Beiyang new warlord

When this stall is large enough and the company's interests and investment have reached the point where it cannot be stopped, it is Wu Sangui's opportunity to build a career!

When a person is poor and white, it is often also the time when he is most ambitious. From the original Pingxibo, the Shanhaiguan commander-in-chief has now fallen to Calcutta to guard, with only a hundred or so soldiers in his hand. It can be said that Wu Sangui has fallen to the lowest point.

Therefore, he cherishes every opportunity in front of him very much! Seeing that the goods on this side are almost unloaded, Wu Sangui on the other side immediately paced down the city wall, eagerly shouting orders.

"Prepare the car, prepare the presents, I will personally visit Lord Nawab of Bengal!"

Chapter 665. The public relations brother Wu Sangui, returned to Beijing to fool Mao Jue

Wu Sangui belongs to the old bureaucrats. Compared with the officers and generals who came out of the Far East Military Academy under Mao Jue, he has too many problems, such as eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and bribery. The Wu family has been able to stand in Liaodong for so long. It is said that Wu Sangui also recognized a certain eunuch as a godfather, and coaxed Gao Qiqian and Cao Huachun into joy.

If it was in Daming, Wu Sangui would undoubtedly become a moth in the army, a local scourge, but overseas, his scorpion disease has become the shining point of Jin Jin.

It was still the Governor's Palace with a hint of blue, but compared with the previous chanting, there was a crisp crashing sound coming from the back of the palace, and Deputy King Rawab was sitting upright with a big turban on his head. In front of a square table, beside him were two bearded and long-robed generals from Bangladesh, and the last one was Wu Sangui who hurried to the city of Bangladesh.

At this time, Wu Sangui couldn't see the slightest shadow of the Liaodong warlord. He was sweating profusely, with a bitter face, like Wang Laoji, trembling and fumbling for cards. After a long time of grief, he finally found a card The second cake made of ivory came, and I threw it out tremblingly.

"Must!"

The action was so neat and uniform, the three decks of cards were turned over together, just like winning a huge battle, the three pairs of dark eye shadows and the eyes of the Egyptian ladyboy were also bloodshot with excitement, and the three uniform hands were deep. out.

"Take care of yourself, bring the money!"

The charm of mahjong, which later generations will call China's "national quintessence", is indeed high enough, especially the excitement of winning money. Looking at the greedy eyes, Wu Sangui took out his chips sadly and flattered him pitifully.

"The vice prince is a master at governing the country. He is so good at playing cards. If he stays any longer, I'm afraid Wu will be penniless. Hurry up and return home with your tail between your legs!"

"Oh! You crooked fruit merchants are very cunning. You Oriental silks are best-selling. This month, the Vice-Prince's Palace bought a few boxes. If things go on like this, you will lose all of our gold and silver!"

Only warriors can win the respect of warriors. As soon as he came, Wu Sangui showed extraordinary strength, especially he is not only powerful, but also very tactful and knows how to flatter. Take this night of mahjong as an example. For the card of courtiers, he tried his best to fight to the end, making it very difficult for several big shots in the Bengal province, but they could always show some flaws at critical moments and let them win. Only in this way can winning be enjoyable and hearty.

With the addition of the two, Wu Sangui has already become a guest of the card player level in Lawab's court. While touching the cards, the vice king is still talking casually.

"Silk? Oh! Vice-Prince, did you buy the silk at the sari field? It's not silk from our East India Company, it's sold by Lord Jiasha's clan."

He played Zhang Hongzhong in such a casual manner, and Wu Sangui hummed as if chatting about family affairs.

"People are more popular than people! Like our East India Company, it takes more than two months to travel the Guanghai Road to bring silk from Daming, and a piece of silk can be sold for five gold coins. It's hard to earn money. Master Jia Sha sold eight gold coins as soon as he changed hands, which is a big box of gold coins a year."

"It's okay if you don't sell it to him. We East India Company people are not allowed to go deep into the imperial trade. If Master Jiasha doesn't accept it, I'm afraid our silk will rot in the port!"

Wu Sangui seemed to have no intention of speaking, but Lawab was interested in the listener. Silk was considered a complete luxury in the Mughals, so he also asked about it when the court purchased it. It takes [-] gold coin to buy one horse, and the distance from Calcutta to Bengal city is only [-] gold coins for Jasha, and he even earns it on his head.

This made the governor very upset.

With one hand, he typed out Zhang Liutiao, and on the other hand, he couldn't help asking: "Did Jia Sha buy anything with you?"

"Master Jiasha is very interested in our cannons. He bought silk last month and took away two doors. Rawab, you don't know. I finally made a fortune from this business. In our country, cannons It’s only 500 taels, which is only fifty gold coins. I quoted a thousand gold coins, but Master Jashar took it away without bargaining! Thanks to this income, otherwise the great Shah Jahan collected the money from the merchants. Taxes are almost unaffordable.”

"cannon!"

Once again, the real ruler of Bengal couldn't help but muttered heavily, and immediately his interest in playing cards was not so high.

Unlike the unified feudal empire of the Ming Dynasty, the Mughal Empire was defeated by foreign invasions and gained political power. While gaining dominance, the Delhi Sultanate and the Rajput Kingdom before the Mughals left a large number of residual forces. The Mughal bureaucrats needed to rule India indirectly by ruling them.

