Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 114 Final interpretation right
Zhu Yihai saw Yan Wogong again soon.

Yan Wogong took Li Yuchun's cousin, Li Yuanshan, and led a team of family members to drive a dozen or so carriages. The carriages contained boxes of silver, as well as many pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, a few cows and many others. grain vegetables.

Li Yuanshan and the others are here to pay Haiyan's redemption fee, and by the way, send some meat, vegetables, wine and vegetables to honor the admiral.

Yu Dafu, the general manager who co-organized the grain platform, led people to receive the money and supplies. After the money was weighed, it was found that it was more than 1 taels.

"An extra 1000 taels?"

Li Yuanshan stepped forward and explained that the silver was newly melted and the color was not very good, so Li Yuchun specially ordered that [-]% of the fire consumption be added.

Zhu Yihai asked Yu Dafu to give Li Yuchun a receipt, "Just write that Li Yuchun received the redemption fee of 1 taels in Haiyan County today."

The corners of Li Yuanshan's mouth twitched, even if he took this kind of receipt, he wouldn't dare to keep it.

"Butang, Li Junmen said that he hopes to cooperate happily in the future, that is, he should be more secretive in the future. If the upper level knows the inside story, I'm afraid it will be troublesome."

"Don't worry, we will keep it strictly confidential. If you want to leak the secret, it is your people. After all, this matter is going to go bad, and I will lose the most in the future. I am still waiting for the redemption fee, um, and interest. In addition The ransom money must also be given.”

Li Yuanshan yelled in his heart, "It's a failure, at most you won't get any money, and we won't even save our lives."But right now I don't dare to offend this guy, so I can only endure it.

"Li Junmen hopes that His Highness will abide by the agreement after taking the redemption fee, and stop attacking Haiyan City. Otherwise, we will no longer be able to trust Your Highness in the future, and we will complete the agreement with you."

"Don't worry, I, Zhu Wu, promise a thousand gold. I won't sell sea salt again after receiving the redemption fee. Of course, you also remember that my promise is only limited to the prefectures and counties that have paid the money. Before paying the redemption fee, I will You still have the right to attack at any time. In addition, the places outside the prefectures and counties are our territory, if your soldiers leave the city, I still have the right to attack at any time."

Li Yuanshan was dumbfounded, "This, this, there was no such agreement before, right? Now that the redemption fee has been paid, it is natural that everything inside and outside the city is protected."

"The headquarters has the final right of interpretation. I said that this is what it is. If you are not convinced, then the agreement will be void, and we will fight again with real swords and guns."

Li Yuanshan had no choice but to shut up.

Although he has just received two thousand soldiers from Haiyan, he has seen those soldiers before. They are not much stronger than the strong men they pulled along the way. Incomplete, in addition to filling up the number of people, in fact, there is no combat power at all now.

If they were dragged to plunder, it would be okay. If they really wanted to fight Zhu Wu and the others, it would be completely hopeless. After all, Li Yuchun and the others were all shadows in the previous battle at Mayao Lake.

Knowing that Zhu Wu was acting like a rascal, Li Yuanshan couldn't do anything about it.

Why are they so impoverished now? Although Li Yuchun also discussed with Yan Wogong why Zhu Wu wanted to keep them, of course it couldn't be for the redemption of the city fee.Yan Wogong’s view is that these people are actually afraid of attracting the main force of the Hangzhou Boluo army to attack, so they are deliberately kept. This is like the bandits in the past. Once hit, the nature is different.

In the same way, at the end of the dynasty, those thieves who rebelled against the king could call themselves generals and generals, but whoever dared to be the emperor first would definitely attract a concentrated fire attack from the court.

Although Zhu Wu severely injured them in Mayaohu Lake, it was quite difficult to beat them with a thousand horses, so it is true that they are stronger than them, but they are by no means strong enough to fight against the main force of the Qing army in Hangzhou.

Therefore, Zhu Wu wanted to keep them in order to avoid attracting a stronger Qing army.

Everyone is a mousetrap.

Hearing this, Li Yuchun felt a little more at ease, but he didn't have the confidence to lift the table. After all, his own life is now in Zhu Wu's hands. It's really embarrassing. Will Boluo come to kill Zhu Wu? , anyway, they will definitely be wiped out soon.

So they could only swallow their anger. Fortunately, this agreement was not all bad for them, at least they survived. As soon as they entered Haiyan City, they immediately grabbed tens of thousands of taels of silver and added 2000 new troops.

Giving Zhu Wu 1 taels of redemption fee, and another 1000 taels of fire consumption, they still made a lot of money.

Now Li Yuchun actually hopes to maintain this secret agreement, as for betraying the Qing Dynasty or something, go to hell, he can't care.

Li Yuanshan took the receipt from Zhu Wu's side, and felt more at ease.

Before leaving, Zhu Yihai stopped him and reminded him solemnly, "If you play tricks and secretly lure the Hangzhou Tartars, I will destroy you first and then leave, do you understand?"

"dont play with fire!"

Li Yuanshan nodded helplessly, "Please rest assured, Admiral, we will definitely abide by the agreement."

After delivering the money and getting another promise from the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu, Li Yuchun left with 3000 people on the same day, including 3000 from his own headquarters, a few hundred from Yan Wogong and other squires, and then [-] recruits from Haiyan City. , In the end, hundreds of people were recruited, and [-] people were gathered.

Before he left, he killed the officers in Haiyan City who intended to rebel, and copied their families. They copied tens of thousands of taels of silver and gave 1000 taels to the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu, and then distributed 1 taels to Zheng Jiwu. I kept 5 taels for myself.

