nanming man

Chapter 322 The Watchdog Wants to Buy Its Own Bones?
The Qing army obtained food and grass from North Korea and Nanjing, which made Gao Yihuan a little passive.

Originally, Gao Yihuan's food could barely support the winter wheat until it matured, so there was no problem. However, after the war, the army and civilians consumed a lot of food, and there was a shortage of food and grass.

Right now, Wei Jun's food and grass can only last until about May, which means that within a month before the winter wheat is harvested, he can only drink northwest wind.

Gao Yihuan originally thought that it had only been a year since the Qing army entered the customs, and the bureaucratic system had just been established, and it would take at least June this year to provide the Qing army with a certain amount of food and taxes.

At present, the Qing army mainly relies on looting for supplies. Duduo has a meal, but he doesn’t have a meal, so he can’t consume him. However, after listening to Xuan Yiwei’s report, the Qing army can get food from North Korea and the South, and Gao Yihuan wants to use it up. Dodo, it's unrealistic.

He is in the land of the three prefectures, and he is already at a disadvantage in fighting consumption. The Qing army can still get supplies from the vassal states and the Ming Dynasty, so Gao Yihuan can't afford it at all.

If this is the case, Gao Yihuan must end this battle as soon as possible, otherwise he will be defeated by Duoduo when his food runs out.

Gao Yihuan frowned, and asked, "North Korea is a poor place, so there shouldn't be much food for the Manchus, right?"

Fang Jiayu shook his head, "Reporting to the Commander, we have not done any detailed work in North Korea, and we don't know the exact number, but Shanxi merchants do have frequent activities in Huguang and Jiangxi. They collect grain at a high price, and then buy a boat to go south, almost every few days. , there will be ships going north along the canal."

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in the Ming Dynasty were economically developed, and various economic crops were commonly planted. The cultivation of rice moved westward to Jiangxi and Huguang.

Shanxi merchants actually went to Huguang and Jiangxi to buy food for the Qing army, and the Manchu Qing was not short of silver. With the late Ming gentry's love of money and self-interest, and the fact that the Ming Dynasty did not impose restrictions, the Qing army won a large number of money. Food shouldn't be a problem.

If this is the case, then this battle is really impossible to fight, and Gao Yihuan has the urge to quit.

Gao Yihuan's face was gloomy for a while, and after being angry for a while, he finally felt aggrieved and thought about how to deal with it.

First of all, we must think about it, so as to interfere with the Qing army's continued supply of food.

At this time, Gao Yihuan pondered for a moment, and suddenly ordered: "Jiayu, you send someone to Guide to inform Liu Heizi, and let him pay attention to the ships on the Grand Canal. All the grain ships heading north will be robbed by this commander!"

Shanxi merchants originally traded out of the country, so they probably wouldn't use sea transportation, so the option with the lowest transportation cost was to take the Grand Canal.

Now Gao Yihuan is beyond his reach, and he is too far away from Shandong, so he can only hope that Liu Heizi can stop some grain ships.

"Humble job, send someone to notify General Liu!" Fang Jiayu clasped his fists.

Gao Yihuan suddenly reached out his hand to calm him down, and added, "Tell Liu Heizi, don't make too much of a show by pretending to be a bandit!"

Now Nanjing's attitude towards Man Qing made Gao Yihuan very passive. He kindly reminded Nanjing that he would get you after Man Qing got rid of me, but Nanjing didn't believe it, and instead planned to help Man Qing get him.

At this time, Gao Yihuan's main force was restrained by Duoduo. He was worried that Liu Heizi's high profile would cause the Ming army to attack, and the situation would be bad.

Fang Jiayu clasped her fists when she heard the order, "The humble job knows."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, "Okay, you can do it quickly! After paying the bill, call Gao Xinghao for me."

Fang Jiayu clasped his fists and bowed, saluted and exited the big tent.

Not long after, the curtain was lifted, and Gao Xinghao entered the tent to salute, "The commander called me!"

Gao Yihuan nodded, "How much money do we have in our account?"

Gao Xinghao was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "There are still about 68 taels of silver in cash!"

Gao Yihuan was surprised, "Why are there only so few left?"

"Marshal, except for the military salary, before going north to Xingyang, the army did not seize any money, and the rewards of the soldiers, as well as the pensions of the soldiers, cost nearly 20 taels. In addition, the resettlement of the people, the purchase of food and farm tools, and the spent money Sales are also a big part. In this battle, the [-] new attached battalions will also be paid according to the type C battalion, and the money consumption will naturally be much faster."

With the seizure of Chongwang's mansion in Runing, and the money from Shouzhou and Fan Yongdou, Gao Yihuan always thought that he was very rich, and he didn't want to spend it so quickly.

If you don't count the captured war horses, this fight against the Qing soldiers is really a money-losing business.

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, accepted the fact that he was about to go bankrupt after a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Xinghao, you go back to Runing and ask Hu Cao to transfer 30 taels of silver. You take this money and go to contact Ma Hong Shan, ask him to organize some shops and go to Huguang and Jiangxi to buy grain."

Gao Xinghao frowned slightly, "Marshal, the Ming Dynasty is now very strict with the border blockade, even if the humble officials send the money over, it will be difficult to transport the food they bought!"

Gao Yihuan naturally knew this, "I asked Ma Hongshan to buy grain because the Qing Dynasty was buying grain in Huguang and Jiangxi through Shanxi merchants. Now I have no way to stop Shanxi merchants from buying grain, so let Ma Hongshan also go to buy grain. Raise the price of food, and it will not be cheap for the Tartars."

"Marshal, the price of food has gone up, we can receive very little food, and we can't get it out, isn't the loss too great!" Gao Xinghao didn't expect Gao Yihuan to have such an idea. This is completely detrimental to others and not beneficial to himself!

Gao Yihuan sneered, "If it can't be shipped out, I will lead my troops to fetch it myself!"

"The commander-in-chief wants to fight against the Ming Dynasty?" Gao Xinghao was startled.

When discussing matters last year, Wei Jun's strategy was still to communicate well with the Ming Dynasty, so as not to be attacked by the enemy.

Now that Gao Yihuan said that he wanted to lead his own troops to collect food, he must enter the Ming Realm.

Wouldn't this cast a layer of gloom over the already unsuccessful appeasement, making it completely useless?

Gao Yihuan shook his head, "I'm not going to fight the Ming Dynasty, but I want to lead soldiers to ask for payment, and force the Ming Dynasty to appease me." Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan's face was a little angry, "I am the watchdog of the Ming Dynasty. Spending money to buy bones to eat? The Ming Dynasty should provide this commander with money and food!"

Gao Yihuan is now in Henan, not only helping Li Zicheng, but also helping the Nanjing court.

If there is no Gao, Li Zicheng has already lost Guanzhong and entered Huguang. Even if the Nanjing court does not collapse like in history, I am afraid that the result will not be much better.

Gao Yihuan was indeed like a watchdog in Henan, preventing Nanming from a huge risk.

He has done so much, but the Nanjing court not only did not give any benefits, but secretly helped Beijing, so Gao Yihuan could only get what he deserved by himself.

Originally, Gao Yihuan wanted to clean up his crimes, but now it seems that he has to go back to his old business, and he must fight for a wave. Otherwise, after this battle is over, he will not only run out of food and grass, but also his finances will collapse.

There is no other way, formal channels are slow to get money, it is better to grab it faster.

Of course, he didn't want to grab it now, he had to get rid of Duduo's threat first.

As for Nanjing, he can see it clearly now, deliberately flattering, it’s useless to put a hot face on it, being a loyal dog is too fucking aggrieved, he still has to be like Zuo Liangyu, make the plate bigger, so big that Nanjing dare not look at it , to the point where they dare not provoke, Nanjing can only cast a taboo~
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