Chapter 310: Catching the Turtle in the Urn
In Qingzhou City, the Wang brothers are considered legends on the ground. Earlier, their family sold straw mats, but in less than a year, they abandoned their ancestral craftsmanship and changed their careers to famous people. I heard that they had established relationships with the Ming Dynasty, so their "delivery" route was safe and cheap.
In addition, considering the difficulties of many people at the bottom, we specially provided a new way to pay for loans and installments. In Ming Dynasty, this was also allowed. It was just that those people who borrowed loans were not used as free slaves, and certain paid loans were still within the scope permitted by law.
This also promoted many people to transport people to Ming Dynasty.
Because the more you are transferred, the more commissions you can get. The interest money you get from them is also continuous. Moreover, the Wang brothers can also provide zero-yuan loans based on installment payments. That is, you can go to Mingguo for free without spending a penny.
For many people who are afraid of being cheated, this method is more attractive. It is not that no one has learned from their methods, but if there is no relationship in Ming Dynasty, it will be difficult to ensure the stability of the transfer of interests.
In addition, many upper-class people really don’t believe that those mud-legged people can pay back their money, and the installment method can be as short as three to five years, nine to ten years. They can’t wait for that time.
On this day, the Wang brothers had just bought a group of helpless people from the city. They were about to wait for the situation to stabilize, and immediately left the city to see them off. However, the eyeliner Ning, who was ambushing the government, hurried to the mansion and said anxiously: "Are you master here? If you have something to do, you need to find your master, hurry up and lead the way."
The concierge is a good person! Although I don’t see Constable Ning often, it is a big deal every time I see him. I immediately said, “Master Ning, come in with the villain.”
Turning to the flower hall, the gatekeeper led Constable Ning to the study. Wang Qin, the second-ranked Wang brothers, was making plans for the account books and checking the recent income.
"Master! Constable Ning is coming." The servant was spreading the news outside.
Upon hearing this, Wang Qin immediately said, "Oh! Is Brother Ning here? Come in quickly!" As he said that, he put the account book on and went out to greet him in person.
"Third brother, I came to inform you to collect things and leave the mansion immediately. The old man from the state is greedy for your property and really led the officers to come here excitedly. I found an excuse to fool people and then took the shortcut to tell you."
Ning didn't even have time to drink saliva, and did not go into the house to sit down, so he reminded Wang Qin directly.
"This matter is serious? We have never given filial piety money to our brothers a lot. Why did the provincial governor kill me like this?" Wang Qin was a little confused and blurted out.
"Third brother, just believe in the elder brother. Come and pack up and hide away, right? If you can leave the city, go out of the city. If the people don't fight with the officials, it's important to save your life!" After Constable Ning finished speaking, he did not dare to stay for too long, turned his head and left.
Seeing this, Wang Qinning believed that he had it, but not that he had no. While asking someone to pack up valuable items, he also sent someone to notify the elder brother who had been collecting people outside the city. At the same time, he ordered someone to go out of the palace to see if the emperor of the prefecture had actually brought the people in person.
Soon, it turned out that he felt like he was struck by lightning. The governor of the Zhou Dynasty indeed led his men, and the banner of capturing the spies from the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Qin immediately cursed, "Bah!", in terms of relationship with Ming Kingdom, there were only a few butts in the city that were hurrying. This was simply a crime that he wanted to add to his fault!
There was no choice but to leave with some valuable items. But before leaving, he left a loyal butler. He asked him to hold on to the mansion and delay as much as possible.
Almost as soon as he left, the domineering officers came. Although the butler tried his best to deal with it, he quickly took down the palace. All the goods inside were taken by the prefecture for himself, and a part of them was presented to King Kang of Jingyang.
After getting the profits, the army was short of material rewards, so Wang Kang accepted them without any refusal. Not only that, he also discovered a way to obtain money in a short period of time, so he praised the governor of the state and asked him to extort more money on the ground in order to blow up more money as military funds.
The already uneasy Qingzhou territory immediately attracted a storm-like blow.
Ulutus only received news from Qingzhou four days later!
Not only that, the Northern Army also captured Rongzhou in the east of Qingzhou, and headed west to the foot of the Suli Mountains in the Xiaobai Mountains. Just by crossing this mountain, the last wave of rebels could be blocked from the east.
In the south, Quanzhou had been captured by the navy, and the retreat route on the sea was also blocked. Although the Southern Army was not very fast under the order of Ulutus, it continued to advance steadily and reached Tian'an Pass, an important pass in the Cheling Mountains.
There is an important gateway from Qingzhou to the outside world. Just wait for it to be taken down, and the rebel army led by Wang Kang will catch the turtle in a jar.
At this time, Shangjing received two letters of advice.
A letter from the Mongolian Khanate was written by Hailarbeji himself to ask why Ulutus wanted to attack his vassal state Gorye without the consent of the Khanate.
In the early years, Goryeo also surrendered to the Mongolian Khan Court. However, later Goryeo felt that the envoys of the Khan Court were insatiable and forced to pay tribute. So he sent someone to intercept the envoys secretly, resulting in the breakdown of relations between the two countries.
Ulutus is not used to the bad habits of the Khan Court.
He wrote a blunt reply letter directly on the name of his wanton interception and killing of the imperial envoys, which damaged the majesty of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. He also stated that the Ming Dynasty's move was out of the public intention of maintaining the majesty of the Khanate. He hoped that the Khanate could handle it impartially and not to evil the wishes of the nephew's country.
A greeting letter was also sent to the Song State.
But the wording is softer than the Khan Court, mainly from a commercial perspective. I hope that the Ming Dynasty would not detain the Song Dynasty merchant ships indefinitely because of attacking Goryeo. When attacking Shandong, many Song Dynasty merchant ships suffered.
Many high-ranking merchant ships are also included in the ranks of forced recruitment. So this time they are afraid that it will affect their own interests, so they write a letter to inquire.
However, this did not come from the Song court, but the envoys of Song's state to the Ming state. However, it was obvious that they were also instructed by the Song court.
Ulutus was still counting on continuing trade with Song State, so he would not deliberately harm the relationship between the two countries. So he asked the cabinet servants below to write a letter of explanation with a stern tone, which was considered a complete face of the envoys of Song State.
Chapter completed!