Blood from Daming

Chapter 302 Selling Rice
Ms. Chen's explanation is that the imperial court is unreliable. This time the Xue family was released because of the tense war in Uiju, North Korea. The Ming Dongjiang Army was defeated, and the Liaodong Army has not been replenished because of the imperial court's peace talks. None, at this time the Xue family was asked to fight Jianlu, but the Xue family was only asked to pay for their lives, just like Zhao Qiaoer sent the lampstand away and never came back.

But Uncle Xue and Xue Shiyi were both worried that Xue Polu’s lack of people and horses would suffer in Liaodong. Miss Chen watched Wu Hui sitting there in the room without saying a word, so she reluctantly agreed to Uncle Xue’s and Xue Shishi’s plan to increase troops in Liaodong. Next, Ms. Chen asked where the additional soldiers would come from. Uncle Xue Fourth and Xue Shishi said that of course they were looking for important people from Xue Wu.

Ms. Chen immediately rejected Fourth Uncle Xue and Xue Shishi's idea, because Xue Wu had sent a letter a few days ago to report that she had received an urgent order from Yan Sanniang from Hangzhou to recruit the first batch of at least 300 loyal Xue family troops into Zhejiang. , Xue Wu organized [-] elite soldiers and the second batch of more than [-] family members overnight, and left Cangzhou on a merchant ship going south to the south of the Yangtze River.

When Ms. Chen said that Xue Wu's troops were going south, Fourth Uncle Xue and Xue Shishi also knew that it was unrealistic to transfer troops from Xue Wu. The young lady replied that it was the young master's top secret, and the third sister had always supervised the handling in the Hangzhou mansion, and everything had to give way to the Jiangnan affairs, which had a bearing on the life and death of everyone in the Xue family.

Fourth Uncle Xue and Xue Shishi heard that the young master Xue Yun was responsible for the big event, so they didn't dare to make any more decisions about Xue Wu. Ms. Chen still decided to use money to recruit a group of troops for Xue Polu. , I tried my best to send money to the families of Xue Jiajun's dead and injured soldiers. Although these families of Xue Jiajun's dead and injured soldiers were sad, the white money still comforted them.

The money came from the accounts of "Xueji Silk Cloth" and "Sanjiang Huitong" shops, as well as the large sum of gold and silver brought back from Datong Mansion by Yang Er, the shopkeeper of "Xueji Silk Cloth". For two silver coins, half of the families of wounded soldiers and martyrs chose to follow the Xue family. There are a total of 80 households with a population of around [-].

The reputation of the Xue family for being kind to the families of the dead and injured soldiers and willing to give money has spread. There are many young and middle-aged men who have come to join the Xue family. Xue Wu and Xue Zhuang in Cangzhou have received many recruits. When the persecution by some officials of the imperial court also affected Xue Zhuang's people and affairs, he stopped recruiting soldiers. Otherwise, the two thousand recruits that the young master Xue Yun asked to supplement Xue Polu's department would have been recruited long ago.

Now since we can't ask for people from Xue Wu, we can only send the recruits recruited more than a month ago to Liaodong. Unfortunately, there are only five hundred and zero, so we start recruiting immediately. With Xue's golden signboard, there is no problem in finding people, but How could the recruits recruited immediately be dragged to the battlefield immediately? That would be irresponsible to the recruits and their families, and also irresponsible to the Xue family and the Ming court.

Ms. Chen understands that Fourth Uncle Xue and Xue Shishi are brothers and sisters, but this let Ms. Chen know that she has not been fully accepted by Xue Zhuang, and she must show her real skills to conquer these people.

Next, Miss Chen discussed other matters with Fourth Uncle Xue and Eleventh Xue. Uncle Fourth Uncle Xue and Eleventh Xue still knew how to measure and obeyed Miss Chen one by one on other matters, but Miss Chen made a gesture to ask Wu Hui for her opinion. Although Wu Hui didn't offer any constructive suggestions, Fourth Uncle Xue and Xue Shishi from Xuezhuang's side met, and their attitude towards Ms. Chen was much better.

Grandfather Xue Rui is grateful to the neighbors around him for protecting the Xue family, and he intends to start the two rice shops of "Huimin Grain Store" and "Wuji Rice Shop" as soon as possible. This information was reported to Xue Zhuang by Zhang Zhang, the shopkeeper of "Wuji Rice Shop" last night. After that, Ms. Chen had no objection to her grandfather Xue Rui's idea of ​​opening "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store".

Miss Chen still asked in a questioning tone: "Grandfather, what good idea does your old man have?"

Grandfather Xue Rui said: "Daughter-in-law, grandpa is getting old, what's your idea there? Just seeing that the lives of the people nearby are not easy, I hope to sell them some cheap rice earlier, which can be regarded as the Xue family's contribution to them Bar."

Ms. Chen replied: "Grandpa, don't worry, my daughter-in-law will resume the business of "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" as soon as possible. "

Grandfather Xue Rui asked: "Daughter-in-law, is there enough food in Xuezhuang?"

Ms. Chen said: "Grandpa, my grandson-in-law and uncle shipped [-] shipments of grain to Cangzhou last month. Even if the "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" are open for sale, they can last for three or two months, let alone the third sister. The Hangzhou government has bought a fleet, and the Xue family's north-south goods will no longer be handed over to others. "

Grandfather Xue Rui was overjoyed and said, "You two granddaughters-in-law are really capable, and my grandson Xue Yun is really lucky."

