Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 305 Khan's Wrath

"Clap clap clap..."

On a five-storey building, ten strings of firecrackers hung from the roof to the ground, and clusters of flames exploded all the way up. The red pieces of paper scattered like flowers after the explosion, and countless people gathered in front of the building. , Pointing to the plaque covered by the red cloth and talking and laughing happily, the children cheered and chased the red pieces of paper that fell from the sky. Their laughter added a bit of festive atmosphere to this cold winter day.

This is the second reinforced concrete structure building in Wuyang and even in the whole world.It is not as big as the Nanyang Technical School, which has been renovated and will be put into use next year, but the luxurious decoration is a few grades higher than the school: it adopts a steeple-like structure, which is quite Gothic Needless to say, such a design must have come from the hands of those two missionaries; the outer wall is pasted with gold bricks purchased at a high price from the famous porcelain producing area in Jiangxi, each piece is yellow and as hard as iron, and throws metal bricks on the ground. With the sound of clashes, the sun shone through, and the entire wall glowed with golden light, which was extremely gorgeous; the floor of each floor was also covered with gold bricks, which was extremely flat, and silver-plated chandeliers were hung on the ceiling, like blossoming flowers. The lotus flower, silver light flowing, dazzling, just these few handicrafts are worth a lot of money.By the way, there is a fireplace installed inside, and when a fire is lit, it will be warm inside no matter how cold it is, even warmer than hiding in a kang.That's right, it is the first bank in Wuyang County, and also the first real bank in the entire Ming Dynasty, Limin Bank.Half a year ago, the whole of Wuyang and even the whole of Nanyang knew that there was going to be a bank here, and everyone who had spare money deposited in it would not only charge no money, but also get interest, and if money was tight, they could also borrow money from here, and the interest rate was quite low, compared to It’s much more fair to look for the landlord or the underground bank, the usury like a donkey rolling. Everyone is very curious, and wants to see what is going on with this bank that saves money and makes money without doing anything. Now Limin Bank wants The ribbon was cut, and tens of thousands of people flocked here, even people from Xixia and Zhechuan came to watch the excitement. Fang Yizhi, Zhang Tong, Cheng Ji and other big names in Nanyang were also among them. Of course, The most conspicuous one was Xiao Yufang, dressed in snow-white clothes, coupled with a quiet and gentle smile on her face, no matter where she went, she always turned heads [-]%.

It's just that she lost some weight, which is distressing.The firecrackers were finally set off, and Cheng Jun, dressed in a festive red God of Wealth costume, came out accompanied by several women in red clothes, bowed to everyone, and said: "Dear folks, thank you all Come to join us. Today, my Limin Bank has opened. Here, I would like to thank all the elders, all the squires, as well as the magistrates, magistrates, and Commander Yang. Without their help, this bank would not be able to run! I don’t want to say more, Limin Bank, as the name suggests, is to benefit the people, this bank will definitely adhere to this purpose, whether you come here to save money or take out loans, we will try our best to let everyone benefit from it..." These words I don’t know how long he’s been memorizing, but he speaks eloquently, fluently, and easy to understand. At least through his speech, everyone understands that the interest rate for saving money here is 17%, and the interest rate for loans here is [-]%. It is two points. There is a time limit for deposits and loans. The longer the time, the more interest or interest rate.To put it simply, if they save ten taels of silver here, they can get thirty taels of silver every month. After a year, they will have almost half a tael of silver. If they save it for three years, they can get more than one tael Interest.If they borrow ten taels of silver here, it will be more unlucky. The monthly interest is two hundred taels, which will reach two taels of silver in one year, and seven taels of silver in three years, that is to say, after three years They wanted to return [-] taels of silver to the bank.After understanding this account, everyone exclaimed: "It's too kind!" Don't believe it?If you don’t believe me, go borrow ten taels of silver from the landlord’s house or bank, and then pay it back after three years?Even if you sell all your bones, you won’t be able to pay back!The most important thing is that the bank will not use any violent means to force the debt. If they fail to pay back when the time comes, they will take away the real estate of the equivalent value, and will never use that unlucky wife and daughter to pay off the debt.After figuring this out, everyone discussed excitedly, thinking that it would be a good deal to save some money. Although the interest is not much, it is still an extra income. If you can deposit thousands of taels of silver at once, each The monthly interest is equivalent to a rich farmer's annual income. Where can I find such a good thing.

Cheng Qi leaned over to Xiao Yufang's side, her two pretty willow eyebrows twisted into knots: "What's wrong with my elder brother? He has no literary talent at all, so what's the difference between him and a villager!"

Xiao Yufang smiled: "If you don't say it like this, how can everyone understand it?"

Cheng Qi was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's right... Well, he can't think of this trick, it must be taught by Yang Menglong's big horse monkey!"

Hearing her mention Yang Menglong, Xiao Yufang's expression darkened, and she sighed faintly.

