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The fierce north wind has failed to succeed. Chapter 42: Gambling

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    On September 22, the sixth year of Apocalypse, Huangshi of Changsheng Island had decided to take away the front selection camp and notified Zhang Pan and others from Liaonan to lead their troops to change defenses.  As for Shang Kexi and Shang Keyi, the non-direct direct subordinates, Huang Shi decided to leave them to Mao Wenlong.  With them, the situation in southern Liaoning can be maintained. And if these generals are really taken away, Mao Wenlong will be unhappy and it will affect Huangshi's image in the minds of the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town.  Because Huang Shi still had the idea of ????pacifying the She'an Rebellion and then returning to Liaodong to collect money, he still cared about what Mao Wenlong and the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town thought of him.  Besides, leaving some acquaintances in Dongjiang Town will also help maintain his influence in Liaodong.  If something happens to Liaodong in the future, Huang Shi rushes back and can find some people who are willing to support him, such as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi. Huang Shi still values ????the three brothers in his heart.  In addition to the three battalions of firefighting, rock and front selection, Huangshi has also established a new battalion. This new battalion will also be organized into a field force in the future. However, the most important task at present is to collect craftsmen, sailors and technicians.  This new camp was named "Tianyi Camp" to comply with Changsheng Island's long-standing naming rules of fire producing earth, earth producing gold, and gold producing water.  In these days, Huang Shi and his subordinates enclave compiled a list of personnel. In addition to the 7,000 officers and soldiers in the fire-fighting and front selection battalions, Huangshi also included more than 1,000 skilled workers and more than 2,000 auxiliary workers in the combat soldier list.  In addition to these people, Huangshi also sorted out more than 40,000 men from military households. These 50,000 people reported to the Ministry of War and requested to change their registration to Fujian. It was definitely a matter of time before they could get approval.  Because of time.  The Zuo Xiezhong generals were too late to come to see Huang Shi off. After hearing the news, only a few people, including Jinzhou's guard Li Chengfeng, rushed to the island.  Huang Shi walked down from his seat with a wine glass in hand and saluted these non-direct generals one by one: "Thank you for the Liaodong matter." Li Chengfeng and Huang Shi had always had some troubles, but this time when he heard that Huang Shi was leaving, he  Li Chengfeng rushed to see Huang Shi off without hesitation. Li Chengfeng responded enthusiastically: "Huang Shuai, although you can rest assured that the slaves will be extinguished like a candle before the wind. If there is an extraordinary change, I will definitely guard the gate of Liaonan."  I will live up to Huang Shuai's trust." After saying that, Li Chengfeng drank the full glass of wine in one gulp. After sighing happily, Li Chengfeng pointed the empty wine glass towards Huang Shi: "Only until death!"   "The Tianjin Guard's ship has arrived. Fan Leyou and I will go out with the 20,000 military households in the batch. Once we arrive in Fujian, we will immediately start building windmills, waterwheels and reservoirs." The batch went to the military households in Fujian.  Most of them are those who have been engaged in construction work on Changsheng Island in recent years. In addition to these people, Huangshi will also take away all the construction engineers.  If all goes well.  Huangshi hopes to build the simplest reservoir before the arrival of the second group of people. If there are not enough rivers in the area, Huangshi will also have to equip the reservoir with windmills.  "During this period, Bao Bowen continued to be responsible for the production of weapons in Zhongdao, especially the weapons that Changzhou urgently needed. We must ensure that they are provided on time. Once I arrive in Fujian, I will immediately organize an exploration of the local terrain. If I am sure that the reservoirs and canals will be built, the natural  Someone will bring you a letter. After you read the letter, you can start shipping our machines to Fujian. " "I obey, sir." Bao Bowen will continue to produce in the meantime.  