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Chapter 870
Although Wang Tong's family is in the capital and his family members are also in the capital, for him, Tianjin Weicai feels more at home. The news of Wang Tong's assassination in Nanzhili has naturally spread to Tianjin Wei.

By October and a half, the water volume of the canal between Beijing Normal University and Tianjin Wei was already insufficient, and even the official ships specially carrying people were quite inconvenient to move, so they had to change to horse-drawn carriages here.

The transfer of vehicles and boats was naturally taken care of by the following people. Wang Tong was welcomed into the former house. A group of people in Tianjin Wei, from the supervisor Cai Nan, Qianhu Zhang Shiqiang, inspector Sun Dahai to the present Huwei Army Li Hutou, the chief general, has a relationship with Wang Tong like a family member.

After booing and inquiring in the living room of Wang Tong's mansion, they all cared about each other without saying a word. First, the capital experienced turmoil, then was sent out of the capital, and then was assassinated in the south of the Yangtze River, almost losing his life. Thinking about April and May, Wang Tong After returning triumphantly from Guihua City, in just a few months, there has been such a big change.

"Master Hou, speaking of it, the imperial concubine has been married for nine months, and the day of giving birth is approaching."

Cai Nan broke the silence, everyone in the room looked at each other, Emperor Wanli had many concubines, but there was only one noble concubine, and that was Concubine Zheng.

Concubine Wang Gong is still an ordinary concubine after leaving the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo, and Concubine Zheng was already an imperial concubine under the empress when she had no son. There will be big changes, and after the birth of the eldest son Zhu Changluo, there have been officials in the court who have proposed to establish a reserve, but they have been kept by Emperor Wanli. There have been rumors that the emperor's attitude is to wait for Concubine Zheng If Concubine Zheng gives birth to a child, then Concubine Zheng's son will be the crown prince.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the matter of establishing a reserve has caused disturbances in the court every time. There are always officials who want to fight for it. If Concubine Zheng gives birth to a daughter, it will be all right. You can imagine.

In such a matter, Wang Tong, the commander of Jinyiwei, must first confirm his own position, otherwise, even if he is ambiguous, it will cause disaster for a person of his status.

"What the emperor thinks, the courtiers will do."

Wang Tong's words seemed to be an answer, but they didn't seem to be, but everyone understood what he meant, and everyone nodded. Li Hutou interjected from the side:

"It's good that the eldest brother is fine. Go back to the capital and take care of yourself. You will be comfortable in the future. I have heard about the land of fish and rice and the land of prosperity in the south of the Yangtze River since I was a child, but I didn't expect it to be such a place. There are actually people assassinating in broad daylight. The official of the imperial court is still a figure like the eldest brother, there is really no kingly law."

What Li Hutou said was indignant, and the people in the room were all in the same mood. Wang Tong smiled and said in a deep voice:
"If you kill this official, there will be an uproar, but there will also be great benefits. Sending a few dead doctors to fight is worth doing. Naturally, someone will take the risk."

But this topic cannot be discussed in depth. Cai Nan coughed and winked at Zhang Shiqiang, but Zhang Shiqiang understood what he meant, and changed the subject and said:

"My lord, the Koryo businessman has arranged for people to follow up to investigate, but apart from a few seaports on the Koryo side, people from our side, and even people from other seas, can't get in, and they can't find out anything about it."

Some time ago, Korean businessmen came to Tianjin Wei to buy armor and weapons. Wang Tong paid great attention to the news. Every system in Tianjin Wei started to check. This is what Zhang Shiqiang said. It seems that nothing was found. Wang Tong was a little disappointed. Over there, Zhang Shiqiang continued to say:
"The day before yesterday, when a manager of Sanjiang Commercial Bank was chatting, he mentioned that the ginseng, mink and other mountain products sold by the Korean merchants were not from the Korean side, but from the Jurchen side."

These kinds of goods are available in the Jurchen northeast of Liao Town, and also in Koryo. However, for the specialties in the North, they all pay attention to the more northern the better, and the goods from Koryo are naturally not as good as the Jurchen goods.

It is not uncommon for Korean merchants to sell Jurchens’ special products outside the customs. In the past, they went to the capital by land. There were several places on the route that were very close to the Jurchens. It was normal to sell some high-profit items. In fact, before the rise of Li Chengliang, Most of these goods in the capital were obtained from Korean merchants.

But Koryo merchants never bought weapons and armor in Daming. Goryeo can also manufacture such armaments, whether the quality is good or bad, and it is enough to meet their own needs. Why bother to let Daming be wary and cause trouble.

When Zhang Shiqiang mentioned this clue, everyone could easily think of it. Wang Tong nodded and said in a deep voice:

"You mean to say that the Jurchens asked the Koryo merchants to buy weapons?"

"Master Hou, my subordinates haven't checked the facts, so I dare not speak nonsense, but there is a possibility."

