Duanwang didn't talk about how to discuss Yan Kui's attitude, but Yan Kui, who was in Xiao Guan, saw a person he didn't expect.

Shun Wangfu staff - Gong Zhiyuan.

Xiao Guan, Pingbei General's Mansion

Yan Kui sat on the main seat, looking up and down at Gong Zhiyuan, who was drinking tea, a little curious.

"With all due respect, why did Mr. Gong come to the general?"

Before, because Gong Zhiyuan saved the angel white eunuch and his party, theoretically speaking, Yan Kui owed him a favor, plus Yan Kui heard Guangshan say that Gong Zhiyuan was excellent in martial arts, so Yan Kui's attitude towards Gong Zhiyuan was very friendly at that time, and even vaguely wooed the palace, wanting him to work under his command.

It's a pity that Gong Zhiyuan is loyal to King Shun, and in the face of Yan Kui's solicitation, Yan Kui also thinks that he is not as valuable as the prince as a third-grade general, so he slowly stopped thinking about it.

Later, because Yan Kui was busy attacking Jun County, he Gong Zhiyuan saw less, but later after taking Jun County, Yan Kui was ordered to prepare to go to the Jin army camp in Beiling, Gong Zhiyuan took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Yan Kui was busy with military affairs at the time, so he didn't have much energy to care about him, so he kept it for a while, and let Gong Zhiyuan leave, and before leaving, he thought about his rescue of the white eunuch, and asked Guangshan to give him a Buddhist bead.

It is said that Gong Zhiyuan can find himself if he has something in the future, and within his ability, Yan Kui will try to help as much as possible.

After that, Yan Kui never heard the news of Gong Zhiyuan, and had asked King Shun when he was in the camp of the Jin army before, but he was covered up by King Shun, Yan Kui was still puzzled, thinking that something had happened to Gong Zhiyuan.

But I didn't think that it didn't take long for Gong Zhiyuan to come directly to find him.

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Gong Zhiyuan didn't know what Yan Kui was thinking, and when he heard Yan Kui's question, he put down the teacup and replied with some respect.

"The general didn't know, after King Shun returned to Beijing, he left him in Beiling to take care of the palace industry, and he was a little out of the way, so he was busy for a while, and recently he made time to visit the general."

Hearing this, Yan Kui almost understood that Gong Zhiyuan was doing business for the Shun Mansion in Beiling, and he came to visit him to find a backer for the business.

After all, although King Shun is a prince, but he has no real power, and he is far away from the emperor, and the merchants are profit-seeking, and Gong Zhiyuan is doing business in Beiling, which will naturally affect the interests of local merchants in the north, and if the interests are damaged, some people will naturally not sell the face of the Shun Wangfu "far away in the sky".

At this time, if you want to continue to do business safely and quietly, it is best to find a local backer to deter Xiaoxiao.

And at present, in Beiling, the largest contemporaneous palace is also the most convenient to have a relationship, and it is naturally Yan Kui, the general of Pingbei.

After thinking about this, Yan Kui had the bottom in his heart: "King Shun wants to do business in Beiling." ”

Gong Zhiyuan replied: "It's all ordinary business, mostly grain, cloth, tea and whatever, except for some things forbidden by the imperial court, everything else is done."

The goods in the capital are good, and the palace can buy them at a low price by virtue of their relationship, and then transport them to Beiling or Hongyang, and they can be sold at a price increase of 30% or even more than the price of the capital city. ”

Is this a second-class dealer?

Yan Kui understood it at once, and said with a smile: "It's a good way to make money, and it's easy to plan for the prince." ”

"That's a good way to go."

Gong Zhiyuan shook his head and sighed: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, general, our prince is not very powerful in the capital, and the good way to really make money has long been occupied."

It is not easy to live in the capital, the cost of the palace is not small, there is no way, you can only build a caravan, run errands in the capital and various places, in fact, this caravan you look very profitable, but in addition to freight, labor and miscellaneous expenses, that is, to make a hard money. ”

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Yan Kui agreed with Gong Zhiyuan's statement, after all, the prince of the palace must have strength in his hands, why is it easier and more profitable than running a caravan.

Even if it is a caravan, it will not be able to get these ordinary goods of grain and cloth, smuggle salt and iron, or make strips and strips of trade with the Western Zhou Dynasty, that is a good deal.

However, Yan Kui also knew that King Shun was not liked by the emperor, and it was naturally not his turn to officially approve such a good thing as Tongtiao, and smuggling with other countries, it is estimated that King Shun would not dare to do it.

Although the caravan does not make much money, and the business is hard, it is better to be safe, and if the market is good, it can also leave a lot of surplus throughout the year, which is more suitable for King Shun, a prince in name only.

It's just that Yan Kui is a little puzzled that although this kind of business is important to the Shun Palace, it is enough to send a henchman to supervise it, so that Gong Zhiyuan will not come over and watch it in person.

He heard that this Mr. Gong is the right-hand man and confidant of Prince Shun, and now he has been sent here, is it possible that he has fallen out of favor?

can see that the Yuan of the palace in front of him is serious about doing things, and he looks like he is digging out his heart and lungs for King Shun, but he doesn't look like it.

Yan Kui was very curious in his heart, but he didn't ask in detail, after all, how did King Shun send his subordinates to have nothing to do with him, maybe Gong Zhiyuan had some secret tasks.

