Chapter 14 Money-making schemes

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With the end of the Battle of the Dangerous Mountain, Li Rusong returned to the Dangerous Mountain safely, and the crisis shrouded in the Dangerous Mountain City was finally temporarily lifted. But new troubles urged Li Rusong to "go on the expedition" again to make money.

From the point of view of dealing with this group of refugees, Li Rusong and his father have the same idea: all stay in the dangerous mountains and tuntian, select young and strong people from them to join the army, organize and train new troops, and expand their strength.

In the battle of the dangerous mountain, although the Ming army killed nearly 1,500 Tartars, it also lost nearly 4,000 people, and all kinds of defense equipment were almost used up. In the later period, Li Rusong and his son defended the city, relying on the old and weak remnants who could not fight in the field, as well as more than 100 "bandits and horse bandits" brought by Li Chengliang, and they were unable to resist the large-scale attack of the Jurchens. If the leaders of the three Jurchen tribes attacked desperately that day, although they would suffer heavy losses in the end, it would be difficult to protect the dangerous mountain.

"In this era when the Ming Dynasty was gradually declining and the world became dark and chaotic, only mastering strength was the most important thing. Dad, we'd better prepare to divide Liaodong, otherwise the emperor or the minister has a thought, and we may have to ruin our family" After returning to the dangerous mountain, Li Rusong immediately had a secret conversation with his father, and the father and son pondered for a long time and said.

"Hey! This group of scholars is full of morality and etiquette, and they are not as honest as street vendors. It's a group of guys who eat people and don't spit out bones, son, what you said makes a little sense, but how do you feel that you are not subservient as a father? This is going to exterminate the family! You have to be careful, Daddy will do his best to support you! Don't worry" looked at his eldest son with relief, Li Chengliang said kindly, and warned his son to maintain his awe of the court.

After all, Li Chengliang is a native of this era, and in his heart, as long as he keeps the family's wealth and well-being, it is better not to do such a dangerous thing as seeking a dynasty and usurping the throne.

As for the son being stronger than Lao Tzu, will he be jealous? Joke, this son was educated by himself since he was a child, and in his son's words, he is proud of himself, so why be jealous? For the sake of his son, what is the harm of watching his son create his own brilliant career?

The most pressing problem in the mountains right now is: lack of money!

The mountain was originally a big city, and there was enough space in the city to settle the people, and there was also enough land nearby for the people to farm, fish and hunt, all of which required enough money.

There are as many places to spend money as a dog on buying cattle, farming tools, seeds, building materials, recruiting blacksmiths to make weapons, gunpowder, etc., but the problem is that there is no money.

According to the previous plan, Li Rusong set off with Cheng Yi, Li Ning, Du Kun, Seng Lingqin and 50 cavalry, and their destination was the nearby North Korean Hamgyong Province.

Hamgyong Province began in 1413 as Yeonggil-do (??? )。 In 1416, it was called Xianjidao (??? In 1470, it was renamed Wing On Road (??? It was renamed in 1509. The name of the road is given by Hamhung and Jingcheng (???) Synthesis.

In 1895, the Joseon Dynasty implemented the 23-government system. The province is divided into three provinces, namely Hamhung Province in the south and Jiasan Province in the northwest (??? and Gyoseong Province in the northeast. It was abolished the following year, and Hamhung Province was restructured into South Hamgyong Province, and the two provinces of Jiasan and Gyeongseong were merged into North Hamgyong Province.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, the former Goryeo general Yi Sunggui staged a mutiny, replacing the Goryeo Dynasty that had ruled the Korean Peninsula and establishing the Joseon State, which means "the country of the bright sunrise and the sun". Emperor Hongwu once ordered: Korea is a country that will never be conquered, the two sides take the Yalu River as the border, Korea respects the Ming Dynasty as the Celestial Dynasty, and adopts the Ming Dynasty era name, and the successive Korean kings must send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to succeed to the throne, and they can only succeed to the throne if they are canonized by the Ming Dynasty emperor.

After the establishment of the Yi dynasty that succeeded Goryeo, it continued to expand its territory northward, and by recruiting, killing, and driving out the Jurchen tribes, the country's territory continued to advance northward, until it expanded to the Yalu River and the Tumen River basin. Although the Ming Dynasty appeased the Jurchen tribes in the Tumen River valley of the Yalu River, it did not protect the interests of the Jurchens, and was satisfied with the "great and sincere affairs" of North Korea, and at the same time was busy appeasing the surrounding areas, allowing North Korea to take all the Jurchen territories on the south bank of the Tumen River on the east bank of the Yalu River.

