nanming man

Chapter 231 One hundred thousand is enough to buy an arm
At the end of December, the New Year is approaching, and time is approaching the most important inflection point in history, 1644.

On the 25th, there was a heavy snowfall. The mountains, rivers and plains were covered with snow. Runing Mansion and even the entire Northern Kingdom became a snow-covered world.

At noon that day, in a vast white world, a large group of people suddenly appeared in the distance, rushing along the Rushui River to Runing.

At the front of the team, a general riding on a black horse, breathing white gas, was Gao Yihuan.

After he and Liu Heizi evacuated Shouzhou, they counted and seized, and then withdrew to the north of Huaihe River respectively.

This time, Gao Yihuan invested more than 15 taels worth of materials, Liu Heizi invested 60 taels, Luyi, Runing, and Ma Hongshan and other business gangs invested [-] taels of materials to cheat the Fan family into the urn.

Now, all the things they put in have been taken back.

Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi earned 50 taels of silver and 15 taels of silver respectively. In addition, the merchant gang collected money from Fan's family and Gao Yihuan's subsidy, so the materials they took back had nothing to do with them.

The 60 taels of supplies were organized by Gao Yihuan's connections and a subsidy from Gao Yihuan, so they belonged to Gao Yihuan and had nothing to do with Liu Heizi.

The rest is that the two broke through Shouzhou, and copied 45 taels from Liu Liangzuo's home, and another 30 taels of silver from the Fan's shop, as well as the grain, cloth, and grain in the city's grain depot. two.

Of the 95 taels, Gao Yihuan got 70 taels, and Liu Heizi got 25 taels.

All in all, the Fan family's loss this time was huge, which made Gao Yihuan secretly speechless, that the Fan family had so much money.

But after thinking about it, the money may not belong to the Fan family, but most of it is money from the Qing Dynasty, so I am no longer surprised.

In this battle, the coalition forces also captured more than [-] Ming soldiers. Gao Yihuan asked for [-], and gave the rest to Liu Heizi.

Calculated, this operation, Gao Yihuan received money and food, the total price is about 180 million taels, excluding the subsidies he gave to the merchants, he also got 170 million taels worth of money, grain and supplies.

With the 170 million taels, plus the 50 taels he got when he sold it, Gao Yihuan had more than 220 million taels of money, food and supplies in his account, which was enough for him to toss around for a while.

However, although a lot was seized, Gao Yihuan's original smuggling channels were basically cut off because of the war.

At this time, although he and Ma Shiying seemed to have found a tacit understanding, it was nothing more than that.

Ma Shiying is different from Liu Liangzuo. Liu Liangzuo doesn't have Daming in his heart at all, he only cares about his own interests, so he can sell things to Gao Yihuan and Man Qing, he has no bottom line.

Ma Shiying didn't fight Gao Yihuan. After regaining Shouzhou, Gao Yihuan didn't withdraw from Yingchuan, so he didn't continue to march. He seemed to have a tacit understanding with Gao Yihuan, but Ma Shiying still couldn't do it if he was asked to sell supplies to the intruders.

In this way, without the convenience of officials, smuggling cannot continue, and the scale cannot be restored to the previous level, so it can only be small.

At this time, the snow fell heavily in the sky, covering the ground two feet deep, and the Ru River was completely frozen, and pedestrians could walk on it.

The army drove the endless vehicles and slowly moved forward. When they reached the vicinity of Runing City, they suddenly became lively.

Because the New Year is approaching, people in every village and village need to buy some goods for the New Year, so some temporary markets are formed outside the city.

The villagers sold their own grain and mountain products, and bought some things for the New Year. The constant laughter and shouting made the area near the city gate extremely lively.

Originally, this kind of transaction outside the city was not allowed by the government and had to enter the city to pay taxes. However, Gao Yihuan saw that the people were poor, so he granted a license on the 25th of each month that the people could trade outside the city.

Of course, this only applies to small amounts of barter, and large-scale ones must go to the city to prevent tax evasion.

Today is 25, and the New Year is approaching, so the city and the city are extremely lively, and the shops in the city also give a lot of discounts to attract people to the city.

Gao Yihuan saw the scenes full of life, and saw the people under his rule living and working in peace and contentment. He felt that what he did was meaningful and he was very happy.

The people outside the city also noticed the people coming from afar, and when they saw the big banner in front of the team, they all stopped their work and stood up to greet Gao Yihuan.

At this time, a troop of cavalry galloped out from the city gate, but Lu Yifang came to greet him.

"General, you've worked hard all the way!" Lu Yifang cupped his hands immediately.

Gao Yihuan first turned his head and ordered, "You arrange for the soldiers to rest and put the supplies into storage." Then he said to Lu Yifang: "Mr. Lu, we will talk about it after we enter the city."

Runing City, General's Mansion, Gao Yihuan changed his clothes, sat down in the lobby, and asked: "Mr. Lu, during my expedition, has anything happened?"

Lu Yifang stretched out two fingers, "There are two things. The first thing I have notified the general is the order from Xi'an."

Li Zicheng finally wanted to march eastward. Lu Yifang, an ex-minister of the Ming Dynasty, was still a little entangled in his heart, and he didn't really want to see the Ming Dynasty fall.

Gao Yihuan nodded, "I have made a decision on this matter, and I will refuse to send troops on the grounds that the war in the south is tense."

After Lu Yifang heard this, he was slightly taken aback. Although he didn't want to see the Ming Dynasty perish, since Li Zicheng was interested, he wanted to send Gao Yihuan to the east. If Gao Yihuan refused, it might be bad for Gao Yihuan.

He said worriedly, "General, Xi'an wants to transfer the general to the north and send troops into Xiangyang. This transfer obviously does not trust the general, and the general directly refuses. I am afraid that it will arouse Xi'an's suspicion!"

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, "You don't have to worry about this, Lord Lu. I will leave as soon as possible to go to Xi'an to meet Li Zicheng. Now that Xi'an is planning the Eastern Expedition, Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing don't want to make troubles. As long as I can reassure them, I think Li Zicheng will change his mind."

Li Zicheng didn't make an official order, and he didn't know much about the situation in Xiangyang, so if he didn't make any rash moves, there was still room for this matter to turn around.

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he looked at Lu Yifang, "Mr. Lu, what is the other thing?"

Lu Yifang was thinking about Gao Yihuan's words, and he came to his senses when he heard the sound, "Oh~ Fan's family in Jiexiu, Shanxi, sent someone to send 10 taels of silver. After waiting for three days, will the general see you?"

"So fast?" Gao Yihuan was startled, he didn't expect the Fan family's money to come so quickly.

But he said 50 taels, and Fan Yongdou only sent [-] taels, what does that mean?
Gao Yihuan didn't disclose the matter of Fan Jiatong, but just waited for Yin Zi to come.He was going to sell the Fan family after collecting the money, saying that they had been connected with the Tartars and let the Ming Dynasty or Li Zicheng destroy Fan Yongdou.

Now it is 50 taels, but only 10 taels, so it is not taking his words seriously.

"No!" Gao Yihuan waved without hesitation, and then said coldly: "10 taels is only enough to buy an arm. Let him go back with an arm, and tell Fan Yongdou by the way that he wants a hundred thousand taels. The general has no objection, but I don't know if Fan Sanba can stop and hate him!"

Lu Yifang frowned slightly, "General, isn't this too cruel!"

"Cruel?" Gao Yihuan said, "That's how I treat people who understand Tartars. I don't listen to anyone who gives me advice~"

(End of this chapter)