Chapter Seventy-Three: The Princess Is Coming
After sending away the group of Huashan Jiugao, Li Peilin couldn't help but stretch his waist.
"These slaves! It's really disgusting! He looked out of the glass eye in the window, and could no longer see the short figure.
Born in the Li family in Liaodong, he naturally has no good impression of these guys who have fought bloody battles with their uncles and uncles, especially the one who came is the general of the once famous Japanese warrior Ghost Shi Manzi, which makes him feel disgusted even more from the bottom of his heart. However, the many years of his career in the sea of Huan, especially the ups and downs of the past few years, have made his cultivation pampered and humiliated, and his joy and anger are invisible.
What's more, this has been written in the letter of the lord, which is a key to solving the problem at hand.
After several rounds of bargaining, Nanzhong sold the goods at what seemed to be an extremely favorable price for the Shimazu family, but such a price had already made Zhang Xiaoqi, who managed the shipping affairs on behalf of the Zhang family in the Han Yuan firm, very happy. Especially when the thousand golden judgments shone in the sunlight shining through the bright tiles of the roof, all the people present breathed heavily.
The light of the gold dazzled the people, so that people could not speak, only the sound of heartbeats getting louder and louder, and the sound of breathing more and more heavily!
To be honest, all of you here have never seen the owner of money, but you have not understood the high added value of industrial products.
A cotton cloth in the area, the weaving and transportation cost in the mainland is four dollars and eight cents of silver per flat white cloth, and the weaving cost of Xiu'er machine is one-tenth of it, and the overall calculation is only one penny of silver. The cost of a dyed cotton cloth is only five dollars of silver.
This, still proposed by Shouhan, under the premise that workers should have a rest time for two teas and one meal, the cost of working hours has increased a lot.
"What, all stupid? Have you ever seen so much gold? Don't be so petty! Li Peilin laughed at the shopkeepers in front of him.
"I'm Yi Niang!" Zhang Xiaoqi let out a long sigh of relief, "If you go back to adulthood, it's not that I haven't seen so much gold, I just think that this gold is too easy to come!" It's even easier than Lao Tzu's robbery at sea! ”
His words caused everyone to burst into laughter, but they also expressed the hearts of everyone present.
A piece of cotton cloth, but five pennies of silver, was sold for two taels of gold. Such a profit is much greater than a robbery. However, the next words are once again the voices of many people.
"If it weren't for the general's kindness, so that the workers had so many hours to drink, eat, and rest, if they kept rushing day and night, I don't know how much more gold they could earn?!"
Several shopkeepers, especially those who have shares in Tonghe Weaving Workshop and Tonghe Dyeing Workshop, all nodded in agreement.
"Don't be greedy, you know, the adults have repeatedly emphasized that for my Huaxia people, there must be tension and relaxation, and you can't be too exploitative." Li Peilin's words made him blame himself for a long time. These shopkeepers, all of whom are old and sophisticated, keenly caught the loopholes in his words, and soon, in the weaving, printing and dyeing industries, a large number of official slaves and foreigners who have not obtained Chinese household registration appeared. They are engaged in the most tiring, onerous, and unskilled work, but the wages and benefits are pitifully low compared to those with Chinese household registration.
"Ladies and gentlemen, go to the back to rest first, I still have a group of guests to meet here. Later, we have a big merchant coming. You may wish to fold your spirits and wait for the arrival of this God of Wealth. ”
The group of people to be received at the moment are not here to do business, to be precise, they are here to help.
Not long ago, Li Peilin received a secret report from Niu Qiandao's statistics office and Bao Zhongchen's law enforcement department, saying that a group of people from the north, both men and women, were behaving strangely in the Yunlai inn in the city. After surveillance, it was preliminarily judged that these people were from Thang Long to Ha Tinh, and the leader seemed to be members of the Li family, but they were women dressed as men.
Do you want to continue surveillance, or do you want to be executed in secret?
The army is fighting in the front, and the fundamental place is left to himself to guard, Li Peilin doesn't want to be mixed in with the city. However, just as he was about to sign the instructions on the submission and prepare to secretly arrest these people, a letter of worship was handed to the general's palace.
"The deceased of Thang Long, Li Mu Huaton, bowed for the first hundred years."
It turned out to be her!
Li Peilin immediately remembered the little girl who had not met him at the banquet of Shenglong Li Shenzong that day. She doesn't want to be her princess in Thang Long Palace, what is she doing in Ha Jing in danger?
Although he was puzzled in his heart, he was a guest from afar, so he had to let Wu Cunjie, the head of the house, quietly settle the group to live in the guest house, and then send people to protect them tightly and block internal and external news.
After several rounds of exploring each other, Li Peilin finally figured out the purpose of this group of people's trip.
Follow Shen Baoxu and come to Qin Tingzhi's cry!
Li Muhua, the daughter of Li Shenzong, accompanied by Wu Cunjie, the head of the ceremonial house of the Nanzhong General's Mansion, quietly came to the God of Wealth Temple in a small car. But it's not for anything else, it's mainly to prevent being discovered by the Zheng family's meticulous workers in the Ha Jing Mansion, so as not to spoil a big thing.
