Chapter 561: Raid

In the past two years, fewer and fewer merchants have passed Tielingwei to the south, and Tielingwei's income is not as rich as before. In fact, except in winter, goods flow through Tumen River and then travel to Huazhou to live in the Ming Dynasty, which costs much less than land transportation.

Huazhou's money houses and tickets have been doing this, opening up sea routes and diverting their dependence on the Tielingwei road.

When the generals and soldiers of the Tieling Guard began, they also had the idea of ​​not killing the hen that lays golden eggs. As the usual taxes and fees were collected less and less, they became more and more angry. They thought that they had spent a lot of benefits to make money in Tieling Guard, but they could not get back their capital when they came here. What was this?

However, the merchants who come and go are not good at dealing with each other. After all, the northern part of the pass is a place without a king. Anyone who has the courage to do business is to bring enough bodyguards and guards, and the other is to have enough background. If you want to rob forcibly, it will be a big trouble.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming army could only take the fees given by these merchants, just like servants who were rewarded. However, the merchants in the Guan and Liao Town have always gone north and south. Although there are merchants among the refugees outside the Guan, their range of activities will not exceed the side wall, and it seems that they have any concerns.

The bold ones made a fortune, and the timid ones starved to death. The works and spies from Liao Town went deep into the wall three hundred miles away. They did not see any established army or military force. They only knew that some of the guards and private soldiers in each manor were said to have passed by the military households of Liao Town in the former. These things were already known by the Tieling Guards and several nearby guards from commanders to ordinary soldiers below.

This shows that there is nothing scary about where refugees live. Merchants among them often bring large sums of goods to the place near the wall and trade with merchants in the pass. If they are snatched in the past, the money will be very rich. Anyway, the recent news is not a legend. Will the court take action against the refugees? If they are snatched at that time, there will be no benefit as it is now. As for the people opposite, it is said that they are also the military households in Liao Town in the past. The Tieling Guards have rotated a lot and have no incense at all.

Perhaps for the convenience of transactions and the reduction of the journey, the places where the refugees' goods were stored outside the side wall were getting closer and closer to the side wall, and various mountain goods and local specialties, as well as a large amount of fur, and even pearls from the north. It is said that there is still some crude gold that cannot be smelted or processed in detail, and is also within the scope of transactions.

These goods sounded enough to make people drool. In April of the 22nd year of Jiajing, a hundred households in Tielingwei lost more than 200 taels of gambling. They were so anxious that they could not help but call their troops in the middle of the night, saying that they wanted to take everyone to make a fortune.

When they heard that they were going to make money, everyone came to the bitter and cold Tielingwei for the sake of making money. More than one hundred soldiers knew exactly where to make money. The hundred households didn't make a sound and took the soldiers over the side wall. According to the merchants who came back yesterday, there was a large warehouse twenty miles away from the side wall, where more than one hundred people were taking care of them. There were also several refugee merchants who had not returned after the transaction was completed. This shows that there were not only physical objects, but also gold, silver, and oil and water.

The hundreds of families were all riding horses with their energetic subordinates, and many of them were now borrowing horses from familiar people, as well as mules and donkeys. They rumbling over. It was only one or two hours before they decided to rob and start the action, so naturally they couldn't say how well they were prepared. The soldiers were nervous and excited, and the momentum was even greater.

When we arrived at the warehouse, it was already dark. The people in the warehouse were already making fires and lights. I don’t know that the soldier was not paying attention to his whereabouts and was discovered by the people in the warehouse. However, the next action made the prepared Tieling Guard soldiers really unexpectedly. The group of people seemed to be scared and crowded out of the warehouse in a mess and scattered towards the north.

There was never a shortage of horses in the hands of refugee businessmen. In fact, there was also part of the horse trade with the transactions within the city. At this time, it was a tool for escape. I saw those refugee businessmen, followers and people guarding the warehouse running on horses, running quickly, and disappearing into the darkness in a blink of an eye.

The household of Tieling Guard immediately cursed with hatred and quickly ordered his men to move forward quickly and not delay the plan of making money. The group of people performed far better than the speed during combat and drills, and quickly arrived at the warehouse.

Sure enough, there was no one left. The Baihu and his officers and soldiers rushed up like bloody flies, looking around and checking everywhere, unable to hear anyone talking or making noise, they all acted everywhere in a quiet voice. After a moment, huge cheers burst out in the warehouse.

