Beiyang new warlord

Of course, this is only on the bright side, and there are a lot of shady ones.

In the secret room, several large boxes were opened, and the golden light reflecting the candle flames immediately dazzled people's eyes, and Mao Jue was dripping blood with distress.

This is the gold that he tried his best to extort from the shogunate!Among them, 1 taels have been given to the Kuroda family as a gift, and the remaining 4 taels are here. It is estimated that the affairs of the Wa Kingdom will be settled down. These are all spent, and they may not be enough. The gold will be withdrawn from the treasury. When he came out, Mao Jue took a last farewell look, and with a final cruelty, he closed the box again with a bang.

It's just that when he walked out of the door, he suddenly became entangled again. He has gold, but who can he send to the capital to help him with this matter?

Do the math, under my command, I have a lot of fighting muscles, those who govern the local area have joined with Fan Wenju, and the operation of Dongjiang Academy is not lacking now, but there is really no glib tongue, good at combining vertical and horizontal diplomacy Talented people, when they come to the capital to do business, there are many ways to do it. If they can't do it well, they will spend money and things can't be done. In the past, when Mao Wenlong went to Beijing, he let Wen Bo do all the things.

But at the beginning of this year, Uncle Wen fell ill, and besides, he was approaching the age of seventy. Mao Jue was really afraid that he would not come back after going to the capital to spend his time and energy.

But who should I send?

However, this is not the most tangled matter. After returning to the mansion, he stayed in the study for a long time without eating dinner. When he was about to go to bed, Mao Jue helplessly rang the bell and called the servant who was waiting outside. Come in.

"Madam please come!"

"Master, please, which lady?"

After the incident last time, all the servants in the mansion knew who the first lady was, Mao Jue's order made the servants ask back in astonishment.

But these words almost didn't make Mao Jue vomit blood, and roared angrily.

"There is only one lady in the house, who do you want to invite?"

He almost didn't pee in fright, he bowed and this guy turned around and ran away, fortunately, he still had an IQ, and after a while, Chen Jiao stepped into the study room with the hem of her skirt.

"Master, you want to see my concubine."

"kindness!"

With a stern face and without raising his head, Mao Jue lowered his head and wrote quickly, not knowing what he was reviewing.

However, Chen Jiao didn't urge her to stand in front of the desk with her hands tied, and waited quietly. Seeing that the light was too dim, she reached out and cut off the burnt wick for Mao Jue.

After stretching for about three minutes, Mao Jue couldn't hold it anymore, took out a letter from the desk, and handed it to Chen Jiao with his head down.

"Send this letter to Grandpa Chen, just, let's say, you sent it."

Mao Jue was indeed a little embarrassed, so he finished showing off to Chen Jiao, but turned around and had to use her.But when the Toyotomi family opened their eyes, it was the time when the censor's mouthpiece was most needed. Now that the Mao family was on the sidelines of the capital, it seemed to be a censor.

However, last time he and Chen Zanzhong had more than a simple quarrel, even if the old guy was threatened by the past, but if he did not work hard, Mao Jue could only stare blankly and say nothing.

At this time, I had no choice but to play the family card and pass it on through Chen Jiao's hand.

Besides, the granddaughter's writing to her grandfather did not arouse suspicion.

"My concubine knows."

"You understand that?"

"The concubine understands, is there anything else the master wants to order?"

A little surprised, he raised his head and stared. Seeing that Chen Jiao took the letter in his hand and replied calmly, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, and then Mao Jue quickly shook his head again.

"Nothing."

"The concubine resigned."

Holding the letter, Chen Jiao went out the door in a calm manner. She just turned her head and looked at Mao Jue, who seemed to be a little dazed at her back, and a slight smile curled up at the corner of her mouth.

"Then why are you being polite?"

I don't know who to be polite, after sending her away, Mao Jue knocked his head hard to temporarily get rid of this trouble, stood up from the desk, he went to the bookshelf to press again, buzzing With a sound, the bookshelf opened slowly like the mechanism in the movie.

Opening the iron cabinet inside, he took out a box of mirrors.

Scarcity is the most precious thing, and now Mao Jue sells a lot of commodities for export, and Western mirrors are more expensive than his, so there is no need to sell Beiyang mirrors on the street. Now, if you want to say this rare treasure to bribe Wen Tiren, Beiyang mirrors are considered a piece of cake Good door opener.

However, just as Mao Jue was picking up the mirror, there was another rush of footsteps outside.

"General! Xianzhou is here to report!"

Seeing Mao Li's hurried expression, Mao Jue reached out and put down the mirror again.

Chapter 251. Slapped on the door?

The corners of Mao Jue's mouth twitched a little. On this side, he was still planning to subdue the Hamgyong Jurchen. My good guy, they hit the door first.

