Yan Igong took Li Yuchun's cousin, General Li Yuanshan, and a team of servants to drive more than a dozen carriages. The carriages contained boxes of silver, many pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, a few cows and many other things.
Grain vegetables.
Li Yuanshan and the others came to pay the city redemption fee for Haiyan, and they also sent some meat, vegetables, wine and vegetables to honor the admiral.
Yu Dafu, the general envoy who co-organized the grain platform, led people to receive this batch of silver and supplies. After weighing the money, he found that it was more than 10,000 taels.
"One thousand taels more?"
Li Yuanshan stepped forward and explained that the silver was newly cast and not of very good quality, so Li Yuchun specifically ordered to add 10% of the fire cost.
Zhu Yihai asked Yu Dafu to write a receipt to Li Yuchun, "Just write that I have received Li Yuchun's payment of 10,000 taels for the redemption of Haiyan County."
Li Yuanshan's mouth twitched, even if he took this kind of receipt, he wouldn't dare to keep it.
"Botang, Li Junmen said that he hopes to be able to cooperate happily in the future, but he must be more secretive in the future. If the superiors know the inside story, I'm afraid it will be troublesome."
"Don't worry, we will keep it strictly confidential. It's your people who want to leak the secret. After all, this thing is going to go wrong, and I will be the one who will suffer the biggest loss in the future. I'm still waiting to collect the city redemption fee. Well, there is also interest. In addition,
The ransom money must also be given."
Li Yuanshan cursed in his heart, if this thing fails, you won't get any money at most, but our lives will be at risk. But now we don't dare to offend this guy, so we can only endure it.
"Li Junmen hopes that after His Highness takes the city redemption fee, he will abide by the agreement and not attack Haiyan City again. Otherwise, we will no longer be able to trust His Highness and fulfill the agreement with you in the future."
"Don't worry, I, Zhu Wu, have made a promise of a thousand pieces of gold. After collecting the city redemption fee, I will not raid the sea salt again. Of course, you should also remember that my promise is only limited to not raiding the county towns for which I have paid the city redemption fee. Before I pay the city redemption fee, I
I still have the right to attack at any time. In addition, the places outside the county town are our territory. If your soldiers leave the city, I still have the right to attack at any time."
Li Yuanshan was stunned, "This, this, there was no such agreement before, right? Since we have paid the city redemption fee, naturally we are protected both inside and outside the city."
"This department has the final right of interpretation. I say this is what it is. If you are not convinced, then the agreement is void and we can fight again with real swords and guns."
Li Yuanshan had no choice but to shut up.
Although they had just received two thousand soldiers from Haiyan, he had already seen those soldiers. They were no better than the strong men they had recruited along the way. They were a mixed mix, including many scoundrels and ruffians from the market. Especially those who lacked training and were equipped with armor, swords and guns.
It's not complete. Apart from filling up the number of people, it actually has no combat effectiveness at all now.
If they were dragged away to plunder, it would be fine. But if they really wanted to fight Zhu Wu and the others, it would be completely hopeless. After all, in the previous battle at Ma Yao Lake, Li Yuchun and the others were still in shadow.
He knew clearly that Zhu Wu was acting like a rogue, but Li Yuanshan couldn't do anything about it.
Who told them to be so poor now? Although Li Yuchun also discussed with Yan Wo Gong, why Zhu Wu wanted to keep them, of course it couldn't be for the city redemption fee. Yan Wo Gong's view is that these people are actually afraid of attracting
Hangzhou Boluo's army was the main force in the crusade, so they deliberately kept them. This is like the bandits in the past. Although they went down the mountain to rob, they would never easily attack the county town, because once the city was attacked, its nature would be different.
In the same way, at the end of the dynasty, those traitors and rebels could call themselves generals, generals and kings, but whoever dares to call himself emperor first will definitely attract a concentrated attack from the court.
