stubborn thief

Chapter 284
Liu Chengzong likes honest people, and he prefers honest people who do business.

The full name of Changhe West Tusi is Changhe Xiyutong Ningyuan Xuanweishi, the leader is called Muyajiabo, and his lineage can be traced back to the Yak Kingdom in the Han Dynasty. There were many hesitation when he surrendered in the early Ming Dynasty. In the end, he was threatened by the Ministry of Rites. Only then did he send people to join him.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the chieftains of Changhexi had been doing something, so they were called Mingzhen in the Sichuan local government, which was different from other barbarian chieftains, so they were also called Mingzheng Chieftains.

In Liu Chengzong's perception, although Chieftain Mingzheng didn't produce or do anything, he felt much better than Chieftain Jinchuan who gave out real money.

The chieftain of Jinchuan spends all day building bunkers at home, who are you scaring?

Not to mention whether to belong or not, at least the chieftain of Mingzheng has the appearance of making friends.

Liu Chengzong decided to invite the chieftain of Mingzheng to meet in Luhuo in winter to talk about the future development of the southeast.

It is true that Dajian Road is in the southwest of Daming, but for Liu Chengzong, it is his southeast. In fact, he also wants to find out how the tea horse trade here works. If the price is right, he also plans to send people to Dajian Road to buy tea.

There is indeed tea in Xining, but in order to curb pirates, the amount of tea given to Xining by Daming is very low, far less than that of Diaomen Tea Masi, and the transportation from north to south is inconvenient. Boosting the morale of the garrison helps a lot.

The only problem is that Liu Chengzong is afraid that the chieftain of Mingzheng will not dare to go to Luhuo. After all, if he is allowed to enter Dajian Road rashly... In fact, it is fine for him to go to Dajian Road, but if he is allowed to go to Jinchuan, where there are many fortresses, he must definitely think about it up.

So while he was leaving, he sent a letter to Luhuo to tell his uncle to invite Mingzheng chieftain to live in Luhuo County temporarily, and meet him when he arrived.

However, he was really overthinking this matter. When the letter was delivered to Luhuo, his uncle Cai Zhongpan had already been out hunting with Chieftain Mingzheng for several days.

It was a mistake, Cai Zhongpan didn't have much military skills, but he traveled with the Shaanxi caravan in the Sanyuan and Jingyang areas of Shaanxi in his early years, and he was well-informed.

Subjectively, chieftain Mingzheng is also moving closer to Liu Shizi, so it's hard to imagine a bad relationship between the two.

Of course, the most important thing is that both of them can speak Shaanxi dialect.

Because in Dajianlu, there is a group of powerful businessmen from Shaanxi.

When they received the news, the two were having a picnic by the Xianshui River in Luhuo County. Although it was freezing cold, the lion soldiers and the singing and dancing team from Dajianlu sang and danced around the campfire. Everyone had a great time.

The entourage unfolded the letter in front of him. Cai Zhongpan read it carefully, nodded to the entourage, and then with a knife he used a knife to boil the cold fragrant pork, cut it into thin slices, and put it in a celadon bowl.

There is a three-legged tea pot on the grass, and the pot is hot beside the pot. Cai Zhongpan's tableware is packed in a bag made of fine wool, and he takes it with him wherever he goes.

Now there are four celadon bowls placed in front of him, inside which are placed successively Guokui, fragrant pork slices, hot milk tea and highland barley wine.

After the Guokui is hot, cut a hole with a knife, first take a sip of milk tea, then use the hot Guokui, sandwich a few slices of fragrant pork without any seasoning, the more you chew, the more delicious it is, and finally drink a sip of highland barley wine .

This is really the best snack in the wild.

But at this moment, this Roujiamo is not fragrant at all in the hands of chieftain Mingzheng.

He waited eagerly for a long time, but found that Cai Zhongpan had no intention of chatting with him about the letter, and after deliberating about it, he finally couldn't hold it back and asked, "Brother Zhongpan, did the commander-in-chief send you a letter?"

"Well, here's a letter. It's nothing serious. You can continue." Cai Zhongpan nodded with a smile, sipped his wine sideways, and said with great interest, "What's going on in Sichuan? The people of Chengdu want to burn the mansion of King Neijiang?"

Cai Zhongpan didn't want Muya to know the news that Liu Chengzong was coming to Luhuo.

Because in Liu Chengzong's impression, he thought that Mingzheng chieftain Muya was an honest and responsible businessman, but in Cai Zhongpan's cognition, this was not the case.

In the few years since Mu Yaxin succeeded to the throne, he has already secured the seat of chieftain of Mingzheng. His jurisdiction is huge and powerful, and he has four thousand armored men under his command. If he wants to fight, none of the chieftains around him can beat him without the help of Ming.

Moreover, the distance between Dajianlu and Luhuo is [-] miles round-trip, the Lion Army only has [-] troops stationed in Luhuo, and Liu Chengzong has to walk [-] miles from Nangqian.

