Chapter 537: Have a younger sister like Jiang Yanran
Xu Yingyuan really seemed to be fine and stayed at Zhenjiang Fort, wandering around every day, eating and drinking, and enjoying Jiang Wan's hospitality with peace of mind.
He even proposed to go to the surrounding auxiliary forts to take a look, and Jiang Wan naturally agreed.
He was definitely not just having fun. What was there to see in this bitter cold place? What he wanted to see was probably what the emperor wanted to see. Even if the emperor didn't give him any instructions before he came, now he would see more and learn more.
For Xu Yingyuan, even if he could say a few more words of his own opinions in front of the emperor in the future, it would be the basis for his advancement.
Jiang Wan knew his thoughts very clearly. Not only did she not stop him, she even sent people to lead him around. Of course, this was an important place in the army, and they were fighting with the Tartars at the moment. For Eunuch Xu's sake,
For safety reasons, it is impossible for Eunuch Xu to act alone.
Three days later, Jiang Yanran appeared in front of Jiang Wan with great interest. In just a few months, although the little girl's stature had not changed much in Jiang Wan's eyes, her whole person seemed to have become much more substantial.
This enrichment is literal and does not have any metaphorical meaning.
"Why did it come so fast?"
"I'm in Nagasaki. I just negotiated a big deal. Since you summoned me personally, let alone Nagasaki, I'll come here as soon as possible..."
"Oh, I've learned to talk too much. It seems I'm in a good mood lately!" Jiang Wan laughed: "What kind of business can we negotiate with the Japanese? Let me see what you've been busy with recently."
"Aren't we able to make cannons and muskets in Tieshan City?" Jiang Yanran said with a smile: "In addition to selling prisoners, in this maritime business, money can be earned quickly from the sale of weapons!"
"I don't even have enough for myself, so you decided to sell it to me!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Several battalions of guys under me are stretching their necks, waiting for Tieshan City's cannons and guns, asking them to find Folangji.
Go buy them and return them!"
"Three thousand taels of silver per door!" Jiang Yanran exclaimed: "What a pity, I plan to sell it for hundreds of dollars!"
"How much?" Jiang Wan was stunned: "Three thousand taels? Are you sure you're not mistaken? The ones we produce in Tieshan City are small three-pound cannons, not the big sixteen-pound guns from Folangjiren!"
"That's right!" Jiang Yanran nodded: "I took them to Tieshan City to see the goods, and they were all very happy. They all felt that they had gotten a big deal..."
"Sell it, at this price, we will sell it for whatever they want!" Jiang Wan's face became as fast as flipping through a book: "This deal can be done!"
"I know that you, brother, can't get money either!" Jiang Yanran chuckled: "You can't hide our family's affairs from anyone but me. Now, brother's soldiers in Dongjiang Town all rely on that guy Fan Zhen.
The fleet keeps them, so I can do some business for my eldest brother, which can be regarded as supplementing the family income!"
It was so amazing to supplement the family income. Jiang Wan looked at this promising girl and smiled happily.
"Originally, I didn't plan to come to Nagasaki. After all, we are doing business in North Korea all over the world. It's not like my family will steal their own business. But in the past few months, I recruited some
The Japanese Ronin learned some about the situation in Nagasaki, and then I felt that if we haven't intervened in the business there, we can indeed do it!"
She talked about what she had done in the past few months. Jiang Wan listened attentively and gave her some suggestions from time to time. After Jiang Yanran heard this, she thought about it and happily accepted Jiang Wan's suggestions.
I suggest, after all, in some aspects, Jiang Wan's knowledge and experience are much more thoughtful than hers.
The Second Regiment of the Four Seas Regiment under her now is based at the branch of the Four Seas Trading Company in Hao Jing'ao and is frantically expanding its trade routes. Today, her fleet also has four or five seagoing ships and hundreds of crew members.
A big fleet.
And because she had Jiang Wan as her backer, and although she was tough in doing things, she still followed the rules, so she didn't cause too much trouble.
If the trouble is too small, she will solve it herself. If the trouble is too big, she will inquire about the details of Sihai and do not want to provoke them. She even learned that the Victor Chamber of Commerce has inexplicable concerns with the Sihai Trading Company.
, a force that has the ability to bring her big trouble would simply think of it.
It is really not worthwhile to offend such a force for a small gain. Instead, befriend the other party. Maybe at some point, you will be able to use the other party's things. This kind of thinking is too small. Jiang Yanran's fleet,
She has prospered so well that some people even come to seek refuge with her.
