Chapter 161
Sprouted potatoes contain solanum toxin. When the human body consumes this toxin, it will cause damage to the intestines and anesthetize the human motor center, causing weakness in the limbs.
When Abatai's troops discovered the appearance of Marine General Ning, their first reaction was to fight back immediately, but the problem was that their brains could no longer flexibly command their bodies.
Abatai and other hundreds of higher-status white-armored soldiers were lucky. They ate boiled potatoes from Ninghai navy civilians. These potatoes were actually sprouted potatoes.
Potatoes germinate very quickly. You only need to cut off the sprouted parts and it will not affect the consumption. In fact, this is not a trap designed by Ning Haijun, it is just a coincidence.
Potatoes stored in cellars will not germinate. But the problem is that once the potatoes are exposed to the air, they will germinate easily. In fact, the temperature at this time is already very low. In this environment, potatoes will not germinate easily. But the problem is Yes, frozen potatoes are also easy to rot. In order to prevent potatoes from being frozen, the military households in charge of transporting potatoes put dried straw on the potatoes.
If nothing else, accidents must have happened. This kind of straw mat made of grass was originally used by military households in the field to sleep on the ground when they were camping. It can provide good protection against cold. This kind of grass mat can protect the temperature of potatoes. When growing, it creates a growing environment for potatoes to sprout easily.
However, there were five or six hundred elite slaves who ate potatoes with the sprouts removed. They were not full and ate some more sprouted potatoes, so they didn't have much of a problem. At least they still had diarrhea. Can barely mount a horse.
Ignoring the slower-reacting red-armored soldiers, they turned around and ran away. About seven or eight hundred paces behind them, hundreds of cavalry appeared. Although they were wearing the costumes of the slaves, the black letters fluttering in the wind The flag represents their identity. There is no doubt that they are Ning Navy soldiers.
Abata broke into a cold sweat and said, "Why did they appear behind us?"
"It's over, it's over, we're all done!"
The cavalry faced by Abatai were the hunting cavalry under Hu Erqi. There were pursuers in front and interceptors in the back. Jiannu, who was so weak from potato poisoning, was almost certain to die.
Abatai said a little crazy: "I have followed my father Khan in the north and south since I was a child. I have conquered countless fortresses and trampled all the famous cities such as Guangning, Liaoyang and Shenyang under my feet. What kind of opponent?" Never seen it? But I have never seen a Jurchen warrior who surrendered to the Ming Dog!"
He roared in the direction of Hu Erqi: "Despicable! Shameless! You are not worthy of being called Jurchens at all!"
Abatai spoke Jurchen, and Ning Haijun couldn't understand it, but it didn't mean that people like Hu Erqi and Su Wannayan couldn't understand it. It was precisely because they understood it that they became even more angry.
Are they willing to surrender to Ning Haijun?
The answer is yes, no, as long as they are treated fairly in the Kingdom of Jin, they will not surrender to Ning Haijun.
Everyone felt sorry for each other. They poured their heart and soul into the Kingdom of Jin, but what they got in return was all kinds of blows.
Hu Erqi looked in the direction of Abatai: "Is this a high official?"
"Yes, it's big!"
"How big is it?"
Su Wanna said with a smile: "The Ministry of Works is in charge, which is equivalent to the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty. Is it big enough?"
Hu Erqi's face was ecstatic: "Really?"
"How dare you deceive the Lord Guard?"
"Then what the hell are you doing in a daze? Come on!"
Since Hu Erqi's troops went south in Huang Taiji, they have been responsible for the battle between the scouts. The two sides are sapling each other and setting up traps for each other.
Although Hu Erqi has not been promoted much since he took refuge with Cheng Shijie, the problem is that he has a lot more money and more power than before. As a guard of the hunting cavalry, his troops have fought more and more, and as long as they are captured slaves , Hu Erqi asked them to personally kill those hardcore slaves who would rather die than surrender.
As long as they handed in the certificate of surrender, they would become Hu Erqi's party.
The two sides fought against each other on the first day of the new year, and the decision was made.