Cheng Qi knew that she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it... What, you miss him again?"

Xiao Yufang said: "Can you not think about it? I don't know how he is doing now!"

Cheng Qi said: "Don't worry about it. He is superb in martial arts, brave and invincible, and he will be fine. When he comes back, don't care about anything else. Let him make up the wedding ceremony for you first, and then let him kneel down and wear three pieces of rubbish. Clothes board, let him know the consequences of leaving his fiancée to go to war!"

Xiao Yufang couldn't help pursing her lips into a smile: "If I do this, I'm afraid he will never come back again. Only this person, he will take the soft but not the hard..." At this time Cheng Jun began to read the list, and asked someone to go up and cut the ribbon. There is Xiao Yufang's name here, Yang Menglong is not here, so naturally she, the wife of the commander of the Wuyang Guard, will do it for her.Under the protection of Jiang Zheng and Li Yong, she went up with a charming smile and stood in a row with Fang Yizhi, Zhang Tong, Cheng Ji and others. Someone straightened a piece of red silk tied with big red flowers and participated in the ceremony. The ribbon-cutters took the golden scissors and cut them into several sections. Everyone cheered and applauded vigorously, making it very lively.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Limin Bank officially opened for business.In front of everyone, Jiang Zheng directed several of his subordinates to bring several boxes of silver, totaling two to three thousand taels. Xiao Yufang came to the window sill and started to handle the deposit business.The bank staff swiftly counted the money and judged its authenticity. After everything was confirmed, the bank issued a deposit receipt, and took several large and small red seals on it, and then asked Xiao Yufang to sign and fingerprint it , and then make two copies, one kept by her and one kept by the bank.If you want to withdraw money, you must bring the receipt. The seal, handwriting, and fingerprints must be exactly the same, otherwise you will not get the money, which completely eliminates the possibility of any party tampering.Everyone sticks out their tongues, darling, there are so many procedures!
In the end, a girl with a sweet smile sent Xiao Yufang out, and the deal was considered complete.Then, Fang Yizhi also went to the window sill to handle a deposit of 100 taels of silver. Zhang Tong was not so rich, so he also deposited 20 taels.Seeing that both of them had saved money, everyone no longer had any doubts, and went home one after another, taking out some spare money to save.

No matter how much money is saved, the female staff in charge of handling the formalities always has a warm smile, and there are many procedures to be done, which makes people feel at ease and comfortable.They may not know that this group of female staff has received half a year of training before taking up the job, and the most ruthless training is smiling, which makes their faces stiff...

Seeing more and more people take out their spare money to handle business, Fang Yizhi said with a smile: "It seems that this bank can really absorb funds and make profits. In this way, no matter where the common people are here Both deposits and loans can get certain benefits, so the idea of ​​that kid is still feasible."

Zhang Tong, however, had a worried expression on his face: "It's definitely not a problem for the bank to make money, but... well, I don't know what happened to that guy. There is no news at all. It's really frustrating."

Fang Yizhi smiled wryly: "Who says it's not. I hope he will come back safely."

When Yang Menglong was mentioned, the two adults had a gloomy look on their faces.That big horse monkey, when he was there, was constantly troublesome and tossing all day long, making people very annoying, but when he led the troops to fight, people had to worry about him again, alas, People are so contradictory!

A trace of coolness lingered in the head, followed by a burning pain, which was terribly painful.Yang Menglong yelled: "Ah————————————— You want to kill me!?" He sat up violently!
There was excited cheers all around, countless drops of saliva splashed like a fountain, covering his face, and many people shouted: "Wake up! He's awake! Thank God, he finally woke up!"

Only then did Yang Menglong realize that he was sitting on a flatbed cart, surrounded by people, Han Peng, Qi Hu, Qi Polu, Xue Siming, Wang Tiehui, Xu Meng, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Bianjiao, Zu Kuan, Lei Shisheng, Li Chongshi, Qian Yu...all the people they knew and didn't know were here, worry and ecstasy were written on their faces.He scratched his head, only to find a thick layer of bandages, and his head was wrapped into a rice dumpling.General Zongzi asked blankly, "Why are you all here? Is the battle over?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's over, it's over!"

Yang Menglong asked excitedly: "Then did we win or lose? I...I remember I stabbed a fat man in a golden armor. He should be Huang Taiji, right? Did I stab him to death?"

Xue Siming said: "That man is the slave chieftain Huang Taiji. My lord, your shot was really hard, piercing the neck of his war horse!"

Yang Menglong's eyes widened: "I stabbed his horse's neck in half? Does that mean I didn't stab him?"

Zhong Ning said: "Although my lord didn't stab him, but he was injured by falling off the horse, and he was unconscious. It's a great achievement."

Yang Menglong muttered: "Great work for the bird, what a great work it is not to stab him to death!"

