"I can't help it! It's you Mao Dashuai, you must force me! Wei Baolang said: "I have said all the good things!" I'm barely enough for my own food now, so if you want to take some, I can give it to you! As for asking for two thousand taels of silver, don't say I don't have it, but if I do, is Zhenjiang Fort and Dangerous Mountain Fort worth getting so much silver? You Mao Dashuai want to take so much silver back to Suzhou and Hangzhou to retire at such a young age? If I can't capture Lianshan Pass before the beginning of spring, won't I have only one way left to take refuge in Jiannu? It's all your handsome! If you like to catch me, you can catch me now! It also saves me from worrying about these all day long! ”

Mao Wenlong sees people with thick skin every day, and it's really the first time I've seen such thick skin!

was choked by Wei Bao and couldn't speak.

Mao Wenlong knew very well that with Wei Bao's current strength, as long as Wei Bao surrendered to Houjin, Jiannu would not only get the entire southern Liaoning immediately, but also millions of Liao people and a huge amount of wealth and food.

After taking the Dongjiang Army, the next step is to fight North Korea, which must be overwhelming!

After sweeping away Liaonan, Dongjiang Army, and North Korea, the following is to fight the Southern Mongolia or Liaodong Border Army, and at that time, outside the Guan, there will be no more worries about Jiannu, and the situation is unimaginable.

"Are you really not afraid that I will kill you? Everyone who is a traitor will be punished! Mao Wenlong glared at Wei Bao angrily.

Mao Wenlong's glare, which made Wei Bao's favor for Mao Wenlong increase a few points, and being able to say such a thing as a traitor is punished by everyone, which shows that Mao Wenlong has a bottom line! Regardless of whether he is handsome or not, at least Mao Wenlong has a patriotic heart.

Everyone sweated for Wei Bao, in fact, they could see that Wei Bao's move was to retreat, and he shouldn't really want to surrender Jiannu, if he really wanted to surrender Jiannu as a traitor, he could just surrender directly, why bother to come to Mao Wenlong to talk about it.

Mao Wenlong has the right to kill Wei Bao directly, even if Wei Bao is now a seven-rank official and a transfer envoy in southern Liaoning, with the power of Mao Wenlong's chief military officer, it is enough to kill Wei Bao.

"If I had been afraid that you would kill me, I wouldn't have told you to your face! Kill me, my subordinates will definitely be scattered, and all resources will go to Jiannu! The result is the same. Wei Bao Lang continued: "If you want to use the detain of me to force my subordinates to submit, then you are thinking too much, just imagine, if it is the other way around, I arrest you, and then let your subordinates listen to me, will they listen?" ”

Mao Wenlong knew that what Wei Bao said was true, if Wei Bao arrested him, his subordinates would be in chaos immediately, who would care if he lived or died?

Wei Bao saw that Mao Wenlong was silent, and then said: "If it is really for silver and food, you can discuss!" Together, these two cities can't support a population of 10,000! I can pay you 1 million taels of silver at one time, plus 100,000 stone of grain! Just like when I leased the Golden State area and the Lushunkou area, it was also for ten years! What do you think? This is already the most lucrative condition, you have lost the dangerous mountain fort and Zhenjiang fort yourself, I have taken it back, not only that, but I also gave you money and food, which is sincere enough, right? You can't find anything so good in the world, can you? ”

Originally, Wei Bao planned to exchange the land of North Korea with Mao Wenlong, but he felt that Mao Wenlong was not interested in the land and people of North Korea at all, so he could only paste real money himself.

"Wei Gongzi, I don't want to embarrass you! But have you thought about it for me? Dangerous Mountain Fort and Zhenjiang Fort are the places where I made my fortune, if I lose these two places, what will my subordinates think of me? What will the outside world think of me? What will the Ming court think of me? Could it be that in the future, if a Jiannu invades my city, and then you take it back, and then it will be yours? Mao Wenlong finally said what was in his heart, "It's not just a matter of money and food!" This is still a matter of face, losing the dangerous mountain fort and Zhenjiang fort, my face has nowhere to rest, do you understand? I'll sleep with your wife today, and then I'll pay you money and food, is that okay? ”

Wei Bao sweated, secretly thinking that your analogy is very inappropriate, but it seems that this is indeed the case. Let's not talk about the dangerous mountain fort, Zhenjiang Fort is indeed very important to Mao Wenlong! Zhenjiang Fort is indeed the place where Mao Wenlong made his fortune.

