Chapter 685: The Rollercoaster Situation in Liaodong
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"The official and the shopkeeper Huang don't have so many people to ship, and it is also inconvenient to do this because of their identity. Therefore, I am willing to give the profit to you. However, these goods were still on the sea ships in Shandong and Tianjin at this time, and they would not arrive until at least a month later. However, you have to pay at least 80% of the amount. ”
"It would be better if you paid in full. If you're going to take credit, go back! "The shopkeeper Huang is also very sure, I have the goods in hand, you like to buy it or not.
More than a dozen scalpers looked at each other and looked down for a moment.
"It's good! We can trust the name of the shopkeeper of Huangda! What's more, there is also Sony-sama! ”
"Let's go back and take stock of the money, and send the money according to the color of the goods to be ordered!"
As a result, the scalpers of the two white flags started a futures business of buying and selling short with Sony, who was born in the yellow flag!
When a cart of silver dollars wrapped tightly in red mulberry paper arrived at Sony's mansion, Suo Etu, who was only eight years old, was stunned by this silver mountain!
"Amma! What is it? Suo Laosan was obviously frightened by the silver mountain that suddenly appeared in front of him! In fact, he is not to blame, an eight-year-old child, even if he is precocious and inherently smarter, suddenly sees a huge mountain of silver appear in his yard, this reaction is normal.
Actually, don't talk about Suo Etu, even Sony himself is also a little dry-mouthed.
These silver dollars were busy for half an hour by the coated minions of the Sony family and the coated aha brought by the dozen or so scalper leaders of the two white flags, before they were completely removed from the car.
"Amma, do they have something to ask us for?" Although Suo Etu is young, he also knows the truth that courtesy must be asked for, looking at the hundreds of silver boxes piled up in the courtyard, the little guy blinked with a pair of black eyes. Staring at Amasoni's face without blinking.
"They want to get rich from Amma." Sonny told his son with a smile.
"Master Sony, the shopkeeper Huang said that the 854,000 silver dollars are yours. He ordered me to wait until I came to your house! ”
A scalper headed by a thousand hit Sony, "Most of our belongings are in the hands of the two, when will the goods of the two of them arrive?" ”
"Rest assured, Sonny is also a standing peeing master. Words spoken. It's always counted! When the day comes, you can come to me with the contract to talk to the shopkeeper Sony! Sonny's eyes were determined.
Seeing that Qixinlang Soni, who was born in Manchuria in the Yellow Banner, was so determined, several scalper leaders each put a half-hanging heart back into their stomachs. They dispersed without mentioning it.
"Amma, do we really have so much grain, rice, cloth, silk, tea, bricks and other things to sell to them? What if they come to Ama with the contract to ask for goods? Suo Etu, who had not yet cultivated to the next generation at this time, saw this scene on the side, and his little face turned pale with fright.
"San'er." Sonny bent down and lifted Suo Etu to the stone bench, staring into his son's eyes. "You remember, in this business, sometimes it is to fulfill the contract to give the other party goods. But sometimes, it may be that the other party is crying and shouting not to fulfill the contract. ”
Suo Etu is a little ignorant. But he couldn't figure out the deep meaning of Amma's words.
"Someone, prepare the horses! I want to enter the palace! Sonny shouted loudly, and the housekeeper and servants of Suofu immediately got busy.
In the days that followed, the price record was constantly refreshed as if a flood had accumulated enough energy to burst the dam in one fell swoop. Many old people rushed to buy all kinds of items that they would not need for a while, and at the same time, their eyes were full of tears and they were nostalgic for the prices of the days of the Mandate of Heaven during Nurhachi's reign. Although things were expensive back then, they weren't as expensive as they are now. You know that things are expensive, but you still desperately take out the money and grab it. It's like things don't need money.
Dolgon, escorted by hundreds of Bayara soldiers, returned from the training camp outside the city, and when he walked to the gate of the house, he happened to see a group of women walking out of the house, a large group of flowers, judging from the color of the clothes. It should be the blessings of the provinces.
The head of a woman he knew. It is the Fujin Wulanala clan of the lord of the Manchurian flag with the red flag, this woman is also from a famous family, and she is the daughter of Buzhan Taibele; Speaking of which, this Fujin seems to be Dorgon's elder.
During the honeymoon period between Ula and the Jianzhou Jurchens, Beleb Zhantai married his brother Mantai's daughter Abahai to Nurhachi. Abahai later became the concubine. For Nurhachi, he gave birth to Azig the Prince of England, Dolgon the Prince of Rui and Duoduo the Prince of Yu.
And the Fu Jin in front of her, but Buzhantai's daughter, belongs to Dolgon's aunt generation.
