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The courtiers asked for less power, and the emperor did not disapprove of this request, so why not do it?

Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaozhen, was quickly approved, and Emperor Wanli also gave this general a lot of face, although he set up a special deputy general in Liaozhen, and did not mix sand and chose outsiders, and directly used Li Chengliang's confidant Sun Shoulian to serve as it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Chengliang invited himself, Emperor Wanli was as good as a stream, and both sides had face and lining, which was a happy thing.

Naturally, no one would know that the Li family had a motion to take Sun Shoulian down, and this motion was stillborn, of course, no one would have thought that there were so many twists and turns.

Li Chengliang was so knowledgeable that the Qincha sent to Liaozhen to investigate naturally couldn't find anything, and he stayed there for a few days, and after a few banquets, he returned, and after he came back, he didn't find out about it, and Liaozhen was loyal to his duties.

On March 21, the 14th year of Wanli, the righteous son of Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaozhen, led the army out of the border wall by Li Pinghu, and began to consult the Jianzhou Jurchen Department on the side of the disaster.

The first battle was to win, the rapid march took advantage of its unpreparedness, defeated the eastern captives, beheaded more than 30 people, and the captives were defeated, as for the merchants on the side of the wall who heard the news, saying that the beheaded cadres were not from the Jianzhou Department, but the good people who moved from other departments, this was not widely spread.

For the business group of Tianjin Wei, Bei Shoulian was awarded the title of deputy general, and it was also in the border between Liaodong and North Korea, and the impact of this news was in all aspects.

First of all, the prices of various special products outside the customs that have risen by 30 to 40 percent have fallen rapidly, and don't keep the honesty is equal to the people of Tianjin Wei, since his power in Liaozhen has risen, then the goods must be rolling in.

Like the news of Sun Shoulian's promotion, the Li family of Liaozhen promised that in the future, the treatment of Tianjin merchants in Liaozhen would be the same as that of local businessmen, and the news spread rapidly, which also represented that the trade between Tianjin merchants and Liaozhen would be greatly smooth, unlike the artificial obstacles that have been artificially hindered during this time.

The price of goods outside the customs has fallen, and several merchants with Liaozhen background have lost money, and they have been hoarding, but they did not expect that the situation will change suddenly in a blink of an eye.

The price of various goods outside the customs has fallen, only the big wood does not fall but rises, the big wood transported by the waterway in Liaozhen is used for construction, used for shipbuilding, are all first-class good materials, after the trade route is blocked, the price of the big wood is soaring immediately, but the inventory of the wood yard is also a lot, in order to sell a high price, are tun up.

It is said that this time the ban will be lifted, and a large number of timber will immediately come over by water, "the price should go down, but in fact, after the ban is lifted, public and private shipyards immediately began to purchase wood from the wood yard, and the more the better."

Liaozhen has now opened the door to the Tianjin business group, "that means more business opportunities, more trade, in order to cope with this, there should be enough capacity to support, everyone needs ships, more ships are needed" The demand is high, and the price is naturally rising.

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The various workshops of Tianjin Wei suddenly became busy, just like the shipyards of Tianjin Wei, due to the great increase in orders from the merchant groups of the Naturalized City.

The firearms and armor produced by Tianjin Wei are indeed of excellent quality, but the price is also not low, although the merchant group in Guihua City has made a fortune because of the trade on the grassland, "they still have to be careful when buying these armor, but now they are buying it."

The purchase of firearms and armor, Jinyiwei and Dongchang people must be audited, and the buyer must have a guarantee, so as not to make any mess, but this time the people who came to buy are all in the naturalization city, in Shanxi's big business, the certificate is complete, the buyer of this guarantee, is not a certain noble, or a certain general, or a certain local big family, often a family in this place has a certain Shangshu Shilang and the like, that is the local premier family of the family.

It is conceivable that in addition to the busy weapons and armor workshops, the workshops that build carts are also busy, and the demand for wood for carts is also strong, which further drives the rise of wood.

A group of wealthy merchants who came to purchase also put forward the condition, the craftsman can go to the naturalization city is the best, can pay extra silver, if not, please deliver the goods at Zhangjiakou Fort in Xuanfu.

Wang Tong got the news almost at the same time, and the price of grain and straw on the Xuanfu side had risen, because there were merchants who were searching there and buying them in warehouses near the plug, and they seemed to have some long-term plans.

Compared with these, Tianjin Wei, to be precise, in the entire military town of Beizhili, began to recruit brave people of all colors to serve as caravan guards, and the price was not low, and all kinds of benefits were promised.