Originally, Huangshi was unwilling to blatantly interfere in Japan's internal affairs, and if there was no current trouble, even if Changshu was at a disadvantage in the war, Huangshi could handle it calmly. But now Changshu is no longer just a trading partner's problem.  Huangshi¡¯s loan program for patriotic businessmen has just begun.  Relocating to Fujian also requires a large amount of start-up capital. Now it can be said that money is needed everywhere, and trade in Changzhou is the economic lifeline of Huangshi at this stage.  If Huangshi loses this important bridgehead, it will immediately lose most of its income. Especially at this critical moment, Huangshi cannot afford any mistakes.  So "Brother Yang will trouble you again this time." Yang Zhiyuan cupped his hands and responded: "Sir, you can rest assured that the general will be in Changzhou, and everything will be safe." Ten days ago, Huangshi had ordered the recall of the Black Island fleet, and now Black Island  The island fleet has expanded to seven sea ships.  They will not participate in the relocation work but will be responsible for transporting all the more than 2,000 officers and soldiers from Panshi Camp to Changzhou.  According to Huangshi's order.  These officers and soldiers will make up as Japanese as possible and have already begun simple Japanese conversation training.  "The best way to get it is to get it from it. My overall plan is to move the main force of Changsheng Island to Fujian within half a year. During this time, we will become self-sufficient and reserve enough food and wages to sustain an expedition of three thousand to five thousand troops. Then I will  He will lead this force to the southwest in six months to unified command the Southwest Ming Army to quell the She'an Rebellion. "Most of the 180,000 Ming troops in the four southwest provinces are self-sufficient guards.He didn't have much hope for their fighting will and tactical literacy.  Moreover, these guardsmen were divided into countless hills. Commanders of various sizes brought hundreds to thousands of officers and soldiers from all over the world to the southwest to quell the rebellion.  In addition to these guard border troops, there were tens of thousands of Ming troops on paper. They were all recruited by the local chieftains. When Huangshi looked at the detailed list of these recruited troops, he had some impressions of the white pole soldiers rebuilt by Qin Liangyu, but the other troops in Huangshi were  There is no understanding at all about the combat effectiveness of these chieftains' requisitioned troops, and Huangshi has doubts for the time being.  Whether it is the troops requisitioned by the chieftains or the troops provided by the southwest frontier army, which is divided into countless military towns, guards, and posts, the numbers of troops are all reported by the chieftains and generals themselves. How credible these figures are in Huangshi is still two  His eyes went dark.  So it comes down to it.  Huangshi must be accompanied by an elite force from his direct lineage, otherwise he will be a complete airborne cadre.  An elite direct force is not only a life-saving talisman, but Huangshi also relies on them to suppress military leaders, large and small.  Although it is said that the army emphasizes the control of large and small, Huang Shi firmly believes that if he is a bare commander, he can only be controlled by those military leaders and there is no reason to control them in return.  Those southwestern chieftains are not easy to deal with either.  For example, An Bangyan and his Shuixi An family, who caused the rebellion this time, have been local officials in the southwest since the Han Dynasty. It has been passed down for two thousand years that the Shuixi An family has deep roots in the southwest and is inextricably linked to the surrounding forces.  Huang Shi is equally convinced.  Even among the tens of thousands of chieftains who belonged to the Ming army, there were certainly not a few who had affairs with the An family. If he could not deter these chieftains with the force of his direct lineage, then Huangshi would definitely achieve nothing in the southwest.  In addition to military troubles, civilian officials may also bring other troubles to Huangshi. In the past, Qi Jiguang, as prime minister and local magistrate, even caused trouble for him. Now Huangshi is just an admiral in charge of military affairs.  I guess there must be a lot of people waiting to see his jokes.  Moreover, this time Huang Shi went to the southwest to command operations, he would definitely be controlled by the governor of Yunnan. Huang Shi was not sure whether Mr. Min Hongxue Min was easy to get along with.  