Jiasha's tribe belongs to one of such large Tu tribes.

Even the Jiangnan aristocratic families that grew up under the command of Daming have become the cancer of the empire and the confidant’s serious troubles, not to mention these guys who are not from our clan and have a different heart. The idea is simply idiotic.

After playing a few more rounds, Lawab broke up the game on the excuse that he was tired.

This night, if he lost 1000 taels, he would have to have 800 taels, but Wu Sangui didn't have the consciousness of losing money at all. Instead, he walked out of the palace at a relaxed pace, yawning easily while walking.

But as soon as he reached the door, he was stopped. A turban was wrapped around his head, he was wearing a white robe, but his skin was slightly dark. The palace steward who was born in India saluted him politely.

"This old slave pays homage to Lord Wu Sangui of Calcutta!"

"Oh? What is the Master Manager doing with Mr. Wu?"

"Master Wu, Lord Lawab told Lao Nu to form a caravan. In the future, your company does not need to sell the goods in Calcutta, just send people to follow Lao Nu!"

The Mughal Empire used and guarded against these Western capitalists. It was already very similar to the late Qing Dynasty. It only designated special areas for Western countries to trade and settle, and did not allow them to go deep into the interior to contact the people of their own countries. However, The profit of selling goods by yourself is definitely much higher than that of selling them wholesale to Indian merchants, especially if the latter controls the market by themselves.

Although letting his court steward look at him, he was still quite prepared, but at least he allowed Daming and the British United East India Company to go deep into the inland to do business. Compared with the East India Companies of France, Holland, Spain, and Portugal, Wu Sangui was already He took a hard step out.

And just like the East India Company, which was exclusively operated by the British in history, since it has landed, how can the East India Company do business so honestly?

Burying a triumphant smile at the corner of his mouth, Wu Sangui bowed gracefully.

"Thank you, my lord!"

When the sky in Tianzhu just dawned, it was already ten o'clock in the morning in the capital, the heart of the ancient empire far in the east. The towering and majestic Chaoyang Gate, civil and military officials lined up neatly on both sides of the road, and teams of capital soldiers were busy spreading the loess On the road surface, everyone nervously looked south.

When a gorgeous carriage decorated with a huge gilt dragon shape appeared in the eyes of all the officials, everyone was relieved. The regent Mao Jue, his mother, finally returned to the capital!

Speaking of Nanzheng, this guy has been in Hangzhou for more than a year and a half like the Hunjun. The officials in the capital for a long time even have an illusion that the Ming Dynasty will move the capital like the Southern Song Dynasty, and other people are far away from the emperor. The head is Tiangao Wenguanyuan. Everyone in the capital scolded Tiangao for the absurd things he did in the south, and he pretended not to hear.

Now it’s finally healed, I’ve had enough tossing and returned to Beijing, and I can finally be a “Ming Jun and a Good Emperor” in the eyes of a scholar-bureaucrat under the “care” of the civil servants!

However, there are still a small number of old antiques who are concerned. Now that Mao Jue has returned to Beijing aggressively, it is estimated that the days of the enlightened emperor in the capital have also entered the countdown. The Ming Dynasty is really going to die, and the day of changing the dynasty is imminent. Let the self-proclaimed Ming Dynasty The old antiques of the loyal ministers are in a state of confusion.

But regardless of whether he was welcome or not, Mao Jue came back carelessly, and when he came back, the three-to-four-story Dongjiang-style building complex that was announced before the expedition and was ordered to be rebuilt by the central government was officially completed. On the same day, Mao Jue moved here with all the civil and military officials, and named the most central office where the regent lives as the White House.

This is undoubtedly another strong political signal. The name of the White House seems too vulgar to the well-educated scholar-officials, but who can use the name of the palace?Emperor! Mao Jue's meaning of changing the dynasty seems to be more clear.

In the evening, following Mao Jue, Daming's First Ladies "men" also moved in one after another.

"master!"

To say that having too many wives is also troublesome. Starting from the plain clothes, several Yingying Yanyans are dressed in colorful flowers, neatly in a row, and they neatly lift their skirts and squatting. , listening to Mao Jue almost fell over there.

It's just that his face was not intoxicated, but full of sadness, and he raised his hands high and surrendered sadly, and bowed over.

"Ladies, my lord, I was wrong, don't slap me in the face!"

His business trip lasted for a year and a half, and he left a few beautiful wives at home to keep vacant rooms. Fortunately, the women of this era are virtuous and virtuous. Thank you.I also knew that I was wrong, and this guy showed a correct attitude of admitting his mistakes as soon as he came up.

Seeing Mao Jue pleading for mercy, Chen Jiao led Chiyo-chan, Miss Leer and the girls showed a satisfied smile, hooked their fingers, Chiyo-ji said like a queen.

"Whether or not you slap me in the face depends on how sincere the master's attitude of admitting his mistakes is! Bring me a present!"

"There are gifts! There are! There are a lot of them!"

Raising his head, Mao Jue showed a nasty smile on his face, just like a perverted pervert. If the imperial soldiers who worshiped him outside saw the appearance of the regent, he would be so wretched. Knowing how many people have broken their faith and hanged themselves, rubbing their hands again and again, he kept nodding his head.

"I have prepared a tall, mighty, thick and strong gift for you! It will definitely satisfy every lady!"