Today's Sihai Regiment is not the Four Seas Trading Company, it is just an "armed guard" under the trading company, and not just anyone can join. Jiang Yanran has raised the threshold for recruiting people, or she has excellent skills.
Whether it is martial arts, strategy, or professional skills in navigation, any one of them will be enough to pass the test; otherwise, you must have two or more people recommended as guarantees before you can join her team, and this guarantee does not mean that
Just for fun, she practices continuous sitting.
Once a person who is recommended does something that damages the interests of the legion or even causes casualties, in addition to punishing the person who committed the crime, the person who provided the guarantee is equally guilty as the person who committed the crime.
Developing according to this policy and line, Jiang Yanran's miscellaneous army seems to be developing towards an elite force, which is something Jiang Wan likes to see.
After all, the power in Jiang Yanran's hands is also his power, and can even be regarded as his personal weapon.
"Well done, but I didn't call you here this time to ask about this matter!" Jiang Wan nodded: "There is an important matter right now, and I want to ask your opinion!?"
"Me?" Jiang Yanran looked at Jiang Wan in confusion: "Brother, you have a lot of powerful people, right? Why would you call me over to discuss it specifically?"
"It is impossible for me to discuss this matter with outsiders!" Jiang Wan looked at her indifferently: "You are my sister, your surname is Jiang now, you are my family!"
Jiang Yanran's face became serious. She looked around subconsciously and found that there was no one else in the huge hall except the two brothers and her sister. The bodyguards who should have been under the eaves of the door were also far away at the door.
As she walked to the door, she suddenly realized that what Jiang Wan was going to say must not be a simple matter.
"The emperor gave me a secret decree to ask Huang Taiji for peace..." Jiang Wan tapped her fingers lightly on the table and made a low sound, just like his mood at the moment.
"I don't want to ask for peace. This is not what I want. However, if I don't follow the imperial edict, the emperor will lose his trust, and there will even be a new commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town to replace me soon. …”
"The next thing I can roughly imagine is that when I return to Beijing, someone will impeach me. Whether it is defeat in the war, disobeying orders, embezzling military expenses, enriching one's own pockets, etc., there will always be one of these crimes that suits me in the end. Me, maybe all the charges were thrown at me at once, and then the Jin Yiwei arrested people and put them in jail. The emperor was furious and wanted to investigate me!"
He smiled faintly and looked at Jiang Yanran: "The best outcome is to be sent to a remote village as a minor official. If the emperor still misses his old love, the worst outcome is of course to die in prison in a daze. , The emperor doesn’t want others to know the real reason why I am in this situation, the dead are always the most reliable!”
He sighed: "I guess I won't even be able to survive the day when Ming Zhengdian will be sentenced to Caishikou!"
When he said this, he thought of Yuan Chonghuan inexplicably. When Yuan Chonghuan arrived at Caishikou, he probably never thought that he would have such a day!
Jiang Yanran's pretty smile tightened. Although Jiang Wan said this to her with a slight smile, there was no need for any explanation at this moment. She also knew clearly why Jiang Wan said this. It is impossible to negotiate with outsiders!
Not even Jiang Wan's most trusted subordinate.
"Brother, are you saying that you want to rebel?" She took a deep breath: "No matter what brother decides, I, Jiang Yanran, will never give a shit..."
She pondered for a moment: "I went to the Ryukyu side last time. There are many islands there. With a little management, it won't be a problem for us to occupy a few islands. If we have more people and horses, it won't be a problem to occupy the entire Ryukyu territory. Brother If I make a decision, I will send my sisters-in-law and nephews out of Beijing in the name of inviting them to Haojing'ao, and once they arrive in Haojing'ao, we can all go to sea!"
"In this way, eldest brother will not have to worry about his future. Moreover, even if things go wrong, Ryukyu can be his fallback path. We don't have to worry about not having a place to stay!"
"When did I say I was going to rebel?" Jiang Wan was stunned and looked at Jiang Yanran thoughtfully: "Didn't you think of these plans in just a few words? Moreover, the Four Marines you created In the second round, it’s not like you just get hot and do it in full swing!”
"Have you already made such preparations?"
"A cunning rabbit has three holes, let alone a human being. My eldest brother is going to fight the Tartars. What can I do to help you, eldest brother? However, making some money for my eldest brother and helping him prepare a way out, isn't this what a qualified girl should do? ?”
Jiang Yanran said seriously: "Don't do anything unprepared! This is the most useful experience I gained after waking up in the Ming Dynasty!"
