next life, and repay the kindness of the two of you! Kneeling to the ground with a thud, Zhou Lun cried with a handful of snot and tears, judging from the appearance of gritting his teeth and wanting to kill the Li family's father and son just now.

"Get out!" Looking at Zhou Lun's appearance as a leper dog, Steward Zhang is so angry! But his face was lost, he kicked him down, and said to the Li family father and son:

"My lord told me that Zhou Lun dared to blackmail Li Gongzi this week, and dared to tarnish the reputation of the Zhang family, and bring him to Li Gongzi for disposal"

"Hehe, thank you Master Zhang for your love, it's all a small thing in the past, why bother mentioning it again. This kind of insatiable, incorruptible and shameless person, Rusong seems to be alive will only ruin the reputation of the Zhang family, it is better to make a "throat cutting" gesture on the hand of ......, Li Rusong smiled and beckoned Steward Zhang to enter the general's mansion to rest and enjoy the banquet, and even the young men and stewards of the caravan and the groom were also entertained.

"Hehe, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, you guys drag this guy out of the palace and bury it" went to the banquet in the General's Mansion, but only high-ranking officials and nobles can enjoy the treatment, this steward suddenly felt a lot of face, and happily agreed, and at the same time ordered two house slaves to drag Zhou Lun out of the palace to kill.

Before Zhou Lun could beg for mercy, two tall and burly house slaves stepped forward and punched Zhou Lun in the stomach, and the latter was suddenly speechless in pain. Soon two fierce members of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry also came over, and the four of them directly put Zhou Lun into the ** bag and put it on the back of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the four horses galloped to the suburbs.

The Jin merchants in the usual sense of the Jin merchants refer to the Shanxi merchants in the 500 years of the Qing Dynasty, and the Jin merchants operated salt industry, ticket numbers and other businesses, especially the ticket number is the most famous. The Jin merchants also left a rich architectural heritage for China, such as the famous Qiaojia Compound, Changjia Manor, Wangjia Compound, Qujia Compound, Caojia Sanduotang and so on. The Eight-Nation Coalition demanded reparations from China, and the Qing government in power under the Empress Dowager Cixi borrowed money from the Qiao family of the Jin merchants to repay the national debt. The economic strength of the Jin merchants can be reflected from this incident.

The Jin merchants can be traced back to the samurai between the Sui and Tang dynasties. When Wu Zetian's father, Li Yuan and his son raised troops from Taiyuan, the timber merchant Wu vigorously funded it from financial resources, and Li Yuan and his son began to seize national power with the most elite Taiyuan army and Wu family's financial resources at that time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Wu family was crowned as the Duke of the Kingdom, and his status was equal to that of Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin. One can imagine how much property Li Yuan and his son had received from the Wu clan at that time, and the Wu clan had also received a huge return from his initially clever political investment. Later, it also gave birth to Wu Zetian, an unprecedented empress in Chinese history.

The Jin merchants in the Jiajing period have spread all over the territory of the Ming Dynasty, as far as Saiwai, but the only shortcoming is sea trade!

Because of its geographical location and the way to make a fortune, it has always been difficult for Jin merchants to occupy a place in maritime trade smuggling. This is also the most annoying thing that restricts the development of Jin merchants, and they have always wanted to create their own sea trade routes.

At the same time, Jin merchants are quite righteous, and often take the initiative to help some talented people when they are down, in order to get rewards in the future. At the same time, they are not insatiable people, except for some guys who do not know life and death until they make money to exploit the people, most of the Jin merchants have become rich by virtue of their good reputation and hard work.

Li Rusong's defeat of the Jurchens in the dangerous mountains was hidden from most people, but he couldn't hide the Zhang family, who had been trading with the Jurchens all year round. For this rising star in Liaodong, Zhang Yunling and his son Zhang Siwei are extremely appreciative and intend to vigorously support it, as a spokesperson for the family's interests in Liaodong.

Originally, Master Zhang asked Zhou Lun to come to the dangerous mountain in order to make friends with the Li family father and son, but this guy just wanted to occupy the land of the Li family and his son. Under the rage, Master Zhang doesn't kill the girl, only then can there be ghosts!

"Ha Luha, Steward Zhang, please take a seat, Rusong happened to pick up a good thing the day before yesterday. Steward Zhang, you are well-informed, can you help the kid" personally led Steward Zhang into the General's Mansion, Li Rusong smiled and took out a small cloth bag, and said mysteriously.

"Oh? Since Li Gongzi has such a Yaxing, I will take Li Gongzi to take a look" Steward Zhang took the burden with a smile, opened it and was stunned:

"It is! This is a dog's head gold with excellent color! Where did Li Gongzi get such a treasure! ”

In the baggage is a piece of natural gold nuggets of about five taels, in the shape of a human being, the color is excellent, and the shape alone is worth a lot.

"Hehe, where is this kid's baby, it was your Steward Zhang who came thousands of miles away to the dangerous mountain, and God was pleased to give such a treasure, my stubborn son occasionally got it, borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to Steward Zhang!" Li Chengliang smiled, picked up the wine glass and said.

"Hahaha, that's really a godsend! Zhang was disrespectful, "Steward Zhang is so happy, such a piece of dog's head gold is worth thousands of taels of silver, and he didn't come in vain this time." At the same time, his good impression of the Li family and his son has been greatly improved.

"That's right!" Glancing at his father, Li Rusong also smiled.

No one would have thought that just because of this small piece of dog's head gold, Wang Gao, the bandit leader who had been crisscrossing Liaodong for decades, lost his life, and the stirred Liaodong fell into chaos again!