After Wu Cunjie's introduction, Li Peilin began to look at the princess Li Huang in front of him.
A green shirt, made of newly listed cotton cloth, cut just right, looks long and jade, look at it, about seven feet is less, six feet is more than enough.
Looking at the face, the real eyebrows are like green feathers, and the skin is like mutton fat. The face is lined with peach petals, and the hair is like a golden phoenix. I evened my face with the goose egg powder bought from the "Qing Yuanchun" rouge store on the street, and it looked more and more better than Xi Shi and stronger than Zhaojun.
As soon as he opened his mouth, it was the same voice he heard in the palace that day.
"Li Shi Muhua, the daughter of Li Weiqi, the commander of the Southern Capital of the Ming Dynasty, see the chief historian under the command of the president of the Southern Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty."
In front of Li Peilin, Li Muhua naturally did not want to swagger as the so-called princess of Emperor Li, and could only be seen as the daughter of the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and Annan.
The official title of the commander of the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Commander of the Ming Dynasty was still in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, and the Wanli Emperor gave it to her ancestors, but she didn't expect that in just more than 20 years, her family was abused by the ministers, her grandfather was forced to death by the ministers, and her father became a puppet plaything in the hands of the Zheng family. In order to regain the glory of the ancestors in the past and regain his own country, he had no choice but to come to the garrison of the five ranks of the Ming Dynasty.
For a long time, I didn't hear Li Peilin say a word.
Li Tao, the old minister next to him, saw that Li Peilin did not say a word, and understood in his heart, and motioned to Li Muhua's maid, "Please visit Your Highness with a big salute!" ”
Aggrieved, Li Muhua kowtowed to Li Peilin with the salute of Shangguan.
After the ceremony, Li Peilin said loudly, "No courtesy, the lower officials dare not be the official." ”
Hearing this, Li Muhua, Li Tao and others couldn't help but scold themselves in their hearts, "I don't dare to do it, but why do you let me kowtow?!" ”
After a few words of greetings, the guests and hosts sat down, and some people offered tea, and the two sides began to negotiate unwillingly.
"The little girl first congratulated the general on this time for my Annan to put down the rebellion and win a great victory. Plough the court and sweep the holes, just today. ”
"Miss's words are wrong, my Nanzhong Army asks for the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty, hangs the people and kills the crime, and sweeps away the Ruan clan jumping beam, what does it mean to put down the rebellion in Annan?!"
"My lord's words are a little wrong, the Ruan clan, as a subordinate of my Annan, but doing that thing of secession and arrogance, how can it not be my Annan's rebellion? The general went out to fight against him, it was for me to cut off the rebellious ministers in Annam, and the ministers wished the general Huwei here that he would be able to win the battle and recover the old nest of Hue in one fell swoop. Li Tao saw that the words were wrong, and hurriedly spoke out to try to help his princess.
The meaning of the words of the two people is to thank the army of the Celestial Empire for helping me Annan, but the territory you have laid down should belong to me. If Li Shouhan was here, he would have sighed, it turned out that this ability of the Annamite people had historical origins. However, Li Peilin in front of him is also an old qualification who has been killed for a long time, and this little trick of the two monarchs and ministers is not worth showing in front of Li Peilin.
What's more, behind Li Peilin, there is one thing as support, strength! Absolute strength!
"Did the two of you venture out of Thang Long and come to my Ha Jing Mansion to congratulate my General's Mansion? If this is the case, I will immediately thank the two generals for my family, and then repair a letter, and ask King Zheng of Shenglong to send someone to pick up the two of them. ”
Li Peilin's single knife is really powerful. If he wrote a letter to Zheng Song, then I am afraid that the two in front of him, as well as Li Weiqi of Li Shenzong in the palace, will go to see the Buddha of the West Heaven.
Hearing this, Li Muhua's face couldn't help but turn white, and then he sneered. The laughter grew louder and wilder.
"I originally thought that the general of the Celestial Empire would be able to uphold justice for my Annan, crusade against the traitors, and return the people of Annan to a peaceful world, but I didn't want to, General Ming is also a foolish and mediocre person, who only knows a little bit of small profits in front of him!"
Li Tao also had tears in his eyes, "Your Highness, I don't want you and me to be the kings and ministers, but we are all blind people!" However, if Xiao Chen can die in Sheji, he can be regarded as dying without regrets! ”
Seeing that they had been crying for a long time, and they were crying so much that they were weak, Li Peilin, who was sitting behind the table, put down the submission in his hand and asked impatiently, "Are you done crying?" When you're done crying, tell me about your business! ”
Seeing that they were forced out of their true purpose by Li Peilin with such desperate means, the two of them were suddenly a little depressed. looked at each other for a while, but Li Muhua replied.
"Worship the general of the Ming Dynasty, my Li family implores the general to be the master of my family, cut off the evil slave Zheng family, and revitalize the dynasty. In the future, the reopening of Sheji, the little girl's whole family will be rewarded. ”
"Do you want us to send troops for your family to defeat the Zheng family?" Li Peilin frowned. For this kind of thing, he had heard his uncles mention it before, and Li Chengliang often did this kind of thing back then. There was a power struggle within a tribe, and he came forward to mediate as the commander of the Ming Liaodong.