The elites under Abatai's command were not the bannermen of Zhenglan Banner, but the elites drawn from the Eight Banners. Even though the number of the two sides was almost the same, in a fight, the other side suffered dozens of casualties, and Hu Erqi's command lost sixty or seventy people. , which is almost a ratio of six to one.
Hu Erqi didn't panic. He took out a signal bomb and pulled it. With a whoosh, a red light screamed two to three hundred meters high and could be seen ten miles away.
Abatai and his men had never seen anything like this before. They didn't know why and looked at it stupidly, forgetting to stop the daring guy.
A white-armored soldier from Zhenglan Banner suddenly pointed to the northeast: "Master, look!"
There was also a red light shooting up into the sky like a meteor from the northeast, followed by the sound of intensive horse hooves.
Now everyone knew what was going on, and Abatai cursed angrily: "You bitch, how dare you tip off the news!?"
"This is Haizhou, and it is our Ning Haijun territory. You will not be allowed to run wild!"
If Abate's men had not been poisoned, Hu Erqi's men would not have been able to stop Abate's men from breaking through when they were strong. It was a pity that Hu Erqi had no intention of having a fair duel with Abate.
Then I heard endless screams, and signal bombs soared into the sky one after another, seemingly endlessly. And every time a signal bomb was fired, there would always be the sound of gongs and drums. People with sharp eyes could already see that there were large groups of troops stationed in the field. Groups of people rushed this way.
There are basically no good people in the military households stationed in Haizhou. They are either bandits, rebels from Kong Youde's tribe, or pirates. These people have received some training, have seen blood, and killed people. Although they are in a hurry, But they still consciously formed a line and drove in together, which really felt like an army.
In the blink of an eye, more than 2,000 hunting cavalrymen completed the first assembly, and all the roads were filled with surging military households or Ning navy scouts.
When they got closer, Abatai and others were horrified to see that most of these military households in the field were armed with a long gun, a strong crossbow or a compound bow, and a dog-legged scimitar on their waist. Some of them had Holding the Qi family sword and shield in his hand, he looked like he had retired from the Ning Haijun Army!
A stream of people from these military households in the field gathered here, rushing in with an overwhelming momentum that could not kill you, but would trample you to death, making Abatai and others tremble with fear.
They are actually like the Great Jin Kingdom, all the people are soldiers!
The battle that took place on the banks of the Liao River in Haizhou took less than half an hour from start to finish. Not one of the 2,052 people under Abatai's command was annihilated, and more than 600 of them were beaten alive. He died, and more than 1,100 people, including Abate himself, surrendered.
Among them were 203 white-armored soldiers.
This news quickly reached Cheng Shijie's ears, and Cheng Shijie ordered that the news be publicized as quickly as possible.
However, Huang Taiji was unusually silent. He did not let anyone refute Cheng Shijie's victory because he really couldn't afford to embarrass this person. More than two thousand elites were surrounded and beaten by a group of civilians.
This is indeed very embarrassing.
This was the result of Abatai's own cleverness. The Ning Navy and Hu Erqi's troops were in the north, while the Tuntian Army was in the south. Abatai did the opposite, thinking that these mud-legged people had absolutely no ability to stop the most elite troops of the Jin Kingdom. Although there were more of them in the charge, once they killed dozens or hundreds of people, these mud-legged people retreated.
It's just a pity that these idiots want to get a reduced sentence. Ning Haijun's ordinary military households only need to pay 30% of the food tax, leaving 70% for themselves, but they, the reform-through-labor prisoners, don't have any.
You must know that after paying taxes, many military households in the field still have a harvest of two shi of grain per acre. They are crazy with joy. Cheng Shijie bought the two shi of grain for seven coins. Their annual income is dozens Two silver coins.
Now, all they need is the heads of the slaves to commute their sentences.
In order to reduce their sentences, more than 400 people under Abate's command were beaten until they didn't even recognize their mothers. They were shot with bows and arrows or crossbows from a distance, stabbed with spears or with stones and bricks when they were close. Smash...
The outstanding diplomat of the Kingdom of Jin, Tatara Ying'erdai, the famous general of Zhengbai Banner, brought a team of more than 100 people to Bali Bay to ask for an audience with Cheng Shijie.