So he planned to tell Muya about Liu Chengzong's arrival in ten days.

With such a time difference, even if Muya had a crooked mind, it would be too late to dispatch troops.

Muya had a premonition in his heart that Liu Chengzong must have said something in the letter, but Cai Zhongpan didn't say anything, so he had no choice but to follow the previous topic, smiled and said: "This is normal, Sichuan people have such a temper, Wang Fu There are many, and they often run amok, the officials are busy helping the powerful landlords to misbehave, and the common people go to burn down the palace, is it a matter?"

Cai Zhongpan laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Look at what you said!"

"Really, man, I have been surrounded by Shaanxi people since I was a child. We are half of the township party. Shaanxi people do not lie to Shaanxi people."

Mu Ya waved his hand and said: "Just last year, there was Ni Sihui in Ba County, the servant of the Nanjing household department. His son was called Ni Tianhe, and he worked hand in hand with Yu Xinmin, the magistrate in Chongqing. Destroyed hundreds of good homes."

Cai Zhongpan picked up the wine bowl and took another sip, saying, "People's grievances are boiling?"

"That's not a matter of people's grievances." Mu Ya really looks like a Shaanxi native. Anyway, even if she is not a Shaanxi native, she definitely does not look like the leader of the Fan Department. She waved her hands and said, "There is another tyrant in Ba County called Wang Yingxi, and his elder brother is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. Wang Yingxiong, you don't know anything about Sichuan."

Mu Ya said: "Sichuan, the roads are blocked. Since the time of Lord Wanli, there has been a lack of officials in the local area. The power of each county is often controlled by committee members."

Committee member means appointed personnel.

For example, Fushi County does not have a county magistrate, county magistrate, master book, or canon history. Liu Xiangyu, a great sage in the countryside, wrote to ask for the appointment of officials.

"During Lord Longqing's time, Master Yan was the governor of Sichuan, and he hated the powerful clan and powerful officials. In the end, he was dismissed and listened to. At that time, the governor had to be forced to leave when he came, let alone the military chaos for many years. "

"Sichuan is a little bit better, and the people can survive as tenants." Mu Ya clapped her hands at the end like telling a story: "It's a pity that the people in Chengdu didn't burn down the vassal mansion in the end, and were persuaded to leave by the magistrate Sun Lan. "

Cai Zhongpan looked fixedly at Muya: "Do you want Sichuan to be in chaos? Or...do you want to enter Sichuan?"

Mu Ya shook her head like a rattle: "Forget it, if I want to say that Sichuan will go to war again, I really have this idea; but entering Sichuan, I absolutely dare not think about it!"

Cai Zhongpan didn't believe it: "Why?"

Mu Ya shook her head: "Sichuan raises people!"

Mu Ya really wants war to break out in Sichuan, but it's not because it's not a big deal to watch the excitement, but because he hopes that someone can hold back the Sichuan army.

The center of the tea-horse trade market is not in Dajianlu, but in the hands of chieftains Lengbian and Shenbian on the east bank of the Dadu River.

The imperial court officially stipulated that Leng and Shen are the tea trading centers on the south roadside, and restricted tea merchants to lead the purchase of tea in Yazhou and Lizhou, and only transport tea to Luding Leng and Shen for trading.

Moreover, Tibetan merchants in Tibet, Kham and other places must purchase tea from Leng and Shen.

What is the name of Muya's Tusi Yamen?It's called Changhexi, and the business center is in the hands of the two little chieftains on the east side of the Changhe River, and they are making a lot of money every day. His Dajian stove can only do some homestay business, providing food and lodging for passing merchants.

Before his father died, he blocked the merchants from the barbarian family to the west of the Dadu River and prevented them from crossing the river; he bribed the merchants from the Han family to bypass the river east and reach the Leng and Shen markets.

Contacted the chieftain of Diaomen with a long history, smuggled border tea, and destroyed the legal trade market of border tea in Leng and Shen areas.

At the same time, a war was launched to destroy the two forts of Leng and Shen, which directly surpassed the two chieftains and caused a new chieftain to succeed to the throne.

But those two Mongolian chieftains were guarded by Sichuan officials. The new chieftain of Shenbao, Yu Jingdong, together with the chieftain of Lengbian, blocked the Dadu River and stopped the court's tea horse trade for three years.

The Dadu River lay across there, and no one could do anything about it. Let alone 40 soldiers, even if there were [-] troops, the Dadu River would still be the Dadu River.

In the end, the chieftain of Changhexi had no choice but to give in. On March 45, [-]th year of Wanli, he sent a housekeeper to Shenbianbao and signed an agreement with chieftain Leng, chieftain Shen, heads of various tribes, and merchants from five provinces to re-establish the Shen is a commercial market.

Then he pissed off Mu Ya's father to death.

It's not that Mu Ya wants to open a homestay, because he has no other choice because of life. He can only open a homestay, not a market.

As for Sichuan raising people, it is actually another way of saying that he is strong in Sichuan. As foreigners, the Mongolian army entered Sichuan and fought a battle for 52 years.

