Chapter 70: The evil-suppressing house cannot accommodate a man as dazzling as you

Chapter 70: The evil-suppressing house cannot accommodate a man as dazzling as you

Chapter 70: The Evil Suppression Thousand Households can’t accommodate a man as dazzling as you
After everyone finished drinking, they all went to their drunken rooms to sleep.

Early the next morning, they split up.

Most of the merchants in Yingtian Prefecture had unfathomable backgrounds, and the truth of this tax silver escort could not be hidden from them. Sun Keding did not waste time and directly chose Yangzhou as his target.

There are more opportunities to make money in Yangzhou, which cannot be monopolized by big businessmen. Many small and medium-sized businessmen are also active here.

Sun Keding used the connections he had accumulated over the years to spread the news, which immediately attracted the interest of many businessmen.

Many people who saw the situation clearly advised against it secretly, but after the businessmen responded with a smile, they also knew in their hearts that if there were no risks, how could such a good thing happen to them?
What level are they at to deserve making money without risk?
The Ming Dynasty was a vast country with abundant resources. Different places had different customs and traded what they had, which was a lucrative business.

For example, Shandong's cocoon is very popular in Jiangnan, and the price is very high, one piece can be sold for 100 taels of silver. And the southern wool can also be sold at this price in the north.

The thin hemp cloth can be sold for two or three taels per piece in the south, but for four or five taels in the north.

Although the price of cotton cloth was not high, only about two coins per piece, Songjiang Prefecture was the main cotton cloth production area, and even if it was simply dumped in large quantities, it could be sold at two to three times the price after one trip. Considering that it sold well, shipped quickly, and had a high profit margin, cotton cloth had become one of the major commodities sold northward.

A fur worth a few taels of silver in the north could be made into a cloak after a little processing, and it could be sold for fifty or sixty taels in the south. Tea and porcelain were also tools for the south to make huge profits from the north.

In addition, there are some luxury and rare imported goods. These things are not easy to ship, but once the transaction is successful, it will be a big profit.

For example, Western glasses, ivory, rhino horns, glass cups, Japanese tortoise shells, lacquerware, as well as Southeast Asian spices, Jiaozhi silk, Siamese red sand, Tura quilts and other miscellaneous items.

A large number of grain ships were burned in Jining Prefecture. Although this dealt a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty's trade, the resulting surge in prices made the merchants almost crazy with anxiety.

Unfortunately, for most people, they can only watch this opportunity slip by.

If they cannot open up connections along the way, they will be unable to bear the overt and covert exploitation alone, not to mention the gangsters who rob and kill people along the way.

All many small and medium-sized merchants could do was to transport products from all over Jiangnan to Huai'an and earn some hard-earned money by helping the big merchants.

But now the military officers of the Jinyiwei who were escorting silver to Beijing wanted to make some extra money, and with the former magistrate of Jingjiang acting as a guarantor, many people were tempted.

Silver is such a fragrant thing, even risky silver is still fragrant.

When Sun Keding was making a fortune in Yangzhou, Duan Min also sent orders to the Taoist priests Zhenji stationed in various places in Nanzhi, summoning people from the martial arts world to work for the Qianhu Office.

Some palaces, temples and monasteries pretended to comply, while others actively participated.

Under the premise that hostile forces are bound to infiltrate, Duan Min dare not say whether it is more reliable to pretend to obey but actually disobey, or to actively participate.

Fortunately, the operation method Pei Yuan gave him was simple and crude, so he didn't have to go through the headache of identifying them one by one.

Deliberately reveal a flaw to draw these hostile forces from the dark to the light, and then mix them with the forces of the Friendly Thousand Households Office, and then use forced transfer orders to recruit a group of neutral personnel as a reserve force that can suppress riots at any time.

Afterwards, there were three layers of forces: yamen runners, garrison soldiers, and Jinyiwei to provide protection.

First screen and purify, then control layer by layer.

This method is simple to operate and the effect is easy to see.

As for Pei Yuan, the work he had to do was a bit brain-intensive.

That is, how can he convince Han Qianhu to follow him to Huai'an with the tax silver without exposing his secret?

Pei Yuan sat with his hands in his pockets, worrying for a long time. Before he could come up with any idea, someone from the Qianhu Suo came to summon him, saying that Qianhu Han wanted to see him.

Pei Yuan did not dare to delay and followed the visitor to the Jinyiwei Yamen.

When he saw Captain Han, he saw her sitting in the hall, holding two official documents in her hands, with a very ugly expression on her face.

Pei Yuan secretly cursed his bad luck in his heart. How did he get here when Han Qianhu was angry? Wouldn’t he be implicated?

He quickly stepped forward and saluted respectfully, "I am honored to meet you, Master."

Captain Han didn't even raise his eyelids. He snorted coldly and slammed the two documents in his hands heavily on the table.

Pei Yuan's eyelids twitched, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

This anger was clearly directed at me.

