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Chapter 439
Liaodong, Jinzhou, at the mouth of the Xiaoling River, a large ship was moored on the coast. Liu Wenju and a group of people got off the big ship and changed boats, and they wanted to take the Xiaoling River directly to Jinzhou.

Under normal circumstances, the transaction with the Jurchens would not be once or twice, and Liu Wenju would not need to come along with the ship in person. This time, Liu Wenju made a special trip to Liaodong in order to complete the task assigned by Wang Xuan.

Moreover, he did not go with the fleet, but set off on a fast boat first. He wanted to arrive in Jinzhou early to meet Yang Hao. After all, buying and selling people needed to gather people together. For a long time, you must come early.

After sailing all the way to Jinzhou, Liu Wenju was exhausted. After handing Yang Gao a post, he rested early. After all, he was old, and he was still a little tired when he saw Yang Gao the next day.

"Liu Wenju, a grassroots man, has met your lord." With the 500 taels of silver in the greeting card, it is not difficult to meet Yang Gao.

"Mr. Liu doesn't have to be like this, please sit down quickly." Yang Hao laughed and hurriedly put his hands up, just for the sake of 500 taels of silver, Yang Hao would not neglect Li Wenju who made such a generous move, that's really true gold and silver.

Although Yang Gao was the envoy of Liaodong Economic Strategy, there were too many people eating on this line in Liaodong. There was only so little military food and salary in total, and he didn't get much profit every year.

"Thank you sir."

"I don't know why Mr. Liu is looking for me?"

"Come here to share your worries." Liu Wenju continued with a confident smile: "I have been taking this route all the year round, and I have to go to Liaodong several times a year. I also know that the situation here has always been tense, but this time there is a way. It makes the Jurchens have many difficulties when they violate the border every year, and makes the Liaodong defense line more stable."

"Oh!" Yang Gao raised his brows. He didn't expect that a businessman would say such a thing. He thought that the other party was looking for him to do business with the Liaodong Army. He looked at Liu Wenju up and down, and saw the other party's expression was calm. With a confident look, he couldn't help asking: "Mr. Liu, let's listen."

"I remember that when Li Chengliang was there, he had a measure to move all the residents of Liaodong who were accidentally on the line of defense to the line of defense, so as to strengthen the wall and clear the field, so that the Jurchens could not grab food. Worrying about transporting grain and grass, I don’t know if adults still remember.”

Yang Hao frowned, of course he knew about this, back then he had participated in Li Chengliang's loss of the land, and he should be executed according to the law, "Of course I know about this, but the land of the Ming Dynasty cannot be lost, this is absolutely impossible !"

In fact, there are not too many ways to deal with the Jurchens, but the people in the court restrain each other, and there are so many people who know nothing about military affairs, especially a group of censors who have nothing to do, so that the border guards are always tied up Afraid of this and that, no matter how many ways there are, it is useless.

Before any results can be seen, people will be charged with various crimes, so in the end, it is not bad to simply not do it, and no one dares to do anything.

"So, my lord also thinks that this method is somewhat effective." Liu Wenju continued to laugh as if he didn't see Yang Gao's frown.

"What do you mean?" Yang Hao's tone contained a bit of anger. He was one of the most fierce opponents back then, and he felt that Liu Wenju was provoking himself.

"If the people are really withdrawn, then the country will indeed be lost, and it will inevitably cause shocks in the government and the public. But if the people don't withdraw to the pass, then naturally nothing will happen!"

Don't want to withdraw the people even if the walls are strong and the fields are cleared?
Yang Gao frowned and looked at Liu Wenju. What does this mean?Completely contradictory!
"You understand!"

"If the people are withdrawn, they will naturally be impeached. However, the adults can completely hand over the people to the subordinates, and the subordinates will transport all the people to the south through a large ship. In this way, it can be said that the people have been suffering for a long time, and they don't want to be harassed. They have all escaped, so naturally it has nothing to do with adults, and it can achieve the effect of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness."

"You mean to send people in the army to arrest the people and hand them over to you?" Yang Gao shook his head directly, "How is this possible? If you do this, you will be reported to the emperor by the people in the army. He Yi."

"There is naturally a way to do this." Liu Wenju laughed and stretched out five fingers, "Every commoner, no matter men, women, old or young, should ensure that the whole family is complete, and don't leave the green paper behind."

"What!" Yang Gao was startled when he heard the words, and immediately sat up straight. Five taels of silver per person, regardless of the age of the women, I dare not say if there are too many. There are still more than 1 households outside the Daling River defense line. This is Fifty or sixty thousand people, wouldn't it cost more than 6 taels of silver!
At this time, Liao Xiang only had less than 400 million taels a year. Of course, these are all imaginary numbers, from the salary to the military strength, it is not enough to escort people to Beijing. , In Liaodong, it would be nice to have one-third left.

Officials and generals in Liaodong are allocated this third, most of which are food, weapons, clothing and other items. In fact, there is not much money that can be divided, including Yang Hao, who can't get much money in a year.

So, when Liu Wen cited five taels of silver for one person, how could he not be surprised and moved? Besides, the common people did not have engravings on their heads, indicating whether they were outside the defense line or inside the defense line. As long as they could get someone, they could sell them. But a big deal!

Standing up from his seat, Yang Hao stepped in front of Liu Wenju, "What you said is serious!"

