Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() Now Wu Shigong is very interested in all ways to make money.So Wu Shigong immediately asked with bright eyes: "Tell me?"

"Grandpa, didn't you give a brothel to Mrs. Ling's mother this time? I just thought, there must be some room for us in this brothel. Besides, when my uncle was in the capital, the gambling house was also doing well. Now If we open some casinos or something, we are familiar with it."

"The most important thing is that money is really quick for this thing. If you nod, my lord, if you need manpower, our Shanchuan Division has ready-made dealers. If you want money, our Shanchuan Division can also squeeze out some. Small heart It’s not black, as long as the bill is divided fifty-five at that time, the rest will belong to you, uncle.”

Wu Shigong brought Manling and her old bustard back to Runing Mansion this time, and after taking Manling into the house, he did not treat the old bust badly, and gave the old bustard a sum of money as Manling's redemption fee.

But the bustard didn't know what she was thinking, maybe she needed Wu Shigong's protection.She took the money, plus the money she entrusted someone to sell her brothel in Guide Mansion to buy a small building and a few girls in Runing Mansion, and then bought a small house in Runing Mansion again. Pick up old business.During this process, Wu Shigong also told Xue Zhinong to help the madam.

Needless to say, since the old bustard was able to hold Manling as an oiran in the past, she must be a professional in the brothel industry, so her newly opened brothel is also very prosperous.And seeing all this in Xue Zhinong's eyes, then he has the current idea.

However, when Wu Shigong heard that Xue Zhinong had this idea, he immediately shook his head and said, "This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed. You must know, uncle, I am building a foundation right now, mainly doing two things: grasping force, Grabbing."

"So now everything I do must be aboveboard, and that kind of side-by-side business must never be touched. Otherwise, how can those literati and gentry be willing to walk with us?"

"Although your Shanchuan Division has many opportunities to deal with the three religions and nine streams, you are still my subordinates. If you participate in this kind of business, if someone who cares finds out, the impact on our foundation will be far greater. for the silver they got."

"But my lord, what I said is not pleasant, until now, you have no literati to turn to! Besides, what is the use of literati in troubled times, when the time comes, you still have to rely on the swords and guns in the hands of us warriors!" ! Isn’t your current approach a little too worrying?” Hearing that his idea was rejected by Wu Shigong, Xue Zhinong was also a little anxious, so what he said was a little rushed.

"It doesn't work now, but it doesn't mean it won't work in the future. There's no need to talk about this issue. There is no room for negotiation. However, you can also use some flexible methods to take advantage of those who are trying to get sideways business. That's absolutely not okay, but It is still negotiable to charge them some protection fees for relying on us."

"Remember, don't charge too much for those protection fees, just make sense of it. The main purpose is that your Shanchuan Division should arrange manpower to those places. There are many people from the rivers and lakes in the three mountains and five mountains, and the news is also well-informed. For It is very useful for you Shanchuan Division to inquire about information."

Cao Wenzhao slapped the dust on the armor vigorously, and his throat felt a little dry.From the black land of Liaodong to Shaanxi, where the eyes are all yellow, Cao Wenzhao always felt a little uncomfortable.

So when he slapped the armor and saw the situation of his soldiers, he couldn't help feeling a little angry.So he told the soldiers around him: "Hurry up and gather up those little bastards, does this look like a war? If the rioters come back and return their carbines, we will all be hungry and go away."

Just now, Cao Wenzhao led the more than 3000 Guanning iron cavalry he brought from Liaodong to catch up with a group of tens of thousands of Shaanxi rioters.But as soon as they saw Cao Wenzhao's banner, those rioters fled in all directions, but how can people run faster than horses?Cao Wenzhao led the soldiers to slash and kill without hesitation.

But those rioters were already very experienced in dealing with officials and soldiers like Cao Wenzhao, and they immediately threw away a large amount of gold, silver, cloth and women they had snatched from the big households.This action took effect immediately, causing Cao Wenzhao's soldiers to immediately lose their formation. Those soldiers robbed the gold, silver, cloth and women one after another. Therefore, most of the rioters fled out.

