Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 457 Profits
The Zheng family has been operating in Fujian for more than ten years. Although Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was put under house arrest in Beijing by the Qing court, the Zheng family still has prestige in Bamin. The reason why [-] Hokkien people follow.

Although Wang Yan is famous all over the world, he is famous among the gentry and has a high prestige, but in the hearts of ordinary people in Bamin, he is still not as successful as the national name.

Quanzhou suffered from this military disaster. Zheng Chenggong beheaded all the captives. The river was red, which undoubtedly won the hearts of Quanzhou. The person who wants to join him must be Zheng Chenggong.

Standing at the top of the wall, Wang Yan remembered that when he rescued Longwu and him in the temple, Zheng Chenggong was just a passionate student of the Imperial College, but in the past few years, he experienced the defeat of Xianxia Pass, His father surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and his mother committed suicide. Ruoda grew up quickly after the Zheng family fell apart.

While Wang Yanzheng was sighing, a cavalryman rushed over and shouted loudly: "Report to the Duke, Li Duzhen invites you to come over."

"Where is Li Guo now?"

"In the east warehouse."

Wang Yan asked Li to copy Zhao Guozuo's mansion. How did he get to the east of the city? He was puzzled for a while, but he went down to the city immediately and got on his horse.

"Go and call the surname Zheng Guo, and ask him to go to the Dongcheng warehouse." Wang Yan turned around and gave instructions, then turned his horse and ran towards the warehouse.

According to the agreement and the result of the gambling, this time Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong divided the profits gained from the capture of Quanzhou equally. As for the materials and money in the city, Wang Yan's subordinates would first take stock of them.

Wang Yan rode slowly, and soon Zheng Chenggong caught up. When the two came to Dongmen Street, they met a group of people head-on. The first general was Gan Hui, the general of Zheng Jun. Wang Yan smiled and said : "General Gan, have you accomplished all your merits?"

Seeing that it was Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong, Gan Hui hurriedly dismounted from their horses. With a wave of his hand, his subordinates tied up a bunch of flowers, and General Qing, who was stuffed with a cloth in his mouth, pushed forward, and then he clasped his fists in a salute and said, "George, Lord Guoxing, the Qing general Lian Biao was beheaded by a certain formation, and all the Qing soldiers who fled from the east gate were also killed, now a certain special came to present Zhao Guozuo, so as to claim credit for the cabinet and Lord Guoxing."

"Haha~" Wang Yan praised greatly: "General Gan, don't worry, when the memorial is successfully written, this pavilion will definitely protect the imperial court and give you a big reward."

Zheng Chenggong also said: "Let's imprison the thief first, and deal with it after the cabinet and the town return to camp."

Wang Yan nodded. Zhao Guozuo was no different than ordinary pawns. He knew many secrets of the Qing army. Naturally, he couldn't kill him easily. Zheng Chenggong's words were exactly what he wanted.

Gan Hui clasped his fists in response, and Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong continued to move forward. The warehouse in Dongcheng was originally used by the Zheng family to store supplies. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing, it was occupied by the Qing soldiers.

This warehouse has an area of ​​about [-] acres, and high walls are built around it, which can hold countless goods. When Wang Yan and his party came outside the warehouse, Li Guo immediately stepped out, clasped his fists and saluted, "Gebu, the surname is Zheng Guo."

Wang Yan went straight to the topic, "How's the harvest?"

"Reporting to the Ministry, Zhao Guozuo's family didn't have much to gain. This person was not prepared to defend himself from the beginning, so he put all his money in this warehouse in the east city so that he could slip away easily. It's just that we came too fast, so he didn't leave. "Li Guo said with a cheerful smile: "The humble staff made a rough count, and there are about 30 taels of silver, 5 taels of gold, and [-] shi of grain."

Calculated in this way, silver and gold, plus food and grass, are worth close to one million. Wang Yan sneered and said, "No wonder Zhao Guozuo is hesitant. With so much money, he can't spend it all in a few lifetimes."

