Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"Return, return to Your Majesty, it's already burning. But tonight is colder than usual, and this batch of coal is not as good as before. The eunuch on duty hurriedly replied, beads of sweat on his cheeks.

"What's going on. Chongzhen became impatient and asked, "Say, is the coal that is paid for the tribute be inferior?" "

"No, don't dare

, slaves don't dare. "

"Come on, send this slave to Jinyiwei and investigate it clearly. Chongzhen was angry, and he couldn't bear to wave his hand and put this unlucky eunuch on duty to prison. Turning his head, he caught a glimpse of a palace maid lighting a candlestick in the shadow of the hall, as if she was startled by the movement of the guards entering the door, and the white candle fell to the ground with a shake of her hand. The candle liquid left gold bricks, and the fire flickered, and the palace maid was so frightened that she raised her foot to step on it, slipped and fell again, and happened to knock down the candlestick.

"Bold, beaten to death with a stick. "

"Escort, escort. "

Wang Chengen was still clever, picked up a copper-inlaid gilt incense burner, rushed over to sprinkle ash on it, and extinguished the fire. Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

The guards took out the palace maid who was frightened and paralyzed, and her face was pale and only half her life remained.

Chongzhen was furious, his hands and feet trembled, and he muttered to himself: "It's messed up, how it's messed up." As he was about to lift his feet out of the main hall, Wang Chengen hurriedly picked up a white deerskin cloak and followed, begging bitterly: "Holy Lord, quickly add clothes, in case you catch a cold, the slave will not be able to atone for his sins even if he dies." "

"Go to Jingren Palace and ask Elder Wen Ge to meet me there. "

"Yes. Wang Chengen secretly shouted that it was not good, this was the meaning of going to the queen to ask for guilt, after all, the palace tribute was bad, and the queen was the master of the harem, so it was difficult to escape the blame. He hurriedly tilted his head and hinted at the people close to the palace who followed closely behind, and ordered him to hurry around to Jingren Palace to report to the queen, so that he could prepare for the performance as soon as possible.

The sky was dim, the cold moon probed early, and the line of emperors under the moon was in the shape of a galaxy, slowly passing through the layers of buildings, and the whole palace was extremely deserted and sickly desolate.

Chongzhen entered Jingren Palace, and saw that he was kneeling on the ground, and the clothes of the former queen Zhou had signs of fading, and asked: "It's so cold, why don't you open the earth dragon." "

"The concubine has seen the saint, and

when she returned to the saint, the coal in the palace was not good, and the concubine had a headache. Queen Zhou raised her forehead and complained.

"You are the queen, you should ask about this kind of thing. Chongzhen asked.

"The concubine has already told the Salary Saving Division, and they said that this year's internal funds are not enough, and they can't get into Shanxi's white coal, so they can only go to Huainan to transport smoked black coal. The queen replied in a gossamer.

"Isn't there still thirty-five taels of internal money, how can it be insufficient. "I heard that it was because of lack of money, Chongzhen was like a cold water pourer, and he was unloaded on the spot.

"The money needs to be prepared for the emperor's urgent use, and the concubines dare not move, so they can only take the harvest of the imperial village and try their best to settle the accounts. The queen's eyes finally turned red with grievances, and she had to cry out and said, "The concubine is incompetent." "

"The queen is not at fault, but I don't know what to do. Chongzhen hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Queen Zhou, and the couple hugged each other to keep warm, this scene was bleak.

"The coal merchants in Shanxi were extremely hateful, and they were arrested in brocade clothes and put to death. Chongzhen turned back to Wang Chengen and said coldly.

"Back to the saints, the backstage of Shanxi coal merchants is Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong. "

"Huh?" Chongzhen was angry, and he also turned to Wang Pu like this, which was hateful and annoying. He paced back and forth a few times and asked, "Does Wang Pu give me any instructions?" "

"I don't know. Wang Chengen replied honestly.

Chongzhen didn't know what to do, and he was very afraid when he thought about it, the merchants under the protection of Wang Pupi had already dared not to pay tribute to the palace, instead of following the usual practice, when encountering arrears in the palace, they would find the household department to lead the tea and iron to the salt. Whether Wang Pu knew or even instructed it, this was a great crime of disrespect. However, Wang Pu's great disrespect, what can Chongzhen do.

In a secluded garden mansion in Pinglu County, everyone shuttles through the shade of the trees, holding a card in their hands to show their names, the steward sees the famous brand, bows down and asks for help, there is already a waiter on call to guide the way, and enter the inner hall in order. The color of these people's clothes is mostly light gray and low-key, but the wrist fingers are green and brocade, all of which are dazzling. Merchants of the Ming Dynasty could not wear silk and satin, which was a common outfit for wealthy merchants.

