Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 931 Provocation
The courtiers requested that their power be reduced, and the emperor did not deny this request, so why not do it?

The memorial of Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liao Town, was quickly approved, and the Emperor Wanli gave the general a lot of face. Although he set up a deputy general in Liao Town, he did not mix sand and chose outsiders, and directly used Li Chengliang's confidant Sun Shoulian as the general.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Chengliang invited himself, and Emperor Wanli followed suit, and both sides had face and inner peace, which was a happy thing.

Naturally, no one would know that the Li family had made a motion to take down Sun Shoulian, and this motion was stillborn. Of course, no one would have thought that there were so many twists and turns in it.

Li Chengliang was so knowledgeable that the imperial envoy sent to Liao Town to investigate naturally couldn't find anything. He stayed there for a few days and returned after a few banquets.

On March 14, the 21th year of Wanli, the adopted son of Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaozhen, Li Pinghu, a guerrilla fighter who suppressed captives, led his army out of the border wall, and began to consult the Jurchen Ministry of Jianzhou, which had caused disasters.

The first battle was a victory, and the rapid march took advantage of the unpreparedness to defeat a part of the eastern captives and behead more than [-] captives. Those from the Jianzhou Ministry are actually good people who moved from other ministries, so this is not widely spread.

For the Tianjin Wei business group, Sun Shoulian was awarded the title of deputy guard, and he was still in the border area between Liaodong and North Korea. The impact of this news was in every aspect.

First of all, the prices of various special products outside the customs that had risen by [-]% to [-]% fell rapidly. Sun Shoulian was from Tianjin Wei.

Like the news about Sun Shoulian's promotion, the Li family in Liaozhen promised that the news that the Tianjin business group will be treated the same as local businessmen in Liaozhen will spread quickly. This also means that the trade between the Tianjin business group and Liaozhen will be greatly smoothed. , it's not like there's been an artificial impediment all this time.

The prices of various goods outside the customs have fallen, and several merchants with backgrounds in Liao Town have lost money. They have been hoarding, but they did not expect the situation to change suddenly.

The prices of all kinds of goods outside the customs have fallen, but the big wood has not fallen but has risen. The big wood transported by water from Liao Town is used for construction and shipbuilding. They are all first-class good materials. The price of lumber immediately skyrocketed, but there was also a lot of inventory in the wood yard, and they were all piled up in order to sell them at a high price.

It is said that when the ban is lifted this time, a large amount of wood will come over the waterway immediately, and the price should drop, but in fact, after the ban is lifted, public and private shipyards immediately began to purchase wood from the wood yard, and the more the better.

Liao Town has now opened its doors to the Tianjin business group, which means more business opportunities and more trade. In order to deal with this, there should be enough capacity to support it. Everyone needs ships, more ships, demand Soaring, the price is naturally rising.

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The various craftsmen in Tianjin Wei suddenly became busy just like the shipyards in Tianjin Wei, because the orders from the Guihua City merchant group increased greatly.

The firearms and armor produced by Tianjin Wei are indeed of excellent quality, but the price is not low. Although the merchant groups in Guihua City have made a fortune from the trade on the grassland, they still have to be careful when purchasing these armors, but now they are free to buy them. .

When purchasing firearms and armor, people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang must review them, and the buyer must have a guarantee to ensure that there is no trouble. However, the people who came to buy this time are all big companies in Guihua City and Shanxi, and the certificates are complete. , the buyer of this guarantee is either a certain honorable person, a certain high-ranking official, or a certain big family in the local area.

The big families in this place often have some kind of official ministers in their homes, and they are all the top rich families in the area.

It can be imagined that in addition to the busy weapon and armor workshops, the workshops for making carts are also busy. The demand for wood for carts is also strong, which further drives the rise in wood.

A group of wealthy merchants who came to purchase also put forward conditions. It would be best for the craftsmen to go to Guihua City, and they can pay extra money. If not, please deliver the goods at Zhangjiakou Fort in Xuanfu.

Wang Tong's side got the news almost at the same time that the price of grain and fodder in Xuanfu's side had risen, because some merchants searched and bought them there, and stored them in warehouses near Saikou, as if they had some long-term plans.

Compared with these, Tianjin Wei, or to be precise, the entire military town of Beizhili, began to recruit brave men of all kinds to serve as caravan guards. The price was not low, and they also promised various benefits.

Xuanfu and Jizhen, including Miyunwei to the north of the capital, saw a large number of deserting soldiers, and most of them were veterans. Attracted by the free life, this is not a lie.

