A Thousand Hills

Chapter 190

There will be a few small battles in Fujian next, with each winning and losing, and whether they win or not, they are all small victories.A defeat is also a small defeat.The main reason is that Fujian is a defensive battle, even if there are pirates harassing the border, just drive those bandits back to the sea.

Of course, it is true that this battle was not enjoyable.

When Mrs. Song went to talk to Jiang Xingyun, she always said, "One time, I heard from our general that if we could have a few ships, we could really wipe out the pirates." They were all taken over and handed over to the generals under the command of Yongdinghou. Fortunately, he was alert and devoted himself to the fifth prince, and became the fifth prince's loyal dog. He was ordered to take over two battalions of new troops, and was lucky enough to win a battle.Song Shuangcheng is not an inexperienced person. He has been a military officer for many years, and his ancestors were also military officers.Song Shuangcheng has also noticed that as long as there is a battle, there will be no chance of meritorious deeds. If there is a chance to make meritorious service, there will naturally be a chance for promotion.Therefore, Song Shuangcheng wanted to fight a few more battles.It's just that they are mostly on the defensive right now, and there are no ships in the army. As long as the pirates run to the sea, they will have nothing to do. They are very depressed. Practicing naval battles or something.The fifth prince was noncommittal.

Fortunately, Song Shuangcheng has a wide relationship. It is said that his family's ancestor is the same old ancestor as Jiang Xingyun's ancestor. Song Shuangcheng is very good at getting along with his wife, so he asked his wife to go to Jiang Xingyun's place to chat a few times.Jiang Xingyun and Xie Moru have a good relationship. As we all know, how many people can't curry favor with the princess, they all go to Jiang Xingyun first to establish a relationship.

The Song family is more convenient, he claims to be related to Jiang Xingyun.Of course, it's not easy to take advantage of Jiang Xingyun. It is said that the ancestors counted them as brothers and sisters.

Jiang Xingyun also mentioned Mrs. Song's words to Xie Moru.It was almost the twelfth lunar month, and Xie Moru was wearing a black sable fur, leaning on a soft couch to play chess with Jiang Xingyun. Hearing about this, he thought about making a son. When training troops in Fujian, there are occasional battles like this, with more victories and fewer losses. This kind of small war can be practiced in the army, and it has no effect on the overall situation."

Jiang Xingyun thought for a while, picked up the white pieces, did not look at the chess scale, but looked at Xie Moru, "You mean, no more naval training." Now Fujian is relatively stable, and the fifth prince has firmly grasped it. For the military and government in Fujian, if you want to practice the navy, you should at least build ships.

"For the navy, the right time and place are not as good as the pirates. Even if the navy can be trained, we don't have admirals who can compete with Bailang." Xie Moru has always followed people and things. Without safe people, this thing can't be done .

"How about General Liu?" Liu Fufeng is quite talented as a general, as long as he has never been defeated in any battle he encounters, this is not unusual for a young general like Song Shuangcheng who has been a general for many years, but Liu Fufeng is just a beginner. With this method, he is already a well-deserved new star in the army.

Xie Moru shook his head, and quietly said to Jiang Xingyun, "For the time being, the matter of not practicing the navy was decided after discussion by the prince and the others. Don't talk about it. In the past few battles, I haven't faced Bailang yet."

Jiang Xingyun frowned slightly, "This is rare. Is there no news about Bailang in Wudi?"

Xie Moru shook his head, "This person is extremely mysterious." Jiang Xingyun told Jiang Xingyun, "If someone asks you about the navy again, don't just refuse it outright, just stay away if it seems plausible."

Jiang Xingyun was born in the general family, so she naturally knew the importance of the news. She knew in her heart that there must be secret work sent by the imperial court in Wudi. It would be very strange if even the court people could not find out the origin of Bailang.Jiang Xingyun thought for a while and said, "If you are not in a hurry, I have someone to ask."

Xie Moru asked, "Who is it?" If it was in front of others, Xie Moru would definitely not ask so directly.But she is different from Jiang Xingyun. Xie Moru can tell Jiang Xingyun the secret of the general, so there is nothing that cannot be asked.When the relationship is over, you can naturally ask.

Jiang Xingyun said, "The Shaodong family of Jindi Bank's surname is Xu, so their name is Xu Shaodong."

Xie Moru also knows about the silver number, but she doesn't use it much, her house's warehouse is strong, and if there is silver, it can be directly carried into the warehouse, and there is no need for the silver number.Even if you move money, there is a regular army escort, and you don't need a silver number.However, she also knows such a convenient thing as a bank note. It is said that as long as the corresponding fee is paid to the bank, the bank will issue the bank note, and the holder can deposit the silver to the bank, and then when he wants to withdraw, he can go to the bank with the bank note. You don’t need to carry heavy silver taels by yourself, which is very cheap.

Many of Jiang Xingyun's previous businesses were settled with bank notes.

Xie Moru's understanding of bank accounts only ends here. However, Xie Moru is quite sensitive, "Do bank accounts in Jindi have business in Wuzhong?" On the contrary, Jiang Xingyun's family has lived in Xiningguan for many years. Xiningguan is very close to Jindi, and he knows Shanxi merchants Not unusual.

