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Volume 2: Wolong Chapter (Part 1) Chapter 328: The Miracle of Seeking the Ball

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    The so-called selling rice to the enemy means selling food to hungry enemies to maintain their fighting capacity, which is a serious crime.  Hunger is the best way to weaken the enemy. No matter how ferocious the enemy is, if he is starved for two days, his ferocity will be gone. If he is starved for seven days, he will reach the west.  If the Ming Dynasty besieged the Qingqing in Liaodong and cut off their food supply, the Qingqing would collapse without a fight.  You must know that we are now in the small glacier climate of the late Ming Dynasty, and the winter is long and cold.  The Jiannu were a people of fishing and hunting, and the long winter would kill them.  Qiuqiu trembled with fright and stammered: "Sir, I know it is wrong to sell rice to the Jiannu people. But the Jiannu people are vulgar and not good at writing, so they have to use martial arts. I would like to read the Ming Dynasty's books  , porcelain, silk, but they don¡¯t want swords, guns, swords, halberds, etc., they do want them, but do I dare to sell them? I thought about it and finally decided to sell them rice.  Only sending nearly a thousand shi of grain to Liaodong once or twice a month would only amount to more than 10,000 shi in a year, which would definitely not be able to support the entire Jiannu clan. Moreover, the Jiannu nobles would only eat rice while the Jiannu common people would be hungry.  Won't the conflict get deeper? By then, Jinyiwei's attack on Liaodong will be successful. Besides, there is a saying among the people that if you don't want your children, you can't catch the wolf, and if you don't want your wife, you can't catch the gangster.  How can I be willing to give the information to us obediently?" Zhu Youcheng paced back and forth in the commander's tent, Qiu Qiu looked at him with pitiful eyes.  "Begging for the ball is reasonable, as the saying goes: "If you want to take it, you must give it first." Don't give the slaves the food they are in short supply.  Will they give you information just because you are beautiful?  "Furthermore, the slaves in Liaodong massacred all the Han people, and if they wanted to spy on their intelligence, they would not be able to do anything but become traitors.  There is no other way.  After a long time, Zhu Youcheng made up his mind and said: "Okay, that's the only way." Qiuqiu smiled reassuringly and said: "Sir, don't worry. I used a secret channel. Others don't know it's me behind the scenes. And, even if  If something happens, I will handle it alone, and I will never bring trouble to you, sir." Zhu Youcheng nodded and said, "If the rotten scholars in the court find out about this, it will be another turmoil.  I'm very happy that you can carry it out for me. But don't worry, as long as I am in the court, I will ensure your thoroughness." Qiu Qiu said: "In this case, I would like to thank you first."  He felt happy, but he was not happy that his safety was guaranteed.  Qiu Qiu was originally a rogue, but a bad relationship with Miss Chen gave him a sense of responsibility for the first time.  With Zhu Youcheng's help, he completely changed his ways.  Since joining Jin Yiwei, he has had the consciousness to sacrifice his life for the Ming Dynasty.  However, his low martial arts skills finally made him choose to quit Jinyiwei.  When he was in despair, Zhu Youcheng pointed out another bright path for him to contribute to the country.  But when he embarked on this road, he found that the road was full of thorns.  The thorns are the misunderstanding and contempt of relatives and friends.  ¡°If Qiuqiu sells grain to slaves in the future and is exposed, he is not afraid of death. What he is afraid of is that his wife and children will be looked down upon by many people, or even make things difficult for them.  Life is untenable.  Now Zhu Youcheng agrees to deal with him, even if he fails.  Even if you can't save his life, you can still arrange the future life for his wife and children.  Zhu Youcheng was very grateful when he saw Qiu Qiu.  I couldn't help but sigh secretly in my heart, these are the people of the Ming Dynasty who regard dedication as their obligation and their rights as gifts.  In order to calm down Qiuqiu's mood, Zhu Youcheng asked casually: "Food is not cheap, where does your capital come from?" Qiuqiu suddenly became energetic and said: "Originally, I wanted to borrow it from Eunuch Wang Chengen, but he and your Excellency  We went to Liaodong together, and I heard that he was still very stingy and might not be able to borrow it, so I gave up the idea. I was worried when my wife noticed that I looked wrong and asked about the situation - of course, I didn't take it seriously.  I told her the whole truth. When she heard it, she gave me all her savings, but it was just a drop in the bucket. In order to raise the capital, my wife went out to borrow money at a loan shark's interest rate of three cents.  He sighed: "Ms. Chen really understands justice. Have you repaid the usury? The usury interest is compounded. Even Shen Wansan can't afford it." Shen Wansan was the wealthy businessman who was said to have funded the construction of Nanjing City by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His family  Contains a cornucopia.  (Note: This paragraph is another malicious slander against the Ming Dynasty by Qi Qing, because Shen Wansan had died in the late Yuan Dynasty and could not fund it at all.Ming.  It is extremely ridiculous that Xiu Qing believed in folklore and ignored historical facts.  ) Zhu Youcheng¡¯s implication is that Qiuqiu is basically a layman in business. It¡¯s good if he doesn¡¯t lose money, let alone being able to repay loan sharks.  Qiu Qiu said proudly: "Master Zhu underestimated me. In the second month, I paid back the money. Not only did I pay back the money, but I also made a profit." "Oh?" "I was also worried about establishing slaves at first.  They would kill our caravan members and seize supplies. Unexpectedly, Jian Nu actually welcomed our caravan warmly. Not only did he send a maid to sleep with us, but he also bought food at a fair price. In the end, he even escorted us to the border of the Ming Dynasty before saying goodbye.  