If the scene of Mu Zaohua telling Nurhaci that "the miscellaneous copper comes from the Tong family" was frozen, the time would go back to one day ago, and in the Manggultai Mansion not far away, the maid Axue was walking out of the gate carrying a baggage.
Go to Sibeile Huang Taiji's house.
Before New Year's Eve, Huang Taiji gave the sick Mang Gurtai the best old ginseng. Mang Gurtai drank the ginseng soup for a while and his complexion improved, so he asked Mu Zaohua to give him Shencrow ointment.
Mu Zaohua scolded him: "San Beile, I did hide a few pieces of good stuff, but you can enjoy it alone. Don't smoke it with Big Beile again. If the people around him report it to the Great Khan, you
The two of them must not let Si Beile take the opportunity to talk."
He added: "The Ming Dynasty Hang brocade I bought in Yizhou, in addition to giving it to Sanbeile's several Fujins, I still have two pieces, plus a pair of silver bracelets for the children's dolls. Sanbeile will give it to Ah in a few days."
Send Xue to Sibeile's house. This girl is smart and sweet, and she made Uranala Fujin happy. Maybe she will be able to say good things to me in front of Concubine Abahai in the future."
Mang Gurtai has been addicted to Ah Piao Mu Ointment for more than half a year. As long as Zaohua can still supply the medicine, he will naturally follow her advice on how to harmonize the relationship between the female family members on the scene.
So on this day, in the name of his master's return gift, A-Xue brought brocade and jewelry to pay homage to Huang Taiji's great blessing, Uranala.
Ulanara had met Mu Zaohua beside Zheng Haizhu long before the Battle of Fushun. At that time, Zheng Haizhu came to Hetuala to spy on the news under the guise of accompanying Ulanzhu, who was married to Li Rubai, as a concubine, back to her natal family.
Indeed, as a wealthy businessman of the Ming Dynasty, he gave some generous gifts to the families of the Jurchen nobles.
These women in the back house of the Belles have actually just escaped from the harsh days of primitive tribes. They are happy enough to have gold and silver jewelry and fine clothing, and they don't bother to think about people who are not from my race. Their hearts must be different.
The Ulanara clan even had some sympathy for Mu Zaohua. Her master Zheng, whom even Sibeile had to fight against, thought he was majestic and wealthy in the Ming Dynasty, but he would not be so vicious and mean to his minions.
, this Zaohua girl will not defect to a foreign country after taking risks and killing her master.
Coincidentally, Ashue gave him a decent return gift. Naturally, Wula Shi had a good attitude toward this slave and asked about Mu Zaohua's current situation.
Ah Xue was very articulate and added a lot of Zaohua Master's complimentary words to Sibeile and Fujin in her replies.
At the end of the day, A-Xue said respectfully: "I asked Fujin for a bargain and sent a pair of new shoes to Ji Jiangtou's brother."
There are not many skilled smelters in Hetuala, most of them are Han Chinese and their craftsmanship is passed down from family to family.
Nurhachi deliberately assigned craftsmen from the same family to different flag owners.
Precious copper is used to make firearms, and the craftsmen are often locked away in the field. The Ji brothers are also difficult to see each other.
Wula was so happy to gain virtue painlessly that she quickly ordered the boy to take Ah Xue over.
Mu Zaohua expressed to Ji Jiangtou that she was willing to give Asue to his younger brother during the bureau he had been setting up for more than a year.
Ji Jiangtou was flattered and told him happily when he rarely saw his younger brother.
When Ji Xiaodi saw Ah Xue today, he was heartbroken and wished that Ah Xue could stay a little longer.
Ah Xue did have some affection for Ji Xiaodi, who was also a Han, and had a delicate appearance and a gentle temper.
But she came to Sibeile's firearms field today not for a blind date, but to confirm something.
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When Nurhaci heard the word "Tong Family", the bags under his eyes trembled, and the lines between his eyebrows deepened.
"Sibeile, you are close to the Tong family. Your artillery range is being managed by the Tong family and their subordinates, right?"
Huang Taiji's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
He was keenly aware that he had changed from a leisurely spectator watching the fire from afar to a person in the game who didn't know if there was any trouble.
"Amma remembers it right. As for the son, he is currently the eldest son of Tong Yangxing, and his father-in-law, Tong Fengnian, is in charge."
"Then why does he have so much miscellaneous copper?" Nurhachi stared at Huang Taiji and said this, but without waiting for his son to reply, he turned to his grandson Yue Tuo, "Yue Tuo, the Japanese copper from Zhengbai Banner was sent to you after inspection.
Are you going?"
Yue Tuo nodded carefully.
But Mu Zaohua seemed to have mustered up some courage and said: "Han, Japanese copper is purer than miscellaneous copper. The Japanese country used it to cast copper coins according to the Tongbao of the Ming Dynasty. It is more cost-effective to buy the goods."
