It is a serious crime to sell grain to a hungry enemy to maintain their combat effectiveness.

Hunger is the best way to weaken the enemy, no matter how fierce the enemy, if he starves for two days, his ruthlessness will disappear, and if he starves for seven days, he will be able to go to the west.

If the Ming Dynasty besieged the mite Qing in Liaodong and cut off their food supply, there was no need to do anything, and the Qing would collapse without a fight.

You know, it is now in the late Ming Xiaoice climate, and the winter is long and cold.

Jiannu are a fishing and hunting people, and the long winter will kill them.

Qiu Qiu shuddered in fright, and stammered to explain, "My lord, I know that it was wrong to sell rice to Jiannu. But the Jiannu people were vulgar and not good at writing, so they had to be martial. I wanted to sell them the books, magnets, and silk of the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't want them. Swords, guns, swords, halberds...... Eighteen kinds of weapons, they want it, but do I dare to sell it?

After thinking about it, I finally decided to sell rice to them. My lord Mingjian, I only send nearly 1,000 stone of grain to Liaodong every time, once or twice a month, and it is only more than 10,000 stone in a year, and I will definitely not be able to support the entire Jiannu family. Moreover, the Jiannu nobles eat rice, and the Jiannu people are hungry, so won't the contradictions within them be deeper? When the time comes, Jinyiwei will attack Liaodong, and it will definitely succeed.

Besides, there is a saying among the people, if you are reluctant to let your children catch the wolves, and if you are reluctant to let your daughter-in-law catch the hooligans. If I don't give Jiannu some sweetness, how can Jiannu obediently give us the information? ”

Zhu Youcheng paced back and forth in the tent, begging for the ball to look at him with pitiful eyes.

Asking for the ball is reasonable, as the saying goes: "If you want to take it, you must give it first." ”

If you don't give Jiannu the food that is in short supply, will they give you the information with both hands because you are beautiful?

And then again. Jiannu slaughtered the Han people in Liaodong, and wanted to find out their intelligence, but there was no other way than to be a traitor.

After a long time, Zhu Youcheng made up his mind and said, "Okay." That's all there is to it. ”

Qiu Qiu smiled reassuringly and said, "Don't worry, sir. I walked through a secret pipeline, and others didn't know that I was behind the scenes. Moreover, even if something happens, I will carry it alone, and it will definitely not affect you. ”

Zhu Youcheng nodded and said, "This kind of thing is easy to say or not, if it is known by those rotten people in the court." It's another storm. I'm glad that you can carry it for you. But don't worry, as long as the official is in the court, he will definitely ensure your thoroughness. ”

Asking for the ball: "In this way, the villain will thank you in advance." ”

Qiu Qiu was overjoyed in his heart, but he was not glad that his safety was guaranteed.

Qiu Qiu was originally a ruffian, but a bad relationship with Miss Chen gave him a sense of responsibility for the first time, and Zhu Youcheng's help. Let him completely change his ways.

Since joining Jinyiwei, he has the consciousness of sacrificing his life for Daming. But the lowliness of martial arts finally made him choose to quit Jinyiwei.

When he was helpless, Zhu Youcheng pointed out another bright path for him to dedicate himself to the country.

But when he embarked on this path, he found that the path was full of thorns.

Thorns are misunderstandings and disdain from friends and family.

If the matter of begging for food to Jiannu is exposed one day later, he is not afraid of death, but afraid that his wife and children will suffer from the eyes of many people, and even make things difficult. Life is hard to sustain.

Now Zhu Youcheng promised to deal with him, even if he failed and couldn't save his life, he could arrange his future life for his wife and children.

Zhu Youcheng was very grateful when he saw Qiuqiu, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This is the people of the Ming Dynasty, who regard dedication as an obligation and rights as a gift.

In order to calm down the mood of begging for the ball, Zhu Youcheng asked casually: "Food is not cheap, where does your capital come from?" ”

Qiu Qiu suddenly came to his senses and said: "Originally, I wanted to borrow it from Wang Chengen's father-in-law, but he went to Liaodong with the adults, and I heard that he was still stingy and might not be able to borrow it, so I dispelled this idea."

I was worried, and my wife noticed that I was not looking right, and asked me what was going on—of course, I didn't tell her the truth. When she heard this, she gave me all her savings.

But this was only a drop in the bucket, and in order to make up enough money, my wife went out to borrow loan sharks and borrowed the capital with three cents of interest. ”

Zhu Youcheng sighed: "Miss Chen really understands righteousness. Did the loan shark pay it back? The usury is rolling interest, even Shen Wansan can't afford to borrow it. ”

Shen Wansan is said to be the wealthy businessman who funded Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to repair Nanjing City, and there is a cornucopia hidden in his home. (Note: This paragraph is another malicious slander of the Ming Dynasty by the Ming Dynasty, because Shen Wansan had died at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and could not fund the Ming Dynasty at all.) It is ridiculous that he believes in folklore and ignores historical facts. ）

Zhu Youcheng's implication is that asking for football is basically a layman in business, and it is good if he doesn't lose his capital, let alone being able to repay the loan shark.

Qiu Qiu said proudly: "Master Zhu underestimated me." The next month, I paid the money back. Not only is it still on, but it also has a surplus. ”

"Oh?"

