The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 267 Conquest and Plunder

Seeing that it is the twelfth lunar month, it is only a few days before the New Year's Eve. The Chinese New Year is the most solemn festival for the Han people. Whether they have money or not, they have to find a way to get a few catties of meat for the New Year.

Originally, the Ming army's Northern Expedition to Karaqin won a complete victory. The people living in Shengdou in the capital didn't feel much, but what happened next made them feel the benefits of victory.

That's because the "Red Banner Army" plundered the Karaqin Grassland and slaughtered more than [-] fat sheep and seized [-] cattle, most of which were beef cattle that had not been domesticated.

Now there are 10,000+ slaughtered fat sheep transported to the capital for sale by the convoy urgently dispatched by Sifang Express, and [-] to [-] beef cattle are brought to the capital for slaughter.

With so much beef and mutton impacting the Beijing market, the price directly fell, and more people in Shengdou were willing to take out the copper coins they had saved for the purchase of new year's goods to cut a few catties of beef and mutton to improve their lives.

At this moment, the streets and alleys of the capital are full of ordinary people talking about the "Great Victory in Qingcheng".

"Sister-in-law Zhang, have you bought the new year's goods? What good things did you buy? Wow, so much meat? I'm afraid it's four or five catties."

"Sister Li, our Daming defeated the Tartars and got a lot of cattle and sheep. This year's beef and mutton are more than half cheaper than last year. Compared with the price of the previous year, it was only half, so I bought two catties more."

"Is there such a good thing? Then my family has to cut the meat as soon as possible, and the price will rise again if it is late."

"No, no, the young man of the 'Red Banner Army' said that mutton costs 22 cents and beef costs [-] cents a catty. This price will remain until New Year's Eve."

"It's great that the Ming army won the battle! How could people like us afford beef in previous years!"

The Ming Dynasty has a law that prohibits the slaughter of farm cattle by the people. The small amount of beef that enters the market should be transported long distances from outside the customs in exchange for salt and iron tea, or the government approved the slaughter of a small number of eliminated farm cattle. Therefore, beef is a scarce resource.

Huang Han took the "Red Banner Army" to the grassland to do business without capital, and there was no way to save so much beef cattle and mutton until the spring came.

Therefore, he set the price by referring to half of the price of beef and mutton in the capital at the end of the first year of Chongzhen, so that everyone in the capital could buy beef and mutton that was equivalent to a half discount.

Shengdou Xiaomin had beef and mutton at half the price for the New Year, felt the benefits, and shared a little bit of the benefits brought by the victory, and talked about the "Great Victory in Qingcheng" one after another.

Aside from the costs of slaughtering, transportation, and sales of two or three fat sheep, it is estimated that there will be a net income of one tael of silver, which means that selling the captured cattle and sheep, Huang Han will soon get 10,000+ taels of snowflake silver.

Including the precious metals obtained by directly looting the yurts, minus the benefit of 3 taels of silver given to Liu Zhilun, minus the bribes given to Liang Tingdong and some senior officials, the total was more than 35 taels. Counting the seized materials, war horses and grain, the net income should be no less than [-] taels of silver.

Why do the Han people always emphasize that the poor soldiers will inevitably subjugate the country if they redeem their weapons?Huang Han was extremely incomprehensible.Conquest and plunder should make the country stronger and stronger and its territory bigger and bigger.

How big was the territory and population of those small European countries in history?They became one of the great powers by plundering colonies.Jiannu, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, continued to attack Ming Dynasty and finally killed tens of millions of Han Chinese and seized Huahua World.

Wars are expensive, which means that they are always defeated, such as the last Ming Dynasty.People built slaves to make money by fighting wars!
Huang Han believes that in the future, we must embark on the journey of continuous conquest and plunder. Perhaps the food produced on the earth is not enough to feed the current population under the harsh climate conditions of the Little Ice River. Instead of making the Han people cry, it is better to let the barbarians suffer.

The "Red Banner Army" can fight any battle in the future, and it doesn't matter whether it is justice or not.But there is a kind of battle that must not be fought, and that is losing the battle.

Fortunately, Huang Han has the huge golden finger of the prophet, who can basically predict the strength of the enemy he will face?Be able to judge whether the timing and battlefield selection are in favor of the "Red Banner Army".

Two days after Huang Han got married, Huang Yizhou, who rushed to preside over his son's wedding, was going to "Tiger Cave" city to invite all the "Red Banner Army" to have a wedding wine. Huang Han knew that his father really didn't like being greeted and sent off, so he chose Escape, of course, will not be forced.

I may not be able to return to the base camp before the New Year. It would be great to have my father go to "Tiger Cave" city to train with the "Red Banner Army" and celebrate the New Year together.

Huang Han asked his father to arrange welfare for every soldier of the "Red Banner Army", including labor service with the army and workers who have worked in arsenals, steel factories, and kilns for half a year. Each person will be given eight catties of mutton, four catties of beef, and five buckets of wheat, plus an extra month. pay.

The team has more people and the industry has expanded. Huang Han's arrangement means that the 6 to [-] taels of snowflake silver is gone. Huang Yizhou believes that the treatment of the "Red Banner Army" is already higher than the standard of the Guanning Army. Don't give out benefits like this anymore.

He persuaded: "Han'er, Sheng Mi is kind enough to fight against Mi Qiu, you are willing to give benefits to your subordinates today, if you have difficulties in the future, it will be counterproductive. At that time, no one will think about the benefits of this year, they will remember it Not as good as in previous years."

Human nature is like this. After all, Huang Yizhou is a 40-year-old man who is very insightful.

But Huang Han is full of self-confidence. He believes that the "Red Banner Army" system will only be better and not the best under his leadership.
"Father, you go to Kaiping first and spend two days to make arrangements, and the troops in the garrison camp under your command will also distribute benefits according to this standard.

Yang Hanwei is mature and prudent, with him as an official of thousands of households, nothing will go wrong. The city of 'Tiger Cave' will house 3 to [-] people at once. With you here before the end of the year, Huang Yong, Song Pengfei, and Zhao Kun will have the backbone. "

"I know all these things, but I think you are too generous with your money. Now that your family business is big, it may be difficult to continue if you don't plan carefully in the future."

"Father, don't worry, we have made several 10 taels of silver this time. The workshops and factories we invested in can make money every year. Even roasted sweet potatoes and fried potato chips can return 10,000+ taels of silver. My son assures you that the Huang family will have flowers in the future." Endless silver."

"I only need three meals, food and clothing, and 100 taels of silver is enough for a year, and the salary given by the court can't be used up. Why do you care if you can earn money that you can't spend?"

"That's right! I am the same, and I also have a royal salary, so what do we father and son want to save money for? Spend it all, increase production investment, improve treatment for subordinates, expand the army, and expand the territory."

Three rounds and two rounds, the simple Huang Yizhou was stunned by his son, and murmured: "Yes! Both father and son have salaries, and your wife and mother are also supported by the court. Why do we keep the money?"

(End of this chapter)