Yang Sichang proposed the strategy of "four positive and six corners" as a strategy to suppress thieves in August of the tenth year of Chongzhen, and officially proposed it in October of that year, which was approved by Chongzhen. In the military order, Yang Sichang asked his subordinates to work hard for three months to complete the work that had not been completed for several years.

"The foolish plan of the ministers is to make Shaanxi Fu cut off Shang and Luo, Yun Fu and Xiang, Chu Fu and Huang, Anhui Fu and Ying, Liu, Feng Fu and Ying, Bo, and the soldiers who should be Fu are still blocking Qianqian and Tai, Jiang Fu's soldiers are in a hurry to block Mei and Ji, and the soldiers of Dongfu are directly blocking Xu and Su, and the soldiers of Jin Fu are crossing Shaanxi and Ling, and the soldiers of Bao Fu are flying across Yan and Tianjin. Then the prime minister raised the border soldiers, the prison ministers raised the forbidden brigade, and Yu Fu raised the left (Liangyu), Chen (Yongfu) and other soldiers, working together to suppress the Central Plains, which was an endless trend. If the thieves break through and penetrate the Kanto, the soldiers of the Qin Governor Tizuo (Guangxian), Cao (Bianjiao), and Zu (Dabi) will come out with them. The next three months of hard work and ten years of inconclusive work. It was in my emperor's angry ears. …… It is cut off that it can be March and the thief is also. ”

Yang Sichang's strategy was strongly supported by Chongzhen, and after the promulgation of the order, the officers and soldiers in various places no longer dared to play with the tricks of preserving strength and raising thieves for self-respect, and the military rations and salaries were also relatively sufficiently guaranteed. This boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers, and they fought several fierce battles.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, were both people who had both the ability to work and the courage to do things among the officials of the Ming Dynasty. As far as time is concerned, it is just in time for the last deadline of the "March Thief". Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting had contradictions with Yang Sichang, who was in charge of the military in the court, for fear that the pursuit would not be effective. will be punished by the imperial court. And when it was learned that Li Zicheng's troops had returned to Shaanxi from Sichuan and carried a large amount of baggage, under the great temptation that they could kill the thieves and seize the baggage, relieve their own pressure, and expand the strength of the army, the various units of the Shaanxi official army rushed to Li Zicheng's unit of the peasant army with a hundredfold frenzy. Under the pursuit of the officers and troops of Cao Bianjiao, Zuo Guangxian, Zu Dabi, and He Renlong, the deputy general under the command of Hong Chengchou, the Sichuan was soon defeated, and the losses of personnel and horses were great. Li Zicheng "only led 300 defeated people to hug their heads and run away".

Xiong Wencan, Zuo Liangyu and others, who suppressed thieves in various parts of the Central Plains, also had frequent good news, and successively forced the major gangsters to announce that they were willing to accept Zhao'an, and Liu Guoneng, who broke into the sky, and Li Wanqing and others simply surrendered to the official army.

In order to be able to make Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Zuo Liangyu, Fierce Tiger and others who led troops on the front line have no risk of food and salary, Emperor Chongzhen has no other way but to continue to sacrifice the sharp weapon of "plus faction", and Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household department, caters to the intentions of Zhu Youzhen and Yang Sichang. Ingeniously cite the Tang Dynasty as an example. It is proposed to tax the room rack and levy a façade tax on the residents of the city. Accordingly, the imperial court issued an edict saying: "Temporarily borrow private rent for one year." It is stipulated that regardless of whether the household is large or small, the tax shall be levied according to the façade of the silver. Some magistrates took advantage of the fire to rob and stipulate on their own, "If there is a room in each façade, it will be taxed and one penny." ”

In order to be able to ensure that the tax collection is in hand. Yang Sichang suggested that a governor and provincial direct salary attendant should be added to the household department. Recommend Fu Shuxun to serve. "It has to be used by the county of the subordinate department, and those who do not meet the quota will be judged by the lack of troops." In addition to earning himself a nickname "Chongzheng" that is comparable to Emperor Jiajing's "Jiajing", he also set his sights on Li Shouhan, who promised to give 500,000 silver dollars and 200,000 stone grain and rice to Suigong Neiku.

In addition to giving an order to Shouhan's mansion in Beijing, he was urged to speak warmly. Chongzhen even ordered his henchman Wang Chengen, the great eunuch, to send eunuchs to find a way in the capital's Longsheng.

With good words, the eunuch Wu Liangfu, who came to convey Chongzhen's own meaning, settled down, and Li Peiting took Wu Liangfu to make a small business.

"Although he is a businessman, he has learned the art of Tao Zhugong, but he also likes to read some books, and he has long heard that there is a masterpiece "Yongle Canon" compiled by Yongle Ye in the palace, and I have always wanted to read it, but unfortunately I don't have the opportunity!"