Most of the frontier soldiers from all over the country served as guardians of wealthy merchants in Guihua City, eating meat and drinking, and plundering and indulgent. These bright prospects are too tempting for some frontier soldiers who are not afraid of fighting.

Among the guards of the Sanjiang Commercial Company in Tianjin Wei, there were also a large number of people who could not withstand the "temptation" to apply for the recruitment, and there were also veterans of the Huwei Army, and even many people from the Jingshi Jinyiwei passed by. Make arrangements and lay your own foundation first.

In fact, the momentum was too loud, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Shuntian Mansion, and even the Ministry of Criminal Justice had news, but the matter about Guihua City was related to Wang Tong, and now Guihua City is still under the supervision of the Imperial Horse. Although, this is related to the palace, it is really sensitive, everyone knows it, but no one dares to bring it up.

It was Emperor Wanli who asked Wang Tong in private after the court meeting. Wang Tong's answer was very simple:
"These merchants are so bold that they want to take action against Horqin, but according to my analysis, the odds of winning are at least [-]% or more. I feel that letting these merchants go to fight against the Tartars does not need to cost the state money or damage His Majesty's troops. Why not do it?"

Wang Tong's answer to the question of what if he loses is also straightforward:

"If you lose, you lose. If you lose a little, it's okay. If you lose a lot, there will be damage to the Horqin tribe. At that time, His Majesty will take the opportunity to destroy the Horqin tribe."

".These merchants seem to be beasts with a growing appetite. They are robbing more on the grassland. There is nothing to rob on the grassland. No matter how you say it, the grassland is not as good as the inland. What if they?"

In the Ming Dynasty, when did the folk tycoons make such a big move and such a big courage, Emperor Wanli naturally had such worries. Wang Tong explained:
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The largest merchant guard is no more than a thousand, and the smallest is less than a hundred. They have their own forces behind them, and they belong to various places. They are also full of contradictions. They are purely mobs. They can still be unified on the grassland. They are hostile and competing with each other, so they are not worth mentioning in front of the court."

"It's a mob, how can it compete with the strong enemy of the Tartars?"

"Your Majesty, the Tartar cavalry are even more rabble than the caravan armed with firearms."

Wang Tong was full of words, and he had never failed in his work, but Emperor Wanli let go of his doubts. However, after saying this, there was a vague meaning that if any trouble happened, Wang Tong would Take responsibility for this.

Wang Tong is naturally full of confidence in what has happened and what will happen. The emergence of firearms, carts, and square formations has changed this era. Too many people, even if they are in it None of the people realized this change, but Wang Tong saw and felt it.

The upcoming battle on the grassland is a battle of firearms and cold weapons, a contest between the powerful and prosperous handicraft industry and commercial support of the inland and Guihua City and the semi-primitive animal husbandry support of the grassland, perhaps the naturalization The city side has fewer people, and the Guihua city side may have less combat experience, but this battle itself is a contest between different levels of civilization, and Wang Tong is indeed very confident and sure.

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Guihua City is still preparing as fully as possible. In fact, their preparations are quite organized, because the guards of Sanjiang Commercial Bank and other commercial firms participated in it very much. The guards of these commercial firms are actually regular troops. Weapons, and even the guards who will participate in this operation have begun to increase the amount of training.

At the same time, each family sent their own caravans to the east. There were not many goods in the caravan, but the guards were several times higher than the normal ratio. The main task is not to fight, but to lay a good front and find out the distribution of Horqin and other ministries as much as possible, as well as the location of the land of water and grass.

But before this advance team, small-scale battles had already begun. The various tribes attached to Guihua City had better news than other places on the grassland. They also took advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and began to migrate eastward, harassing and looting the various tribes of Mongolia in the east.

Because of several victories against the grassland, the various forces on the grassland shrank very much, and their reactions and judgments to Ming's movements were not so accurate and timely.

The Horqin and Harashen tribes didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning. In their view, it was just some daring wild dogs coming to poach.

In June of the 14th year of Wanli, more than [-] horse thieves attacked a small tribe on the grassland. This tribe was different from other places, with a lot of cattle and sheep, which naturally became fat in the eyes of others.

But this was a trap. More than 200 horse thieves were surrounded by most of the cavalry sent by Horqin, and only a dozen of them ran out. On the third day of the demonstration, a caravan came over and changed the corpses into clothes, the clothes of the Han Chinese caravan.

In July of the 14th year of Wanli, at the meeting of merchants in Guihua City, it was said that the local barbarians were cruel, murdered for money, and robbed Guihua merchants.

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