From this diǎn, Zhou Bo could further conclude that there were indeed more prominent figures behind this black caravan than himself.

However, he didn't have anything to worry about, and after smiling calmly, he said: "This official was a law-abiding soldier back then, and he didn't know much about the things in the mall, not to mention that during that period, the war between the North and the South was tight, where did he have the time to pay attention to so many idle things?"

The one-eyed wolf sneered and said, "I don't know if Zhou Yuanjun was too young in the first place because his official position was too small and he never heard of it, or if he really obeyed the law?"

This is a naked irony, especially for a young man like Zhou Bo, it is very likely that he will not be able to stand it and explode.

But Zhou Bo just laughed unexpectedly and said, "Brother Wolf, you are really high-minded, and you can break my reality with one word. That's right, when I was in Xiangyang Mansion, I was just a general, and I had never heard of the business of smuggling between the north and the south. ”

The one-eyed wolf was slightly surprised, he was deliberately provoking Zhou Bo, who knew that Zhou Bo was not only angry, but also had a frank showdown, which really made him a little confused.

"Is that right? Now that Zhou Envoy Jun has been promoted to make up the system, he has thought of our business name? And Zhou Envoy Jun still has such a big shelf, let our business name come to see Zhou Envoy Jun you. If it weren't for the fact that Wang Xianggong had a friendship with me, I would have been too lazy to run so far. The one-eyed wolf deliberately said something worse, staring at Zhou Bo with his eyes intended, waiting for Zhou Bo's reaction.

"Then I want to thank not only the prince Wang, but also the brother wolf, for your willingness to deign to come to our poor country. Zhou Bo still said with a calm smile.

"Hehe, you're an interesting person," the one-eyed wolf really couldn't understand Zhou Bo's people, but he, a man who roamed the rivers and lakes, still had a good impression of Zhou Bo's cheerful attitude. "I heard that Zhou Yuanjun has a deal to do with our firm, I wonder if Zhou Yuanjun knows the rules of our firm?"

Zhou Bo shook his head and said with a smile: "I haven't asked for advice yet." ”

The one-eyed wolf said: "If there is a sale, our firm will take forty percent of the profit of the goods." If you want to spend money to buy goods from the north, it will be calculated according to the regular price of the black market, and you will also be charged 10% of the labor fee. All fees ∑dǐng∑diǎn∑小∑ said,.※.o◆s_(); Advance payment is required. If there is not enough money, it is calculated according to the interest rate of six thousandths. ”

Zhou Bo secretly thought for a while, and made forty percent of the profit from the goods, which was really dark enough. Moreover, if the goods imported from the north are calculated according to the price of the black market, it is dozens of times the price on the basis of the original price. Not only that, but an additional 10% of the labor fee will be charged.

If you look back and calculate carefully, even if you don't lose money on this deal, you won't make much money!

For the sake of such a diǎndiǎn profit, it is necessary to take such a big risk. And you have to hand over all the expenses to the black caravan first, in case anything goes wrong, it will really be a loss.

However, he knew very well that these rules prescribed by the one-eyed wolf were rules for ordinary merchants, and if they were those dignitaries who supported them behind the scenes, it would naturally be a different set of rules.

"Brother Wolf, are these your rules?" asked Zhou Bo with a sneer.

"That's right, love to do it or not. We're not going to force anything. The one-eyed wolf said proudly as he picked out his ear droppings. It was as if Huang Shiren was collecting Yang Bailao's rent.

"However, my Guanghua Army also has the rules of my Guanghua Army. Zhou Bo was lukewarm, and suddenly threw out such a sentence.

Suddenly, everyone present was a little stunned.

Especially the one-eyed wolf, his eyes widened all of a sudden, revealing a fierce look.

"Your Gwanghua Army's rules are my business. The one-eyed wolf pretended to be calm.

"Is it true? They must pass through the land of our Guanghua army, otherwise they must make a detour to Ezhou to go north. However, I believe that the ministers and gentlemen over there in Ezhou will deduct much more tariffs from you than in Xiangyang Prefecture, and more importantly, you will have to take more unjust roads. Zhou Bo still looked unhurried and said slowly.

He had already calculated it. Since the black caravan is entrenched in Xiangyang Mansion, it is naturally because Ezhou is not suitable for smuggling. And the black caravan is in Xiangyang Mansion, and if it wants to go north, it must go from the side of the Guanghua Army. Therefore, it is not that he does not have any chips in his hands, and the territory of the Guanghua Army is his biggest bargaining chip.

