After the busy farming season, the autumn grain was put into storage, and Geng Yueru and Geng Yueling went home happily.
The married girl threw away the water. The two sisters no longer regarded the Xuan Da Governor's residence as their home. Even though their mother repeatedly tried to persuade them to stay, they happily returned to Xinghe City.
They told Huang Yi the good news that both large cars were sold and they got 5,000 taels of silver.
But there is a piece of news that I don’t know whether it is good or bad. Wang Kun, the eunuch who has just arrived at Xuanda University less than two months ago, plans to buy ten large cars.
It's just that he just mentioned it to his father, without paying for the goods or even a deposit, and asked for delivery before the end of September.
Dad knew that it was difficult to build a big car, so he didn't comment. He asked us to ask what we should do when we came back.
How could a eunuch buy a big car at a high price? Wang Kun was preparing for extortion.
Huang Yi did not tell his wife and concubines this, but asked them to relax and told them that with his operation, he would ensure that the great eunuch would be satisfied to a point that he would never forget!
The market for large cars must be in developed areas, and the most prosperous place in the north is of course the capital.
Geng Zhangguang was appointed as a concubine in the capital, and the Geng family had a mansion in the inner city of the capital. Of course, they had to make good use of these conditions.
The Geng Yueru sisters received another mission and went to the capital to sell large cars. They were escorted by thirty-six female cavalrymen who were skilled in bow and horse.
As for the maids and mothers-in-law of the Geng family, as long as the sisters are willing, they can take whomever and as many as they want.
A breakup is better than a wedding. Geng Yueru was in the thick of his love and really couldn't bear to leave, and this time it was far away.
Later I learned that while they were taking people to the capital, Huang Yi was leading troops to Shanxi to suppress the bandits.
There is no way to get along with Huang Yi while staying in Xinghe City. It is better to go to the capital to see his brother and help the Xinghe Army earn some military pay!
So the two sisters readily accepted the task.
Huang Yi said to Geng Yueru, who was about to travel far:
"Don't be in a hurry to come back after you've been to the capital. Try to get more orders!"
"But I will miss you!"
"Didn't I make an agreement with you two that you don't call yourself concubine or slave? I feel really uncomfortable hearing that. Isn't it good for you and me to use him?"
"master……"
"No! I'm just not a master. Besides, I'm not old anymore."
"Pfft!" The beautiful girl in her arms laughed...
"Actually, the most ideal markets for large sedans are Suzhou and Nanjing! I suggest you two go to Jiangnan."
"Going to Jiangnan? It's thousands of miles away!"
"That's right! Take a big car and bring two big car-making craftsmen with you. After traveling thousands of miles back and forth, you should be able to accumulate a lot of experience and improve the design."
"How long will it take? Concubine..., I..."
"From now on, your main job will be to sell Xinghe City's products. When Yueling can take charge of your own business, you two can come back in rotation."
"Why Yue Ling and I, not someone else?"
"You two are the daughters of Governor Xuanda and the daughters of a wealthy family. Who can match you in terms of connections?
Besides, when it comes to huge money transactions, you two should be the ones I trust the most! "
"I know it's dangerous to be alone outside the Great Wall in Xinghe City. You have to earn a lot of money to raise troops. Have you never thought about being transferred to the pass?"
"You can't give up Xinghe City even if you are transferred to Guannai. The number of Han people here now exceeds 80,000. Including the Mongols who have surrendered, there should be 150,000 or 60,000.
I must turn this place into a paradise for kings! "
"Daddy can support you as Governor Xuanda, but who can say for sure about the affairs of the imperial court? What if dad is transferred?"
"It doesn't matter. As long as you have a strong army, you can have anything! Raising troops is the most expensive thing, so..."
"I understand, I must find a way to help make money. My eldest sister's family has a lot of business in the south, and she will definitely be willing to help me."
"It's up to you to decide how to do it. You have to believe that the large cars, glass mirrors, wine glasses, tea cups, etc. produced in Xinghe City are all unique and good things."
"I know these things are all your whimsical ideas, they must be rare items!"
"The cost of raising a soldier for a year is only the military salary, which is twenty-four taels of silver, plus six stones of wheat, war horses, saddles, military uniforms, armor, food, horse materials, etc. The armor and horses are used for service. Calculated over five years, the average annual consumption is no less than sixty taels of silver."
"So many! The Xinghe Army has more than 5,000 troops. Doesn't it cost more than 300,000 taels of silver a year?"
"The 5,200 regular soldiers were just full at the end of August. Most of the armor and horses were captured. At present, we only need to calculate the original color and the reduced color. The monthly expenditure is about 16,000 taels of silver!"
"It's not easy to spend two hundred thousand taels of silver a year!"
"So you must spare no effort to make money, and I will seize as much as possible!"
"I, I will definitely work hard."
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Xuanfu Bingbei Road and the governor received official letters from Xinghe City.
Xinghe Counselor Huang Yi made a high-profile promise to lead 4,000 troops to Shanxi to suppress the bandits.
Among them, there were two thousand soldiers in the camp, and another two thousand were young and middle-aged warriors. They carried a total of 2,500 war horses and pack horses, and 500 large carts of various types.
Shen Jie, the governor of Xuanfu, had seen the troops and horses led by Huang Yi and felt that with such elite frontier troops going to Shanxi to suppress the bandits, they would be sure to succeed immediately.
Huang Yi's official document requesting the allocation of food and salary for the expedition was published in the military report. Shen Jie immediately gave the reply and forwarded it to Governor Xuanda for approval.
Geng Ruqi knew the fighting power of the rogue bandits and believed that using Huang Yi's soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits was a waste of time.
But he said nothing and deliberately took this opportunity to give Huang Yi more money, food and some military supplies.
It's a pity that Xuanda at this time is completely different from last year. There is Wang Kun, the eunuch who supervises the army.
Huang Yi is Geng Ruqi's son-in-law, and he is a double son-in-law. It is a good story among the people, but it is definitely a big joke among officials.
Of course Wang Kun knew the inside story. He did not refute Governor Xuanda's favor and agreed to provide food, wages and military supplies.
But he came up with a problem and asked to bring several young eunuchs to participate in the inspection of troops and horses, and pay according to the actual number of people present.
The dead eunuch Wang Kun is clearly making things difficult!
Because according to convention, the generals at this time reported four thousand troops, and half of the actual number would be considered good. In fact, I am afraid that there are only one to two hundred servants and three to five hundred battalions capable of fighting.
Under normal circumstances, generals would recruit strong men along the way to make up the numbers when going on an expedition. Even if they could not recruit any strong men, they would resort to catching beggars.
Wang Kun judged it based on common sense and believed that Huang Yi, a general who had received the care of Governor Xuanda, must be unscrupulous and free of charge.
If Huang Yi is manipulated and the mountain is shaken, the civil and military officers of Xuanda will be more respectful. In the future, he will definitely accept gifts and be merciful.
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
As everyone knows, Huang Yi promised to lead two thousand regular soldiers on the expedition, but he really planned to send two thousand soldiers to follow him.
The soldiers of the Xinghe Army are not vegetarians. Most of them are auxiliary soldiers. Under normal circumstances, auxiliary soldiers can be converted into regular soldiers as long as they perform well after fighting with the army.
The combat effectiveness of the Xinghe Army's auxiliary troops was able to crush the vast majority of the Ming Army.