The

maid served the tea, a scribe took a sip, glanced at the left seat, but the left seat was a stout man, his eyes flashed with a ghostly light, like the gloomy sky of his hometown, which was only the white mountains and black waters. Since the city of Jizhou voted for the Shenjia battalion, because of the dedication of the city, Wang Pu gave him the dispatch to contact the Jin merchants, which is a beautiful difference and easy to grow. But Zheng Ya'er was disappointed, his ambition did not stop there. After seeing the big scene in the war, he knew that in this world, the most majestic person is the person in power, and what is the use of money in troubled times, it is not the person in power who has a thought that spins and disappears, and the husband wants power.

The scribe is also an acquaintance, Fan Yongdou of Jin Shang, he is also disappointed in his heart, Wang Pu only sent Zheng Ya'er, this is a descendant, today's fund-raising intention will be the first large-scale business between Jin Shang and Jiangnan chaebol, the matter is big, even if Wang Pu is not present in person, he should also be entrusted to the first confidant Wang Ya to visit. Moreover, Wang Pu entrusted the dispatch of contacting the Jin merchants to a person from the east, if he was suspicious of something, it is difficult to say that he would have already figured out the details of them.

"Shanxi is not peaceful, this business is Mr. Mu Zhai's idea. The steward of the Yang family of the Jiangnan chaebol spoke, and he was quite disdainful of Jin Shang. It is no wonder that the north is barren, and the merchant trades once, and the payment is less than 100,000 taels, while the Jiangnan chaebol is often one million taels.

"Yanmen is locked in the hands of the Shenjia Battalion, and the thieves must not invade the land, this business is promising. Fan Yongdou smiled, not at all angry, Jin Shang has a family creed, as long as the silver is in hand, no matter if the sky falls, he does not like things and does not feel sad about himself.

"First of all, we have not tried to grow cotton in the steppe of the Tartars, and secondly, the Shenjia battalion will defeat the Mongol Tatars in front of them within two months at the latest, which is said to be a large tribe of 100,000 people. The Mongols are also different from our Ming Dynasty, there are at least 50,000 soldiers in 100,000 people. Third, can the imperial court allow the Shenjia battalion to use troops against the grassland, this Mongolian tribe in front of it was also canonized in the Jiajing year. "The Jiangnan chaebol is obviously prepared.

"This Mr. Zheng is a member of the Shenjia Battalion, and he will solve your doubts. Fan Yongdou kicked the ball to Zheng Ya'er.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Master Yang asked well, I will answer these three questions one by one. Zheng Ya'er got up and smiled indifferently, but his smile was cold and became more and more hideous: "Not only cotton, but also sweet potatoes and soybeans, as long as the land is there, you can plant anything, I am from Liao, I can plant anything, I know." Second, this Naluo tribe has violated the border many times, and came once last year, and this time, we went out to crusade to quell the rebellion for the country. "

"So, you haven't told me yet, have you been able to fight in the Shenjia Battalion, as far as I know, the Shenjia Battalion only has a thousand sharp armor. The steward of the Yang family of the Jiangnan chaebol asked.

"Master Yang, you know, I am a native of Dongyu, I was originally Huang Taiji's personal soldier Niu Lu, the encasement slave of Ezhen Hu Mudan, under the Jingshi City, my master, the former master was defeated by Wang Pu. "

"It's a pity that I don't know how to march and fight, and we don't understand what you said. "The Yang family of the Jiangnan chaebol is humane, although he is humble in his words, his eyes are full of pride. I heard that the emperor was evil Wang Pu, and he couldn't push Qian Qianyi's favor, but he had already made up his mind that he was too deeply involved with Wang Pu.

"The lord from Jiangnan,

we Liaodong Han people have an old saying, the Jurchens are not satisfied with 10,000, they are invincible, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia are all defeated by the Jurchens, however, Wang Pu defeated the Jurchens twice, the lord from Jiangnan, what do you doubt, the Shenjia battalion can even defeat Huang Taiji, will it not be able to take a single Mongolian tribe. "

On the opposite side, the stewards of the Jiangnan chaebols are all talking to each other.

"One thousand against fifty thousand. "In case of defeat, the silver will not be blown by a strong wind. "The odds aren't good. "

"That's enough, which time is not a thousand against tens of thousands, open your eyes. Zheng Ya'er suddenly roared, calmed everyone, and then clapped his hands three times in a row, the door of the hall was wide open, and there was a neighing of horses outside, which was the thirty aluminum armor mounted cavalry he borrowed. Suddenly, the garden was filled with silver light, and the thirty aluminum-armored cavalry were just silently lined up, and even the laymen were shocked.

"Iron Float?".

"Wrong, these thirty horsemen can be worth three hundred Tiefutu, or three hundred Jurchen warriors, and one Jurchen warrior can be worth two hundred Ming officials, and one Ming official army can be worth ten Liukou. You lords should know, I don't brag nonsense, when the East captives entered the Kou, I happened to be there, and I saw with my own eyes that the Jurchen warriors alone dared to chase and cut down two hundred Ming officials. Zheng Ya'er grinned.