When Shuo Tuofu Jin saw Prince Rui coming back, he quickly retreated to the side of the road, curtsied respectfully and with a smile, and said, "Say hello to the ninth uncle and prince!" ”
"Huh? There you are? Dolgon was surprised, looked at Shuo Tofu Jin and asked, "Why are you leaving for lunch?" ”
Suddenly. Dolgon's gaze stumbled into a shadow of a beauty, but it was Fujin of Hauge, Prince of Su, who happened to be standing beside the Ulanala clan.
"King Su Fujin is also here?"
"Thank you, Uncle Nine. I've been here for a long time, and it's time to go back. When I came, King Su instructed me to greet Uncle Nine on his behalf. ”
"What is he doing in King Su's mansion?"
"I don't dare to ask Uncle Cheng. Since he was reprimanded by the emperor a few days ago and ordered him to study in the palace, he has been thinking about it behind closed doors at home every day, and he is very cautious and does not dare to interact with the outside world. When he was bored, he only practiced riding and archery in the backyard of the palace. He just waited for the emperor to heal and continue to attack the Ming Kingdom and capture the Central Plains, so he followed and made meritorious atonements. ”
Dolgon stared intently at King Su's face for a moment, wondering what she was coming from while greedily admiring her beauty and outfit. She was only twenty-four or five years old, fair-skinned, bright-eyed, and wore a long streamer "Kunqiu" with a mink rim, embroidered on the top, and a pair of embroidered silver bells under it. Dolgon looked at it, his heart jumped a few times, and said with a smile: "Although this king is an uncle, he is the same age as Prince Su, and he is also the lord of the same banner, so he naturally has to worry about the emperor more." Prince Su is the eldest son of the emperor. Since childhood, he has followed his father Khan and the emperor to lead troops to fight, and has made many military exploits. Once the army goes south, the emperor will naturally rely on Prince Su. This king also has to work with the prince of Su to crisscross the Central Plains. Why don't you eat in the king's house? ”
"Thank you, uncle. I've been sitting for a long time, and there are still a lot of chores in the palace, so it's time to go back. ”
King Su Fujin made another curtsy to Dolgon, and then said goodbye to Prince Rui and a group of women including Prince Rui and King Rui Fujin who gave her. Under the service of her own servants and maids, she left the palace of the king of Rui.
Dolgon, who had seen Hauge's Fujin a few times before, was so impressed by her beauty that he went into the palace, sat down on a warm kang covered with mink mattresses, and ordered a handmaiden of sixteen or seventeen years of age to kneel on the kang and beat his legs. Another maid brought a bowl of bird's nest soup and placed it on the kang table. He asked his Fujin, "What is the matter with King Su's Fujin?" ”
She said that she had recently obtained a few large Dongzhu pearls, and specially sent them to the auxiliary uncle Wang to use in his hat. I refused to ask for it, saying that there was no shortage of this kind of thing in our house, and I asked her to take it back to Prince Su for use. She insisted on refusing to take it back. I had no choice but to stay. Rui Wang Fujin immediately took a brocade box, opened the lid of the box, and sent it to Prince Rui, and said: "Look, four of these strings of eastern pearls are really not small!" ”
Dolgon casually glanced into the brocade box and asked, "What did she talk about?" ”
"She didn't talk about anything other than talking about Prince Su's daily thoughts behind closed doors and practicing riding and archery when he was bored."
"Isn't she here to hear the rumors of our two white flags?"
Fu Jin was taken aback. Carefully considering the words, he replied, "Oh! If so, she really came to listen to the rumors! She said to me. Now Shengjing's grain, rice, cloth, oil, and salt are expensive, and its minions are miserable. are talking about what they have worked hard for more than ten years, and returned to the year of destiny overnight. She wanted to ask me if the ninth uncle was sympathetic to his subordinates, why didn't he hear the soldiers and minions of the two white flags say this. If there is any way, I hope that the uncle will look at the love of the Eight Banners. Also sympathize with Hauge's positive blue flag. ”
"How do you answer?"
I told her that it was natural for the prince to be sympathetic to his subordinates. Our Rui Wang Ye is benevolent and generous, and he naturally takes care of the following. But he has a rule, all major events in the flag, the prince never talks about it in the back house. Nor are family members allowed to inquire. I don't know anything about what you're asking. ”
"You answered well, good!"
Dolgon quickly ordered the palace maid to stop beating her legs, sat up suddenly, drank the remaining half of the cold bird's nest soup in one gulp, and hurriedly left the back house.