However, it is a pity that in addition to the founding emperor Yi Sung-gui of the Joseon Dynasty, who was more capable and able to fight, his successors were inferior from generation to generation, and the country's military strength was weakening day by day. Ministers and military generals, on the other hand, are keen to compete for power and profit, and their relatives and powerful people are constantly appearing and disappearing like marquees, and the country is in a mess.

During the Jiajing period, the Jurchens, who were originally beaten by the Koreans and ran around, had already grasped the absolute initiative at this time, and as long as it was not a big city with heavy troops, the Jurchen cavalry could basically go casually.

Lee's target is a town in Hamgyong Province: Hamheung Province, located in the southern part of Hamgyong Province, which is arguably the closest and most prosperous place in Hamgyong Province, to the interior of North Korea.

This is the location of an important port and a prosperous place of commerce and trade in North Korea, a large number of overseas goods gather here, countless merchants, slaves of Korean nobles buy goods here, North Korea has arranged tens of thousands of troops here, and there are sailors on the sea, which can be said to be the most perfect place for the defense of Hamgyong Province.

Li Rusong's plan was to infiltrate Xianxing Mansion, and while making chaos, he raided the treasury of Xianxing Mansion to seize the treasures. For this plan, Li Chengliang sent more than 100 soldiers from dangerous mountains to sneak into Xianxing Mansion, and as soon as Li Rusong made a fuss, they started to rob.

As for the charges? It's good to plant it directly on the head of the Jurchen Tartar, anyway, the Tartar is a thing that lacks a heart, and it is best to use it to carry the black pot.

In this way, after a seven-day trek, 54 cavalry led by Li Rusong arrived at Xianxing Mansion, relying on the golden signboard of the general in the dangerous mountain, Li Rusong went all the way unimpeded. Many DPRK officials even held banquets and entertained them along the way, and gave them rich sums of money.

"Brother, these North Koreans are uneasy and kind! What a broken feast, add one piece of vegetables in seven or eight bowls, which is not as much as a plate of dishes made by my mother, and I can't eat enough at all. There's nothing meaty yet, it's all pickles. Brother, are these guys deliberately pretending to be poor? Monk Greenqin rode his horse to catch up with Li Rusong and complained in a low voice.

Tasting North Korean food along the way, Li Rusong didn't care, it felt quite fresh. But these people who went to the banquet with him were all accustomed to the rough food of Liaodong, and they didn't look down on the exquisite food of the North Korean family - to be honest, it was not exquisite, seven or eight bowls, each bowl was as big as a fist, and it was basically kimchi, lacking oil and vinegar, and those who didn't know the Tao thought they had entered the temple.

If it weren't for Li Rusong personally leading a team to buy and steal a lot of chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep from nearby villages, it is estimated that a few would have starved to death halfway.

I walked all the way and ate all the way, and finally arrived at Hamxing Mansion on time!

"Whew! It's finally here! Brother, don't say anything, find Uncle Leopard to meet, hurry up and grab it, if we continue like this, we will all become rabbits" At this time, even the most calm Cheng Yi impatiently urged Li Rusong to hurry up, and he was really disgusted by the North Korean kimchi.

Originally, I was used to kimchi, and I thought that Korean kimchi was similar to that pickled by Liaodong people, but I almost didn't disgust Cheng Yi to death - damn North Koreans! Do you die if you don't add fish sauce to kimchi? The fishy smell almost disgusted people like Cheng Yi who never ate fish.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll do it in a few days, I'll contact Uncle Leopard, Uncle Xu, you take someone to stay at the inn. I and Li Ning, Du Kun, and the monk Wang went out to investigate" smiled slightly and agreed to Cheng Yi's request, the latter immediately ran out of Lu with a happy face to find the foot soldiers led by Pan Bao, Li Rusong arranged for Lao Cheng's Xu Ding to take people to stand by at the inn, and he took three small people to step on the spot.

"Brother! Look, isn't that the big housekeeper of Luo Xin's family" As soon as he walked out of the inn, Du Kun's eyes suddenly lit up, pulled Li Rusong's sleeve, and pointed to an old man not far away.

"Hey! It's really where you don't meet in life, you just go to hell? Kunzi, keep up with this old coffin and investigate what the girl is doing, where she is staying, and how many people there are! Let's cuddle the grass and beat the rabbit, and clean up the evil anger of this suffocating grandson! There was a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, and Li Rusong whispered to Du Kun, who nodded and quietly followed Luo Xin's housekeeper.

"Huh, it seems that this trip to Xianxing Mansion, I want to make a lot of money!"