Zhang Chen came to Yanzhou to purchase fire oil on the order of Guo Song, although Anxi also produced a small amount of fire oil, but Anxi fire oil is too viscous, heavy, too many impurities, and the combustion effect is far less than Yanzhou's high slave oil.

Zhang Chen followed Gongsun Qing to Gongsun Mansion, which is a mansion covering an area of fifty acres, worthy of being the first wealthy family in Yanzhou, even the gate is so magnificent, Zhang Chen squinted at this vermilion lacquer gate,

"Proprietor Zhang, please come in!"

Gongsun Qing whispered: "My brother is waiting inside the door!" ”

Zhang Chen smiled slightly, this Gongsun family is still very careful.

He walked into the door and saw the head of the family, Sun Liang, who was standing in the door waiting, waiting for him with a smile.

"Welcome Zhang to join the army and come to the mansion, in Xia Gongsun Liang!"

"It turned out to be the head of the Gongsun family, and I have heard of it for a long time."

"Zhang joins the army, we invite you!"

"Please!"

Zhang Chen followed Gongsun Liang to the Guike Hall, and the two sides sat down separately, and Gongsun Qing sat down.

The maid came in and served them tea, and Gongsun Liang asked with a smile, "Zhang joined the army from Xiao Guan?" ”

"It's not Xiao Guan!"

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "I came from the Yellow River by boat, and the boat was moored at the Qingshui Wharf in Fenglin County. ”

"I understand, no wonder Zhang joins the army to purchase so much high-slave oil."

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "We have a big demand this time, we want 5,000 barrels, the market price is 5 yuan a barrel, we are willing to pay 6 yuan, we can pay with silver or gold." ”

Gongsun Liang sighed and said: "I am dissatisfied with Zhang joining the army and saying that now all the stocks are only 3,000 barrels, which can be given to the Hexi Army, and the other 2,000 barrels will not be delivered until the end of the year, I don't know if it will work?" ”

"This.... It is also possible that we can pay the deposit. ”

Gongsun Liang shook his head, "If it were someone else, I wouldn't dare to sell five thousand barrels at all, if this was found by Zhu Jun, our whole family would be unlucky, but the Hexi Army can find my Gongsun family, that is the glory of our family, I am not only willing to hand over five thousand barrels of oil to the Hexi Army, but also take nothing, even if our family does a little bit for Guo Yuanjun." ”

Gongsun Qing's eyes widened, he didn't want money? Did the eldest brother hear it wrong, people want 5,000 barrels, not 5 barrels!

Gongsun Qing was so anxious that he shook his eyes, but Gongsun Liang didn't see it.

Zhang Chen was also a little surprised, "This.... How embarrassing is this, 30,000 yuan! ”

Gongsun Liang said categorically: "It's not a matter of money, but our family's support for the Hexi Army." ”

Zhang Zhen was really moved in his heart, he got up and saluted: "The support of the Gongsun family for the Hexi Army, we are engraved in our hearts, I must report to Guo Yuanjun and ask for credit for the head of the Gongsun family!" ”

Gongsun Qing was stunned for a long time, and then he understood the intention of the eldest brother, this is a transaction of names!

Zhang Chen discussed the details of the delivery again, and then got up to say goodbye, and the Gongsun brothers kept sending him out of the gate.

Watching Zhang Chen get into the carriage and walk away, Gongsun Qing sighed and said, "Big brother, five thousand barrels of oil!" ”

Gongsun Liang said lightly: "This kind of oil is inexhaustible, and there is no capital, what's wrong with taking it out as a vote, does my Gongsun family still care about 20,000 yuan?" ”

"Big brother is also reasonable, I'm afraid that the matter will be leaked!"

Gongsun Liang pondered for a moment and said: "It is right to go from Fenglin County, it is more hidden, but we moved five thousand barrels of oil over, it is too eye-catching, or we get on the ship in the warehouse, put it on the ship at night, and the city gate is closed, so it is not a big problem." ”

"I know, I'll arrange it!"

.........

At night, the city gate has been closed, the wharf outside the city of Fushi County is very quiet, there are many large warehouses on the wharf, the east is the warehouse of the government, the west is the private warehouse, among which the fire oil depot of the Gongsun family occupies a large area, there is a special wharf, more than 100 cargo ships quietly sailed and moored on the wharf of the Gongsun family.

The door of the warehouse opened, and the soldiers who accompanied the ship quickly went to carry the wooden oil drums, a barrel of oil weighed fifty catties, and a thousand-stone ship could hold forty or fifty barrels, and the soldiers pushed the barrels of oil to roll onto the ship and roll directly into the hold.

