Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 144

In the end, Master Ma still persuaded Zhang Zongxian, but Zhang Zongxian also gave restrictions. Every time one or two bills are issued in the capital, a corresponding reserve fund must be prepared.

The Jingshi Branch also does not engage in loan business, and only allows money exchange.The profit of this currency exchange is not small, and the common people will charge a handling fee for exchanging the loose silver and miscellaneous silver in their hands into pure silver and bills.The profit from this area is enough to cover the expenses of the semicolon in the capital.

First engage in the exchange business to accumulate the trust of the people.Wait for Zhang Zongxian to grow bigger, and then start other businesses.

The head office will also give the semicolon an additional 10 taels of bills, which will be used as construction funds for the capital semicolon.This is also preparation for the future.

Zhang Zongxian plans to build a cement treasury in the capital. The entire treasury is in the shape of a Chinese character, with the treasury in the middle, and the four outer sides will all be built, similar to the counters of the previous bank.Personnel access is through underground passages.

It is said that the treasury is actually a small fortress. In addition, Zhang Zongxian asked Master Ma to take away half of the guards he brought out.As a guard of the vault.When they return to Jiazhou, they will arrange for the disciples of the school to come over to the capital branch.

In addition, he also asked Mr. Ma to select some orphans in the capital and send them to the Legislative School to study.

It was already the end of May when Zhang Zongxian returned to Jiazhou. On the grassland at this time, King Shunyi had already solved Suxiang, and called the remaining ten ten thousand households to discuss a joint attack on Hetao.

However, the long-split Wanhu tribes of Tumed have their own plans. Some Wanhu have already taken refuge in Lin Danhan. At this time, they want to see the joke of King Shunyi. Take chestnuts from the fire for others.

In the end, only the Dacheng Taiji Wanhu Department, the Dalat Wanhu Department and the Shunyi King Headquarters, which border on Hetao, were willing to send troops to attack Hetao.

The two Wanhu tribes and the Shunyi king's headquarters can gather up to [-] cavalry, which still counts the men of all tribes. After all, the two Wanhu tribes were wiped out in just one winter.

King Shunyi had to deal with it with all his strength, and he would not be able to send troops until autumn.

The Taiping family was not the only one doing business in Guihua City. After Taiping withdrew, people from the investigation department naturally used the names of other families to stay in Guihua City to inquire about news.

The Tartars have no sense of secrecy at all, and there are hundreds of households in the cavalry in the headquarters, and they brag everywhere when they drink too much.Soon the king of Shunyi found out that he planned to attack in autumn.

Zhang Zongxian, who received the report from the investigation department, decided to wait and see what happened after asking the opinions of the two disciples. He decided to give priority to ensuring that the settlements completed the grain harvest.

Before the arrival of autumn, a few more troops can be trained. It is planned to use the four infantry regiments guarding the avant-garde base as the backbone to build four new cavalry brigades.

These four cavalry brigades do not need to train cavalry tactics such as cavalry shock, as long as they can ride horses, they can be used as fast-moving infantry brigades.

After the autumn harvest, the young and strong in the settlement will be organized and enter the forward base to replace the original guards.At that time, the number of troops available for mobile operations will reach 4 people in nine brigades.

During the period when Zhang Zongxian went to the capital, the tax-free land promised to the soldiers earlier had been released one after another after the establishment of Shuofang City.Because many of the soldiers recruited were young men from military households in Yanshou Town.

None of them had a family, so after getting the land, they would naturally hand it over to their family members for cultivation. This caused a large number of military households in Yansui Town to drag their families across the side wall and settle in the settlements near Shuofang City.

However, the Legislative Army kept recruiting young men from military households in the name of Taiping, and each young man recruited would get fifty acres of land. This made the military households who had been tenants of hereditary generals resolutely leave Bianqiang went to Shuofang City to settle down.

First, the landless military households fled from the side wall, and then the military households with a few acres in their homes also began to flee from the side wall, which finally made Yansui Town feel that something was wrong.

Although the investigation department tried its best to cover up the existence of Shuofang City, there were too many movements and too many people who knew about it. After receiving the report from the people below, Yanshou Governor's Yamen and Yanshou General Military Mansion were also terrified.

What happened in Hetao completely overturned their cognition. A firm actually defeated the Tartars and built a city in Hetao.

Although there is a Zhizhou behind this firm as a backer, but they have a governor and a general soldier, which is much bigger than Zhizhou, and they dare not think so.

The two also have a lot of questions?Since Zhang Zongxian has such strength, why didn't he directly rebel?Perhaps it is to learn from Emperor Taizu's practice of "building high walls, accumulating food widely, and slowly becoming king".But it's not like that either!

