29. Wufeng Mountain Fire and Six Suns
Zhao Wanyong frowned slightly when he heard that Hong Jinglai actually wanted to collude with the Dabi Tatars. Since both of them were now on Hanyang's blacklist, there was no need to hide anything from him about this kind of thing. In front of Zhao Wanyong,
Hong Jinglai gave Han Sanshi two hundred taels of gold and ordered him to hire Cossacks from Tsarist Russia.
At this time, although there are not many people in Tsarist Russia in the outer northeast, Outer Mongolia, Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula can be considered to have a large population. Sometimes a fleet will transport more than 600 adventurers to Alaska.
Hong Jinglai just wanted to recruit Bai Shiqi. As long as the money was available, Shekov would be happy to accept it.
"I once heard a saying, it's easy to ask the gods but hard to send them away." Zhao Wanyong saw Han Sanshi's nonchalant expression, which seemed to be completely normal, so he still opened his mouth to suggest something to Hong Jinglai.
"I have my own sense of proportion!" Hong Jinglai knew that Tsarist Russia only had a few birds in the Far East these days, and it was impossible for them all to come, so he was not worried that thousands of Cossack cavalry would really come to influence North Korea's internal affairs.
If the Siberian Railway was not opened, it would be impossible for too many people to come from Tsarist Russia!
"In the past, Qingxing Tartar cavalry invaded the border, my brother has experienced it. The Tartar cavalry are brave, fearless of death, and difficult to surrender. I am afraid they are a disaster." Zhao Wanyong was still not at ease after all.
It's normal. If he comes to support Hong Jinglai, there will definitely be no psychological burden. We will still support your old Li family as the king, but it is just to control the power. The Li Dynasty is still the Li Dynasty, and the meat is rotten in the pot.
If this was invaded by those barbarians, such as the Japanese pirates who coveted the territory of North Korea in the past, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty who attacked North Korea and demanded North Korea's surrender, all kinds of evil deeds are vividly visible!
In fact, Hong Jinglai really wanted to tell him that only thirty Cossacks came there, and their main purpose was also for Hong Jinglai's steam engine. They came "sincerely" to do business, and they really had no intention of invading North Korea's territory.
What happened next was completely a well-arranged drama!
"It was because I had seen the bravery of the Tatar cavalry that I had to imitate and learn so as not to fall behind others!" Hong Jinglai naturally couldn't slap himself in the face and said that the Qingxing Victory that I participated in back then was a show.
"Well... although it makes sense, Luo Changuo is ambitious. I remember that he invaded the Qing Dynasty two hundred years ago, and helped Junger Khan invade the border decades ago." Xiao Zhao is a rare North Korean person with an international perspective.
"Human," he said with concern.
"Don't worry, brother, I know everything you are thinking."
Since Hong Jinglai said this, Zhao Wanyong didn't insist anymore. Moreover, Hong Jinglai said that as long as a hundred Tatar soldiers were needed, not too many were needed. In Xiao Zhao's opinion, a hundred Tatar soldiers cannot make any big waves. In this country,
How can a population of tens of millions be disrupted by a hundred big-nosed Tatars?
Hong Jinglai ordered Han Sanshi to follow the hiring price of the year, slightly lower it, and give thirty cavalry a weekly salary of one pound of gold. This time, it was okay to give them a weekly salary of ten taels of gold for the thirty cavalry.
Price accepted.
The rest are the horses they can bring, shotguns and flintlocks. Hong Jinglai can make them himself here. He has skilled craftsmen and sufficient reserves, but good horses are still hard to find.
In addition, in Yiju, Lin Sangwo, who is not in Iron Mountain for the time being, Hong Jinglai needs him to buy contraband saltpeter from the Qing Dynasty. Without saltpeter, shotguns and cannons are all broken copper and iron. Although there are certain reserves on Wufeng Mountain, Yizhou merchants
I also often smuggle some in, but now that we are going to war, the more of these things the better, not enough.
Anyway, someone has been sent to invite Lin Shangwo. He is now the leader of the Gulf businessmen, seriously leading a group of business figures, and is very busy.
The last point is something that Hong Jinglai had not mentioned before.
How to deal with the six grandsons on Wufeng Mountain?
There are half of Hong Jinglai and half of Liusun on this mountain. The foundation of Wufeng Mountain was also laid by Liusun at the beginning. There were at least 1,000 or 2,000 people, old and young, on the mountain and down the mountain who were his people. At that time, the entire village looked up to this big man. The thief leader eats.
Hong Jinglai had dealt with this person when he first debuted, and knew that he was a very loyal person, but he also had corresponding limitations. If he had to use a certain adjective to describe it, he could probably be regarded as a "little rich man" "It's safe". But in fact, the whole Wufeng Mountain can barely live like a "paradise" because of the tax exemption imposed by the old mother Hong's wife and Hong Jinglai's status as the eunuch of his own hall.
It is nothing more than that as long as you are willing to work, you will have a stutter, and there will not be countless exploitation and continuous labor recruitment. But in fact, it is still a hard life, productivity is not developed, and you have to rely on the weather for food. No matter how good you are, you will be better. Where to go?
But Liusun was already very satisfied with the situation in front of him. His goal was to give all his subordinates who trusted him a chance to survive!
In the past, the government drove the people into thieves, but now the government cannot intrude due to Hong Jinglai's power. After just two years of food, the six grandsons have also lost the spirit of resistance that they had when fighting against the sky and the earth. Some are willing to paralyze themselves, and have been It would be nice to live like this.
is it possible?
As a protective umbrella, Hong Jinglai returned to Hanyang, and the paradise land of Wufeng Mountain would soon fall into war. If Liu Sun, the leader of Wufeng Mountain, was unwilling to lead his miners and mountain people to fight, Hong Jinglai wanted to coerce the youth of these hundreds of people. Being strong may not necessarily lead to success.
The miners and tenants who worked under his name were easy to deal with, but the group headed by Liusun had to face some difficulties.
We can't have a story like "Hong Jinglai took advantage of the night to cause trouble, and the five peaks and mountains were destroyed by fire"!
Before he could express his thoughts, Li Zaichao, who was following him, looked around, as if he had a hidden secret that he wanted to tell Hong Jinglai. When he said it, Hong Jinglai understood it completely. It turned out that the sixth grandson was married to the daughter of a mountain villager's family. The important thing is that I have a son.
It’s really a hot bed for my wife and children, and a pot of hot wine without worries!
It's probably not enough to say that he has completely lost his fighting spirit, but he is indeed not as heroic as before. Most of the time he is like a businessman, competing with the merchants from Taiwan who come to buy pig iron. At the same time, he is not as arrogant as before. All kinds of people are welcomed and sent off in the autumn breeze.
The iron plate on the knee is still there, but it's probably a spring.
Hong Jinglai, who was originally worried that he would not want to join in the trouble, was completely relieved. Now that he had concerns about this person, everything would be easy to handle.
Originally, he was a single bachelor, supported and admired by thousands of people. Now, although he is still the boss, he has a wife and children, and he is being held back by his wife and children.
Chapter completed!