Chang Qiu first borrowed the house for a long time, then confessed to him frankly, and now he was sending the girl off. This level of enthusiasm far exceeded the ordinary attitude of a businessman towards a general soldier who went to fight in Liaodong, so Wu Shigong immediately became suspicious.

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Also because of the huge difference in status between the two, Wu Shigong immediately tore off all the masks and asked bluntly: "Mr. Chang! I am a straightforward person. Tell me! What do you want me to do when you treat me so well?"

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Chang Qiu was startled by Wu Shigong's straightforwardness. Then he thought about it and laughed out loud: "Haha——!"

Chang Qiu is a descendant of the Chang family, one of the eight major merchant families in Shanxi. Through his own efforts, he became the shopkeeper of the Chang family in Liaodong. He has been traveling inside and outside the Guan for many years, and has a very good relationship with Liaodong officials and generals.

Needless to say, there was no need to mention the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia. In his eyes, all national justice and the disasters caused by barbarians were empty. For him, the only thing he cared about was making money and maintaining his family.

Make more money.

When Chang Qiu learned that Wu Shigong had come to Liaodong, he took the initiative to lend his residence to Wu Shigong through connections. For no other reason than because he wanted to make more money from Wu Shigong.

There is a situation that even Wu Shigong himself is not very clear about. Unlike Wu Shigong's reputation in the official circles and scholars of the Ming Dynasty, his reputation in the business world has long been well known.

Runing's financial industry with strong capital, Runing's comprehensive manufacturing industry, hugely profitable Yangzhou Salt Industry, and business networks across several provinces have long made profit-seeking Shanxi merchants want to get involved. But with Wu Shigong

The partners are the local government and gentry groups in Henan, the Yangzhou Salt Merchants Group and the Jiangnan Consortium. The activities of these business groups have vaguely threatened the status of the Shanxi Merchants Group.

What makes Shanxi businessmen even more miserable is that they have no chance to establish a relationship with Wu Shigong. Even if they want to join, they can't find a chance. This makes Shanxi businessmen feel on pins and needles. And shopping malls are like battlefields. The enemy advances and we retreat.

Businessmen also felt that their living space was constantly being squeezed by the consortium headed by Runing Army. So Chang Qiu would not let go of such an opportunity this time.

So Chang Qiu tried every means to please Wu Shigong and wanted to establish business cooperation with Runingjun to add new financial resources to the Chang family.

So after being briefly surprised, Chang Qiu quickly apologized and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that there are many business opportunities in Runing, the commander-in-chief. And my Chang family is in the northeast and there are trade routes in the northwest, so I wanted to cooperate with the commander-in-chief and bring Runing to Runing."

The goods are sold to the northeast and northwest. I wonder if the commander-in-chief will allow it?"

After listening to Chang Qiu's answer, most of Wu Shigong's doubts were eliminated. It's good to ask for help, but I'm afraid that you have nothing to do to show courtesy. Besides, it can increase business cooperation and increase financial resources for the Runing Army. So he said with a smile:

"Okay! I will write a letter and ask your Chang family to come to Runing and discuss it in detail with Shopkeeper Yuan of Sihai Commercial Bank. For specific matters, Shopkeeper Yuan shall prevail!"

Of course, Wu Shigong had gone through the Shanchuan Department, the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Sihai Commercial Bank to learn about the "deeds" of Shanxi merchants who cleared the customs and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But now it is simply impossible to eliminate this kind of collaboration with the enemy, so Wu Shigong decided to make a fool of himself first. Of course, if

If you can win over one or two Shanxi merchants, that would be even better. The impact of fragmentation will be much smaller than the total annihilation.

"That's good! That's good!" Of course Chang Qiu didn't know that Wu Shigong had already regarded Shanxi merchants as fat sheep. He was still happy that things were going smoothly. So he was a little excited and lost his temper. He quickly said: "That little kid

Immediately report it to my family, and the younger daughter will be sent over immediately."

When Wu Shigong heard Chang Qiu say "daughter" and "daughter" again, he felt that it sounded familiar. Chang Qiu's tone was very similar to that of a madam in a flower house. Although in the Ming Dynasty, some local gentry gave officials their daughters or concubines.

However, after all, Chang Qiu was born in the eight Shanxi merchant families, and had become a very high-status shopkeeper of the Chang family, so his status was not much lower than that of some low-level officials. Therefore, Wu Shigong treated Chang Qiu's daughter.

I became interested.

"Mr. Chang! Is your daughter your biological child?" Wu Shigong asked half-seriously.

But this question made Chang Qiu embarrassed for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal and answered seriously: "It's an orphan girl I met in Datong when I was young. I adopted her as my goddaughter. But don't worry, Commander."

, this goddaughter was raised by me from a young age, and has always taught the rules of a wealthy family, and will never humiliate the commander-in-chief."

Wu Shigong completely understood Chang Qiu's words. Chang Qiu's "daughter" was a famous prostitute he bought in Datong, Shanxi, similar to the role of Yangzhou Shou Ma. At this time, Wu Shigong didn't care whether Chang Qiu's daughter was dry or wet.

