When Yang Gengai got this letter, it was already the fifth day of the first month of March.

The letter was sent by Mao Wenlong, a legendary figure in history.

Yang Gengai thought about it carefully, and it has been half a month since he took over Mao Wenlong's food and salary task and "sent a letter" over there. It's not easy to go back and forth!

Flip it open and take a look.

The first line of words is: Minister Mao Wenlong bowed across the sea to worship my emperor long live long live ......,

And here it is: ...... The ministers received His Majesty's holy words, such as receiving the treasure, such as receiving the grace of heaven, grateful, and then bowed to the ......, His Majesty cared, and the ministers should have no regrets to repay the grace of heaven......

…… hateful Dongyu Tartar is cruel, harming my Liaodong fathers and elders, and the ministers cry blood in their hearts every night, and they are not at peace......

…… After receiving His Majesty's holy words, the ministers counted the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang River, with a total of more than 150,000 men, women and children are not counted, including ......more than 72,000 soldiers, all of whom are true, famous, bookable, and combative......

The ministers are bent on restoring the Liaotu, but the food and materials are insufficient, and they have the intention to kill the thief, but they have no salary in their hands, no food in the warehouse, embarrassment, and extreme misery......

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A letter from Dongjiang Town, Yang Reform read it intermittently. For this ancient letter, the ability to read and write is still lacking, and this thing cannot be done by others, so Yang Reform had to work hard to read it.

The letter in general. First of all, he expressed Mao Wenlong's loyalty. Then, it was to express the brutality of the Eastern Captives, and the people of Liaodong hated them very much, and then, after doing the things explained by Emperor Chongzhen, the number of people was counted, and there were 150,000 men, of which more than 70,000 were soldiers. In the end, it was some braggart and asked for money and food, but this time he didn't say anything about others embezzling his money and food, and he didn't report that the eunuch asked for bribes. The reason is very simple, the ears and eyes in the capital said that the emperor next up on the supply of money and grain, and in the future, the matter of money and grain will be directly asked for by the emperor, and it has nothing to do with those civil and military generals, so there is no need to quarrel.

Yang Gaiai looked at the letter from Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town, and thought carefully in his heart. For the sake of Mao Wenlong's affairs, since Yang Reform sent away the "postman", he has not dreamed of returning to Baidu to search for Mao Wenlong's deeds, so to speak, about Mao Wenlong's future historical direction, fate, what Mao Wenlong has done, what he is going to do, how many people, how many soldiers, and who he has enemies with, he is clearer than Mao Wenlong himself.

Looking at this paper, the number of soldiers has been less than half of the number reported to the Ministry of War before, which used to report to the Ministry of War that there were more than 150,000 soldiers, but now it is said that there are more than 70,000. Of course, if you buy clothes, you cut the bargain and think you are powerful, but in fact, the clothes seller is still proud in his heart, happy and happy, thinking, if you meet a second fool, you can make at least one or two hundred. This water is still quite sufficient, and I will cut it in half again.

Yang Gengai tapped his fingers on the table, no one disturbed, and it was not easy to discuss this matter with others, so he could only think alone.

Yang Gengai remembered that when he dreamed back to Baidu, the result of the search was that Yuan Chonghuan planned to kill the island marshal, and later ordered 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers. And squeeze again.

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I thought about it for a long time.

Yang Gai picked up the bamboo pen and wrote.

“…… Now that the letter has been received, we will talk about the issue of secrecy again, and I know it, you know, and if anyone else knows, then 'the minister will not be secret'......"

Yang Gai wrote the ancient language, which was very uncomfortable, so he had to describe it plainly. The first issue of confidentiality was emphasized.

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“…… The officers and soldiers of Dongjiang must report it truthfully, I already have a number in my heart about this matter, and I hope that Mao Shuai will only ...... me with the word sincerity."

The second sentence is that the officers and soldiers in your Dongjiang Town are too wet, and it is not accurate.

“…… The matter of the Dongjiang River is related to the safety of the community, but the islands are suspended in the sea and have no land to support the people, which is not a long-term solution, so it is advisable to make plans as soon as possible......

