"Forty-three? …… It's really unexpected! You've bought all these boats? ”

Fengtianfu, Old Man Fei asked the member of the Imperial Court who was sent by him to North Korea.

"Lord Shangshu, I bought all the forty-three ships, and it only cost 300,000 taels of silver!" Yin Tai said respectfully to Old Man Fei. He is a person with a yellow flag, Zhang Jiashi, who originally served as a pen post in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and was later promoted to director, and also served in the cabinet, until now, he is forty years old, but he has not been promoted again. Later, he was transferred to work beside Old Man Fei, and because his ability was okay, he was transferred by Old Man Fei to the Governor Department of the Imperial Academy.

"More than forty ships only cost a total of 300,000 taels?"

"Exactly. Lord Shangshu," Yin Tai replied with a bow.

"So much? There's a boat in it? Old man Fei glanced at Yin Tai with squinted eyes and asked with some confusion.

"My lord, the Korean country has been operating sailors for a long time, and its sailors have very few small ships, and most of them are sturdy and durable, and it is difficult to hurt the guns. There is not a single small ship in the warship bought by the lowly post this time! Yoon Tae replied.

"Hmmm! It seems that North Korea is still quite afraid of the imperial court. …… I thought that you would stay in North Korea for a few more days, and it would be good to be able to buy ten or twenty ships at most, but I didn't expect to buy more than forty ships at once! This North Korea is too generous, isn't it? Old man Fei wondered.

"My lord, North Korea is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, and I heard that we are going to buy a ship, so naturally we have to meet some ......," Yin Tai said. In fact, he himself felt a little strange, the Korean monarch and ministers were really too happy, even if it was a vassal state, he should not agree so easily if he was forced to cut half of the sailors. Moreover, when I heard that he was going to buy a boat, it was also neat, and more than 40 big ships drove over as soon as they said they would leave.

"Forget it, don't worry about it for now. Have all those ships been sent to Dalian? Old man Fei asked again.

"Please rest assured, as soon as the salt is full, the fleet will set sail and go straight to the mouth of the Yangtze River. The ships are marked with the mark of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is no shortage of salt, so you only need to prepare some tax silver, and you can go up the river from Jiangsu to Anhui. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"My lord, there are not enough sailors. Our sailors barely have enough for twenty ships. Yoon Tae replied.

"Twenty then. The other twenty will recruit sailors first, and then we will talk about it when we recruit them! Old man Fei said.

"Yes, the lowly duty has already been done by the people below!" Yin Tai said.

"Hmmm! Well done! ......" Old Man Fei said with a smile.

"Lord Shangshu!" Yin Tai suddenly screamed again.

"What's the matter?" Old man Fei asked.

"My lord, why did you force North Korea to remove half of the sailors in the name of the Imperial Court this time?" Yoon Tae asked. This question has always haunted his heart, from receiving the order to the envoy to North Korea, and then to coming back to see Old Man Fei, he has never figured it out.

"Lack of boats! There are ships in the DPRK nearby, so who are you looking for if you don't look for them? Old man Fei said without raising his head.

"My lord, don't joke about the lowly position, how can you ......," Yin Taiqiang said with a smile.

"No, that's what I meant!" Old man Fei said briskly.

"Your Excellency, ...... How can you do that? It's going to go wrong! Yin Tai said urgently.

"Something? What could happen? Old man Fei asked with a smile.

"My lord, this is a big deal! The monarchs and ministers of the Joseon State thought that they had offended the imperial court, and they had already sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute and ask for their guilt. If the emperor knows about this matter, he will definitely be punished! Yin Tai said urgently.

"Petition to the Qing court? Hey, interesting! This powerful diplomacy is cool! Old man Fei secretly rejoiced, but his face was serious: "The border between our DPRK and North Korea has never been completely surveyed, although North Korea is a vassal of our country, but this matter cannot be sloppy." In fact, the old man's so-called order to dismiss half of the sailors was not his true intention, but he just wanted to see how they would deal with this matter, and use this as a basis to determine whether China should cross the Yalu River and the Tumen River (Tumen River, also known as the Douman River) to demarcate the boundary, or take the center of the two rivers as the boundary! So much for. ”

"Really?" You old man, just break it off! Of course, Yin Tai wouldn't believe Old Man Fei's strong reasoning, but he really couldn't say anything.

"Of course, could it be that I still lie?" Old man Fei asked lazily.

"Of course you won't, sir!" Yin Tai said with a smile, for two reasons, he would rather believe that Old Man Fei went to North Korea because of a lack of ship.

"My lord, I went to North Korea here, but I found something strange!" After laughing, Yin Tai suddenly said to Old Man Fei again.

"Strange? What's so strange? Old man Fei asked.

"My lord, that order of yours, the king of Joseon only asked the humble to wait two days before replying! And what's even stranger here...... Their kings and ministers have not said anything unwillingly to their humble positions! Yin Tai said slowly.

"Do you think there is a ghost in the heart of the Korean monarch?" Old man Fei looked at Yin Tai with a look of "It turns out that your kid is not a good stubble", and Yin Tai was extremely uncomfortable.

