The hooves of the horses trampled across the earthy yellow water, and a westradish horse had already stepped on the east bank of the slow-flowing river. Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen horses were driven down from a ferry and ran up to the river beach in the yellow water. On the other side of the river, hundreds or thousands of horses were crowded on the beach, waiting to get on the boat and cross the river under the watchful eye of the horsemen.

The thousands of horses here are the horses of the West Fan that the ninth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the merchant Jabus, got from Wu Sangui. After twenty or thirty days of travel, we finally arrived at the bank of the Yellow River at the junction of Wubao County, Tianbao Prefecture, Shaanxi Province and Qiaokou Town, Yongning Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province.

The west bank of the Yellow River is the territory of Wang Yongqiang, the envoy of the Tianbao Festival on the side of the Dashun Dynasty, and the west bank of the Yellow River is the territory of Zhu Cijiong, the king of the Ming Dynasty - this is still a "national border"!

Although Daming and Dashun are still enemy countries where swords and soldiers meet, there is no tension in this "national border", but the "border trade" is doing well, and it is also open in the town of Mokou near the east bank of the Yellow River ferry.

And the Mokou Yard is the destination of the trip of the Emperor Jia of the Emperor of Jabs - although Jabs is not very good at trading, but he is not stupid enough to take the horses from Qinghai to Beijing to sell, who will he sell them to? It's only been a few years since the Qing soldiers entered the customs? How could the Eight Banners be short of horses? And with a steady stream of Mongolian horses, how could Jabus's passionate horses be sold for money? If he can't sell it for a good price, his big spy will lose money!

Jabbs's "imperial businessman" is also contracted, self-financed, how much money he earns and Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division, he can take 30% himself.

Therefore, spies must be served, and business cannot be completely ignored!

And in today's Beidi (not counting Shandong), the highest price of horses must be Xi'an - Zhang Xianzhong is also preparing for war, ready to do a big job, and he also has silver, and he has been fighting in the world for so many years, and the silver accumulated in hand is 10 million taels can't be stopped.

But Jabus didn't dare to go to Xi'an, that place was too unsound, maybe he made a lot of money, maybe he hit Zhang Xianzhong's knife and slaughtered - this kind of thing has not happened before! It was Zhang Xianzhong's Shaanxi fellow who was slaughtered, where did Jabbs dare to go?

And the high price of horses in Xi'an (in fact, everything is expensive there) is also related to Zhang Xianzhong's "uncertainty ramp".

And the town of Mokou is now the second most expensive place in the north (not counting Shandong) horse price. Because His Royal Highness the Acting King on Luliang Mountain has been expanding his armaments since last year, and it seems that he is preparing to fight with Dongyu!

At this time, although the Mokou Farm was extremely prosperous, even more than the time when the world was still peaceful in the early years of Chongzhen, but the largesse of transporting thousands of good horses at one time still alarmed the entire Mokou Business Town. Even Chen Wenhao, the chief merchant of the Mokou Rongchang appointed by Zhu Cijiong, was shocked!

The fat man, Chen Da, who was fat and weighed 180 pounds, was not a local profiteer in Mokou Town, but a "loyal businessman" from Shanxi who moved from Pingyao.

Although the eight great emperors and merchants in the Qing Dynasty are in the old pit of Shanxi, but Chen Dacai is not a traitor Jin merchant - there are more Jin merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and it may make some sense to say that they are all profiteers, but it is nonsense to give them a traitor hat.

And this rich man Chen is not even a profiteer, although his family was still a well-known private money merchant in Shanxi four or five years ago, and the small flat money released from his hand every year is more than the copper money sent out by the Ming household department...... However, since Dolgon implemented the method of counting the land in Shanxi, the rich man Chen changed his ways, and left his hometown in Pingyao to go to Luliang Mountain with the family property saved by many years of private copper coins, and he was also rewarded by Zhu Cijiong for his meritorious work in money lending, and was named a "loyal businessman"!

So he is now a real "loyal businessman", with a certificate, who dares to say that he is disloyal, that is to oppose the Ming loan king on Luliang Mountain! That's right, it's a loan for a loan! The "loyal merchants" on Luliang Mountain all lent money to Zhu Cijiong, so they all called him "Loan King" behind their backs.