As early as in his youth, Tala Ying'erdai was promoted to Niulu Ezhen because of his bravery in battle, and was put in charge of his uncle Tuobo's Niulu. He really came into his own in the second year of Chongzhen, after Huang Taiji occupied Zunhua, he ordered Tarala Ying'erdai stayed in Zunhua City. Ying'erdai strengthened his defense and took advantage of the situation to recruit and surrender the Luanyang camp.
Soon, the situation in Zunhua deteriorated. In April of the third year of Chongzhen (1630), Zhang Fengyi, governor of Jiliao, Xie Rulan, governor of Shuntian, and other troops attacked Zunhua at night, "attacking from all sides", and eleven cities including Shimenyi also "revolted".
At this time, there were only 800 Houjin defenders in Zunhua City, and most of them were "disabled soldiers." Ying'erdai held on tenaciously, using a small number to attack the masses. He forced the Ming soldiers to retreat in three battles, killing hundreds of Ming horsemen and more than a thousand infantry. Later, he launched a political offensive and sent people to the 11 cities he rebelled against to surrender. Among them, Luowenyu and other five cities were once again under his control.
Later, he went to North Korea as an envoy to negotiate bilateral relations and expand spring trade. During this period, 385 Manchurians fled into Korea by boat. When Ying'erdai found out, he immediately sent someone to detain him and send him back to Shenyang. In July, Huang Taiji established the official system and established six ministries, and Ying Erdai was promoted to the Ministry of Household Affairs to take charge.
Now Ying Erdai, as the minister of household affairs, sent Cheng Shijie as an envoy, hoping to redeem Abate and more than 1,100 people.
Of course, Cheng Shijie knew that Huang Taiji had no good intentions. He said he was on a mission. As long as Cheng Shijie dared to see him, Huang Taiji would definitely spread rumors about Cheng Shijie, saying that Cheng Shijie was having an affair and creating slaves. Huang Taiji solves this difficult problem.
Cheng Shijie was actually waiting for the weather, waiting for Huang Taiji to get anxious.
The negotiation issue asked Song Xiance to come forward and Sun Zhiwan to participate. However, before the negotiation, Cheng Shijie told Song Xiance: "My principle is that I don't want money, I want territory, give me Guangning Wei and Liao Zhongwei. I will never let go of anyone, whether it’s cheating or coaxing, be in control of yourself!”
"I understand!"
In fact, even if Cheng Shijie didn't give any instructions, Song Xiance could guess what Cheng Shijie meant.
When it comes to integrity, Cheng Shijie does have it, but definitely not much.
The front foot had just deceived Fan Yongdou, and now it was about to deceive others again.
It's just that this thing is not easy to do. If Guangningwei is a dispensable place for Jiannu, at least if Cheng Shijie wants it, his defensive pressure will be greater. In this way, he will have nearly half as much territory. And it is the very fertile Liaohe Plain.
This is a negotiation that has no chance of success, and both sides are stalling for time.
Huang Taiji's intention was to find a way to break through Ning Haijun's defense line. After several days of brainstorming, Fan Wencheng came up with an idea for Huang Taiji.
"King Khan, my slave has thought of a way!"
"any solution?"
"Use sandbags!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment: "Use sandbags?"
Fan Wencheng laughed and said: "Yes, just use sandbags!"
Speaking of this, Huang Taiji clapped his hands excitedly and shouted: "Throughout the ages, how many generals used sandbags to pile up mountains of earth that were level with the city wall when they attacked the city, and then directly put ladders on the city wall and built wooden bridges to let them pass. Groups of soldiers climbed up the city wall. Since the sandbags can even pile up the city wall, how difficult is it to pile up a five-foot-high mountain of dirt?"
Huang Taiji stood up and pointed at the Ning navy soldiers who were cooking hot pot or grilling steamed buns in the trench, and said grimly: "What the Ming Dog relies on is nothing more than this fence. If our soldiers can step on the sandbags to build a The slope jumped directly into the fence, it’s not up to us how to deal with them!”
