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Helping the army transport military supplies is not a profitable business, especially for the early Han army operations, it is only a loss, and there are even huge risks. If the loss exceeds the regulations, or is overdue for no reason or even loses the baggage, it will also be a loss.
His head would be lost if he was dealt with by military law. It can be said that in the early days, Kang Ning fully supported the front line with his "loyalty" to the court.
At that time, the imperial court was very poor and could not afford much extra money for the transportation of materials. The army's material transportation was guaranteed through unpaid labor service, corvee service, and auxiliary soldiers eliminated from the army reorganization.
It was rare at the time for someone like Corning to take the initiative to get involved. Many people even laughed at him and thought that this person was crazy. But Corning didn't care about this. He was like a gambler, putting his wealth and destiny at the time.
The Han Dynasty was still in turmoil due to internal and external difficulties.
Not only the Battle of Pingdu, but also the subsequent suppression of the rebellion in Hezhong, the two counterattacks against Shu, and even the support of Youzhou. Kang Ning took his servants to participate, running between the front and the rear.
The overall proportion is not large, but it still plays a supplementary role in the transfer of the imperial baggage and is an active support for the officers and soldiers' expeditions east and west.
The loss was a real loss. The part of the transfer funds allocated by the Ministry of War (originally the Third Secretary) could not make ends meet, and part of it was withheld.
However, there was no light in the east and light in the west. Taking advantage of the opportunity of transferring baggage, Kang Ning could walk openly and openly on the Han army's transportation line. With the approval issued by the court, he could pass through various places without any hindrance, and he could usually do business and sell goods.
Most of the troubles that could be encountered have been avoided. After all, what stands behind is the imperial court under the wartime system, and the backer is the army. In the environment that has not yet emerged from the martial arts era, there is no more solid backer than weapons.
In this process, it is normal and even natural to bring in some private goods while completing the task of transporting military supplies. As for this part of the goods, one does not have to pay taxes, and two, it can avoid exploitation at various checkpoints. No matter how bold you are,
Local officials, no matter how arrogant the vassal town is, would not dare to draw blood from the "military supplies" of the imperial imperial army...
As for Kang Ning's private actions, it was not that there were no reports, but they were suppressed. Of course, the court must protect such "loyal and upright people".
Of course, for Kang Ning's career to develop greatly and his wealth to grow explosively, he had to wait for the imperial court to suppress internal strife and then expand with the expansion of the imperial court after external aggression.
The Battle of Huainan can be regarded as a beginning. The main business of transporting grain, grass and baggage for the army is still the main business, but the various "side businesses" accompanying it have significantly increased. After all, the previous wars were basically based on the territory, and many means could not be used.
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Huainan was different. At that time, it belonged to the "Tang Dynasty", which was an enemy country and enemy people. Although Emperor Liu regarded it as his own territory from the beginning, the soldiers below, especially those at the bottom with a "simple" understanding
The officers and soldiers are not so aware.
At that time, the Han Dynasty, ranging from high-ranking officials and nobles to peddlers and foot soldiers, were all hungry and thirsty. The Han army that went out to the war, named Wang Shi, was ordered to fight against rebellion, but in reality it was a vicious wolf with green eyes.
Huainan is a big piece of fat.
Although the Han army has been consciously restrained, it is only a big aspect. It is impossible for Qiu to commit no crimes. Even if Zhao Kuangyin's army, which took the lead in attacking Yangzhou, did not loot wantonly under Zhao Kuangyin's strict restraint, in fact there are still
The action of "tricking grass in the valley" was learned from the Khitan people. Some war rules cannot be easily challenged, otherwise it will easily cause chaos.
If the common people have no money, merchants and rich peasants can always "borrow" some; if the wise men of the county cannot be touched lightly, those die-hards who do not accept the king's rule will always confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans; the things in the official warehouses cannot be touched, and the soldiers are "captured on the battlefield"
We always have to get a piece of the pie.
Therefore, all the gains made by the Han army in the Huainan War can be basically divided into three parts. The imperial court accounted for the majority, the army accounted for the small part, and the remaining part was reserved for Huainan Road, which was newly under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty.
Among them, people like Kang Ning followed the court and the army to eat some scraps of cold soup and drink some leftover soup and water, but even so, it was enough to eat and drink enough, and even to burst their stomachs.
