Xu Jingchang said it easily, but how could Jian Yi dare to be careless?
He was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he would never dare to put the emperor in danger, let alone make fun of the fate of the country.
"Ding Guogong, everyone knows that Beiping's finances and taxes have increased, but you must also understand that the money in Beiping is still on the books. The farm you created has not yet harvested a season of crops, and the military rations still need to be transported by water.
You know better than me how many soldiers and grains your Majesty has in hand. The Mongols were able to survive the Hongwu Dynasty, and so many famous generals failed to destroy them in the Northern Expedition. This shows that the Mongols have something, and you cannot underestimate the enemy, and no one can!"
Jian Yi took a deep breath and said solemnly: "We must mobilize food and grass immediately and send them to His Majesty as soon as possible. If we hesitate, neither you nor I can bear the blame... nor can His Majesty the Crown Prince!"
While he was talking, Zhu Gaochi arrived.
He knew more than Jian Yi, but he didn't know exactly how Xu Jingchang operated.
"My dear brother, Jian Tianguan is not an outsider. Please tell me as soon as possible so that everyone can feel at ease."
Xu Jingchang pondered for a moment and sighed: "Just say it, but we still have to keep it confidential."
Jian Yi just snorted coldly, even a little disdainfully.
Confidential?
Are you kidding me?
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were mobilized, with millions of civilians behind them. It was a thorough mobilization from top to bottom, all over the country.
Even if everyone is careful not to leak the news, with so many people involved and such a huge scale, it is impossible for anyone who is not a fool not to be alert.
Therefore, if you want to remain unnoticed, you will never be able to do so.
Especially when he, the Minister of Civil Affairs, mobilizes military supplies and recruits civilian men, he must arrange corresponding officials. It is nonsense to say that he has concealed it from Jian Yi!
So far, Jian Yi has not received any news, how can he sit back and relax?
"Unless you haven't used Ming Dynasty's money and food!"
When Xu Jingchang heard this, he smiled calmly, "It's true that Tianguan was right. He just didn't use Ming Dynasty's money."
"That...impossible!" Jian Yi exclaimed: "Your Majesty needs millions of stones of food and grass. How did you get it without knowing it? Isn't this a lie?"
At this time, Zhu Gaochi suddenly said: "Brother Xian, did you really get food from Annan?"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "800,000 shi from Annan and 400,000 shi from Zhancheng were shipped to Liaodong two months ago."
This time Jian Yi was shocked. Two months ago, there was no news of civil strife in the Tatars. Moreover, how could little Annan come up with 800,000 shi of grain? And why was this batch of grain shipped to
Liaodong?
Jian Yi was full of doubts and couldn't understand it at all.
Xu Jingchang smiled brightly and said, "Don't be anxious yet. Let's talk slowly. It's a long story."
Jian Yi patiently sat down and listened to Xu Jingchang's explanation. After half an hour, he roughly understood that it was not Xu Jingchang's foreboding, but Gui Lichi's identity. There had been rumors for a long time, and even Arutai was from Persia.
All the Semu people are not serious Mongolians.
If we want to talk about why the Semu people were able to hold power in various tribes in Mongolia, we can only lament the legacy of the Yuan Dynasty.
In their situation, it is impossible not to have something happen.
Xu Jingchang organized the riding and shooting competition with the purpose of looking for opportunities to instigate internal strife... Moreover, Xu Jingchang had communicated with Zhu Di that after the competition, a battle against Wala would probably break out.
Zhu Di asked Xu Jingchang to prepare military supplies, which had been discussed long ago.
Jian Yi nodded, "Even if this is prepared in advance, you can't conjure grain out of thin air! Even if you get grain from Annan, what about the money to buy grain? You can't advance it yourself, right?"
Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "How much of this money does have something to do with me. I won't hide it from you, Jian Tianguan. When the Annan Hu Dynasty usurped power, I helped them a little... No, I was there.
There are 10,000 acres of port land on the other side. How should I put it? It can be roughly understood as the situation of King Qi in Tianjin. However, Annan is not as big as Ming Dynasty, and my business is not that big."
Jian Yi was immediately stunned. Although the business was not as big as that of the Ming Dynasty, he had the final say over there! There would not be so many gods watching like King Qi.
"Well, how do you get money and how do you buy food? Can you tell me?"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "This is easy. I set up a bank there and attracted many local powerful people, and we all made a fortune together."
Jian Yi asked curiously: "Can you really make a fortune?"
"Of course it can. Please think about it, Heavenly Official. The Hu Dynasty has just usurped the throne, and there are still many people who are worried about their wealth and life. Let's go over and set up a bank. They want to do business with the Ming Dynasty, but also want to prevent being swallowed up, so naturally they will
The money has been put into the bank and let us help save it. Now that I have the money, I can take out a loan and buy some food, so what's the problem?"
Jian Yi frowned, "No... Annan is not that stupid and incompetent. They have a grudge against the Ming Dynasty and will not sit back and watch us buy food."
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Who said we bought it? I asked Ryukyu to come forward and buy grain from Annan. After all, Ryukyu's land is small, it often suffers from wind disasters, the land fails to harvest, and the people have no food. Isn't it natural to purchase from outside?"
Jian Yi was stunned, and then showed a look of emotion.
