Chapter 203: The Virgin 'Girl' Work with the Wind

Ningyuan City once again ushered in Zhan Gant's caravan.

Driven by huge profits, Zhan Gant unprecedentedly gathered all the transport livestock that his family could find, and formed a salt caravan to Ningyuan City. In his impression, the owner of Ningyuan City has a lot of money, although it is far from the sea, but the salt production of the lake is also a lot, so salt is not a scarce material, and no big businessman is willing to hoard it in large quantities. And that Ningyuan City Lord was willing to pay a high price to buy as much salt as possible from his hands, which was undoubtedly an opportunity to give him a fortune for nothing. He didn't understand what Li Huaitang needed such a huge amount of salt for, anyway, he only counted the money, and as for the city lord of Ningyuan City to take the salt for food, he would not object.

Zhan Gant's plan was to sell as much salt as he could to Li Huaitang before this stupid god of wealth came to his senses, or before the other caravans found out that there was a mountain of gold there, and then exchange it for scarce goods such as silk tea from Ningyuan City.

When he came to Ningyuan City again, Zhangant almost had to lean up against the magnificent and tall city wall again, calling out to Mazda, the god of light and goodness. At this point, he had no doubt about the strong strength of the young Lang Monarch City Lord, and he even regretted why he was so cautious, he should have bought all the inventory in the hands of his companions at that time, and changed hands at least twice the amount of white 'flower' and 'flower' dirhams.

In order to show his solemnity, Li Huaitang personally met with Zhan Gant and his entourage at the General's Mansion. Of course, this time Li Huaitang came prepared, and he followed the big chestnut who was 'proficient' in business.

"I'm so glad to meet you, the future richest man in Rite, Mr. Jangant." Li Huaitang opened his arms to meet the smiling Zhan Gant, ready to give a standard bear hug gift.

This time, for the sake of the silver 'color' and lovely dirham, Jangant did not refuse, and also painted a gourd, and generously opened his arms, and also expressed his enthusiasm for the young city lord with a bear hug.

"Dear City Lord General Li, I am willing to serve you! At your request, I have brought almost all the salt from the river. You see, it's all my caravan outside, I have never organized such a huge caravan, and it's all because of you, the great city lord of Ningyuan City, that it's worth me to make such a big effort. You don't know, this caravan almost made the jaw drop of King Bahanna in Sijian City. ”

Enthusiastic, Jangant quite enthusiastic. As soon as I saw Li Huaitang, I couldn't control his mouth excitedly, no way, who made Li Huaitang stupid and have more money?

"Haha, Mr. Zhangante has strong financial resources, and he deserves to be my senior partner in Ningyuan City. Haha, I'm sorry about this, my mansion is a mess and hasn't been repaired yet. Let's go, the hospitable Mr. Big Chestnut has prepared a sumptuous dust-washing banquet for you, and we will catch up together. Li Huaitang put his arm around Zhan Gante's shoulders and smiled heartily.

"This, this, no, look, General, my caravan is here to trouble you." Zhan Gant was worried that Li Huaitang would sit on the ground and bargain, so he was pitted.

How could Li Huaitang not know his thoughts, and said, "Don't worry." As long as the goods are on the right version, not a single dirham will be bad for you, and Mr. Da Chestnut will naturally send someone to 'handover' with you. ”

"General Li really believed in people, and Zhan Gante was too worried. Okay, I'll punish myself three cups and make amends to the general. Ha ha. Jangant immediately put on the usual smiling face of a businessman.

Li Huaitang didn't mind, he didn't think about killing 'chickens' to get eggs at all. On the contrary, he also wants to make Zhan Gant rich, as long as he gets huge benefits from Ning Yuan City, he will definitely continue to expand the scale, and while expanding the scale, other 'shrewd' businessmen will smell it. This time, there are so many people who follow this caravan, as long as someone who is interested throws a little profit at them, the news will naturally be 'exposed'. Therefore, Li Huaitang was not worried that Zhan Gante would monopolize the salt trade route, and in his eyes, giving Zhan Gante additional benefits was just letting him promote for himself. Li Huaitang's ultimate goal was to build Ningyuan City into the most prosperous commercial town in the Western Regions, and Zhan Gant was just a pawn in his hands.