Mang Gurtai slapped his thigh and shouted: "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
Yue Tuo said: "I will have people prepare sandbags right now! There is no need to pile them five feet high. As long as they are four feet high, my Jurchen can easily jump over the fence, rush into the Ming army's trenches and start killing!"
All the Baylors showed a relaxed smile. It is not easy to use sandbags to build a mountain of earth, but it is extremely easy to use sandbags to build a slope four to five feet high. The best thing is, with this With such a small slope, the Ming army's powerful crossbows could no longer shoot flatly. This was both a passage and a huge shield. It had multiple uses!
The ideal is very full, but the reality is too skinny.
When Jiannu used sandbags to pile up the barbed wire, Ning's navy soldiers began to dig trenches and drive wooden stakes again. A trench and the barbed wire were moved back a certain distance, but it was not much, only five feet. With the barbed wire, the total was Ten feet away.
It is very easy for the slave builders to level the first barbed wire fence, but the second barbed wire fence is very difficult. Maybe the slave builder soldiers who crossed the first barbed wire fence will be caught in a trap and killed completely!
Cheng Shijie made up his mind to use the defense system of minefields, barbed wire, crossbows, thunder cannons, fire cannons, and flying thunder cannons to kill the Jiannu army. However, Huang Taiji was not an idiot. He had already experienced the power of barbed wire, and he knew this A defensive line is no easier to fight than a city wall built at a cost of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Before finding a way to destroy the barbed wire fence, they refused to launch another attack. Instead, they sent people over every day to scold the formation, trying to induce the Ning Navy to leave the barbed wire defense system and fight with them outside.
Ning Haijun is not an idiot either. Since he has such a big advantage to take advantage of, he would be an idiot to go out and fight with those animals. As for the scolding, who is afraid of whom? Jiannu had a pitiful vocabulary, so Cheng Shijie asked Ning Haijun to drink hot tea and scold Jiannu. However, Jiannu didn't want to fight anymore, because they were just looking for abuse.
Now all the Baylors looked at each other. No one thought that breaking through the barbed wire fence was an easy task anymore. Ning Haijun's shamelessness made them angry and helpless. If they could, they would rush up without hesitation and attack fiercely. Take a bite out of those barbed wire fences!
Ning Haijun's soldiers were busy reinforcing their defense system, and Cheng Shijie was also not idle. He wrote a memorial and sent it to the capital together with the more than 700 Jiannu heads he had captured previously to report his victory.
In Cheng Shijie's memorial, he highly praised General Ning Haijun for being loyal to the emperor and the country, not afraid of sacrifice, fighting for success and winning a glorious victory at an extremely heavy price.
The first prize went to Ning Haijun, and of course he did not lose his own share. He also praised several close friends Shen Mingyu, Chang Yu, Liu Qingsong, Zhou Ning, and Chen Dayong one by one.
Cheng Shijie's little life on the front line was very nourishing. He had nothing to do but take a hot bath, or go back to his hometown to enjoy himself with his wife and children, or he would ride in a carriage and inspect the entire defense line.
Cheng Shijie's little life was very enjoyable, but Fan Yongdou's eyes were already red and he looked tired.
He received news from Bao Chengxian, telling him that his cattle and sheep had been robbed by Ning Haijun soldiers. This was not done by Jian Nu, but by Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun. He asked him to find a way to get some money and try Will Cheng Shijie sell him food?
In order to help the slaves buy food, Fan Yongdou staked his entire family fortune. Fan Yongdou didn't believe it was Cheng Shijie who robbed his cattle and horses. Cows and mules, and donkeys?
The Liaodong Management Committee made a very big deal with Huizhou merchants, involving 800,000 kilograms of salt, and used the salt to purchase cattle from Huizhou merchants, and the price was as high as ninety taels of silver.
This shows that Cheng Shijie's cattle shortage is still very large. If Cheng Shijie robbed his cattle and horses, would he purchase more cattle and horses in large quantities?
In fact, Fan Yongdou made an empirical mistake. If the farming in Jinzhou was just a small test, then the farming next year, that is, the sixth year of Chongzhen, will be a big one.
