Chapter 270 Grain and Gunpowder Borrowing Two Thousand Soldiers (Part 2)
300 loads is indeed too little. It is just a drop in the bucket for the Jinzhou Army. It will not last long. I don’t know when the rebellion in Denglai will be put down. If it takes a few months, Shi Dayong will be unable to do anything.
Every day I can only rack my brains and work hard to provide food rations for my subordinates.
Without food, no matter how powerful the army is, it is just a castle in the air, a flash in the pan, and no matter how great the ambition is, it can only be stillborn. In order not to be controlled by others, Shi Dayong must get more food, at least, he must pass this year.
.Therefore, no matter how much money he spends, Shi Dayong doesn't care and won't feel bad.
Good steel is used on the blade, and the money should also be used on the right path.
It doesn't matter if the money is gone, but the soldiers cannot be lost. This is a decision Shi Dayong made with gritted teeth. With food, people's hearts will not be scattered. With soldiers under his command, he, the Jinzhou general, can do something good and not be trapped to death.
In Pingdugou.
Kong Youde's rebels and the bandits raging in the northwest and the Central Plains all started trouble because they had no food. If they had food, why would they bother to fight with the officers and soldiers with their heads raised.[
If there is food, these officers and soldiers are officers and soldiers, and these people are people. Once there is no food, Shi Dayong does not dare to think about the path he will take.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and he, Shi Dayong, is also an ordinary person. If the day comes that he will run out of food, he will have no choice but to carry out plunder and plunder against his conscience and embark on a road of no return, begging for a living. But before that,
, no matter what method he uses, no matter how much it costs, he will find ways to get food.
At this moment, neither the rebels, the bandits, nor the slaves outside the customs were Shi Dayong's enemies. His enemy was the bellies of the soldiers.
In order to fill the stomachs of the soldiers, Shi Dayong needed food, the more, the better! 300 Dan is not enough, far from enough!
"Not enough?" Lin Jiantai thought he heard wrongly. 300 Dan is not enough? This is enough to feed a thousand people for ten days. Isn't it too little for you, Shi Dayong?
"Shi Dayong, you can't just buy as much grain and grass as you want. Eunuch Gao is stuck. Mr. Lin can allocate you 300 dan, which is a huge risk. You can't just think about your Jinzhou Army.
, you have to think about it for the sake of my lord. If it is more, the noise will be louder, and there is no guarantee that the news will not be leaked. If Eunuch Gao finds out, I am afraid that you will not get even a grain of food."
Pei Shaokuan feels that 300 dans of grain and grass is a lot. No matter what, it will be enough for your Jinzhou Army to last until the Chinese New Year. Moreover, Lin Jiantai has only been in office for a few days, so being able to secretly sell you 300 dans of grain and grass without telling Gao Qi is indeed a huge risk. After all,
This is also a huge favor.
Regardless of favors or money, Shi Dayong was determined. Since he was already bleeding heavily, he would pay as much as he could at one time. As long as Lin Jiantai could meet his conditions, he would accept it even if he lost everything.
"I want to buy a thousand tons at the end. As long as you are willing to do it, the price is easy to negotiate."
"General Shi, one thousand dan is absolutely impossible. It's not that I don't want to make this money. Who in the world would think that there is too much money. But one thousand dan is indeed too much and the noise is too great. In this camp, I am not the only one who wants to make money.
If something happens to someone who is an official, it will be difficult for me to explain it. Moreover, half of the army's rations are recruited from the Northern Zhili, and the other half is transported from the canal. How much is transported, how much is eaten,
They all have accounts. It’s easy to make a fuss if a few hundred tons are missing, but if a thousand tons are suddenly missing, the accounts cannot be done no matter what. It’s not that I don’t want to help you, but the risk is too great.
Big, after all, I am not the commander-in-chief of this army. I always worry about the consequences of whatever I do.
Well, it's not easy for me to see you, so I will collect another two hundred dan for you, 500 dan, that's all. If you are willing to buy it, we will negotiate the price. If you are not willing, then there is nothing I can do.
"While Lin Jiantai was talking, he was also secretly shocked. Shi Dayong really dared to buy it. He asked for a thousand dans, and he was not afraid of eating too much! He said that this food belonged to Lin Jiantai's own family. This was the military ration of the imperial court.
!This deal is a beheading deal!
"General Shi, 500 dan is a lot. Doing business takes a long time. As long as you, General Shi, have money in your hands, are you afraid that you will have no food?" Pei Shaokuan tried his best to persuade Shi Dayong to buy 500 dan first in order to benefit from the success of the matter.
, and reminded him not to collapse the business, as long-term flow will be more interesting.
The movement of a thousand tons of grain is indeed too big. It would take at least one or two hundred to load it into a carriage. How could Gao Qiqi not know about such a big movement? He is not a fool. And if a thousand tons of grain is gone at once, it is inevitable that no one will become suspicious.
, if it were revealed, it would be a big trouble for the Jinzhou Army.
Bribing privately to buy military rations is punishable by death. Who knows what you are doing by buying so much food? Even if your Jinzhou Army is short of food, you have to follow the procedures to ask for it step by step. How can you buy military rations for a large army privately? If it is high
Qiqian used this to make a fuss, and he could be labeled as a deliberate rebel. After all, the court doesn't know that your Jinzhou Army is being forced to eat by Gao Qiqian!
What the bastard Pei Shaokuan said makes sense. This deal is indeed a long-term one. Since Lin Jiantai loves money, there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. It may not be a good thing for both parties to make the deal at once. If it is because
There was too much noise and the news was leaked. When the time comes, Gao Qiqian will investigate further. If Lin Jiantai is transferred because of this, it will be very bad for the Jinzhou Army.