"Three glasses are too little, no home if you are not drunk, no home if you are not drunk. Otherwise, everyone in the world will think that I am not enthusiastic enough to catch up with guests in Ningyuan City, right, big chestnut? Li Huaitang smiled and squeezed his eyes at the big chestnut.

"That is, the reputation of our general cannot be so 'disgraced'. It is necessary not to get drunk and have no home, as far as you Zhan Gan have this kind of honor, if it is someone else, the general will not pay attention to him at all. The big chestnut followed Li Huaitang's meaning.

Zhan Gant laughed and said, "It's an honor, it's an honor." Today will be as General Lee wishes, not drunk and homeless. ”

The banquet was set up in the southwest area of Ningyuan City, which was the main tent area of Ningyuan City. The banquet is very simple, that is, the wine and 'meat' left over from last night's celebration banquet are ready-made, and they are not the banquet wine that the chestnuts in Li Huaitang's mouth have prepared long ago.

Zhan Gant, whose heart is like a mirror, is not broken, and it is rare to be confused and follow the master.

After three rounds of drinking and boasting to each other about not being nutritious, Li Huaitang cut to the chase.

"The strength of the Jangart family is second to none in the river, and hundreds of camels and horses are used for one trip, but this salt is far from enough for my needs, I wonder if the gentleman will be able to expand the scale? Sir, although he is a little more bold, he has to take a bigger step. Ning Yuancheng will never let Mr. down. ”

As soon as he heard that Li Huaitang actually thought that the salt transported this time was not enough, Zhan Gante was really dumbfounded for a while, could it be that there is really a master who treats salt as food? After a while, Zhan Gant came back to his senses and said frankly: "To be honest, I, Zhan Gante, am very happy to cooperate with General Li, after all, no one is afraid of money, but the amount proposed by General Li is really beyond my imagination and beyond my ability, I don't know, can General Li pay some money in advance?" Presumably, General Li also understood that the salt for fear of war was scattered among the various merchants and nobles, and in order to meet General Li's needs, it was necessary to buy a large amount from these people at the same time. ”

Li Huaitang habitually opened his mouth to 'desire' and immediately agreed, but suddenly remembered something, turned his head and signaled to the big chestnut in the first seat, and the 'smart' big chestnut received the instruction from his gaze and said: "The general of my family said that there is no problem with the deposit, and you can pay you 10% first." But what is the price? According to the rules, if the quantity is large, you should give a discount. ”

"This? General Li didn't know that since the beginning of the 'spring' this year, the deputy khans of the Shi Kingdom sent troops into the salt-producing areas under the pretext of suppressing bandits, although they did not fully control the salt in the area, but in order to deal with these Shi Guo soldiers and bandits, they needed a lot of points. Moreover, the deputy Khan Yixuan will raise the commercial tax on salt. This price will naturally rise, General Li, you see......"

Zhan Gant knew that Li Huaitang was not 'proficient' in business and was easy to speak, so he intentionally or unintentionally avoided the big chestnut who was also a Lite and threw the conversation to Li Huaitang.

"Yihu? Business Tax? Why is this guy here to make trouble? Li Huaitang said hatefully.

Zhan Gant changed his bitter face and said, "General Li also knows about this greedy Turk? It's really hateful, all of us who are in business have been stripped of a layer of skin by him, and most of the hard-earned profits have to be given to him every year, but in exchange for still heavy taxes. ”

"Even if the price is settled, it will remain the same. However, you must guarantee me the deadline and quantity of the 'delivery', and if it is one day less or one day late, I will deduct your fine. Li Huaitang stopped the big chestnut who had something to say, and readily agreed to Zhan Gant.

"Okay, that's a deal. Zhan Gante thanked General Li and drank first as a tribute! Jangant happily raised his horn glass, raised his head and drank the wine from the glass. Zhan Gant smacked his lips and showed Li Huaitang the empty wine glass. He was about to say something, but he found that the 'door' of the camp tent was opened, and a guard walked in and said respectfully to Li Huaitang: "General, there are five thousand households that have important things to see. ”

"Oh? , Mr. U'meng is here, please! ”

Soon, a 'lean' middle-aged man hurriedly walked into the big tent, and the visitor glanced at Zhan Gante, only nodded slightly at him, and walked straight to Li Huaitang.