The whole city sent out salaries to collect food, and those merchants suffered. Regardless of whether you support the Qing Dynasty or not, anyway, every family has to donate.Those who have money donate money, and those who have commercial goods also want to smoke.

In the end, they robbed all the horses and mules in the city, not even letting the donkeys go, and then left.

Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Dagang were ordered to stay in Haiyan, Li Yuchun left, and he secretly transported 2 taels of silver to meet Zhu Yihai in secret.

The 2 taels of silver were more than 1 taels that he left privately when he plundered and ransacked the house, plus the 1 taels that Li Yuchun gave after handing it over, and now he turned around and took 2 taels to give to Jian Guo.

In the military camp on the outskirts of Haiyan.

In Zhu Yihai's big tent, Chen Qianfu, who co-organized the editorial department and was in charge of intelligence, accompanied him, and Shen Chenquan, a bachelor, was also there. It was the first time for General Zheng and Zhu to visit Jian Guo. He was very surprised that this god-like Jian Guo was so young. .

"Shen Qing, you draft a sealed edict for Erqing Zheng and Zhu."

"Zheng Jiwu was awarded the governor of Zheng Jiwu and the commander-in-chief of Haiyan Town. Zhu Dagang was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Haiyan Association. The officers and soldiers of the two battalions of Haiyan Town and Xiebiao will be registered and archived. In the future, supplementary food and rewards will be issued."

"Give Zheng Qing 1000 taels of silver and Zhu Qing 800 taels of silver, each with a jade belt."

"It's really wronged Erqing to ask Erqing to shave his hair and surrender to captives alone."

Zheng Jiwu said, "As long as you can contribute to the country, a little grievance is nothing. The ministers are willing to follow His Highness's order to lurk in the enemy's camp."

"Well, if you temporarily surrender captives and replace them with green flags, there will be a lot of benefits and help. When the time is right in the future, you can restore your identity."

"The ministers will definitely keep their mission in mind, even if they shave their hair and wear the clothes of a Tartar, they will not forget that they are ministers of the Ming Dynasty."

"Well, you are guarding Haiyan. In the future, you must work hard to train soldiers, and let these soldiers become loyal guards of Ming Dynasty. Can you do it?"

"Your Majesty will definitely do it."

"I am very grateful for the 2 taels of silver you brought, but it will cost Haiyan to raise a thousand soldiers and horses. In the future, we will rectify military discipline and stop disturbing the people. Your second battalion has 1000 troops, and the military salary will be based on Gu's salary." For the soldiers in the imperial camp, Zhengyong pays one penny and five silvers per day, and four taels of silver per month, plus the chief husband and officers, each battalion pays 3000 taels a month. The 2 taels is actually only enough for the three of you The salary for several months is paid at half rate, which is only enough for half a year."

"Take back all the 2 taels of silver, and I will give you another 5000 taels of silver to take back.

"Don't rush to refuse, this money is not for the two of you, 8000 taels is three months' salary for the two battalions, and the other 7000 taels is An Jiayin for the soldiers, five taels per person I hope, even if your battalion is temporarily flying the green flag, you have to gradually establish military discipline."

"As for the military salary in the future, Haiyan can also set up a bureau to draw a percentage. There is salt in Haiyan. As long as the donation is made, it will be enough to support a thousand soldiers, and there may even be surplus. The surplus silver can be slowly purchased to build ordnance upgrades , to reward the soldiers."

Zhu Yihai took the two of them to have a meal, and then asked them to leave quietly.

"His Royal Highness Haiyan's ambush chess is well buried." Chen Qianfu said.

"It's not very useful for now, but maybe it will be useful in the future." It is easy for Zhu Yihai to regain Haiyan, but it is not easy to defend it at this stage, so it is better to let them surrender falsely, so that they can temporarily enter the Qing army camp.

"Being a Tatar official and receiving Tatar's salary will allow you to find out about the Tatar's military situation in the future. At critical times, it can also play a role of surprise." Chen Qianfu laughed.

"Even Li Yuchun can't get paid, let alone Haiyan."

"Your Highness is really generous. General Zheng Zhu Er brought 2 taels of silver, and you confiscated one tael, but instead added 5000 taels."

Zhu Yihai laughed loudly, "It's not a loss to be alone. Didn't you get two new battalions of soldiers and a Haiyan city? With 5000 taels of silver, the soldiers were paid An Jiayin and three months' salary. Looting or even mutiny has happened, otherwise there will be no battalion number, and it will be embarrassing to use."

After the establishment of the Lijin Bureau in Haiyan, through the collection of commercial goods such as salt and grain, it can basically support 1000 people, and it may be possible to turn over some surplus to Zhu Yihai.

Only when there is a real and stable source of income can we be paid enough, and only when we have enough wages can we be able to support soldiers, and only after we have wages can we talk about military discipline. Otherwise, even if the sea salt camp has been cleaned up this time, there will be another mutiny sooner or later.

"Second general Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Dagang are available for loyalty." Chen Qianfu said.

Zhu Yihai said, "The abilities of the two of them are pretty good."

"Will Hangzhou believe their surrender?"

"Why don't you believe it? Surrender is normal, and non-surrender is the exception. Especially now after the 'Zhujiazhuang Great Victory', it is reasonable for the Haiyan rebels to surrender in panic." Zhu Yihai said with a smile, " Don't worry, according to normal circumstances, [-]% of Hangzhou will accept the surrender and confer Zheng Jiwu the title of sea salt general, maybe even add a lieutenant general."

This is the normal operation of the Tartars.

"Where are we going next, shall we go to Jiaxing with Li Yuchun?"

　Thank you for the rewards of Daimanin Asaji, Master Shilongan, and your father will always be your father, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)