Six days passed.

For the ministers of Nanjing, six days was just a blink of an eye, and the time soon came to March 18 of the 18th year of Chongzhen.

Zhang Youyu's ability to do things is still good.

In just six days, Zhang Youyu personally led a group of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to draw up detailed regulations on the Hubu City Exchange Office and the Daming Hubu Bank.

Immediately, Zhang Youyu came to the cabinet with the prepared strip Chen.

After Shi Kefa and the other four people had seen the article, Zhang Youyu said: "What about the four pavilion elders?" ”

Gao Hongtu said: "There is no problem with the general direction, but some details still need to be scrutinized." ”

Shi Kefa glanced at Gao Hongtu a little helplessly, and said, "Then let's review them one by one." ”

"As it should be." Gao Hongtu nodded and took the lead in saying, "First of all, the total amount of bonds issued in the first article, the servant thinks that only five million taels is too little, at least it must be quadrupled again, twenty million taels!" ”

"Twenty million taels?" Zhang Youyu was taken aback when he heard this, it was too ruthless.

Jiang Yueguang and Xuelong were also a little frightened, this step was too big.

Zhang Youyu said: "Gao Ge is always like this, this first bond is just a trial, because no one knows whether the gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan really approve of such a model." ”

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"It is precisely because of this that it is all the more necessary to increase the amount of bonds issued."

Gao Hongtu said: "Because I missed this village, I won't have this store." ”

Zhang Youyu turned his gaze to Shi Kefa, and this matter had to be nodded by Shoufu.

Shi Kefa said solemnly: "The servant thinks that the steps should not be too big at the beginning, so let's sell five million taels first, and if the gentlemen and merchants rush to buy it, it is not too late to sell the second bond." ”

Jiang Yueguang and Xuelong echoed in unison: "The servants also think that they shouldn't be in a hurry. ”

"Okay." Gao Hongtu said helplessly, "Then try to sell five million taels first." ”

After a pause, Gao Hongtu said again: "Also, this profit is set too high, 11 debts in one year, 14 debts in three years, 18 debts in five years, and 30 debts in ten years, which is really too high!" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Youyu said, "Gao Ge Lao, the second phase of bonds sold by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is this kind of money, we can't set it lower than the Ministry of Internal Affairs, otherwise who will buy it?" ”

"Ridiculous." Gao Hongtu said, "Jiangnan gentlemen and businessmen buy and sell bonds, who really cares about the level of profit? What they are greedy for is the difference between buying low and selling high, so we can set the lowest interest on the bonds issued by the Hubu Market, because no matter how low the price is, there will still be people who buy it. ”

Gao Hongtu's words are to the essence.

"I see the same thing as Gao Ge Lao." Xie Xuelongdao, "The profit can be set lower." ”

Seeing that Shi Kefa and Jiang Yueguang did not object, Zhang Youyu asked, "How much should it be set?" ”

Gao Hongtu made a decision: "Just set a one-year debt of one hundred, a three-year debt of one hundred and three, a five-year debt of one hundred and five, and a ten-year debt of eleven. ”

After a pause, he said: "To put it bluntly, their silver can only grow ash when it is hidden in the cellar, but if it is deposited in the silver number of the household department and then buys bonds, there will be one hundred and one drought and flood guarantees every year, why not?" ”

"Okay." Zhang Youyu said helplessly, "Then it's tentatively set for one hundred and one a year." ”

The other rules are fine, Zhang Youyu took the article back to the household department to redraft.

Seeing Zhang Youyu leave, Shi Kefa asked, "Is there a Tangbao in Huai'an Mansion today?" ”

"Nope." Gao Hongtu shook his head and said, "I went to the General Administration Department just now to read, but there is no Tang newspaper from Huai'an." ”

"Can't even send out the Tang newspaper?" Jiang Yueguang said worriedly, "In this way, Jiannu has already completed the encirclement of Shanyang City on all sides. ”

Xie Xuelong also sighed: "I don't know how many days it will last." ”

"Huai'an Mansion will not affect the overall situation if it lasts for a few more days or less." Gao Hongtu waved his hand and said, "We only need to do a good job in the defense of the Yangtze River, and Jiannu doesn't have a sailor, so don't think about crossing the Yangtze River." ”

After a pause, Gao Hongtu said again: "As long as Nanjing City is still there, the Ming Dynasty will still be there!" ”

Xie Xuelong said quietly: "Having said that, I still hope that Shanyang Mansion can last a few more days, so that we can be more prepared, at least let Nan Anhou transfer another water division." ”

"Saying this, why don't I want Huai'an Mansion to last a few more days?" Gao Hongtu didn't have a good air, "But the question is, you have to be able to hold on to Huai'an Mansion, just rely on a few unknown people, can Huai'an Mansion hold on?" ”

Xie Xuelong is silent, can Huai'an Mansion hold on?

