Chapter 35 Treating Guests (Part 2)
Without waiting for others to ask, the guerrillas from the Green Camp in Shanxi revealed themselves: "Since the end of the future, Sichuan, I have hardly left Chongqing. I am worried all day long that Duke Baoguo will come to attack us. The only time I left the city was when I went to Zhong County last time, I lost half of my life. After escaping back to Chongqing, I was worried for another year... There was nothing around Chongqing, there was no farming to grow grain, and I didn't raise a few pigs. I even ate silk with meat. It was the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival... "
The Westerners were so sad when they remembered the hard days of moving town to Chongqing. They were obviously leaning against the Yangtze River, but Ming army ships passed by the city every day, and they didn’t even dare to fish. The Jialing River did not have Ming army, but there were also fishing boats. All the supplies were transported from Baoning, so everything was simple. In addition to basic rice and bean rations, they could only dig wild vegetables around the city, and mushrooms were given priority for the supply of Manchuria Taijun. Today, the commander of the Eight Banners was also present. Shanxi people felt wronged but did not dare to reveal their complaints.
The crying of Shanxi people aroused a resonance. Even the Manchu Taijun felt that this meal was much more sumptuous than that of Chongqing.
"Then eat more." Deng Ming felt a big stone fell to the ground when he heard this. What he was most worried about was what this person said, which led to the dinner ending quickly, so he had no chance to promote stones.
Although jade is beautiful, people from several southeastern provinces don’t want it—they are willing to buy some gems; Li Dingguo doesn’t want it—the Ming army in Kunming only needs supplies except for the gold from Myanmar; Feng Shuangli doesn’t want it either—just politely took a few pieces to watch; Deng made up his mind to make all these ignorant people regret it so much that their intestines were blushed.
There were still some words in his heart that the Shanxi general did not say. He thought that this time he was a horizon. As Gao Mingzhan said, Deng Ming’s food here was good. If Deng Ming did have credit, who would be willing to fight him in times of crisis in the future? When Shanxi Green Camp escaped from Zhong County last time, the weak people filled the ditches on the way, and the strong man lost half of them. However, Wang Mingde and others came back one by one. Wang Mingde said that they had been in Zhong County until the Ming army retreated, and most of them had paid the food expenses?
"Come on, have some drinks from Chengdu." Deng Ming clapped his hands, and someone immediately brought a few wooden barrels. After tasting the foamy drink, Wang Mingde asked with some difficulty: "Is this wine?"
"Wang Shuai said it well. This is brewed with wheat. I named it beer. This kind of wine is most suitable for us martial artists. If you don't have much alcohol, you won't miss it if you drink too much. Drink more and drink more."
There were two wells near the Ming army camp. The Ming army soaked the beer barrels in advance in the well water. When they were taken out, the beer was cold and cold. The Qing army generals found that this thing tasted good and did not have any energy, so they poured it into their stomachs in big mouthfuls while chatting. When the Qing army generals drank their tongues, Deng Ming felt that the time was almost the same. The so-called sharpening of the knife would not delay the chopping of wood. Deng Ming planned to take advantage of his time in Chongqing to develop these local snakes in the northwest into western Sichuan trade. After negotiations with Gao Mingzhan yesterday, Deng Ming felt that this matter was very promising.
Even if the Ming army takes Chongqing in the future, and fights these Qing soldiers back to Baoning, Hanzhong, or even back to Xi'an, as long as the Ming army does not control the whole of China for a day, it will require trade channels to sell goods to the Qing Dynasty's controlled areas. With the actions of British imperialism in the past, Deng Ming fully understands that business transactions will not affect the fight, and many times the fight is to do better business.
The hardness of jade is very high. Deng Ming came back in a hurry and lacked stonemasons, so he could not process some samples. However, Deng Ming could draw. There were a few pieces of painting paper behind him, with colorful patterns on it, all of which were jade pen holders, pen holders or other tabletops designed by Deng Ming, as well as various teapots, dishes, jewelry, etc. In Deng Ming's view, jade is like jade, essentially stone, and the only factor that determines the price is popularity. Therefore, he designed some sketches of jade products, most of which are daily necessities. Deng Ming estimated that jade with high hardness would have advantages in this regard.
After hearing the Shanxi man’s complaints, Deng Ming took the opportunity to start, saying that as long as Chongqing is willing to pay, western Sichuan can sell them side dishes, alcohol, and other consumable luxury goods. Deng Ming said, and then brought the tobacco from Huguang to ask the Chongqing Green Camp officers to taste it.
"The Prince of Yanping took over Taiwan, which is a big island." Deng Ming revealed an inside story to the Green Camp generals while they were busy smoking: "Taiwan produces sugarcane, and in the future, western Sichuan will buy sugar from Taiwan. It is good sugar as thin as sand and as white as clouds. If you need it, we can sell some to you when we pass by Chongqing."
Hearing this, many green camp generals' eyes shone again. Although they belonged to generals, in this era when the flow of materials was extremely underdeveloped, the materials of the front-line generals were very monotonous. Just like the tobacco that Deng Ming had just taken out. Chongqing, an isolated island surrounded by the Ming army, has not received similar supplies for a long time. Occasionally, a little from Xi'an will be transported by everyone in a blink of an eye. White sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and other seasonings are not necessities. When there are insufficient ships in the Jialing River and half of the supplies have to be carried by manual shoulders and backs, Li Guoying will only transport more grain and beans.