"Shopkeeper Li plans to read this book?"

Wu Liangfu blinked his eyes and seemed to look at Li Peiting with great interest.

"Not only do I want to read it, but even the owner of the next family has always thought that I hate it. When he left Beijing that day, he only said that he could not ask His Majesty for a favor and go to pay homage to the true face of Lushan in this huge work. ”

Li Peiting's voice was good, and his voice was full of tears.

"If the general and the great treasurer are interested in reading this book, the slave and maid can do some of the work of dogs and horses." Wu Liangfu looked at Li Peiting's face quietly.

"It's just that the slaves and maids are doing things in the palace, and this, some people are indispensable."

As long as you ask for money, it's easy to do!

"In this way, as long as I can make my father-in-law do what he wants, my father-in-law will only give orders."

"This book left by Yongle Ye, there are as many as sixty volumes in the catalog alone, and there are more than 22,000 volumes in all the books, I wonder which part the Great Treasurer and the Great General of the Dao plan to read?"

"I beg my father-in-law to take these sixty-volume catalogues, and let me explain them to my lord. Look at the lord is ......"

"Although our family is eggless, we also like to have a good time. In this way, Shopkeeper Li, if our family gets this book out of the palace for you, what benefits can you give our family? ”

asked for money and benefits so straightforwardly, which really surprised Li Peiting. But it's okay, so that the two sides of the province are cross-legged and bowed around each other.

The rice ticket of 10,000 stone meters was gently pushed over.

However, he was gently pushed back by Wu Liangfu.

"There are too many fathers-in-law in charge of affairs in the palace, and this is not enough."

Nowadays, the good Nanzhong japonica rice on a stone in the capital is about three or four taels of silver, and this ten thousand stones is thirty or forty thousand silver. But Wu Liangfu actually said that there were not enough points!

"This is for my father-in-law. As for other father-in-law, there is another copy, please ask your father-in-law to convey it on your behalf. Another 10,000 stone rice ticket was pushed in front of Wu Liangfu.

"When each book is delivered to the trumpet, another five stone rice is handed over to the father-in-law who sent the book to bring back."

A black-hearted eunuch and an unscrupulous profiteer leave after striking a deal to steal a national treasure for personal gain.

Taking advantage of the thawing of the river, Li Peiting left Beijing and went straight to Tianjin under the pretext of supervising the transportation of grain and rice. Along the newly completed avenue next to several rivers, it only took two days to reach Nigu. Go out to sea by boat.

It's just that the direction of the ship is not directly south, but north.

He was to join the men from the north and south near the Miaodao Islands.

"In addition to handing over their respective businesses, revenues and expenditures, etc., the mountains, rivers, soldiers, households, minerals, and production of various places must also be reported to me. I will be able to report to you, my lord. ”

The merchant stationed in Shenyang told about such a situation: since the beginning of spring, there has been a spring famine that was supposed to occur every year, and the price of grain has soared and the price of silver has plummeted. This annoyed Long Shengxing, who had planned to take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit.

After some inquiry, I learned that there were Shanxi merchants who used sea ships to transport a large amount of grain and rice from the Guannei, and there were dozens of ships before and after, although it was still a drop in the bucket for the entire Liaodong. But for stress relief. It has played a great role in calming people's hearts.

Although the mulberry elm that was lost in the east corner did not take advantage of the sharp rise in grain prices and the collapse of silver prices, a large amount of silver did not need to be used to buy grain, and it poured into the shops that were prevalent in the middle street like a tide. The generals and ministers of the Eight Banners of nobility at all levels have purchased all kinds of luxury goods such as cotton, silk, jewelry, canned meat, sugar and so on for themselves, their families and their powerful minions.

"Alas! It's really fast! Faster than the Nikan army in the pass escaped! ”

"It's okay! It's a big deal to go in the customs again this year to grab it! ”

"What? Hunting again? ”

"Not bad! My own brother was on an errand in the Emperor's Ge Bush Xianchao Battalion. He said. The emperor sent back the blind man Zhou who was sent by Guan Ningjun to discuss and tell the fortune of the envoy. Tell him. This year, my Eight Banners Army is going to enter the customs, and I told him which way to go! ”

"This, this. The emperor is also a hero! ”

"Bah! At first glance, you didn't read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms well, this is the empty city plan used by Zhuge Liang! ”

The unbridled chatter of the two Jiannu officers was recorded by the guys and reported to Lu Shang one by one until Li Peiting was here.

As for the raiding of the customs, the Jiannu people have already done it as a pleasing thing to the eye. Entering the customs and robbing, robbing money, food, and population, and after coming back, there are military merits, and everyone's official position can be raised by one level. You can distribute the stolen goods according to your military merits, and then you can use the stolen wealth to enjoy the woman's life.