In order to prevent Zhang Zongxian from really rebelling, the two began to arrange their subordinates to investigate all of Zhang Zongxian's properties. Wang Zongbing was responsible for investigating the outside of the border wall, and Governor Hu was responsible for investigating the inside of the border wall.

The change of the two was quickly noticed by the investigation department.Even after discovering the change between the two, Zhang Zongxian had no way to deal with it.

I can only write a letter to Master Ma and ask him to pay attention to intercept the performance of these two people in the capital.In addition, let the people in the investigation department get ready, and if it doesn't work, they will create a mutiny and take the opportunity to kill the two people.

After Wang Zongbing and Governor Hu of Yansui Town compiled the information they collected, they discovered that Zhang Zongxian's Taiping was not making money at all, but producing money.

Although Daming has its own national conditions, it is a firm that dares to issue bills, but the circulation of these bills is not high, and they are all guaranteed by the credit of each merchant.

Even the bills of Taiping can be spent in Xi'an, and the common people use them a lot. They are beautifully made and durable, and the anti-counterfeiting technology is also unique.

Governor Hu made a hasty calculation, and Taiping issued at least a bill of no less than 200 million taels of silver.Also, only Taiping knows exactly how many small bills have been issued.Among them, there must have been a lot of bills issued falsely.

Not only the receipts, but also the Taiping grain store monopolized the grain business in Jiazhou and even half of Yansui Town.The people are willing to sell grain to them.As a result, merchants who were originally engaged in grain business could only buy grain from Taiping.

Wang Zongbing believes that at least [-] frontier troops are needed to take down the Ordos Department, and at least [-] troops are needed to completely occupy Ordos.Even if the soldiers trained by Zhang Zongxian had sharp guns and sufficient food and wages, it would take at least [-] troops.

In terms of food and salaries for the army, the Taiping alone can support the entire frontier army in Yansui Town. This is not to mention that the wool workshop and horse market controlled by Zhang Zongxian are all profitable businesses.

The two analyzed and analyzed, and finally came to the conclusion that Zhang Zongxian did not rebel because he was reluctant to part with these family businesses. After all, once rebelled, Taiping's credit would be completely destroyed, unless Zhang Zongxian could conquer the capital.

However, not to mention the three towns in Shaanxi that are most capable of fighting, Datong Town, Taiyuan Town, and Xuanfu Town along the way are not easy to want to fight.Zhang Zongxian dared to rebel, and the three towns in Shaanxi could pull out at least 20 troops.

Over 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the authority of the imperial court has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. His rebellion will only end in the destruction of the nine clans.So he dared not rebel.

The commander-in-chief of Yanshou King believed that he was able to take advantage of the civil strife in Tumot to take advantage of the Ordos Wanhu tribe. In addition, the frontier army in Yanshou Town used to beat the Tartars in Hetao to the north.

The Taiping was taken because the Wanhu Department of Ordos had been in peace for a long time, and it was defeated by the Taiping's sneak attack. When the Tumote army arrived, they still had to retreat into the side wall.

As for why Zhang Zongxian took the risk of those river loops, it should be because of the wool, which is hugely profitable. It must be that the tartars in the grassland knew that wool could be woven into sweaters, and they were unwilling to sell it to Taiping at a low price. The number moved to snatch the mind.

Although the two concluded that Zhang Zongxian did not dare to rebel, they still had to guard against Zhang Zongxian.Then he decided to quietly mobilize people to be ready at any time.Especially the soldiers and horses in Yulin Town and Yan'an Mansion must be ready.

Said that Zhang Zongxian did not dare to rebel, in fact, the two were also looking for comfort for themselves. After all, they sold food to Taiping and bought shares in the woolen workshop. In the past few months, they have been able to get 5000 taels of dividends every month. Zhang Zongxian's two disciples Still under their recommendation, he served as the garrison of Qingshui Camp and Huangpu Chuanbao.Zhang Zongxian was also an official under Governor Yanshou Hu.

Zhang Zongxian was really going to rebel, and the court could not escape the relationship between the two of them.A crime of oversight cannot escape.In addition to selling grain to Zhang Zongxian, they must be on the list of Zhu Jiuzu.

After listening to Wang Zongbing's analysis, Governor Yanshouhu also believed that the Tartars had been at peace for a long time and had long lost their fighting power.Since there are soldiers and horses from the three towns in Shaanxi, Zhang Zongxian's two apprentices are nothing to fear.So is it possible to take Zhang Zongxian down and eat his property when Tumote's troops hide back to Ordos?

With this in mind, Governor Hu, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. If this matter was accomplished, he could not only get rid of Zhang Zongxian's serious trouble, but also win so many profitable industries.Governor Hu, who has been blinded by greed.Immediately told Wang Zongbing what he thought.