Jiannu is such a useless person, but he takes such good care of the merchants." Zhu Youcheng snorted and said, "This is the secret of Jiannu. If they rob the caravan, how can anyone dare to sell him things?  The purpose of robbing silver is to exchange for food. If there is no caravan, no matter how much gold and silver they have, it is just scrap metal. Although the Jiannu occupied the vast and fertile land in Liaodong, it was just for horse racing. They didn't have that.  Qiu Qiu clapped his hands and said, "That's right. When I shipped grain for the second time, I felt more confident. I shipped more grain and made more profits" Listen.  At this point, Zhu Youcheng felt something in his heart. A large part of the reason why Jiannu was able to take over the Central Plains was because merchants colluded with Jiannu.  One of them robbed and the other sold the stolen goods, each of them made huge profits.  In order to maintain this special relationship, the merchants did whatever they wanted to establish slaves.  It is urgent to establish a slave.  The merchants would give whatever the slaves needed, such as food if they needed it, and weapons if they needed weapons.  They have become Liaodong¡¯s best partners to express their gratitude.  After Jiannu took control of the Central Plains, he named the best among them the Eight Great Imperial Merchants of the Qing Dynasty.  Zhu Youcheng interjected: "You should not be the only one in Liaodong doing food business with the Jiannu. In addition to spying on the Jiannu, you should also pay attention to other merchants who deliver food to the Jiannu and write down their names. There are always traitors like these.  One day, I will eradicate them." Qiu Qiu responded.  Then he continued to report: "More food brought more trust. The second time I went to Shenyang - the Shengjing that Jiannu said, they no longer restricted our freedom and allowed us to wander around. In the caravan  People are clever craftsmen, and they took the opportunity to spy on Jiannu's intelligence. Master Zhu, you are really amazing. Your article "Who is the cutest person" actually betrayed thousands of Han people in Liaodong, especially those who defected to Jiannu.  Huang Taiji, the leader of the Han army who went to the slaves, was frightened and summoned his ministers to discuss it. Finally, he decided to set up the Eight Banners of the Han army based on the system of the mites. The slaves were still resentful and decided to send people to assassinate you again.  The killer is Nimaha, a Jiannufu general who is said to have great fortune. We originally wanted to find out what Nimaha looked like. Unfortunately, this guy lives in seclusion and never appears in front of people, so we didn't succeed.  It's a big deal. Let's send the news to the capital as soon as possible." Zhu Youcheng nodded and said, "Qiu Qiu, you are amazing. You are probably the first person to break into Jiannu since the uprising.  Qiu Qiu smiled and said, "My lord, please postpone the word." "What?" "My lord."  The network is now spread across several provinces north of the Yellow River. Beizhili, Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong have complete detailed network construction. If I had been given an extra year and a half,  I am confident that I will spread my fine work net all over the Ming Dynasty!¡± Zhu Youcheng was once again shocked by the ball.  "How is it possible? You have no soldiers and no food, so why did you open such a big stall?" "Sir, didn't I do business with the Jian slaves? Not only did I traffic grain to build the slaves, but I also brought back ginseng,  I can make a lot of money from pearls and other local specialties. I know that this money is dirty money and cannot be spent randomly, so I use it to recruit troops and build fine manufacturing networks. Generally speaking, I only recruit a few people in a province.  A Jinyiwei, and then let them control the gangsters or gangsters below. With a little money, we can collect all kinds of information from the government to the common people. Of course, these Jinyiwei are not like our Jingxi Huangzhuang.  The Jinyiwei are so skilled, but they are local snakes and have first-rate information. However, the power lies in your hands as to whether they should be allowed to be the Jinyiwei. I just promise them that I will try my best to intercede for them.  But if you don¡¯t guarantee it, they will definitely take it.¡± Zhu Youcheng nodded and said, ¡°That¡¯s great, then it¡¯s settled, you will recruit Jin Yiwei from hundreds of households.??Discipline is under your control, and the bottom line is not to disturb the people.  "If you can build a detailed network all over the Ming Dynasty, I will ask the emperor to promote you to Jin Yiwei to inform thousands of households."  If your work can be sent to neighboring countries, such as Annan (now Vietnam), Myanmar, Tianzhu, Korea, Japan and other countries, I would like to ask the emperor to promote you to Jinyi Weizhong Town Fusi Town Fusi.  "Don't worry, the emperor has approved the establishment of two East and West Town Fusi, and it should not be difficult to build a Central Town Fusi.  East, west, south, north, and middle are the five directions, and none of them is indispensable.  As for the expenses, they will all be paid by Jingxi Huangzhuang.  And 50% of the dirty money you earn will be given to Jingxi Huangzhuang, and the other 50% will be used as your bonus.  " Qiuqiu was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly. Then Qiuqiu reported on the specific work of the intelligence agencies for a while. When it came to the intelligence of the North Zhili Province, Qiuqiu said: "Master Zhu, your life experience" Zhu Youcheng  His good mood when he learned that the intelligence work was going smoothly suddenly disappeared. He waved his hand feebly and said: "I already know, you don't need to say anything anymore" Qiuqiu hesitated, but in the end he said nothing.  After Qiu Qiu left, Zhu Youcheng felt again that there was no talent in the world that could not be used. The key was to put Qiu Qiu in the right position. He was just a rogue in the past.  In his position, he actually made such an amazing achievement (To be continued) PS: The upload is late
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