At the beginning of this autumn, another servant of Tong Xiyu, Li Gui, told the hostess that his concubine, Jilantai, the maid sent to Mu Zaohua by Nurhachi, complained that Mu Zaohua would not let her remarry, so he persuaded Li Gui to come.
He entered into an argument with Tong Xiyu and gave Mu Zaohua a stumbling block, such as Ban Daoer robbing her of Japanese copper.
Ji Lantai also excitedly revealed to Li Gui that when he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to deliver food to Mu Zaohua, he heard this Han woman showing off her knowledge to Yue Tuo. She knew that because of the high purity of Japanese copper, it was not only used in cannon-making
It is easy to forge, and it is better to make copper coins. In this case, it is better to secretly cast copper coins from robbed copper.
Ji Lantai had previously informed Tong Xiyu about the process of making cannons at Zhenglan Banner, and some of the secrets had somewhat solved the Tong family's confusion about making wax models.
In addition, Jilantai was originally the bannerman of Hetuala and the monitor appointed by the Great Khan, so Tong Xiyu dispelled his suspicion of her, and because of his own jealousy and greed, he decided to try Jilantai's idea.
It's easier to do things if you have an insider.
As a native of the Ministry of Construction, Ji Lantai convinced Mu Zaohua in advance that there were villagers who were good at fishing for clam shells in the village by the river, and could be tempted by Dongzhu.
Sure enough, Tong Xiyu's servant found someone to pretend to be a clam fishing villager, which convinced Mu Zaohua.
The woman who rose to prominence after coming to Hetuala and stole the limelight finally came to kneel down and lick her, Tong Xiyu.
At this moment, Tong Xiyu was enjoying the pleasure of success and said in a leisurely manner: "Come on, sister Zaohua, first teach us how to smoke Shencrow Cream."
The butler, Lao Li, slowly took out a copper cigarette rod.
"Brother Li, please light a lamp." Mu Zaohua said in a humble tone. She even called Tong Xiyu's slave "Big Brother".
Then, she chose a small piece of Shencrow paste, roasted it softly on the flame of the oil lamp, broke off half of a thumb-sized piece with a look of treasure, put it into the smoke pot, and said to Old Li: "Every time I do this
There's enough, it's enough. It takes a lot of effort to get this stuff from the sea."
Tong Xiyu pursed her lips and looked at it, and said sarcastically: "Sister, it seems that you don't love Sanbeile wholeheartedly. You know that he likes this, but you still hide so much."
Mu Zaohua sighed and made a heart-to-heart gesture: "Sister, I am a lonely Chinese woman after all. I have no roots in Hetuala. I have many places to ask for help. I always have to save some good things to please people. This time
The idea of changing Dongzhu is also because of this thought."
As she spoke, she twisted a handful of tobacco from the kang table, covered it with the divine crow paste in the smoke pot, lit it, put on the copper lid, and handed it to Tong Xiyu respectfully: "Suck it like a dry cigarette, that's it."
Tong Xiyu took a few puffs curiously, and found that it had a sweet and fragrant taste that was completely different from tobacco.
"Lao Li, you should try it too." She put the cigarette holder in front of the servant.
Lao Li also sighed: "I didn't expect that when this thing was hard, it smelled like urine, and it entered the smoker, and it smelled so good."
Mu Zaohua said flatteringly: "It's better if the old man sucks this. When I was working as a slave for that bitch named Zheng, I heard that her Taiwanese sweetheart and her capable lieutenant all sucked this.
It makes you stronger than eating meat and more energetic than drinking alcohol. If sister wants to get some for General Tong and the others, I will think of a way later."
Tong Xiyu's heart moved.
Her elder brother, Tong Yangxing, spared no expense in investing the Tong family's assets to expand the Wuzhenchaoha (Han Army's firearms force). Tong Xiyu was already dissatisfied, and secretly complained to her nephew Tong Fengnian, who was close to her.
Tong Fengnian also seems to be leaning towards his aunt.
"I'll give Fengnian some divine crow ointment later."
Tong Xiyu made a note in her mind, then softened her tone and said to Mu Zaohua: "Let's talk about your business. Let me ask you, didn't you say before that the copper we bought from Shanxi was not easy to use? Now
Move the cannon used to build your Zhenglan Banner without exploding the barrel?"
Mu Zaohua said helplessly: "Isn't this, it's called a stopgap measure in Chinese? The Great Khan attaches great importance to cannon-making. I lost my copper this time, so how dare I say anything about it? I loaded stones into the car and entered the city. But the Great Khan
The soldiers of the two banners were watching the artillery factories of our two flags, and after a while they came to inspect the copper blocks. I tried to put something on the brass from Shanxi to fool it into the red copper of the Japanese country. The soldiers on the left and right did not have us.
You're good at it, but you can tell the truth at a glance."
Tong Xiyu stared at Mu Zaohua with her dirty eyes: "Do you really dare to tell me the truth? Are you not afraid that I will report it to the Khan?"
Mu Zaohua plopped down on the edge of the kang: "In Hetuala, besides my sister, who else can I look for for a woman who can speak Chinese to me like this? Sister, please save me. Besides, this matter only requires
To hide it, actually..."
"Actually what?"
"Actually, it's better for the Tong family. We are in the blue flag. If we patch up the Japanese copper bit by bit like this, no matter how smooth the wax model is, it's not as fast as my sister's family making cannons for Sibeile, right?"
Tong Xiyu thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.
If you can give yourself a shameful window paper, why should you pierce it?
Tong Xiyu was so happy that he was just like throwing an extra bone to a dog, giving an extra bit of kindness to the other party: "When you come back with the next batch of Japanese copper, don't be in a hurry to return them all to me. I'll give you 70%, and leave 30% for you. I'll
You only have to send back 50% of the remaining copper blocks for your emergency. The rest will continue to play a trick on you."
"Thank you, sister! Sister, you are so kind!"
After Mu Zaohua left with a look of relief, Lao Li locked the door, climbed onto the kang, put his arms around Tong Xiyu's shoulders from behind, so that the hostess could lean on his arms, and puffed in a more comfortable posture.
He said flatteringly: "Master is the most powerful."
Tong Xiyu blew out the cigarette holder, took a sip from Lao Li's Adam's apple, and asked him, "What's so great about it?"
"Japanese copper is of high purity, and the copper coins poured out after melting are at least 30% more than brass. The batch we robbed was a business without capital, and we made a profit of 10% and 30% in one fell swoop. That silly woman later used the copper coins to pay off the debt.
, let’s melt it and make money, it will definitely make more money than using brass. The master will leave some brass with the silly woman, so that she will be grateful and continue to honor the master. Not to mention the ointment, if the master abandons it in the future
Get rid of General Tong, do business on your own, or take the tricks from the stupid woman, that will be a bigger profit."
Tong Xiyu was very satisfied with the compliment from her subordinate and lover.
That's right, the main owners of the current trade routes in the Kingdom of Jin are all Baylors of various banners. Tong Yangxing was the first Ming Dynasty person to secretly communicate with Dajin, and now he is organizing Wu Zhenchaoha, so he has a charter.
Mu Zaohua works as a clerk in the Ministry of Household Affairs and is very good at helping Yue Tuo with ideas and meritorious deeds. She will definitely become more and more able to speak in front of Yue Tuo and even the Great Khan.
Holding this woman's hand will be useful sooner or later.