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Chapter 209

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"It's not just me, Mr. Fan Wencheng is also here, but he went to Ningyuan City of Manzi, and it will take some time to get to Zhangjiakou." When we were driving, Ning Wan and I went straight to the point and said arrogantly: "Because this incident is related to our Dajin national fortune, that's why Dajin Khan issued an imperial decree, asking me to bring Fan Wencheng to Manzi to contact you—— For others, Khan is not at ease."

"Mr. Ning, what is so important? You can actually invite Mr. Ning, who is the most trusted by the Emperor Dajin, to lead Mr. Fan together?" The faces of the eight locust merchants changed, and their faces were full of sincerity and fear. But they sneered together in their hearts, "Ning old dog, just blow it up. You think we have no eyeliner in Liaodong. I don't know what your status is in the Dajin court? Fan Baoning, the three-dog slave in Liaodong, you are ranked last. Fan Wencheng If you are so loyal to the Dajin Kingdom that you send your little wife to the little prince Duoduo every three days, will the Dajin Emperor trust you even more?"

"Of course it's a food issue." Ning Wanwo put away his arrogance and said in a serious tone: "Last year, there was a severe drought in Liaodong, and the grain production dropped sharply. But you, as Daikin officials, the Daijin merchants personally appointed by Dajin Khan, cut off the food supply of Dajin Kingdom at this critical moment, as well as the supply of salt, cloth and pig iron, which seriously threatened us. The national security of Dajin Kingdom, Dajin Khan is very angry, and the consequences will be very serious!"

"Mr. Ning, you can't blame us, you have to understand our difficulties." Fan Yongdou and several locust merchants cried out together, and Fan Yongdou said with a mournful face: "Last July, Zhang Haogu's little mad dog suddenly attacked Horqin The grassland forced Horqin Tushetu Khan to betray Daikin, and cruelly killed Dalaitaiji who was loyal to Daikin. Horqin Grassland and Karaqin Grassland fell together, cutting off our line of communication with Daikin. Can the grain be sent to Liaodong? Later, the Manzi court suddenly replaced Ningyuan’s supervisory army and Ningqian inspector. For the sake of caution, we were forced to stop Ningyuan’s grain supply to Dajin. We were completely forced. It's not what we want."

"Yes." Huang Yunlong also said with a mournful face: "In order to re-open the grain road, we followed the will of the Dajin Kingdom and took out a huge sum of 20 taels of silver to bribe Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch in power of the barbarian court, to publicize the greatness of the Liaodong governor's activities." The position of governor ended up failing by mistake, and we also suffered heavy losses." Several other locust merchants also complained: "In addition to bribing Wei Zhongxian, we also paid a lot of money to buy other barbarian officials to speak for us. Ah, bad luck, what can I do?"

"There's no need to find a reason." Ning Wan I interrupted the eight locust merchants' complaints, and said coldly: "Sweat doesn't need a reason, as long as food, weapons, pig iron, tea bricks, and cloth, Sweat has a purpose, and you are limited to 13 days of destiny." Within the first month of the new year, re-open the grain road from Zhangjiakou to Liaodong! Before the end of February, at least 30 shi of grain and 20 jin of pig iron will be sent to Liaodong. The more the merrier!"

"Open the grain road before the end of the first month? Send 30 shi of grain and 20 jin of pig iron to Liaodong before the end of February?" The eight locust merchants gasped together, screaming in unison, "Mr. Ning, this is not Possibly! Xuanda is not as good as it used to be. Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog has become the governor of Xuanda, and he has his eyes on the Zhangjiakou border market. Zhangjiakou border city has lost so much grain and pig iron, he can’t be unaware of it! If he finds out, then we will be miserable!"

"Master Ning, you just came to Zhangjiakou, and you don't know what's going on in Zhangjiakou now. Hei Yunlong, the running dog of Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, controls the defense of Zhangjiakou's city and strictly investigates smuggling. Don't talk about hundreds of thousands of shi. Pig iron, even a piece of grain, a catty of pig iron, can never be transported out of Zhangjiakou and closed!"

"There is also the problem of food roads. Now the Tatar tribes in Karaqin and Horqin have been scared by Zhang Haogu's little mad dog. They obey Zhang Haogu's little mad dog. It is difficult to open up the food roads again." Not so tall!"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Ning, you have to consider our situation here. We are already working hard, but it is absolutely impossible to send so many grains to Daikin within two months."

No matter how earthy the locust merchants yelled and begged, I just smiled and said nothing at Ning Wan. I just held the teacup and slowly sipped the tea. Finally, I waited until the eight locust merchants finished screaming in fear. After Ning Wan, I said slowly: " Finished crying? Let me say a few words after screaming. Tell me, if that little barbarian Zhang Haogu becomes the governor of Xuanda, your goods will not be able to leave Zhangjiakou. But I just heard your servant chatting and said that there is a company that smuggles The artillery fell in front of the checkpoint in Zhangjiakou, and there was no barbarian soldier to manage it. Is this also called strict inspection? And I also received news that the little barbarian in Zhangjiakou planned to move his governor’s office even further away from Zhangjiakou. Going to Shanxi Town, is this also called targeting Zhangjiakou?"