Xuanfu and Jizhen, including Miyunwei in the north of the Beijing Division, have a large number of desertion soldiers, and they are mainly veterans, these people are all deserted for the same reason, attracted by the rich remuneration, attracted by the comfortable life on the grassland, this is not a lie.

Many of the border soldiers from all over the country were the guardians of wealthy merchants in Guihua City, eating meat and drinking, looting and indulging, and these bright prospects were too tempting for some border soldiers who were not afraid of fighting.

Among the guards of the Sanjiang Commercial Bank in Tianjin, there are also a large number of people who can't resist the "temptation" and go to recruitment, and there are also a cadre of veterans of the Huwei Army, and even many people in the Jingshi Jinyi Guard.

In fact, this is too loud, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Shuntianfu, and even the Criminal Department have news, but there is something about Naturalization City, that is, it is related to Wang Tong, and now Naturalization City is still in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, which is related to the palace, it is really sensitive, everyone knows it, but no one dares to take the initiative to mention it.

Or Emperor Wanli asked Wang Tong privately after the court meeting, and Wang Tong's answer was very simple: "These merchants are bold enough to do something against the Horqin Ministry, but according to the minister's analysis, the odds of winning are at least sixty percent or more. Wang Tong's answer to the question of Baiyi's defeat was also very direct: "If you lose, you will lose, if it is a small defeat, it will naturally be fine, if it is a big defeat, it will inevitably kill the Horqin Department, and then Your Majesty will take the opportunity to destroy the Horqin Department." ”

“…… These businessmen seem to be beasts with a growing appetite, they have more to grab on the grassland, and there is no more to grab on the grassland, no matter how the grassland is said, it is not as good as the inland, in case they? Wang Tong's explanation is: "Your Majesty does not need to worry, the largest merchant guard is only more than a thousand, the smallest is less than 100 people, they have their own forces behind them, they belong to everywhere, and they are also full of contradictions, purely belonging to the rabble, and they can still be united with the outside world on the grassland, if they return to the Ming Dynasty, they themselves are hostile to each other, and they are not worth mentioning in front of the court." "It's a rabble, how can it compete with a strong enemy of the cult? "Your Majesty, the cavalry is a rabble than a caravan armed with firearms. Wang Tong said so much, he has always had no failure in doing things, but Emperor Wanli let go of the doubts in his heart, but when he said this, he also vaguely had such a meaning, if there was any trouble, Wang Tong would be responsible for this matter.

Wang Tong is naturally full of confidence in what has happened and what will happen, the appearance of firearms, carts, phalanxes, and the same things, this era has changed, too many people, even those who are in it, are not aware of this change, but Wang Tong sees and feels.

The battle that is about to take place on the grassland is a battle of firearms and cold weapons, a contest between the strong and prosperous handicraft and commercial support of the inland and naturalized cities and the support of the semi-primitive animal husbandry of the grasslands.

............, the Naturalization City side is still preparing as completely as possible, in fact, their preparations are quite orderly, because the guards of the Sanjiang Commercial Bank and the rest of the commercial houses are very involved in it, and the guards of these commercial houses are actually regular troops, and the guards of the grain, grass, weapons, and even the guards who want to participate in this operation have begun to increase the amount of training.

At the same time, each family sent its own caravan to the east, and there were not many goods in the caravan, but the guards were several times higher than the normal proportional regulations, saying that it was a caravan, but rather an advance team, and the task of these teams was not to fight, but to lay a good front station, and to find out as much as possible the distribution of the Horqin Department and the rest of the departments, and the position of the land of water and grass.

But before this advance party, a skirmish had already begun, and the various tribes attached to the city of Naturalization, who were better informed than the rest of the steppe, also took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and began to migrate eastward, harassing and plundering the ancient tribes of the eastern division.

Because of several big victories on the grassland, the various forces on the grassland have shrunk very much, and the reaction and judgment of the Ming Dynasty are not so accurate and timely.

The Korqin and Harasin tribes did not pay attention to it at first, and in their opinion, it was just some daring wild dogs who came to poach them.

In June of the 14th year of Wanli, more than 200 horse thieves attacked a small tribe on the grassland, which was different from other places, with a lot of cattle and sheep, and naturally became fat in the eyes of others.

But this is a trap, more than 200 horse thieves were surrounded by most of the cavalry sent by the Horqin Department, only a dozen people ran out, the horse thieves who were killed were plucked out and put there to be eaten by birds and beasts, as a demonstration, but on the third day, a caravan came and changed the clothes of these corpses, the clothes of the Han caravan.

In July of the 14th year of Wanli, the merchants of the naturalized city held a meeting, saying that the barbarians were cruel, trying to kill people for money, and plundering the naturalized merchants.