The one-eyed wolf snorted coldly and said, "What do you want? Do you think that our business name has no background? You are just a small envoy, can you still go to heaven?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaoyu and Wang Zexi were a little worried, as if Zhou Bo had fallen out with the one-eyed wolf. But the two of them didn't know that the mall was like a battlefield, and this was the time for the two sides to clash.

Zhou Bo smiled slightly, looked confident, and said, "Brother Wolf, I don't know what you were like before. But now that Xiangyang Mansion has changed hands, you know the reputation of the Yue family's army and Marshal Yue, he will not be like those who were greedy for money before. Marshal Yue is honest and honest, and he strictly enforces the law, and he will definitely not let you black market businessmen do evil. ”

The one-eyed wolf sneered and said, "Do you think our backer is a local official? To tell you the truth, there are some big officials in the capital who follow us. Do you think we're going to be afraid of a mere Xiangyang prefect?"

Zhou Bo said unhurriedly: "It doesn't matter if you are not afraid of the prefect of Xiangyang Mansion, the key is that Yue Dashuai and I are not officials such as prefects and counties. To put it bluntly, we are all soldiers, and our methods of doing things are very different from those of civilian officials. Haven't you heard of the saying, 'The king will be dishonored from the king'?"

The one-eyed wolf's face brushed down suddenly, and he knew what Zhou Bo meant.

Zhou Bo continued: "Now that the border war is tight, you people who come to play north and south, who knows if it is the enemy's meticulous work, as long as I join the patrol in the Guanghua Army and strictly investigate you black market merchants, even if there are people in the capital covering you, what can you do in this place where the emperor is far away?"

"You, do you want to go toe-to-toe with us?" said the one-eyed wolf viciously. He is not afraid of being hard, like them, who break into the rivers and lakes, it is a big deal to break the net. Anyway, don't think about it.

"Brother Wolf, don't you understand what I mean, I need to make trouble and make everyone unhappy?" Zhou Bo smiled, showing a calm look.

"What the hell do you mean?" asked the one-eyed wolf coldly.

"It's simple, win-win. Zhou Bo said solemnly.

"Win-win, how do you want to win?" The one-eyed wolf's face softened slightly, and he could see that Zhou Bo was a scheming person. But he is also a sensible person. It is very disadvantageous to work with such people, because there is nothing to be gained from them.

However, once the cooperation is good, there are still some other benefits to be obtained.

Zhou Bo waited for this sentence, he took a breath slowly, and said calmly: "Although you see that the current Guanghua Army is a poor and remote country, it is because the war has just passed. As a border region between the two countries, you know better than I do what the potential for development looks like. Once the Gwanghwa Army developed. For you black market merchants, there will undoubtedly be more profits. ”

The one-eyed wolf said disdainfully, "Then we have to wait for it to develop before we can talk about it." ”

Zhou Bo smiled and said: "If the Guanghua Army develops, I don't need to talk to you, at that time I have the ability to organize my own caravan, why bother to find outsiders to cooperate? When the Guanghua Army prospers, everyone can enjoy the benefits in the future. ”

The one-eyed wolf smiled coldly. said: "What you said now, don't you officials know that I don't know? It's just that you just want silver, and when the silver in your pockets is full, you can hit it again, pat your ass and leave." We don't need to work with officials like you at all. Hmph, if you want to be tough with us. Then let's wait and see who can have the last laugh. ”

Zhou Bo understands very well that this kind of investment behavior that both parties have to pay, and the risk taken by a joint venture like one-eyed wolf is naturally greater than the risk he takes. After all, he can make a profit from it, and then because of promotion and transfer. If he leaves the position of the envoy of the Guanghua Army, then all the qiē paid by the one-eyed wolf will be in vain.

What's more, if the new envoy after him asks the cyclops to invest, then the relationship can only go on in a vicious circle. Although the one-eyed wolf can gain the support of the Gwanghwa military government, every time the leader of the government is changed, it will pay a great price, and this price will accumulate over time, and it is better not to cooperate and find another way.

"Brother Wolf, I understand what you mean. You're just worried that I won't be able to sit in this position for long. To tell the truth, I have been appointed as the envoy of the Guanghua Army by His Grace, and there is really no certainty as to how long I can sit in this position. ”

Zhou Bo said honestly.

