Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 23

"Oh, fourth prince, I have won a good deal for you, and I spent a lot of money to get it." One day, Jin Kui came to Jiuquan Lotus Moon Mountain mysteriously, and paid a special visit to the fourth prince. Said eagerly as soon as we met.

"Oh? What's the matter? Is it a big deal?" The fourth prince thought it was a big deal, and politely invited Jin Kui to take his seat.

"Ang, guess what?" Jin Jinkui sat down, and deliberately kept it a secret.

"Uh, is there another big buyer who wants to buy Duolun salt?" The fourth prince also sat down.

"Ah-ah, fourth prince, why is it a business with just one word? You have to think about some political things." Jin Kui said, "What time is it now? The Japanese army has taken Fengtian. It's very easy." You will soon arrive in Jinzhou, and you have to think about the left wing of Harqin."

"Ang, I know this, but I'm not a soldier, and I can't..."

Before the fourth prince finished speaking, Jin Kui couldn't hold on anymore, and interrupted him, saying, "Oh, you should know about the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Puyi of the Manchurian Empire, right? My Japanese friend who passed through Xinjing, it was a multi-faceted effort." Ah, I have won a place for you to attend the enthronement ceremony. This is very precious! Only the princes and aristocrats of Manchuria and Mongolia, and the elites among the dignitaries of North Korea and Japan are eligible to participate. If you experience After such a scene, showing your face in front of the public, the future will be immeasurable. With a good future, don't forget me as a brother in the future, and take good care of my business?!..."

Hearing this, the fourth prince couldn't bear it anymore, and directly rejected Jin Kui's "good intentions", saying: "Oh, I have no intention of participating in Manchurian affairs. I think that if Manchuria is independent, there will be no good end. Participating in such a way will damage the nation. The matter of integrity is contrary to the policy of the Republic of China government, it violates Zhongshan’s legacy, and it does not get the support of the people. Mongolian, Manchu, and Han have lived together in Eastern Mongolia for many years. Although there were some conflicts among the various ethnic groups in the past, after generations wisdom, ethnic conflicts have been basically resolved, there is no need to engage in this or that movement.”

Huang Jinkui got a bad nose and returned to Fengtian in despair.

But he was not reconciled, and wrote another long letter to the fourth prince, earnestly advising the fourth prince to be aware of current affairs.

It is said that the Japanese imperial army will soon take Jinzhou, cross the Great Wall, and reach Pingjin. Sooner or later, the left wing of Harqin will become the territory of the Manchurian Empire.

He even directly suggested that the fourth prince should cooperate with the Japanese. In the future, under the rule of the Manchurian Empire, he would serve as the banner leader of the left wing of Harqin, continue to control the salt trade channel from Duolun to Fengtian, provide military supplies for the Japanese, and make long-term achievements. big deal.

The fourth prince finally understood Jin Kui's true intentions and suspected that he was not a businessman.

Later investigations confirmed this.

It turned out that Jin Kui was not Chinese, but a Japanese spy who was proficient in Chinese language and customs.

Now the fourth prince completely understood.

It seems that the Japanese are looking for an agent on the left wing of Harqin.

He knows that the evil deeds of the Japanese cannot be stopped, but before the arrival of the Japanese, he must have his own plan.

Through inquiring by his cronies, he learned that the Japanese implemented some policies on the Mongolian aristocrats through the Manchurian Empire, which was to use the temptation of interests to give a high amount of "old Mongolian prince Yusheng public debt".In this way, the Mongolian aristocrats willingly "dedicated" stretches of land in the Mongolian Banner and turned it into so-called state-owned land in order to better control the Mongolians.

The fourth prince has accumulated huge wealth through the salt trade channel from Duolun to Fengtian for many years.

He used the money to buy most of the cultivated land in Jiuquan Lianhua Moon Mountain.

The Japanese are coming and they will control the salt trade and the land first.

In response to the Japanese policy, the four princes planned the "division movement" at the "four gates and four gates".

It is to divide all the land he owns into several small pieces in units of mu, and sell them to tenants at a price lower than half the market price.

But just like that, some tenants could not afford to buy arable land.

The fourth prince also paid in installments, first paying a small part of the deposit, and paying the balance in ten years.

In this way, their own land is distributed to tenants in the form of buying and selling, realizing the privatization of land.

After that, the fourth prince transferred the proceeds from the sale of the land to Budashili, the owner of the salt well in Duolun, in the form of a deposit.

Budashri is the life and death friend of the fourth prince, and it is agreed that as long as there is the fourth prince's handwriting and finger print letter, he can withdraw this huge sum of money.

The fourth prince's economic strategy touched the interests of the Japanese, and made the Japanese so popular that their teeth hurt.

A friend sent a message, asking the fourth prince to find a place to hide, avoid it, so as not to cause a murderous disaster.

But the fourth prince thought that the Japanese were busy planning to attack Jinzhou, and probably would not be able to take Jiuquan Lotus and Moon Mountain into consideration for a while, so he didn't care too much.

One day, Bao Yixian went to pick up the two little princes after school as usual, that is, Wu Laqin and Beiji.

After school, Wu Laqin pretended not to go home, and insisted on dragging Bao Yixian to practice whipping on the grass by the Ao Mulun River.

Beiji was naturally happy, he wanted to catch loaches by the river.

After the two children tossed like this, they went back half an hour late.

At this time, a servant hurriedly came to the river to find Bao Yixian, and told her to take the two princes back quickly. The fourth prince would see them immediately, the sooner the better.

Bao Yixian didn't dare to delay, picked up Beiji on his back, dragged Wu Laqin and ran to the palace.

It turned out that the fourth prince and Fujin saw that the two children did not go to school on time, and thought that the child was not good at homework, so the teacher stayed in school for tutoring.

The fourth prince felt a little hungry, so he had dinner early with Fujin.

Unexpectedly, the couple felt dizzy and dizzy as soon as they had a bowl of rice, and both of them fainted.

The servants panicked, and hurriedly called Dorji Saiyin, a Mongolian doctor from the palace.

Mongolian doctor Dorji Saiyin diagnosed and found that the two had been poisoned by an unknown poison.

Dorji Saiyin quickly gave the fourth prince and his wife the antidote, and they woke up.

After the fourth prince woke up and learned about the situation, he asked people to go to the kitchen to find the chef Shi Yuancao, and found that the chef Shi Yuancao had already disappeared without a trace.

Only then did he realize that Shi Yuancao, who had worked in the palace for more than ten years, was a Japanese spy.

The fourth prince was anxious, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Dorji Saiyin continued to check his condition, knelt down and said, "Ang, fourth prince, the slave's medical skills are shallow, and he can't save the prince's life. Hurry up and deal with the future."

Upon hearing this, Fujin hurriedly ordered someone to find Bao Yixian, and asked her to bring back the two little princes.

When Bao Yixian returned to the palace, the fourth prince and his wife were already lying in bed.

Seeing Bao Yixian, the fourth prince signaled the others to retreat, leaving only Bao Yixian and the two princes.

Then he said to the two little princes: "Ang, kneel down, kneel down for your sister Yixian! Call her mother. She will be your mother from now on. Remember. You will be common people, not nobles."

(End of this chapter)