Look at what Kang Ning did during the Huainan War for more than half a year. In addition to transporting baggage, he "organized" civilian reinforcements on the spot, raised military supplies, and even killed the defeated soldiers of the Tang army and guarded the prisoners.
Maintained city law and order...
From one aspect, war is a huge loss, but from some aspects, it is a huge profit business. As the victorious party, everyone involved in it is well fed and suffers losses and injuries.
It is the miserable court in the south of the Yangtze River and the thousands of people in the north and south of the Yangtze River.
And Kang Ning only collected various "trophies" from the officers and soldiers. After all, even excluding the part handed over, the amount of things in the hands of the grassroots officers and soldiers was huge. When the Han army was in Huainan, not to mention scraping three feet of ground, half of it
After all, there is.
For soldiers, compared with floating wealth such as gold, silver, money, and silk, there are many things that are inconvenient to carry and are a burden on the march. It is best to be able to cash them, and Corning just meets the needs of some officers and soldiers.
....
In this process, it is reasonable for him to earn some profits, but the average Qiu Ba does not care about the twists and turns behind the transaction, and only focuses on the money he gets.
At the end of the Battle of Huainan, the army returned triumphantly, and the officers and soldiers who returned to Beijing alive were all wealthy. Similarly, many merchants in the capital were interested in those "trophies", and even the three envoys had to sell part of the trophies to make up for it.
Finance, prepare pensions and rewards.
Smart people like Kang Ning have already done this kind of business in Huainan.
With the experience of the Huainan War, I will be more comfortable doing these things in the future. Taking Jingxiang, Hunan, and destroying Meng and Shu are all common patterns. Even Hunan, which was already in decline at the time, was done by Kang Ning.
There are many "special products", and behind the chaos after the Ping of Shu was a gluttonous carnival. The Han soldiers who entered Shu suppressed the rebellion and performed meritorious service, while "officials and businessmen" like Kang Ning gnawed at this army plow like vultures.
Eat the leftover carrion.
By the time of the First Northern Expedition, the Han Dynasty had already had a lot of financial resources and began to fight for wealth. At that time, in order to meet the transportation needs of the Northern Expedition's military supplies, the pressure was shared through private car and ship caravans, which were larger in scale and in terms of price.
It also made a profit.
But at that time, it was no longer possible to participate casually. Except for people like Corning who got on the car early, those who were qualified were caravans composed of some backed by powerful people or simply retired officers and soldiers, and those loose ships and loose cars
, it’s just about living through these people.
Of course, this is still just a supplement to transportation capacity. They are more efficient and consume less. However, it is impossible for the court to entrust key supplies and army logistics to these merchant caravans. The most important thing is the baggage troops and dozens of people.
There are millions of local civilians, these are just slaves. In the early stage, the court basically only needs to bear the losses during the transportation journey, and only after the war will it need to issue certain pensions according to the situation.
What is different from making war fortune in the past is that during the First Northern Expedition, Corning was very restrained, so he avoided being like some unscrupulous businessmen and was blamed for hoarding or even collaborating with the enemy and treason.
The family will be ruined and people will be destroyed, and they will be destroyed forever.
Corning started its efforts after the war to help clean up the battlefields, especially large battlefields such as Nankou and Jinzhou. There are many good things left and missing. Sensitive things are not allowed to be touched, but those for both military and civilian use are fine.
Organize with confidence and boldness.
After many battles of the Han army, some ordinary surplus materials were directly distributed to the soldiers and civilians accompanying the army and the local people, not to mention damaged grain, wood, clothing, iron, dead and wounded horses and livestock.
After thirty years of such ups and downs, when the Han unified the north and south, conquered the Khitan in the north, and the world gradually settled down, Kang Ning's accumulated wealth was already considerable.
So Corning began to try to transform. In Wang Yansheng's impression, the "fur goods sellers" were the ones Corning later started, specializing in collecting all kinds of fine furs and making them into various leather goods. For this purpose, they also built several large factories.
Manual processing factory.
Most of the leather goods produced are sold to arms workshops under the Ministry of War and the military, which are large consumers of leather goods. For civilian use, they focus on the high-end market. After more than ten years, they have become the leader in the high-end leather goods market in Han City.