Could it be that Duan Min reported me to Sun Keding last night about dividing the money?
If the people working under her could be a little more flexible, Captain Han wouldn't be so ignorant. Otherwise, who would work for her in the future?

I hope Han Qianhu is a reasonable person...right?

After a moment of silence, Han Qianhu said slowly, "When Yuan Lang was here, I thought you were a talent, and I discussed with him about bringing you over from the Beijing Jinyiwei. Later, Yuan Lang passed away, and a position just happened to be vacant, so I shamelessly gave a call to Beijing."

Pei Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this. This was a good thing.

Not to mention replacing Yuan Lang's position as a centurion, even if he was just given the responsibility of supervising a temple, he could still make a lot of money every year.

What's more, with a legitimate identity, he can find time to do some private work with Cheng Leixiang and others.

Then he changed his mind and saw that Han Qianhu was so angry, maybe something went wrong.

Just as he was daydreaming, Captain Han picked up an official document and threw it at Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan was confused and didn't dare to answer.

Only when the document hit him and fell to the ground did Pei Yuan nervously pick it up.

When he opened it, he found that it was a document sent by the Beijing Jinyiwei Experience Office, which contained Pei Yuan's transfer order. He had been officially removed from the Beijing Jinyiwei and was waiting to be taken over by the Nanjing Jinyiwei.

Pei Yuan felt relieved and became more and more puzzled by Han Qianhu's inexplicable anger.

Could it be that you don’t know how to cherish it after you get it?
Then Captain Han picked up another document and said in a sarcastic tone, "Captain Pei is indeed the strongest man in the martial arts exam. He came south to carry out a mission for our Captain, and he also led his men to ambush Liu Qi, the leader of the Bazhou bandits, and took the sword from him."

Pei Yuan was stunned. Could this be the military merit he forged?
He was secretly delighted in his heart. Wasn't this a double happiness?
Han Qianhu turned his head away, without even looking at Pei Yuan, and handed over the document, "This is a reward from the court."

Pei Yuan hurried forward to take the document, opened it and saw that it was a reward document issued by the Ministry of War.

It was said above that after verification by the censors, it was confirmed that the merit was real, and in order to boost morale and crack down on the remaining bandits, the Ministry of War generously rewarded them.

Pei Yuan, who made the greatest contribution, was promoted two levels, and Chen Toutie and Cheng Leixiang, who made the second greatest contribution, were promoted one level.

Pei Yuan was overjoyed after reading it. He didn't expect the court's reward to be so generous. He guessed that Gu Dayong had played a role in it.

The matter in Jining could no longer be verified, and the so-called censor's investigation was probably just the confessions of the few officials who were questioned.

Pei Yuan was happy for a while, then suddenly came to his senses.

Two levels of reward?

If I were to be awarded two levels of merit, wouldn't I be a fifth-rank commander? Now that I am a commander, how should Han be arranged?

Pei Yuan was still in a daze when he heard Captain Han say in a sarcastic tone, "It's time for me to call you Captain Pei now. Please leave, Captain Pei. This captain's office cannot accommodate a man as dazzling as you."

Pei Yuan was completely numb after hearing this.

If you can't have a proper job, let alone being awarded a thousand households, even if you are given the title of Jinyiwei Commander, what's the use as long as "Jinyiwei Commander" is not followed by the word "manager"?
Were there not enough Jinyiwei commanders who were good at singing and painting in the Ming Dynasty?
Not to mention Zhu Houzhao's adopted sons, even the eunuchs who were slightly in power, their brothers and nephews were almost all third-rank Jinyiwei commanders.

After the rebellion in Bazhou was quelled, everyone took credit for it. Not to mention the second-rank commander-in-chief and the second-rank commander-in-chief, Gu Dayong's younger brother Gu Dazhong was directly promoted to the first-rank left governor.

But so what? If this first-rank Left General did not have the support of his big brother, the factory owner, how could his value be compared with that of the third-rank Jinyiwei commander "Manager"?
Now, Pei Yuan had just been removed from the Beijing Jinyiwei and had not yet been accepted by the Xie Zhen Qianhu, but he was directly promoted to Qianhu for his merits.

Not to mention that Han Qianhu couldn't bear it anymore, even Pei Yuan felt that it was all over.

Pei Yuan was holding the official document, and he fell to the ground, almost crying, "Captain, I was wrong!"

Han Qianhu continued to speak sarcastically, "How could you be wrong? You must have seen that I did something wrong, and you want to take it for yourself?"

Pei Yuan's tears really flowed out.

Now, let alone the lack of job vacancies, there is no way out.

If the Nanjing Jinyiwei failed to find a department to accept Pei Yuan, and the Beijing Jinyiwei expelled Pei Yuan, he would not be able to pass on this hereditary military position, and he might not even know where to collect his salary this month.

Captain Han threw two official documents to Pei Yuan, stood up and was about to walk out.