Hamgyong-do Hamgyong-do is named after Hamheung and Gyeongju. When Hamgyong-do was first occupied, Lee Joseon also used these two places as important bases. Now that Mao Jue borrowed land, this is where Dongjiang and Lee Joseon competed. Fan Wenju built a mountain fort in Huangcaoling, north of Hamhung, and radiated the power of Dongjiang to the small plain of Hamhung, and this is where the accident happened.

Just three days ago, the Jurchen tribe living in Huangtupo, Shuangqing, and Xueling suddenly attacked Xianxing City, broke through the city, and looted thousands of people and animals.

Now that Xianxing City is still in the hands of Li Chao, it is reasonable to say that it has nothing to do with Mao Jue. However, the local Li Chao people actually pushed this matter to Dongjiang. They think that Dongjiang's series of reclamation and casting of the city are much stronger than Xianxing. Jingnuzhen's territory and resources stimulated this real person to go down the mountain to plunder, led by the Xianjing gentry, to send troops to expel the Dongjiang forces.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the local garrison sent a letter to Baima City, asking for help.

To be honest, the local Li family’s Korean gentry thought rightly. Like China, the Lee family’s Korea is a thoroughly farming nation. After occupying Hamgyong Road, the main force of the Lee’s Korea is still entrenched in the area next to the avenue. Among the small plains among the mountains, the mountainous areas are mainly the territory of the Jurchens.

Hamgyong-do is mountainous, with eight mountains, one water and one field, which is one of the reasons why Hamgyong-do is so barren today.

However, Mao Jue didn't play his cards according to the routine. Most of the places Dongjiang invaded were mountainous areas. Unlike the Koreans of the Li family, Dongjiang's main crops are corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. Once it comes, it will be difficult not to invade the territory of the Jurchens.

If it is normal, it is reasonable to say that Dongjiang has robbed the Hamgyong Jurchen's territory, so if you want revenge, you have to seek revenge from Dongjiang, right?However, it's not that the Xiezhen tribe has never attacked the Dongjiang Walled City, but they couldn't beat it!

These guys are similar to the savage Jurchens on the other side of Changbai Mountain and Heilongjiang. The arrows are still made of bones, and there is a serious lack of iron, let alone armor. However, all the people sent by Dongjiang to reclaim wasteland have undergone military training, and there are two cheating tools of reinforced concrete. One village built a blockhouse first, and one didn't pay attention. The blockhouse was repaired in three or four days, and one or two tiger squatting guns were equipped inside, and more than [-] old but still usable bayonet flintlocks were eliminated from the regular army. As soon as the [-] or [-] Jurchens came, the villagers hid in the bunkers as soon as the gong hit, and then as soon as the guns were fired, no matter how many Jurchens came, they could only look at this tortoise shell and look stupid.

It’s easy to be stupid. In some villages, there are military members or businessmen in the village. The family can afford the padded armor while the money is good, and they screamed and killed them. They even killed more than a dozen of his heads and took them to the command post for exchange. For meritorious rewards, some seven or eight reclamation villages joined together to take the initiative to attack, but took over the Jurchen stockade. Dongjiang, who has become a martial artist, is a local ruffian. Do these unlucky ghosts of primitive society dare to provoke them?

They all pick soft persimmons, but I can't beat you Dongjiang, so I'll grab your Li Chao head office, shall I?In the past six months, the number of times the persecuted Hamgyong Jurchen went down the mountain to attack Lee's North Korea exceeded the sum of decades in history.

No wonder Fan Wenju was so anxious to solve the problem of the Hamgyong Jurchen. He was not afraid of these nomadic peoples, but he was really afraid of making Li Dynasty's towns cry, and they were called parents.

But looking at the report, what Fan Wenju was worried about happened.Xianxing is not a small city. Once Lee's Joseon court backlash against him, both he and Li Shanhai will be under a lot of pressure. When he thinks that the old man came to Yizhou to talk to him, Mao Jue is a bit older point.

"Hey, I don't want to sleep tonight. You go and send an order to tell Guerrilla Wenmeng, General Kong Youde, and Du Si Tiantao to come to the deputy general's yamen immediately to see me!"

"Sign up and obey!"

Annoyances followed one after another. Press the gourd to float the ladle. The matter of Toyotomi's family has not been resolved at this end, and there is a disturbance at the other end. Mao Jue sat back again in agitation, but asked He was in a daze with his chin for a while, then suddenly he opened the mirror box again, and took out a large and a small mirror wrapped in mink fur, the back was made of huanghuali, exquisitely carved, and the front was decorated with gemstones and oriental beads. The larger ones were packed in a separate box, while the smaller ones were put aside.

Putting the mirror box back into the dark compartment behind the bookshelf, Mao Jue immediately rang the bell, and that idiot book boy came in again.

"My lord, you order!"

"Take this to Madam!"

Looking at the mirror that was full of jewels and jewels, but every detail was visible, the book boy's eyes were straightened, fearing that he would not be able to hold it and drop it to the ground. run away.