This sentence is that Yang Reform is preparing to recruit Liaodong people as the source of the new army, and there are not a few Liaodong people who have a blood feud with wild boar skin, so it is necessary to recruit some people from Liaodong who are willing to take revenge to deal with wild boar skin. Combat power is bound to soar.

“…… I heard that Mao Shuai was selling goods on the sea, and things were through Korea and the Eastern Captives, and I knew that Mao Shuai was helpless to raise soldiers, and it was understandable, but firearms, gunpowder and armor, grain, medicinal materials, steel, iron, cloth, and books were strictly forbidden to flow into the Eastern Captives, and there must be strict controls, and only luxury goods that could be circulated, such as sugar, jewelry, strange goods, silk, etc., and I would send a special person to supervise this matter, make a detailed list of materials, and also have a detailed plan to operate this matter in a unified manner,...... This matter must be kept confidential and ......, Mao Shuai must take it seriously, strictly check the incoming and outgoing materials, and do not let the fish and eyes be confused......"

This is what Yang Reform has always thought, doing business with Mao Wenlong, tying Mao Wenlong to his chariot with interests, much stronger than preaching loyalty and stuck neck, and preparing to form a company by himself, just like the more famous East India Company in later generations [Actually, the East India Company was already established and operating at this time, and he was speechless. Specializing in the business of Liaodong, North Korea, and Houjin. The formation of a huge colonial capital operation predator.

has also repeatedly emphasized the issue of secrecy, if this matter is known by that group of ministers, it is estimated that Mao Wenlong will be sprayed to death, and he will be scolded by the way, although it will not have a substantial impact on his throne, but it will delay his plan. I don't have much time left. Money, not much.

Smuggling this thing, Yang Reform felt, even with his own emperor's respect, can not be eliminated, because the country's large and small bureaucrats, landlords are doing this, he doesn't want to be in Chongzhen for 17 years, then only he is involved, I believe that with his own strength, take this road, others will have no way out, anyway, this year, the civil officials are desperately opposed to the collection of tariffs, just right, you can do smuggling, I can also do it, then it depends on who is strong and capable.

In this way, we will be able to better control the materials that enter Houjin, import some high-consumption luxury goods, and strictly control the strategic materials such as grain and weapons. It plays a role in dividing and disintegrating the post-Jin fighting spirit.

On the Mongolian side, Yang Reform also treated the same thing, and he could not stop all smuggling, so he had to go his own way, so that others had no way out. Get involved on your own, with your own strength, do those people still have a way to go? With the strong support of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once this company is operational, it will be much more powerful than the East India Company. Yang believes that the power of capital will sweep everything.

Thinking of this, Yang Reform's blood boiled. It is as if I have seen a super capital giant crocodile, with a strong colonial color, constantly devouring and encroaching on all places around the world that can stand on people.

"The place where the moon shines is the territory of my Ming Empire." Yang Gengai wanted to shout such a voice at a loud start. The moon is bright, and the place where the moon shines must be the land of my Ming Empire, which is worthy of the word "Ming".

It's a good time to be enthusiastic.

Yang Gaicai wrote again: "...... Today, I will first allocate 200,000 taels of silver to you as your expenses, and the detailed situation of Dongjiang must be reported to me, and I will never disappoint Mao Qing......"

At this point, the letter is almost finished.

Yang Gai thought about it, and then wrote again: "Another ...... I give a secret box to the Qing to use, this box, is special, if there is no key, forcibly open, the paper in the box will be wiped out, as a secret, the secret in this box, only you and I both know the monarch and the minister, must not have a third person know, remember that 'the minister is not secret, he will lose his body'......"

Yang Reform is ready to implement this secret box system, first of all, give Mao Wenlong a trial to see the effect. In addition, he gave Mao Wenlong another tightening spell and asked him to pay attention to secrecy.

After Yang Reform finished writing, he sealed it with a secret box and handed it to Wang Chengen, asking him to give the box to Mao Wenlong.

Watching Wang Chengen turn around and leave, Yang Gai felt that history, I'm afraid that from here, it will be bifurcated!

Yang Gai's heart is full of fighting spirit.;