Although Zhu Wu severely damaged them at Ma Yao Lake, it was quite difficult to defeat a thousand of their cavalry. Therefore, it was true that he was stronger than them, but he was by no means strong enough to fight against the main force of the Qing army in Hangzhou.
Therefore, Zhu Wu wanted to keep them to avoid attracting stronger Qing troops.
Everyone is a shoo-in.
After hearing this, Li Yuchun felt a little more at ease, but he didn't have the confidence to lift the table. After all, his own life was now in Zhu Wu's hands. It was so embarrassing. Will Bolo come and kill Zhu Wu?
, they will definitely be destroyed soon anyway.
So they could only swallow their anger. Fortunately, the agreement was not entirely bad. At least it was preserved. As soon as they entered Haiyan City, they immediately grabbed tens of thousands of taels of silver and added two thousand new troops.
They gave Zhu Wu 10,000 taels to redeem the city and another 1,000 taels of fire expenses, and they still made a huge profit.
Now Li Yuchun actually hopes to maintain this secret agreement. As for betraying the Qing Dynasty and so on, to hell with it, he has nothing to do with it.
Li Yuanshan took the receipt from Zhu Wu and felt a little more at ease.
Before leaving, Zhu Yihai stopped him and reminded him solemnly, "If you play tricks and secretly lure the Hangzhou Tartars, I will definitely kill you first and then leave. Do you understand?"
"dont play with fire!"
Li Yuanshan nodded helplessly, "Admiral, please rest assured that we will definitely abide by our agreement."
After sending the money and getting another promise from the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu, Li Yuchun left with 3,000 people that day, including 500 from his own headquarters, several hundred people from Yan Wogong and other squire's clan servants, and then 2,000 from Haiyan City.
The new soldiers finally recruited hundreds of people, making up 3,000 troops.
Before leaving, he killed the officers who wanted to rebel in Haiyan City, and also confiscated their families. He took out tens of thousands of taels of silver and gave 11,000 taels to the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu, and then distributed 10,000 taels to Zheng Jiwu.
, he kept fifty thousand taels for himself.
The whole city was collecting food from the government, and all the merchants suffered. No matter whether you supported the Qing Dynasty or not, everyone in the family had to donate money. Those who had money donated money, and those who had goods had to donate money.
Finally, they robbed all the horses and mules in the city, not even sparing the donkeys, and then left.
Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Gangwei were ordered to stay behind in Haiyan. Li Yuchun took the lead, but he secretly transported 20,000 taels of silver to secretly meet Zhu Yihai.
The 20,000 taels of silver were the more than 10,000 taels he kept privately when he robbed and ransacked his house. In addition to the 10,000 taels that Li Yuchun gave him after he turned it over, he now turned around and took 20,000 taels to give to the prisoner.
In a military camp on the outskirts of Haiyan.
In Zhu Yihai's big tent, Chen Qianfu, who co-organized the acquisition and editing office and was in charge of intelligence, was accompanying him. Bachelor Shen Chenquan was also there. It was the first time for General Zheng and Zhu to visit the Supervisor. He was extremely surprised that this god-like Supervisor was so young.
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"Shen Qing, you draft a sealed secret edict for Zheng and Zhu Erqing."
"Awarded to Zheng Jiwu, Commander-in-Chief, Chief Military Officer of Haiyan Town, and Zhu Gangda, Deputy Chief Military Officer of Haiyan Xiebiao. Officers and soldiers of the Haiyan Zhenbiao and Xiebiao battalions will be registered and archived, and they will be reissued with food, salary and rewards in the future."
"Give Zheng Qing one thousand taels of silver and Zhu Qing eight hundred taels of silver. Each will be given a jade belt."
"I have really wronged the second minister by asking him to shave his hair and surrender to the captives."
Zheng Jiwu said, "As long as I can contribute to the country, a little grievance is nothing. I am willing to lurk in the enemy camp according to His Highness's order."