Jiang Xingyun smiled, "Money can make ghosts push away demons, and money can pass through gods, not to mention the land in Wuzhong. I will ask him to see if he will say anything. You use less banknotes, but officials and big households use a lot of banknotes." of."

Xie Moru said, "Silver tickets are very convenient, but they must be controlled well. After all, real gold and silver are real, and tickets are made of paper. The gold and silver must correspond to the amount of the invoice, and it must not be issued in vain. In this way , the banknotes are valuable and have credibility.”

"Yeah, what they do is the business of reputation."

It is rare for Xie Moru to express his views on merchants.

When Jiang Xingyun was entertaining Xu Shaodong, the young owner of the Jindi Bank, he said this jokingly, and Xu Shaodong was greatly impressed, "The princess is really right, telling the secret of our business."

Xu Shaodong said, "Our merchants are originally low-level, and we don't want to get the attention of the princess. Fortunately, fortunately."

Jiang Xingyun smiled slightly when he heard the words, "Don't feel like you're trying to save face when I say this. The empress doesn't pay much attention to business affairs on weekdays. She has never used bank notes at all. It's just that she listens to me when I say it."

Xu Shaodong raised the teacup and smiled, "Then I'll replace the wine with tea, thank you Miss Jiang for your kindness in introducing us to our bank."

"How can you be rewarded for no merit?" Jiang Xingyun said, "There is nothing I can do to help you, but there is something to ask for."

Xu Shaodong's face was serious, "Ms. Jiang just say what she has to say, as long as I can, I will definitely say nothing!" He agreed like this, not because he wanted to pursue Jiang Xingyun.What's more, Xu Shaodong is married.Xu Shaodong was only keenly aware that a very rare opportunity had come.This opportunity may be related to the business opportunities of the entire domain.

Jiang Xingyun said, "I want to ask the Young Master about someone."

"who?"

"Whitecap."

Xu Shaodong's expression changed slightly, and he said, "You're talking about the pirate Bailang!"

"Correct."

Xu Shaodong almost scared Jiang Xingyun to half his life, and said again and again, "Miss Jiang, I am a serious businessman, how can I recognize Bailang?"

"I didn't say you knew him, I just asked you about him. You have a lot of information about business people. Your reaction like this makes me really suspect that you have any relationship?" Jiang Xingyun said with a smile.

Xu Shaodong waved his hand and begged, "Oh, Miss Jiang, don't scare me, I'm timid."

"Okay, don't pretend that I don't know about your Jin Gang. If you want to be timid, you won't be so courageous." Jiang Xingyun smiled, "When my grandfather was in Xiningguan, our two families We have contacts. Now that my family business is in decline, it's rare that you are still willing to burn my cold stove." Xu Shaodong is not a casual person, he came to Fujian for nothing else, but to give Jiang Xingyun a New Year's gift.That's why Jiang Xingyun joked about it.

Xu Shaodong hurriedly said, "This is outrageous, Miss Jiang, what kind of background do you have, you just don't abandon me as a businessman. What's more, what a detached girl, who dares to say that your family fortune is ruined." Xu Shaodong quickly thought in his stomach, Shanxi merchants have always been big players in the Xining market, and the business of Shanxi merchants is not temporary. As Jiang Xingyun said, two generations of the Song family guarded Xining Pass, so Jin merchants naturally had to deal with them.The two generations of generals of the Song family, father and ancestor, did not miss the filial piety of the Jin merchants. After the death of the general Song, uh, the tea is cold... Well, the main reason is that the Song family is no longer in the position of the general, so naturally there is no filial piety. up.At that time, Jiang Xingyun was still young, and the contacts between the Shanxi merchants and the Song family had been cut off. No one expected that in seven or eight years, Jiang Xingyun returned to Xining to do business, and it was very remarkable that he got acquainted with the fifth prince's mansion.Moreover, who is currently hosting the discussion in Xining?Concubine Xie is Princess Xie's direct uncle, and Jiang Xingyun's business in Xining is also under the care of Concubine Xie.The Shanxi businessman's eyes were so bright that he immediately reconnected with Jiang Xingyun.

This origin made Jiang Xingyun say that the relationship between the Song family and the Shanxi merchants is really deep.

Xu Shaodong, who celebrates the Chinese New Year, even traveled thousands of miles to give Jiang Xingyun a New Year's gift in person. One is that the Shanxi Merchants Group attaches great importance to the Fujian market, and the other is due to the importance of Jiang Xingyun itself.

Talking about the origin of friendship, Xu Shaodong also made a decision, Fujian is not a prosperous place, but the fifth prince is now very powerful in the court, and Xie's family is not easy to mess with.Although the fifth prince offended the crown prince and the eldest prince, he will also belong to the vassal prince of the same place in the future, and the fifth prince looks cold now, who knows what will happen in the future?Concubine Xie's matriarchal lineage, which cannot be mentioned, once turned over, his income will also be doubled in the future.What's more, this matter is helpful for the court to calm the bandits.