Zhang Shiqiang answered very safely, and Sun Dahai next to him cleared his throat and said:
"Since it's the Jurchens who want to buy it, why don't we sell it to them directly? Why bother to make a fortune among the Koreans? Now the mountain products in the north are sold from Liao Town, and they also make a lot of money. Let them earn money. , it’s better for us to earn it ourselves.”

"absurd!!"

I didn't expect to mention this, Wang Tong suddenly lost his temper, everyone in the room trembled subconsciously, Sun Dahai quickly stood up from his seat and was about to kneel down to make amends, Wang Tong took a deep breath, waved his hand said:

"My family doesn't have to make such a fuss, sit down and sit down!"

Sun Dahai still respectfully knelt down to make amends, then got up and sat back, Wang Tong said solemnly:
"The armor and weapons produced by the Sanjiang workshop, and even the weapons produced by the various official workshops of Tianjin Wei, are all high-quality goods in the weapon workshops of the Ming Dynasty, and the combat power of the soldiers and equipment has been greatly improved. This increase in combat power will naturally affect the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. It’s a good thing, but if you equip it to the Jurchens, that’s a foreign race, and these people are beasts, tigers and wolves, and equip them, it’s equivalent to being an enemy!”

Hearing Wang Tong's prudence, everyone was awe-inspiring. Li Hu thought about it, but said with some disdain:
"Brother, is it too filtered? We can also see reports from Liao Town, such as Jianzhou, Nikan, and Yehenala. The number of soldiers on both sides of the war has never exceeded 50, and the clan Elders aged [-] and [-] in middle school are also going to fight. This is just a fight between several villages. Don’t worry so much. Besides, if we don’t sell it, Liao Town will buy it. It’s inevitable that we won’t sell it. This is the truth. The current enemy."

"Needless to say, Daming's weapons are not sold to people outside of Ming Dynasty. This is the principle and the bottom line. Zhang Shiqiang and Sun Dahai will strictly investigate. If anyone takes advantage of this loophole, they will be severely punished for the crime of cooperating with Japanese or captives."

This sentence is an order, and Zhang Shiqiang and Sun Dahai hurriedly stood up to take the order, and the others did not dare to say more. Wang Tong is always very sensitive to the word "Jurchen", but Wang Tong still can't judge whether he is in a situation. At what stage, to what extent has Jurchen developed.

The use of troops against the Tartars can be said to eliminate the scourge of the North, and it has made great achievements for thousands of years. However, when it is used against the Jurchen, the Jurchen ministries still accept the canonization of the Ming court, and they are ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The above shows that he is a reasonable party.

Over there is Li Chengliang's defense area. If Wang Tong wants to reach out, it will inevitably arouse strong resistance. The general of the Li family has regarded Liao Town as his own territory and will never allow outsiders to touch it. The most important thing is that Wang Tong can't find it. The reason for using troops is that the Jurchens in the bitterly cold place outside the customs are not even as worthy of attention as the Miao Yao in Yunnan and Guizhou in Daming's eyes. The Jurchens are too few and scattered among too many tribes, and they can't even be called power.

As the commander of the Marquis of Dingbei and Jinyiwei, why did Wang Tong mobilize troops against such an inconspicuous force? There will be various speculations and discussions in the ruling and opposition parties. Wang Tong could think of some of the reasons.

Moreover, in the current situation and situation, Emperor Wanli would not allow him to do it, and Wang Tong did not have a strong grasp to persuade others to conquer.

Could it be said that Daming died at the hands of the Jurchens? Even Wang Tong, who has such historical knowledge, knows that this will happen at a certain period of time after 50 years or even longer. Will be labeled as a demon, in fact, with the strength of Li Chengliang's family, it is enough to wipe out Jurchen now.

However, the attitude of the Li family has always been to conquest with restraint. Their family's power was enough to wipe out all the Mongolian tribes, Jurchens and other ethnic groups in the Northeast 15 years ago, but after a big victory, the Li family could not maintain this level The status of the king of Liaodong cannot guarantee such glory and wealth.

The cunning rabbit is exhausted, the running dog cooks, this principle has existed since ancient times, and raising thieves is also a great principle, and this Li Chengliang also understands. As for the example, Wang Tong Guihua City has established such achievements, and how he will be treated when he comes back. Isn't it a lesson from the past?

Seeing that Wang Tong fell silent and everyone in the room was silent, Wang Tong pondered for a long time, knocked on the handle, and asked again:
"We need to send more eyes and ears in Liao Town, and keep an eye on every move there."

"Master Hou, this subordinate would venture to say that it is not easy in Liao Town at the moment. People who are going to Tianjin Wei are very wary. Now this subordinate is setting up other places. In another year or two, we will wait for other places. If the business is done, then the news will be clear.”

Wang Tong nodded and said in a deep voice:
"There is no rush for this matter, but if we have to do it, Sun Shoulian's work should be a breakthrough. In addition, from now on, the weapons produced by Tianjin Wei are not allowed to be sold to Liao Town. As long as they are related to Liao Town, they will not be sold, so as not to They fell hands."

(End of this chapter)