He Dingyuan mumbled and said: "Ten thousand of the troops ordered to assist Yunnan are from Huguang. If the imperial court also appoints you as the Huguang Commander-in-Chief, these armies will be easier to command. Now, an inexplicable Fujian Commander-in-Chief has been given. This will be easier."  "It's troublesome." "You don't mean to cause trouble for us." Jin Qiude snorted and slapped the table hard: "Yu Dayou's son Yu Zigao has been appointed to the post of commander of the imperial guard.  The commander-in-chief was promoted to the rank of deputy general in Fujian last year. There were pirates who caused trouble in Fujian. The cabinet suddenly removed his general and sent him to Xiamen as deputy general. General Yu has been serving as deputy general in the South Road in Fujian.  Known as "the world's most admired copper", now he suddenly throws you as the commander-in-chief. This is obviously to provoke a conflict between us and General Yu." These subordinates heard about Huangshi's grand plan to send troops to the southwest within half a year.  There was a lot of trouble here, and they all showed a little lack of confidence.  He Dingyuan was the first to shout: "Impossible. We will probably have just settled down in half a year. I don't think it will take another half a year to save enough food and wages to send thousands of troops." Jin Qiude glanced at He Dingyuan and said to Huang Shi.  : "Your Excellency, I am indeed a little nervous for half a year. We might as well be more relaxed in our plan and try to dispatch the troops within nine months." "It's like what I just said. The best way to get the best result is from the best. If we decide to send troops within nine months, we  I feel relaxed and may not be able to get out of trouble again in one or two years. "In history, although the She'an Rebellion took a long time and lasted for more than ten years, it was basically eliminated by the 180,000 Ming troops in these four provinces.  Huang Shi believes that the combat effectiveness of the rebels and the Ming army is actually close to balance. As long as a strong weight is added, it is not an impossible task to quickly overwhelm the rebels.  "Let us make the impossible possible, please work hard!"  Before Huang Shi finally embarked on the journey to Fujian, he also wrote a long letter to Mao Wenlong. In this letter, he certainly could not say what Yuan Chonghuan would do to Mao Wenlong.  First, Mao Wenlong would not believe such unpredictable things. Second, if it were leaked, Huang Shi would definitely be impeached and slandered the court ministers.  So Huang Shi only talked about the issue of civil-military struggle in general. At this time, Mao Wenlong was already the public enemy of the civil servants in Shandong and Liaodong, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were becoming more and more dissatisfied with Dongjiang Town.  Mao Wenlong was unwilling to flatter Wei Zhongxian, which further led to his isolation and helplessness. In the past, the Huangshi people could help Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang. Now history has taken a small turn and returned to its original track. Mao Wenlong has become a loner again.  In this letter, Huang Shi carefully persuaded Mao Wenlong and suggested that he should restrain his sharpness. For the sake of the Dongjiang Army, the children of Liaodong, and for him, Mao Wenlong had to swallow his anger. After all, the civil service group firmly controls the lifeblood of the border army and  Although their fight can last for a while,I'm angry, but in the end it's myself who suffers.  "Is this letter really useful, brother?" Zhang Zaidi and Huang Shi stood side by side on the beach of Changsheng Island.  Now Liaohai has read less and less of the letter written by Huang Shi. Zhang Zaidi disapproved of it. He thought that given Mao Shuai's temper, Huang Shi said it in vain. Mao Wenlong would definitely ignore it and let it pass for a few days. When he got angry, he would jump up and fight with the Chief Secretary of Shandong again.  battle of words.  "I'm just doing my best to repay my kindness." In fact, Huang Shi didn't have much hope in the effectiveness of this letter.  The wheel of history is still rolling forward. Huang Shi originally went to Liaoyang to gamble his life to avoid leaving Liaodong, but this transfer really made Huang Shi dumbfounded.  He looked at the vast ocean that gradually opened before his eyes.  He sighed and said: "Brother, this is called inevitable." "Well, brother, what are you talking about?" "Since Saarhu, the Liao Dynasty has failed again and again, and made mistakes again and again. I often wonder what the purpose of this is?"  In Huangshi's previous life, many people boasted that the Jurchens in Jianzhou were invincible in horsemanship and archery and were unparalleled in the world.  