Chapter 49: Crime (Part 1)

"What, this, how is this possible?" Although his heart has been greatly tempered in recent days, Chen Liang was shocked and his body tilted. Thanks to his hand holding the table, he barely failed to fall on the spot.

What surprised him was not that the Huai'an army had come to the Pu family. After all, after Zhu Chongjiu was assassinated, the people inside Huaiyang were in a turmoil and urgently needed a battle to improve cohesion. What surprised him was that Zhu Chongjiu was shameless and asked Xuexue to help mediate, so that the Yuan Dynasty court could watch him swallow Quanzhou Port in one bite.

This is simply whimsical. Although Quanzhou Port is not big, it is a major tax-making area of ​​the Yuan Dynasty. When the founding of the country, the seven major maritime departments were laid off several times, and in the end they were only three. Quanzhou was one of the three. Now, the Qingyuan maritime departments have long fallen into the hands of the pirate Fang Guozhen.

In other words, the Yuan Dynasty now has only two maritime departments, Guangzhou and Quanzhou. If Quanzhou is occupied by Zhu Tuhuo, there will be only one Guangzhou left. Guangzhou is far away from Dadu, and the lijin collected from the sea trade every year will not have the chance to transport it to Dadu.

Hama is the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, not the Zhu family. Even if his younger brother secretly hooked up with Zhu Tuhuo, even if there was still one of the civil and military officials in the court who had not been trampled by a horse, he would not let the court watch Zhu Tuhuo smash his rice cooker. However, for Chen Liang, who was absolutely impossible to join the army, was very natural in Burigude's eyes, "How is it impossible." He curled his lips gently, and he sneered, "That Quanzhou The Pu family was born with a rebellious bones. As early as three years ago, they had already used the excuse of poor land routes and drifting on the sea without the lijin that should have been transferred to the court. This year, they have even more cruel. From the beginning of the year to now, they have only sent a batch of sea boats to Zhigu, handing over twenty kilograms of Nanzhu, with 300 taels of gold. The rest are all worthless rice, which is not even worth 10% of the past years. Since he has the stigma that he encountered a storm at the sea, don't blame the court for being cruel to him." (Note 1)

"Yes, but he, after all, they still have a little handed over." Although Chen Liang, who joined the army, did not understand mundane affairs, he knew that three hundred taels of gold was really less. He hesitated for a moment and defended the Pu family.

"Do you think beads are as valuable as in previous years? Huaiyang Business Company has long had the art of beads. The same large and small beads have been sold in Yangzhou. What can three hundred taels of gold do? It is not enough to buy a county magistrate. Besides, the court can reopen the Maritime Warrior Department in Zhigu with just one order. At that time, the transaction will be placed under the emperor's nose, which is not better than allowing the Pu family to guard the middle." I don't know if it was privately guided by the master or was born smart, but the deputy Wanhu Burigude curled his lips and refuted Chen Liang to the end.

"Yes, but" Chen Liang, who joined the army, could no longer find a reason to save Quanzhou, but was unwilling to give up. With a face full of oil and sweat, he continued to stammer. "But the face of the Yuan Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou was the place of the Yuan Dynasty after all. If so, if the court did not move, wouldn't it make the world and loyal and righteous people in the world feel disheartened?"

"You are wrong again." Burigude continued to sneer and shook his head, "If the Pu family was loyal and righteous, there would be no traitor in the world. Do you know? The Pu family colluded with the big food merchants and had a disobedient heart. The "Yisibaxi" soldiers under his command were all Tianfang scholars. Not only did they refuse to obey the government's orders, but they only followed the Pu family's leader. Even other local tribes were deeply poisoned. If the butcher Zhu was willing to fight for both losses with them, they would just solve a major problem for the court." (Note 2)

"This" Chen Liang was speechless. Since the Pu family in Quanzhou had already had the intention of gaining troops, it was understandable that the court used the hand of Zhu butcher Zhu to destroy him. However, could the Yuan Dynasty court really reap the benefits? I am afraid that by then, there will always be a very small number of people who will receive the benefits. When Quanzhou City was swallowed by Zhu butcher Zhu, no one could easily let him spit it out.