Everyone looked at each other, dumbfounded.This kid was slashed on the head by the Golden Cavalry, and the heavy saber hit the helmet, which made his eyes stare, he lost his aim, and stabbed Huang Taiji's horse to death with a single shot.However, Mang Gurtai, Azig, Oboi, Sahalian and many other posthumous generals rushed over desperately. Aoboi shot through Yang Menglong's steel helmet with one arrow, and the fierce force carried by the heavy arrow smashed the boy alive. Knocked out.He was completely unconscious, but he didn't know that when he saw an arrow in his head and fell from the back of the camel, the two thousand soldiers of the Wuyang Guard were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart, their pupils bloodshot, and they launched an extremely violent attack towards the Houjin army in that direction. During the attack, many Houjin soldiers were torn into pieces. Xue Siming, Zhong Ning, Cao Jun, Qin Mai, Wang Tiehammer, and Xu Meng, these powerful generals, even had blood red eyes, and rushed up to fight with Houjin's generals.Coincidentally, Huang Taiji fell from his horse and fell into a coma. The soldiers of the two armies surrounded the two unconscious guys and fought in a daze. Since the war with Houjin, there has never been a war that was fought so fiercely.The casualties on both sides were extremely heavy. In the end, the battle turned into a fight between the Ming army and the Houjin auxiliary soldiers. on them.

In the end, Wuyangwei's heavy infantry split a bloody alley with their giant axes and snatched Yang Menglong back. After paying a heavy price, Hou Jin also successfully snatched back their Khan King.The Ming army was unable to fight any more, while Hou Jin was already timid, afraid of suffering more serious casualties, and did not dare to fight again. Everyone shook hands and made peace. Feng chats with Zu Dashou.Thinking of the banks of the Daling River shrouded in blood mist, and thinking of the puddles of blood flowing, everyone felt lingering fear. This battle was fought too fiercely!
Yang Menglong didn't know this, he was still frustrated that he couldn't kill Huang Taiji with a single shot.Lu Xiangsheng patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't be discouraged, you have indeed made great contributions. Not only did you save the lives of more than [-] of our army, but you also stabbed the horse of the slave chief to death with one shot, severely injured the slave chief, and promoted our Ming army." Wei, this is an extraordinary feat, who can compare with it?"

Yang Menglong said: "There is no point in doing meritorious service, and there is no reward! By the way, how is your Tianxiong army? Are there many casualties?"

Lu Xiangsheng's expression darkened: "Nearly half of the casualties, more than 2000 people died in battle, and their bodies were left on the banks of the Daling River. There is no way to get them back."

Yang Menglong shivered, screaming in his heart: "What about the Guan Ning Army? And my troops? Are there too many casualties?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Guan Ning's army has less than [-] of the [-] cavalry left. As for the Wuyang Guard, not counting the civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers, there are more than [-] casualties in the soldiers alone."

Yang Menglong opened his mouth wide enough to fit a five-kilogram shot put in: "How much... how much?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "There were 560 people, of whom more than [-] were killed in battle."

Yang Menglong's eyes were dumbfounded, he jumped up and looked at his troops, it was really short, there were wounded soldiers on the carriage and on the horseback.He never imagined that the casualties were so heavy. It is said that one tenth of the army casualties in the feudal era would collapse. If this theory is true, the Wuyang Guard has collapsed countless times.He widened his eyes and roared at his troops: "You bastards, can't you cherish your own lives? Do you know that your lives are very precious! I will give 40 taels of pension to an ordinary soldier who died in battle. A cavalryman and a heavy infantryman, I have to give 100 taels of silver and forty acres of fertile land! You are good, you don’t want to die when you start a war, do you intend to make me bankrupt!!!”

He was just roaring, Huang Taiji was about to cry.This battle was fought too fiercely, especially the battle surrounding the robbing of him and Yang Menglong, which became Hou Jin's worst nightmare since the army started. Wuyang Guard, Tianxiong Army and even Guan Ning Army all had blood in their eyes Guang rushed up one after another, completely disregarding life and death, and that square inch of land became a bloody slaughterhouse for Shura.The flag owners of the two white flags, two yellow flags, and two red flags who participated in this battle were kneeling in front of his bed and weeping bitterly, lamenting that the loss was too heavy, and their bones had been broken!

In this battle, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers were killed or injured, and nearly [-] Jin Jurchen soldiers died or injured. The Mongolian army did not have the courage to count the casualties.Hou Jin won this battle, but such a victory is extremely bitter. It can be concluded that if there are a few more such victories, the Jurchens will be extinct.

Huang Taiji looked at the series of shocking numbers, the more he looked at them, the more his hands trembled.The nightmare he had been trying to avoid was still happening. The Ming army seemed to have found the most effective strategy and tactics to deal with Dajin, causing the generals of Dajin to suffer an unprecedented defeat. Even he almost died under the guns of the Ming army!He was frightened and angry, and finally lost his mind, tore the piece of paper in his hand into pieces and threw it far away, howling!
Howling like a wounded beast!

(End of this chapter)