"It's very bluffing. "

"I think it's pretty good. "

"That armor is only a hundred pounds, and the big knife is also very weighty. "

The managers of the Jiangnan chaebol came over one after another to point their fingers, and they exchanged words and ears.

"Dismount. Zheng Ya'er gave an order.

"Oops. My mother. "Seeing that these aluminum armor cavalry actually turned over and got off the horse, everyone was in an uproar, it is not strange that they are not moving like a mountain, thinking that the Shenjia battalion is an elite military horse in the imperial court, and it is not difficult to find thirty sharp armor and dress neatly to make a appearance. Most people just sighed and were not shocked, but if the whole mountain could move like a rabbit, it would be another realm. At this moment, seeing the power of moving mountains, people have only one thought in their hearts, this is a monster, wearing hundreds of pounds of iron armor and neatly turning over and dismounting, there is no mud and water at all, this is thirty Lu Bu.

"Ah, I finally understand why the Shenjia Battalion was able to defeat all kinds of opponents. "

"Today, I know why Lu Bu is brave. "

"With these thirty armor soldiers, the head of the enemy general can be taken in the army. "

"Sir, it would be nice if I had such a powerful family member at home. This out-of-tune remark drew laughter.

This show of force arranged by the Shenjia battalion worked wonders, and everyone was convinced that Wang Pu was indeed capable of defeating a Mongol tribe of 100,000 men and taking possession of its territory.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the beauty of the customs is that there is no need to levy taxes, no forced labor, farmers can raise livestock, farmers will have savings in the future, the customs are extremely cold, cotton cloth can not be saved, tea, ironware, which one needs to be bought from the customs, the way of business, the trickle of water. Fan Yongdou said with his eyebrows flying.

"As long as the emperor does not levy taxes, he will make a lot of profits, which is true. The steward of the Yang family of the Jiangnan chaebol pinched his fingers and calculated: "However, if the emperor has his eyes on this land, can you stand it?" "

"This. Zheng Ya'er was a little embarrassed, although he was a descendant of the East, but he was still in awe of the high Ming Emperor, he never expected that the wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty would dare to openly spit out rebellious words.

"The dynasties and dynasties are only three hundred years, and it should be the end of the Ming Dynasty. Fan Yongdou hurriedly said.

"Hmm. The stewards of the Jiangnan chaebol looked at each other, and most of them were approving. Zheng Ya'er was stunned, uneasy, and thought: This is the den of the wheel ministers and thieves, and when Wang Pu wins the world in the future, he will ask Wang Pu to slaughter all these people.

At this moment, the first colonial company in the history of China, the infamous Inner Mongolia Company, was founded. There are a total of thirteen shareholders, including eight Jin merchants and five Jiangnan chaebols. The total amount of shares is 1.65 million taels of silver, which is controlled by the Jiangnan chaebol with a 70% share, which shows that the financial strength of the Jiangnan chaebol is far better than that of Jin merchants.

On the other side of the Yellow River, the sea of flowers is turbid, the sky is cloudy, Wang Pu is groggy on the horse, and his cold illness is even more serious. Xing Hongniang listened to Wang Pu's words in her arms, but she was at a loss, and finally gritted her teeth and said: "I'll take him to the city and accompany him to see Langzhong." "

"That, us. Tang San hesitated.

"Stay and wait for me at the foot of the mountain, and in three days I will come back to meet you. "

Xing Hongniang took Wang Pu into Tongxu County overnight, and a beautiful lady and a sick man rode a horse together to swagger through the city, attracting the people in the county to stop and look sideways. Xing Hongniang handed over the horse to the guy in the store, and helped Wang Pu into the store, and the shopkeeper saw the two of them, and said secretly, this is a couple, and it seems that they were born well.

"Madame, do you want to open an upper room? "

Xing Hongniang's face was red, she turned sideways to see that the store was deserted, there were only three or two customers, and she was stunned to look here, Xing Hongniang took a whip and looked at them angrily, these people saw that this little lady was fierce, and she didn't want to be an ordinary good citizen, so she didn't dare to cause trouble when she went out, so she lowered her head and stared at the chopsticks.

Xing Hongniang forced herself to suppress the idea of sprinting, and said: "One, a guest room, by the window, with a stove." "

"Okay, please show me the way. "

"Nope. "

"Okay, two guests, T-shaped room one. The shopkeeper did not force it, but there was no road guide to the guests who came from the unknown, he still kept an eye on it, looked up by candlelight to see the appearance of the two guests, remembered it in his heart, and prepared to go to the yamen overnight to see the wanted notice posted, this is a business experience, in case it is a wanted criminal, he can get a reward, but it is not greedy for this reward, if the wanted criminal is reported by others, he will inevitably have a lawsuit.