Chapter 151 This damn eunuch wants to cause trouble

Chapter 150

Any plan can never keep up with changes.

Cheng Shijie originally wanted to try this case publicly to lay the foundation for the construction of the rule of law in southern Liaoning. But the problem was that an unprepared accident disrupted Cheng Shijie's plan.

In fact, this change was not the military intelligence brought by Jin Yiwei Qin Buhui, but the transaction from Fan Yongdou.

During the autumn harvest, Fan Yongdou saw the harvest and Cheng Shijie's delivery ability. Now the grain in southern Liaoning is piled up like a mountain, and hundreds of granaries have been built. Any one of these granaries is enough to store 100,000 stone.

The above food.

At this time, Fan Yongdou accelerated the transaction process, sent people to Liao Zhongwei, notified the associates who had already been stored in Liao Zhongwei, and drove the cattle, sheep and horses that had been prepared to southern Liaoning.

Cheng Shijie planned to trick Fan Yongdou from the very beginning, why didn't he want his money?

Because silver is so easy to hide and transport, there are many channels for silver to flow into southern Liaoning. It can be transported by water or by land. A two-wheeled carriage can pull seven to eight hundred kilograms at the most.

If the road surface is good like that in southern Liaoning, a two-wheeled carriage can pull 1,500 kilograms.

Even if it is 300,000 taels of silver, the total weight is only 18,750 jin, and a dozen carriages can pull it away at once. Such convoys are too common in southern Liaoning.

But livestock is different. The target for livestock is too big. Five thousand horses and five to six thousand cattle require at least a thousand people to take care of them. The target is very large and easy to manipulate.

As long as it is not within the territory of southern Liaoning, Cheng Shijie can send people to grab it in advance.

In addition to the two thousand iron-hoofed horses that are normally traded, there are 1,600 Hequ horses, including three to four thousand Liaodong horses, plus those cattle, which is a huge team.

After Fan Yongdou sent his messenger to order the camel teams that were looking after the cattle and horses to come to Liaonan for trading, Fan Yongdou's men left Jinzhou City and were followed by Ning Haijun's scouts.

Although the messenger sent by Fan Yongdou was very vigilant, the problem was that Su Wannayan under Hu Erqi was proficient in hunting. In the words of later generations, he was a self-taught traceology expert.

This thing sounds a bit mysterious, but in fact it is not difficult to guess. Thousands of horses and more than 8,000 cattle must rely on freshwater lakes or rivers.

As a result, Hu Erqi finally found the cattle and horses stored in the territory of Liao Zhongwei. There were a total of 5,000 fine war horses, as well as more than 8,000 cattle and tens of thousands of sheep.

In fact, these were all recruited from various ministries by Jiannu. Fan Yongdou was just Huang Taiji's white glove, responsible for this transaction. Hu Erqi was overjoyed. In a surprise attack, more than 1,300 of the men responsible for guarding these cattle and horses were also killed.

Hu Erqi was captured in one fell swoop.

Now Fan Yongdou has no cattle and horses to trade. How can he buy Cheng Shijie's grain?

Without money, Cheng Shijie would not give a grain of food to Fan Yongdou.

After Hu Erqi's troops attacked Fan Yongdou's men, they sent Su Wanayan to lead his troops to take charge of the rear. Because the movement of cattle and sheep was too slow, even the Jurchens under Hu Erqi's troops were mostly good at domesticating cattle and sheep. But the problem was

, cattle and sheep cannot move as quickly as war horses.

However, Su Wannayan discovered that hundreds of cavalrymen from Jiannu were chasing him. He counterattacked and drove the enemy back. During the pursuit, he swept away more than a dozen tribes around Liao Zhongwei and captured tens of thousands more.

Cattle and sheep, thousands of war horses.

Su Wannayan was also a ruthless character. Seeing the northwest wind direction, he sent people to set fire near Fushun Guard in the middle reaches of the Hun River. The fire soared into the sky and was out of control. From the bank of the Hun River, the fire burned for one or two hundred miles.

The fire effectively stopped Jiannu's pursuers,

As for the fodder they burned, it is impossible to estimate.

Now Hu Erqi can be said to have returned with a full load. Not only did he successfully bring back Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses, but he also made a lot of money hunting rabbits. While reporting to Cheng Shijie, he also brought Fan Yongdou's captured horses, cattle, and tens of thousands of sheep.

Slowly return to Haizhou.

Cheng Shijie received information from Hu Erqi on the night of September 4th, and also received information from Qin Buhui, the Jin Yiwei. He could conclude that under this situation, Huang Taiji would definitely not be able to sit still.

If he could sit still, the nobles of the Eight Banners would not sit still. This time, Hu Erqi was too ruthless. Taking advantage of the northwest wind, he burned down one or two hundred miles of grassland with a fire, which meant that,

In addition to last year's snowstorm, Jiannu will encounter a serious shortage of pasture this year.

Cheng Shijie was worried that Jiannu would send troops to block Hu Erqi's command, so he quickly ordered the entire Ning Haijun army to enter a state of first-level combat readiness. At the same time, he asked Zhao Wencai of the Cavalry Division to lead the Ning Haijun cavalry to go out to meet Hu Erqi's command.

Because of this unexpected situation, Cheng Shijie could only temporarily abandon the public trial of this major case, and to avoid the double persecution of Zhang Chen by public opinion and Zhang Daqiang, he ordered the Management Committee to start formulating the "Ning Haijun Military Family and Martyred Family Protection Law" and use legal means

To protect the interests of Ning Haijun’s military and martyrs’ families from being infringed upon by their clan or outside forces.