In this way, Jiannu has already taken the entry and plunder as a work to promote a virtuous circle of power development.

"In the letter that Mrs. Hong gave me, he also vaguely revealed this meaning, he asked me to stay in Shenyang for a few more days when the delivery color passed after this autumn, 'I will pay the price with my brother when the treasury is rich!' They don't have autumn grain to pay taxes, and they don't go into the customs to rob them, where can he find me the nearly one million taels of silver? Even if you take the fur ginseng to offset the price, the best goods are not in his hands! ”

The corners of Li Peiting's mouth turned up, revealing a smug smile.

"Yes! This ginseng, mink, deer antler horns, eastern pearls, amber red agate, tiger bones, bear paws, tiger whips, and what raw gold yuan fox; The best goods are all controlled by the hands of Li Da's shopkeeper! ”

Shouhan picked up the teacup and raised it to Li Peiting, "Come, congratulations to the shopkeeper Li!" ”

"Congratulations to the Lord!"

From the beginning of the trade with the barbarians in the Heilongjiang River Valley, a large number of fine native furs in this area were transported to the capital by sea ships through the hands of Lin Wenbing, A Qi, Aldi and others, and were transported to Liudu, turning into white flowers and yellow and clear things, and turning into grain and cotton.

In exchange for these furs, the Saurons were the most popular weapons of the Saurons, such as a hard bow that could kill a black bear with a single arrow, a quick knife that could cut a bear's paw with a single sword, a spear that could stab a tiger, an iron pot that could cook food, a refined salt and spice that could cook delicious animal meat, a strong wine that warriors loved, and a beautiful flower cloth that women loved.

In order to facilitate the trade of these customers, Longsheng has opened two additional trading points very considerately. One is in the walled city of the Ordi heads, and the other is located in the Yongning Temple, where the former Nuer Gandu Division is located. A large number of tiger bones, bear's paws, furs, ginseng, Dongzhu, coral, agate and other local products are continuously traced up the river by sea ships through here, and then transferred to the north and south of Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and other places, in exchange for tens of thousands of times the silver money exchanged for goods.

"This is the quantity of goods sent by Ah Qi and Aldi."

In a pile of lists, Li Peiting found the report of the Yongning Temple's semicolon that had been transcribed again.

Fifteen hundred knives and 1,000 spears. There were 500 iron-tired bows, 3,000 long arrows, 6,000 cotton cloths, 10,000 stones of rice, 3,000 large and small iron pots, spirits, and a number of refined salts.

After a hasty look, Shouhan couldn't help but pout.

"These people under you don't grow! Such a small family! ”

"If it weren't for the knives, spears, bows and arrows that you Lin Wenbing bought on credit for that guy in Bomu Bogol that day, how could you have been able to collect tens of thousands of good furs at once last year? How can you sell a piece of Xuanhu skin for tens of thousands of silver?! ”

Long Shengxing got these furs in his hands and immediately finished them on the basis of the original processing, which was jokingly called decoration in Shouhan. The finest fine fur, in addition to the texture of the fur itself. It is also a bundle sale of gems and furs that are "specialty" in Nanzhong. Red, blue, and green gemstones are carved and set into the animal's eye sockets. From a distance, it seems that the eyes of those elves are looking at people, and all of a sudden they add a lot of color to the fur. Such a fox fur scarf was bought for 10,000 silver dollars in Nanjing. Also yelling cheap. It immediately became a symbol of showing off his status in the city of Nanjing. People who don't have this kind of luxury that identifies their status. They have dropped the full price of the goods. It is required that there must be such and even more luxurious leather goods before the winter of the next year.

And all of these came from the twenty iron bows and five hundred arrows, fifty spears, and twenty steel knives that Lin Wenbing bought on credit from Bomu Bogol. Relying on these sophisticated weapons that came out of thin air, Bomu Bogol quickly annexed several small tribes with hundreds of people in the vicinity, and the population and hunting grounds in his hands suddenly expanded several times.

Throughout the summer, the barbarians in the Heilongjiang River valley spent time in the flames of war.

Ordi and Bomu Bogol fought to the death against the Bardazi, who were loyal to Jiannu, and the warriors of the tribe regarded their fellow Saurons with pigtails of money on their heads as their best prey. After a summer of hunting, the Sauron tribes who surrendered, accepted the canonization of Jiannu, and intermarried with Jiannu lost hundreds of warriors who could be selected as white-armored soldiers or serve as heavy armor of dead soldiers. Although they submitted to Jiannu, they still had arrows made of wolf teeth and bows made of wood in their hands, how could they compete with Bomu Bogol and others who were fully equipped with metal weapons?