"Master Ning, that's not our company's product." Fan Yongdou cried out again, and told Ning Wan about what happened in Zhangjiakou recently, as well as the background and current situation of the two emerging companies in Zhangjiakou with a mournful face. One more time, and finally said: "Mr. Ning, Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is more slippery than a fox and more sinister than a poisonous snake. We really don't dare to take risks! Mr. Ning, the wealth and lives of our eight companies are still trivial matters, but if If we miss the important event of the Great Jin Kingdom, we will die without atonement."

Ning Wan and I stared at Fan Yongdou's eyes with a pair of cloudy old eyes, judging the authenticity of Fan Yongdou's words. After a long time, Ning Wan and I hummed: "Since those surnamed Wu and Ma can rely on their own backgrounds Rising, you can buy the barbarian Heiyunlong for their use, so why can't you use your background to buy the barbarian Heiyunlong? I remember you boasted about Haikou in front of the Great Khan, and half of the officials in the capital of the barbarian had to listen to you At the mercy of you, now is the time to test whether you have deceived the Great Khan."

"Of course." Fan Yongdou nodded, and said with a wry smile: "But it will take time, just like three years ago when the Xuanda Governor was replaced, it took us two months to completely buy Zhang Pu over. It has only been about ten days since Yunlong Barbarian took over the border city of Zhangjiakou, whether we buy him directly, or go to the capital to control him through his boss, we still need time to act."

"Then hurry up." Ning Wan and I said indisputably: "The Great Khan has also considered your actual situation, so he gave you two months, and now you can split up and prepare food and various items. The goods are first transported to Zhangjiakou for stockpiling, and while negotiating with Horqin and Karaqin Grasslands, re-opening the grain roads there, while buying and controlling Heiyunlong, when the grain and other materials are transported to Zhangjiakou, they can almost be loaded. It's off."

The eight major locust merchants looked distressed. Although the amount of 30 shi and 20 catties of grain is huge, there is no problem at all for the eight major locust merchants with semicolons all over the world. Let alone the backlog in the hands of the eight major locust merchants Even if there is no hoarding of a large amount of grain pig iron, it is definitely not a problem to mobilize so much grain pig iron from various places to Zhangjiakou in a month; and it is not very difficult to reopen the grain road. When they went to Beijing to be the governor of Liaodong, the eight major locust merchants had already secretly met with some Mongolian Taiji who had been snatched by Young Master Zhang to the Daming capital to surrender and be enfeoffed, and made a secret agreement with them to continue the transaction. Pig iron clears the way, and it is not a problem to settle the remaining Mongolian Taiji.And the one who caused the Eight Locust Merchants the most headaches was that Young Master Zhang, who was more slippery than a loach and more insidious than a poisonous snake.

"By the way, I'll tell you one more thing." After observing the words and expressions, I found that the eight locust merchants were still hesitating. After Ning Wan, I warned in a dark voice: "Khan made a special confession. When I come to Zhangjiakou this time, within two months, I must bring my The food supplies have returned to Liaodong! Mr. Fan is secretly assisting me with some things. If something happens to me, those things in Mr. Fan’s hands will also appear on Zhang Haogu’s desk——Zhang Haogu’s little man is How did you deal with our Dajin officials, you haven’t heard of it, have you?”

"Gou Jiannu is playing for real this time!" Although it was cold, the eight locust merchants were sweating on their foreheads, knowing that Nuerhachi was really in a hurry this time. When the food and supplies are sent to Liaodong, he will give up these chess pieces.Swallowing a mouthful of saliva in fear, Fan Yongdou said tremblingly: "Mr. Ning, please rest assured, we will try our best to find a way to make you satisfied."

"That's good." Ning Wan and I nodded, and then said comfortingly: "Then don't blame Da Khan, Da Khan actually believes in you very much, but our Dajin Kingdom has reached the autumn of life and death, so we have to do this—to be honest Let me tell you, the food and grass of the Great Gold and Eight Banners is only enough to last until the end of February. I am anxiously waiting for your food to save lives, so I have no choice but to do this. Of course, the money will not be less than one penny of you In the slightest, our Da Jin Khan is kind and loving to the people, so we will not do anything to rob the people of their wealth."

"Mr. Ning, how much deposit did you bring this time?" Wang Dengku asked tentatively.After Ning Wan, I replied darkly: "The road is difficult and the time is urgent, so I didn't bring the deposit of one tael of silver, but don't worry, when your grain pig iron arrives in Liaodong, you will not lose a tael of silver if you sweat a lot." .”