"Exactly!" Yin Tai gritted his teeth, bowed to Old Man Fei and said, "I don't know if you have ever heard of the 'Six Envoys Reprimand'?" ”

"Six envoys reproach?"

"In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Li Hao, the ancestor of the current Korean king Yi Zhuo, reported to the imperial court, 'Japan has recently sent a secret letter to show the general affairs, the situation is terrible, please build a city and train as a plan to defend the imperial court'. The imperial court did not believe it and sent a secret envoy to Korea to verify the situation. As a result, it was ascertained that Korea and Japan had been reconciled, but it seemed to have the intention of joining forces with Nanming, Zheng, and Japan. When Emperor Zhang, my ancestor, got his revenge, he immediately issued an edict to reprimand the king of Joseon and dismiss his ministers. This matter is the 'six envoys' reprimand. Yoon Tae replied.

"What a 'six envoys'! It seems that these North Koreans do have some tricks! …… But are they really good friends with Japan? Old man Fei asked again with some disbelieving.

"My lord, that's true. The matter is completely well documented! Yoon Tae replied.

"Didn't Japan invade Korea? That time, it was the help of the former Ming that defeated the Japanese! I just know that the Koreans have always been more vindictive, so how did they get along with Japan? "Don't you try to fool me, old boy! Old man Fei felt that Yin Tai might have overthought about being promoted, so he deliberately wanted to make a big deal about it, but then again, it was really unexpected that North Korea destroyed the warship so obediently.

"My lord, everything he said is true, and he will never dare to make the slightest presumptuous!" Yoon Tae replied.

"In that case, you should immediately send someone to check if there is any North Korean copywriting!" Old man Fei said.

“…… My lord, the imperial court has a garrison in Korea, and it has never sent spies, and after Shunzhi, even the envoys have rarely been sent, where is the copywriting? Yoon Tae asked rhetorically.

"No copywriting? Not even Beijing? Old man Fei asked.

"Humble duty can be guaranteed. Absolutely nothing! "Yoon Tae is categorical.

"Then send someone to investigate! …… By the way, inform Sati Governor and tell him to order the Cippedo of Gongzhou to pay more attention! Old man Fei looked at Yin Tai and smiled, walked over and patted this guy on the shoulder, "hehe" twice and said, "Yin Tai, you are very careful." It's good, it's good......"

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After Mo Jing's car drove out of Henan, he entered Shanxi. However, the one she went to was not Taiyuan, and the other was not Wutai Mountain, but Linfen.

She's going to meet someone there! A person in the business world whose prestige is far greater than that of Wang Weihe, president of the Hui Chamber of Commerce.

This person's surname is Kang! Known as "Kang Million"!

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a great drought in Shanxi one year, and the people prayed for rainfall. It has not rained for three years, and there are 10,000 quintals of old grain. ”

"Kang million" is the huge wealth of Kangjiabao in Linfen, Shanxi, and people say that "Kang's is a huge wealth in Shanxi", "known as tens of millions of taels, but it is actually the richest". Why are you so rich? Some people once said that the Kang family in Linfen, Shanxi Province was rich because of Li Zicheng's legacy. And made up a legend with great care, saying that King Li Chuang "transported the gold and silver to the Kang place" through Shanxi, and later "returned to the Kang family", and said that the Kang family "found it...... The goods are about 10 million".

Whether these are true or not, Mo Jing knows one thing. A few years ago, Ge Li served as the governor of Shanxi, and soon after taking office, he ordered the whole province to "spend two dollars of silver for every two dollars of grain and fire" in order to increase the revenue of the provincial treasury, which is convenient for spending, and he can also accumulate something from it. However, as soon as the order was issued, it immediately aroused the opposition of the people of the whole province, and the landlords and businessmen all took the case and scolded them, especially Linfen, Fenyang, Changzhi and other prefectures and counties to oppose it even more fiercely, so they jointly signed a letter and begged the governor to withdraw the order. Because the fire consumption of the Casses is apportioned according to the proportion of taxes, the burden of the rich room is the heaviest, so the rich businessmen are pushed to take the lead. Kang Siding, as the richest man in Linfen, is naturally included. When Governor Ge Li saw the "submission" sent by his subordinates, he was furious and ordered the arrest of the wealthy and wealthy families who took the lead in making trouble, and "Kang million" was at the top of the list. According to the order of the governor of Shanxi Province, the county order of Linfen County issued summons again and again (I did not dare to come to the door to arrest it in person), and the whole Kang family was angry and at a loss. "Why are you afraid of a wanted warrant if you have money? As a result, when most of the wealthy families in Linfen, Fenyang, Changzhi and other places were imprisoned in the provincial prison and suffered a lot, "Kang Million" had already gone to his Jinan, Shandong Province to handle business. Seeing this, the family members of those who were detained in the provincial capital were also released through the joint of money and money to "admit a fine".

"There is a golden lake and a silver sea at home," this is Kang million!

What Mo Jing is looking for in Shanxi this time is this person!