Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 105 The Absurd Game

at dusk.

Before Yang Boxing came to Zhujiazhuang with more than 100 people, Li Yuchun and my father-in-law personally greeted them at the door, and Yang Boxing handed them a list.

"There are a total of 8000 people, all of whom are traitors who turned captives into thieves. They should have been hacked to death, but the Ministry is kind. Now these people are handed over to you. According to the agreement, you will now give the Ministry a hundred thousand [-] taels of IOUs, remember to press your fingerprints." He said expressionlessly.

Li Yuchun looked at these people, they seemed to be the ones who rescued him last night.

Yan Wogong nodded to him, "They are all my relatives, friends and fellow countrymen. They are all loyal to the Qing Dynasty. I also ask the military gate to take them away."

Li Yuchun was very generous, "Okay, I'll give you my IOU."

Mr. Yan took a pen and paper to write the IOU, Li Yuchun signed it and pressed his fingerprints, Yang Boxing took it and showed it to the deputy supervisor of his battalion.

The battalion deputy superintendent of the former squire, who was also recruited into the camp from Ganpu, looked at it carefully, pointed to the IOU and said, "There is no interest written on it. How can there be no interest for such a large amount of debt? The minister said to me. If you order a discount, let’s take three-point interest, for a period of one year, and if it is less than one year, you will still be charged for one year, with an interest of [-].

If it is not repaid after one year due, it will be calculated according to compound interest, quarter interest, if less than one year, it will still be calculated as one year, no matter how much is owed, the interest will still be calculated on the full amount, the total annual interest is 660 taels Two or four.

The vice-supervisor battalion who was born in Juren was very good at calculating, so he didn't even need an abacus, he just reported the number.

"If it is repaid within one year, the principal is 800 taels, and the interest is 550 taels. If it is repaid within two years, the principal is [-] taels, and the two-year interest is a total of [-] taels Two, two, and four cents."

Li Yuchun's face darkened, "Isn't the interest rate too high?"

"However, [-]% interest and [-]% interest, how high is it? Don't you know the real usury?"

Li Yuchun gritted his teeth. Seeing that it was getting dark, he just wanted to leave this tiger's den and Longtan as soon as possible. "Okay, Mr. Yan, please draw up another IOU and add the interest. We will try our best to repay it within a year."

"My boss is very talkative. It doesn't matter if you don't pay off within one year. Of course, if you don't pay off within two years, then the third year will be a compound interest of five cents."

Li Yuchun couldn't help but tremble.

Yan Wogong reminded him that according to this calculation, the interest in the third year will be more than 9000 taels, plus the interest of more than 30 taels in the previous two years, plus the principal of [-], it will be almost [-] taels , turned a small double.

Mr. Yan re-drafted the IOU, but the supervisor added another sentence.

"Don't forget to add the handling fee."

"What handling fee?" Li Yuchun was a little confused. He was used to leading troops to rob, but now he felt that these guys were more powerful than him.

"Li Junmen may have never borrowed a private loan. Usually, you have to pay nine taels of silver and return it to thirteen taels. If you borrow ten taels of silver, you are actually only given nine taels of silver. When you pay back, you have to pay back 13 taels of silver. Of course, the interest Generally, the interest is calculated on the basis of twelve taels."

Li Yuchun's face turned black and then red, is this one stab after another?

Three-point interest in one year, four-point compound interest in two years, five-point compound interest in three years, nearly doubled in three years, and now you still tell me what to say?

"One yard is returned to one yard. Let's follow the folk practice. We will follow the old rule of nine out of thirteen returns. We just talked about interest. Now we talk about handling fees. The principal of 800 taels of silver, In the end, the interest is not counted, and after the principal is returned, there will be an additional 4 taels of handling fee, and the 800 taels will not be counted.”

Now Li Yuchun really wants to say that he doesn't want those 1000 traitorous squires anymore, whoever wants them will go, and each person will pay [-] taels of silver as a ransom, and now he is still playing compound interest with him, and he still needs to collect [-]% Why don’t you grab the handling fee directly, that’s faster.

Yang Boxing looked at Li Yuchun's uncertain face, and reminded him in a cold voice, "You have already agreed to this before, if you go back now, all the previous agreements will be void."

"It's getting late, after dark, we're going to launch an attack."

Li Yuchun couldn't even regret it now.

It was Yan Wogong who reminded him in a low voice, let’s talk about the difficulties first. As for interest or handling fees, it’s just money. The problems that money can solve are not problems, let alone IOUs.

As long as I leave the shallows and flat land, I'm afraid that there will be no room for turning back. Even if I really want to pay back the money, it's not like I won't be able to pay it back.

Li Yuchun took a few deep breaths, and felt that what Mr. Yan said was right. At worst, no matter how hard he worked to grab some points, as long as he paid off within one year, the interest would be 18, the handling fee would be [-], and the principal would be [-], which is only [-]. Two, grab more big players.

As long as you keep your life and status, it's not a problem.

A magistrate can earn 10 taels of snowflake silver in three years. He is the deputy general of a town and controls Jiaxing's seven counties.

"Write."

Yan Wogong re-wrote the IOU, according to the requirements of the Supervisory Army, wrote down the arrears of 800 taels, and then agreed on the interest and handling fees.

Everything was written as requested by the supervising army, and Li Yuchun pressed his fingerprints again.

After seeing it, the supervisor put it in his arms.

"You also forgot to redeem the 10 taels of city silver, write another IOU for redeeming the city silver according to the previous redemption note, the conditions are the same."

Li Yuchun's lips were already trembling. Even if he paid off the two sums of silver within one year, in addition to the principal of 20 taels, he would have to pay back 8000 taels of interest plus handling fees, which could still be paid off within a year. Otherwise, it will be compound interest of 15% in the second year, 760% in the third year, rolling interest, doubling in three years, and you will have to pay off your ass.

