A few days flew by, and there were only two days left before the day of the meeting with the Chen family. After Liu Juntao explained the restructuring plan, he made all preparations for going to Zhang Qiuzhen with peace of mind.

Early in the morning, Yan Hu and the fifty carefully selected guards were ready and ready to go; And Tang Yu and the five right-hand men also prepared their bags, and everyone waited quietly outside Liu Juntao's house.

After a while, Liu Juntao pushed open the door and walked out, still carrying a small burden on his shoulders.

Liu Juntao looked at everyone carefully, and saw that Yan Hu and the fifty young men did not carry shields and spears, each of them carried a long knife, after all, the distance to Zhang Qiu Town was not close, and there were too many villages along the way, and dozens of people carrying spears and shields were too dazzling.

And Tang Yu and the others were all dressed up in short clothes, each carrying a bag, which was bulging, obviously with enough silver, it seemed that they were ready to go to Zhang Qiuzhen to inspect it, and stood for the Ministry of Commerce.

After looking around, seeing that everyone's preparations were in place, Liu Juntao also nodded secretly, very approving.

"Today's weather is good, the autumn is crisp, let's just hurry!"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Let's leave early, and strive to go early and return early!" ”

At this time, Guo Yongzhong, Zhang Baigui, Guo Muying and Gao Ran also waited outside the door for a while, and when everyone saw Liu Juntao coming out, they all came over and said goodbye to Liu Juntao one by one.

Especially Guo Muying, before she could say a word to Liu Juntao, her eyes were red, which caused everyone around her to watch for a while.

"Wait until I'll get back!"

A simple sentence is worth a thousand words at this point.

Guo Muying was originally very worried about Liu Juntao, thinking that this trip was a bit dangerous, but when she saw Liu Juntao's confident eyes, she still held back the worry in her heart, and said with a smile: "Be careful!" ”

Liu Juntao nodded heavily, and wanted to say something to Guo Muying again, but Guo Yongzhong next to him coughed lightly and said: "Juntao, be more careful along the way, everything is based on the whole body, don't be temporary!" ”

Liu Juntao agreed with a smile, then glanced at Guo Muying, nodded at Guo Muying, and then waved to everyone: "Let's go!" ”

Yan Hu, Tang Yu and others also waved goodbye to Guo Yongzhong, Zhang Baigui and others, and everyone drove out of Yushan Market under the leadership of Liu Juntao and walked towards the west.

Not long after Liu Juntao and the others set off, Hu Dexing hurried over with Sun Xu and Meng Fanchen, but Guo Yongzhong and the others had already dispersed.

Zhang Baigui happened to pass by, and when he met Hu Dexing and a few people in the village, he said with a smile: "Lord Hu should have come earlier, Juntao and they have already set off." ”

Hearing that Liu Juntao and the others set off early in the morning, Hu Dexing suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Juntao is really anxious, he set off so early?" I'm still thinking about seeing off Brother Juntao! ”

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Two days later, Liu Juntao led a group of people to Zhang Qiuzhen.

Before everyone entered Zhang Qiuzhen, they were stunned by the crowd of people coming and going in front of them, only Liu Juntao and Tang Yu were better, they didn't act too surprised, they just looked around at the situation.

I saw that the outside of Zhang Qiu Town was full of people coming and going, and it seemed that there would be no shortage of pedestrians in the town. In terms of prosperity alone, it can be said that Zhang Qiuzhen is far above Huakou Town, not to mention Ansan Town, which has not yet fully recovered.

"Why is this autumn town so prosperous? Could it be that there are some wealthy businessmen and huge riches in Zhang Qiu Town? Or what treasures are produced in this autumn town? ”

Yan Hu asked in a daze, a pair of eyes couldn't see it anymore, and he kept looking around, and the fifty young men behind him also looked around like people from the lower riba, causing the pedestrians around him to laugh.

Liu Juntao is better, after all, there are too many bright lights and skyscrapers in later generations, although the Zhang Qiu Town in front of him is very prosperous, but it is still incomparable with later generations, at best, it is the same level as the "ancient town" scenic spot in later generations.

However, Liu Juntao also has some doubts in his heart, why is Zhang Qiuzhen so much more prosperous than Huakou Town and Anshan Town?

Tang Yu on the side smiled at this time and said, "Mr. Lian, Mr. Yan, although I have never been to this Zhang Qiu Town, I have been in Huakou Town for a long time, and I have heard some things about Zhang Qiu Town. I also know some reasons why Zhang Qiuzhen is so prosperous, so I will say it casually, and everyone can judge for themselves. ”

"Just what I want!"

Liu Juntao was interested when he heard it, and Yan Hu looked at it with a light in his eyes.