Now that things are really stuck, even if Wei Bao is clever, it will be difficult to think of a good way to get the best of both worlds for a while.

However, Wei Bao is not impatient, as long as the other party is willing to say what he is tangled in, in fact, for Wei Bao, who is well versed in sales, he knows that he has taken a big step towards success! "Mao Dashuai, if I can't win the Lianshan Pass before the beginning of spring, do you know what it means? It means that I can't hold Liaonan! If I can't defend Liaonan, I will return the dangerous mountain fort and Zhenjiang fort to you immediately! Do you think you can hold it? Isn't it still a wedding dress for Jiannu? Once Jiannu takes the entire southern Liaoning, he can sweep you anytime and anywhere, then you can only fight guerrillas across the Yalu River, hiding on your small leather island all day long to ask the Ming court for rescue and food, do you think, at that time, how much face do you have? ”

Mao Wenlong was moved by Wei Bao's words, but he was still silent.

Wei Bao hit the railway while it was hot: "Respected Mao Dashuai!" There's no time to hesitate! If you don't think it's big enough, I can make a statement, and it's best if the two of us make this statement together! All the lands of southern Liaoning are controlled by your Mao Dashuai, and you nominally control not only the Dongjiang region, but also the entire southern Liaoning! That's enough face, right? No matter what the Ming court thinks or thinks, they don't have the ability to fight outside the gates! I need you to immediately station troops on the front line of Sanyang Fort now, and threaten Jiannu, so that Jiannu feels that our two armies will launch a fierce attack on Jiannu at the same time, and help me take Lianshan Pass! ”

Mao Wenlong was touched by Wei Bao, now he has face, Wei Bao's territory is nominally controlled by himself, and the food and salary of Wei Bao's territory will also belong to him from then on.

"Yes! However, you have to give me 5 million taels of silver at one time! Plus 500,000 stone of grain! Mao Wenlong took the opportunity to say: "I don't want any ten-year appointment!" Jinzhou area, Lushunkou area, dangerous mountain fort area and Zhenjiang fort area, I will give it all to you! But in the future, the imperial court can only find me and pass through me for the liaison between southern Liaoning and the Dongjiang region! All the food and wages shall be mine!" ”

Burst!

Wei Bao was almost speechless, okay, you Mao Wenlong, you are even more profiteer than a profiteer, you only recognize silver and grain?

However, it is still unknown whether Daming will allocate silver and grain to southern Liaoning, and even if it does, it will not exceed one million taels of silver and 200,000 stone of grain a year, and Wei Bao does not care about it.

Mao Wenlong saw that Wei Bao was hesitating, but he became anxious instead, and pouted: "Xiaobao, you are a Liao, a local, and you will be here for future generations!" I am from Jiangnan, and sooner or later I will return to Jiangnan to retire! This account, you are a good deal! It won't take many years for you to recover your capital, think about it, you have such a large piece of land in southern Liaoning, and millions of Liao people, how big a landlord is this? How much rent do you have to collect each year? ”

"Mao Dashuai! Fixed price! 2,500,000 taels of silver! 250,000 stone of grain! I can't take it out if there's more! Wei Bao countered.

Burst!

Mao Wenlong was almost speechless, and he said that he was still calculating the price? Okay, you Wei Bao, you are more profiteers than profiteers!

"Forget it! The old man doesn't have to deal with you young people! 3,000,000 taels of silver! 300,000 stone grain! Let's round it up! 250 is too ugly! Mao Wenlong looked very careless.

Ahem.

Wei Bao coughed dryly, what the hell, is there a surplus of 500,000 taels of silver and 50,000 stone grains? If so, you give me a little more, I don't care.