She seemed to suddenly react and stopped talking: "Hey, brother, don't you plan to rebel?"
"Did I say that?" Jiang Wan smiled bitterly and shook her head, but she was slightly moved in her heart. If we follow the normal script, Jiang Yanran should be the protagonist. It is not normal for the protagonist to do these things to prepare for a rainy day. ?
"Who can I fight to rebel?" Jiang Wan looked at her: "If I really dare to rebel, among my eight battalions, the only one who would follow me in rebellion without any hesitation is Li Zicheng's personal guard battalion.
He is tied to me, and the officers and soldiers of the Guards Battalion have no worries at all. Their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is not as good as their loyalty to me. As for the rest, haha!"
He shook his head: "There is no hope for the Fourth Battalion of Pi Dao. The foundation laid by Pi Wenlong is nothing else. He is definitely loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Kong Ziying was born in the Fourth Battalion, so he is not unreliable, let alone Nanhaiwei."
I have said that although most people from Zhouzhuang are serving as officers at all levels, these people are following me to seek a future, not following me to rebel. I cannot give them what the emperor can give them. If they say that I declare rebellion
I'm afraid they are the ones who mutinied on the spot!"
"Once I rebel, Lu Xiangsheng of Liaoyang will definitely come to wipe me out first. Don't worry about this. He can't just sit back and watch himself being attacked by Dongjiang Town and the Tartars. The number of people available to him is only a few thousand, and there are still a bunch of wavering ones.
My subordinates, I will definitely not be able to defeat you, and I will definitely not be able to stay in Zhenjiang Fort any longer!"
"Besides entering North Korea, I have no choice but to defect to the Tartars. I even resisted negotiating peace with the Tartars. Will I defect to them?" Jiang Wan shook her head: "Thousands of people are fleeing in North Korea. Do you think there is no Ming Dynasty behind me? North Korea
Will the Royal Court still let me go like this? Even a mountain of iron cannot protect me!"
"I will not rebel. Rebellion will lead to death!"
"Brother, what do you mean, do you want to separate Dongjiang Town?" Jiang Yanran's eyes lit up slightly. If she doesn't obey the imperial edict, doesn't rebel, and doesn't seek peace with Hou Jin, then the only way left is to separate Dongjiang Town.
"Is it okay?" Jiang Wan seemed to be asking Jiang Yanran, as well as herself.
"Actually, what's the difference between Dongjiang Town now and the separatist regime?" Jiang Yanran laughed, like a little fox that had just stolen a chicken: "The money and food were raised by the eldest brother himself. The imperial court can't give him the little supplies.
The eldest brother doesn’t care. The army’s soldiers are either Pi Dao’s old soldiers, eldest brother’s subordinates, or newly added soldiers. Now they have little to do with the imperial court. In fact, the soldiers and horses in Dongjiang Town are not so much raised by the imperial court.
It’s better to say that they were raised by the eldest brother himself. When they were about to starve to death, the court never gave them money or food!”
"As for the ordnance, let alone that. Let's not talk about the cannons and guns. They are all the property that the elder brother has worked hard to save. What did the court do?"
"Zhao Yuan, who made the fire gun, is the director of the Ministry of Industry. I recently asked him to come to Tieshan!"
"Hmph, rather than saying that he is from the Ministry of Industry, it is better to say that he is from our family. If my sister-in-law had not supported him for many years, let alone him developing his favorite firearms, the accident he caused would have been taken care of by Jin Yiwei a long time ago.
He's been in jail, he's been spending a lot of money, he's had a lot of troubles, and he doesn't have anyone to back him up, and the Ministry of Works doesn't care about people like this!"
"That is to say, except for my sister-in-law and nephews in Beijing, there is actually no means in the court that can restrain the eldest brother. In this case, the eldest brother has no intention of rebelling, so why not do things according to his own heart!"
Jiang Wan seemed to suddenly have a flash of lightning in his heart: Yes, the court has no means of restricting me, why am I so hesitant?
Zhu Youjian deserves my allegiance and my support. I will be a loyal and diligent minister. If he is ignorant and willful, then I will be a domineering and arrogant minister. As long as I do things from my heart,
No matter how you do it, isn't it the same?
If I don't follow his secret order, I will go back to Beijing if he asks me to. If I don't go back to Beijing, will he still dare to force me to rebel?
"Your sister-in-law and the others at home..."
"Brother, don't worry about things at home. As long as he decides what to do, just leave it to me!" Jiang Yanran pursed her lips and smiled: "I am a good sister who loves my eldest brother and can share his worries."