"It's nothing to ask." Wang Dengku shut up sullenly, knowing that Nuerhachi was in a hurry this time, and even if we didn't want credit, we couldn't refuse it.

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Ning finished my words to this point, even if the eight major locust merchants wanted to refuse, they had no other choice. In desperation, the eight major locust merchants had no choice but to count the grain and iron in their hands, and at the same time ordered the local branches to quickly adjust grain and iron. Raise the supplies that Nurhachi needs, and at the same time go to the grassland to contact and discuss reopening the grain road.At the same time, he had the courage to give gifts to Hei Yunlong under the banner of New Year's greetings, hoping that Hei Yunlong would hold his hand high and let our goods pass the customs. I never thought that Hei Yunlong was a smiling tiger like Master Zhang. The investigation is still strict, and the eight major locust merchants are not given any chance at all.In the end, after a few days, the eight major locust merchants were in a hurry, and Hei Yunlong said to Fan Yongdou who came to visit alone, "Go and ask Zhang Xiantai, it is Zhang Xiantai's order to strictly check the goods entering and leaving Zhangjiakou. As long as you open your mouth, I will immediately check it out, otherwise, if I have a hundred courage, I will not dare to let your goods pass through the border. Don't look at Zhang Xiantai, who is gentle and handsome, like a big girl with a yellow flower. He is comparable to killing people. My old Qiu Ba is still ruthless!"

"If we dare to beg him, why are you begging you bastard Tartar?" Fan Yongdou smiled apologetically and growled in his heart.After hesitating for a while, Fan Yongdou tentatively asked: "Heijunmen, so to speak, Wu Erhua, Wu Er's shopkeeper, and Ma Junma's big shopkeeper, all went through Zhang Xiantai's path, Zhang Xiantai, please order, let you deal with them Has your cargo net been opened?"

Hei Yunlong didn't answer, until Fan Yongdou stuffed another 500 taels of silver bill into Hei Yunlong's hand, Hei Yunlong nodded and said in a low voice: "I don't want to admit it when I say this, let me tell the Wu family It is indeed Zhang Xiantai's personal order to open up with the Ma's firm - I suspect that Zhang Xiantai may have made a secret deal with them, taking a cut from their firm."

"Is this possible?" Fan Yongdou asked suspiciously: "On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Zhang Xiantai met them, they didn't seem to know each other?"

"I don't know about that." Hei Yunlong spread his hands with an inscrutable look.But Fan Yongdou's heart beat violently, and he said it was wrong. On the second day after meeting those two treasures, Zhang Haogu's little mad dog came back to Zhangjiakou again in disguise. Could it be that Zhang Haogu's little mad dog didn't come back for private visits? , to investigate the actual situation in Zhangjiakou, but to reach an agreement with those two live treasures, and to support their business names as a condition, and secretly draw a profit from their business names?If this is the case, it can explain the fact that the good old little mad dog has won us over. He failed to win us over, so he supported those two live treasures and used them to make a lot of money.

Although we have come to the conclusion that Master Zhang is probably using Wu Er and Ma Da to make money, the treacherous and cunning Fan Yongdou refuses to let down his vigilance, bows his head to those two live treasures, and uses their business name to make money. Erhachi's urgently needed food was sent out of the customs, and he didn't dare to negotiate with Young Master Zhang directly, and exchanged for the unimpeded entry and exit of goods from the eight major locust merchants at the price of dark shares.Because Fan Yongdou, who has experienced many storms, has a premonition that behind this incident, perhaps it is not that simple. It may be a trap carefully arranged by Young Master Zhang, waiting for him, and there are several other locusts whose crimes are enough to steal their families and exterminate their families. business.

Knowing that it might be a trap, but because of the situation, Fan Yongdou and several other locust merchants still had to rack their brains to get through the grain road, and find a way to transport the grain out of the customs as soon as possible, and send it to Liaodong for Nurhachi , Let Nurhachi use these grains to feed the animals of the Jiannu Eight Banners, slaughter and mutilate the Han compatriots better and faster, and then earn the money Jiannu looted from the Han compatriots.While Fan Yongdou was at a loss what to do, a young man suddenly stopped Fan Yongdou's horse's head, bowed respectfully to Fan Yongdou, and said in a Shanxi accent: "Master Fan, long time no see, my junior greets you."

"Thank you." Fan Yongdou first agreed casually, and then took a closer look at the person, and found that the guy in front of him was about 24 or [-] years old, with thick eyebrows and thin eyes, and an ordinary appearance. The trousers and the dog fur hat are also covered with patches. It looks like a common porter in the Zhangjiakou side market.However, when Fan Yongdou recalled it carefully, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Shopkeeper Wang, it seems that your Shanxi No. [-] picker's name is really not for nothing. In such a cold day, you still wear such an old robe, so you are not afraid of frostbite." Do you have to spend money on medicine again?"

