Chapter 88: Another Master Zuo
In early March, Wang Yi led 500 cavalry to Wula (Jilin City), the Jilin General Ming'an, the Jilin General's Mansion, looked up and down Wang Yi, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the chairman of the Da Shang Dynasty was so young!"
"I dare not take it!" Wang Yi quickly stood up and smiled. "This time we came here mainly to thank the adults for their help. Without the help of the adults, we would not be able to reach Dongning smoothly and launch an attack on Shuangchengzi."
Ming'an smiled and said, "If you say that, I would like to thank you! If your insurance team had not arrived in time, then the Russian bandits would not know how much trouble they would be!"
On October 6, 1879, on the 21st of August 18, nearly 100 Russian armed thugs broke into the Sanchakou of the Sino-Russian border, Liushuhe and other Chinese villages, burning, killing and looting for 4 days. More than 160 families including "vegetable camps" and "sheds" in the area were tragically robbed, and livestock and food were robbed, killing 8 Chinese border residents and injured 4 people.
Ming'an originally wanted to solve this matter officially, but later he was stopped by his subordinates. He said that a few days ago, General Chonghou, the Shengjing, signed the Rivachia Treaty with the Tsarist Russians behind the court. Now the whole people are angry, and our relationship with Tsarist Russia is tense. However, the court seems to mean that he does not want to make things worse, so it is difficult to deal with it. If we come forward to deal with this matter at this time, it will inevitably leave an excuse for the Russians. If there is a conflict between the two sides, it will be difficult for them to deal with it.
Ming'an heard that this was really the case, but the matter had already happened and it had to be resolved. So his subordinates gave him an idea and asked the Dashang Insurance Team to solve the problem. If something happened to the people, it would not be too late for Ming'an to come forward again. To put it bluntly, it was to let Dashang be a scapegoat.
After hearing about this, Li Bashan, who was stationed in Daqing, quickly called Wang Yi. Wang Yi looked at the map and the place where the accident happened was between Dongning and Hunchun. Wang Yiyi fell in love with it. However, he proposed a condition with Ming'an, asking Dongning to build an insurance battalion and place 200 cavalry and 300 infantrymen, which was actually an arsenal prepared for the fight against Vladivostok.
Mingan agreed without realizing him.
The Russian armed thugs were killed by the insurance team and caught them. In the end, there were 34 remaining living people, who were escorted to Ula by Li Bashan and handed over to Ming'an. However, the Russian side later made a strong protest for this. Ming'an just made a false condemnation. The bandits should be killed and killed and judged. Later, the Russians shouted for a while and let it go.
A year later, when Wang Yizhen took action against Tsarist Russia, Ming'an already knew the situation. To Wang Yi's surprise, Ming'an cooperated very well. Later, he found out that it was because of the orders of General Qi Yuan of Shengjing. He not only actively organized the people to transport supplies, but also handed over the 100 snow sleds in his hand to the Dashang Insurance Team. Originally, Wang Yi relied on the snow sled to maintain internal transportation within the Dashang Shang. Now, the additional 100 taels of ox-pulling snow sleds were added, and the transportation capacity was greatly improved. When the cavalry and infantry under Li Bashan arrived, Xiang Long finally gathered all his troops. Although Ming'an knew that the Dashang was strong, he was still shocked.
Today, Wang Yi came here to thank Mingan for his help. Of course, he also knew that he might have to leave something here when he came here. Sure enough, Mingan began to make requests without saying a few words.
"Sir, please give me some instructions!" Wang Yi said with a tough bullet.
Ming'an looked at him with a smile, then stretched out three fingers.
When the king saw it, he was gone! "Silver... three thousand taels?"
Mingan smiled and shook his head, thinking to himself that you are sending the beggar!
"It won't be gold..."
Mingan shook his head again and said, "Three things!"
Wang Yixin said, you might as well ask for gold, so that I can feel more at ease.
"I wonder what three things are?"
"The first thing is that our Jilin General's Mansion had loaned 600,000 Da Shang silver dollars from the silver furnace government of Da Shang. The time limit is almost here...but..."
Wang Yi understood the meaning and said directly: "The extension is three years!"
Ming'an smiled, picked up the teacup, drank a sip of water, and said, "In the past three years, our general's mansion will not be in vain. I can give you the mining rights of a gold mine, but our mansion will have 40% of the profit."
Wang nodded and then smiled and said, "Actually, it's not necessary, but since the lord has given me the words, my Da Shang will do it... I don't know where the gold mine is?"
"Jiapigou!"
"Jiapigou?"
"That's right, but I want to remind you that there is a gold manufacturer there named Han Zongxian. This person was originally a thief of gold mining. Later, after being recruited by us, he took the merit card and was disobedient and still colluded to seek profit in the gold mining place!"
Wang Yi understood again and said, "Why don't you know if you want to see this person again or don't want to see this person again?"
Wang Yi said it quite tactfully, Ming An laughed and said, "I just want to see their account book, just tear half of it for you and half for me."
"That's it!" Wang Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Then I will copy you the account book."
Ming'an nodded and then began to talk about the third thing, which was related to beating Ula.
