Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 525 Before the Thunder
"Master, all the letters that should be delivered have been delivered."

Gao Yushi, who had already returned to Guo Dashi's mansion, was sitting in the gazebo outside the study, with several stacks of manuscripts and files in his hand, and he was reading them one by one.Standing beside him is a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, who is Cao Ke, the son of Cao Gan.

Cao Ke became Gao Yushi's book boy when Cao Gan joined Gao Yushi, but because he was too young at that time, he never really took on the role of book boy. It was only in the fifth year of Wanli that he seriously took on the important position of book boy—— It's really important, almost like a confidential secretary.

For example, Gao Wushi wrote more than 20 letters overnight last night, and Cao Ke sent someone to send them to the corresponding people today.

"Yes, I see." Gao Wushi responded lightly, and suddenly raised a file in his hand slightly, and asked Cao Ke, "Your father followed me to Qinghai last year? One of the reports he gave me before?" The book did not mention this matter, but only said that they were inspecting the Qinghai trade route." Both Cao Gan and his son were high-level family servants, so he did not call him "father".

Cao Ke's appearance is not much similar to Cao Gan's, although his mother, of course, may be due to the scar on Cao Gan's face and the missing ear, which has changed his original appearance a lot. In short, Cao Ke looks quite a The handsome little Zhengtai looks like a tall and handsome young master Gao Wushi, and they are a very good pair of master and servant.

Mrs. Cao Ke heard Gao Yushi's question, and quickly explained: "My father felt that the young master was busy preparing for the exam last year, so the report was relatively brief. It was definitely not intentional to conceal. These files recorded my father's entire itinerary."

Gao Wushi waved his hand and said, "It's too trivial. I don't have time to read it all. Come and tell me what happened."

"Yes, young master." Xiao Zhengtai said solemnly: "Actually, my father didn't go to Qinghai with me. I said that he had already arrived in Qinghai the year before last, and he and the Great Lama Sonam Gyatso exchanged titles (this title is a sensitive term) , I will not write), and then I have been staying in Qinghai. But last year, I Da’s subordinate Qingba all united with the left-wing Mongolia, causing trouble at the border, and Xin Ai, who stayed behind in Shunyi Wang’s court, had an ambiguous attitude. He didn't pay any attention to Qingba, and Guo Ge was very angry after receiving the report from Xuanda Governor Wu Huanzhou (Wu Dui), so he sent my father to Qinghai to ask me to return to Guihua City."

"Did I agree?" Gao Wushi asked.

"Some things happened in the middle, but I still agreed." Cao Ke said: "There is one more thing, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Go ahead."

"I heard that I have surrendered to the Yellow Sect, and started to vigorously promote the Yellow Sect after returning to Guihua. Although it has only been half a year, according to my father, the life of Shamanism in right-wing Mongolia is very difficult now, and my father is still a little worried."

Gao Wushi laughed and said, "Tell your father that it is a good thing that Tumet believes in the Yellow Sect, so he doesn't have to worry about it. Not only does he not have to worry, but he should also cooperate with King Shunyi to completely eliminate the influence of Shamanism and let the Yellow Sect It blooms everywhere on the grasslands of thousands of miles."

Although Cao Ke was a little confused, he nodded immediately.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and then asked, "How did my good friend Hanaji behave in the Qingbadu incident?"

"Hannaji is still good enough friends." Cao Ke said with a smile: "When Qingbadu started to cause trouble, Hannaji informed Wu Huanzhou of the situation, and later Qingbadu joined forces with the left-wing Mongolia. After getting up, return Han Naji to Duke Wu Huanzhou to convey the news to the imperial court, saying that he is willing to send troops to fight against Qingbadu, and ask the imperial court for approval."

"Oh? There are other things like this?" Gao Wushi thought for a while, and then laughed again: "My good friend has learned a lot, and with the strength of the tribe he directly belongs to, he should have no problem defeating Qingba. , but with left-wing Mongolia—if not the entire left-wing Mongolia, he can’t win.”

Cao Ke wondered: "Then how can he be smart when he asks for a fight?"

"Because the imperial court will not approve." Gao Wushi sighed: "Our imperial court just likes to consider others. There will be many people in the imperial court who think that Han Naji should not be involved in the matter of Qingbadu. , especially when Han Naji is likely to be unable to defeat the opponent-Ba Han Naji is the leader of the pro-Ming faction in the right-wing Mongolia. If his strength is greatly damaged, will there be other troubles in the right-wing Mongolia? , It’s hard to say. Hehe, my good friend has seen this point, so he will take the initiative to ask for a fight. In this way, he has once again strengthened his position in the right-wing Mongolia through my mouth, and at the same time Also sold it to me, Daming."

"So that's the case, then he is much smarter than before." Cao Ke said with emotion.

Gao Wushi smiled: "People will always grow up, just like you."

Cao Ke smiled shyly, and said again: "Oh, by the way, young master, my father said that Qinghai's trade route has also been opened up, but Qinghai doesn't seem to have any good things, except for some cattle, sheep and horses, only Cordyceps sinensis and green salt. But Shaanxi eats the Lu salt provided by the Ma family, and Sichuan has its own well salt, so we can only trade cattle, sheep and horses, and the business of medicinal materials such as caterpillar fungus, my father thinks that there is no need to invest too much."

Gao Wushi thought for a while and said, "Let him figure it out, but besides what you said, fur business should also be possible."

In fact, Qinghai is quite rich in resources, but these days Qinghai has already been taken care of by me. In addition to the bad traffic conditions, Gao Yushi has neither the interest nor the ability to engage in the development of the western region, so he has to let nature take its course and do something. Just do some business.

After Cao Ke agreed, Gao Wushi continued to read the file, and after a while, he asked again: "Has the trade route in the Western Regions been cleared up? Can the horse I want be bought now?"

Cao Ke said: "My father said that the trade routes in the Western Regions sometimes pass and sometimes fail, so it cannot be regarded as a complete and usable trade route. However, some horses have been obtained, but the number is not large, and there are even fewer stallions selected from them. At present, a horse farm is barely established, and we are trying to breed and improve horse breeds. But the young master, my father said that he asked many horse breeders about this matter, and they all said that it is difficult to breed stable new horse breeds Things may not be done in ten years.”

Gao Wushi waved his hand: "If ten years is not enough, it will be 15 years, and if 15 years is not enough, it will be 20 years. I can afford to wait and let your father treat this matter as a major event-you tell him, if this matter can It makes me happier than earning an extra one million taels of silver."

Cao Ke was shocked when he heard this, but Gao Yushi was not joking. One of the important reasons why he wanted to open up trade routes in the Western Regions was to get good horses, whether it was Kazakh horses, Akhal Teke horses, Akhatak horses, etc. Horses, Arabian horses or other excellent horse breeds, he will not refuse, and is willing to take the time to cultivate and breed slowly.

In fact, his requirements are not particularly high. He is very satisfied if he can produce a horse breed that is as stable as the later Yili horse and performs well in all aspects.

The two continued to talk for a long time with questions and answers about many things that Gao Yushi hadn't understood in detail since Gao Yushi left Beijing, until the concierge came over again and again to send more than 20 replies, and Gao Yushi waved his hand after reading the replies. , Let Cao Ke take away all the files.

Holding the stack of reply letters in his hand, Gao Wushi murmured: "Your Majesty, tomorrow I will borrow your Thunder Regal, I think you won't mind... Well, of course not, you took the initiative to let me use it." I use it!"

　I received a notice last night that there may be another day of power outage today, so I had to rush to publish the manuscript in the early morning...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)