"Well, if you surrender temporarily and change to the green flag, you will have a lot of benefits. When the time is right in the future, you can restore your status."
"I will definitely keep my mission in mind. Even if I shave my head and wear Tatar clothes, I will not forget that I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty."
"Well, you guys are guarding Haiyan. From now on, you have to work hard to train soldiers and make these soldiers become loyal guards of the Ming Dynasty. Can you do it?"
"I will definitely do it."
"I'm very grateful for the 20,000 taels of silver you brought, but it will also cost Haiyan to raise a thousand soldiers and horses. In the future, we must rectify military discipline and stop disturbing the people. If your second battalion has one thousand troops, the military pay will be the same as that of Gu."
For the soldiers in the royal camp, Zhengyong is paid one cent and five silver per day and four and a half silver per month. Including the captain and officers, each battalion is paid three thousand taels per month. In fact, these two thousand taels are only enough for you.
The salary for more than three months, if paid at half rate, is only enough for half a year."
"You all take back the 20,000 taels of silver, and I will give you another 5,000 taels of silver to take back.
"Don't refuse in a hurry. This money is not for the two of you. Eighteen thousand taels is considered as three months' pay for the two battalions. The other seven thousand taels are the settling money for the soldiers. Each person
Five taels. I hope that your battalion, even if it is flying the green flag for the time being, must slowly establish military discipline."
"As for the military pay in the future, Haiyan can also set up a bureau to draw 10%. There is salt in Haiyan. As long as the 10% donation is drawn, it will be enough to raise a thousand soldiers and even have a surplus. The surplus silver can be slowly purchased to build ordnance updates.
, to reward the soldiers."
Zhu Yihai took the two of them to have a meal and then asked them to leave quietly.
"His Royal Highness, the hidden chess piece of Haiyan was well buried," Chen Qianfu said.
"It's not of much use at the moment, but it may be useful in the future." It would be easy for Zhu Yihai to regain Haiyan, but it is not easy to defend it at this stage, so it is better to let them fake a surrender, so that they can temporarily break into the Qing army's camp.
"Being a Tatar official and receiving Tatar pay will help you to find out the Tatar military situation in the future. At critical times, it can also play a surprising role." Chen Qianfu said with a smile.
"Not even Li Yuchun can get paid, let alone Haiyan."
"Your Highness is so generous. General Zheng and Zhu brought 20,000 taels of silver. You confiscated one tael, but instead gave in another 5,000 taels."
Zhu Yihai laughed loudly, "It's not a loss for me. Didn't I get two new battalions of soldiers and a Haiyan city? With 25,000 taels of silver, I gave the soldiers a settlement silver and three months' salary. I believe that Haiyan camp will not
There will be no more looting or even mutiny, otherwise the camp number will be empty and embarrassing to use."
After Haiyan established the Lijin Bureau, it could basically support a thousand people through the collection of salt, grain and other commercial goods, and maybe even turn over some surplus to Zhu Yihai.
Only when we have a truly stable source of income can we have enough pay, and only when we have enough pay can we have enough troops, and only when we have food and pay can we talk about military discipline. Otherwise, even if the Haiyan camp is cleared up this time, there will be another mutiny sooner or later.
"Second generals Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Dayou are loyal and can be used," Chen Qianfu said.
Zhu Yihai said, "The two of them are quite capable."
"Will the people in Hangzhou believe their surrender?"
"Why don't you believe it? Surrendering is normal, not surrendering is exceptional. Especially after the 'Victory at Jiazhuang', it is reasonable for the Haiyan rebels to surrender in fear." Zhu Yihai said with a smile, "
Don’t worry, under normal circumstances, 90% of the time the Hangzhou side will accept the surrender and grant Zheng Jiwu the title of Haiyan General, and maybe even the title of deputy general.”
This is the normal operation of the Tatars.
"Where should we go next? Should we follow Li Yuchun to Jiaxing?"