The General Administration of the Fighting and Ula was a special institution for the Qing Dynasty to collect and present tributes to the royal family of the palace. It was also a special institution in the Qing Dynasty. It was established in the 14th year of Shunzhi (1657) and was abolished in the third year of Xuantong (1911). During the 254 years of the 254 years of the Fighting and Ula, it was directly led by the Qing Dynasty's Internal Affairs Office (1657-1676 and 1727-1736) for a total of 28 years, and was led by General Ningguta and General Jilin for 226 years.
In other words, the errand of beating Sailu La now has fallen on Ming'an.
The tributes in Jilin are divided into monthly tribute, annual tribute, and longevity tribute, and there are many types. The main tributes include: ginseng, mink, Dongzhu, venison (including deer tail, chest fork meat, ribs, buttocks* tip), sturgeon, pine nuts, honey, bird's nest, Anchuxiang, arrow pole, carved feather, even tare rice, bell rice, mountain leek, mountain red, lotus plum, cold onion, etc., all of which are among the detailed tribute names.
However, as the Qing court demanded more and more tributes, wild resources became less and less, and the burden of tribute tribute in Jilin was getting heavier. Now even Ming'an can't stand it anymore...
"What does that mean by sir?"
"Now the court has acquiesced to you to establish the Northeast Republic, and a lot of the large tracts of land you inherited have not been developed, so..."
"Sir, I want us to provide you with some tribute?"
Ming'an nodded and said, "That's true!"
Wang Yi understood that in front of his relationship, the old guy fell in love with the local specialties on his new land. After thinking for a while, he said: "Sir, I can agree, but I have a request!"
"Please say it."
"The old saying goes: 'Don't dry the pond and fish, and don't burn the forest and hunt!" So if the lord wants to send someone to pick things, my people must follow and set a quota every year based on the growth of the things they are picking. If it exceeds the amount, then the general will not be able to speak, and I will not let your people come next time."
Ming'an thought that this requirement was reasonable. Anyway, he still had a certain amount of production on this acre of three land in Jilin. With the addition of Wang Yi's land, it should not be a problem to complete the annual royal quota.
After that, the two had a great chat. Ming'an also asked Da Shang to come to Jilin to invest more, and it would be better to have more places like Daqing. Wang Yi naturally wanted it!
After returning to Fengtian, Wang started to live a normal life. Although he won a great victory in the sneak attack on Russia this time, he also suffered a lot of pressure. Fortunately, after all the things were allocated, he had nothing to do. He could grow up with two girls every day and only do some daily things, which was a different feeling.
Now the Dashang Light Bulb Factory controlled by the two girls has become one of the very profitable companies in Dashang. In addition to incandescent lamps, there are neon lights, xenon arc lights, flash lights, and fluorescent lights, as well as various other light source equipment. However, what surprised Wang Yi the most was that the two girls actually secretly studied the gas laser and its working principle...
In mid-March, Wang Yi went to visit General Qiyuan, Shengjing. Qiyuan praised the contributions made by Dashang to Shengjing. Wang Yi knew that many of the companies in Dashang had shares in the Qiyuan family. Now Qiyuan also regarded Wang Yi as his own nephew, which surprised Wang Yi. He quickly spoke with a sweet-mouthed sword, uncle! Later, the two talked about the issue of the Northeast Republic, and the court actually had a lot of discussion about this matter. After all, it was the ancestral land of the Qing Dynasty. During the Opium War, the Russians took advantage of the danger to blackmail them, and then they succeeded.
"Xiaoyi! It's because you were reckless and offended the people in the Censorate."
"Oh, have I done this?" Wang Yi deliberately pretended to be confused.
Qi Yuan smiled and said, "I'll let you be careful too."
"I know, my junior."
As the old and the young were talking, someone came to report to Lord Zuo Baogui for a visit.
When Wang heard this, he said, okay, Zuo Dahero, this is a person he admires!
"Uncle, can I meet Lord Zuo?"
Qi Yuan laughed and said, "I think we Lord Zuo is here to see you."
"Look at me?" Wang Yi said in confusion: "Look at me for what I do?"
"Your insurance team has turned the Russians into that bear. Lord Zuo is a martial artist, so naturally I want to see you at first sight, so there is nothing strange."
So that's what happened.
"Okay, please invite Lord Zuo! Xiaoyi, come out to greet me."
The king went out with the people happily.
Zuo Baogui is 43 years old this year. He should have looked quite a scholar when he was young. Now he is slightly fat when he is middle-aged and looks more imposing.
"I have met the general!" Zuo Baogui quickly greeted Qi Yuan.
"Okay, get up!" Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Guanting, I'll introduce you to you. This is the chairman of Da Shang - Wang Yi!"
"Xiaoyi, this is Zuo Baogui Zuo General!"
Wang Yi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "I have seen Zuo Junmen!"
"Good luck, lucky luck!" Zuo Baogui looked up and down at Wang Yi. He had heard of Wang Yi, but he never thought that this person was a child! He said that he was not with Da Shang, because some of his subordinates were stationed in Yingkou Huoshen Temple, and there were many opportunities to meet the insurance team...
Chapter completed!