At that time, Huang Shi also believed that there was some truth in what they said. After all, one war could be said to be accidental and two wars could also be said to be accidental, but the situation in the war could not be explained by chance.  After Zhang Zaidi heard Huang Shi's question, he replied without hesitation: "Because there is a villain in the court!" This short answer made Huang Shi silent for a long time.  This problem has been bothering him for so many years since he came to Liaodong. It was not until this transfer order was issued that Huang Shi felt that he finally figured it out.  But to Huang Shi's surprise, Zhang Zaidi and the others seemed to have understood this problem a long time ago.  People like Zhang Zaidi who were born in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty saw with their own eyes the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens.  On the contrary, it can be understood that the force of the Jin Army is nothing more than this.  As Zhang Zaidi said, what really promoted the development of the situation in Liaodong was not the military strength of the Hou Jin Dynasty but the Ming Dynasty's own problems. The internal political problems of the Ming Dynasty were therefore the corruption of the Liao Dynasty.  Zhang Zaidi also has many relatives who are military households in Liao Town.  Over the years, he has come into contact with a lot of military intelligence. Huang Shi only heard Zhang Zaidi say bitterly: "Just like the Battle of Sarhu, the Ministry of Industry gave the children of Liaodong all crudely made weapons and the Ministry of War did not give enough military rations to Liao Town because they felt that  They can almost win. Those greedy officials know that even if they are defeated, they will not die. But how many people have they killed?" The obvious hatred in Zhang Zaidi's words resonated in Huang Shi's heart.  He nodded and said: "In the first year of Taichang, the late Xiong Jinglue won both field battles in Shenyang and Fengjibao, and almost recovered all the lost territory within the border wall. As soon as the situation in Liaodong improved, some people in the DPRK were jealous and jumped impatiently.  Come out and cause trouble for your own people." Just like Xiong Tingbi was unlucky twice in a row.  Every time the Liao affairs improved slightly, officials who wanted to take credit gathered like a group of vultures, scrambling to tear up a piece of the loot and take it away.  Excluding Huangshi's record in the six years since Tianqi, the Dongjiang Army invaded the Liaozhong Plain twice and besieged Hetuala, and the troops were approaching Sarhu.  When the ministers saw that Jianzhou seemed to be on the verge of death, he started to make trouble for his own people again. Since you are unwilling to share my share of the credit, it will not be over until I kill you.  Huangshi suddenly shouted angrily at the line between the sea and the sky, as if he was questioning the bureaucrats face to face: "If you don't make trouble for your own people - will you die?"  Liu Qingyang will stay and be responsible for the loan matters.  It was also suggested to Huangshi that these merchants should be encouraged to engage in maritime trade.  In the past, the products of Changsheng Island were limited, but now that the power of Huangshi has begun to penetrate into Fujian, it is necessary to cultivate its own maritime trade power. It has been forty years since the Ming Dynasty completely relaxed the maritime ban. Merchants are also very aware of maritime trade.  Profits must also consider this issue carefully.  This plan will obviously encounter numerous difficulties and obstacles, but Huang Shi also agrees with Liu Qingyang's view.  All the Japanese Choshu Domain can provide is a start-up capital. This small place cannot support a huge army. In the end, if you want to solve the military expenditure problem, it will ultimately fall on China's domestic demand and China's trade with other regions.  After Liu Qingyang and Huang Shi discussed it, they gathered together those businessmen who accepted loans from Changsheng Island. The past policy was to rank them based on the Dongjiang Town military tickets in their hands and then check whether they had collateral. If there was no collateral, then Changsheng Island  The amount of capital loaned to them will be very small.  "The Prince Shaobao has been transferred to Fujian. He is eagerly hoping that some of you can go with him to engage in maritime trade between the north and the south" Liu Qingyang was sitting in the living room of the old camp on Changsheng Island talking.  