Cheng Shijie planned to cultivate at least 3 million acres of fields in each of the three prefectures of Gaizhouwei, Fuzhou, and Haizhou. This means that in the sixth year of Chongzhen, Liaonan will sow 14 to 5 million acres of fields at the same time. , tripled.
At the same time, Liaonan has the ability to provide food for three million soldiers and civilians. Not to mention Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses, even if Cheng Shijie is given tens of thousands of cattle, he will not be able to use them.
Although he didn't believe it, business still had to be done. Otherwise, there would be no way to survive this day. He could buy grain from Cheng Shijie at the price of one tael of silver and one stone of grain and send it to Meituo Lake, which would be eight taels of silver per day. Shi, this is huge profit.
But there is no way. Liaodong Bank needs collateral, and the only mortgage he has now is the house. After the bank's evaluation, the house is only worth 45,000 taels of silver. He can borrow up to 27,500 taels. Two silver coins.
But twenty-seven thousand five hundred taels of silver is too little. How much food can we buy? It's only twenty-seven thousand dan. Even if you buy food, it won't be enough to make up for this loss.
In desperation, he had to ask to see Cheng Shijie every day.
"Shop Manager Fan, how many times have I told you that the commander-in-chief is not here, the commander-in-chief is not here, the commander-in-chief is not here!"
"Where is Marshal Cheng?"
"Sorry, this is a military secret!"
Fan Yongdou was a little disappointed. When he could be used, he was Cheng Shijie's wise brother. When he couldn't be used, he was the boss of Fan Da.
At this moment, a four-wheeled carriage in the distance, protected by dozens of subordinates, slowly drove towards the Ning Haijun General Military Mansion.
According to Yang Yuniang's status at this time, it is more than enough for her to buy ten houses, let alone one house. But the problem is that she still lives in Cheng Shijie's house. As long as Cheng Shijie does not kick her out, she will always live there.
"Madam Yang, Madam Yang..."
Yang Yunniang was not even in the mood to say hello to Fan Yongdou. Just as Fan Yongdou was about to pounce on him, he was pushed to the ground by more than a dozen subordinates...
In the carriage, Jin Qiaoer looked out the window at Fan Yongdou who was pushed to the ground: "Sister, why don't you see him?"
"What are you seeing? I'm afraid of bad luck!"
"unlucky?"
Jin Qiaoer was a little puzzled: "What's the bad luck?"
"He is already a dead man!"
"dead?"
The Ming Dynasty is notoriously slow, but the problem is that if more than 10 million taels of silver are involved, it will become very efficient. Even if Hou Jin's army of 100,000 goes south, as the court supervisor of Ning Haijun, Gao Qi Qiangui Without coming to Liaonan, he was even faster than Cheng Shijie.
It took Cheng Shijie eight days to return to southern Liaoning, but it was more than a thousand miles from the capital to the mediator. According to the marching speed of fifty miles per day by land, it would take at least twenty days.
However, Gao Qiqian led Liu Qiao, the commander of Nanfu Town in Jinyi Guards, and more than 600 knights under his command, and traveled more than a thousand miles in just five days.
Gao Qiqian was worried that Fan Yongdou would receive the news and transfer his assets in advance. Of course, Gao Qiqian was half the success. At the same time as Gao Qiqian Jiexiu started, dozens of places including Beijing, Datong, Shuntianfu, etc. started at the same time, inspecting Fan Yongdou's stores in total. More than 670 families.
However, the total amount of current silver and copper coins is only more than 4.62 million taels, and most of them are real estate, such as land, shops, houses, etc.
Just when Yang Yunniang entered the General Military Mansion, Fan Yongdou was let go by Ning Haijun. He had just stood up and had not had time to flick the dirt off his body.
More than a dozen Jinyi guards arrested Fan Yongdou.
"Who are you? Don't be so presumptuous!"
Jinzhou's urban management is also responsible for Jinzhou's security work. When they see someone who wants to kidnap someone openly, the urban management comes up with a fire stick.
"Jinyiwei is handling the case, everyone else is waiting to get out of the way!"
"I've never heard of Jin Yiwei."
"you……"
"Remember, this is Jinzhou. Without an order from the Management Committee, you should just rest!"