Thinking of this, Shi Dayong couldn't help but nodded and agreed: "Well, I will buy these 500 dan first, but I don't know how much silver you need?"
When money was mentioned, Lin Jiantai couldn't help but chuckle, and then he looked deep in thought, as if he was calculating the price.
Just now I have seen Commander Lin's evil intentions. Seeing him like this, Pei Shaokuan couldn't help but trembled, "Master Xindao, please don't ask for a sky-high price!"
Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Jiantai thought about the price, slowly raised his four fingers, and said to Shi Dayong: "Four to forty thousand taels."
"Forty thousand taels!"
Pei Shaokuan and Deng Zhen screamed at the same time. Jiang Wanli was also shocked and couldn't help but scold Lin Jiantai for being too dark-hearted.
"500 tons of grain and grass, the price is only more than 10,000 taels. Is it too much for you?" Pei Shaokuan said cautiously. He was afraid that Shi Dayong could not afford so much money. As a middleman, he still fulfilled his responsibilities, at least
So far, he has no obvious preference for Lin Jiantai, but still wants to help Shi Dayong complete this deal.
But before Lin Jiantai spoke, Shi Dayong smiled and said: "Not much, not much. Just forty thousand taels, I will buy it at the end."
"readily!"
Lin Jiantai was overjoyed. In fact, he originally wanted to say thirty thousand taels, but by some mistake, he raised four fingers. If Shi Dayong counteroffered with him, he would also reduce the price. But who knew that the other party would not counteroffer and agreed immediately?
Yes! This made him extremely happy.
"I like such generous people as General Shi. It is really a pleasure to do business with you!"
The more Lin Jiantai looked at Shi Dayong, the happier he became. However, Pei Shaokuan and Deng Gui frowned, secretly scolding Lin Jiantai for being too shameless. Jiang Wanli was so angry that he gritted his teeth and remained silent, not understanding the general.
Why should I be taken advantage of?
Shi Dayong put forward a condition.
"I am very honored to be able to do business with you, sir. However, I still have a business to do with you. I wonder if you are willing to do it?"
"What else do you want?" Lin Jiantai smiled with a smile on his face. As long as he didn't sell his official seal, anything was easy to discuss.
Shi Dayong said: "The general also wants some medicine for fire guns."
Yaozi? Lin Jiantai was stunned and asked without hesitation: "Okay, how much do you want?"
Shi Dayong said: "Five thousand catties."
Lin Jiantai thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I can only give you three thousand catties, no more. You also know that our Jingying firearms are all made by the Ministry of Industry, and the medicine is also allocated by the Ministry of Industry. There is no inventory in the army.
A lot. Besides, the army is stationed here and will attack the rebels at any time. If there is too much shortage of medicine and it affects the war, then I will not be able to take it and leave."
"Okay, then it's three thousand catties. Please give me a price." Shi Dayong was still very cheerful.
"Ten thousand taels." This time Lin Jiantai didn't ask for a big deal, but asked for a more realistic price.
Three thousand kilograms of medicine were sold at a price of about six thousand taels. He asked Shi Dayong for ten thousand taels, which was a lot more righteous. I don't know if it was because he felt guilty because he had asked for too much for the forty thousand taels.
, or because Shi Dayong was too cheerful and Lin Jiantai didn't want to cut off future business.
"Can."
Shi Dayong agreed without any hesitation, and then said: "That's fifty thousand taels, plus General Deng's five thousand taels, the total is fifty-five thousand taels. After the general returned, he prepared the silver taels, but he didn't know that sir
When will the goods be delivered to the last general?"
"This matter is easy to handle. My officer will arrange it tomorrow. The things will be delivered to your camp in batches within three days. Pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. I won't take advantage of you, how about it?" Lin Jiantai is good at doing business.
It is a very good rule to know that you pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand, instead of asking Shi Dayong to pay the money first and then deliver the goods.[
"It couldn't be better!" Shi Dayong bowed forward and thanked: "I will thank you on behalf of my brothers!"
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Lin Jiantai smiled and pulled Shi Dayong over, and talked about some details of the handover. He also asked with great concern whether the Jinzhou Army was short of any cotton-padded clothes, ordnance, etc. After hearing Shi Dayong say no, he immediately showed a bit of disappointment.
After the matter was negotiated, Shi Dayong stopped staying and said goodbye to Lin Jiantai: "Then I'll go back and make preparations first."
Pei Shaokuan hurriedly said goodbye, but he was thinking about the good things Shi Dayong had promised him.
Lin Jiantai said with a smile: "It's getting late, and I have to take a rest. Please go back."
Seeing that Lin Jiantai was also sent away with him, Deng Guo hurriedly asked: "Master Lin, what about the general?"
Lin Jiantai said casually: "It's a small matter. The Sichuan army came all the way to quell the chaos. How can the imperial court be harsh on you? Tomorrow I will go to Eunuch Gao to discuss it, and then I will handle this matter for you."
"Thank you, sir!" Deng Xuan said thank you, but there was no trace of gratitude on his face. Lin Jiantai didn't take it seriously either. He smiled and called out of the tent: "Here comes someone."
Hearing the call from the commanding officer, two soldiers rushed in outside. Lin Jiantai ordered them: "Take a few adults out of the camp and don't let outsiders see it. If you meet someone from the Royal Horse Supervisor, you know what to say."
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The two soldiers looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and said in unison: "I understand!"