I'm afraid I probably won't be able to hold it.

……

At the same time, in the palace of Prince Rui in Beijing.

Dolgon summoned Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng, and Hong Chengchou to his mansion again.

Dolgon said: "Three gentlemen, the battle of my Qing soldiers in Xuzhou did not go well, except for the loss of 900 Bayala at the beginning of the battle, and then a lot of losses. ”

Ning Wan said: "Chongzhen has been operating in Xuzhou for several months, which is expected. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "But the master doesn't have to worry about this, because there is no need for my Qing soldiers to spend in Xuzhou with Chongzhen, just leave a partial division to surround Xuzhou, and then transfer the army to Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion with another army, and go all the way south to Nanjing, then half of the south of the Yangtze River will definitely be able to go down with a drum." ”

"Heng Jiu's words are indeed the words of the old man seeking the country." Dolgon praised, "Prince Yu did it according to this line of thought, he left two red flags, the blue flag and the eight banners of the Han army, the eight banners of the Mongolian regiment to surround Xuzhou, and then personally led the two white flags, inlaid with blue flags along the Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion all the way to the south, but it is a pity that ......"

Hong Chengchou said: "Master, what is it just a pity? ”

Dolgon said: "It's a pity that I encountered hard stubble in Huai'an Mansion. ”

"Hard stubble?" Ning Wan said, "Chongzhen has stationed a border army in Xiazhen, Pizhou and Xuzhou, could it be that there are also border troops in Huai'an Mansion?" ”

"Can't you?" Hong Chengchou said, "Nanming doesn't have so many border troops. ”

Dolgon said: "There is no border army in Huai'an Mansion, only Xiangyong. ”

"Xiang Yong?" Hong Chengchou and the three looked at each other, Xiang Yong was able to block the elite of the Eight Banners?

"With tens of thousands of villagers alone, they naturally can't stop the elite of the Eight Banners." Dolgon said, "However, the soldier who led the village to defend the city is a powerful person, this person is not only well versed in the importance of defending the city, but also extremely cunning, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks are simply endless, Prince Yu is on guard in every way, and he still has three plots against this person!" ”

"Huh?" Hong Chengchou and the three looked at each other again.

After a long time, I asked, "Master, can you tell me more details?" ”

"Yes." Dolgon nodded and said, "The first time was when Prince Yu's army first arrived, and this person sent a team of dead soldiers to sneak into our army's camp with the army with the armor of Menghuo oil and Qiao makeup, and burned a month's rations and hundreds of thousands of heavy arrows, in addition to hundreds of carriages. ”

"Indeed, this man has courage." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "I can think what ordinary people can't think." ”

"Exactly." Dolgon nodded and said, "The second time was two days later, it was the white flag that was burned, and this person sent a team of dead soldiers to infiltrate our army camp again, and set fire again, although the loss this time was not as big as the first time, but it still burned half a month's ration carried by the white flag." ”

"Huh? Burn again? "Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I were dumbfounded.

"This guy is really a good plan!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but praise, "This so-called surprise, attacking it unprepared!" Zhengbai Banner must have never thought that there would be this section, so he set the way. ”

"Exactly." Dolgon muttered, "The white flag is defenseless. ”

Ning Wan couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the master, but I don't know what the third time is?" ”

"The third time was arson." Dolgon muttered, "When this king was a child, he read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and felt that Zhuge Kongming knew the way of arson, but that was after all, but this person's way of arson was really superb. ”

Hong Chengchou asked: "Master, I don't know how this person's third arson was arsoned?" ”

Dolgon said: "Prince Yu did not carry a red-coated cannon, and the cost of the attack was too great, so he decided to demolish the eight corner towers in the east and west cities of Shanyang, and then one night, this person actually ordered the village to go down to the city, and buried a large amount of sulfur, fire and gunpowder under the ground of the eight corner towers in advance. ”

"The next day, the elite with blue flags and coats arrived under the eight corner towers."

Speaking of this, Dolgon said secretly: "Immediately defend the city and the countryside and bravely light the fuse, this fire plus the explosion, will bury the elite bannermen with the four ox records inlaid with the blue flag, plus more than 2,000 clothed minions!" Prince Yu said in his letter that the dying bannermen and clothed servants burned for most of the day before they were burned! ”

"This?!" Ning Wan and I Fan Wencheng looked shocked.

