Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 232
In China, businessmen are willing to be described as stingy, miser, mean, and stupid, such as Ximen Qing in Water Margin, there is no king of 300 taels of silver here, but to be fair, the faith and contract spirit of ancient Chinese businessmen Even the West was amazed by it. In the late Qing Dynasty, foreign businessmen who came to China lamented that only in China could there be such a true business spirit that would never go back on word of mouth and spend a lot of money.

Shi Tianfu belongs to this type of person. Ever since Song Qingshu brought him the box that day, in order to repay his kindness, this guy has worked like an overtime madman in later generations. It would have taken several months to sort out the business investment plan. It will be sorted out in half a month, and the next time the caravan going to the west exit will be taken care of clearly.

Especially every night, Shi Tianfu rushed into the basement like crazy, and immediately the guys could hear faint screams and crying, and he came out in the middle of the night with red eyes and exhausted, everyone spread the word that Shopkeeper Shi Bewitched by an evil spirit, this is what happens when she is haunted by a female ghost and absorbs her essence and yang.

To be honest, Shi Tianfu was so crazy and Song Qingshu felt shocked when he saw it. Fortunately, this kind of day is also an end today.

The huge team of horses pulled out half a street on the main street in the north of Daixian County. Each horse wore two heavy saddlebags, which contained salt, ready-made clothes, silk, satin, cloth, silk, cotton, needlework, and even Some horses have a long line of iron pots hanging on their backs. There is a lack of fuel and iron ore on the grasslands. Almost everything in the interior is lacking in the grasslands. , As long as you pull things to the grassland, there is almost nothing you don't earn.

Of course, you have to come back with your life. The Mongols in this era are not good. Genghis Khan once said that the greatest joy in life is to conquer, drive out the enemies, rob their wives and daughters, and plunder all their property. , Watching their relatives cry bitterly!The poor Mongolian tribe can change from a hospitable and generous man to a vicious robber in a blink of an eye. Therefore, many Han merchants prefer to trade with the Mongolians intermittently through the limited openings opened by the imperial court. Exploitation, and dare not go to the grassland easily, but Song Qingshu has no such scruples.

There are more than 200 men in a caravan equipped with more than 400 guards, and they are all musketeers and selected cavalry players. They wear ordinary cotton robes on the outside and two layers of cotton armor and paper armor on the inside, or Carrying a big knife on the back, or hiding a firearm in the bag, if you encounter a Mongolian tribe to rob, you will be able to fight equally.

Today is the day when the caravan departs, and the beggar army disguised as Dai County guards has sealed the north gate for this reason. Shi Tianfu, the shopkeeper of the shop, also went in person, but he brought a big box .

"Prefect Zhao, I wish you a happy life on the grassland!"

The box was hung on the side of the horse's back. Seeing that there was no one around, Shi Tianfu smiled sinisterly and lifted the lid of the box. Inside was Zhao Qing, the magistrate of Xinzhou who once called the wind and rain.

It's just that now the magistrate of Zhao doesn't have any suave and suave Ximen official demeanor, and he can't even be called an official. Shi Tianfu is extraordinarily ruthless when dealing with this unforgettable enemy. Three days ago Please send the father-in-law's knife hand to the palace to give the magistrate Zhao a knife, and use this time to go to the grassland to sell him to the Mongolian nobles as eunuchs.

He also knew that his fate was not so good, biting his stinky socks, the veins on his forehead popped out with all his strength, his eyeballs bulged, and he stared viciously at this businessman who he had never cared about before. , Unfortunately, this look of resentment was only exchanged for Shi Tianfu's cold snort, and then he closed the box and locked it with a click.

Amidst Shi Tianfu's yelling, the large caravan, led by Cao Sanxi, a Taigu businessman who was used to walking on the grasslands, set foot on the journey to the north with great strides.

Not far from here is a dim sum shop, a dozen people sit around a few tables, watching the scene of the caravan leaving, the bearded Liu Tichun, the county captain in charge of monitoring Dai County, couldn't help shaking his head loudly.

"I really can't see it. This cuckold is really cruel. In the past, Mr. Zhao was very prestigious in our Dai County. He was castrated when he said he was castrated, and he was sold in the end. There is also his wife Zhang, who used to be a handsome man. You don't know that Mrs. Zhang's taming husband is a scene in our Dai County, and such an official lady was actually sold to a kiln in the south of the Yangtze River by Shi Cuckold to find a way out."

"But having said that, it was his wife who sold it. In this way, how many cuckolds does this old Shi have to wear?"

"Okay, you shut up! If Lao Shi hears this, I will give you a knife in the middle of the night, I don't care!"

Looking at the big burden in front of him at a loss, Song Qingshu reprimanded angrily, don't mention it, the most big-mouthed Liu Tichun suddenly felt the chrysanthemum cool down and his thigh tightened, and quickly clamped his crotch abnormally. Shrinking aside shyly, as if Shi Tianfu heard that he could really castrate him.

Without this guy nagging, Song Qingshu's mood was relieved a little, and he shook off his burden and continued to watch.

The thing is really weird, he is handsome beggar, the leader of rebel peasant army, yet the imperial court confers him an official again!Although this time it's a little small, it's just a defense, but the defense area is extremely important. He once stayed there to contain the Xinkou Village, the main road in half of the Xinding Basin!
Does Song Qingshu know this place, where the two mountains are intersected by the river, next to it is the forked Hutuo River, if he guards this place, the northern half of Xin must be firmly in his hands.

