Chapter 13
The old thief takes care of it
Huang County is surrounded by mountains and has a complex terrain. Once the incident occurs, it will be very convenient whether you go to the sea or go to the mountains. Moreover, after passing Zhaoyuan, it will be the territory of Laizhou Prefecture, and Dengzhou Prefecture is beyond the reach. You can even hide from the nearby area under the garrison. The place is unified, and both Huang County and Dengzhou Prefecture are helpless.
But Jiang Haoyuan made a lot of calculations, but he still couldn't count the old thief Nurhaci: "Going to Liaodong to sell ginseng, deer antlers, and minks is very profitable. My father has made a lot of money over the years. I wonder how many times he has praised this old thief in front of me!"
After so many years of transactions, Nurhaci has really put a lot of thoughts: "He always allows us to pay part of the credit, and then the final payment will be paid when we sell the goods out. The price is very real. My father didn't notice it for a while. He got the old thief's soup and helped the old thief do a lot of things. Even a few years ago, the old thief said he wanted to read some miscellaneous books, so he immediately brought a small boat of books over!"
"Reading a book?" Liu Peng suddenly felt a chill on his head: "What book do the old thief want to read?"
"The old thief said he was having nothing to do and chatted. He wanted to see the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He entrusted my father to bring a set of embroidery books. My father went to Linqing to pick up a set of embroidery books, but he also bought dozens of sets of books, such as "The Legend of the Heroes", "The Legend of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The Legend of the Confession of the Jin Dynasty", "The Strategy of the Hundred Battles", and "The Strategy of the Hundred Battles". As long as it was a miscellaneous book for using military wars, it was sent to the old thief. The old thief smiled so hard that he could not stop and gave him a little profit."
"This old thief has always liked to use small favors to win people's hearts, but that's just superficial skill, and he's merciless." Liu Peng said: "It's really a poisonous way to use his heart and a very powerful disaster!"
Miss Jiang praised: "Mr. Liu said so much. After more than ten years of friendship, we all thought that this old thief was a hero with affection and righteousness. However, he expected that he was so obsessed with human faces. This year he sent a message saying that Jianzhou had a lot of fishing and hunting income this year. The income from ginseng, deer antler, and mink skins was several times higher than in previous years. I don't know where to sell it. I told my father to bring more goods over, and he just wanted to take action quickly!"
Jiang Haotian had been trading with the Jianzhou Jurchens for many years and made a lot of profits. When he heard that pies had fallen from the sky, he immediately bought five ships of cargo in Huang County. In order to satisfy Nurhaci, he specially brought thousands of taels of gold and silver to the road.
During this trip to Liaohai, Jiang Haotian could all dispatch a business gang with more than 40 people, and temporarily hired nearly 100 people in Liaodong. He just wanted to make a profit and could rest for ten years.
Unexpectedly, not only did I pay back the profits of the past ten years, but I even lost the old capital I had accumulated in the past. Miss Jiang said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, my father was smart and came back to his senses before he even arrived in Jianzhou territory. He also complained for a while, saying that my father was fussing..."
"It's fine if Ling Zun is fine!"
"Nothing is wrong!" Miss Jiang clenched her fists: "The old thief saw that the ambush could not be done, so he immediately sent a white-armored soldier to chase him!"
That is the most elite white-armored soldiers of the Jurchens! Not to mention how many elite cavalry soldiers were followed by the white-armored soldiers. How could this caravan with only more than 100 people be an opponent? Miss Jiang's voice changed: "It was over in less than a quarter of an hour. My father could only lead me to rush out of the dead people. I don't know how many battles I experienced in the middle. After the last count, there were only more than 20 people who were killed. All the people we hired in Liaodong were trapped in it, and none of them rushed out!"
Liu Peng knew that Miss Jiang's words were a bit untrue. Facing the Jurchen white armored soldiers head-on, Jiang Haotian led a team of only more than 40 people, and half of them could rush out of the siege of the Jurchen armored soldiers, and nearly 100 people temporarily hired from Liaodong were all lost.
This number can only prove that the reason why Jiang Haotian was able to break through was that he decisively sacrificed nearly 100 Liao people and even sacrificed some of his own people. Of course, there was nothing to blame. Liu Peng even secretly praised Jiang Haotian for his performance.
You should know that the Ming Dynasty's official army had neither the vision of Jiang Haotian nor the determination and courage of Jiang Haotian, and could drag most of the people out of the raid and siege of the Jurchen armored soldiers. This Jian Zhen can be described as a miracle!
This Jiang Haotian is indeed worthy of Liu Peng's praise.
Of course, this kind of praise cannot be expressed. Liu Peng asked: "What happened later? Didn't you avenge the official? Didn't you think about taking revenge?"
"Avenge! I won't think about it in this life! Avenge is useless. The whole of Liaodong is full of old thieves!" Jiang Qingyue was full of hatred: "As the saying goes, the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand and are invincible. But many years ago, the Ministry of War Tang Bao said that the Jurchens already had 30,000 soldiers. According to my father's estimate, there are no less than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. How do you ask us to take revenge!"
The Jurchens are now like enemy countries. Not to mention the father and daughter of the Jiang family, even the Ming Dynasty was helpless against the rising Jurchens. The Liao Town now has a total of 80,000 soldiers, but the real soldiers and soldiers who can be used are less than 10,000. It is almost impossible to win against the Jurchens.
The father and daughter of the Jiang family naturally died and wanted to take revenge, but he did not expect that Nurhaci's revenge had just begun: "We finally broke through, but the old thief spoke out, saying that we were betrayal and robbed their women and gold and silver goods to escape. They tried to dissuade them in every way but failed to take action!"
Nurhaci is not just talking nonsense. He has been in Liaodong for decades, so naturally someone helps him waving flags and shouting. Soon, rumors become indisputable facts, making Jiang Haotian unable to stay in Liaodong at all.
"The old thief even offered a reward on the road. Even my life is worth three hundred taels of silver. But this time, nearly a hundred Liao people died. The miserables came to us one after another. We couldn't bear it. In desperation, we could only go back to Dengzhou."
Liu Peng couldn't help but compliment: "Nurhaci, an old thief, isn't very tactful. How could Miss Jiang be so beautiful? I think even 30,000 taels are not worthy of the lady's charm!"
Miss Jiang couldn't help but smile and began to tell the story later.
Dengzhou is the old nest of the Jiang family. Jiang Haotian feels that he has been operating in Dengzhou for many years and even has a business, so he can always recover.
After all, he has suffered more than once outside, but this time he has suffered a lot, which can be said to have broken the bones and flesh. He will not think about rebuilding his body in a year or two.
However, the Jiang family's father and daughter thought Nurhaci too simply. Although they were far away from the Liaohai, there were many ignorant people who were willing to work hard for Jianzhou. Immediately someone came forward to sue Jiang Haotian for a crime with a ill-intentioned crime. Then he followed the way of the Shandong governor and approved a "strict handling" warrant.
Chapter completed!