"What a horse, what a horse...... Shopkeeper Jia, your horses, you all want them! Make an offer! ”

In the town of Mokou built by the mountain, in a house located on the mountainside, Chen Wenhao and Chen Dashang were talking about business with Jabs with a smile - it was not the first time that Jabus had been to Luliang, nor was it the first time he had passed through Mokou Town, so he and Chen Fatzi also had a few faces.

However, Chen Fatzi didn't know his true identity, only thought he was a wealthy businessman in the troubled times.

Jabbs smiled and stretched out four fingers, "How about 40,000 taels of silver?" For the sake of these West Passions, Lao Jia pinned his head to the belt of his trousers and went to Qinghai, and almost chopped up the cavalry of the Warat people to make some hard-earned money...... Of course, the business of His Royal Highness the King of your old Tidai Zhang Luokou Town is also extremely hard, look at it, everyone has lost a lot of weight! ”

"Not really!" Fat Chen nodded approvingly, and the fat flesh on his face was twisted, "These days are busy, His Royal Highness the Acting King is busy expanding the armament war, and these loyal businessmen can't stand idly by, they all contribute money and efforts......"

Speaking of "contributing money and effort", the fat man's eyes flashed with tears...... Last month, he put another loan shark to the "loan king" Zhu Cijiong, and the three-point interest rate is 36 percent, which is definitely a loan shark!

"Uh-oh." Jabusi looked at the fat man's expression a little strangely, and said in his heart: What is the matter with this profiteer? What sad things come to mind?

"The horse ......," Jabbs asked in a low voice.

"Oh," the fat man reacted, "40,000 taels is 40,000 taels, but ......"

"But what?" Jabbs knew that silver wasn't so easy to earn...... If you don't pay back the price, there must be a problem!

The fat man frowned and said, "But the acting king doesn't have so much cash, and he can only give four thousand taels of silver at most." ”

"Give four thousand taels?" Jabbs was stunned, "What about the rest?" ”

Chen Fatzi said: "Give a borrowed ticket!" ”

"Borrowing a ticket?"

The fat man nodded, "Three points of interest per month, don't roll, and pay once due." ”

"The expiration is...... When? ”

"When to recover Shanxi, when will it expire!" When Fat Chen said this, tears were about to drop.

He had already lent His Royal Highness the King of Loans more than 100,000 taels of silver, plus a few thousand catties of copper...... I don't know if I can survive until the time when the loan king repays the money in this life!

"This ......," Jabbs didn't know what to say.

Of course, he had heard about the "loan king" looking for people to borrow money everywhere, but he never thought that he would borrow money from himself.

"Well, it's inconvenient to have your forehead!" Jabbs immediately began to cry poor, "A thousand horses only give four thousand taels, and even the road expenses are not enough......"

Fat Chen took a fancy to Jabbs's crying poor appearance, and smiled: "Who doesn't know that your boss Jia has silver?" Besides, the monthly interest is three points...... Very good! The loan ticket has the signature of the loan king, and the big seal of the prince, are you afraid that you won't be able to collect the money? ”

How can you not be afraid? Jabbs just shook his head. The acting king is only a Datong mansion, and he also tossed the Tartar into a white land, even if it can be restored in the future, there is not much oil and water, what to pay off?

Chen Fatzi said, "What are you afraid of? The king of loans is not yet on the emperor Lao Tzu...... Now that the emperor Lao Tzu is rich, he has made a fortune by scraping the land in Jiangnan, and he still needs you this bit of silver? ”

Do you think Emperor Hongxing will give the acting king a support? Emperor Hongxing is a shrewd emperor, and will he carry usury for his younger brother? Besides, if the acting king wants to repay the debt, can you Shanxi old pits do this? Jabus thought to himself: You profiteer is finished, and you have cheated the king out of all the money!

When Jabbs was anxious for Fat Chen, the fat man had already lowered his voice and spoke: "Shopkeeper Jia, let's talk to you...... One percent of silver and nine percent of the ticket is now the rule of borrowing the king's mansion! If you don't take it, then the deal can't be done. It can be guaranteed that there is no second family that will buy your horse in the territory of Luliang Mountain. His Royal Highness the Loan King is reasonable, he will not buy and sell by force, let alone rob, but he can guarantee that no one dares to ask for your horse. Your horses are worthless when they leave Luliang Mountain, unless they are transported to Xi'an. Hehe, Zhang Xianzhong has no score for killing people, if you have the guts, go ahead! ”