One cargo ship was full, sailed away from the dock, turned around in front and stopped on the opposite bank, and another empty ship picked up again, and kept busy until five o'clock, when all 3,000 barrels of oil were loaded onto the ship.

Zhang Chen stood at the bow of the boat and said goodbye to Gongsun Liang, "Take care of the head of the Gongsun family, we will have a date later!" ”

"Zhang joins the army and has a good trip!"

The flotilla set off, and they sailed down the river in the direction of the Yellow River.

........

In the morning, Guo Song received an eagle letter from Lanzhou, and the Taiyuan Yuan clan sent people to buy 3,000 horses and transport 150,000 pieces of cloth by boat.

Although many officials disagreed and suggested that Hexi stop selling war horses, Guo Song never ordered a ban on the sale of horses.

There are pros and cons to everything, although the sale of horses in Hexi will increase the strength of the army of each feudal town, but even if Hexi does not sell horses, they can still buy war horses from Hui Hui, rather than letting Hui Hui earn this money, it is better to earn it themselves.

Secondly, raising horses is extremely consuming of national strength, and if financial resources are limited, raising cavalry will inevitably limit the development of other branches of the military, and the infantry will not be able to obtain better weapons and armor, which is undoubtedly a good thing.

Guo Song stood in front of the map and looked at Hedong, he got the latest news, Zhu Tao has increased his troops in Hengzhou, which means that Zhu Tao is about to launch an attack on Taiyuan, this is a good opportunity, should he seize it?

At this time, the staff member Du Siye said at the door: "Envoy, Cangcao Zhang joins the army and asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

Zhang Chen walked into the official room and said: "The second batch of two thousand barrels of oil Gongsun family is ready, they sent a pigeon letter, informing the lowly to transport oil!" ”

"It's ready so soon, doesn't it mean the end of the year?"

"It is estimated that the Gongsun family transferred goods from other families, and there are many small oil wells in Yanzhou, and two thousand barrels of oil are not too much."

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "This Gongsun family is very hard-working!" ”

"I sent someone to investigate, the Gongsun family wanted to hug Zhu Jun's thigh a few years ago, but Zhu Jun didn't look down on them at all, the Hexi Army captured Shuofang, and their eyes turned to the envoy, probably wanting to hug the envoy's thigh."

Guo Song smiled: "Is my thigh so easy to hold?" One or two performances is not enough, they have to work harder. ”

Zhang Zhen also smiled and said: "Envoy, Suizhou Thorn Shi seems to be Gongsun Liang's sister-in-law, this delivery will be placed at the Yellow River Wharf in Yanfu County, Suizhou, and our fleet will not have to go to Fushi County again." ”

Guo Song's heart moved, and he quickly came to the map, and soon found Yanfu County on the map, on the other side of the Yellow River is Dinghu County, Shizhou, which is a famous Yellow River wharf.

Suizhou belongs to Zhu Zhu's territory, and it has only been a few months since the armistice agreement was signed, and it is not good for Guo Song to send troops to directly capture it, but Suizhou is a very good logistics center, and if Yanfu County can be controlled, the logistics base of the Hexi Army will be available.

Thinking of this, Guo Song said to Zhang Chen: "Please lead the Gongsun family, you have a good talk with the Suizhou Assassin History, and I hope he can be loyal to the Hexi Army." ”

"Does the envoy want to occupy Suizhou?"

"It's not!"

Guo Song shook his head and said: "Suizhou is still loyal to Zhu Zhu on the surface, we signed an armistice agreement, I don't want to tear it up for the time being, but the strategic location of Suizhou is very important, I want to use Yanfu County to stock up on grain and grass materials." ”

"I understand the lowly position, and the lowly position will go to Gongsun Liang to talk about it."

Guo Song remembered something and said: "I just remembered one thing, the Yuan family wants to buy 3,000 war horses and send a fleet to transport 150,000 pieces of cloth, I have approved this transaction, but I heard that the fleet does not belong to the Taiyuan government, but the private fleet temporarily leased by the government, you go to Lanzhou to have a look, if possible, lease this fleet and transport food and materials to us." ”

"Obey the order, and retire first."

Zhang Chen bowed and hurriedly retreated, he went back to pack his things, and then set off for Suizhou.

Guo Song picked up a horizontal knife from the table, this knife is the ordinary equipment of the Yuan army, not the standard weapon left by the Tang army in the past, but the Yuan family itself built, very ordinary pig iron, the iron quality is not good.

Guo Song put the knife on the shelf, he took out a Mo knife from the back room, shouted lowly, and slashed it away, the cold light flashed, only to hear 'click! With a bang, the horizontal knife was split into two pieces by the Mo knife.

At this moment, Guo Song made up his mind that it was time to settle the old accounts with the Yuan family.