Chapter 240: The iceberg thaws

"Brother Zheng, don't talk to death. Say what you want. How about I exchange a few of my concubines with you? All the concubines, for this one maid. Also, my father told me that there have been a few vacancies in the border gate recently, who do you want to put on top, say a word, and I can do it for you. ”

"Do I still need you? Alright, don't play with bones on the ground. Between us buddies, this set is useless. This maid can't be changed, she's in her belly. ”

Listening to Zheng Guobao's casual words, Li Rong also knew that there was no hope. I had to ask tentatively: "Or else?" When the baby is born, I will send someone to send it to you? Seeing Zheng Guobao raising his fist to fight, he stopped. I was a little unhappy.

Zheng Guobao saw it and patted him on the shoulder. "Don't be so unlucky, it's just a little left and right. This time the matter is done, you Yangzhou skinny horses can be bought casually, what kind of can't be found at that time? Why bother competing with a maid? After the big deal is done, you kid will share more benefits from me, and I will compensate you. ”

Only then did Li Rong regain his spirit, "Brother Zheng." It was not easy for a few of us to come from Beijing. You can't fool us about this. The last time I was in Ningxia, you didn't take us with you to do it, which is not interesting enough. This time I can't say it anymore, it's okay to have fun with people. ”

The other two also leaned over and echoed, "Yes." At the beginning, Brother Zheng asked a few of us to pool money to build a three-masted red single boat, but we smashed the pot and sold iron, and we also pooled this money to save face for you. Not to mention, I have made a lot of money in the past few years, but it was a lot of risk at that time. Good guys, if something goes wrong, we're going to be beaten half to death. This time, you said that you could make money, but you didn't say what you were doing. Is it possible, do you want to attack Yangzhou? ”

The richest place in the Ming Dynasty today is not Yuegang, where many goods gather, nor Macao, which is rented to Portuguese turtles, but Yangzhou. The principal of Yangzhou salt merchants is 30 million. The annual interest is 9 million, and the income is higher than the government income of the Ming Dynasty. It is the largest fat sheep in the country, although Zheng Guobao did not explicitly say the financial project, but these few gentlemen are just mixed, not stupid. A little analysis, Jiangnan Cai. It's just the trouble of finding a salt merchant. But I didn't dare to say this kind of thing explicitly, so I had to ask sideways.

Zheng Guobao ignored them, and just said: "Don't ask that first, don't even dare to smash the building, what else can you do?" Brother Xu, Grandpa Xu in Nanjing is your elder. He is in charge of the army again, and when the time comes, he will have to talk to you about the army. There is also Brother Zhang, the British father-in-law is the commander-in-chief of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, and the protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world, not to mention that there are no officers in Jiangnan who are familiar with you. And Li Rong, you can't run either. Wu Qinghou, his old man, how big is that? Guards of the Korean Army. Where is there no friend of his old man? When it's time to employ people, none of you can run. But don't worry, as long as this thing is done, it will be a lifetime of knurling, and it will not be endless. Come, you have arrived today, and our brothers will have a good drink all night, and we will have something to say. ”

The second watch. Zheng Guobao staggered back to the bedroom, but saw that Zhang Furong was already waiting in the bedroom. Seeing him coming, he smiled at him for the first time and helped him lie down. I took off my clothes for him, poured tea and handed him a hot hand towel. Seeing that Zheng Guobao drank a few bowls of tea, Zhang Furong smiled again, "Be careful." Don't choke. You guys are really, you have to drink so much wine when you meet, and you have to ride a horse after drinking, how risky is this? ”

Zheng Guobao looked at Zhang Furong with a smile. Half a day later. Pat your head with your hand. "Damn, it seems that I really drank too much. Why are you hallucinating? ”

Zhang Furong took off her clothes by herself, lay down close to her, and whispered in Zheng Guobao's ear, "Master, thank you." ”

"Fleur, I...... I drank a little too much. You just said, thank me? ”

Zhang Furong nodded. "Miss Ren asked me to deliver tea today, and I knew what she thought. Now that I have no kung fu in my body, where can I still protect myself? Don't know what to do? I didn't expect that the master, the lord will protect me even if he offends your friends. Thank you so much. ”

Only then did Zheng Guobao know that her conversation with Li Rong and others was all heard by her. "So, you don't hate me anymore? When I forced you, didn't you hate me to the bone? Look at the way I look, every time I want to poke a few transparent holes in my body, don't let me not see it. ”

"Master, don't talk about it. This is probably my fate, I accept my fate. It's true that Fleur hated you that day, and it's true to thank you today. Zheng Guobao talked to her in the middle of the night and gradually fell asleep. Zhang Furong tiptoed up, took out the bandage, and watched under the lamp for a long time before sighing leisurely. He took the fire fold and burned the bandage little by little.