Xu Shaodong sorted out his thoughts, organized his words without any evasion, and said, "If you want to talk about Bailang, this person's appearance is a bit strange. Just like what Miss Jiang said, we traders travel all over the world and know more people. I also know some gossip. Officials in Wu, I can recognize some officials, even the officials of the Jingjiang Palace, and I have heard of it." This sentence shows Xu Shaodong's cautiousness, Wu officials are supposed to be officials sent by the court, So when he said he recognized the officials of the Jingjiang Palace, he used the word "hearing and hearing".Being able to become the young owner of Shanxi Merchants is not something to be taken for granted. Jiang Xingyun has not been dealing with them for a day, but he just smiled and listened. Xu Shaodong continued, "The first time I knew Bailang was more than ten years ago. At that time, I was still young. , I have an uncle who has been a shopkeeper in Wudi for decades. Later, when the uncle became old, he went back to his hometown to take care of him. He told me some things about the Jinghai bandits in Wudi..." This is the end of the sentence Xu Shaodong paused for a moment, and said, "I'll just say it straight. Wudi has always had ports for maritime trade. I'm afraid Miss Jiang knows about these things. In the past, Wudi Maritime Trade often went on business trips, so I said yes. Pirates are causing trouble..."

Jiang Xingyun suddenly said, "You mean, Bailang is not..." He is not from King Jingjiang, Jiang Xingyun stared at Xu Shaodong, "Bailang is really a pirate. But how could I not know about this?"

What Jiang Xingyun meant was, how could the court not know?Fortunately, Xu Shaodong was a policeman with a camera, and he said softly, "Even now, not many people know about it, and the pirates from more than ten years ago were not called Bailang. Even the pirates from Wu Dijing more than ten years ago, I have never heard of a big victory." , and the king of the sea has always been the same pirate, the leader of this pirate is Duan, known as Duan Sihai."

"I've heard of Duan Sihai's name."

Xu Shaodong was even more sure that Jiang Xingyun was not an ordinary decent person in front of Princess Xie, otherwise, how could she know about Duan Sihai as a woman.Xu Shaodong said, "Duan Sihai really lives up to his name, he is a tyrant at sea. I heard that Wudi has to pay Duan Sihai a protection fee for every sea business, otherwise, he will definitely not be able to leave the sea area safely. As for Bailang, this person is different from Duan Sihai. Duan Sihai has a great reputation and a fierce reputation, but Bailang is very mysterious. His real fame is naturally the last time he fought against Yongdinghou, but he was at sea more than ten years ago, this is for sure Such a person has been at sea for more than ten years, and he must be a person no matter what, but there are not many people who know him, and there are even few rumors about his fleet. So I said, this is very strange."

Jiang Xingyun lightly knocked on the table, squinted his eyes, and pondered slightly, "If there are white waves on the sea, Duan Sihai's family must not be the only one! If Bailang is driven by others, what kind of price must be paid to drive such a character? "

Jiang Xingyun asked, "Will Wuzhong Haimao still pay protection fees to Duan Sihai?"

Xu Shaodong said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to give you a letter for the specific matter, so I have to send someone to ask."

"Find out clearly, and give me news as soon as possible." Jiang Xingyun said, "Shaodong, you don't want to tell others about today's matter. You also know that the King of Fujian is not without enemies in the court. You Shanxi merchants and my family have long been friends. We I don't want to cheat you. I will remember your affection, and you and I will not make it public."

The reason why Shanxi merchants burn Jiang Xingyun's cold stove is because Jiang Xingyun is really a smart person.Besides, this woman doesn't aim to get married and have children, and the fourth-rank prince and side concubine are not in her eyes, so isn't it very clear what her life goal is?
Xu Shaodong smiled, "Naturally, I will never tell a third person about this."

Jiang Xingyun did not recommend Xu Shaodong to meet Xie Moru or the fifth prince, everyone understood each other, the time had not yet come.

The time has not come.

After sending Xu Shaodong away, Jiang Xingyun went to the Prince of Min's Mansion the next day and talked about it with Xie Moru.

Xie Moru immediately found himself on the edge of thinking, Xie Moru said, "You mean, Bailang is not from Jingjiang Palace at all!"

Jiang Xingyun said, "I heard from Xu Shaodong that Bailang is really not like a person from the Jingjiang Palace. It's still the same sentence. If there are such capable people in the Jingjiang Palace, how can Duan Sihai be so domineering? What kind of trade will Duan Sihai pay Protection fees!"

Xie Moru tightened his cloak in silence. If Xu Shaodong's words are correct, then Wudi's intelligence system is doubtful.

Xie Moru was silent for a moment, looked at Jiang Xingyun and smiled slightly, Jiang Xingyun insisted on going to Xining to do business in the first place, was that the original intention.

Jiang Xingyun smiled back.

Two generations of the Song family have been stationed at Xining Pass for dozens of years, what kind of industry is there?At least Jiang Xingyun will not worry about flowers in his ten lifetimes.She really doesn't need to go to business to make money, but she can't just exist as an orphan.Others don't know the value of the Song family, but she knows it.

Since she is here, the family shouldn't perish.

(End of this chapter)