For Zhao Guozuo, 100 million taels is indeed a huge fortune, but for Wang Yan, it is a little less. For the first time, he moved more than 300 million taels of silver from Quanzhou, plus hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass. Today's harvest has to be divided equally with Zheng Chenggong, so it will appear thinner immediately.

"Apart from these, is there anything else?" Wang Yan couldn't help asking.

Li Guo was stunned for a moment, "Besides, there are some porcelain and tea in the warehouse. I don't know the prices for my humble job, so it's hard to estimate."

"Let's go and have a look~"

At that moment, everyone wandered around in the warehouse. The porcelain was placed in wooden boxes filled with straw and straw. One box was filled with two big warehouses. The tea was packed in bamboo tubes or clay pots, sealed and packaged. , placed together, layer upon layer, piled up like a hill.

It is estimated that these materials were originally intended to transport goods from Japan and North Korea, but after the Qing army captured Fujian, the large-scale trade in Fujian turned into small-scale smuggling, and the goods were backlogged here. Zheng Chenggong was probably busy moving grain, firearms and cash. So I didn't have time to deal with it.

Seeing this, Wang Yan estimated in his mind that this batch of materials might be worth 80 taels. If they were transported to Guangzhou, he could earn at least 50 million taels. So he pulled Zheng Chenggong aside and whispered to him: "Success wants money and food, or supplies?"

It should be said that the tea and porcelain in this warehouse are also belongings of the Zheng family, but now Wang Yan's words make it clear that these materials are to be counted as spoils of war, and Zheng Chenggong can't refute them. In the hands of the Qing army.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong pondered for a while. There are more than [-] soldiers and civilians on the two islands of Jinxia who are waiting to be fed. In fact, he still has a lot of money in his hand. One hundred thousand shi would be much more expensive, so his efforts would be wasted.

After thinking about it, Zheng Chenggong decided, "I want money and food."

Wang Yan nodded: "For this batch of materials, the pavilion converts 80 taels, and the price of rice is two taels and one shi. The 5 shi grains, 20 taels of gold, and [-] taels of silver are all owned by Chenggong."

"It's all under the cabinet's arrangement."

"Then the supplies here will be decided in this way for the time being. We will discuss other harvests in the city."

More than 6000 soldiers of the Qing Dynasty must have robbed a lot of property after a few days of chaos in the city. The Ming army searched and searched, as well as the officials in Quanzhou City who had surrendered before, and they should be able to search for a huge amount of money.

Although it certainly cannot be compared with Wang Yan's first move to Quanzhou, but from the current point of view, even if he handed over a part to the court, he has already made a small profit.

Conquering a big city like Quanzhou will certainly not be fruitless, but how much it will depend on how Wang Yan writes the notes.

This time, he decided to hand over 10 taels of silver to the imperial court, and the goods would be handed over to Jinghai Company for sale, and the money obtained would be used to reward and develop the equipment of the Five Loyalty Army.

Wang Yan took over the generals of the Five Loyalty Army, the right to recruit troops, pay salaries, etc., so he gave the officers a generous salary, which was several times that stipulated by the imperial court. However, Wang Yan kept paying them again.

After seeing the warehouse, everyone immediately went to the government office. On the way, Wang Yan ordered his subordinates to return to Guangdong quickly and let Jinghai Trading Company come to move the goods.

Although Quanzhou was defeated, more than half a month had passed since the Ming army's eastward expedition. In addition to the preparation time before, it was impossible for the Qing court not to respond. Wang Yan estimated that the Qing soldiers in Jiangnan would arrive in Fujian soon, but he did not What kind of city is going to be guarded, so all supplies must be transported away.

At this time, as soon as everyone arrived at the gate of the government office, a soldier on duty reported: "Guo Gong, a dozen gentry from Quanzhou asked to see him, and were brought into the Yamen by Mr. Chen. Wait in the living room."

Wang Yan smiled at Zheng Chenggong: "If you are not successful, come and talk to them with me!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded. He will be mainly in charge of Fujian from now on, so the local squires in Quanzhou are still worth seeing. He smiled happily and said, "The humble ones will go with the cabinet to meet them!"

(Thanks to Xu Wenting for the monthly pass)
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