However, Cao Wenzhao's order did not get a response from his soldiers.Cao Wenzhao's captain is his own brother, and he said to Cao Wenzhao with a playful smile: "Brothers have worked so hard for so long in Shaanxi, which is not a shit, it's time for them to make some money. The younger ones will also come down to take care of you later, third brother, you will never lose your share."

"I've said it many times, don't call me third brother, call me Cao Zongbing or Cao lord." Cao Wenzhao stared bull-eyed at the captain of the personal army, "Are you all a bit promising? I just know how to pick some It’s so dilapidated that the bandit leaders escape every time. If this continues, we’ll have to go back to our hometown in Liaodong in the year of the monkey! I’m not trying to stop my brothers from getting rich, but chopping off the heads of rioters in exchange for some rewards would be more rewarding. okay?"

"Take it to the third brother!" The captain of the army was used to Cao Wenzhao, and he didn't take Cao Wenzhao's order to call him Cao Wenzhao at all.However, when Cao Wenzhao fought, he always took the lead and loved his soldiers very much, so these soldiers always regarded Cao Wenzhao as a big brother and were willing to work for Cao Wenzhao.

"Don't mention the silver rewards. We have beheaded so many rioters, but until now, we haven't smelled the fishy smell of the silver rewards a few times. We were stupid before, we only knew how to kill rioters, not You know how to steal money. Third brother, you don’t know. The little one only found out after drinking with the captain of the lunatic He (He Renlong) last time. The lunatic He made the boss a fortune! They told the little one , just wait for the rioters to rob the big households, and when the rioters have robbed them, they will drive those rioters to run wildly, and after those rioters throw away their money, they will chop off a few heads and confess, and then wait for the rioters to rob the big households. Tell the little ones, this is called a long flow of water."

"Stop talking nonsense." Cao Wenzhao immediately stopped the captain of the soldiers from flying around, "Okay! Alright! I'll give you bastards another hour. You all go down for me, this army It’s such a mess, it’s not in a good shape, you go and collect it, and you have to put some spies around the periphery.”

Seeing Cao Wenzhao agreed, the soldiers all smiled and agreed, and then they all rode their horses to disperse and gather the team.

After the soldiers dispersed, Cao Wenzhao thought to himself: "This man's first life is to get promoted and get rich. I am already a general soldier, and I can't go anywhere in this position. It's good to have a way to make a fortune. Besides, the brothers follow me to shed blood and sweat, and if they fish a little on the battlefield, I can open my eyes and close my eyes."

At that time, the three thousand Guanning iron cavalry that Cao Wenzhao brought to Shaanxi wiped out many rebellious rioters in the early stage of the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi.It's a little ridiculous that the reason why they made such great feats is that on the one hand, the combat effectiveness of Guanning's iron cavalry is really strong, and on the other hand, it is because of the language barrier between them, the generals in Liaodong, and the rioters in Shaanxi.

Because those Shaanxi rebels all spoke the Shaanxi dialect, when the Shaanxi rebels were surrounded by Cao Wenzhao's army, when they asked Cao Wenzhao's Guanning cavalry to use money to buy escape routes, Cao Wenzhao's Guanning cavalry But because he couldn't understand, he continued to hack and kill, which caused huge casualties to the rioters.He Renlong, who is a local general in Shaanxi, does not have this problem.This makes people really sigh: it is necessary to promote Mandarin!

After suppressing the bandits for such a long time, Cao Wenzhao's Guanning iron cavalry finally understood this truth, so they quickly joined forces with other Ming troops.

In fact, this is also a standard practice of raising bandits to respect themselves, but the generals of the Ming Dynasty did not take it seriously at that time, because in their eyes, those rebellious rioters were at best puppies who could only bark.But what those generals didn't expect was that even the puppies would grow into a pack of wolves after fighting many times in the field of life and death.