"At first, I was also worried that Jiannu would kill our caravan personnel and forcibly seize supplies. Unexpectedly, Jiannu actually welcomed our caravan warmly, not only sent a maid to sleep with him, but also purchased grain at a reasonable price, and finally escorted it to the border of the Ming Dynasty before saying goodbye. I can't imagine that Jiannu is such a thing, but he takes such care of merchants. ”

Zhu Youcheng snorted coldly and said, "This is where the insidious nature of Jiannu lies. If they plundered caravans, where would anyone dare to sell them to him? Jiannu robbed gold and silver in exchange for food. If there were no caravans, no amount of gold and silver would be scrap metal. Although Jiannu forcibly occupied the vast and fertile land of Liaodong, it was just used to run horses and produce food? They don't have that ability yet. ”

Qiu Qiu slapped him and said, "That's such a reason." The second time I transported grain, I was relieved and bold. I shipped more grain and grass and made more profits......"

Hearing this, Zhu Youcheng's heart moved, a large part of the reason why Jiannu was able to enter the Central Plains was that businessmen colluded with Jiannu.

One of them robbed and the other sold the stolen goods, and each made a good profit.

In order to maintain this special relationship, the merchants did what they wanted to build slaves and what they were anxious to build slaves.

Whatever the slave lacks, the merchant will give. If you want food, you will send food, and if you want weapons, you will send weapons.

They became the best partner in Liaodong, and in order to express their gratitude, after Jiannu entered the Central Plains, they named the best of them as the Eight Great Imperial Merchants of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Youcheng interjected: "Liaodong should be more than one of you doing grain business with Jiannu. In addition to spying on Jiannu's intelligence, you also have to pay attention to other merchants who deliver food to Jiannu. Write down their names. These traitors, one day, I will cut them to the roots. ”

Qiu Qiu answered, and then continued to report: "More food in exchange for more trust, the second time we went to Shenyang, which is what Jiannu said about Shengjing, they no longer restrict our freedom and allow us to wander around. The people in the caravan are all clever and meticulous, and they take the opportunity to spy on Jiannu's intelligence.

Master Zhu, you are amazing. An article "Who is the cutest person" actually said against thousands of Han people in Liaodong, especially those Han soldiers who defected to Jiannu.

Huang Taiji, the chief of the Jiannu thieves, was greatly frightened, urgently summoned the ministers to discuss, and finally decided to imitate the mite system and establish the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Jiannu has a grudge against the adult, and decides to send someone to kill you again, and the killer is the Jiannu Fu general Nimaha who has great luck and great luck according to legend.

We wanted to find out what Nimaha looked like, but unfortunately this guy lives in a secluded place. Never appeared in front of people, so it didn't work out. Be careful for fear of delaying big things. First, the news will be sent to Beijing in an expedited manner of 800 miles. ”

Zhu Youcheng nodded and said, "Ask for the ball, you are really amazing, you have created a miracle." You are probably the first person to break into the interior of Jiannu since the Jiannu Uprising. ”

Qiu Qiu grinned and said, "My lord." The word miracle, you might as well postpone it. ”

"What? Do you have any good news for me? ”

"Yes, sir. My fine network is now spread across several provinces north of the Yellow River. North Zhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, these four provinces already have a complete network of fine work. Time is too rushed, if only I had an extra year and a half. I have the confidence to sprinkle the fine net all over the Ming! ”

Zhu Youcheng was once again shocked by the begging for the ball.

"How is it possible, you have no soldiers and no food, why did you spread out such a big stall?"

"My lord, didn't I do business with Jiannu? Not only did I sell grain to build slaves, but I also brought back ginseng, pearls and other local products from Liaodong, and I made a lot of money back and forth. I knew that this money was all black-hearted money and could not be spent indiscriminately, so I used it to recruit troops and build a fine network.

Generally speaking, a province only recruits a few brocade guards, and then they control the hooligans or gangsters below. For a small amount of money, we can collect all kinds of information from the government to the common people. Of course, these brocade guards are not as skilled as the brocade guards in our Jingxi Huangzhuang, but they are the head snakes in the ground, and the investigation news is first-class.

However, let them not be Jinyi guards, the power is in the hands of adults, I don't dare to talk nonsense. I just promised them to try my best to intercede for them to participate in Jinyiwei, but they must be there without a packing ticket. ”

Zhu Youcheng nodded and said, "That's very good." Then it's decided, the brocade guards of the 100 households of intelligence are recruited by you, the discipline is controlled by you, and the bottom line is not to disturb the people.

If you can build a fine network all over the Ming Dynasty, I will ask the emperor to promote you to a thousand households of Jinyi Guard.

If your fine work can be sent to neighboring countries, such as Annam (now Vietnam), Burma, Tianzhu, Korea, Japan and other countries, I will ask the emperor to promote you to the Jinyi Weizhong Zhenfu Division.

Don't worry, the emperor once approved the establishment of two Zhenfu Divisions in the east and west, and it should not be difficult to build a Zhongzhen Fusi. East, west, south, north, and middle, all five directions are indispensable.

As for the expenses, all of them are paid by Jingxi Huangzhuang. And the black money you earn, five of the transactions will be given to Jingxi Huangzhuang, and the other fifty percent will be used as your bonus. ”

Asking for the ball, he kowtowed again and again.

Then Qiu Qiu reported on the specific work of the 100 households for a while.

When it came to the information of Beizhili Province, Qiu Qiu said: "Lord Zhu, your background is ......"

Zhu Youcheng's good mood when he learned that the intelligence work was being carried out smoothly disappeared all of a sudden.

He waved his hand weakly and said, "I already know, you don't have to say it anymore......"

I begged for the ball and stopped, but in the end I didn't say anything.

Asking for the ball to go, Zhu Youcheng once again felt that there is no unusable talent in this world, and the key is to put the talent in the right position.

Asking for the ball, he used to be just a scoundrel. But putting him in the position of a hundred intelligence households, he actually made such an amazing achievement. (To be continued......)

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