On the same day, with the evening, the city of Yi'an.

Although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the soldiers who entered the city for the New Year also maintained the city, there are still many relics left over from the battle, and the holes in the city wall have burned most of them, leaving only a small section of black beams, demolished houses, and few pedestrians on the street.

After the war, in order to avoid chaos, most of the people in the city were reluctant to go out unless they were forced to do so, and there were few people on the street except for the Ming soldiers who patrolled; Even if there were, most of them hurried by, and when they saw the Ming army, they avoided like a mouse seeing a cat, and they nodded and bowed when they couldn't dodge. Because today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Ming soldiers don't want to make anything bad, so they nod and pass.

But at this time, in the most conspicuous position on the main road in Yi'an City, two small sedan chairs were carried by the sedan chair driver, walking steadily on the street; There are also several strong men guarding the two small sedan chairs. Although these strong men are tall and vicious, they do not have the spirit of a soldier.

When a young soldier patrolling the streets saw this strange scene, he was about to come forward to interrogate him, but was immediately stopped by the older soldiers. The young soldier asked puzzledly: "According to the order from above, such pedestrians must be interrogated, why doesn't Uncle Jiang let me go and inquire?" What's more, this is a rich family, and you can also take advantage of the situation to knock a few dollars. ”

"I can't care about anything in my eyes." The old soldier scolded: "You can see clearly, they are not the local gentry of Annam, they are merchants who have come to do business. ”

"The businessmen who dare to do business in Annan have a bit of background, but they are not something that people like you and me can afford to provoke."

Only then did the young soldier notice the unusual thing about a few of the guards, and took a few steps back, not daring to speak.

But at this time, the sedan chair suddenly stopped, and the curtain of one of the sedan chairs was slightly opened, and a guard bent down slightly, as if he had listened to a few words from the people inside, and then walked over to the two of them. ”

Although they didn't dare to take the initiative to provoke others, the money they sent over should not be in vain, so they thanked them and took the money, and the two of them divided it in half and hid it in their sleeves. The escort returned to the sedan chair, and the sedan driver picked up the sedan chair and continued walking.

"Lao Xiao, what are you giving them money for? They don't dare to provoke us. A phrase came from one of the palanquins.

"Hey, Lao Zheng, you are not a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and you have not done business in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, even if you have heard of the rules of the Ming Dynasty, you are not deeply touched."

"Da Ming is not one of the small countries you see in the South Seas, and it is very different from India. In the Ming Dynasty, the official characters are the most important, but it's not that you can run amok with one hundred and eighty thugs. ”

"No matter how big a businessman you are, the magistrate of Qipin can't provoke you, otherwise the magistrate will always find fault with you, and the business will not be able to continue."

"Now Annan is at war, and everything is in charge of the army, but they have to be perfunctory. Although those two people just now were only big soldiers, they couldn't tell when they would be useful. Anyway, it's just a few treasure money, and it doesn't cost anything. In another sedan chair, there were a few words.

"Oh, Daming's rules are trouble, so I'm reluctant to do business in Daming. How simple the country is in the South Seas, with men who can fight, ships that can deal with pirates, and goods that can be sold without worry, and they can eat anywhere, which is as complicated as the Ming Dynasty. ”

"There are also benefits to doing business in Daming. There are many rich people and they earn a lot, not to mention it, just talk about the road. The Ming Dynasty is strong, and it also tries its best to exterminate bandits from all walks of life, and transports goods on the official roads of the imperial court, on the big rivers, and on the sea near the shore, so you don't have to worry about the bandits, how much money does this save? Moreover, most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are also relatively honest, as long as they do not deliberately offend, unlike the greedy nature of officials in many other countries. ”

"That's what you said, but I still think it's more suitable for me to do business in Nanyang, and after this deal is done, I'll continue to do business in Nanyang."

As they spoke, they had come to the gate of a courtyard in the city near the city wall. The two of them stepped out of the palanquin. Both of them look like they are in their thirties, and one of them has knotted muscles and muscles, and at first glance he is a practitioner; In addition, the man was also very strong, not like ordinary people.

This Lian family is Xiao Zhuo, who Yun Xi personally instructed him to spread the news of the merchants accompanying the army, and the other person is his friend, Zheng Pai, a merchant whose ancestral home is Siam.

After Xiao Zhuo spread the news that the Ming Dynasty needed to accompany the army and merchants to the merchants he knew, he also came to Annan with money to do business. He thought that he had two friends from Annan's own country, and he had always done business in Hue, so he thought of going to Hue to remind the two of them: Daming is going to fight with Annan, hurry up and take the money to other countries to hide for a while, and come back after Daming wins.

Who knew that he didn't see his two Annam friends in Hue, but he met the Zheng Pai who had just sent him food the year before. Xiao Zhuo then told him about it and pulled him to do business together. When the Zheng faction heard that it was such a deal, they knew that the profits must be huge, and there would be five or six times the profits, so they were moved. So he and Xiao Zhuo first found a place to exchange all the goods in their hands for gold, silver or treasure money, and bought a few ships, and came to Daludun Island, where the Ming Dynasty temporarily authorized foreign merchants to dock, while secretly doing business with the soldiers and ordinary people stationed nearby, while waiting for the opportunity to make a lot of money in Annan.

After waiting like this for more than ten days, He Rong led his troops from Haikang to attack Annan, they thought that they could make a lot of money at this time, but who knew that the news of He Rong's fiasco came.

Hearing the news, many merchants who had been waiting for a day or twenty dispersed and went to the Nanyang countries for distribution with the goods of the Ming Dynasty that they had secretly bought; Others have gone to land to trade. The Zheng faction had been doing business at sea, and they were unwilling and afraid to go deep inland, and they refused to let go of this opportunity, so they continued to wait until He Rong led his troops to capture Yi'an City and began to make money.

At this time, Zheng Pai got off the sedan chair, and the porter who was guarding the door immediately came over to say hello. Zheng Pai responded and immediately asked, "Is Fu Shun back?" ”

"The big shopkeeper, I didn't see Fu Shun come back." The porter replied.

"When has this been, and hasn't come back yet?" Zheng Pai grumbled.

"Maybe it's a trick." Xiao Zhuo said with a smile.

"I told him that I must come back before noon, and now I haven't come back in a quarter of an hour before noon. That's it, when he comes back, he will say that he will be beaten, now go and order the 'goods' in his hand first, but don't smash it in his hand. ”