Blood from Daming

Chapter 611
Xue Yun heard this middle-aged Confucian businessman's question, and this is what Xue Yun was going to say: "Shaanxi's grain shortage is very large, several million catties of grain can be eaten, and the surrounding Suidezhou and Yulin towns are very short of food." Grain, you can sell the grain yourself, or you can sell the grain to the Gaojiajunzhai in Mizhi County. If the Gaojiajunzhai cannot pay you in full, you can cash in cash and silver at Datong Mansion or Wuping Pass in Shanxi with the stamped note. "

The middle-aged Confucian scholar said with a smile: "With Xue Jiajun's words, students can rest assured."

The enthusiasm of the merchants was mobilized, and they were all thinking about how to find more ways to get more food and materials to go to Shaanxi to make a fortune, but one merchant asked weakly: "Xue Jiajun, with the IOUs issued by Mizhi County Can it really be exchanged for gold and silver in full?"

This is indeed a sensitive issue. Many businessmen are secretly concerned about it, but they just can’t say it. Xue Yun smiled and said: "How is the reputation of Xue Jiajun? Xue’s warehouse is like a drop in the bucket, if you don’t believe it, you can sell the food and supplies in Shaanxi, and bring the money back to Pingyang Mansion by yourself.”

Now the merchants are relieved. They can sell their food and property to Xue Jiajun, or they can handle it in Shaanxi. Whether they trust Xue Jiajun or not depends on their own eyesight. However, most merchants still decide to trust Xue Jiajun. I don't know that Xue's business in Datong Mansion has exploded, and they will send a small amount of money to buy and sell. The caravan from Jiangnan to Datong Mansion passing through Pingyang Mansion is not related to Xue's family. Going to Xue's house is where the ancestors burned high incense, which can't be bought with any money. If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

So everyone asked Xue Yun for the proof of the transaction with Xue's army. Seeing that he had found a source of food for Gao's army, Xue Yun was also greatly relieved. After all, it was only one month before the Baishui riot in Tongzhou, Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi. The food in the village may be requisitioned, and there is no money to buy food.

Xue Yun said to the merchants: "This time you go to Mizhi, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi, and prepare quickly. Everyone should gather together and try to return to Shanxi before the end of July. In the future, you can take the business route of Datong Prefecture. "

The middle-aged Confucian merchant asked: "Xue Jiajun, are you saying that Shaanxi will undergo major changes after July?"

Xue Yun said: "Sir, this is what I think. This general didn't say anything, but if Shaanxi is really so peaceful, this general will not think that he has a lot of money, so he must be a good boy."

The middle-aged Confucian merchant said: "Thank you, General, the students have been taught. All shopkeepers, you have not yet received your vouchers. Thank you General Xue for your blessing. Go back and prepare food supplies for Mizhi, Shaanxi."

All the merchants received transaction vouchers. When the merchants left, according to the requirements of the middle-aged Confucian merchants who were actively attached to the Xue family army, Xue Yun gave a purchase list of other materials besides various grains. The main materials needed are: cloth, ready-made clothes, quilts, shoes and socks, sulfur, gunpowder, traditional Chinese medicine such as knife wounds, typhoid fever, dried meat, bows and arrows, armor, weapons, pots and pans, etc.

However, it is not easy to find all these things in Shenzhou, because many things are military supplies. Xue Yun also understands this truth, but Xue Yun is fighting three times with dates and no dates, and hoarding a batch of supplies in Gaojiajunzhai, as long as Gaojiajunzhai Being able to protect itself, the Xue family army will have a forward base in Shaanxi, and they can easily grasp the future riots in Shaanxi.

On the second day after the merchants left Xiangling, that is, on June [-]th, Xue Yun led the Xue family army and left Xiangling. In the end, no one from Pingyang Mansion came to see Xue Yun, but Xue Yun already knew that Pingyang Mansion had acquiesced to his plan. The condition, because on the second day after Tian Tongzhi met Xue Yun, the south gate and west gate of Pingyang Mansion were reopened, and the normal opening and closing hours of the city gates were restored.

A day later, he joined Li Xiaoyong's troops waiting there at the border of Fenzhou. The army, with nearly 5000 troops, marched along Fenzhou Chengxi Road to Taiyuan Mansion. A carriage similar to Yang Xiuxiu, the wife of Medical Officer Lv, made Xue Yun very angry. When he was in Xiangling, Bumbutai didn’t say where to find the carriage during the march. Besides, Bumbutai is a Mongolian, and he should be born on a horse. After getting through, how did you learn how to ride a horse-drawn carriage from a Han woman.

However, for the sake of Harijula, Xue Yun still tried his best to meet Bumbutai's request. It was not until the team arrived in Lan County, Taiyuan Prefecture that he bought Bumbutai's favorite carriage from a rich family. Mubutai's carriage was known to be much more advanced than Yang Xiuxiu's carriage. All the soldiers of the Xue family army knew that Mubutai wanted to use the carriage to fight against Yang Xiuxiu.