Wang Zongbing's conclusion is indeed feasible. Based on his understanding of the Tartars, the Tartars only have the spare power to fight on a large scale in autumn every year. At that time, the soldiers of the Taiping will definitely fight with the Tartars. If they Seized Qingshuiying and Huangpu Chuanbao.Blocking the soldiers of the Taiping outside the side wall, those soldiers will have no retreat, and the supplies will be cut off, and the morale of the troops will be disordered.They were sending letters to the people of Tumot's department, and those two brats who didn't even have full hair were sure to lose.

The Taiping soldiers were all wiped out by the Tartars, and Zhang Zongxian let them handle it at will.At that time, they will dismiss Zhang Zongxian as an official in the name of provoking border quarrels without authorization.Isn't Zhang Zongxian's property theirs?

Then the two looked at each other and smiled, and each had plans in their hearts.Governor Hu took a fancy to the Taiping bank and grain store, and Wang Zongbing took a fancy to the horse market and wool workshop.

The mobilization of soldiers and horses in Yansui Town was ready immediately, and the investigation department learned.After Zhang Zongxian got the news, he thought over and over again and still didn't want to tear himself apart with Yansui Town. After all, after waiting for another three months, Tianqi would ascend the throne, even if Shenzong died.

He wanted to stabilize the two of them first, and after Tianqi ascended the throne, he would report the two of them for stealing and selling military rations, just to make way for Zhang Zongxian.

Governor Hu and Zongbing Wang of Yansui Town also thought so. They also wanted to wait until autumn before doing anything, and they didn't want to startle the snake.

In order to stabilize Yansui Town, Zhang Zongxian sent Zhao aides to check on Governor Hu's tone. At this time, Zhao aides had completely surrendered to Zhang Zongxian. Although he was not as popular as Master Ma, he was also a rare figure in Zhang Zongxian's team who could be independent.

In the name of Taiping, Zhao's staff sent a greeting card to Governor Hu's Yamen.Governor Hu, who received the invitation, lamented that Zhang Zongxian was well-informed, but also believed that Zhang Zongxian did not dare to rebel, and immediately sent his nephew to talk to Zhao's staff.

After experiencing Master Ma's betrayal, Governor Hu no longer easily trusted the so-called staff, and left these important matters to his nephew.

Zhao's staff member had worked as a staff member of the eunuch who supervised the army, so he naturally knew Governor Hu's nephew.The two met each other politely at the restaurant they reserved.Zhao's staff began to tentatively lead the words outside the side wall.

"Mr. Hu heard that there are far fewer Tatars coming to the Hongshan Horse Market this year than last year."

With Governor Hu's back, this Mr. Hu set up loan sharks in Yansui Town. No one dared to mess with him.Naturally, he also looked down on Zhao's staff.Zhao's staff also deliberately mentioned the Hongshan Horse Market, because many merchants in the Horse Market borrowed usury from this person.

"What's too much less, what the hell is there? You guys took advantage of Taiping, which caused me a lot of losses. I heard that you drove all the Hetao Tartars away. It's because of this Hongshan horse market No one comes to do business. You will have to pay me money for the Peace.”

Staff Zhao has changed a lot since he was imprisoned by the poisonous scorpion for a few months. After taking refuge in Zhang Zongxian, in order to enhance his professional ability, he has been studying Sun Tzu's art of war all day long. It is still not what it used to be.

"Mr. Hu, we Taiping don't have that kind of ability. It's just that those tartars saw that the wool business was very profitable, so they set up prices on the ground, and wanted to sell wool to my number for a tael of silver and a catty. Later, when they couldn't agree, they started to rob I had a few fights with the guards of the caravan. This caused some turmoil on the grassland. As for Mr. Hu’s loss, it’s a trivial matter. Silver. Take it as compensation for Mr. Hu!"

Governor Hu's nephew was not polite, he stuffed the bill into his arms, and said:

"That's not enough! 1000 taels is enough to send me off, your Taiping Bank has several million taels of silver."

"Mr. Hu was joking. The money in the bank is all the people's money temporarily stored in our bank."

"Anyway, I don't care, at least I have to compensate me 1 taels."

Staff member Zhao thought to himself, if you really dare to ask for 1 taels, aren't you afraid of taking the money and spending it?
"Qian Hao said, I just need Mr. Hu's help to tell Governor Hu, don't listen to rumors, the Taiping is also for the sake of everyone's business, so it has conflicts with the Tartars, how many people in Yansui Town are there in the wool business All the money is invested in it, without the supply of wool, how can we weave wool! Without wool, there is no money!"

Governor Nahu had told him before he came, and all the requests made by the Taiping had been agreed.

"No problem? It's easy to talk about. I will tell my uncle when I get back."

After discussing the business, the two drank and boasted.During the drinking, Mr. Hu kept inquiring about the Taiping bank, and even asked how the bank operated.

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