Chapter 23 Protection Fees
The army sent by Zhang Ming plundered smoothly.
However, because they have been swept away by Wuhuan before, many rich people have hidden their belongings or have moved to the city.
The pillar went out a few days later and returned, and the soldiers were carrying many, many goods on their horses.
Zhang Ming was very happy and immediately asked people to count them.
After this inventory, there are also hundreds of thousands of copper coins worth money.
Having money is good and equipping the army.
"Instructor, this Zhuangzi will be ours from now on." Zhuzi looked at this Zhuangzi and drooled, he was born at the bottom, it would be good to have a dilapidated house at home, where had he ever seen such a good house.
"Out of breath." Zhang Ming sneered, and then said, "Go and clean up Zhuangzi, it will be my temporary residence in the future." ”
The pillar quickly brought people to clean up, and a group of big men finally cleaned up the Zhuangzi.
Zhang Ming went to his room and saw a lot of ancient furniture.
"Move all these things somewhere else, just leave the bed and the table."
Zhang Ming couldn't look down on these, and after the people left, he moved out of the system space with many guys.
"It has to be Simmons to sleep, and it's all cotton."
"Tea sets are Jingdezhen's fines."
"There must be fine tea and wine in the cabinet."
"Smoke on."
Zhang Ming began to decorate his room, of course, according to the luxury.
"It's just that there is no sofa, why don't you get off the sofa?"
"Do you want to farm monsters, kill some bandits, and blow up a few sofas."
After arranging the room, there are many things, but there is no sofa, and Zhang Ming always feels that something is missing.
There is no sofa without a sofa, Zhang Ming has arranged his room very exquisitely, and a large number of modern things appear in this small room.
At this time, in the places around Xiangping City, those landlords and families complained that their Zhuangzi were all looted.
The loss of property was not large, but the land outside the city and some of the confiscated grain were in the hands of these bandits.
These people are very anxious, land and food are weapons in their hands, and now all this is occupied by Zhang Ming.
Two days later, Zhang Ming's army returned, and this time they plundered a lot of things.
The army began to gather here to train.
Zhang Ming called the pillar in.
When the pillar entered Zhang Ming's room, he was immediately stunned.
"Instructor, you still have that taste, the things here are the things of the nobles." Pillar said.
Zhang Ming was making tea and gave the pillar a cup as well.
"It's so fragrant, it's delicious." The pillar took a sip of admiration.
Zhang Ming doubted whether he really understood tea.
Zhang Ming himself drank a few sips, and then said: "You immediately go and send a message to the landlords of the family in the city, we have bought all the land outside the city, and let them send someone to hand it over." ”
The pillar suddenly became anxious.
"Instructor, what to buy, it's not all in our hands now, it's all ours."
Zhang Ming glared at him and said, "Lao Tzu is not a thief for a lifetime, in a few days, we will be officers and soldiers." ”
Zhuzi didn't understand why Zhang Ming wanted to buy these lands, but Zhang Ming gave an order, and he could only carry it out.
The news spread quickly, and within two days, everyone around knew about it.
In particular, there are the most wealthy people in Xiangping City, and they are the first to be notified.
Old Man Xu, when he received the notice, his hands trembled.
"Thief, when my master arrives, I will destroy you all."
After Xu Chao found out, he shouted.
This is his lifeline, and there is a lot of land outside the city, and now it is occupied.
But Xu Chao didn't want to compromise, not just lose the grain in the field, and when the officers and soldiers came, his land would be returned.
A few days passed, and no one came to sell the land.
The pillar secretly laughed at Zhang Ming.
"The instructor just loves to do these things, and he robs them all, and he buys what he buys."
Although no one sold it, Zhang Ming continued to send people to spread the news, at least to let the entire Liaodong know.
Nowadays, in the entire Liaodong, there are not many soldiers and horses, and they usually don't even dare to go out of the city.
Although no one went out of the city to sell land, there were people who came to pay the premiums.
"Instructor, there is a person named Luo Quan in the next county town who said that he would come to pay protection money." The pillar came to Zhang Ming again and said.
"Pay protection money? Did you say anything? ”
"The other party wanted to transport some goods, but they were afraid that they would be robbed by us, so they wanted to pay protection money, so they sent a person."
Zhang Ming nodded, this is also a kind of financial route.
"I'll put on some makeup, and you'll bring someone in ten minutes."
After all, he is a person who wants to be a guard, and it is not good to be a bandit and a thief in public, Zhang Ming plans to put on makeup.
Soon, he put on his own makeup, put on a mustache, made a one-eyed dragon, and put on a baseball cap.
This baseball cap is naturally a monster hit.
"Instructor, someone is here."
The pillar was also startled when he saw Zhang Ming, but the instructor had such a big cigarette in his mouth.
Zhang Ming did light a cigar for himself and smoked it, which was very bigwig's style.
"The king, the king, the little one, please be safe."
The people who came to see Zhang Ming were also completely stunned, this thief felt so powerful.
"This is a great gift from our head of the family."
The other party gave a gift box, Zhang Ming opened it directly and took a look, and there was pottery inside.
"Pillar, you take it down and use it." Zhang Ming pushed the gift box aside.
The face of the person who came changed, and the gift giver was not satisfied, which was not easy to do.
Zhang Ming began to make tea for himself, and that guy was all fine porcelain with exquisite patterns on it.
Suddenly, the person who came understood that everyone used high-end goods, and the things he sent were simply unsightly.
"It's okay to ship goods, we don't do anything wrong, but we have to give five percent of the price." Zhang Ming drank tea and began to make a price.
People were pleasantly surprised, when he came before, the head of the family gave him a target of ten percent, but the bandits in Erlong Mountain were only five percent.
"In addition, don't hide the value of the goods, we Erlongshan will not look at your little thing, if you dare to deceive, then the consequences will be serious, in this territory of Liaodong, there is no Erlongshan that I dare not move."
Zhang Ming dared to enter Xiangping City, and there was really nothing he didn't dare to move.
The other party hurriedly nodded and went back.
This Luo Quan is definitely a smart person, Liaodong has just experienced two disasters, one is the invasion of the Wuhuan people, and the other is naturally Zhang Ming's bandits.
Now that all the counties are not open to trade, if he can transport goods in various places at this time, he will definitely make a profit.
However, Zhang Ming also wants to see how big the other party's pattern is, if the other party can abide by the agreement, Zhang Ming doesn't mind supporting it, if the other party's pattern is too small, then press him to death.
Today, although Zhang Ming's troops are not many, his deterrent power is very large, and he controls many major places.