247 Escorts
"Little Brother Wu, you and your brothers are reliable next, there must be no mistakes in this batch of goods!"
The shopkeeper of the Suzhou Fan firm stood at the location of the firm's warehouse and carefully admonished a burly, majestic and powerful middle-aged man.
"Don't worry, shopkeeper Zhao, our brothers have been going back and forth from south to north for a lifetime, and the Jianghu brothers will more or less sell us a few thin noodles, and they will definitely help you transport the goods safely and securely."
The person called Wu Xiaoge is a famous ranger in Suzhou City, who has followed hundreds of brothers around him, and makes a living in Suzhou City by helping people collect loans, cleaning up troubles and protecting landlords, etc., and is regarded as a first-class underworld and bodyguard in this era.
At this time, there was no professional dart business, and after the shopkeeper of Fan's Suzhou business Zhao received the news of the news of the head proprietor's flying pigeon, he spent a lot of money and finally prepared the goods worth more than 200,000 taels of silver.
For the sake of safety, the shopkeeper Zhao also specially invited the brave Wu Feng and his brothers in Suzhou City to transport this batch of goods to Hangzhou, and after Hangzhou and a batch of more than 100,000 taels of goods from Hangzhou merchants, they turned south and went to the final destination of Yuegang, Fujian.
To tell the truth, the preparation of this batch of goods cost Zhao's shopkeeper too much experience and money, because Westerners flocked to purchase in Yuegang, not only their orders from Fan's firm increased significantly, but also the orders of many other firms.
Therefore, the purchase price of goods in Suzhou and Hangzhou, which is the center of goods exchange between the north and the south, has increased by nearly 30% in just a few days; Even so, it took a lot of effort for Shopkeeper Zhao to purchase the materials needed by Shopkeeper Yuegangtong before snatching them from the hands of others within the scheduled time.
In order not to delay the trading time on the Yuegang side, Shopkeeper Zhao had to quickly organize a camel team and a convoy to transport the goods full of dozens of carriages to Yuegang.
Originally, the fastest and cheapest mode of transportation was naturally by sea, but I don't know how the Hongmen people learned the news that foreigners were buying materials in the hands of their northern merchants, and at this critical moment, word came out that a group of powerful pirates had emerged from the sea, wandering around to commit crimes, so that everyone should try not to go to sea recently.
Everyone actually knows that the news transmitted by Hongmen may not be true, but Zhao's shopkeeper can only obediently change to land transportation and spend more manpower and material resources to transport this batch of goods.
As a competitor, Hongmen is already very moral, just blocking the road of sea transportation, if they are such a ruthless business as Fan's business, I am afraid that not only will not block your sea transportation, but also wish that you pass the sea, then they can directly eat your goods at sea, so that you have no way to ask for help.
Even if there is no rumor of Hongmen, these businesses in the north will definitely not let their goods be delivered to their opponents, hoping that the opponents will talk to you about the morality of the rivers and lakes, and will not be tempted by these valuable goods.
"Let's go!!"
For the sake of the sincerity of the shopkeeper Zhao of the Fan family, this time Wu Feng escorted this batch of goods to Yuegang safely, but brought all the brothers and men in his old nest over, plus the men escorted by the firm, a fleet of nearly 200 people went down from the Suzhou River to Hangzhou, and then used horse-drawn carriages and camel teams to transport goods.
Looking at the Wu Feng and his party on the Grand Canal, Shopkeeper Zhao not only had the ease after the task was completed, but also the jealousy of Shopkeeper Yue Gangtong who turned over and did such a beautiful business this time.
"They're leaving?"
On the dock of Suzhou, on a flower boat, several pairs of blazing eyes are secretly peeking at all this, and the person who speaks at this time has a young face, and his eyes are focused and full of evil.
"Yes!"
Beside the young man, a man who was also young, well-dressed but slightly ordinary nodded in reply.
"What about the transportation teams of the Chang family and the Wang family? Got going? ”
"The transportation team of Chang's firm is estimated to leave tomorrow, and the transportation team of the two Wang firms should leave together with Chang's firm's team."
The man who answered the question has been collecting intelligence in Suzhou City in disguise for the past few days, and with the support of the organization, he is very clear about the target point and every move.
"Very good, most of our tasks have been completed, and it will be up to Lao Wu and them next!"
The young leader nodded, stretched out his head to look at the most prosperous city of Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and said to himself.
"Release the carrier pigeon and let the old family prepare!"
"Yes!"
Wu Feng was very concerned about this escort, and the biggest reason was naturally that the shopkeeper Zhao of the Fan family was generous, and he worked hard to hire them as a brother, but he spent three thousand five hundred taels of silver, which was converted into three taels of silver on the heads of each brother.
Earning three taels of silver in ten years is already a good reward, and Wu Feng must pay attention to it.
Moreover, what is the strength of Fan's firm, not to mention their power in the north, even in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas where the rich and wealthy gather, they are also a number of big merchants, if they can get in touch with their Fan's firm, his martial arts life in Suzhou will be much better in the future.
Speaking of which, his martial arts style seems to be well-known in the realm of Suzhou, but he knows his own affairs, he was originally born with mud legs, although he has gathered a group of difficult brothers and brothers around him, but in the eyes of those high-ranking nobles, he is still just a cat and a puppy, and he really wants to offend others, and people have thousands of ways to make themselves and others disappear in the world.
This is the true portrayal of the rangers in this era, there is no happiness and hatred, praise and praise, etc., but more helplessness and struggle for life.
"Brothers, cheer up, let's try to rush into the city before the gate of Hangzhou is closed, and when the time comes, I will treat you to a treat, so that everyone can eat and drink!!"
"Gotcha!"
"It's still a big brother!!"
The group of brothers below are all prodigals in Suzhou City, who are unwilling to be hired and controlled, nor do they have the spirit of hardship and hard work, and the only thing they have is the ruthlessness when they bully others.
It is rare for a group of brothers to come out collectively to do things, it is good for everyone to have a good time, the most important thing is that as long as the expenses are not too excessive, the martial arts can be recorded on the head of Fan's firm, and he is naturally happy to borrow flowers and offer Buddha to collect people's hearts.
(End of chapter)