At noon the next day, several other sons also woke up from a hangover. Zheng Guobao called them again and said that they were going to smash the Qinglou, Xu Xi gritted his teeth and said: "As long as Brother Zheng can promise to let us get salt, we will do it with you!" Isn't it just to smash the building, isn't it regarded as a revenge by the Liu family? I'm out of the way! ”

"Good! That's what I want. Your brothers have all brought their families, these people will all put on uniforms and pretend to be brocade clothes for a while. In addition, borrow some soldiers from my old man, and I have to be hard-handed, dare to attack, and dare to beat people. Sue them, something happened, and there was an uncle in the country. If you are injured, the decoction is doubled! ”

Zheng Guobao called out all the athletes of the invincible brigade again, and briefly mobilized a few words, "When you get to the place, you can take what you see, hit what is not pleasing to the eye, and hit whoever is not pleasing to the eye." But the money, I take the big head, you take the small head, whatever you take indiscriminately, you will all chop your hands, you know? ”

Those team members are all familiar with the training in Beijing, and they have rich practical combat experience, and now they are guest soldiers, and there is Uncle Guo standing behind them, of course, they are fearless. In unison, it should be. Zheng Guobao called Ren Yingying's personal army again, gave some instructions, invited Xiang Wentian, and made a few more words.

Xiang Wentian said: "If this matter is done, what debt will I have?" ”

"Don't worry, you can help me do this, and you will be exempted from interest for one year."

Now Xiang Wentian's debts have all been taken over by Zheng Guobao. Uncle Zheng's ability to release the seal is more than a step stronger than those debtors. Especially because he is strong in force, Xiang Wentian wants to pay the bill, and he has to calculate, whether he can beat those many muskets, and what Uncle Natural says he hears.

In the evening, Xu Bangfu sent more than 100 people selected from the military guard battalion. Although he occupies a lot of shares in the Qing Building, the land of wind and moon in Nanjing, in addition to being subordinate to the Department of Education of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, is mostly sheltered by Qingliu civil officials. For example, Liu Yiru, Zou Yuanbiao, etc., are all big backers behind Qinglou.

These people have a high status and strong combat effectiveness, and they are the most terrifying group of people in the Ming Dynasty, who dares to provoke them? If you clear the building and take refuge under their door, you can spend money to buy peace. Even the Qinglou subordinate to the Department of Education and Workshop also made many friends with these literati, evaded flower donations, and intercepted the gold and silver for their own use.

Compared with these civil officials, the noble forces have long been in name only. Even if Wei Guogong held the military power of Nanjing, he was also subject to the Nanjing Military Department, so the Qing Building, which was sheltered by him, could not be compared with the "Piaoxiang Courtyard" and "Yicui Building" in terms of grade and scale.

It is true that they will suffer losses from this kind of raid, but the civil servants will suffer even more losses. As a hereditary noble, the Duke of Wei has a rich family, and he doesn't care about losing this little money. As long as you see the civil servants suffer, it is enough to pay back the ticket price. Moreover, others are old and sophisticated, and they have seen huge business opportunities from it, so they are naturally enthusiastic about this kind of thing.

These soldiers are all well-known disrespectful commanders on weekdays, with no one in their eyes, and they are domineering figures. It is also fitting to do this errand. Zheng Guobao said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all good men in the Nanjing army, and I won't say much else about this matter today." Charge forward and urge the formation to break the enemy, copy a family and reward one person with five taels of silver. The cost of the injured decoction is doubled! If there is any cowering, they will all be transferred to the nine sides to fight the tartars. ”

These people said: "One qiΔ“ but listen to Uncle Guo's arrangement, go in the water, go in the fire!" On weekdays, I suffer a lot from the anger of civil officials, but today I only want to be angry, and money is secondary. ”

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