There was a room full of businessmen sitting below. They had all been pre-examined by Changsheng Island, and everyone had a record of supporting the army and being patriotic.  Zhu Jiuye, whom Huang Shi met in the capital, and Boss Gu from Juehua were also among them. Both of them listened attentively to Liu Qingyang's words.  I have told everyone about the good prospects of sea trade.After a while, Liu Qingyang asked these businessmen if they had any opinions or concerns.  Zhu Jiuye doesn¡¯t know what others think, but he left the Zhili business and came to Liaodong just to help Dongjiang Town.  Zhu Jiuye unfortunately encountered the Shandong grain official fraud case. He traveled back and forth between Liaodong and Shandong many times but had no way to collect debts.  But when Zhu Jiuye rushed to Changsheng Island to try his luck.  Changsheng Island asked him to sign a loan agreement with him in Dengzhou using Dongjiang Town's military notes as collateral.  The interest rate on this loan agreement is very low, only about half of private loans. In addition to this loan, Changsheng Island has additional regulations: if Zhu Jiuye buys local products on Changsheng Island, Changsheng Island will also give him a discount; etc.  When he trafficked grain and cloth to Changsheng Island, the Dongjiang Town Leftist Association would also add a little interest to him. This minus plus one plus was enough to offset the interest on the loan.  Although Dongjiang Town and the Chief Secretary of Shandong made Zhu Jiuye very sad.  But after experiencing the interaction with Changsheng Island, he still trusted Huangshi. As soon as Liu Qingyang finished speaking, Zhu Jiuye raised his hands first and said: "General Liu is too worried, how can we not believe your army's words? Besides, there is also the Crown Prince Shaobao."  If General Liu doesn't abandon the people, he still plans to do some small business in Liaodong, Shandong and other places before going to Fujian." Zhu Jiuye said.  It aroused a few shouts of approval and also caused some people to think deeply.  Liu Qingyang waited for everyone to discuss for a while and then said slowly: "You don't have to worry about capital issues. Changsheng Island will provide loans as much as possible, and this kind of loan to Fujian does not require collateral." These businessmen are in Shandong and Beizhili.  There are many relationships.  Moreover, their sense of business is also very sensitive, not to mention that Changsheng Island has no time to separate, so it is best for them to engage in sea trade.  In Liu Qingyang's plan, these businessmen must try to win over them as much as possible. But although Huang Shi agreed to Liu Qingyang's unsecured risk loan plan, relying solely on the power of Changsheng Island is definitely not enough to provide so many resources.  "The Prince Shaobao is willing to use his name to guaranty you." After Liu Qingyang finished speaking, he paused for a moment to let the people below understand the meaning of this sentence. He saw countless nervous glances coming towards him before he calmed down.  He continued unhurriedly: "If you can borrow money from other places, the interest rate is only 50%" Liu Qingyang raised his right hand high and made a big "five".  Let everyone in the room see it: "As long as this money is used to expand sea trade to Fujian, Prince Shaobao will be willing to guarantee you." These businessmen must have many acquaintances and connections.  However, according to China's long-standing tradition, most businessmen do not like to borrow money until they are desperate, but rely on their own hard work to carry out primitive accumulation.  Similarly, if a person really starts borrowing money, it probably means that he is in trouble, so the lender will not only ask for a higher interest rate, but also ask the borrower to take out a mortgage.  When Huang Shi and Liu Qingyang were discussing sea trade issues, both of them believed that there would be huge profits, which would be enough to pay off the high land rents. Therefore, Huang Shi was willing to come forward as a guarantee for these businessmen as long as they could attract a large amount of funds. Both Huang Shi and Liu Qingyang were full of profits.  gained confidence.  "General Liu, Prince Shaobao, are you willing to be a guarantor for us ordinary people?" "Yes, and not just in the personal name of Prince Shaobao, we will also use the income from the military camp in Funing Town and future military and food salaries to provide you with  Be a guarantee." Anyway, these businessmen didn't know the specific income, so Liu Qingyang honestly and unceremoniously put the credibility of the Ming Dynasty on the line.  