"Alright! Mao Dashuai, you are so good at business! If you lose the city, you can still pick up so much money and food for nothing! After making a statement, you will have to speak for Liaonan in the future! We will not allow foreign forces to interfere with our affairs in southern Liaoning! Those officials who are assigned to the commission are not allowed to be regularized, so they are hung like this, and I only want to feed dozens of more Ming officials who don't work. Wei Bao said.

"Hehe, don't worry, look at when the Ming Imperial Court sent officials to Dongjiang for me? I don't need you to feed these people in vain, after I made a statement, I sent a script to the imperial court at that time, and all the officials in southern Liaoning will be appointed by me in the future! You can arrange your own people! They will all roll back to Inspector Sun in a few days. Mao Wenlong said with a smile.

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, knowing that the arrogant Mao Wenlong could really send such a recital to the Ming court, and secretly thought, sometimes making friends with arrogant people is not completely without benefits, in this way, he will never have to worry about someone reaching out to southern Liaoning in the future.

"Okay, what are you doing in a daze? Draft what statement you are talking about, right? Isn't it the same as a contract? Don't write down the 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone of grain you gave me. Mao Wenlong said with a smile.

"Hehe, the statement is similar to the contract, but we can't write about our private interests. I'll draft four, two deeds, two declarations, and we'll hold two each. Wei Bao laughed.

"Do it, I've got everything here." Mao Wenlong pointed to a huge bookcase next to him, on which the four treasures of the study room were complete.

Wei Bao nodded, grinding and copying pens in the past, fortunately, he came to Daming to practice calligraphy diligently, whether he can reach the level of talent first, he often needs to write, and he must be able to show his hand to see people.

"Mao Dashuai, declare that I will write a few more copies, right? In order to facilitate the CC everywhere, the territory below me is not small, and it is good for them to see Mao Dashuai's autograph. Wei Bao said as he wrote.

"Whatever you want." Mao Wenlong said with a smile: "You can call me uncle, don't call me Mao Dashuai like this, my current strength is no longer as good as your Xiaowei Dashuai." ”

"Hehe, Mao Dashuai is a cold me, I can't compare with you one day, and I will never forget that it was you who rented the Jinzhou area and the Lushunkou area to let me make a home!" Wei Bao said modestly.

"Well, don't forget your roots, this is good! Don't say that my surname Mao is so noble, I saw that the Jinzhou area couldn't hold it, so I subleased it to you together with the Lushunkou area, who knew that you were so capable, not only held Jinzhou City, but also drove Jiannu out of southern Liaoning! I estimate that in less than five years and ten years, you may be able to hit Jiannu's lair! Mao Wenlong said.

Wei Bao heard Mao Wenlong say this, and felt that Mao Wenlong was not bad, at least quite realistic, "Accept your old words." ”

"Do you really want to hit the Jiannu lair?" Mao Wenlong was a little anxious when he heard this, "I'll tell you, don't fight with Jiannu, you can hold Liaonan steadily, you have already made a steady profit, if you really cripple Jiannu, I don't know who will take advantage!" I won't say much, if you hold Liaonan, you will definitely be able to recover 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone of grain within five or six years! But if you completely cripple Jiannu and Jiannu is exterminated by the imperial court, think about it, don't the people of Liaodong, Liaoxi, and my subordinates all hate you to death? ”

Wei Bao Waterfall Khan, although he felt that Liaoxi Liaodong and Mao Wenlong had such an ambiguous attitude towards Jiannu, the war was tentative, and the itching was general, he wanted to make meritorious contributions, but he was afraid of hurting himself, he wanted to fight Jiannu, and he was afraid of really hurting Jiannu.

But after really listening to Mao Wenlong tell himself this, Wei Bao had mixed feelings, if the border army generals of the Ming Dynasty were all thinking like this, and finally they would not be broken by Jiannu, they would really be called ghosts.

Mao Wenlong saw that Wei Bao didn't speak, and thought that he didn't listen, "I know that you young people are young and vigorous, and you have the intention of serving the imperial court and reimbursing the Ming Dynasty, which is good, but you also have to think about yourself, if something happens to you, you will know that people are warm and cold, and when the time comes, you will have no strength, but no one cares about you!" The human heart is broken! ”

"Thank you Uncle Mao! I understand. Wei Bao looked up and smiled.