Grandfather Xue Rui's words made Ms. Chen feel a little embarrassed, and after a while she said: "Grandpa, after the reopening of "Xueji Silk Cloth" and "Sanjiang Huitong", the main transactions will be completed in Xuezhuang, "Xinghua The restaurant will also undergo a relatively simple restoration, and I believe it will have little impact on business. "

Grandfather Xue Rui was a little surprised and said, "Daughter-in-law, does Yun'er have any arrangements?"

Ms. Chen said: "Grandpa, my husband knows the consequences of Xue Jiagong's high-level treachery, and already has the idea of ​​​​transferring to Datong Mansion or Hangzhou Mansion. He has no great hopes for the Xue family's business in the capital."

Grandfather Xue Rui was silent for a while and said: "Oh, it's not easy to be a loyal minister in this world."

Ms. Chen said: "Grandpa, my daughter-in-law discussed with Fourth Uncle Xue and Eleventh Brother Xue that they will add some more manpower to Second Uncle Xue. Unfortunately, they did not recruit the full number of people according to the requirements of the husband."

Grandfather Xue Rui said: "Oh, the court is sunny and rainy at night, our Xue family is like a small boat floating in the river, we don't know when the waves will overturn the boat, let Xue Er and the others do their best to obey the fate of Liaodong."

"Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" opened for business three days later. After the riots in front of Xue's house, the two cheap rice shops of Xue's house were well-known in the capital. On the opening day, not only the neighbors around When buying rice, people from far away in the capital also came to buy Xue’s cheap rice. The Xue’s rice was still sold at the middle and low prices in the capital.

The shopkeepers of Xue's "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" saw that there were too many people buying rice, and at the same time ordered the staff to inform Xue Zhuang to speed up the delivery of grain, and at the same time tried to limit the purchase of one bucket of rice per person, but they couldn't stop it. There is an upsurge of people who come to Xue’s house to buy rice. The two rice shops of “Wuji Rice Shop” and “Huimin Grain Store” are seeing more and more people. They are afraid that there will be a stampede accident due to the crowds. With the consent of Ni Hongshuang, the steward of Xue’s house, Rice sales started without cutting the ribbon.

Before noon, the rice in the two shops of "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" had bottomed out. Fortunately, Xue Zhuang brought forty carts of rice. The two shops of "Grain Store" were sold out, but the [-] carts of rice brought in only allowed the two shops to last until noon, but there were still hundreds of people on the scene who did not buy rice.

The shopkeepers of the two shops "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" tried their best to explain, and even wrote notes to the people who came to buy rice, asking them to come to the rice shop tomorrow to buy whatever they want. Unwilling to leave slowly.

The two rice shops of the Xue family were protected by brocade guards and no major troubles occurred. The literati and scholars did not come to make troubles, and even thieves and pickpockets were rare. It was not until the curiosity of the people in the capital was satisfied that the rice sales speed of the Xue family rice shop stabilized. However, the speed of selling rice is more than three times that of before. If the Xue family does not find the source of rice as soon as possible, the two shops of "Wuji Rice Shop" and "Huimin Grain Store" will have no rice to sell within a month.

At the same time, the two shops of "Xueji Silk Cloth" and "Sanjiang Huitong" have also started to be renovated, and "Xinghua Restaurant" has begun to clear the site and dig soil. Let those who like and hate the Xue family secretly watch every move of the Xue family.

However, what concerned the imperial palace and officials of the capital the most was Xue Zhuang's dispatch of troops. The general manager of Xue Zhuang, Xue Si, brought a thousand recruits, gunpowder, firearms, food and other materials prepared by Xue Zhuang, as well as the minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the left capital. Cui Chengxiu asked the Ministry of War to provide a full set of weapons, clothing and equipment for a thousand soldiers, and went to Shanhaiguan in a mighty way.

Emperor Tianqi finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting the Xue family to send troops to Liaodong. Emperor Tianqi just didn't understand what happened to his master. Could it be that he could not fight in Liaodong without the Xue family? Is Xue's army really as powerful as the legend says? Tianqi The emperor did not believe that the one thousand recruits temporarily recruited by the Xue family turned into a group of tigers in the hands of Xue Polu. In fact, many officials in the court did not understand this problem.

Now Emperor Tianqi has freed up his hands to deal with Xuanda's affairs. Emperor Tianqi followed Wei Zhongxian's suggestion and replaced Governor Wang Jiazhen of Xuanda, and Zhang Pu took over the position of Governor of Xuanda. In the position of the governor of Xuanda, he has a good relationship with Xue Yun, the deputy general of Datong, so that Xue Yun can rest assured to conquer Mongolia and Jianlu. The emperor's ear and clairvoyance will do.

When Zhang Pu mentioned the Qujiazhen Department to Emperor Tianqi, Emperor Tianqi said vaguely, let Qujiazhen be a dog that doesn't doze off in Xuanfu.

Zhang Pu, the new governor of Xuanda, understood that the emperor wanted to keep a close eye on Xue Yun's every move, but Zhang Pu was very embarrassed because his benefactor, Wei Zhongxian, and Eunuch Wei wanted him to cooperate closely with Xue Yun.

(End of this chapter)