"Come, let me introduce you. This is one of the 5,000 households in our Ningyuan City, Wu 'Meng'. This is the richest man in the river in the future, our friend of Ningyuan City, Zhan Gant. Under Li Huaitang's introduction, the two can be regarded as acquaintances, but Wu 'Meng' still maintains a serious face, and his mood seems to be bound by something important.

Next, Zhan Gant saw Wu 'Meng' attached to Li Huaitang's ear and kept talking, the voice was so small that he couldn't hear it clearly. It's just that General Li's face 'color' slowly changed, and the previous relaxed smile was gone, replaced by a dignified face, and his eyes looked over from time to time, looking at Zhan Gant a little uncomfortable.

The process of biting his ears was not short, and Jangant began to be full of doubts, and the atmosphere in the big tent was a little awkward.

"Hehe, it's rude, let Mr. laugh." Li Huaitang finally listened to the words and changed his expression again.

"Hehe, General Li is busy with military affairs, and I have a lot of disturbances. This, so as not to delay the general's time, he will retire first and finish the trivial matters with the big chestnut, so that the general can entrust him as soon as possible. ”

After saying that, Jangant gave up his hand and 'wanted' to retreat.

Li Huaitang smiled: "I'm not busy. I also want to make a big deal with my husband. ”

When Zhan Gante heard this, although he was suspicious, he was still full of expectations, after all, the big deal that came out of the mouth of this General Li was definitely not ordinary, and he hurriedly said: "Zhan Gant is very happy to serve General Li. ”

Li Huaitang nodded and said, "Sir, do you think my city is big enough?" Are there enough people to build the city? ”

"Well, big, big, and a lot of people. It was the first time Jengart had seen such a magnificent city. ”

"Sir is gracious. To be honest, I still think the number is too small and the city is too small. I hope this city can be expanded further. Li Huaitang waved his hand and smiled.

Jangant was stunned, and he wanted to expand? O God of Light, tell me whether he is mad or I am mad. Buying salt as food and building a city as a house, who else but a loser and a madman would do such a stupid thing?

"General Li, I heard you right, this, this city still needs to be expanded? So, how big is that? ”

"That's right, that's why I want to make a 'deal' with you."

Zhan Gante was puzzled: "I don't know what General Li's business refers to?" For city building, I am not good at it. ”

Li Huaitang said: "Haha, of course you don't need Mr. to repair the city." Let's get it straight, I want to buy slaves through my husband. ”

"Slave!?" Jangant's first instinct was to jump. The profits of slaves were much more lucrative than salt, but it was only due to the lack of financial resources and the number of slaves that the Jangant family did not get involved in this business.

"Yes, slaves. To be exact, what I need is Donnu. ”

"Donnu?" Jangant was rather puzzled.

Seeing that Zhan Gant was a little suspicious, Li Huaitang explained: "That's right, Tang Nu, I just want Tang Nu." The craftsmen told me that the Tang slaves were good at work and hard-working, and the key was that they had no language problems in communicating with the craftsmen. ”

"But, this, where can I find Tang Nu?" Zhan Gant was angry by Li Huaitang's request, the slave said that he could buy it if he had money, but Li Huaitang only needed Tang Nu, where was this Tang Nu, and how to distinguish it, he didn't have a clue.

Li Huaitang said: "I can tell you this, go to Zhezhi City and find Yi Wei, there is the Tang Nu I need." But I have two more requirements. First, I am not allowed to tell Yi Wei that I am the ultimate buyer, and second, I am kind to those Tang slaves, I need them to come here as a family unit, I don't want their family to be scattered, uneasy, and always thinking about escaping. ”

"As for the price, I will give you two hundred and eighty dirams for each Tangnu."

"Shhh Sure enough, people are stupid and have a lot of money! "Jangant's eyes almost fell out of the bird's nest. has never done slave trading, but it does not mean that he does not know the market, the price given by Li Huaitang is several price limits compared to the market price, and if he gets this price, even a blind and fool can make a lot of money. Jangant felt as if he had been hit on the head by a pie falling from the sky, and he was dizzy, but his heart was full of joy.

Zhan Gante's rich expression all fell into Li Huaitang's eyes, which was not different from what Li Huaitang expected, businessmen, mercenary.

"Don't just think about making money, don't forget the conditions I proposed, if you want to break my rules, your money will be turned into money, don't blame me for being ruthless when the time comes." Li Huaitang warned Zhan Gant solemnly.

