"General, this is one hundred thousand taels of silver from Fanji Bank. We don't need you to fight with the Qing army. Even the Daqing army will take the initiative to avoid it when it encounters your commander's flag.
As long as you provide some signals or guidance to the Qing Dynasty when necessary, it is best to cause some chaos if possible."
Wang Pu looked at the banknote handed over by Pula and was about to reach out to take it. When he heard Pula's follow-up words, the movement of his hand stopped instantly.
"Brother, you are joking. If this is the case, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back alive. Although this banknote is good, I still have to live to take it."
"We know the general's concerns, but general, you should also think about it for yourself and the brothers below.
Can’t you see that when Emperor Ming asks you to come out of seclusion this time, you are going to die? Our Qing Dynasty has deployed tens of thousands of cavalry and more than 100,000 infantry at Daling River. Who of you can resist it?”
"But as long as we defend Songshan, Xingshan, and Ningyuan, what can you do? You can fight in the field, but we have strong cities to defend."
Wang Pu retorted and said that if the Tatars could defeat the Ming Dynasty, they would have killed them long ago. They could only attack Caogu every time because they did not have the consumption capacity to attack the city. Attacking the city was too labor-intensive.
"To comply with this urgent order, a total of more than 100,000 troops, tens of thousands of horses, and a daily food and salary of 4,000 dan will be gathered. For a hundred days, 400,000 dan will be needed.
Originally, you were stationed in various places, and you still had farms to store grain, and the granary of the Pay Bureau was responsible for it. But once you arrived outside the customs, how many 400,000 dan did the Ming court pay?
Nowadays, disasters are everywhere, and the Ming Dynasty has been in arrears with food and salary for several years. Otherwise, general, would you do business with us to ensure that the brothers below are well fed?
Now that our Qing Dynasty has obtained the Dragon Vein, all the Mongolian tribes have surrendered to our emperor. Now we only need to conquer Liaodong. Outside the entire Shanhaiguan, there is no place for the Ming court to gain a foothold. After our army detours from the north, we can directly penetrate the capital. So, general, think about it.
Bar?"
After Pu Pu finished speaking, he put the banknote in Wang Pu's hand and walked to the side. Fan Ye patted Wang Pu on the shoulder.
"General Wang, let me just say this. Now that you are in Datong, it will be difficult for you to go further. But if you change your master, well, you know."
"But, yes."
"I know what you are thinking, so you can agree to them first. Anyway, it's just empty talk. Can't you just decide based on the situation when the time comes?"
Fan Ye's words instantly awakened Wang Pu. Yes, there is no way to get rid of the money given to him. When the time comes, if he can win, he will stand with the emperor. If he can't win, he will stand with the Tatars.
"Master Fan still has an idea, so let's do it!"
"Hahaha, General Wang, those who know the current affairs are heroes. I am glad that you are willing to make a choice. I will definitely ask someone to report it to the emperor as soon as possible. Mr. Fan, thank you."
Pula didn't hear the exchange between Fan Ye and Wang Pu, but when she saw Wang Pu's expression and the action of folding the banknotes and carrying them, she knew it was done and hurriedly came up to praise him.
"This general will consider it seriously. Just tell me what you need me to do. When the time comes, I will help those who can, and I will not kill each other if I can't."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. This young master is just doing a little work. From now on, we have to rely on the emperor to take care of our business."
After Pula finished talking about the things that required Wang Pu's cooperation, Wang Pu made a summary and found that most of them can be done, so he nodded and agreed.
Fan Ye and Pula sent them away with happy expressions on their faces.
After returning to the room, Wang Pu's expression suddenly changed, he pinched the banknotes, thought of other things, then handed the things he had packed to his soldiers, and turned around and rushed towards the camp.
The Eighth General Soldier came out and became the Seventh General Soldier. Without the ASEAN Yutian General Soldier Cao Bianjiao, history seems to have not changed much, and everything is still rolling towards the established traces.
The next day, Chen Ye waited for Chongzhen to go down to court, put on his Hanfu, put on his wig, and expertly traveled to the Ming Dynasty. His mobile phone was still in the living room as usual, waiting to check for any news every once in a while.
After saying hello to Chongzhen and leaving the tablet and mobile phone for Chongzhen, Wang Chengen led Chen Ye out of the palace.
"Eunuch Wang, wait for me to take out the bicycle."
"No, shopkeeper, the common people in the capital have not seen this object yet. If you take it out, I'm afraid you will be surrounded by people. Shopkeeper, you'd better continue to sit in the sedan."
Chen Ye originally planned to ride to the house on Huichang Street and show off to the Dutch people. After all, although the sedan was comfortable, he was tired, but after listening to Wang Chengen's words, he decided to forget it after thinking about it.
Chen Ye rode in a sedan chair, protected by Wang Chengen and rushed all the way to his home in Ming Dynasty. After chatting with Cai Wei and Cai Die for a while, Banduma and his people arrived at the agreed time.
Along with Banduma, there was also his friend in the Ming Dynasty, Abel, who had exchanges with the Hou Jin and North Korean regimes.
Following the maid into the main room from the courtyard, Abel saw clearly Chen Ye, who was sitting in the main seat and reading a book. He thought to himself that he seemed no different from the Ming Dynasty people he usually saw.
Chen Ye heard the maid left in the room announcing that a foreigner had arrived, and was flipping through a book to improve his skills. He was so shocked by Abel's outfit in front of him that he almost jumped up.
Wearing a jacket, black stockings, leather shoes, and a clean shaven beard, he looks handsome from the waist up.
If you look at the lower body, not looking at the crotch, it is charming, but when you look at the whole body in this way, you will look like a dragon.
Chen Ye exclaimed in his heart, is the way you European men wear stockings engraved in your genes?
"Welcome some friends, Priest Ben. It looks like we have a new friend here today?"
"Oh, dear Mr. Chairman, I would like to introduce that this is my friend, Abel. Abel is the nephew of the ninth chairman of the East India Company and has a noble status.
Of course, it is definitely not as good as your honorable sir. Your status is unmatched by anyone except the great Ming Emperor."
Banduma introduced Abel to Chen Ye while flattering him.
"Welcome Mr. Abel, let's not talk nonsense. I can see that you like my products very much. I wonder how many goods you two gentlemen are planning to order?"
"Chairman Chen, after I took the goods back and showed them to my friends, everyone liked them very much, so this time we will use all the funds available in the Far East office to purchase them from you.
The specific goods are: 2,000 pounds of perfume totaling 20,000 bottles, 2,000 bottles of shampoo, 4,000 pieces of soap, and 5,000 kilograms of chicken essence.
Oh, by the way, I remember the clothes, stockings, shoes and pants. I remember these items come in different sizes and have the same price, right?"
"Yes, the largest one can fit a person with a height of 8 feet."
"Then they all need the largest size. We can cut them ourselves. Jackets and shoes cost 10,000 each, and stockings and jeans cost 20,000 each."
The price is the same for the largest size, so I definitely want the largest size. You can cut it out of rags, how beautiful.
Chen Ye listened and gradually became satisfied. The order given by these two people was not small at all, tens of thousands of ounces, and this was the first batch.
It is not difficult to imagine that these things do not need to be shipped to Europe, but only need to be exported to Japan, and India can make a lot of money.
"Uh, don't you want a lighter?"
Suddenly thinking that there was something unsold, Chen Ye took out the lighter and lit it on fire.