"Chen Xiucai, you are still young." Seeing that Chen Liang's eyes were full of confusion, Burigude was sympathetic, and walked forward, patted his shoulder, and comforted him earnestly, "In this world, if you are either loyal or traitorous, then everything will be simple. Forget it, you can't understand it now. Let's watch it slowly. In the future, there will be some fun to watch."

"Well, thank you Brother Buri." Chen Liang was patted and shook his body again, then nodded vigorously.

According to the other party's advice, he opened his eyes every day in the following days and found more "interesting" things.

Xuexue imitated Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, crossed the river alone to the meeting, and then said that she scolded the thief in person, and scolded Zhu Tuhuo's arm Feng Guoyong speechlessly. Finally, the two sides agreed to use the Yellow River and Wei River as the boundary, and then stopped the troops again.

Because of the loyalty and courage of Xuexue, Feng Guoyong, the arm of Zhu Tuhu, promised to purchase at least 5 million kilograms of wool from northern merchants at a high price of 70 cents per kilogram. If it exceeds 5 million kilograms of wool every year, the market will be held according to the market. Unless the war rekinds and the transaction will be interrupted, the two parties will deliver the goods on a monthly basis at Haimen Port, and the goods will be paid on the order, and they will not default on each other.

In order to take care of the livelihoods of the people under the rule of the thief and demonstrate royal grace, Xuexue agreed and advised the court that a Maritime Bureau was set up at Zhigu Port and Shizikou further north for private merchants to exchange. However, if the court does not pass, it will not have any impact on the wool transactions between both parties.

The news came back, and the entire Imperial Guard was cheering and thunderous, and everyone praised it. General Xuexue had the ability to show off his spirit, bravely and bravely, and An Yingji King, and his virtue was passed by the people, (Note 3)

Even the governor of the Privy Council of the Yuan Dynasty, who had always rarely appeared, and Ping Zhang was too fond of political affairs, went to the Qiexue army to comfort Xuexue, praised his ability to serve in public, and announced in public that one million kilograms of wool in the share of 5 million kilograms of wool will be disposed of by Xuexue himself to obtain dividends to buy military equipment to strengthen the military appearance.

There is no need for Xuexue to worry about the remaining four million kilograms. Naturally, there are "merchants" who negotiate and divide. Any business that gets the share will inevitably come to Xuexue's camp again, or give some gifts or leave hundreds of stones of rice and grain. This is also considered to be a matter of reorganization of Qiexue's military preparations, and it is a little bit too small.

Everyone was very happy for the cheapness they got. Only Chen Liang, the army officer, squatting beside the account book, was worried. The butcher Zhu had five million kilograms of wool at one's move. The work was really scary. The civil and military officials in the court had such a big advantage and were short-spoken. When the Huai'an army used troops to Quanzhou, who would have the nerve to mention the words of the Pu family? What kind of devil's butcher surnamed Zhu had come to earth to spend a lot of money and practiced so well.

Note 1: Because Pu Shougeng made great contributions to selling the Zhao family, Quanzhou Maritime Warehouse was controlled by the Pu family throughout the Yuan Dynasty, and the tariffs were significantly intercepted. With only two customs in the country, the normal year only paid more than 3,000 taels of gold. At that time, the goods had direct entry and exit with more than 100 areas.

Note 2: The rebellion of the "Yisbaxi" soldiers in Quanzhou at the end of the Yuan Dynasty brought a devastating blow to Quanzhou Port. After ten years of this chaos, all non-Tianfang scholars, including Christians who had existed in Quanzhou for a long time, were massacred by the Yisbaxi soldiers. Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, foreign non-Tianqi ships dared not enter Quanzhou again.

Note 3: King An Yingji, showing his spirits and bravery, and he was prosecuted to Guan Yu in the first year of Tianli of Emperor Wenzong of Yuan Dynasty.
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