"Mr. Ding Guo, you used Annan's savings to buy grain under the banner of Ryukyu. What if something goes wrong?"
"What else can we do? Let the two countries go to war! It has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty anyway." Xu Jingchang said matter-of-factly: "You can't expect me, a banker, to take full responsibility, right? I just made an investment mistake."
Jian Yi tensed up, staring at Xu Jingchang, secretly warning himself in his heart, never touch this bastard's business, let alone get together with him, otherwise you won't know how he will be tricked.
Zhu Gaochi suddenly said: "Annan can produce three crops a year, and Champa rice is famous all over the world. They have no shortage of food. But I still don't know how the food is sent to Liaodong?"
This is another new problem. Once we have obtained the food, how do we deliver it?
Xu Jingchang smiled faintly, "It was Zheng He who transported the grain. His fleet was under the banner of Ryukyu. When it went out, it was just an ordinary merchant ship. Even if someone knew about it, they wouldn't care. When they brought the grain, they passed Ryukyu.
After that, we will go all the way north, close to the southern part of North Korea, continue north, and turn into Heilongjiang at Nurgandusi!"
For convenience, Xu Jingchang also brought a map of Liaodong.
It was much more intuitive now. Jian Yi and Zhu Gaochi both lay on the picture and looked at it carefully.
After the fleet entered Heilongjiang, it suddenly became clear.
The inner core shipping conditions in Liaodong are actually excellent.
Of course, if you go there during the winter freeze period, you'll be screwed.
But when it comes to navigation, the Heilongjiang River, Songhua River, Nenjiang River... this huge water network can allow ships to reach almost anywhere.
Jian Yi was still puzzled, "Ding Guo Gong, I have seen the waterways, but these waterways are unmanned, can big ships really pass through them?"
Xu Jingchang said: "Jian Tianguan, your house uses pine beams, right?"
Jian Yi said with a sullen face: "I can't afford the rosewood and rosewood!"
Xu Jingchang smiled and waved his hand, "I have no intention of checking for corruption, what are you afraid of? I mean, these wood are transported through Heilongjiang, Yalu River, and Daliao River. The loggers cut the wood and compiled it.
After being packed into wooden rafts and flown down the river, they can be sent to Tianjin and other places."
Jian Yi took a deep breath and gradually realized that the so-called wild land he had known had been developed a long time ago and was already being used by people, but he didn't know the situation.
Having said that, I am really ashamed.
"Dong Guo Gong, you said the Liao River is also fine, why don't you go along the Liao River?"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Tian Guan, do you believe in Jianzhou Jurchen?"
Jian Yi shook his head subconsciously, "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different!"
Xu Jingchang nodded, "I think so too. Moreover, if you enter from Heilongjiang, you can transport it to deeper places. Cao Guogong is responsible for this part. With his ability, you can rest assured."
Then Jian Yi and Zhu Gaochi asked several more questions, and Xu Jingchang answered them one by one.
After coming out of Xu Mansion, Jian Yi frowned and looked up at the sky. He was still stunned for a while. It was so unreal.
Without using Ming Dynasty's money, without using Ming Dynasty's grain, and even bypassing Ming Dynasty's spies, millions of stones of grain were sent to the Liaodong front line without anyone noticing!
Is this something a human can do?
Xu Jingchang is such a genius!
After sighing, Jian Yi suddenly realized another thing... Jian Yi knew how good Zhu Di was in fighting.
After all, during the four years of Jingnan, he was fighting against the sky, and he could even feel the heroic spirit of using one corner to attack a country!
It can be said that Zhu Di fought against the odds for four years and became the emperor of tomorrow.
Now that he is in a tailwind situation, he has a sufficient supply of food and grass, and the cost of these food and grass is not high and the price is not high.
Isn’t Zhu Di going crazy?
I dare not even think about what the results will be like!
When Jian Yi realized this, he suddenly shrank his neck. Seeing such a perfectly matched pair of monarchs and ministers, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh... Anyway, Jian Yi could see one thing clearly, and he would definitely not have anything to do.
Jian Yi saw it accurately, and soon the battle reports continued to come.
First, there was a rebellion by the Tatars, who wanted to abolish Guilichi and support a new Khan.
Then the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty spoke righteously and sternly, reprimanded the rebels, announced that he would raise troops to fight against the rebellion, help Guilichi, and calm the civil strife.
Then Zhu Di sent his army northward... After this news, it lasted for a month without any new battle reports.
Just when everyone was on tenterhooks, good news came. Zhu Neng, Duke of Chengguo, defeated the Tatars in Feiyun Mountain and captured and killed more than 50,000 people!
Just as everyone was preparing to celebrate, Zhu Di joined forces with the Duke of Wei, Xu Huizu, and defeated 30,000 Oara tribe cavalry on the western front. They chased him all the way to the Tula River and captured them in vain!
"Wei Guogong, do you still remember this place?" Zhu Di looked majestic on horseback, pointing forward with his whip.
Xu Huizu looked solemn and nodded vigorously, "How could you not know! In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, my father led the three-pronged Northern Expedition and unfortunately suffered a defeat here."
Zhu Di said with a smile: "That's right, today we, the emperor and his ministers, won back for the King of Zhongshan!"
As Zhu Di said that his horse was galloping along the river, Xu Huizu hesitated for a moment and immediately chased after him...