Hong Chengchou also asked: "Master, who is this person's surname?" ”

"This person's surname is Yan, and his name is Yingyuan." Dolgon said solemnly, "The word is Heng, can Heng Jiu know this person?" ”

"Yan Yingyuan? The word "Gang Heng"? Hong Chengchou looked confused, I haven't heard of it, where did this person come from?

"Heng Jiu doesn't know this person? It seems that he was just an unknown person. The look on Dolgon's face cooled, and he said with some gloom, "In that case, things will be a little troublesome. ”

"Master, did you just say that this person is a scholar?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"Yes." Dolgon said, "It's one of the more than 6,000 scholars recruited by Chongzhen under the pretense of begging for the edict!" ”

Speaking of this, Dolgon stared at Hong Chengchou's eyes and said with a complicated expression: "Hengjiu, I have to admit that you Han people are really capable, and a nameless person is so powerful!" ”

"Master, such characters are a minority after all." Hong Chengchou said, "What's more, the Tianwei of my Great Qing Army is not something that just one or two military wizards can contend with, and the slave believes that Prince Yu will be able to break through Shanyang." ”

"That's natural, Prince Yu has been in battle for a long time after all." A smile crossed Dorgon's face.

"If nothing else, the two white flags should have already entered Shanyang City at this time, right?"

Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan, and Fan Wencheng breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, the regent dared to say so, presumably Prince Yu's plan for this matter was already nine out of ten.

……

In Shanyang City, the demolition of the blue flag has entered a white heat.

Relying on the shields stacked on top of each other and the protection of the vaults on the roofs of the two chariots, the more than 2,000 coatings inlaid with blue flags were divided into eight parts, and the eight corner towers in the east and west of Shanyang were frantically excavated and demolished.

Although they had just suffered a brutal fire attack three days earlier, the coats were not intimidated.

Or maybe they've been frightened, but their masters are guarding behind them with swords, so they have no choice but to tear down the walls with their lives.

Under the shield, the coats sweated like rain.

Bricks were pried off by iron.

There were also handfuls of rammed earth that were shoveled down with shovels.

Eight corner towers have been dug up large gaps.

If it continues to be demolished like this, at most ten days later, at least four corner towers will be dug up and collapsed, and it is even possible that eight corner towers will be dug up and collapsed at the same time.

The townspeople at the head of the city have realized the danger and are desperately trying to stop it.

However, in the face of the coating with the dual protection of the chariot and the wooden brand, it is useless to rely on gold juice, lime and even ten thousand enemies, and the only thing that can be counted on is Menghuo oil.

[Note: Menghuo oil mostly refers to oil, and the mining technology has been relatively mature by the middle of the Ming Dynasty]

[However, the Menghuo oil in the book is not oil, but tung oil, tea oil, vegetable oil and other vegetable oils and animal fats such as lard and sheep fat, by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan oil industry has been quite large-scale]

Pots and pots of boiling hot oil poured down from the city.

Menghuo oil scalding is not burning the coating underneath, but there is also a fire attack.

With the fall of the torch, the wooden sign and even the cart under it were ignited, and they were soon engulfed by the flames.

Nearly half of the more than 60 wagons gathered under the eight corner towers were burned.

It's just that the Ming army at the head of the city also paid a heavy price.

Because in addition to sending the coat to demolish, the blue flag also built earthen platforms on the left and right sides of the eight corner towers, although these earthen platforms were not built as high as the city head, but they were also three zhang high.

Therefore, the lethality of the big bow will be raised at once.

The townsmen at the head of the city had to pay the price of blood whether they transported materials and equipment or poured fire oil down.

What's even more troublesome is that Jiannu will also shoot rockets at the head of Shanyang City, once the rocket falls into the oil pot, the entire city will turn into a sea of fire in an instant, and Jiannu will burn his own people instead of burning it.

In short, the battle of Sanyo has entered the most brutal stalemate.

Seeing that the blue flag-inlaid car was burned for more than thirty taels, He Luohui couldn't help but gloat a little.

"Master, the blue flag is miserable this time." He Luo smiled gloomily, "Not only did the three Niu Lu flag men who died in the battle, but the chariot was almost lost, and when I returned to Beijing, the old dog of Jierharang was estimated to be able to skin Tunqi, and what was even worse was that the blue flag paid such a big price, and it was just to make wedding clothes for our two white flags, hehe." ”

"Shut up! Don't talk cool here. Duoduo lectured He Luohui, and said, "Have you done everything that this king has told you?" ”

[I don't have to play on the National Day, work hard to code words, and continue to kneel and beg for a monthly pass]