The terrain of Sichuan is a closed arena, and the war will not end until people die.

It was Cai Zhongpan's question that made Muya very curious: "Aren't you planning to enter Sichuan? The land of Sichuan is fertile and wild, with Wangtian occupying the seventh place, military fields occupying the second place, and wealthy and powerful households occupying the first place. Don't you want to enter Sichuan?"

Cai Zhongpan laughed and said: "The Marshal's House has to make up its mind on this matter, I have no control over it, so don't try to trick me."

But that being said, after today's conversation, Cai Zhongpan is in a very good mood. With so much public grievances in Sichuan, the job Liu Chengzong entrusted to him should be easy to complete.

After thinking for a while, he said seriously to Muya: "Let's talk about something serious, can you introduce me a merchant, preferably from Shaanxi, who has been doing business in Sichuan for a few years, and the share capital should not be too large. Is there such a candidate?"

"The share capital is not big, so how much is not big? Is 2000 taels not too big, or is 2 taels not too big?"

Mu Ya thought for a while, and said: "There is a man from Weinan, Shaanxi. He used to be the shopkeeper of the Zhao family in Xiaoyi Town in Chengdu. Last year, I heard that he wanted to go it alone. If you want to see him, I can help you find him, but it may not always be the case. If you can find it, and if you find it, he may not be willing to see you."

"You don't want to see me..." Cai Zhongpan asked, "Why?"

Mu Ya held the porcelain bowl of milk tea, blew on the hot air and took a sip, very satisfied, she glanced at Cai Zhongpan, and said: "Your reputation is not very good for merchants."

"Don't let the merchants come to see you. Just because the commander-in-chief captured Baili, and the soldiers headed straight to Luhuo, more than 40 merchants from the five provinces who were stationed in the cold side and the sinking side fled in packs. Even the Shaanxi merchants in Chengdu prefecture I also left a lot, but I just left a shopkeeper here, which is a kind of wealth and wealth."

Cai Zhongpan tapped his head with his knuckles in distress. How should I put it, it was almost an inevitable situation that he ignored.

Because merchants are not just merchants, they will buy land when they earn money, let their descendants take imperial examinations, and then become official careers, and in the local area, these people are powerful landlords.

The commercial center of Shaanxi is Sanyuan, Jingyang and other places. Liu Chengzong has never been to those places, but Wang Er, Wang Zuogua and others attacked Weinan and Weibei time and again.

Sichuan people may lack understanding of them, but to Shaanxi businessmen, the generalissimo of Qinghai is equivalent to a bandit.

"In this way, you find this person first. If he wants to come, he can come. If he doesn't want you, then let him stay. If it doesn't work, I'll go to Chengdu Mansion."

"Are you going to Chengdu Mansion?"

Mu Ya's eyes widened: "What capacity are you going to Chengdu Mansion with?"

Cai Zhongpan spread out his hands and smiled at Muya: "The Changhexi Propaganda Envoy sent to Chengdu Mansion to purchase...what to purchase?"

Muya understood it almost instantly, waved her hand and said, "No, it's the chieftain of Mingzheng sent to Jinguan City to purchase Shu brocade."

"Yes, the chieftain of Mingzheng sent to Jinguan City to purchase Shu brocade steward..." Cai Zhongpan tried hard to come up with a name for himself, and finally clapped his hands and said, "Steward Basang!"

"Hey, I found out that you guys, why do you like to call yourself Basang?"

Mu Ya was stunned by the name, and said: "The first cavalryman who came to the chieftain of Mingzheng to pass the news could not understand the language of my native soldiers. He was just Basang Basang, and you are also called Basang."

Cai Zhongpan shook his head with a smile. He couldn't tell why, so he said, "Anyway, you just remember to find that person for me. It's best to find him a year ago. I have a big deal to discuss with him."

"Big deal?"

Mu Ya just wanted to keep his words a little more reserved, but when he heard this word, it directly touched his DNA, and hurriedly asked: "Do you want to smuggle in my territory? Let me tell you, as long as the commander-in-chief is willing to draw a border with me, no matter what As for Mingzheng, from Mingzheng to Songping Pass in Lizhou, I guarantee that the journey will be smooth."

He raised a finger and pointed to the east: "I just have one request. We are all township party members. We should bypass the two Mongolian Tartars on the east side of the Yangtze River. They must not let them earn this money!"

Cai Zhongpan thought to himself, I am a native of northern Shaanxi, and talking about the Xiangdang with the Xifan chieftain in Dajianlu can be said to be very magical.

But this is not important, what is important is that this smuggling business route is completely unexpected.

The business he originally wanted to talk about was not about buying and selling things, but about investors and merchants doing business while using shops as their base to infiltrate into Sichuan.

"I will tell the commander-in-chief about this."

Cai Zhongpan made a promise, and then urged: "We must find this person. We can build a large trade route from Xining to Chengdu. We have a lot of skins that cannot be sold in Xining."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)