Fan Yongdou knew this young man standing in front of him. He was the young shopkeeper of a medium-sized bank in Shanxi. His surname was Wang and his name was Binghong. He liked to walk when it rained. He likes to be hungry for a whole day before eating, so it didn’t take long to come to Zhangjiakou and he got the nickname of the third pick in Shanxi, second only to Wang Dengku, the first pick in Shanxi, and Zhai Ying, the second pick in Shanxi among the eight major locust merchants.There is another reason why Fan Yongdou was so impressed with him, that is, this kid has visited many times on his own initiative, hoping to make the banknotes of his family's bank account and Fan Yongdou's bank account exchangeable. Of course, Fan Yongdou across the country would not let others take advantage of him and let Wang Binghong use the financial network he had finally built to make money.

"Shopkeeper Fan Da, I haven't had time to come to your house to pay New Year's greetings this year. I'm sorry for being rude." No, Wang Binghong, who had been defeated and fought repeatedly, had less than three words to meet him, and immediately brought up the old matter again, pleading: " I don’t know what the younger generation said to the shopkeeper a few times ago, can the shopkeeper Fan Da think about it again? The bank notes of Fanji Bank and the bank notes of the younger generation’s house are exchangeable, which is a good thing for both of us. .”

"Thank you very much. The small bank note is just for the convenience of my own business and has no plans to expand the business, so the shopkeeper Wang Shao should go to someone else to discuss it." Fan Yongdou still refused straight away, flattering his horse and leaving without entanglement with Wang Binghong at all. Opportunity.Never thought that Wang Binghong still refused to give up, caught up again, and said with a smile, Fan Yongdou: "Master Fan, you should think about it again. Although the small bank is not as good as your bank, there are seven or eight branches in various parts of Daming." No., most of the state capitals where the semicolons are located are the state capitals where you don’t have a semicolon, Master Fan, and the exchange of bank notes between your account and the small account is also beneficial to the business of the shopkeeper.”

"Okay, okay." Fan Yongdou, who was upset, waved his hand like chasing flies, and said impatiently: "Shopkeeper Wang Shao, please stop mentioning the exchange of your account with my bank notes. , I'm not interested at all."

"Shopkeeper Wang Shao, our boss has something important to do. Let's talk later if you have anything to say." Fan Yongdou's right-hand man, Chen Dabing, also came up to stop him, and pulled away Wang Binghong's hand holding Fan Yong's horse rein, and pushed it away unceremoniously. .But Wang Binghong still refused to give up, and shouted at Fan Yongdou's back: "Master Fan, if you agree to exchange the small bank notes with your bank bank notes, this junior can send you a message, something you will definitely appreciate." Interesting news."

"Our boss doesn't know any news, and is still interested in your news?" Chen Dabin thought it was some business opportunity news, and pushed Wang Binghong away with a sneer.Wang Binghong also became a little angry, and snorted: "Well, since the news that the two shopkeepers of Wuji Silk and Satin Shop and Maji Tea Shop opened accounts in Xiaoxiao, shopkeeper Fan Da is not interested, then I have no choice but to Forget it." After finishing speaking, Wang Binghong turned his head and left.

"Wait——!" Fan Yongdou suddenly woke up, and quickly called Wang Binghong to stop—knowing the direction of the funds of the two live treasures, he also figured out the details of how they colluded with Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog Now, knowing the details of how they colluded with Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, wouldn't it be much easier to figure out Zhang Haogu's little mad dog's true intentions?Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou quickly jumped off his horse, caught up with Wang Binghong's hand, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wang, don't be angry. The old man was in a bad mood just now, so I spoke a little more seriously. Don't worry about it. But they are all Shanxi fellows, what can we talk about, hehe, hehehe."

"Master Fan, if I hadn't been lucky, the two shopkeepers just happened to open an account with the younger generation's bank account, I'm afraid the big shopkeeper wouldn't be so easy to discuss?" Wang Binghong sneered mockingly, and then said in a low voice: "Fan Da Shopkeeper, but you have a good sentence, we are fellow villagers in Shanxi, and when fellow villagers see fellow villagers, we have tears in our eyes, so the younger generation has to remind the shopkeeper that the two cowards named Wu and Ma are discussing with others , ready to attack you, the shopkeeper!"

Fan Yongdou was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly said: "Shopkeeper Wang, it's too windy here, please go to the old man's house to talk about it. Big cake, send someone home to inform the preparation of the banquet, the best dishes, the best liquor!"

"Oops!" The face of the small shop who had been by Fan Yongdou's side changed slightly, and he screamed in his heart, "Oops! The young master's transfer of gold and silver in Zhangjiakou was done through this bank. If this kid sells the young master, That's the end!"

(End of this chapter)