, he couldn't help but twitch his index finger, wanting to see the beauty of the famous prostitute.

You know, in today's world, Yangzhou and Datong are the two most fashionable cities for famous prostitutes. Wu Shigong has long wanted to experience the scenery of Datong girls. So he couldn't wait to say: "Then I will shamelessly accept Mr. Chang's

Daughter!"

Chang Qiu was overjoyed to see Wu Shigong accept the gift, but just as he was about to speak, he heard a deliberate coughing sound from Chi Ming behind Wu Shigong, which looked very unpleasant.

Wu Shigong was also a little unhappy by Chi Ming's cough. With a tigerish face, he turned around and said, "Chi Ming! Are you suffering from the cold?"

Chi Ming looked at Wu Shigong in panic, lowered his head immediately, and whispered: "Mr. Deng has told me not to let strange women approach adults. It is also the responsibility of the young ones."

Wu Shigong almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Damn it, his private life has been interfered with by others. This rule must have come from the instructions of Deng Qifan, the civil servants, and his own house. And Deng Qifan, the civil servants, were concerned about his own safety, but

Where is your own inner house? Do you still need to guess the intentions of those ladies?

Just at this embarrassing moment, a soldier outside the door sent a greeting card. Wu Shigong opened the greeting card and looked at it. It read: "The Qiannu Guards of the Ming Dynasty commanded the Qianshi to worship Hadan Battelle!"

Wu Shigong was surprised again when he read this greeting note. The name of the visiting Ming Dynasty commander Qianshi was obviously a Mongolian. In his previous life, there was a famous Mongolian center named Battelle who played basketball.

Now Wu Shigong is no longer a novice in officialdom. He understands that such Ming officials are basically Mongolians who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. They have no real rights and no power. They are just supported by the court to give them an official position. They are basically a position.

An insignificant person. But Wu Shigong thought again and realized that this was a good opportunity to eliminate the embarrassment at hand, so he immediately ordered: "Call Mr. Ha in."

Wu Shigong had no idea that Hardan Battelle was a "famous figure" in Liaodong or Shanhaiguan. His "legendary deeds" brought a lot of joy to the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty.

Hardanbaatar was originally the leader of a small tribe in Mongolia, attached to a medium tribe. The next step was the large tribe, and then a few more levels before he reached the nominal Great Khan of Mongolia at that time - Lin Dan Khan.

When Nurhaci conquered Mongolia, Hardan Battelle took his own small tribe to join the Mongolian army that resisted Hou Jin. After Lin Dan Khan was defeated again and again, many Mongolian tribes turned to Hou Jin, and Hardan Bat'ar took his own

tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to a small character like Hardanbaatar at all, because the Ming Dynasty was very strong at this time, and there were many large Mongolian tribes leaning towards the Ming Dynasty, so Hardanbaatar's status was not important.

However, several times later, Nurhaci used Mongolian traitors in the Ming army's city to attack the Liaodong city through joint attacks from inside and outside. The status of many Mongolians here in the Ming Dynasty plummeted.

But Hardanbaatar happened to take advantage of this opportunity to gain the trust of Ming officials. Every time the Mongols invaded and sacrificed the city, Hardanbaatar always happened to be in the city, and every time he did not have the money for surrender, and escaped like shit.

He walked out. Just like that, Hardanbaatar proved his loyalty to the Ming officials.

Of course, after several escapes, there were only a few dozen herders from the tribe left with Hadanbaatar, but this did not hinder Hadanbaatar's promotion. In recognition of his loyalty, Hadanbaatar's official position also increased.

Next, as the status of the Ming Dynasty and the Hou Jin Dynasty reversed in Liaodong, more and more Mongolian tribes took refuge in the Hou Jin Dynasty, and fewer and fewer Mongolians supported the Ming Dynasty. But the Ming army always needed to find out information about the Hou Jin Dynasty and Mongolia.

, and some money-grubbing generals in the Ming army also needed someone to contact the Mongolian tribes to do business, so Hardanbaatar used his connections to indeed find out some information about Houjin and Mongolia for the Ming army.

Just like that, because Hou Jin didn't pay much attention to Hardan Battle's small role, and later needed Hardan Battle's channel to maintain contact with Guan Nei, so Hardan Battle was not touched much.

Although the Ming Dynasty used Hardan Battle, they did not pay attention to him at all. He should be made to work hard without any hesitation, and the rewards he should be given were not much discounted. He even exploited the money earned from opening up business routes through Hardan Battle.

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But Hardanbaatar still had some conscience. He was unwilling to abandon those people in the tribe who followed him, so the money he earned became less and less, and he could barely maintain the life of the tribe.

But as a result, Hardanbaatar no longer had the money to maintain relations with Mongolia, and his relations with the Mongolian tribes became less and less. In this vicious cycle, he gradually lost his use value in the Ming army. So he

He became completely shameless, acting like a rogue to ask for some money and food from the government, and using false information to defraud the Ming army. And some of his tribe members were working as hard laborers, and some were pimps, and they completely became Shanhaiguan.
Chapter completed!