At least during the Tianqi years, the reputation of the Ming court was still worth a lot of money, and the court had no awareness of intangible assets and would not trouble Huangshi for this.  Now Huangshi has a good reputation of "loyalty to the sun and moon, justice to the sky". The recent "Horse Leap over Liaoyang" incident has added a lot to the aura of Huangshi. Traditional Chinese people have always believed that if a person is a good person, then he will be good.  Basically he won't do bad things.  Now, if anyone dares to say that Huang Gongbao is a person who owes money and refuses to pay it back, he will definitely be scolded as a cripple by passers-by.  These words aroused some admiration from the following. Huangshi¡¯s high position and prestige spread throughout the world. If such a person comes out as a guarantor with great fanfare, he will naturally be very persuasive.  Liu Qingyang looked at the changes in the expressions on the faces of the many businessmen below and knew that many of them were already faintly tempted. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Of course we also have other conditions." "General Liu, please speak." This time it was Gu who spoke.  Boss Juehua made a wish to the Bodhisattva several times during the war.  After the Ming army won the victory, Boss Gu of course believed that the greatest contribution was to the Bodhisattva, so he went to Mount Wutai and donated a lot of charity money. He also spent money to build a bridge in his hometown.  In addition, Boss Gu believed that Huang Shili's contribution to the land was second only to the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea, so he changed his business in Liaoxi to Liaodong.  Of course, after the battle in Juehua, Boss Gu also believed that taking the Liaodong route might be better.Be more cautious. After all, the old man is not going to experience Juehua's danger again.  But the poverty in Liaodong was something that Boss Gu never imagined.  Boss Gu in Liaoxi had never had the experience of being owed military bills in the past. As a result, he spent more than 30,000 taels of Dongjiang Town military bills in one go, which was equivalent to more than half of Boss Gu's family property.  After hearing that Changsheng Island had a preferential deal for his situation, Boss Gu came to Changsheng Island to do business. He had a large amount of land in Dongjiang Town's military coupons and a lot of property that could be mortgaged, so Changsheng Island gave him two at a time.  With a loan of more than 10,000 taels of silver, he recently recovered a lot of his capital after making several daily necessities sales between Shandong and Liaonan.  And according to the preferential policies of Changsheng Island.  For people like him who hold a large amount of Dongjiang Town military bills, Changsheng Island can also accept Dongjiang Town military bills to offset the interest when repaying the loan.  Even if there are not so many dazzling halo valleys on the yellow stone, the boss of the aura valley is very impressed and believed in the yellow stone.  After hearing Liu Qingyang say there are additional conditions.  Boss Gu hurriedly asked the following if Boss Gu would be willing to continue dealing with Huang Shi if it was not too harsh.  Putting aside the life-saving grace, the boss of Na Valley still has a lot of Dongjiang Town military tickets. Instead of going to Dengzhou, Shandong to queue up, it is better to bargain with Huangshi.  "These loans must be used for maritime trade expenses with Funing Town. Whether it is purchasing goods, buying or leasing ships, or recruiting sailors, as long as it is for the purpose of maritime trade, we will accept it. I will send someone to check with you.  Of course, the boss¡¯s account book will never leak the contents. It¡¯s just to ensure that the money is used in the right place. What do you think?¡± Zhu Jiuye and Boss Gu all thought about it for a while.  Huangshi's reputation is still very good.  And this request is very reasonable. In the past, when doing business with large merchants, the other party would often ask to see the account books.  Besides, Huang Shi is obviously an officer!  Even if you show it to him, it will definitely not be worse than showing it to other businessmen. After everyone figured it out, they all said that there was no problem.  "To be honest, Prince Shaobao is in urgent need of these sea tax and sea trade income, so he encourages everyone to go to Fujian Sea Trade. In order to prevent all bosses from suffering losses, I will be here today to guarantee that if any of you can borrow money for Prince Shaobao,  The sea trade has made a profit, Prince Shaobao is willing to take only half of it. If there is a storm and the shipwreck loses the goods, Prince Shaobao will be willing to bear all the losses for you. " Even if Huangshi does not directly participate in trade in the future, it doesn't matter to him. After all, as long as sea trade can develop.  