"Please also ask Mr. Li to write a letter of surrender to our department hall and a letter of loyalty to His Highness Jian Guo."

Li Yuchun kept silent with a dark face.

"Don't worry, these will not be made public, as long as Li Junmen keeps doing things as agreed."

Yan Wogong pulled Li Yuchun's clothes.

"Okay, please ask Mr. Yan to write for me, and I will press my fingerprint."

Putting the letter of surrender in his arms again, the supervisor nodded and said it was all right.

One hundred and eight squires were handed over to Li Yuchun, and then Li Yuchun and the others could leave.

Li Yuchun had already selected 500 of his subordinates, trying to pick out as many old brothers as possible, but there were not enough old brothers, so he picked some strong ones, and finally got together [-] men, each of whom only carried a knife.

Yang Boxing personally led a team of Habayashi to check in front of Zhujiazhuang. They counted them one by one and searched them to make sure that they did not bring extra weapons or carry gold or silver with them.

Fifty Habayashi searched 500 people carefully, and finally found a lot of gold and silver.

Li Yuchun and Yan Wogong were licensed to bring a horse, and the others only kept a knife in the end, and all bows and arrows and armor were left behind.

The [-]st Battalion was allowed to keep only one additional green flag.

Yang Boxing led people into Zhujiazhuang and first received the strong men, women, property, livestock, military equipment, food and grass left in the Zhujiazhuang to ensure that they were not damaged before coming out to let them go.

"See the big red flag on the lake?"

"Now you can take your people in and circle around, and then go to Jiaxing Mansion."

Li Yuchun's hands trembled a little. He had never encountered such a ridiculous thing since he joined the army. He was very worried that the false admiral had been playing tricks on him. Could it be that the camp was full of archers? As soon as there were no men and horses in, they shot all over with bows and arrows, killing them all.

But now he has no choice.

Although he could choose to stick to Zhujiazhuang and wait for backup, Li Yuchun didn't have the determination, nor the courage, and he didn't even believe in the remaining defeated soldiers under his command.

When Zhu Yihai drew a path for him and gave him a glimmer of life, Li Yuchun chose this path without hesitation.

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"Your Highness, let me lead people to wipe out all these thieves. Now that they only have a knife in hand, we can easily wipe them all out." Zhang Mingyang requested.

On the boat in the lake, Zhu Yihai looked at the puppet soldiers who were trembling into the empty camp cautiously and nervously.

This is the last act of this absurd drama.

"Although Li Yuchun deserves to die, he is a man who can be made. It's a pity to kill him with a knife. Only such a person can be met. Keep it well, and it will be of greater use in the future."

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that this guy will turn his back on him as soon as he escapes from this place?"

"It's very possible, but even if it's true, we don't have much loss. Besides, don't we still have the letter of surrender, the IOU he wrote to us, and the cooperation contract? If he really refuses to admit it, when we throw these away, can he survive?"

"So there is a high probability that as long as he is not insane, he is unlikely and dare not turn his back on him. We let him go now, but we also hold him firmly. From now on, he will be an ant on our rope. Grasshopper, there is no escape."

"Your Highness, this kind of person has no faith at all."

"I know, but it's worth a try, isn't it?"

Regarding Zhu Yihai's decision, many people in the army still have some doubts.

However, Shen Chenquan and others still expressed their support. After all, Zhu Yihai's scruples are not unfounded. It is really difficult to deal with the Boluo army now, but if Li Yuchun is left behind, he just has his teeth pulled out. Tigers are no longer a threat.

By keeping him in Jiaxing, he actually has a shield, which can fool Boluo at the top, but is not a threat at the bottom.

Jiaxing prefecture and even those county towns can not fight for the time being, but they can control the village first like they did in Haiyan during this period, and attack those surrendered traitors in the countryside, as well as local ruffians, thieves and bandits, etc., and restore law and order in the countryside , You can also base yourself in the west of Zhejiang, recruit troops here, train and grow.

Zhu Yihai was not sure how long this ridiculous play would last, but it would be good if he could buy more time now.

Now he hopes to gain a foothold in Jiaxing, and then develop to Huzhou and Hangzhou. At the same time, he is already contacting the anti-Qing forces in the Susong area, doing things step by step, and eating every bite.

There is a long-term view in front of you, but you have to take a steady step.

In troubled times like Li Yuchun, the leader of the army and the bandits really have no loyalty at all, but it is precisely because of this characteristic that Zhu Yihai feels that he can cooperate for the time being. After all, he will not really work for the Tartars. It is for the sake of the official rank and the benefit of the future. How can one be truly loyal to the emperor and patriotic?

Will he put his own life and interests second for the Tartars? No.

What Li Yuchun wants is to save his life, even if he can keep his official position, keep his men's swords and guns, these are not unacceptable to Zhu Yihai, cooperate with him to play a few scenes, let this guy "make some great achievements in calming the chaos", and even Going further is not a problem, as long as he is willing to cooperate, it will indeed be a win-win situation.

"Get ready, we will go to Haiyan County next."

"Haiyan County is also going to be handed over to Thief Li? But now it is controlled by Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Dagang's men."

"Let's go meet them and see if we can persuade them to bow down and join the Tatar camp for the time being."

"What do you mean?" Several civil servants and military generals couldn't quite understand it. How could anyone persuade their own people to surrender the thief?
"You heard me right, I'm going to persuade Zheng Jiwu, Zhu Dagang and the others to take Haiyan County and Haining Guard to surrender to the Qing Dynasty."

"..."

"Of course, the reality is also acting. On the surface, it is Jiang Qing, but in fact it is still ours."

"Isn't that too much?"

"Try it, it won't hurt you to try it." Zhu Yihai said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)