Tang Yu paused, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "This Zhangqiu Town is not too big, basically the same as Huakou Town, but Zhangqiu Town is bordered by Yanggu County and Shouzhang County in the west, Shawan and Liangshanji in the south, plus the Grand Canal is a few miles east of Zhangqiu Town, and less than ten miles south of the town is the Guangji Canal, which can be said to be the place where the waterways extend in all directions!" ”

Although Zhangqiu Town is about the same size as Huakou Town, the population of the town is much more than that of Huakou Town, and even the boatmen on the Grand Canal will go to this Zhangqiu Town to eat, drink and have fun. As soon as there are many people in Zhang Qiu Town, the demand is great, so over time, Zhang Qiu Town will prosper. ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help nodding his head when he listened, not because he knew the secret of Zhang Qiuzhen's prosperity, but because he listened to Tang Yu's analysis and appreciated Tang Yu's mind and ability even more.

Just now, Tang Yu said the two most important points of commerce: transportation and demand!

If you want to make your business bigger and stronger, it is delusional without these two points!

At this time, Liu Juntao felt more and more that Tang Yu was a rare talent: "Tang Yu has such a vision and mind, I believe that in the future, the Ministry of Commerce will definitely grow stronger and stronger under the management of Tang Yu!" I'm really lucky, I can have such a talent who is good at cargo breeding, Tang Yu can be regarded as my Sang Hongyang (a financial expert under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty)! ”

At this time, Yan Hu asked, "Is there a private salt business in this Zhang Qiu Town?" ”

Tang Yu smiled and said, "Of course there is!" This Zhangqiu Town and Ansan Town in the south are along the Grand Canal, not too far from Dongping Lake Reeds and Yushan Reeds, and it is a place that extends in all directions. ”

Yan Hu had a surprised expression on his face, while Liu Juntao smiled slightly and said to Tang Yu: "Tang Yu is right! This time, we are not only here to meet with the Chen family, but also to check Zhang Qiuzhen's business affairs, and prepare to enter Zhang Qiuzhen to do business in the future! ”

Tang Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he whispered to Liu Juntao: "No wonder Mr. Lian asked us to bring so much silver, it turned out that we had a plan for a long time!" ”

While everyone was talking, they had already entered Zhang Qiu Town, and they saw that the streets in the town were even more crowded, and Liu Juntao and his party of fifty or sixty people could barely move forward, and they were almost dispersed by the crowd!

Yan Hu saw that there were too many pedestrians around, so he shouted to Liu Juntao: "Mr. Lian! Let's find a place to stay first! ”

Liu Juntao also nodded, and was about to look for the inn, when he suddenly found that the pedestrians in front of him were scattered to both sides, and there was a burst of scolding during the period, as if someone was driving the crowd in front.

After a while, Liu Juntao found that there were 60 or 70 sturdy men at the intersection in front of him, who were rudely dispersing the crowd and completely occupying the street.

"Mr. Lian, it seems to be the Chen family's people, let's be more careful!"

Yan Hu reminded Liu Juntao on the one hand, and waved his hand at the fifty young men behind him, everyone was all on guard, without exception, they put their hands on the hilt of their swords, as long as there was any movement in front of the Chen family, everyone would fight back.

Tang Yu knew that he and his subordinates couldn't help much at this time, so they all hid in the middle of the crowd so as not to cause trouble to the guards and the guards.

At this time, Liu Juntao also carefully observed the group of sturdy men in the distance.

I saw that the men were all short and energetic, and the blades in everyone's hands were also unified, all of them were ox-headed knives. Moreover, the dozens of sturdy men are tall and full of evil spirits, and they are not good at first glance.

However, Liu Juntao also observed that the dozens of strong men stood at the corner of the street and looked very scattered, and there was no team to speak of. Although they are all fierce people, they give people the feeling of fighting separately.

"It seems that it is as strong as the Chen family, and the people under it are just a rabble!"

Liu Juntao has a plan in his heart: the people of the Chen family are indeed strong, and it can be seen from the momentum alone that they are far stronger than the people of the Liu family and the Wang family!

However, such a person who does not have a decent formation and strict discipline can only bully the Liu family and the Wang family who are also scattered, at best, and the Chen family is definitely not an opponent against a strictly trained team like the Shangyushan Guard!

"Just ......"

According to Liu Zi'an, in addition to the large number of people in the Chen family, there are also a large number of archers and a horse team, these two teams are strong enemies!

"I don't know if the escort team can withstand the blows of the Chen family's horse team and the archers!"

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao said to Yan Hu beside him: "Send a brother up to talk, let everyone be careful!" ”

Yan Hu nodded, waved his hand to a young man on the side, and the young man walked up vigilantly, and when he walked between the two groups of people, he asked loudly, "Who are you?" Why stand in our way! ”

"We are the Chen family, but you are from Yushan?"

Liu Juntao took a closer look and found that a middle-aged man in his forties walked out of the middle of those sturdy men, and he was obviously a scholar dressed up.

And the dozens of sturdy men around all flashed to the side, and they were all very respectful to the middle-aged man.

"We are the Yushan Guard! Is this how your Chen family does things? ”

"Humph! Even a young man dares to shout in front of me! Don't you have a leader in Yushan Ji! Why didn't Liu Juntao show up! ”

The middle-aged scholar was a little annoyed.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao sneered, recruited the young man in front of him, and then took two steps forward and said loudly: "I'm Liu Juntao!" Where is the head of your Chen family? ”