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Chapter 674 The Enemy of the Enemy

Upon hearing this, even though Dorgon was older than his age, he still couldn't help but get excited and quickly asked: "Where can I buy it?"

If the food crisis can be solved, then the Qing Dynasty can survive this winter's difficulties, and Duduo can also get away with it. At most, he will only be demoted. As for himself, he will also gain a lot of reputation.

Haha, even Huang Taiji can't do anything. What he can't help, he can help! Those tribesmen who were going to starve will definitely have a good impression of themselves and give themselves the capital to act in the future!

Lord Guanghai also heard the excitement in Dorgon's words. He did not dare to neglect and quickly replied: "The Japanese pirates who are across the strait from me in Korea have food. As long as you have money, you can get it from them." Buy it.”

When Dorgon heard this, he suddenly realized. yes! The surrounding Mongolia can only herd cattle and are extremely poor, while the only others are the archrival Ming. Without the former Ming governor, there would be no one to sell grain to the Qing Dynasty. But the Japanese pirates were different. They were mortal enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and they even fought to death during the Wanli period. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. It should be easy for the Qing Dynasty to reach friendly relations with the Japanese pirates. There should be no problem in paying for food!

With this in mind, when he was about to speak, Lord Guanghai said hesitantly: "It's just that the relationship between North Korea and the Japanese pirates is not good, and Mr. Beile should also know it. Therefore, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will need to buy grain." Just show up in person!"

When he said this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He had come to prominence during the invasion of Japanese pirates, which laid the foundation for him to eventually win the throne. Now that I can please this Lord Baylor, he actually moved out the Japanese pirates again. This Japanese pirate is an enemy to North Korea, but to himself, he seems to be a lucky star!

Dorgon didn't care about this after hearing this, and immediately said to Lord Guanghai: "In that case, you go prepare the ship, and I will send Ying Erdai to go!"

For things like this, the best thing would be for Huang Taiji to give the certificate of nationality and buy it in the name of the Qing Dynasty. Maybe we can even form an alliance and get cheap food.

However, Dorgon had his own little calculation, so he had no intention of reporting this matter to Liaodong. His idea was to buy the grain, wait a little longer, and then take out the purchased grain when Liaodong needed it most, so as to maximize profits.

As soon as Lord Guanghai heard that Dorgon was going to send Ying Erdai, he immediately knew that Dorgon attached great importance to this matter, so he quickly agreed, and then thought about arranging the ship.

But before he could say goodbye, Dorgon suddenly said with a smile: "This time I brought a large army to protect North Korea, and the rations I brought were less than half a month. Now I still need to help you suppress the rebels. No matter from which aspect, You, the North Korean side, need to provide military rations. Otherwise, if my men are hungry, I don’t know what they will do!”

"..." Lord Guanghai was stunned upon hearing this, and couldn't help but complain in his heart. Dorgon brought a lot of troops this time, and there must be a lot of military rations needed. Where can he collect such a large amount of military rations?

He came back to his senses and immediately begged with a mournful face: "Master Beile, this small country really has no food. Do you think this is okay? In this half month, you quickly send troops to quell the rebels. The Qing Dynasty is invincible in battle, those who The thieves are definitely not..."

Before he finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Dorgon. I heard him say a little angrily: "As the king of a country, haven't you heard that war is dangerous and arrogant soldiers will be defeated? In war, even if the opponent is really weak, if you are arrogant and careless, you will be punished. The battle is lost. If it is because of too much haste, who can bear the responsibility if the battle is lost?"

"..." Lord Guanghai was speechless again. He could not refute Dorgon's words. Although he knew that no matter how hurried the Qing Dynasty was, it would definitely be impossible to lose the battle against those thieves. But when the commander-in-chief said this, he really couldn’t be wrong in terms of words!

In this case, according to Dorgon's wishes, this food must still be provided! When he thought of this, Guang Haijun felt that the few remaining black hair were turning gray.

Dorgon looked at his sad face, as if his father had died, and suddenly smiled slightly and said: "I also know that North Korea has no food, so this is good. Ying Erdai went to the Japanese pirates this time to buy The money needed for the food will be paid by you. How about that?"

"..." Mr. Guanghai was speechless. Only then did he realize that Dorgon had had this idea from the beginning. However, he couldn't refuse.

After being stunned for a while, he had no choice but to agree and leave, not daring to think about getting along with Dorgon again. Faintly, he felt that although Dorgon seemed to follow rules and etiquette in speaking and doing things, he was much more difficult to deal with than Dodo.

As soon as Guanghaijun left, Duduo came out of the back tent with an expression of surprise. He naturally also knew that if Dorgon could really do it, buy food from the Japanese pirates with nothing, how much benefit would there be.

Dorgon turned to look at him and immediately said to him: "Ying Erdai is relatively calm and good at dealing with others. You should immediately send an order for him to return to Seoul."

On Jianlu's side, Ying Erdai was better at doing diplomatic things. In the original history, he had sent envoys on behalf of Jianlu many times, and his talent in this area was recognized by Jianlu as relatively strong.

Naturally, Duduo didn't say anything and immediately sent someone to tell Ying Erdai.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, had led his Dongjiang Army to dock at the port of Lushun. As soon as he got off the boat, Xu Fuzhuo, who was stationed here, immediately came over and reported: "Master Zhongcheng, yesterday Jinzhou noticed something strange in Lushun, and even sent a scout horse over this morning. Although the general ambushed He succeeded, but one person still escaped.”

The fact that Lushun was occupied by the Ming army would actually be discovered by the Jianlu sooner or later. Lu Xiangsheng was not very angry about this. It's just that the new army has not yet arrived. If there is no Port Arthur to rest and recuperate, they will have to find another island to rest and recuperate.

Compared with the islands, Lushun is naturally the best place to rest and relax. It is also because of this that when they destroyed the food of the Jianlu in Liaodong, they avoided Jinzhou and boarded the ship from Fuzhou to leave Liaodong.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and then ordered Wei Mulan who was following him: "Tell the emperor that I want to knock down Jinzhou before the new army comes. Firstly, we can protect Lushun, and secondly, There should be some food in Jinzhou that can be used by me! See if the emperor agrees?"

After hearing this, Wei Mulan immediately agreed and went to report to Emperor Chongzhen.

Thanks to dhb, Qinshui Bingxin, and Boring Passer 08 for the rewards!

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