The problem is that the generals in Chongqing have no money now, and there is only the food and fodder transported by Li Guoying in the warehouse. This thing will definitely not be sold at a price in western Sichuan. Just look at Deng Ming who can keep replenishing supplies to the Kuidong Army. Moreover, the two armies are still fighting now. If they sell the military rations to the enemy, would they think they were not dying fast enough? You must know that not everyone belongs to Yuan Chonghuan.
Thinking of this, the eyes of the Green Camp officers dimmed. With the intention of drinking, they complained loudly about Chongqing's pitiful supplies. Many people blurted out that Li Guoying had a good idea and staying in Chongqing was boring. It would be better to go back to northern Sichuan or simply go back to Shaanxi. At least they would be richer in food and food, and they wouldn't have to worry about being beaten by the Ming army all day long.
"It turns out that Li Guoying also thinks Chongqing is useless." Deng Ming's face was quiet, and he had already given these people the simplest idea: "By the way to eat the mountains, do you still want to move Chongqing City back to Baoning? Why don't you sell some scrap?"
"What is selling waste?" Gao Mingzhan asked back.
"If you promise not to rob, I will go back to Chengdu and Xuzhou to open a market in Jiangjin or some other place. There is always some wood in the houses in Chongqing, and maybe some copper and iron corners. This can be sold as scrap copper, scrap iron, and scrap wood to merchants in western Sichuan. So you will have money." Deng Ming said: "Anyway, you are going to withdraw your troops, and you can't take these things away. I wonder if Governor Li will really withdraw your troops. If you need these things in Chengdu, you can use them first if you sell them."
"It sounds good." The green camp generals continued to enjoy beer, while discussing how to divide the city and then sell waste at the dinner table. There are no people in Chongqing but only army, and abandoned houses are useless. After Deng Ming proposed this method to sell waste, they found that these useless things seemed to be of some use.
"What's wrong with iron? It's too brittle to make weapons. Cannons be sold for scrap copper left over from casting cannons?" The Qing generals promised not to rob the market under Deng Ming's protection. Deng Ming thought that when the time was right, the merchants who collected scrap could directly go to Futu Pass to set up stalls. If they could come into contact with ordinary green camp soldiers, they would probably be the flagpoles of the generals who would turn into waste and be recycled by western Sichuan merchants.
"This ale is really good," after several big bowls of wine, the voice of Shanxi guerrillas also shook the sky, and he actually asked Deng Ming: "Admiral Deng, is this ale still there?"
"Yes, it's enough to drink." Deng Ming asked someone to pick up a few more barrels of wine from the well: "In the future, if you like to drink, you should be able to buy it from merchants in western Sichuan." - After Deng Ming returned, he must tell the merchants that the business of supplying beer to Chongqing can be determined as a construction project in western Sichuan, and merchants can enjoy tax incentives.
"The cannons cast by the Governor are also scrap." Finally, someone mentioned the super cannon cast by Li Guoying. Wang Mingde, who was still a little clear-headed, tried to distract the topic, but the others were drunk and dissatisfied: "The cannon is useless. What are you afraid of when you tell Admiral Deng?"
After learning that Li Guoying had such an idea, Deng Ming laughed: "If I bombard my ship, I have to attack Chongqing. This is no different from robbing the market in western Sichuan. However, this kind of cannon is useless to me. You don't have a ship to let us fight. If you don't want it, you can only sell it as scrap copper."
The Qing army in Chongqing was much more motivated than the Qing army in Huguang and Liangjiang. When Deng Ming discussed this issue with his officers, he believed that the important reason was that they had fewer concerns and poor quality of life. Therefore, Deng Ming was willing to sell some luxury goods to the Qing army in Chongqing to improve their lives.
However, selling waste products will definitely not be able to sell millionaires, and Deng Ming cannot take up much advantage of recycling waste products. After mobilizing these people's desire for wealth, Deng Ming launched his long-planned jewelry business and talked with the green camp generals about the future and appreciation potential of jade, as well as the health care value of jade.
When I was traveling in Sichuan in my previous life, Sichuanese talked with Deng Ming about the medicinal value of crystals and cited "Compendium of Materia Medica" as evidence. Li Shizhen said in the book that crystals have a cold taste, which can improve eyesight, remove dampness and heat, and eliminate tumors. At that time, Deng Ming wanted to refute in public: It would be fine if Li Shizhen, an ancient man who did not understand chemistry. It would be fine, but crystals like sand, such as crystals, are just good-looking in shape, and Li Shizhen. When did he say that crystals can absorb computer radiation, which is mainly used to treat bulges in the lumbar disc and hyperplasia?
"Emerald is a product of the southern country. It tastes hot and removes cold and has miraculous effects on rheumatism." In the previous life, those who sold crystals in Sichuan could fool people who had studied chemistry. Deng Ming felt that it was even more difficult to fool these guys who didn't understand chemistry: "This is written in the "Huangdi Neijing". "Deng Ming didn't know whether the compendium of Materia Medica was written, but he knew that none of the people here had read the book "Huangdi Neijing".
Chapter completed!