As long as the sea tax is collected, it will be very good.  After all, Huang Shi has been dealing with Lu Shang for several years. In a new environment, everyone is new here and they have friendships with each other. They should be able to support each other, so Huang Shi must try his best to attract Lu Shang as much as possible.  Fujian.  Seeing that everyone didn't seem to have much objection, Liu Qingyang came up with another loan agreement: "In addition, even if you don't want to go to Fujian Taizi Shaobao, there is another loan agreement. Some bosses here will definitely go to Fujian Taizi Shao."  Mr. Bao is also very concerned about their supply and sales, so Mr. Prince Shaobao is also willing to be a guarantor for those who stay, as long as they are willing to give priority to buying goods from these bosses in Fujian and giving them priority. "The idea is.  Liu Qingyang proposed that Dihuangshi felt very trustworthy and immediately agreed to the plan.  Besides, there is this plan.  It should also be of great help to Fujian's maritime trade, and it can also consolidate the supply and demand base in the north and help pro-Huangshi businessmen develop their strength. No matter how you look at it, it will be of great benefit.  "Gentlemen, please take a look." Liu Qingyang took out a large seal. The merchants looked at it intently. It was the brand new "Pingman General" Yin Huangshi. In order to win the trust of others, Huangshi left his Pioneer General Seal to Liu Qingyang for a few months.  In order to guarantee those loan documents that meet the requirements.  It is probably the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty that Huangshi used the seal of "Pingman General" to borrow money. This time Huangshi mortgaged all his reputation.  Liu Qingyang had no doubt that he could get a lot of money as collateral by using this method.  But he also pointed it out to Huang Shi at that time.  If the money can be repaid in the future, there will be no problem. If not, Huangshi's own reputation will still be a trivial matter. It is really not a joke for a group of creditors to sue the government with IOUs stamped with "Pingman General" in red.  Liu Qingyang discussed this issue with Huang Shi a few days ago, but Huang Shi thought there was nothing wrong with him as long as he could earn money to pay off the debt.  Then there won't be any reckless guy who will have trouble with him.  In the final analysis, it is still whether you can make money. As long as you can get your capital back, it doesn't matter. If you can't get your capital back "The worst is to be impeached by the imperial censor and become a useless person, and you can only owe a hundred lifetime debts."  Money is just a bad thing. If I can't get a lot of money as soon as possible, I will inevitably fall into the hands of those censors." When Liu Qingyang put forward this opinion, Huang Shi shrugged nonchalantly.He showed an indifferent expression: "I have no friendship with Mr. Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian. The conflict with General Yu will not be resolved for a while. Most Fujian merchants will be on the fence when I first come here, let alone  There are also a large number of bandits called "sea merchants" who are actually Japanese pirates. Of course, I can assume that the civil servants in North Korea just want me to bow down, but even so, they may want to deal with me severely and destroy my reputation.  I can't help but bow my head after this." Huang Shi gave Liu Qingyang a careful analysis of the situation. If everything goes according to the track planned by the civil servant group, Huang Shi will soon lose everything he has now and become a doll in the hands of the civil servants again.  And if you fight to the death to win.  If this thing fails, it will be nothing but ruin. Huang Shi smiled and patted Liu Qingyang on the shoulder: "But since Brother Liu is there, I will definitely not be disappointed." Liu Qingyang immediately replied impassionedly: "Sir, you can  Don't worry." After a pause, Liu Qingyang repeated Huang Shi's slogan: "Sir, we want to make the impossible possible." After the onlookers dispersed, Liu Qingyang ordered someone to bring ink pads and rice paper.  .  In front of everyone, he pressed the "Pingman General" seal heavily for the first time and then raised the white paper high for everyone to inspect the big vermilion seal on it.  Facing the businessmen with strange expressions, Liu Qingyang knew that the matter was finally done. He chuckled and said, "You all can rest assured this time. Is there anyone in the world who doesn't know the name of Prince Shaobao?"  ? Now that you have this big seal, are you still worried about not being able to borrow money? "  On September 24, the sixth year of Tianqi, Liu Qingyang bid farewell to Huangshi and went to Shandong to prepare for a loan. Huangshi had high hopes for his trip and was also prepared.  Liu Qingyang asked Liu Qingyang to bring many gifts to the officials of the Chief Secretary of Shandong to Huangshi to review what he had done in the past few months. Some of his irrational behaviors were indeed enough to arouse the vigilance of the civil service group. Huangshi used his own power to fight with the civil service group.  To fight against that is like hitting an egg against a stone.  But Huang Shi thinks that his current overall image in the Wenguan Group is still far from reaching the level of notoriety like Mao Wenlong. At least there are many officials from the Chief Secretary of Shandong and Southern Zhili who appreciate his feelings. Now Huang Shi's career has already  When the critical moment of success or failure comes, if we don't put these favors to use now, how can we wait?  "When you arrive in Shandong, remember to send 500 taels of silver as a gift to Zhenyu Village." "So much? Does he dare to accept it?" "I think he should dare to accept it because the situation here is so bad. Anyone who is smart should understand that I am urgent.  Need help." Huang Shi made a list of officials to Liu Qingyang. There were more than a hundred Shandong officials who wanted to send a total of 10,000 taels of silver: "Let them write a few letters to Nanzhili for the sake of past kindness.  It¡¯s convenient for my sea trade company and I would like to remind you that if there is any need for my help in the future, I will do my best to do it.¡± ¡°All loans must be done in strict accordance with the regulations and recorded in detail.  So that we can modify these loan and borrowing regulations in the future." "Don't worry, I will understand." "Okay, I have no problemHave you given this thing a name?" Huang Shi asked the decision-making group responsible for preparing funds.  Liu Qingyang cooperates more with businessmen and conducts detailed discussions so that businessmen can participate and it is easier to cultivate a sense of belonging.  In addition, it will definitely be of great benefit to have a group of experienced businessmen discuss the goods, routes and profits of sea trade.  "I haven't asked you to name me yet." Liu Qingyang also prepared a set of regulations for this decision-making body. Huang Shi feels that the size of contribution is the most important indicator for the selection of businessmen participating in decision-making, and this body will be an important bridge between businessmen and Huang Shi.  Whether Huangshi needs their cooperation or what kind of privileges they need from Huangshi, understanding and communication can be reached through this organization.  "Well this is a chamber of commerce that cannot be put on the official stage and is used to deal with complex matters." Huang Shi pondered for a moment. Free competition is inefficient. Only monopoly can obtain the greatest profits. Although Huang Shi and these businessmen are still small fish.  But this does not prevent them from having grand ambitions.  The purpose of establishing this organization is to absorb funds and form a trade chain in pursuit of maximum profits: "Then call it the 'Dark Council'. Liu Qingyang, you will be the first president." "I obey, my lord."  and sent away  After Liu Qingyang, Huang Shi found Li Yunrui again.  "There has been no change in Jiannu recently?" Li Yunrui started reporting on the work as soon as he entered the door. The Houjin Army in southern Liaoning has never been so honest as in the recent period. It is almost abnormally calm: "It's Sanbeile Manggur of Jiannu.  Tai has some strange behavior. He seems to have established some connections with the Jesuits and spent a lot of money to buy a batch of crosses.Said he was converting to Catholicism.  "    "oh?  Huang Shi was quite interested in this topic: "Does Mang Gurtai not believe in Lamaism?"  " "It seems that he doesn't believe it. Mang Gurtai drove all the lamas out of Zhenglan Banner, not to mention that he also asked the Jesuits to send him some fortune-telling priests. He said that he wanted to establish a Catholic church in Liaoyang. It was just his name for the church.  The name seems very interesting" Li Yunrui looked up at Huang Shi and reported carefully: "The translation into Chinese seems to be: Zhongjianzhou Ainu Chief Catholic Church.  "
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