Note: In the first volume above, in the chapter of the Prime Minister, Mingzhu's surname should be "Nala", not Nalan, Nalan is just Mingzhu's own surname, his family name is Nala, and each generation of Manchus has its own surname, just like in the Qianlong period, Fukangan's father is not surnamed Fu, but is called Fu Heng, but they have the same family name, namely: Fucha clan!

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Heilongjiang!

Further to the Northeast!

On the edge of a large river, in a clearing outside the forest, there is a small military camp!

In this barracks, Yu Zhong was sitting in a small tent with a few people, eating a freshly boiled Siberian tiger...... of meat!

"You guys, it's just a tyrannical thing, this is a tiger, grandma's, kill it if you say it's killed, and kill it as soon as you kill it......" While stuffing a large piece of tiger meat into his mouth, Yu Zhong pointed to the few guys in armor sitting next to him and said: "Why do you also leave that little tiger for me, maybe I will have a tiger to ride after a few years...... Even if it doesn't work, let's take it back and get a 'roasted milk tiger', it's more enjoyable than so-so cooking, right? …… Really, you guys who don't know how to enjoy! ”

"Riding a tiger? My lord, you can think of it, if you ride a tiger, we big guys won't need to ride horses in the future......" A general wearing a yellow forged copper nail copper leaf armor and a carved helmet heard Yu Zhong's complaints, and said back, while saying it, he didn't forget to tear off a large piece of meat from the tiger leg in his hand!

"Go, go, you know, I've had a good time, haven't I? …… Hey, you kid, don't bite the bones, tiger bones are very valuable! Yu Zhong shouted.

"Hahaha......" Yu Zhongcai laughed at a group of people.

"Don't say it, my lord, you and Jing Gege are really a family, and we are both trying to make ......money all day long," the other general laughed.

"Of course I have to think about making money! …… You guys, you don't know the hardships of life! Yu Zhong stretched out a greasy finger at the general and said: "Don't think that you are all all a thousand generals and guerrillas now, if you don't have a little preparation, it will be too late to cry!" ……”

"Yes, yes, Lord Totong!" The general in the nail bronze armor smiled and said, "Can you tell us that we can't leave our posts in the deep mountains and old forests here, how can we make money?" ……”

"That's it, my lord, we don't need to deduct military rations here, because even if we want to resell after deducting them, we can't find a buyer; I can't eat much space, because the names of our Eight Banners soldiers are all registered in the Internal Affairs Office and generals at all levels......"

"Yes, yes, fuck, our dignified soldiers of the Eight Banners are not as popular as the officers of the Green Battalion of the Han Army in the south...... It's breathless to think about! …… The roster of the green battalion of the Han army is in the hands of the leading generals, and the ones on it don't know, as long as the soldiers are willing, they will only leave 2,000 soldiers and horses for 10,000 soldiers and horses, and eat the empty quota of 8,000 people, as long as they are not caught, there is nothing to do, which is like us, there are books to check wherever the banner people go, and if there are not enough soldiers, they can find it immediately, even if they eat empty quotas, they dare not eat more...... What a poor death! ”

"Alas, don't you know, I have a friend who worked as an errand in the Guangzhou General's Mansion, and he told me that the Guangzhou General has to eat more than 100 taels of silver for a meal every day, you see, how do we compare? Our Qing Dynasty Yipin's annual income is only one hundred and eighty taels, his grandmother's, when will we be able to get a good errand to Jiangnan! ……”

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Seeing the generals under his command crying poor, Yu was secretly funny in the center!

After Mo Jing went south, it was not interesting for him to stay alone in Yaksa, and he didn't want to look at Peng Chun and Lang Tan's wolf eyes that often showed jealous eyes, so he simply automatically asked for orders to take someone to inspect the defense area, from Yaksa all the way to the north, to the vicinity of this big river. Of course, because he had a map of Russia translated by Mo Jing in his hand, although he was in a different situation, he still knew where he had been, and the big river around him now was one of the tributaries of the Heilongjiang River, the Jieya River! Further north, he will reach the place named by the Russians as the Starov Mountains, but that mountain range also has a Chinese name, which is "Outer Khingan Mountains"!