The one-eyed wolf snorted coldly, although Zhou Bo was very frank, but businessmen are based on interests, and without the protection of interests, no matter who the object of cooperation is, they can't talk about it.

Zhou Bo knew that it would not be easy to gain the trust of the one-eyed wolf, but he had to try as much as he could.

"Brother Wolf, do you think that I am the kind of local official who is greedy for profit and ignores the overall situation? The first time you and I meet, you must have often encountered officials such as you imagined before, so you have preconceived notions. I don't force you. He sighed and spoke slowly.

"Aren't you?" said the one-eyed wolf, angrily.

At this time, Li Xiaoyu, who had been silent, suddenly screamed, interrupted the one-eyed wolf and said, "You misunderstood, Zhou Yuanjun is not that kind of person." You have also seen that our government is now in such a humble state, if Zhou Yuanjun is really the kind of person who bends the law and profites the country, how can he live in such a place?"

The one-eyed wolf snorted and said, "What do you know about a little girl, he is selling his reputation." ”

Li Xiaoyu hates others saying that she is a little girl, and she said angrily: "You are talking nonsense." Zhou Yuanjun is not fame and reputation at all. Our Guanghua Army has just experienced the sack of Qi dogs, and there is nothing to eat, wear, and live in, if it weren't for Zhou Envoy Jun taking out military rations and taking out the silver in the official treasury to help, the Guanghua Army would have been starving all over the ground now!"

"How do you know if Zhou Envoy Jun deliberately said that it was military food with your grain!" the one-eyed wolf still refused to believe it, and said very viciously.

"How do I know? Now that I am in charge of the grain and grass, how much silver is in the treasury, how many porridge farms there are in the city, and how much grain is stored in each porridge field, do I not know?" Li Xiaoyu shouted loudly, looking indignant.

This diǎn made the one-eyed wolf a little surprised, he was first surprised that Zhou Bo could hire a little girl to take charge of grain and grass finances, and was surprised that Zhou Bo was really an aspiring and sincere official?

Zhou Bo knew the doubts in the one-eyed wolf's heart, he sighed and said: "Brother wolf, there is a saying that 'the eyes of the masses are bright', you can go to the city and ask casually, what kind of person am I, Zhou Bo." Guanghuajun is the border city of my Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the first place that my Zhou Bo operates, I am a young man, where is there a young man who doesn't want to do a big career?"

But that doesn't mean anything. We businessmen pay attention to profits, even if you can give us convenience, but if you are transferred in the future, how should we start with our protection?" said the one-eyed wolf sternly.

"I, Zhou Bo, can assure you. As long as I am in the Guanghua Army for one day, I will not collect any form of taxes and fees from you, nor will I ask you to bribe me, let alone engage in poll tax, tolls, and other miscellaneous labor. Zhou Bo spread out the words and said.

When the one-eyed wolf heard this, he suddenly became even more surprised, he originally thought that Zhou Bo was blackmailing himself with the right of way of the Guanghua Army, just to blackmail his caravan to pay the toll, but he didn't expect the other party to veto.

He immediately asked, "And what do you want us to do?"

Zhou Bo paused, smiled slightly, and then said: "I only need you to help me, that is, to open up the trade between the north and the south for me." I can pay money or goods, but the price must be the most favorable, and of course I will never let you work in vain. That's all, is such a simple request still make you worry a lot? You just bring an extra batch of goods every time you ship and buy goods. ”

"You mean, you want to exchange the right of passage of the Gwanghwa Army for a preferential treatment for goods?" asked the one-eyed wolf.

"So to speak. But I give you far more than just the right of way, once the Guanghua Army develops, my army can guarantee your safety, and my identity can also cover the illegality of your black caravan." Zhou Bo said slowly.

The one-eyed wolves were not very interested in these, because they now had the strength of the caravan, and safety was naturally not a problem. As for legitimacy and illegality, they are just one-sided symbols, and who can control them at the border?

Zhou Bo said: "In addition, in the future, my plan is to develop the Guanghua Army into a big city with military trade, and when the local trade rises, you can trade with the north at the cheapest cost, and the goods you bring back from the north can be sold at a more suitable price through a safer and more secure channel." ”

He paused, and found that the one-eyed wolf didn't seem to understand what he meant, so he explained more directly: "In other words, as long as I establish a complete trade system, in this system, your caravan is the main body. I will form a close relationship with you, and you will earn more easily, faster and safer than ever before. And this system will also establish your position in the Guanghua Army. (To be continued.) )