He returned to the Xinuan Pavilion in the main hall and sat down in the circle chair behind the table, wondering what Hauge was trying to do with this. Is there some conspiracy in this? However, it didn't seem like there was any conspiracy, because with what he knew about Hauge, this brave and unscheming guy would never have played any decent intrigues! Even if someone gave Hauge advice, he wouldn't necessarily have that idea. In the end, Haoge ordered his Fujin to come to the Rui Palace, did he want to get some grain and rice materials from the two white flags and go back to deal with officials and generals at all levels? …… Hardly! Maybe not, but, judging from the current material situation in Shengjing City, this possibility is not impossible!
Suddenly, the shadow of Prince Su Fujin appeared in his mind. Those glowing, beautiful eyes! The crooked, slender moth eyebrows! That ruddy little mouth! The neat, white teeth that show when he speaks! He was a little tempted, just as he had been thinking of Concubine Zhuang of Yongfu Palace lately. However, he only had an extremely secret lust for Concubine Zhuang, and thinking of Prince Su's Fujin, he couldn't help but say in his heart: "How can Haoge have such a good wife!" How can Hauge have such a good wife! ”
In front of his eyes, both Fu Jin in Prince Su's mansion and Concubine Zhuang of Yongfu Palace appeared, and two beautiful women who were also from the Horqin Grassland Mongolian Borzigit clan suddenly appeared in turn in front of him, and suddenly overlapped. His lust calmed down a little, comparing the beauty of the two, and then comparing ......
The women of Horqin occupy half of the back house of the Aixin Jueluo family. Over the years, Dolgon has lost count of how many Borzigit women have been married. However, from his heart, he felt that the second daughter of Beile Zhaisang, known as the two beauties of Horqin, Bumu Butai, the concubine of Yongfu Palace, and the daughter of Hong Guoerbeile (also known as Dongguoer, Qi Dong Guo Luogong of Yiershe) of Horqin's left-wing rear banner, and Fujin Dulema, Prince of Su, Haoge, are all beautiful women like beautiful jade!
After a moment's mental comparison, Dorgon thought. Or the little Borzigit clan, Yongfu Palace Concubine Zhuang, not only beautiful, but also extraordinarily intelligent, beautiful and graceful and very cultivated, for all Manchurian ladies can not be compared. She married Huang Taiji at the age of fourteen, and Huang Taiji saw that she was extremely smart. Encourage her to read and write. She knew Manchu and Chinese and read a lot of books on Chinese characters. So through her eyes and her words, she revealed that she was a very unusual woman.
It's a pity that she is now Huang Taiji's concubine, like a bright moon hanging high in the sky, which can only be viewed from a distance, and it is impossible to hold it in her arms!
"What an idiot!" After thinking for a moment, Dorgon burst out laughing to himself. I learned a word from the Water Margin. Think of that Huang Taiji. There was already a candle in the wind in front of him, and although the projectile on his leg was taken out, the news from the palace that his physical condition was still not good. Coupled with the current situation in Shengjing City, I am afraid that one day he will suddenly be angry to death!
He took out a small key from his purse, got up and opened a tightly locked red-lacquered cabinet in the corner of the room, which was divided into many stalls and placed all kinds of confidential documents. Although he has a good memory. Ping Su is familiar with Korean politics, and has a good understanding of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners, and the Chinese military ministers of the DPRK. He knew everything about everyone. But in recent years, the three brothers have been thriving, and their family is big, and it is inevitable that they can't remember clearly. He first took out the text of the report submitted by the minions who were released under the Zhengbai Banner and the White Banner to disturb the prices in Shengjing City, and read it carefully.
I have to say. The minions selected by Dorgon to act as scalpers still have some skills. However, in more than a month, the average price speculation in Shengjing City and all parts of Liaodong has more than doubled. Some necessities and more in-demand items have more than doubled.
Looking at the list of incoming and outgoing accounts, Dolgon knew that a large part of it was to be distributed to Li Peiting. The rest is in his hands. And this part is to be divided with one of his elder brothers, Azig, and his younger brother Dodor. However, he has always used money as a soldier. As long as the money is spent, that's a victory!
"If it goes up like this, in less than two months, the guy in the Great Political Hall will not be able to sit on the dragon chair!"
But a few days later, to Dorgon's surprise, he didn't know what kind of elixir Huang Taiji had eaten, so he suddenly announced the court meeting.
In the Dazheng Palace, although Huang Taiji's face still looked a little pale due to excessive blood loss, his mental state was good. He happily announced: Brothers, the lord of this village has still made contact with the Central Army, and the Central Army has announced that it is going to recruit An. In the future, everyone will be the national army, and the master of this village should be the commander, and you can also get a division commander, brigade commander, and regiment commander......