Considering that Jiannu is now ready to take action, Cheng Shijie can go to the capital with peace of mind. It won't be long before he receives news of Jiannu's move, and Cheng Shijie can return to Liaonan smoothly.

"Cheng Jinglue is going to the capital to report on his work?"

"Of course I'm going. I'm very busy right now. The autumn harvest is finally over. Cheng heard that Your Majesty is suffering too much!"

Cheng Shijie's current acting skills are definitely at the level of a movie actor, and he sheds tears whenever he wants.

Gao Qiqian also admired Cheng Shijie very much. His expression of bursting into tears was as real as it could be. If Cheng Shijie really lost two ounces of meat, he would probably be able to become famous in the palace.

"Master Cheng, hurry up and get ready!"

"Easy to say!"

Cheng Shijie's preparation really made Gao Qiqian's jaw drop. Sixty fine horses, two hundred sheep, four thousand catties of fish and shrimp, two million catties of sweet potatoes, two million catties of potatoes, and

Eight hundred thousand catties of corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, and 10,000 kilograms of sorghum each.

Seeing this scene, Gao Qiqian said to his godson beside him: "General Cheng is still good at being an official. The other generals just cry when they see Long Live Lord. They try their best to get some benefits from Long Live Lord. I am sending you such a gift to Your Majesty."

He is still the first general to give generous gifts!"

Wang Muzhi opened his mouth.

In fact, like Gao Qiqian, he has already seen the momentum of the Liaonan vassal town. It is political logic for any central court to suppress the vassal town before its power has taken shape.

But the problem is, Gao Qiqian doesn't want to say it.

Because in this year, Cheng Shijie directly or indirectly gave Gao Qiqian more property than he had obtained in the past ten years.

These numbers sound like a lot. If converted into tons, two million kilograms of sweet potatoes are only one thousand tons. All grains added together are only six or seven thousand tons. These are less than one percent of the autumn harvest in southern Liaoning.

However, these sweet potatoes and potatoes are carefully selected and are very large. The sweet potatoes weigh more than two kilograms, and the potatoes are also large in size and weigh more than one kilogram.

A total of sixty-two transport ships were loaded with these supplies and were ready to go to the capital. In addition to the generous gifts to the emperor, there were also gifts for Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi.

Don’t stretch out your hand to hit someone with a smiling face, and Cheng Shijie is no exception.

The night before leaving, Yang Yuniang and Feng Sanniang went to Cheng Shijie's study to ask for an audience.

"Meet Mr. Cheng!"

"No gift!"

The moment Cheng Shijie saw Feng Sanniang, he guessed that she must have come for Hao Wuniang. After all, the Liaonan case had a great impact, and the Zhang Chen family was wealthy. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Zhang Chen family's money was not glorious.

Otherwise, who can go from abject poverty to wealth in just one year?

Under the mentality of hating the rich, the majority of people sympathized with Zhang Daqiang, Zhang Dongyuan and others.

Cheng Shijie is very aware of this situation.

There are some things that cause many people to sit with their buttocks crooked.

"I will definitely handle this matter impartially!"

When Feng Sanniang heard this, she felt very sad. If she had not brought Hao Wuniang to Liaonan, Hao Wuniang would not have become Zhang Chen's bodyguard. If she had not become Zhang Chen's bodyguard, Hao Wuniang would not have offended this big man.

disaster.

Feng Sanniang's legs went weak, and she knelt in front of Cheng Shijie and said, "Please have mercy, Commander-in-Chief!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "I already know about this matter, and I will let Judge Zhang handle it appropriately!"

"But……"

Yang Yunniang quickly winked at Feng Sanniang.

When Feng Sanniang actually left Cheng Shijie's backyard, she asked in confusion: "Why don't you intercede for Hao Wuniang?"

“Because you don’t have to ask!”

"No need to beg? She killed eight people!"

"It's okay to kill eighteen people!"

Yang Yunniang sneered and said: "The commander-in-chief knows best who is one of our own and who is the enemy."

Before heading to the capital, Cheng Shijie finally sold the secret recipe for processing sweet potatoes and potatoes to all customers who bought sweet potatoes and potatoes, including Fan Yongdou, for a price of one hundred and fifty taels of silver.

These secret recipes are illustrated with pictures and text, including equipment diagrams and text descriptions. As long as you follow Cheng Shijie's secret recipe, you can process sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes or sweet potato vermicelli. Of course, you can also process them into sweet potato powder.

After sending out the shipping information, Fan Yongdou had actually packed up his things and was about to leave Liaonan. After entering the study, he calmly spread out the paper, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote without any details to Huang Taiji who was far away in Shenyang.

Start writing a letter.

Fan Yongdou summarized what happened to him during the recent period and reported to Huang Taiji: "Looking at it from Yongdou, although Ning Haijun's general army has been established for many years, he is not as smart as the others, and he may have the intention of separatizing the frontier.

There is no such thing as the ambition to enter the imperial court. The people here are mediocre and of poor quality..."

"Dong dong..."

There was a knock on the door.

At this time, Fan Yongdou did not open the door immediately. Instead, he quickly finished writing the letter in a few strokes, dried the ink, put it into an envelope, and then opened the door.

"Fan Jian!"

"master!"
To be continued...