Fan Yongdou breathed a sigh of relief, but a waiter whispered in his ear in a panic for a moment. His face turned purple and he vomited blood and fell into coma.
Jinyiwei had no choice but to go to the management committee to go through the procedures for arresting the criminal, and then took Fan Yongdou away.
…
Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood at this time. He received a tip from Gao Qiqian that the raid on Fan Yongdou's house went very smoothly. Although Fan Yongdou did not have tens of millions of wealth as Cheng Shijie said, he still had 3.2 million taels of silver. With the income, there are still four to five hundred shops and houses. After selling them in the future, we will get millions of taels of silver.
It was with this money that Emperor Chongzhen was in a very good mood. He was also extravagant. When eating noodles, he ate half a catty of mutton and gave his sister-in-law Zhang Yan 30,000 taels of silver as pocket money.
In the past few years, the treasury had no money. Queen Zhang Yan, like Queen Zhou, took the initiative to donate her salary. Now the number of palace maids and eunuchs who are responsible for serving Zhang Yan are not one-tenth of what they used to be.
Zhang Yan's own clothes were all plain clothes knitted by herself, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel very guilty. Now that he had money, he could no longer treat his wife badly.
In addition to giving Zhang Yan 30,000 taels of silver, he also gave his eighth sister Zhu Weiti 50,000 taels of silver. As a biological sister, she was about to get married, so she couldn't be too shabby.
Just during the morning court, Cheng Shijie's memorial arrived.
Emperor Chongzhen was worried about Huang Taiji leading one hundred thousand troops southward. Even though Cheng Shijie vowed that he would defeat Huang Taiji, he was still uneasy.
Even with the money to confiscate Fan Yongdou's house, it was still not good, but when he saw Cheng Shijie's good news and loot, Long Yan was overjoyed.
"I will pay my respects to my emperor..."
Before all the ministers were safe, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil and military officials with high spirits and said: "Ning Haijun fought bloody battles under the command of Cheng Shijie. He had five battles and five victories, beheading more than 700 people, and making it difficult for the slaves to cross half a thunder pool." Step! I did not misjudge the person, Cheng Shijie is indeed the master of the Ming Dynasty."
All the civil and military officials were surprised. They beheaded more than 700 people. This was a great victory. You must know that the Ningyuan victory that made the Ming court so happy was only 400 people!
What's the matter with Jian Nu, who is usually so fierce and invincible, but when he meets Cheng Shijie, he's like a mouse meeting a cat. He only gets beaten or given away his head, and other than given his head, he gets beaten up.
I don’t understand, I really don’t understand!
…
In addition to sending Cheng Shijie's head, Gao Qiqian also sent money to Cheng Shijie. One million taels of silver were sent directly to Liaodong Bank. After the money was delivered, Gao Qiqian's godson also brought Fan Yongdou with him. There were more than 30 cartloads of good treasures found at home, including more than 100 ginseng pieces over 50 years old, and more than 30 tiger penises...
Cheng Shijie received the gift list and found that in addition to these gifts, there were more than 30 shops in Shuntian Mansion, a total of three houses in Beijing, and more than 100 houses.
"Thank you, Eunuch Gao, for me!"
Zhang Muzhimei smiled and said: "My godfather wants to ask the commander, who will be copied next?"
Cheng Shijie was slightly startled, are you addicted to confiscating homes?
Come to think of it, Fan Yongdou had only made so much money in his lifetime, and now Gao Qiqian had it all of a sudden. He was able to give Cheng Shijie so much money and property, which shows that Gao Qiqian made a lot of money this time.
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "Yan Song had a secret book back then, which listed the fifty super-rich families in the Ming Dynasty. The richest people in the Ming Dynasty were the lords. Those in the south of the Yangtze River ranked Xin'an, and those in the north of the Yangtze River ranked Shanyou!"
Zhang Muzhi bowed and said: "Thank you, Marshal!"
Fifty companies, that can take a long time!
PS: I recommend the old author of the book "Senior Is Still Here: Seniors Please Respect Yourself". The car is fast and stable. If you like Liu Bei, you can take a look!
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