For more than half a month, the situation in Shanxi has stabilized. Xu Dingguo finally managed to keep his general Wusha. Fortunately, Zhao Qing was very selfish. He said one thing and another in his letter to the capital. Monopolizing the meritorious service of recruiting Cao Cao and Luo Rucai just became the evidence to criticize Zhao Qing. Xu Dingguo pushed most of the responsibility for the defeat on Zhao Qing.

Although Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, is Zhao Qing's teacher, but now that Shanxi is in a mess by the peasant army, Xu Dingchen still counts on Xu Dingguo, the commander-in-chief, to fight with him!It is said that there are three fires for a new official to take office, and Shanxi can't afford to toss these three fires now. If Xu Dingguo is taken down, it will take another two or three months for another general to control the entire army. up.

So Xu Dingchen also tried his best to continue his meritorious service for Xu Dingguo in the memorial, and tried to keep him. Of course, the help was not in vain. The 1 taels of silver that Qiu Ming asked for was given to him. Xu Dingguo himself also sold his property. The remuneration paid more than 2 taels, sent his own soldiers into the capital to bribe, and gave 1 taels to the inspector censor of the Ministry of War and the eunuchs from the palace. This loss of more than 7000 was a big defeat. After prevaricating in this way, Emperor Chongzhen just issued an order to punish him for half a year.

Saving Xu Dingguo was Song Qingshu's temporary venture capital investment. Since Song Qingshu could use the handle to drag Qiu Ming into the water, why couldn't Qiu Ming drag Xu Dingguo into the water with the secret shared by the two of them?With the support of the Shanxi General Soldier, the life of the begging army will be even easier. No, the defense of the Xinkou Village in front of him is the bonus of Xu Dingguo's reciprocation and activity.

Although this is a good thing, Song Qingshu couldn't help but worry!

He certainly doesn't have the time to be this official, but there really isn't one under him who is competent enough to do it alone!

Scarface counts as one, but Song Qingshu still counts on him to help him control the entire army!Old man Xing is dead, even if he is not dead Song Qingshu is not at ease, the remaining Liu Zongmin is already considered good if he doesn't cause trouble, little radish doesn't say anything else, his image will not be able to pass, Zhao Sheng's administrative talent is better than his military talent I don't know how much, he is just a counselor, and Li Tiezhu and his idiots are even worse. Miao Mei and Liu Zongmin are also very different.

The benefits of controlling Xinkouzhai are self-evident, not to mention safety issues, as far as this traffic artery is concerned, passing businessmen can bring a lot of bonuses to them, but it is impossible for him, a handsome beggar, to personally run to become a Guard?Seeing Song Qingshu's name written in black and white on the official records, Song Qingshu's forehead grew a little worried.

But at this juncture, he glanced at Shi Tianfu to send the caravan away, and went back to settle accounts in a happy mood. This Liu Tichun became bold again, and opened his big mouth again.

"Shuai Qu, you said that this old Shi is really unlucky. He can make a difference in treatment when he is in prison. I heard that he even ate rats raw when he was hungry. How good is the master in our prison now? Whatever we eat, our brother’s family has to hurry up and fix it for him, but in the past two days, the literati are so excited that they got a carving knife and carved half of the prison wall into a map!"

At the beginning, Song Qingshu was annoyed by listening to the two sentences, and just about to say something to hurt Liu's beard, suddenly, his eyes suddenly lit up, by the way, how could he forget that great master Sun Chuanting?
I've already tricked him in Xinzhou, and now the time is ripe. It's time to see if I can completely trick him to death this time. Thinking about it, Song Qingshu didn't think about it anymore, and put the official seal in his bag, yes Seeing Li Tiezhu beckoned.

"Zhuzi, let's go, county government!"

"Hey! Marshal, the boiled mutton you mentioned is ready, why don't you leave without eating?"

"Leave it to yourself."

Seeing a group of soldiers and horses rushing out with Song Qingshu, after thinking about it, Liu Tichun slapped himself hard.

"How can you offend the commander-in-chief again with your bad mouth?"

In the prison.

The bamboo tubes and porridge jars for intubation were just placed at the gate of the prison. Knowing that hunger strikes were no longer effective, Sun Chuanting seemed to have given up on eating and drinking. It's a lot whiter, but my complexion is much better.

When Song Qingshu came, he was still writing and drawing on the wall of the map that Liu Tichun mentioned. The Song Qingshu he read didn't bother him, but quietly looked at it from behind under the light. After watching for a while, Song Qing A layer of cold sweat broke out on the back of the book.

It's no wonder that this guy can get along with the governor of Shaanxi's three sides, the chief of the right servant of the Ministry of War, the last card of the Ming Dynasty, Qin Jun, this guy is indeed talented, and there are less than [-] soldiers on a map, but he has all kinds of soldiers from the rebel army. The horses were chasing and intercepting, and each was limited to a small area. If he came to command, according to the advantages of the Ming Dynasty and the immaturity of the peasant army in this period, the Shanxi peasant army could really make him suppress every tenth of them.

"Song Shuai, the imperial court is full of talents, and I don't know how many are my Sun!"

Just when Song Qingshu was fascinated by reading it, he turned his head suddenly, and Sun Chuanting still had the usual pretentious appearance, and said with a stern face.

"You can be regarded as a talented man. Why don't you think about the future as soon as possible, even if not for yourself, think about the soldiers under your command. Once the court sends outstanding men in the future, and the heavenly soldiers come to kill you, wouldn't it be too late for regret?"

At this juncture, Sun Chuanting actually wanted to persuade himself to surrender, and Song Qingshu suddenly sneered in his heart. Then, there is no discussion about cheating you next!
(End of this chapter)