There are not many heavy and heavy goods such as grain, all of them are high-quality fur, pearls, ginseng and other valuable items, and even a few bags of gold sand. They get rich and become rich. Everyone thinks this way in their hearts. This place is not just a warehouse, but it is actually just a thick shed. The valuable things are placed in the house where people live. I guess they are carrying these fine goods to trade with merchants from the city, but they are profitable by these hundreds of households and their subordinates.

The money was too easy. The other party even prepared all the big trucks. There were large trucks off the edge of the stable. The officers and soldiers of Tieling Guards knew that there were many dreams at night and did not need to be ordered by hundreds of households. Some people had already rushed over to put the car on. Then some people did not care about the hard work of the long journey and put the things they found in the car. They resisted the urge to set off another fire, and the group of people hummed a small song and embarked on the return journey.

There were also a few people who were alert and told the Baihu that they should rush to the road as soon as possible so that the refugees would not call helpers to chase after them. At that time, they were afraid that these things would be left behind. However, the Baihu did not listen at all and said arrogantly:

"These refugees were chased in the pass like dogs of a family. When they came here, they were pigs and sheep. Weak goods were slaughtered by others. They were afraid that they would do whatever they wanted, so they would just hurry on their way. The wealthy days we were waiting for were coming!"

What was surprising was that no one dared to chase after him, so the more than 100 Ming troops returned to Tielingwei in a swagger. They divided the things that night. The next day, there were always people who were not serious. The harvest of the hundreds of households and their group immediately caused a sensation in the entire Tielingwei.

Looking at the gorgeous fur, the pearls and ginseng with excellent quality, everyone's index fingers were irritated and greedy. Some people said that the hundred households still had a few bags of gold and sand in their hands, which was a full dozen pounds. And it is said that the fierce and tenacious refugees were so cowardly that they made the Ming army, which was smaller than their own, robbed the property, and they did not dare to gather people to retaliate. It turned out that it was so easy to get rich.

After the third day, there were not even protesters on the side of the wall. I heard from the small vendors who used to do business that the refugees who lost goods beat their chests and stamped their feet and cried, and some people hanged them, but no one came to cause trouble for the Ming army. It is said that some people said that we are rootless people and cannot even win lawsuits. What should we do in the future? Such cowardice and incompetence even stirred up the thoughts of the Tieling Guards and even the surrounding guards. However, all of this is said to be the news sent back by the small vendors who went to the opposite side to do business, that is, they could go deep into each other's manor.

Near Tielingwei, there were already temporary residences for merchants coming from within. They were also preparing to trade outside the wall. There were many inns and restaurants in Tielingwei who were doing business with these people. These merchants were quick-witted. When they heard that the officers and soldiers of Tielingwei robbed property, they thought that many goods would definitely not be held in their hands and would definitely be sold. Moreover, these Qiuba did not know what prices they had.

These merchants did not go outside the customs and went directly to buy them. The officers and soldiers were very happy to see the cash inflow. After a little talk, they would sell them. Even so, the people who went out that night, hundreds of households and confidants, made a fortune, and their soldiers had small wealth to make. The merchants were even more profitable. After purchasing these things, they would increase the price by several times or dozens of times. Most merchants were short-sighted. When they saw such good cheaps to make, they encouraged the rest of the officers and soldiers to go out to rob the walls. This was a good thing for everyone to be happy to avoid trading with those increasingly smart refugee merchants.

The news of robbing refugees and making money quickly spread throughout Liao Town. All the garrisons were sensational, and they all heard about the wealthy people outside the walls. Unexpectedly, they were a fat sheep that could be slaughtered. They wanted to go over and cut them quickly.

All senior officers with status went to the Liao Town General Li Gufeng to ask if he was starting to attack outside the side wall now. Unexpectedly, after hearing the news, Li Gufeng angrily overturned the table. It turned out that in April, the five thousand soldiers in Baoding fought against the rioters in Dezhou, and were defeated by the opponent's cavalry. Then the entire army collapsed. The soldiers and horses of Ji Town were huddled in Tongzhou and had suffered several defeats in a row. The court was already preparing to transfer the soldiers of Liao Town to the south. Who would have thought that the people of Tieling Guard would cause such trouble, which would make the Liao Town soldiers have no intention of fighting.

The soldier who went to capture the 100-houses in Tieling Guard was empty. It was said that the 100-houses left Tieling within a few days after they became rich, saying that they had gone to the south to enjoy their fortune...
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