Chapter 758: Expansion
Let's be honest...... There is nothing more fragrant in this world than buying and selling without capital.
After all, the vast majority of people in the world have only one life, and in this era, life is precisely the least valuable.
Zhang Jing couldn't help but be moved when she saw Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's eager looks.
In later generations, when he read history, he always had a question.
That is why the ancients advocated emphasizing separation and ignoring life and death.
It's not that people are not afraid of death, but to a certain extent, in this era when the infant mortality rate is almost half, and the survival rate of children to adulthood may not even be half, and any disease or disaster may bring death, people's attitudes towards life and death are naturally very different from those of later generations.
Not to mention ordinary people, even if it is royal, longevity is also a luxury, the emperor gave birth to ten sons, and it is lucky to have five normal deaths.
Not to mention ordinary people.
When a person, from birth, sees the people around him, one by one, whether it is a brother or sister, or a neighbor, a distant relative or a close neighbor, maybe yesterday was still alive in front of you, and within a few days, the most common cold will be out of breath.
Because of this, people in this era attach great importance to life, but they also realize that human life is extremely unstable, and what is really stable is precisely the family or clan. Therefore, people can sacrifice at any time, but the family and family are the guarantee that will continue after death.
At this time, Zhang Jing thought for a while and said, "What do you want?" ”
"Recruit sons, raid the khanates, and build the Eight Banners of Nu, we can do too."
Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "How many people can be recruited?" ”
"Many of the brothers are eager to try." Li Zicheng said: "Although they have divided the land, they can only let the sons and daughters eat, but I saw that the Eight Banners raided all the way and knocked down a lot of mines and woodlands, although the land is not valuable, but it is better than the vast land, not to mention getting rich, their wives and children are now in Lushun, Shenyang and Jinzhou and other places, are very solid." The brothers are now envious! ”
Zhang Xianzhong said ambitiously: "At least 8,000 people can be recruited, and if necessary, more can be recruited." As long as you give us swords and horses, we earn our own money. ”
Zhang Jing smiled and said: "You can make up your own mind about this matter, if you really want to, no one can stop you." As for swords and war horses, I can give you a sum of money to purchase them yourself, but in the future, you will have to buy them yourself, seize the land, exchange the money, and then use the money to buy weapons and war horses yourself, how about it? ”
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong glanced at each other, and suddenly became happy.
In fact, when he made this request, Li Zicheng was careful, and he was always a little worried, after all, they were from a rogue background, and now they are asking to organize their own people and horses, and they are still fighting with weapons, who can ensure that people will not suspect that they actually want to rebel?
But if you think about it carefully, even the Jiannu man ...... His Royal Highness the King of Liao can be trusted. What's wrong with mentioning it to His Royal Highness the King of Liao? If you don't let it, you won't let it, and honestly go home and plow the land.
Who knew that Zhang Jingyi was so happy!
At this time, I heard Zhang Jingyi say again: "This first amount of silver, just give one million taels, our Zhang family will pay it." But...... Liaodong is a place that talks about rules, and recruits people on its own...... Wearing a sword...... Well, it's better to do this, you need to come to the regulations, wait for the approval of the Liao Palace, and then issue your privateer license, with the certificate, it will be reasonable and legal. ”
When Zhang Xianzhong heard the one million taels of silver, his heart was full of shock, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes, my obedient ...... So much?
Li Zicheng's eyes were also full of surprise, so he said: "This silver is too much...... Your Highness is too polite. ”
Zhang Jing said: "You are in Lushun, find a place, register a firm by yourself, this million is considered to be the start-up capital given to you, can you make this deal...... It's up to you, and the rest...... The Liao Wangfu will not care, but ...... You belong to the militia, and you still have to have a lot of rules, and when you are outside, like in the town, everybody...... They are not allowed to carry weapons at will, and all militia members who fight or harm others are guilty of one more degree. ”
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's mind became active, and he said: "Your Highness has given too much, but ...... Your Highness...... I have another thought. ”
Zhang Jing: "You said come and see." ”
"Although I have descended, but in the three mountains and five mountains in the pass, there are also a lot of mountain bandits, although I look down on these mountain bandits and water bandits, but there are a lot of ...... At the beginning, I also fought with Brother Li and Li, and since then they have broken up with each other, and now His Royal Highness has given so much money, it is better to recruit them together to serve His Highness! In this way, Brother Li and I took care of our original friends, and we fulfilled the righteousness of friends. It is not to waste His Royal Highness's money, I and Brother Li will do a big vote. ”
In fact, since ancient times, bandits and bandits have always been indispensable in this world, so to speak...... Bandits and bandits are not said to be at this time, even when the world is at peace, they have never been banned.
In ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, and the imperial power was almost not lower than the county, and the vast majority of the people were in a state of famine, so the banditry has never been stopped.
Now this Zhang Xianzhong actually proposed to simply Zhao'an bandits to go out of the customs.
Zhang Jing was a little stunned for a while.
These guys...... This is really when this good Liaodong has become a den of thieves.
Think about it, now in this place, not only Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but also a large number of prisoners' families after the raid, as well as the Jiannu people who have surrendered, by the way, and the captured Westerners.
Add these bandits......
Good guys, this is really alive, thieves and bandits in the world, neatly and neatly!
But......
Zhang Jing thought of the point, squinted his eyes and said: "I'm afraid that these people are used to being casual, and if they do something good, it will bring hidden dangers to Liaodong." ”
He did not hide his concerns from Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.
This made Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong hear the sound of the off-strings.
Obviously, His Royal Highness the King of Liao treats these rogues differently from those bandits.
The rogues couldn't survive, and they had to turn against the people of the court, which was the most harmful to the court, but Zhang Jingyi was convinced that they also had a loyal side in their bones.
But many bandits and bandits are different, although there are some people who have to rebel, but I am afraid that there are also a lot of real villains who have to be guarded against.
"Your Royal Highness, rest assured, for this, I and Brother Zhang are the best, what do these people think in their hearts, what is it on weekdays, our hearts are clear, maybe it is not easy for others to clean up and control them, but our brothers and sisters go out and teach them to obey. We will never be polite to them, we can use it naturally, we can't use it, and we will never cause trouble to Your Highness. ”
Li Zicheng is arrogant at this time, he still has a heroic side, I can't beat Zhang Jingyi, I am determined to join him, but I can't cure those thieves? I, Li Zicheng, am the ancestor of thieves.
Zhang Jing heard it and said: "This matter, Liaodong can't do it, and you have to play the imperial court, you need to ask the imperial court to issue an edict, and then send people out of the customs, so let's do it, I will play a concert, if Your Majesty is gracious, let's think about the next step." ”
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were busy and responded in a regular manner.
Zhang Jingyi said again: "There is one more thing, in a few days, I will send a few people to you." ”
Li Zicheng said in surprise: "I don't know who it is?" ”
Zhang Jing said: "They are all prisoners of those pirates, and among these pirates, there are some ...... I've been to Russia, you know Russia, right? Just a few decades ago, they occupied most of the Siberian Khanate, and now you want to raid the far north and the far west, but you are afraid that you will soon encounter them. ”
"Among these captives, there are some who have been to Russia, who are proficient in their language and customs, and who know themselves and know that they will win all battles, and since they will bump into each other sooner or later, then ...... Be ye prepared. ”
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong responded.
When the two of them withdrew, they saw Huang Taiji standing outside the palace hall waiting at this time, and when the two of them went, Huang Taiji was invited in.
Huang Taiji arrived in front of Zhang Jingyi and saluted Zhang Jing first.
Zhang Jingyi said with a smile: "I heard that in the past two years, you have earned millions of taels of silver from selling land alone, how can you ...... But he is still so shabby, wearing a torn leather jacket. ”
Huang Taiji was indeed wearing an old jacket, and when he heard Zhang Jingyi's words, he immediately said: "This old jacket is used to wearing it, but it is comfortable, this is outside the gate, not as warm as spring in the pass, everyone dresses to pay attention to identity and prestige, but outside the gate, the clothes are used for warmth." Your Highness... The sinners were very happy at this time, and they were afraid that they would have to come more often to ask for peace and listen to His Highness's teachings. ”
Zhang Jing nodded with a smile.
This Jiannu man is actually very good at it, after all, it is a slave society, there is a difference between master and slave, and there is no so-called humiliation of self-esteem.
Zhang Jingyi coughed and said, "I heard that you have just come back with the troops, how is it, is it still going well?" ”
"It's going well, the Siberian Khan has fallen, but their capital has long been invaded by the Russians, and it's just a remnant in a corner, what kind of khan! This time we marched into the army, and he had our Eight Banners in front of him and the Russian cavalry in the back, so he obediently submitted, and the sinner thought that perhaps these Siberian herdsmen might be useful to His Highness, so he restrained the minions under his head and asked them to try their best not to kill these herdsmen. ”
"But...... This Russian...... It seems that some are not easy to fight, the sinners sent people to attack temptingly, they are very brave, and the supplies are sufficient, as long as their fortress is very well protected, so they are not in a hurry to attack first, but to take people back to Liaodong first, let the minions rest and recuperate, and then make plans. ”
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