Bu Mu Butai didn't show off in the car for a long time, and the luxurious carriage followed Xue Jiajun into the territory of Datong Mansion. Xue Yun, Yang Zhenlei, Li Xiaoyong, Wang Erwa, and Yan Laoyao all heaved a sigh of relief. Nothing happened because of Jiangzhou City and Wuping Pass.

Xue Yun had already entered the territory of Datong Mansion, and met the long-awaited Commander Luo of the Datong Guard in Mayi, Shuozhou. After telling him that Xue Yun was in the area of ​​Pingyang Mansion, Commander Luo waited to meet Xue Yun in Mayi with resentment.

The famous "Mayi Conspiracy" in history took place here. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's trick to lure the enemy was seen through by the cunning military official Shanyu, and all 24 cavalry escaped; More than four zhang, the female wall is six feet six high, more than four miles in circumference, four turrets, [-] enemy towers, and moon cities outside the east and west gates.Such a military city with complete defensive functions is guarded by a hundred households of Datongwei, and the troops of Commander Luo live in Mayi Castle.

Commander Luo left Mayi Castle to meet Xue Yun at the Xue Family Army camp. As soon as Commander Luo entered Xue Yun's big tent, he punched Xue Yun hard in the chest. When he got down, he let his god-brother breathe a sigh of relief.

Commander Luo said: "Brother Xue, it's hard for you to hide it from elder brother."

Xue Yun smiled shyly and said: "Brother, this younger brother is also being helpless. It's not that the imperial court wants to transfer the younger brother to Beijing to take up a idle job. Why should the younger brother make such a bad move? Please forgive me."

Xue Yun apologized and asked Commander Luo to take the seat. Commander Luo sat opposite Xue Yun and asked, "Brother, where have you been for more than a year?"

Xue Yun felt that it was better to tell the truth to his elder brother Luo: "My little brother went to the big island in the East China Sea to find a way out for the Xue family and the Xue family army. The most important thing is to open up the supply channels for the Xue family army's western goods in Daming. "

Commander Luo said: "It's no wonder that since last year, there have been a lot of strange and weird goods from the south, and there have been many caravans in the south of the Yangtze River. In the past year, the income of Eunuch Zhang and Master Zhao has doubled. All the officials in Datong Prefecture have made a fortune. In the past, many officials in Datong Prefecture used money to bribe them in order to get promoted. Now the officials of Datong Prefecture use money to keep their positions and guard the trade zone of Datong Prefecture. what."

Xue Yun smiled and said: "That's good, everyone earns money. There is no reason for everyone to go from thousands of miles away to Datong to suffer hardships and hardships. Big brother has a little more money recently."

Commander Luo said: "To tell you the truth, my brother is living a good life now. If he stays in Datong Mansion for another three to five years, he will go home and become a rich man. It is no problem to eat three or two generations, but I Luo There are many adults in the Datong family, and I have to rely on this position to benefit the family, but the court will not let the elder brother continue to make a fortune in Datong."

Xue Yun asked: "Brother, tell me what happened."

Commander Luo said: "Except for Eunuch Zhang and Eunuch Wei who are [-] years old, the Datong Mansion is as stable as Mount Tai. Mr. Zhao, Mr. Li, elder brother and you brothers, all of you will be replaced by others at any time. Mr. Zhao, Mr. Li and elder brother are not It took a lot of money to make it to the present, but the eldest brother can't hold on recently. It is said that the capital cabinet and the Ministry of War have made up their minds. In other words, one of the two of us must leave Datong Mansion."

Xue Yun said: "It doesn't matter how the imperial court treats my younger brother. Anyway, my younger brother will not leave because he is in Datong. As long as our two brothers are united, Qu Jiazhen will be their role model."

Commander Luo said: "Brother Xue, as long as you come back, the eldest brother will have confidence, but your future father-in-law has a lot of ideas recently, and Zhang Shenjiang and Liang Shenjiang have ambiguous attitudes. How can we resist the strong pressure from the imperial court in this strange place?"

Xue Yun said: "Brother, don't we have Mongolian cavalry with flying eagle flags and Harijula? As long as we are right, the imperial court has nothing to do with us."

Commander Luo sighed and said: "It's not that the officials in the court are too anxious. My Luo family and my brother's Xue family are loyal and good for generations. How could they go on the road of local separatism?"

Xue Yun asked: "How is the situation in Liaodong?"

Commander Luo said: "It's not the same as before. On the one hand, he reported the victory to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he asked the imperial court to rescue the soldiers. However, a briefing about Ningjin's great victory was sent to Datong Mansion the day before yesterday. My eldest brother knew about it last night, but Yuan Chonghuan's false report is too big. There are too many, I don’t know if what I said this time is true, or I can only confirm when the official news arrives.”

(End of this chapter)