I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 260 Dead Eunuch

After the busy farming season, the autumn grains were put into storage, and Geng Yueru and Geng Yueling went home happily.

The water splashed by the married girl made the two sisters no longer regard the Governor's Mansion of Xuan Da in the Xuan Mansion as their home. Even though their mother repeatedly persuaded them to stay, the two sisters returned to Xinghe City happily.

They told Huang Yi the good news that the two big cars were sold and they got 5000 taels of silver.

But there is a piece of news that I don't know whether it is good or bad. Wang Kun, the chief eunuch who has just come to Xuanda for less than two months, plans to buy ten large cars.

It's just that he just mentioned it to his father, he didn't pay for the goods, he didn't even give a deposit, and asked for delivery before the end of September.

Daddy knew that big cars were hard to build, so he didn't say yes or no. Let us ask when we come back, what should we do?
It is impossible for a eunuch to pay a high price for a big car, Wang Kun is planning to extort money.

Huang Yi didn't tell his wives and concubines about this, but let them relax and told them that with his operation, the satisfaction of the eunuch would be unforgettable!

The market for large cars must be in developed areas, and the most prosperous place in the north is of course the capital.

Geng Zhangguang is a good scholar in the capital, and the Geng family has a mansion in the inner city of the capital. Of course, we must make good use of these conditions.

Geng Yueru and the sisters received another mission to sell big cars in the capital, accompanied by 36 female cavalry skilled in bow and horse.

As for the maids and mother-in-law of the Geng family, as long as the two sisters are willing, they can bring whoever and as much as they want.

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and Geng Yueru is really reluctant to leave when she is in love, and this time she stays away.

It was later learned that while they were taking people to the capital, Huang Yi was going to lead troops to Shanxi to suppress the bandits.

Staying in Xinghe City can't make a pair with Huang Yi, so why not go to the capital to see your brother and help Xinghe Army earn some military pay!

So the sisters happily accepted the task.

Huang Yi said to Geng Yueru who was about to travel:

"Don't be in a hurry to come back after going to the capital, try to get more orders!"

"But the concubine will miss the master!"

"Didn't I agree with you two, don't call yourself a concubine or a slave, it sounds really awkward to me, isn't it good to use you and me?"

"master……"

"Don't! I just am not a master, and how can I be old?"

"Puff!" The beautiful girl in her arms smiled...

"Actually, the most ideal markets for big cars should be Suzhou and Nanjing! I suggest you two go to Jiangnan."

"Going to the south of the Yangtze River? Thousands of miles away!"

"That's right! Take a big car and bring two great craftsmen who make cars with you, and travel thousands of miles back and forth. You should be able to accumulate a lot of experience and perfect the design."

"How long will it take? Concubine..., I..."

"In the future, the main job of the two of you will be to sell Xinghe City's products. When Yue Ling can take care of himself, the two of you can come back in rotation."

"Why me and Yueling, not other people?"

"The two of you are the daughters of Governor Xuan Da, daughters of aristocratic families, who in your network can compare?

What's more, for huge money transactions, I should trust you two the most! "

"I know that Xinghe City is very dangerous to hang alone outside the Great Wall. You have to earn a lot of money to raise soldiers. Have you never thought about being transferred to the pass?"

"You can't give up Xinghe City even if you are transferred to Guannei. Now there are more than [-] Han people here. Including the Mongols who have already surrendered, there should be [-] to [-] people.

I must make this place a king's paradise! "

"Daddy Ren Xuanda Governor can support you, but who can say what is going on with the court? What if Daddy is transferred?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as you have a strong army, you can have everything! Raising soldiers is the most expensive, so..."

"I understand, I must find a way to help make money. My eldest sister's family has a lot of business in the south, and she must be willing to help me."

"It's up to you how to do it. You have to believe that the large cars, glass mirrors, wine glasses, teacups, etc. produced by Xinghe City are unique and good things."

"I know these things are all your whimsical ideas, they must be rare goods to live in!"

"The cost of raising a soldier for a year is only the military salary, which is 24 taels of silver, plus six stones of wheat, horses, saddles, military uniforms, armor, food, horse feed, etc., armor and horses can be used for five years. Calculated, the average annual consumption is not less than 60 taels of silver."

"That's a lot! The Xinghe Army has more than 5000 troops, wouldn't it cost 10,000+ taels of silver a year?"

"The 6000 regular soldiers were just full at the end of August. Most of the armor and horses came from seizures. At present, we only need to count the true colors and folded colors. The monthly cost is about [-] taels of silver!"

"It's not easy to spend 20 taels of silver a year!"

"So you must spare no effort to earn money, and I will capture as much as possible!"

"I, I will work hard."

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xuanfu's soldiers and governors all received official letters from Xinghe City.

General Xinghe Huang Yi made a high-profile promise to lead 4000 troops to Shanxi to suppress bandits.

Among them, there were two thousand battalion soldiers, and another two thousand were young and middle-aged conscripts, who carried a total of [-] war horses and pack horses, and [-] carts of various types.

Shen Jie, Governor of the Xuan Mansion, had seen the troops led by Huang Yi, and felt that with this elite frontier army going to Shanxi to suppress the bandits, success would be immediate.

In the Bingbei Dao newspaper, Huang Yi requested an official document for the payment of food and salaries, and Shen Jie immediately gave the reply and forwarded it to Governor Xuanda for approval.

Geng Ruqi knew the combat power of the bandits, and thought that using Huang Yi's troops to suppress the bandits was a sledgehammer.

But he didn't say anything, and deliberately took this opportunity to give Huang Yi more money, food and some military supplies.

It's a pity that Xuanda at this time is completely different from last year, with Wang Kun, the eunuch who supervises the army.

Huang Yi is Geng Ruqi's son-in-law and he is a double son-in-law. It is a good story in the folks, but it is definitely a big joke in the officialdom.

Of course Wang Kun knew the inside story, he did not refute Governor Xuanda's face, and agreed to pay food and military supplies.

But he had a problem and asked to take a few young eunuchs to participate in the inspection of soldiers and horses, and pay according to the actual number of people.

The dead eunuch Wang Kun is clearly making things difficult!

Because according to the usual practice, the generals at this time reported 4000 troops, and half of the actual number is not bad. In fact, I am afraid that only one or two hundred soldiers and three to five hundred battalions are worthy of a battle.

Under normal circumstances, the generals would pull the strong men along the way to make up the number when they set out for the expedition, and even the strong men could not be pulled, so they took the method of catching beggars to deal with it.

Wang Kun used common sense to think that Huang Yi, a general, was under the care of Governor Xuanda, so he must have no scruples to eat empty pay.

If you pinch Huang Yi and knock the mountain to shake the tiger, Xuanda's civil servants and generals will definitely be more respectful, and he will definitely accept gifts and be soft-handed in the future.

As everyone knows, Huang Yi promised to lead [-] soldiers to the expedition, and he really planned to send [-] conscripts to follow.

The conscripts of the Xinghe Army are not vegetarians either. Most of them are auxiliary soldiers. Under normal circumstances, as long as the auxiliary soldiers perform well after fighting with the army, they can be converted into regular soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the auxiliary soldiers of the Xinghe Army can crush most of the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)