"How dare you lie to Lord Yang, what I say is of course true!"

"Hahaha, okay, Mr. Liu is dedicated to serving the people and moving the world, then I will discuss with the generals in the army, and I will definitely do my best to save the people from the fire and water!" Yang Hao laughed, looking excited.

"Then I'll wait for the good news from my lord!"

Liu Wenju was also very happy to be able to directly convince Yang Gao. This was the first time Wang Xuan gave him a task, so he naturally had to do his best.

It's just that what he didn't expect was...

"Bang!" An exquisite teacup fell to the ground, and then Liu Wenju still couldn't help but pushed down the table, and a set of official kiln tea sets at the door crackled and shattered.

"Yang Gao, I'm fucking your grandma!!" Liu Wenju had a grim face, waving his arms and howling non-stop.

After scolding for a long time in the room, his mouth was full of foam, and Liu Wenju gradually calmed down.

At this time, it was already half a month after he finished talking with Yang Gao, and the big fleet had already arrived. The goods brought this time were not much different from the previous ones, but the number of ships was twice as large. The purpose of the food supplies was to carry a large number of people back south, but he never expected that Yang Hao, a scumbag, could mess things up!
Speaking of it, this Yang Hao was too greedy, and he didn't take ordinary people into his heart. I felt that five taels of silver for one person, regardless of men, women, old and young, was simply sky-high. You know, outside the Daling River defense line alone, the population According to the statistics, there are no less than 6 to 50 people. If it is counted within the defense line, there are more than [-] soldiers and civilians.

Such a large quantity, how much is this!
He felt that the price was too expensive, a green certificate of three taels of silver would be good, and for old and weak women and children, one tael of silver would be enough, so Yang Gao said the same thing when he negotiated with the generals under his command.

In this way, with less money, these people will not be very motivated. After all, these people still have to pay taxes every year for farming, and the difference between inside and outside is not too big. Moreover, the price of old and weak women and children is too low, which makes these people not cherish it so much.

There is a small village outside Daling River, with less than [-] households and a population of about [-]. In the morning, a group of [-] people from the Liaodong Army directly rushed into the village, broke down the gates from house to house and began to arrest people.

For a while, the shouts were endless.

"What are you doing, what are you doing!" A strong man rushed to the door and saw a group of soldiers rushing in with knives and guns, he immediately shouted loudly.

"What are you doing, your whole family has been conscripted, hurry up!"

The soldiers rushed in fiercely, even the elderly and children inside the house, and drove them out with knives and guns.

These people living in the land of white mountains and black waters outside the pass, the folk customs are very tough, some conflicts are inevitable in some families, but there are so many soldiers in Liaodong, it is inevitable that there will be casualties for a while, especially women. When it came to Liu Wenju's hands, everyone was very resentful, and the number was much less than expected. How can Liu Wenju not be angry.

He knew that this group of people would be used as citizens after they returned. Their houses were burned, their finances were robbed, their wives and daughters were raped, and their family members died. How can this hatred be eliminated!
This is tantamount to, what Wang Xuan deliberately explained is tantamount to being messed up by him!
When he found out what was going on, he was naturally driven mad by Yang Gao's actions!
In any case, he never expected that the dignified Liaodong economic envoy, a third-rank official, would be so greedy, it was frantic!
Looking at the thousands of people in the camp, Liu Wenju was a little confused, what should I do! ?

If you just take it back like this, don’t let Wang Xuan look down on him completely. He has no choice but to try his best to remedy it. Now I want to explain to everyone that the original intention this time is to save everyone. After all, living in a war zone means being in a constant state In danger, there is a benevolent heart.

A speech full of emotion and emotion had no effect, but looking at the hateful eyes of the people, it was obvious that no one believed it.

Liu Wenju began to promise again that this time he was going to Fujian in the south, and all expenses were covered by him, and there would naturally be work arrangements for them there to ensure the prosperity and well-being of the whole family.

In the end, Liu Wenju also gave up, talking empty teeth is like erasing the revenge of the murder of his daughter and relatives?

Fuck!
Just kidding!
In the end, it was time to return. There was nothing he could do. Liu Wenju had to pay out of his own pocket. How much money the common people lost this time. He paid ten taels of silver.

It wasn't until the white money was handed out that the common people believed Liu Wenju's words. After all, words can deceive people, but this white money will never lie.

I think they have all been arrested, life and death are beyond their control, there is no value to be deceived, among other things, it is not that there are no prostitutes, but it is only two taels of silver, ten taels of silver It must be a beautiful girl like a flower and a jade.

Ten taels of silver for one person to die is definitely a high price. In this troubled world, everything has a price, and the life of ordinary people is definitely not worth ten taels of silver.

It can be seen that what this good man Liu said was true, he was indeed planning to help them, and he was doing a good deed, but he met a monk with a crooked mouth, and a good good deed was ruined by these people!

After spending money, it was much easier for Liu Wenju to break up again. Only then did everyone realize that everything was wronged by the corrupt official Yang Hao, and everyone kept cursing. As for revenge, no one thought about it. Officer, they have no hope of revenge in this life.

But Liu Wenju hated it in his heart, not only ruined his business, but also caused him such a heavy loss, not to mention making money back and forth, and accompanied him in thousands of taels of silver.

Damn it, Yang Hao, you wait for me, I'm going to make trouble for you by jumping Wang Xuan.

(End of this chapter)