As a result of Mo Jing's deceit, Russia's territory in Siberia began in the middle of the Sea of Okhotsk north of Sakhalin Island and went westward, straight across the Lena River, the Yenisei River, and all the way to the center of the Ob River, and the part of the territory that originally belonged to Russia to the south has been completely owned by China on the document! Therefore, the place where Yu Zhong is now inspecting is far from reaching the northernmost line of the Qing Dynasty's territory. However, he is not in a hurry, anyway, there is time, Mo Jing is going to Beijing as planned, this time and again, plus any trade negotiations, it is impossible in a few months, he doesn't want to face the stone wall in Yaksane all day long, in that case, I'm afraid that before Mo Jing comes back, he will suffocate himself!

However, it didn't come out in vain!

Yaksa now has Peng Chun, a first-class duke, in charge, and it is not good to blatantly appeal to his subordinates to support the foreign trade proposed by Mo Jing, but it will be different when it comes out! The subordinates brought out by Yu Zhong this time are all generals who have more family backgrounds, backgrounds, or connections, these people are extremely energetic! For example, the one who wears nail bronze armor, the main job is only a small six-rank Qianzong, but he has the inheritance of a third-class uncle, and there are two second-class uncles and brothers in the family, all of whom can directly talk to those princes in Manchuria, although these people have no real power, but the relationship network is extremely powerful! Yu Zhong needs these people.

You must know that after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, its ethnic policy has always been to rely on the Manchu and Mongolian, win over the Tibetans, suppress the Han people, bully * and other ethnic groups, and as its basis, the Manchu and Mongolian two ethnic groups, especially the Manchu Eight Banners, have a great influence on the government, the Qing court's policy has always been towards these bannermen, even Kang Yongqian, the three authoritarian emperors, when acting from time to time to take into account the feelings of these bannermen, dare not go too far!

Yu Zhong's purpose is to start with these subordinates, let them take the initiative to come forward, use their connections, win over the Manchus in the three eastern provinces, and even influence those Eight Banner nobles in Beijing, so that these people can get a boost for Mo Jing's trade with Russia!

Of course, a few months is not a long time, but although the time is short, it is not difficult for these guys who don't study and don't think on weekdays to agree with him and Mo Jing's proposition, because these people only recognize three things on weekdays: friendship, money and strength!

According to the self-call of these people on weekdays, he is a group of Qiu Ba, although he is arrogant, but he is also straightforward, so it is not difficult to make friends with them, especially when Yu Zhong is in a high position, he is on an equal footing with these subordinates, frolicking and freewheeling, and he has already won their favor; As for the money, of course Yu Zhong didn't have much, before coming to Yaxa, almost all of their money had been in the hands of Old Man Fei, and let Old Man Fei "invest" in Mukden, but what was the purpose of trade? Nature is to make money! Instead of giving money to these people, it is better to give them a hope of making money, and sending money once or several times will never compare to sending a business that allows them to collect money continuously!

Yu Zhong is the idea to paint a beautiful picture of the future for these people, so that they can contribute their energy for this dream of making money!

Therefore, when he saw that he had not yet spoken, these generals were crying one by one, his heart blossomed!

Because then it will be easier for him to speak!

"Ahem!" Yu Zhongxian coughed twice, attracting the attention of the group of guys who were crying poor.

"Cry to me all of them, aren't they? When I don't know your family? …… You! Yu Zhongyi pointed to the president of Qian who wore nailed copper armor, "Mu Suo, don't you have more than 1,000 acres of land given by the imperial court?" ”

"And you Guan Yong, you Su Wan...... You all have it! Your ancestors are all heroes of the Qing Dynasty, hehe, who in the family doesn't have a few valuable objects? Do the math, which is not worth tens of thousands of taels of silver? Which is like me? I'm really nothing! …… Came empty-handed, the emperor didn't give anything except knighthood and official titles, and I can't even get the money to buy some hand ornaments for my daughter-in-law now, are you embarrassed to cry poor in front of me? Chill me, make me feel uncomfortable, don't you? ”

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"My Lord Totong! ......" A group of people were stunned for a moment when they heard Yu Zhong's words, and then they all laughed, and the one named Mu Suo made fun of Yu Zhong and said: "We all know that you are poor, but aren't you and Jinggege thinking about doing business with those old hairy people now?" If it does, won't you have money? ”

"That's it," another general named Su Wan also smiled: "My lord, when you and Jing Gege make a lot of money in the future, don't forget your brothers!" Hahaha......"