From this, the Li family can also make a huge profit. However, now that it's your turn, how should you deal with such a thing? From the general's letters sent back from Hoi An every day, it can be seen that the general will also eradicate the Zheng family sooner or later, but do you tell such news to the two people in front of you? If the situation is not confidential and the news leaks, wouldn't it be a major matter for the general?
His deep groan, in the eyes of Li Muhua and Li Tao, has another meaning.
"This guy wants benefits!"
"Looks like you're going to have to pay a lot of money! Otherwise, this dog officer will not help my family regain the country! ”
"If you can persuade the general to come forward to uphold justice and eliminate the traitors for my Annan, my Li clan will be grateful to the general and have a small gift." Li Tao began to shake his three-inch tongue, trying to let Li Peilin know that his efforts would be rewarded.
Li Peilin picked up the tea bowl on the table, took a sip slowly, and tasted the taste of the tea carefully, "You know what crime you should be guilty of bribing Shangguan?" ”
Li Tao is also a figure rolling in the officialdom, listening to Li Peilin's words, although it is a reproach, but it is not the tone that Fang Cai can't cut into with a knife, it is really a big lawsuit, a big silver!
"If you can persuade the general to send troops north, we are willing to pay 10,000 gold!" Li Muhua raised the pretty face that was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and resolutely said the price.
"Wanjin?!" Li Peilin sneered in his heart, thinking that Lao Tzu hadn't seen money? Fang Cai Lao Tzu casually saw a thousand taels of gold!
"If the general can help my father regain control of the dynasty, my father is willing to pay for the land and people stolen by the Ruan family south of the Lingjiang River!"
"Miss, such a military matter, you are a weak woman, say so," Li Peilin's brows moved slightly, and his face was unmoved.
"The blood book written by my father's emperor is here!" After speaking, Li Muhua stood up, untied the coat on his body, revealing the moon-white coat inside, groped for it, and tore off a piece of silk from it, with some words written on it, and he couldn't see it clearly in a hurry, only to see that it was covered with Li Weiqi's private seal.
"This was written by my father with his own blood!"
"This is a letter written by the commander of the Li capital to my general, and I dare not be good at it, and such military affairs are naturally decided by the general." Li Peilin still had a calm and breezy expression, took a briefcase and sealed it tightly, "Tomorrow I will be sent to General Hoi An with the clipper!" ”
"Do you know what my general's words often say to me?"
"Willing to listen to the teachings of adults."
"Since ancient times, wars have been fought with the word money and food."
Li Muhua and Li Tao looked at each other, secretly happy in their hearts, as long as you are willing to talk about money, things will be three-pointed.
"The lower officials know very well that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and if the general's army goes north, we will naturally have military salaries and other things to reward the army."
"However, the army's military expenses will fall on you in advance!"
Hearing this, the two monarchs and ministers of the Li family, one was happy and the other was worried. Happily, the words have come to this point, and it is imperative for the general to send troops, and it is expected to restore the country and seize power. What worries me is that I don't know what the appetite of the army is, and whether my own savings can meet the needs of the army. It definitely won't be a small number.
"But I don't know what the army needs, what is the approximate amount, and the next official can raise one or two when he goes back." Li Tao pleaded with Li Peilin in a low voice.
"This," Li Peilin twisted his beard and muttered slightly, "Don't you hear the truth that Han Xin ordered troops, and the more the merrier?" ”
"Lord Li Tao!" Li Muhua, who didn't speak for a long time, suddenly made a decisive face, and stopped Li Tao with a word, as if he had made some serious decision.
"Your Excellency!" Li Muhua arched his hand to Li Peilin, who was sitting behind the table, and said, "On that day, the ancestors of my family also hid some gold and silver somewhere in Annan just in case. ”
The gold and silver buried places, quantities, and burial locations accumulated over several generations were clearly marked on the map for the South Central Army, and Li Muhua slumped on his chair as if his whole person was empty.
"Mu Hua has another reluctant request, please tell the general."
"Oh? Miss, please speak in person. "Having extorted such a large fortune from the cellar of several generations of the Li family, Li Peilin was overjoyed, and he didn't mind hearing anything else from Li Muhua.
However, Li Muhua's words made his heart sink suddenly.
"The little woman has long admired the prestige of General Li, and she has shocked the Quartet with the posture of a weak crown, and has created a great career. Saying this, Rao is her usual conceit and decision-making, after all, she is also a girl's family, and her cheeks are crimson.
"But I beg the general to help my father regain the ancestral inheritance!"
You're shameless!
Li Peilin scolded in his heart, he was planning to revive the lintel of the Li family, for this reason, he and his brother Li Peiting ran north and south, and even wanted to marry his young sister to Li Shouhan, what he was worried about was that Li Shouhan was unwilling, after the name of Xiu'er Ji, the two brothers fell to the ground with a stone, and they were looking for a suitable time to break it, and then, how to circumvent the etiquette of not marrying with the same surname, now you, the daughter of Tusi in Annan, also dare to come to my Liaodong Li family to take the husband?!
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