"That's why I said, the goods you prepared in Temple Street, Kuyi Island, etc., are really petty. Before the Chinese New Year this year, help Bomu Bogol equip at least 500 fully armored warriors! Equip Aldi with three hundred men! ”

"In addition, I will allocate you two hundred firecrackers and ten large and small franc machines. In addition to guarding the various places, fifty musketeers were to be trained for Bomu Bogol, and thirty for Ordi, and at least one hundred and fifty rounds of gunpowder were to be equipped. ”

"Such generous conditions? Lord, the fire gun has not even been sold by the official army and the Liaodong anti-thieves! ”

Li Peiting was a little surprised. How can this group of barbarians in the ice and snow be so valued by their own lords? Is it for those leather goods and ginseng Dongzhu and other things?

"My lord, isn't this artillery a bit overkill for defense? If you want to use artillery to defend the merchant station, then you must choose a place to build a city in Heilongjiang! ”

"Yes, that's what I wanted!"

The construction of castles in places such as Yongning Temple, and the construction of inland ports, wharves, warehouses, and other facilities in the Heilongjiang River basin were ideas that Shouhan had been obsessed with since the beginning of trade with Liaodong. With the docks, the ships could unload countless supplies and store them in warehouses for personnel to consume trade.

And the artillery was placed in these fortified cities in order to strengthen the defense.

"Lord, you don't have to be like this, right? Those Saurons don't even have iron armor and weapons, how can they compete with our army? In the past two years, they have turned against Liaodong Jiannu, and they can only sell all kinds of mountain goods to us, otherwise they will not be able to live, how can they turn their faces with us? ”

This is the limitation of Li Peiting as a businessman. Shouhan is also not easy to attack. Even if the Saurons had to rely on the prevailing trade of Long to ensure the import of all kinds of necessities, as his force increased, he would inevitably become the predator. The so-called defense of people is indispensable, otherwise once something happens, how to survive in the ice and snow thousands of miles away?

What's more, in addition to the not yet fully civilized people like Sauron, an even more greedy people have also emerged in the wasteland of Lost Bil (the term for Siberia in Ming Dynasty historical sources).

In our history, Russian explorers and national heroes Averkiev, Khabarov and others appeared in the Heilongjiang River valley in the late Chongzhen period, and left an eternal imprint on the Russian nation in this land. However, now that this is another source of cash for Shouhan after Manraka, will he allow others to covet his own money bags? Obviously not!

In Shouhan's not very deep impression, the guy Averkiev should have arrived at the confluence of the Shilka River and the Erguna River at the beginning of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and discovered the Heilongjiang River, which was then named the Amur River. The most nonsense thing is that this grandson actually found gold and silver mines in this area, and then went back to hype it up. Four years later, the damned Khabarov came.

In resisting the invasion of the Rakshasas, the Saurons, armed with the most primitive weapons, put up the bravest resistance. It's a pity that the arrows made of wolf teeth can't shoot through the bear paws of the Rakshasas.

This is also the reason why the Han guards should vigorously arm the two tribes of Bomu Bogol and Ordi.

Imagine that the Saurons, who were able to serve as heavy armored dead soldiers in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which was known for their strong combat power, were the ace troops of the Qing army until the Opium War.

Although Li Peiting didn't understand why Shouhan wanted to do this, his experience over the years has proved that for some seemingly wild and absurd practices of this master, it is best to implement them first, maybe in the process of implementation, he will understand why there is such an arrangement for Weilu.

"Good! I immediately arranged for Ah Qi and Wen Bing to choose places in Heilongjiang to build cities, hire local natives, cut down trees, and carry soil and rocks. ”

"Alas! Second brother, let me say what are you good for?! You, as a person, either don't do it, or just do it like the way you repair the capital, is it necessary? ”

Shou Han openly refuted it, and secretly squeezed Li Peiting very affectionately.

"I think the village built at the mouth of Heilongjiang is good, with two layers of wood filled with soil in the middle to build a wall. Use more timber and make the city bigger. It is best to build a few more forts outside the city, so that they can echo each other and cover each other! ”

In this way, it is only the price of dozens of iron pots to build a walled city, hire natives, and cut down trees, and in the Heilongjiang region, huge trees are worthless. It's a pity that it's too far away, the weather is cold, and it's half a year of wind and snow, and the road transportation is inconvenient, otherwise, the trees will be cut down in Heilongjiang and transported to Haikou to be good raw materials for shipbuilding.

"Second brother, when the city is completed, you can ask those natives where the raw gold in their hands comes from, maybe there will be gold mines here!"

Shouhan threw a huge bait at Li Peiting again. (To be continued......)

PS: It's almost the end of the month, and I have to trouble everyone to vote for the rich ones with monthly passes. Beg!