Mao Wenlong, who was called by Wei Bao's uncle, was so happy that he said with a smile: "Xiaobao, otherwise it will be according to what you said about 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 stone grain!" It's like you calling me Mao Wenlong's uncle's red envelope! ”

"Don't, Uncle Mao, I really don't need it, how much or how much, I understand your kindness." Wei Bao hurriedly laughed. I secretly thought that I took your 50,000 taels of silver and 5, the benefits of 10,000 stone grain today, with your Mao Wenlong's stinginess, I look back and regret it, I don't know what kind of moth I want to make again, and how much silver and grain do you want to deduct from me, right?

Soon, Wei Bao wrote a total of more than ten statements, as well as four contracts, and signed them separately with Mao Wenlong.

"Xiaobao, you write fast and well, you are a learned person, you can write and martial arts, and you can do business, it's really good! I want to hire you as a son-in-law! Mao Wenlong looked at Wei Bao with a smile.

Wei Bao narrowed his eyes, and suddenly remembered Zhao Jinfeng, Zhao Jinfeng's matter, it was inconvenient for him to ask Mao Wenlong directly, and he also asked tentatively: "Uncle Mao is good-looking, his daughter must be extremely beautiful, I don't know if I have the fate to meet?" ”

"Maybe you've already seen it! Let me ask you, what is the relationship between you and the eldest lady of the Wu family? What is your relationship with Nurhachi's daughter? Do you really want to marry Wu Xiang's daughter, or Nurhachi's daughter? Mao Wenlong asked.

Hearing Mao Wenlong say this, Wei Bao's heart was already bright, knowing that Mao Wenlong was admitting that Zhao Jinfeng was his biological daughter! At least that's what Mao Wenlong thinks!

"The fortune teller says I can't talk about marriage for five years! Otherwise, the wife is gone. I'm planning to marry Wu Xuexia and Cong Gulen Gege. Wei Bao replied honestly.

When Mao Wenlong heard this, he showed a look of disappointment and nodded, "Do you really want to marry Nurhachi's daughter?" Are you planning to surrender to Jiannu? ”

"There is no such plan, and marrying a Manchurian is not expressly forbidden by the Ming Dynasty. And if I marry Nurhachi's daughter, it doesn't mean that I have to surrender to Jiannu, otherwise what will Jiannu do with me? Wei Bao said.

Mao Wenlong understood a little, and asked again: "Then do you plan to let Wu Xuexia or Nurhachi's daughter grow up?" You can't both be wives."

"I haven't thought about it yet." Wei Bao Road.

There was a glimmer of hope in Mao Wenlong's eyes, he didn't say anything, and nodded.

"Uncle Mao, I'm leaving, silver and grain, I'll let people gather it! I will deliver it within 10 days! Wei Bao said.

"There's no rush! With such a large sum of money and food, it's okay to slow it down, and you can pay it off within a year! Mao Wenlong was very generous now, mainly thinking that Wei Bao could not have so much food and silver.

Wei Bao smiled: "Thank you Uncle Mao for your magnanimity, I will borrow it from you within ten days, don't worry!" ”

Wei Bao knew Mao Wenlong's thoughts, Mao Wenlong definitely thought that he didn't have so much silver and food, but he didn't say it, in fact, food may still be in short supply, but he can also get these, silver, 3 million taels of silver, for the Heaven and Earth Society, for Wei Bao's silver deposit, it's really nothing!

Although it costs a huge amount of silver to build the long city wall from Liaoyang City to the dangerous mountain fort, the construction of roads extending in all directions between Liaonan and Weijiazhuang, as well as large and small reservoirs and various public facilities, all require a huge amount of silver, not including the cost of building agriculture and industry.

But these are gradually developing, gradually improving, there is a process, at present, Wei Bao's reserves of gold and silver are still very rich! In particular, the central part of Weibao's jurisdiction is now mainly using paper money! The banknotes of the Central Bank of Tiandihui have excellent reputation and have won the recognition of the people in the jurisdiction!