"Of course, how can Jangant get along with himself? Although General Li is relieved, I still have a lot to do with Yi Yan. However, "Jangant once again 'revealed' his true 'character' of a 'traitor'.

Li Huaitang said: "If you have the conditions, don't mention it." ”

"Hehe," Zhan Gant smiled cheekily and said, "I want to say that Yi Ji is not short of gold and silver, so can General Li exchange Diram for silk and tea for me?" In this way, I don't have to go back and forth. In addition, there is also the issue of deposits, this, the greater General Li's support, the more Tang Nu I can buy. ”

Regarding the amount of silk tea in stock, Li Huaitang had no bottom in his heart, so he turned his gaze to the big chestnut, nodded at him and signaled that he had no opinion, and let him play freely.

Da Lizi said: "Half of it, we can pay with silk and tea, and the other half is still with big food gold and silver coins." Moreover, the price of this silk and tea must be set by us. As for the deposit, as usual, but I can only pay in dirhams. ”

With the deposit, there is still half of the silk and tea leaves that have made Da Lizi very satisfied, and he no longer bargains with Li Huaitang.

In this way, Jangant was satisfied, and with his 'delivered' caravan, he hurried back to Kuzhanti with joy. Then, he was going to find Yi Xuan, and strive to buy more Tang Nu from Yi Xuan before the caravan set off again, so that he could earn enough gold, silver and silk in the hands of the city lord of Ningyuan City. The carried away Zhangant did not realize that everyone in his caravan was elated, of course, they were not happy that Zhangant had made a fortune, but what made them happy was that when Zhangant went to the banquet, the big chestnut had five dirhams distributed to each of them, and boasted about the business opportunities in Ningyuan City and the adventures of Zhangant in front of them. The seed has been sown, just waiting to sprout......

After Jangant left, General Wu 'Meng' said to Li Huaitang suspiciously: "Is this Jangant reliable? Will it be as we wish? ”

Li Huaitang said: "No matter what, it is more appropriate for him to come forward to help us buy back those remnants of the Tang Dynasty than for us to rob them." At present, it is not appropriate to make a feud with Shi Guo. ”

Wu 'Meng' nodded and said, "That's all it can be." Hey, why is there so many remnants in Datang, and no one cares about their life and death. If it weren't for the wind, we wouldn't have known that there were so many people in distress in Shiguo. ”

Suifeng's work in Zhezhi City was carried out smoothly, and this time he brought back four messages to Wu 'Meng'. The first is about the thousands of remnants of Broken Leaf Town who have been exiled into slavery in Shiguo, the second is the internal situation of Shiguo, such as the contradictions between the main Khan and the deputy Khan and their respective political tendencies, and the third is the news of Liu Shangyue, the mother of An Luo'er, it is said that the ink lamb has successfully obtained the qualification to enter and exit the palace of the Yizhu Kingdom, and finally there is a general topographic map of the stone country and a city defense map of Zhezhi City.

Tang slaves of Shiguo, Li Huaitang had no way to rescue them by force, so he had to fake his hands in the merchant channel, of course, Li Huaitang was not so noble, he wanted to sacrifice part of his interests in exchange for the growth of the Ministry of Light, and saving people was just a matter of incident.

As for rescuing Liu Shangyue, the time is not yet ripe, so let's put it down for the time being, and talk about it later.

When the matter of Tang Nu came to an end, Wu 'Meng' suddenly remembered the matter of salt. So he asked Li Huaitang with suspicion: "General, what are we buying so much salt for?" It's enough to feed us for years. ”

Li Huaitang said with a smile: "This salt is not for eating, I am going to use it to marinate 'meat', a large amount of pickled 'meat', as a grain reserve in the warehouse in the northwest region." Those gold and silver are hungry and cold, and it is better to exchange them for food and clothing. ”

"Pickled 'meat'?" Wu 'Meng' was confused, "But, where did we get so much 'meat'?" The existing cattle and sheep are not enough to eat. ”

"We don't have it here, but the grasslands in the north do, and I'm going to go there to make a fortune."

Li Huaitang smiled wickedly.

Wu 'Meng' suddenly realized, it seems that the general is determined to clean up the Tuqi Shi people, and the serial plan has already been thought out and implemented in secret. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon