Blood from Daming

Chapter 284 Incident
After a while, several female soldiers under Yan Sanniang brought out a batch of gold and silver treasures, furs and ginseng that had been confiscated from Zhou Laohu's family in Fengqiu County, Henan Province. Shopkeeper Du hesitated and said, "Young Madam, we are from Sanjiang Huitong in Hangzhou." Are the treasures of Qianzhuang sold a little cheaper? "

Yan Sanniang nodded: "It's true that there are some discounts, but if our "Sanjiang Huitong" Bank in Hangzhou wants to gain popularity in Hangzhou City, we must give up the profits to the general Hangzhou citizens. Our "Sanjiang Huitong" Bank in Hangzhou must be the No. 1 store, these concessions are worth it. "

Shopkeeper Du listened to Yan Sanniang's ambitious speech that the "Sanjiang Huitong" bank in Hangzhou should become bigger and stronger, which made shopkeeper Du excited for a while, but the store was busy with business and dared not delay any longer.

So shopkeeper Du said: "Young Madam, there are people in the store who come to the bank to order and entrust the sale of goods, and many people ask to evaluate the assets of the family to determine the merchant's credit rating, so as to facilitate future financing and loans. This subordinate will leave now. .”

As soon as Shopkeeper Du said to leave, Wang Baihu and Master Zheng also stood up and left. Before leaving, Wang Baihu told Yan Sanniang that the head of the Zhang family in Zuixianlou asked someone to ask when he would get the master's autograph letter. After two or three days, the caravan will be on the road, and Yan Sanniang asked Wang Baihu to take copper coins from the "Sanjiang Huitong" bank, and then come to bring the letter of introduction to Datong Mansion for Master Zhang.

Three days later, the caravan from Hangzhou City to Datong Mansion in Shanxi set off. Master Zhang and several big merchants joined many small and medium-sized merchants, and took millions of dollars of goods along a commercial road from Henan to Shanxi, starting from Hangzhou City. At that time, I left the city for less than half an hour. This was the largest export trade to Mongolia organized by Jiangnan merchants after the Nanjing Yingtianfu caravan was annihilated in Shanxi Hengshan last year. If Yan Sanniang hadn't come to Hangzhou It strengthened the courage of the merchants in Hangzhou City. I didn't know that these Jiangnan merchants dared to go out to do business again in the Year of the Monkey.

Hangzhou "Sanjiang Huitong" bank digested 32 taels of the 27 taels of silver goods entrusted to the bank in just a few days, allowing Hangzhou businessmen to easily earn a handful of money while sitting at home. The "Sanjiang Huitong" bank in Hangzhou has become a cash cow in the eyes of Hangzhou people, and even government officials and businessmen in Jiangnan. The "Sanjiang Huitong" bank in Hangzhou has become the first choice for Jiangnan businessmen to pursue business.

A few days later, Min Bo brought various production and living materials worth 10 taels of silver purchased for Changtu Island, half of which were building materials for building houses on the island, and five thousand copper coins were also transported away. , the three sea-going ships were loaded at the wharf outside Hangzhou and left for Changtu Island.

Ten days after the opening of the "Sanjiang Huitong" bank in Hangzhou, Yan Sanniang calmed down a little. Min Bo's fleet just left today. Mr. Jiang came to Yan's mansion, and Yan Sanniang ordered his daughters Mr. Jiang came to the living room in the backyard with the soldier and the procurator Siqian.

Just three days ago, Mr. Jiang sent someone to withdraw 20 taels of silver from the "Sanjiang Huitong" bank in Hangzhou. The affairs of Mr. Jiang, the procuratorate and the procuratorate, should be settled.

Mr. Jiang met Yan Sanniang in the living room of the Yan Mansion, and Mr. Jiang said to Yan Sanniang: "Master, I bought a lucky boat and two 8 material sea boats privately from the Zhejiang Navy. The boat, two Mengchong speedboats, and a batch of shipbuilding timber and repair parts. Fuchuan is a bit old, and there is a lot of equipment and firearms on board. They promised to find some ways to equip some, and the money cost [-] taels of silver. It will be cheaper next time."

Yan Sanniang said: "Master Jiang has done a good job. Don't worry about spending too much money. Even without these boats, it is worth paying 8 taels of silver to make friends with the Zhejiang Navy. Fuchuan and Mengchong speedboats are originally It’s used for research, if you don’t have enough money, just ask.”

Mr. Jiang Ming, the procurator of the procuratorate, was very moved when he heard this: "Master, the Zhejiang Navy has given Xiaguan a lot of shipbuilding timber and repair parts, but none of them are materials for building large ships. Xiaguan has already sent people to Fujian. I'm looking for materials to build a big ship, and the people who went to Fujian will be back soon in a few days."

Yan Sanniang: "Master Jiang just does things cheaply."

Mr. Jiang said: "In a few days, the brothers of the Zhejiang Navy will find an excuse to say that the boat is gone. At that time, the subordinate officials will take people to pick up the boat and escort it to Changtu Island."

Just when Master Jiang was about to leave, the female soldier under his hand came in hurriedly, holding a small scroll in his hand, and quickly handed it to Yan Sanniang, Yan Sanniang was anxious for the female soldier in her heart. I didn't like rushing in, but when I saw the three red lines on the small scroll, I knew it was urgent information.

What Yan Sanniang got was Xue Zhuang's letter from Feige. Yan Sanniang opened the long thin note, saw that it was a coded letter, and immediately handed it to the female soldier next to her, saying, "Go to the secret room and translate it!" .”

In fact, Yan Sanniang usually does most of the code translations by herself. Although Yan Sanniang has full trust in Master Jiang, according to the password confidentiality rules formulated by Xue Yun, she still avoids letting more people understand Xue's army's internal secrets. Only then did the personal female soldiers go back to the secret room to translate the code.

Master Jiang looked suspicious but didn't speak. Yan Sanniang said without hesitation: "Master Jiang, just now there was an urgent message from a pigeon in the capital, and there was a drastic change in the capital, especially the Xue family."

Mr. Jiang heard Yan Sanniang's frank speech, and he didn't know the specific situation, so he had to comfort Yan Sanniang with a few words of kindness, and then both of them waited for the translation information to arrive. After a while, the two personal female soldiers Holding the translated note in front of Yan Sanniang, he handed the note to Yan Sanniang.

"Ming Jin negotiates peace, Jin invites husband to be punished, Ming dismisses husband, husband knows about this matter, Beijing's home is burned and paved, grandfather occupies old house, Yu Jie gathers in Xuezhuang, emergency response, Wu and Chen. '

After reading the secret letter, Yan Sanniang recalled it carefully, she was shocked and angry in her heart. The court is simply mean and ungrateful to the extreme. In order to make peace with the proposal, she actually removed her husband from his position. To live, the most serious thing is that the court officials have already attacked the Xue family, which is to put the Xue family to death.

Yan Sanniang pondered for a while, then looked up and saw Lord Jiang still sitting there, Yan Sanniang said: "Master Jiang, I was a little distracted and forgot about you, you should also take a look at this secret letter."

Mr. Jiang hesitated for a moment, but he stepped forward to take the note, then held it in his hand and looked at it seriously. After a while, Mr. Jiang said with a serious face: "Master, the situation is serious, but the general already knows it It will not be a big problem now, as long as the general's Datong army is there, the conspiracy of the imperial court and Jianlu will not succeed."

Yan Sanniang asked: "How can our Hangzhou government cooperate with the Datong Army?"

Master Jiang sighed: "Our strength in Hangzhou and Jiangnan is too weak, I'm afraid it won't be effective. The only thing we can do is to transfer human and financial resources to Changtu Island as soon as possible."

Yan Sanniang said: "Master Jiang, we are not alone in the south of the Yangtze River. My husband still has an ambush army in the south of the Yangtze River, but how much it will help us is beyond my knowledge."

Lord Jiang said: "Master, the most important thing now is to get in touch with the general, so that our actions can be targeted, and then send people to seal the news that Beijing and Nanjing are going to Hangzhou, so as to buy time for our preparation and transfer. What's more, it would be nice if the emperor's heart towards the Xue family could be softened."

Yan Sanniang said: "It's better to think about the difficulty more seriously, otherwise you will be cheated by the court and you will be kept in the dark. I didn't expect that Mr. Jiang had been with the Xue family for less than a month. If Mr. Jiang is willing to withdraw I won't blame you."

Mr. Jiang said seriously: "Master, since I, Jiang Ming, have recognized my master, I will not regret it. Besides, such a court treats meritorious officials like this, and there is still a subordinate worthy of loyalty. Jiang Ming is willing to die for the master."

After hearing this, Yan Sanniang said: "Mr. Jiang, if the Xue family can pass this hurdle, they must treat you as a national scholar."

Mr. Jiang said: "My subordinates will deal with the transaction with the Zhejiang Navy as soon as possible. The Jiang family personnel will be transferred to Changtu Island, or they can be transferred to Haining Jiang's wharf and fishing village first. The subordinates will wait for the master with people there. The command."

After Mr. Jiang left, Yan Sanniang immediately ordered Wang Defa of the Hundred Households to ask Mr. Xu, the prefect of Hangzhou, to discuss something important. She also asked her own soldiers to raise a tiger-down-mountain flag at the highest point in Yan's mansion, and then asked her men to go down to inform Wan Jianxin and Wu Bing came back for a meeting, and Yan Sanniang sat in the living room quietly waiting for Master Xu to arrive.

Because Yan Sanniang said the matter was very urgent, Mr. Xu, the magistrate of Hangzhou, didn't sit in the sedan chair, and followed Wang Defa into Yan's mansion. Wang Defa immediately took Mr. Xu to the living room in the backyard where Yan Sanniang was. Mr. Xu quickly asked Yan San If there is something urgent, my mother will come to me.

Without further ado, Yan Sanniang handed the translated note to Master Xu. Master Xu took the note and read on it: Ming Jin negotiates peace, Jin invites husband to be punished, Ming dismisses husband, husband knows this matter , The house in Beijing was burned down, the grandfather took over the old house, and the rest gathered in Xuezhuang. The emergency response, Wu and Chen. '

(End of this chapter)