When Wei Bao gets the whole of southern Liaoning, the banknotes of the central bank of the Tiandihui will fully replace the precious metals such as gold and silver for circulation, Wei Bao's gold will be mainly used for reserves, and silver and silver dollars will be mainly used for foreign trade.

Not only in Wei Bao's jurisdiction, but now the surrounding areas have also recognized the silver dollar of the Central Bank of the Heaven and Earth Society, especially North Korea, the Central Bank of the Heaven and Earth Society has a high silver content! Through and through! There are also anti-counterfeiting marks, which are well and exquisitely made, and are difficult to imitate, and the cost of imitation is almost the same as the cost of a real silver dollar, so it is unlikely that someone will imitate it.

Therefore, the silver dollars of the Central Bank of the Heaven and Earth Society have been widely circulated in Hwanghae-do and Gyeonggi-do provinces in North Korea, and in just a few months, Wei Bao has actually controlled the economy of North Korea.

"Alright! Do what you can, or that sentence, I won't rush you, do you want me to send you? Mao Wenlong said.

"No need, thank you Uncle Mao, I'll just go by myself. Please garrison the troops on the front line of Sanyang Fort within three days! That's a big deal! Wei Bao said.

"Don't worry! I will, originally we had more than 3,000 troops in Sanyang Fort, and if I transferred the tens of thousands of troops outside the dangerous mountain fort, Jiannu would be afraid! Are you sure that Jiannu will hand over Lianshan Pass to you? Mao Wenlong said.

"Be sure! It is estimated that there is still a fight! Wei Bao said: "As long as your army gives me help, I don't have to bother Uncle Mao!" ”

"Alright! Good luck with all your might! Mao Wenlong said sincerely.

"Thank you, Uncle Mao!" Wei Bao made a respectful salute and stepped back.

Mao Wenlong has been sending Wei Bao outside the inner courtyard, although he did not go out of the gate, but this is already very good, not to mention other officials, even if a person like Sun Chengzong comes to Yizhou City, to Mao Wenlong's official residence, Mao Wenlong may not personally send it off, this person is so arrogant.

Wu Xuexia, Lin Wenbiao and others were still waiting at the gate, and when they saw Mao Chenglu accompanying Wei Bao out, they immediately greeted them.

"How's it going?" Wu Xuexia asked anxiously.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "It's not good." ”

"Huh?" Wu Xuexia was immediately disappointed.

Wei Bao smiled and took out one of the contracts from his arms and showed it to Wu Xuexia.

After Wu Xuexia read it, she frowned slightly and said, "I don't understand it?" Our place will be under the control of Mao Wenlong in the future? ”

"It's in name! Nominally, southern Liaoning will belong to Mao Wenlong in the future, which makes Mao Wenlong have face, but in fact, it is all under our control! I gave him another 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone of grain. "Wei Bao smiled and explained, 'Let's go back.'"

Wu Xuexia is a very smart person, and immediately reacted after hearing this, and said with a smile: "That's good, isn't this just done?" ”

Wei Bao smiled and nodded: "It's done." ’

"Oooh." Wu Xuexia hurriedly followed Wei Bao together.

Lin Wenbiao was also very happy after hearing this, and arranged for twenty entourages to escort the president back to Zhenjiang Fort, and then return to Qingtaiyu!

Jiannu, who had been guarding outside Mao Wenlong's mansion, immediately notified Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng heard that Wei Bao and the others were smiling and leaving, and felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly came over to ask to see Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong met Fan Wencheng for the first time.

"Mao Dashuai! We talked very well before, you said you wouldn't help Wei Bao make an enemy of my Dajin Kingdom, didn't you? Fan Wencheng asked.

"Yes, I won't start a war with Houjin easily, and I hope you will fight less of my Dongjiang Army's ideas!" Mao Wenlong said coldly.

"In that case, shouldn't Mao Dashuai stop contacting Wei Bao!?" Fan Wencheng said.

