Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 111 Opencast Coal Mine
What Zhu Changyuan said on the opposite side was well-founded, and Wu Sangui couldn't help frowning.

There is money, let alone 10 taels of silver, even 30 taels is not a problem, but you can't just give it like this.You must know that the money Zhu Changyuan asked for was a full three months of military pay for all the soldiers in Jinzhou.

After thinking for a while, Wu Sangui put on a broken expression, spread his hands like a rascal, and said: "My lord's accounts will be recognized by the court on behalf of the court, but unfortunately there is no money now, so I can't give them." After speaking, he turned to his relatives The soldier shouted, "Go, take 1000 taels of silver."

The soldiers had to be ordered to go.

"What do you mean, General? You just want to send me away for a thousand taels of silver?" Zhu Changyuan pretended to be angry and jumped off his chair: "At the beginning, I paid the military salary in advance. My lord also knows that without money, these soldiers will not be honest. If you are obedient and fight, let alone die."

"Of course I know this." Wu Sangui waved his hand: "Is there any money? I will remember the 9000 taels that the general paid in advance, and I will return it someday. As for the 9 taels of silver, you don't have to worry about it. I will report it to you." The imperial court, let them find a way to compensate."

Wu Sangui's hand is very beautiful, one sentence can push the matter cleanly, right?That's the court's business, so don't look for me; military pay, right? I don't have it now, and I'll give it to you when I have it!

Not long after, the soldier ran over again, dragging a tray in his hand. The tray was covered with a red cloth so that it was impossible to see what was inside.

"Could it be that 1000 taels of silver are placed here, and 1000 taels is about 100 catties, isn't that all?" Zhu Changyuan was slightly surprised, seeing Wu Sangui take the tray with ease, and uncovered the red cloth on it. sheet of paper.

Banknote!

"My lord, when you led four hundred soldiers to sea, the military salary in March was almost a thousand taels of silver. This is a 1000 taels of silver, you take it first." Wu Sangui lightly put the silver bill on the table in front of Zhu Changyuan, and continued. : "As for the other soldiers you recruited, since they haven't been organized by Liaodong, I naturally won't admit it easily."

Zhu Changyuan hadn't planned to get much money from Wu Sangui at first, and it was just disgusting him to ask for a debt. Now that he can only ask for 1000 taels, it's better than nothing.

Unceremoniously put away the silver bills, bowed his hands to Wu Sangui with a smile on his face, and said: "Since I joined the army, I have been taken care of by the general one after another. The villain is here to thank the general first, and there will be a report in the future." !"

When Zhu Changyuan spoke, there was something in his words.

Wu Sangui is a smart person, so he can naturally hear that the successive cares are nothing more than the rift between the two of them.

However, Wu Sangui didn't take it seriously, because Zhu Changyuan's strength is now weak, and it's not easy to move a dignified Liaodong general officer.Second, he knew well that the clan of the Ming Dynasty could not be an official in the court logically, even if the court bestowed favor this time, Zhu Changyuan would not be able to be reused.

Moreover, a high-ranking minister in the DPRK has assured himself that Zhu Changyuan cannot be reused.

Wu Sangui has thick eyebrows and a square face, and looks only a few years older than Zhu Changyu, but he has been in the officialdom for a long time. He snorted secretly, with no expression on the surface, and said to Zhu Changyuan: "Then I wish you a high promotion every day, In the future, you will be able to reach the top of the sky, otherwise you may not have any chance to report back!"

He has already become the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and there are really not many people in the entire Ming Empire who can force him to dominate.

"Haha." Do you still need to be a high official to deal with you? I have nineteen ways, nineteen ways!

Zhu Changyuan smiled on the surface, patted the hand holding the bank note, and said, "I'll accept the thousand taels of silver first, and since you don't accept the account, I have nothing else to do. Let's go!"

After patting their buttocks, they drove out of the gate of Jinzhou with Polu.

"He's gone?" Wu Sangui asked the soldiers beside him.

The soldier bowed and said: "Go back to the general, let's go, but not to the west, but to the northeast!"

"Northeast direction?" Wu Sangui was startled, to the east is the territory of the Jianlu, and to the north is the territory of the Mongolian Tartars. Didn't this kid go back to Beijing to take up his post? Why did he go there when he was full?
"Do you want to send someone to monitor?" the soldier asked.

Wu Sangui shook his head, "No need, the immediate priority is Yinglong's situation in Pidao. Is there any news from Yang Wenyue?"

The soldier said: "Master Yang has heard news that there are many bandits in Shandong this year, and it may be difficult to provide large-scale support. What Master Yang means is that guerrillas and harassment will be the main focus!"

"What? Guerrilla, harassment?" Wu Sangui slapped the table, "Huang Taiji has exhausted his navy, so it's useless to expect guerrilla harassment from him. Forget it, let's talk about it after sending our supplies there."

"Yes!"

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As Wu Sangui heard, after Zhu Changyuan left Jinzhou, he did not head west all the way back to Beijing to take up his post. Instead, he rode his horse and headed east, then turned north, heading northeast of Jinzhou all the way.

It wasn't that he lost his way, and it wasn't that he was stupid. The reason why he abandoned the ship and landed in Tianjin Wei instead of taking the shortcut, but ran to the Northeast, was naturally not to ask Wu Sangui for a mere silver.

For this trip, Zhu Changyuan has another destination: Fuxin.

Sorry, Fuxin is the name of this city in modern society. In the parallel world of the Ming Dynasty, Fuxin did not exist. This place was originally an ordinary mountain.

The reason for coming here is because there is a huge treasure attraction.In modern society, Zhu Changyuan knew that there was a large open-pit coal mine in Fuxin. He passed by Jinzhou this time, so he just went to investigate.

In order to develop in the future and establish a modern society, energy must be paid attention to. Among all available energy, open-pit coal mines are the most direct to use.

There are mines in Fuxin, and they are open pit mines.

Even if there is no plan to build a thermal power station, coal mines are undoubtedly very important to Zhu Changyuan.In particular, this open-pit coal mine [-] miles northeast of Jinzhou is the closest resource bank to Riyue Island.

In the parallel world, the Fuxin area has not yet established a city, and it is still a place of mountains.Zhu Changyuan set off from Jinzhou in a horse-drawn carriage and traveled eastward all the way. Not long after, he arrived at the Dalinghe Army Garrison where he was stationed before.

I haven't seen him for three months, but the military village is still the same, surrounded by a concrete city wall about four meters high.It's just that the city wall is bare, and it's unclear whether the steel bars on it were cut off by the Qing army or the Ming army.

After some emotion, Zhu Changyuan didn't stop, and drove the carriage up the Daling River, turning to the northeast and continuing on.

For a distance of two hundred miles, it took Zhu Changyuan's carriage almost four days to arrive. This was done day and night, regardless of day or night.

"It seems that compared with riding a horse, riding a car is still too slow!" After arriving at the destination, Zhu Changyuan did not rush to find a coal mine, but first found a nearby villager to live in.

(End of this chapter)