How could Pei Yuan let her go like this? If he didn't explain things clearly now, he might not even be able to enter the gate of Nanjing Jinyiwei in the future.

In a moment of desperation, he quickly hugged Han Qianhu's thigh and said, "I was wrong, I was wrong."

Captain Han lowered his head and looked at Pei Yuan coldly, "It's useless for you to play these tricks on me. Not everyone can be the captain of the evil-suppressing captain's office."

Pei Yuan regretted it deeply.

He had never expected that Captain Han would actually want to bring him here, and he had also never expected that the court would actually promote him twice.

Originally, in his estimation, as long as he could demonstrate his value, a deputy captain should be accepted by Captain Han.

Pei Yuan quickly expressed his determination to Han Qianhu, "I will try to get the court to remove my official position. I will always be your Pei Baihu."

Han Qianhu's expression softened a little, and after a while he said, "Do you think the court belongs to you? Now the Ministry of War has just rewarded you handsomely, and now they want to demote you for no reason. How are you going to explain this to all parties?"

Pei Yuan heard the leniency in Han Qianhu's words, and quickly pointed to the sky and the ground and said, "I have my own way, and I will definitely not make it difficult for Qianhu."

Han Qianhu's body shook slightly, and Pei Yuan's hands suddenly felt numb and sore. He quickly let go of Han Qianhu in horror.

Han Qianhu sighed, "I am also responsible for this matter. I should have known that a man who wins the first place in the martial arts exam naturally has lofty ambitions. How can my small temple accommodate a big Buddha like you?"

"I didn't tell you in detail before I transferred your file. Now it seems that I am just a sparrow who doesn't know the ambition of a swan."

Pei Yuan became more and more annoyed and confused as he listened to Han Qianhu's sarcastic remarks.

When Han Qianhu saw that Pei Yuan was silent, he knew that today's PUA had to end here.

Then, he resumed his usual clear and peaceful voice, "I have already reported your name to the Inner Transport Depot for escorting tax silver, and the document has been sent back to the Nanjing Jinyiwei."

At this point, Captain Han paused and said, "It's in the name of the Suppressing Evil Captain's Office."

Pei Yuan's mind recovered a little from the chaos when he heard this.

It turns out that I'm not the only one in trouble with this matter.

That's right. This is the task that the Nanjing Jinyiwei assigned to the Zhenxie Qianhu Unit, and it is a major event that the whole court is paying attention to. It is definitely inappropriate for the Zhenxie Qianhu Unit to assign a temporary worker to do it.

The Suppression of Evils Thousand Households had reported my name to them. Would they accept my file now? And how should I accept it?

You can't really let Pei Yuan say, "If I'm not talented, you can take it yourself," right?

But Pei Yuan already understood that there was no logic to this matter, and he could only wait and see what Captain Han planned.

Pei Yuan looked at Han Qianhu eagerly and could only express his loyalty again, "Whatever Han Qianhu says, I will do."

Captain Han then slowly said, "Well, we can only wait and see the result of this tax escort before deciding. If you know what's good for you, Yuan Lang's position will be reserved for you."

Pei Yuan was overjoyed and finally felt at ease.

It is not easy to climb up in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not difficult to move down.

He didn't care about that at the moment, and quickly struck while the iron was hot, "I have something else to report."

Han Qianhu returned to the hall and sat down, then motioned Pei Yuan to stand up and said calmly, "Qianhu Pei, please speak."

Pei Yuan quickly expressed his opinion, "Captain Pei, Captain Pei!"

Seeing that Han Qianhu seemed quite satisfied, Pei Yuan quickly said, "I recently received news that the rebels in Bazhou are heading south and may be planning a feint attack on Huai'an."

Captain Han was about to say that military intelligence was not their responsibility, but then he realized something and his face became serious.

"We are going to pass through Huai'an, right?"

She was obviously aware of the danger of this team escorting tax silver getting close to the battlefield.

Pei Yuan emphasized, "It's a feint attack, it won't have much impact on us. If I'm not wrong, they've attracted the main force of the imperial court to the south, and they'll break through the defense line and return to Henan."

Han Qianhu was relieved a little, "I have handed this matter over to you, just keep it in mind."

Then he confirmed, "Where did you get this information? How do you determine it's a feint?"

"Uh." Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment. He was just preparing how to tell her about the big business worth hundreds of thousands of taels, but he didn't expect Han Qianhu to ask about the key point right away.

Pei Yuan hasn’t thought it through yet!
He reacted very quickly and said immediately, "I have a friend from Changfeng Escort Agency who happened to come to Yingtian Prefecture recently. She told me about it."

"Oh." Han Qianhu responded casually, and then thought for a moment and said, "People in the martial arts world always speak untruthfully. Bring him to Jinyiwei, and I want to confirm it carefully."

Pei Yuan swallowed and wiped the sweat off his face.

So here comes the question.

How could he persuade that walking five hundred taels to come to the Imperial Guard?
(End of this chapter)