Uh, I'm sorry, I got the wrong script, but the meaning is pretty much the same. At the court meeting, Huang Taiji announced that he had reached a peace agreement with the eldest prince of Shandong, and Huang Taiji would negotiate peace with the eldest prince of Shandong by gradually giving up the land of Liaoshen and exchanging Dingkou weapons for grain year by year. At present, Li Huayu of Shandong has agreed to this matter, and an envoy will come soon, and the ministers must be prepared, and there can be no more misunderstandings like the Sancha estuary, because a little thing offends the envoy.
After speaking, Huang Taiji did not wait for the ministers to coax him to object, so he announced that he would disperse and leave. Huang Taiji left, and the Ten Kings Pavilion suddenly exploded, even if it was a courtier loyal to Huang Taiji, no matter how it was summed up, it was all four words of surrender to the enemy and betrayal of the country. Not to mention that there are more people in the court now, it seems that there are more people who are close to Dorgon, and for a while the crowd is angry, and they want to rebel immediately.
Duoduo couldn't help it directly, he came to Dolgon's side, and he didn't care about the etiquette system, and said viciously: "This dead fat man is crazy, he actually wants to surrender, second brother, this matter is ......"
As he spoke, Dorgon felt that something was wrong, only to see that Dorgon was in a trance, his face was pale, his lips were shaking, and his body was even trembling slightly. Frightened, Dorgon was taken aback and quickly patted Dorgon on the shoulder, and it took a long time for Dorgon to come to his senses. By this time, the people who had been coaxed to oppose had already surrounded Dolgon, but Dolgon looked at them like flies, pushed away the crowd and left.
Although Dordor was puzzled, he followed Dorgon to Prince Rui's palace.
After Dolgon returned to the house, he immediately ordered the door of the house to be closed, and it was forbidden to communicate between the courtyards, and several passages were guarded by his cronies Baya soldiers, and it was strictly forbidden for people in the house to move around at will!
After confirming that there was no one around, he said to Duoduo in frustration: "Brother, this time I think we are going to see my father Khan and my mother." Duoduo was almost laughed at angrily, he said disdainfully: "I said that the second brother is crazy, it is obvious that the dead fat man is going to see his father Khan to ask for his guilt!" You didn't look at what he did at the court meeting, he offended all the old and young masters of the Eight Banners, as long as you raise your arms and shout, the dead fat man will not be finished immediately. ”
Dorgon's anger slammed the table and scolded, "Stupid pig, idiot! You know a fart, dead fat man, this is going to die with us. Yes, that's right, most people at today's court meeting hated the fat man to death and said that they wanted to rebel, but that was just talking, they wanted to look at the style. If this is false, then the dead fat man must have offended a group of people, but if it is true, these people will immediately lick the boots of the southern barbarian. The dead fat man is really ruthless, if he surrenders first, it will be the most serious, but he will die alone, and Hauge can still inherit his position. And our brothers, it's all over. ”
Dolgon was well aware that at the moment, although he had the advantage on the face, he forced Huang Taiji into a corner. However, don't forget that no matter how advantageous he is, he is only a prince, and the righteous name of the Qing court is still in the hands of Huang Taiji. Moreover, all his advantages come from Li Peiting's support for him with various economic materials and platforms. But no matter how powerful Li Peiting is, no matter how powerful he is, he is just a big shopkeeper who is prosperous. Compared with Li Huayu, the eldest son of Li who is in Shandong at the moment, the power and position he occupies in the Nanyue Army are far from the same! If Li Dagongzi was moved by Huang Taiji's peace clause and advocated peace in the Southern Guangdong Army, the Qing Dynasty would be another Ryukyu, Siam, and Burma? Surviving under the banner of the Nanyue Army? Then a few of our brothers were killed by Huang Taiji, who was relieved, one by one?! Just like Father Khan against Shulhaqi, Huang Taiji against Mang Gurtai and Amin?!
Although Dordor's head is not as good as Dorgon's, there is a saying that caring is chaotic, and now Dolgon is messed up, so his reaction is not as good as Dorgon. Therefore, Duoduo thought for a moment and said, "Alas, it doesn't seem right, now the negotiation of peace is the words of the dead fat man, and we haven't confirmed it yet." I said Second Brother, should we ask Second Brother Li to inquire first, we can't listen to the dead fat man talking nonsense alone. When Dolgon heard this, he immediately calmed down a lot, yes, now the matter of peace is just Huang Taiji's words, and the matter has not yet been decided! What is the urgency of this king? Thinking of this, Dolgon immediately contacted Li Peiting with his confidants in order to confirm the truth of the matter. (To be continued......)