"Hmph, you bastards, dare to make fun of me? Then don't blame me for not getting your share of the pie! Yu Zhong feigned anger.

"A slice of the pie? My lord, what else does that old man have besides firearms? Even if it's a firearm, I don't think their things can match our red-coated cannons, what can you make by doing business with them? The third one named Guan Yong also said.

"You don't understand, do you? …… Hehe, Lao Tzu just won't tell you, when the time comes, as long as Lao Tzu has dozens of vehicles to transport goods from the customs here, sell them to those old Maozi, and at least earn him tens of thousands of taels a year, you will be red-eyed! …… Hahaha......" Yu Zhong laughed triumphantly.

"How many tens of thousands of taels a year?"

Mu Suo and the three of them were all shocked, but soon, Su Wan pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "My lord, don't be blind, it's not that I haven't seen that old Maozi, these old Maozi are all poor people, otherwise, who would come to us from their hometown to grab things?" Can you make money from them? I don't believe it! ……”

"Don't believe me? Hmph, you lied to me to you? You're really a lonely kid! ”

"Yes, yes, we are all lonely, of course, you have more knowledge than adults, so adults, you can tell us, how can you make money by doing business with Lao Maozi?" Guan Yong asked.

"Yes, my lord, tell us about it......" Mu Suo also asked.

"Hmph, you really want to know? ……”

"Hmm!" A few people nodded together!

"But I don't want to say it! …… You won't believe it anyway! Yu Zhong took another bite of tiger meat and said deliberately.

"Hehe, my lord, you're really right, I, I just don't believe that doing business with these old hairy people can make money! Anyway, you don't say pull down! Su Wan grinned, arousing Yu Zhong.

"Okay, you kid! ......" Yu Zhong pretended to be angry and pointed at Su Wan and said, "You don't believe it, do you?" Then I'll give you a pendulum! I see if you believe it or not...... Do you know that the kind of broken porcelain that we can buy for dozens of coppers here can only be used by nobles and wealthy people in Europe? Do you know that our very ordinary tea is almost equivalent to gold in Europe! Did you know that silk may not be worn by even the aristocracy in Europe? Did you know that the merchants in Europe traded mainly with gold, not our silver or copper coins? Do you know that there are man-made transparent glass in Europe, which is the same as crystal, but it is sold very cheaply, and the price can definitely be increased a hundred times when we get it? Do you know that the mirror made of transparent glass is a delicate one, a hundred times clearer than a bronze mirror, and this thing is not expensive if you sell him for thousands of taels of silver......

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"Blow, sir! You just blow it! After a while, you will blow across the Heilongjiang River and blow to Mongolia, you have to be careful, blow away the cattle and sheep in Mongolia, those Mongolian princes are looking for you to settle accounts...... "Su Wan's mouth is closed one by one, and he doesn't believe it if he is killed!"

"Hmph, you don't believe it! Anyway, there are only two words to do business with Europeans: profiteering! And this kind of windfall profit is not an ordinary profiteering, do you know? Now although the emperor has opened the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, how can those businessmen know the situation of Westerners? They only know how to sell, where do they know to buy? Hey, we all know that! To tell you the truth, we don't plan to spend a lot of money to buy their things from those old Maozi, our idea is to hire people, hire their craftsmen, get their craftsmanship, and make it ourselves. ……”

"Is it really a book of profits?"

"I told you a long time ago, don't believe it! Anyway, now that Russia's national power is soaring, I estimate that the emperor is very likely to agree to trade with them for the sake of the stability of the northern frontier, and ...... when the time comes."

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Yu Zhong continued!