"oh?"
Nurhaci's thoughtful groan sounded to Huang Taiji and others like thunder before the coming rain.
"Huang Taiji, go and take a look at your artillery range. Yue Tuo and Mu Zaohua, go too."
The firearms farm in Zhengbai Banner was only two or three miles away from Zhenglan Banner, but Nurhachi was hurrying up, as if he was afraid that someone would go and report the news first.
After getting off the horse, Nurhaci, who was already suspicious, strode into the courtyard.
"Look everywhere, search every corner, and ask the slaves to bring all the copper to Ben Khan." Nurhaci ordered.
Not long after, a guard reported: "The Great Khan, Jilantai, a servant of the Zaohua'e Zhen family, wants to see the Great Khan."
"Put it in."
Jilantai's face was full of anxiety, and he knelt down and said, "Great Khan, I have a big thing to report to the Great Khan. I just want to reduce the punishment for Master Zaohua."
"explain."
"Tong Fengnian exchanged miscellaneous copper for some Japanese copper and cast copper coins in his own iron workshop."
After all, this is Nurhachi. The great hero of the generation will not waste time by continuing to interrogate Jilantai. Instead, he directly orders one of his most capable old guards: "Take a few white armors and go to Tong Fengnian's armor shop outside the city right now.
Copper, look for the clay molds used to make money."
"Hey!" The guard left quickly.
Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo both became more and more worried at this time.
The Tong family had good relations with Huang Taiji, and Yue Tuan went to the Ming Dynasty with the Tong family to work as spies. Both of them now handle firearms and copper blocks. If Tong Fengnian was really guarding theft, how could the Great Khan not attack them at the same time?
Suspicious?
Yue Tuo is a junior, so he wants to stand up for his uncle Huang Taiji.
"Jilantai, how did you know?"
"I...the slave deserves to die. Tong Xiyu's boss Li Gui came to provoke the slave, so the slave obeyed him. He told the slave to listen."
"So, Tong Xiyu and his nephew conspired to do this?" Nurhachi turned and looked at Mu Zaohua, "Do you also know?"
Mu Zaohua waved her hands repeatedly: "I don't know, I really don't know. I went to Tong Xiyu to ask for copper, just because I heard her say that the Ming Dynasty copper stones that the Tong family got in the west were not wanted by Da Jin, but her Tong family still had to
It’s really troublesome to change hands.”
Nurhachi didn't ask any more questions because he saw that all the copper blocks in the warehouse had been pushed out by the wrappers on wheelbarrows.
"Yue Tuo, go and take a look. Even if it's as big as a palm, show me carefully whether it's Japanese copper or miscellaneous copper from the Ming Dynasty."
Yue Tuo still dared to hesitate. He looked at each piece and reported back: "About 30%, it's not Japanese copper."
"Haha," Nurhaci sneered, "from Huining to Hetuala, was it you who did the trick, or Sibeile who did the trick?"
At this time, Huang Taiji believed that the bold and greedy aunt and nephew of the Tong family had exchanged copper, so of course he immediately made the decision to lose the pawn and save the chariot.
Sibeile, who was already in his thirties, immediately defended himself with a rare tone of anger: "Ama, my son and my Yue Tuo are all going to fight against the Ming army, how could they do it for a small profit of a few copper coins?
Just go make a firearm that can explode! This must be the conspiracy of Tong Xiyu and Tong Fengnian."
Nurhachi looked at Huang Taiji: "Are you treating others badly? They want to stumbling upon us like this?"
"Back to Ama, my son always followed Ama's advice and made good friends with the Tong family, hoping that they could support a Han army flag alone. However, my son did find out that Tong Xiyu had no respect for me after returning from the Ming Dynasty.
She was rewarded but complained, and her brother Tong Yangxing was not easy to deal with. As for why Tong Fengnian helped his aunt... I think it may be that Tong Yangxing favored his younger son."
Yue Tuo also reacted at this moment and continued: "Also, Khan, Tong Fengnian expressed his dissatisfaction with us when we were in Chongming."
"What dissatisfaction?"
"The Great Khan betrothed Aunt Nama to Tong Fengnian, but Tong Fengnian already had a Han first wife. Aunt Nama, let, let that Han woman cut her chest, and when the baby was born, she would not give it to a wet nurse, but would only feed it
Rice soup, the baby will not survive."
Nurhachi opened his mouth slightly.
This was the first time he heard this section from a junior.
However, the Jurchens robbed Han women from the Ming Dynasty and brought them to make dressings. Housewives were afraid that they would seduce the head of the household, so they often cut their most feminine parts. This was a common practice and it was not a big deal.
The old chief didn't feel any compassion at all, and just snorted coldly: "That's it? Just because of this trivial matter, the Tong family wants to plot against Ben Khan, making himself rich while putting my Eight Banners warriors in danger?!