In the final analysis, I have no right or reason to ask a lot about other people's private affairs.

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After asking about King Shun's business dealings and finding that there was indeed nothing suspicious, Yan Kui sold Gong Zhiyuan a face.

promised that he would soon send someone to inform the officials of Beiling that King Shun's business had gone through his door, and he believed that after the news was released, it would be easy for anyone to offend the caravan.

Seeing that Yan Kui agreed to help, the members of the palace were overjoyed, got up and thanked them again and again, and said that they would give the general's mansion a certain percentage of filial piety in accordance with the rules in the future.

Yan Kui nodded, he didn't refuse, he now has tens of thousands of people under his command, and there are places where money is used everywhere, so naturally he will not push the silver out of vain, and this is indeed the rule.

In addition to the Shunwangfu caravan, the rest of the big caravans that were traveling in Beiling would also be handed over to a certain amount of filial piety on an annual basis.

This can be regarded as the extra money of the guards in various places, and the imperial court also knows about this and acquiesces in it, after all, this group of generals is fed by merchants, and they can also have less empty food and grass ideas.

Speaking of this, Yan Kui suddenly thought, can he also make some business, Shunwang, a second-class dealer, has a good business, although the profit is not high, but if the number comes up, the income will be considerable.

The only thing to worry about is that he has no connections in the capital and is not easy to get the goods, but Yan Kui thought about it, he can cooperate with King Shun.

King Shun is responsible for taking freight from the capital, and then transporting it to Beiling, with Yan Kui's strength in Beiling, he can ensure that King Shun's caravan is unimpeded in Beiling, and he can also help King Shun open up the relationship between Nanling and Hongyang.

Yan Kui's power in these two mansions is not as good as Beiling, but it is not weak, Yin Hua Wenzheng of Nanling Mansion and Qin Qi, the chief soldier, are his old acquaintances, say hello, it should not be a big problem.

And Hongyang Xinfu, although the situation may be a little chaotic, but with Di Yi in the cover, the caravan is a trivial matter, and now the border situation in Hongyang is complicated, and most of the other merchants are watching and have not entered.

If the Shunwang caravan enters the Hongyang market first, it can take the lead, this is a place, with a population of hundreds of thousands, even if it can only occupy thirty percent of the business of the commercial banks, the profits can make people fat.

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Yan Kui looked at Gong Zhiyuan, his eyes moved slightly, to be honest, he was a little tempted.

In fact, Yan Kui is not very short of money now, on the contrary, because Xiaoguan, Jun County, Xiechun and even Nanling County were all taken by Yan Kui as the first troops, and during this period, Yan Kui naturally made a lot of seizures.

The cumulative number adds up, so that the humble gentleman can't help but feel his heart beat faster when he sees it.

After all, this is the wealth of the city looted by the Zhou army before, Yan Kui conquered the city, and these money, grain and treasures became Yan Kui's seizure, in addition to handing over a part and rewarding his subordinates, the rest was the personal property that had been lost.

This is also the reason why those generals who fought in the war are all fat and oily, killing people and setting fire to the gold belt, nothing more than that.

However, unlike those generals who take the capture and enjoy themselves for fun, Yan Kui has ideals, and the wealth in his hands is not intended to be used privately, but is ready to improve the combat power under his command.

weapons, armor, grain and grass, ordnance, intelligence, pensions, and rewards............ There are all kinds of money, as long as there is enough money, even if it is a full indigenous soldier, Yan Kui can create a hundred battle elites, not to mention that Yan Kui also has the big killer of the system soldiers.

However, adding these things is not a small number, only with Yan Kui's financial resources, it can support it for a while, but it can't support it for a lifetime, so in order to prevent it from sitting on the mountain in the future, Yan Kui has to find a way to open it up for himself.

Before this, most of Yan Kui's property was seized from the battlefield, and a small part was the Qingyuan business that his uncle Dong Guangming was in charge of and the snake vine he got from the Guo family.

Dong Guangming's business income is okay, Yan Kui didn't take it, all of it was given to the General's Mansion for the Yan family's family or as savings, and he doesn't plan to call it in the future, which is considered a back road for the Yan family.

Snake Yang Teng's income is very good, but Yan Kui has this money to develop the dark web, so it can't be easily embezzled.

In addition to these two, Yan Kui has no other income except for the filial piety received by Beiling, which is obviously not a long-term way, so he will be tempted by King Shun's caravan.

If this matter is handled well, not to mention the rolling of money, but at least it can engorge Yan Kui's small treasury to a certain extent.

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It's just that the problem that makes Yan Kui a little hesitant is that he is not sure whether this King Shun can be trusted, if the other party cheats himself, he can't lead troops to slaughter the Shun Palace, no matter how bad King Shun is, he is also the dignified Prince of the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Killing the prince is tantamount to rebellion.........

But he didn't cooperate with King Shun, and Yan Kui couldn't find another partner to work with, he didn't know a few people in the capital, and the only ones he knew were the old boss Di Yi, Peng Kuohai and Chang Bang, who was recuperating from his injuries in the capital.

But the Di family and the Peng family are not good at business, and Changbang itself is still a little worse in the capital, so it is better to have experience and connections in the Shunwang Mansion, and Duanwang can do it, but how dare Yan Kui "enter the tiger's mouth".

Yan Kui thought about it in his heart for a long time, so far, King Shun is indeed his most suitable partner.