"You don't have to worry about that, do you? I don't have contact with Wei Bao, what does this have to do with your Houjin? Mao Wenlong said coldly: "If I were you, I wouldn't stay here now, to tell you the truth, I have reached a reconciliation with Wei Bao, and he is now on the way back, if you don't hand over Lianshan Pass, Wei Bao is likely to have a big battle with you!" ”

"Huh?" Fan Wencheng stood up straight in shock, "You reconciled with Wei Bao?" Don't you ask Wei Bao for Dangerous Mountain Fort and Zhenjiang Fort anymore? Are you willing to take your territory and your city like this? ”

"Hehe, you guys really like to meddle in things, you know a lot, you know everything." Mao Wenlong said with a smile.

"I see, did Wei Bao give you the silver?" Fan Wencheng hurriedly said: "Don't believe Wei Bao, even if Wei Bao can give you silver, our Dajin Kingdom can also give you silver!" ”

"Excuse me, take Wei Bao's silver, I can take it with peace of mind, take your Dajin Kingdom's silver, it's not good to spread it, and besides, if I take your one or two silver, I will let me do ten taels of silver, I'm not so stupid." Mao Wenlong smiled, "Okay, I'll send you a big news for free, it's a matter of benevolence, right?" We'll all be friends in the future. ”

Fan Wencheng snorted, "Farewell!" ”

"Not anymore." Mao Wenlong smiled.

Fan Wencheng turned around and walked away quickly, and hurried back, wanting to tell Nurhachi about this side as soon as possible.

Nurhachi ordered more than 14,000 people stationed at Lianshan Pass to actively prepare for war, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to recover the lost territory in southern Liaoning when Mao Wenlong and Wei Baojun were in a big war.

Fan Wencheng returned to Lianshanguan late that night, but did not dare to alarm Nurhachi that night, and reported early the next morning.

"Why didn't you say it earlier? I should have come back last night! "Nurha equator.

"I didn't think it was a particularly urgent matter, and even if the Great Khan knew about it last night, he couldn't do anything, so he didn't dare to disturb the Great Khan to rest." Fan Wencheng hurriedly explained.

Nurhachi really had no way to do anything, and sighed: "You say, now that Wei Bao and Mao Wenlong have reconciled and have no worries, what else can we do?" Wei Bao, what method did he use to make Mao Wenlong willing to lose Dangerous Mountain Fort and Zhenjiang Fort? ”

"Wei Bao is eighty percent silver, Mao Wenlong lost the dangerous mountain fort and Zhenjiang fort, and must have asked Wei Bao for a lot of silver!" Fan Wencheng replied.

"Wei Bao can give silver, our Dajin Kingdom has more silver than Wei Bao! Don't you know how to make silver? Nurhachi asked.

"The key is that Mao Wenlong refuses to ask for our silver, and the Great Khan please calm his anger." Fan Wencheng said: "At the moment, we can only respond to all changes with the same, ignore Wei Bao, even the mountain is in our hands, even if we don't give it to him, Wei Bao has no choice!" ”

"In that case, he will continue to fight with us, and he will send people to continue to harass the surrounding areas of Shengjing City and Fushun, and the population will be consumed on both sides! Haven't you gone back to the old ways? Nurha Equator: "To Wei Bao, either reconcile!" Either defeat him and kill all his men! There is no third way. This Wei Bao is more difficult to deal with than the Liaodong Border Army, Mao Wenlong's Army and Jiliao's Sun Chengzong Army! ”

"Great Khan, I think so, don't rush to decide whether to fight or make peace now! Winter is not good for my Eight Banners army, but it is good for Wei Bao's army, because they have millions of Liao people behind them! In the spring, it is beneficial to have my Eight Banners army, because after the thaw, it is conducive to the galloping of war horses! We will at least drag it out until the beginning of spring, and fight with Wei Baojun again, and then decide whether to fight or make peace, and it is not too late. Fan Wencheng said: "During this period of time, on the one hand, we will step up preparations for the battle in Lianshan Pass, and on the other hand, we will increase the vigilance around Shengjing City and Fushun, so as not to give them a chance." ”

Nurhachi thought about it, when he asked Wei Bao to negotiate peace, it was his own side that proposed it first, and when Mao Wenlong and Wei Bao had friction, his side did not agree to give up Lianshan Pass, which seemed to be contrary to faith and difficult to decide.