"Old friend, don't you recognize me now?" , The man in black pulled down his head to reveal his blonde hair, although he smiled, but there was still a coldness in his falcon-like eyes.

"Vladimir!" , Fan Zhongfu was so frightened by his eyes that he shuddered, and the little wine just now suddenly turned into a cold sweat, and he instantly sobered up, "Why did you come to Zhangjiakou!" ”

"Hehe, old friend, why don't you welcome me?" Vladimir is an old businessman who runs the line of Zhangjiakou, and he speaks Chinese very fluently, and seeing Fan Zhongfu's reaction, he is a little more sure of the success of his operation.

When he first came to Zhangjiakou, Fan Zhongfu did do a few big deals with Vladimir, but since Prince Zhuang entered the customs, the connection between the two families has been severed, and now he suddenly appeared again, still dressed like this, Fan Zhongfu suddenly became vigilant, "Hehe, I'm just wondering if it's not a war now?" How did you get to Zhangjiakou? ”

"As long as there is profit, the merchant is not afraid of any hardship!" , Vladimir said casually, then picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, "It's been a long time since I've drunk such pure tea, I heard that you have a lot of goods stored in your warehouse now and can't sell them?" ”

Well? This topic shifted very suddenly, and Fan Zhongfu reacted after being stunned, and immediately asked happily, "Could it be that you want to buy my goods?" If you can sell these goods at this time, then you will make a great contribution to your family! Fan Zhongfu secretly thought to himself.

"Yes, not only can I eat all of your goods, but I can also add 20% to the previous price!" , Vladimir said solemnly, now the goods from the East have been cut off for a long time, the inventory in the homes of those Moscow nobles has almost been depleted, and the price on the market has increased several times. If you can do this business, you will definitely become one of the top businessmen in Moscow!

"Hehe, in the current situation, I'm afraid it's not enough to add two percent, right?" , Fan Zhongfu sat down and said with a smile, he is also a person who has been in business for many years. That would not be able to guess the influence of the Rakshasa people who cut off the trade routes, as long as they transported this batch of goods to Kyakhta, they could get double the profits, let alone Moscow.

"But I'm the only Rakshasa merchant who can get here now!" , Vladimir shrugged, "And you have a lot of merchants here who need to sell goods, if you don't give it to me, I can go to the Cao family, find the Kang family, and find other merchants, presumably they will accept the price I give, right?" Maybe lower, they would too! ”

This is considered to have hit Fan Zhongfu's death hole. It is true that in the past, when the trade route was smooth, they could unite with other merchants to monopolize the supply of goods and control the price, but now he is the only one who comes, and the pricing power is not in his hands; Well? But now that the army is blocking the trade routes, how is he going to transport the goods there? "Now that the two armies are facing each other, I wonder where Mr. Vladimir intends to deliver the goods from?"

"Haha, this is not to worry about Mr. Fan, Colonel Vasily, the Rakshasa commander in Prince Zhuang's camp is my old friend, as long as you can transport the goods out of the city. I'll have a way to get them away safely! ”

This is a great sin of colluding with a traitor! Fan Zhongfu's cold sweat came down again, but he thought about it. It's not that their Fan family hasn't done this kind of business, if it weren't for the late Ming Dynasty to transport iron tools and grain to the Qing army, how could the Fan family be rich today? Now that the world is in turmoil and the situation is unstable, who dares to say that Prince Zhuang will not be able to win the country in the end? If you have a good relationship with them now, who will be the head of the Fan family in the future besides yourself?

As for the city gate of Zhangjiakou, the defenders have long been fed by themselves. When the time comes, it's not a matter of spending some money to let them open the door; Hiss~ Fan Zhongfu gasped at this thought, and his eyes changed when he looked at Vladimir, shouldn't this be his purpose? If this is the case, then the price of the goods cannot be increased by only two.

Fan Zhongfu is not very worried about his own safety, Vladimir is also a person who has been in business for a long time, and he must know that Zhangjiakou is just a place for goods to be transferred. With their strength, there is no way to collect these sources from all over the country, and if he wants silk, tea, rhubarb, etc., he must rely on these merchants whose tentacles penetrate all over the country.

After going through these thoughts in his mind, Fan Zhongfu took a sip of tea, and then asked slowly, "Mr. Vladimir, I'm afraid you didn't just want to buy goods this time, right?" ”

"It's a pleasure to talk to smart people!" , Vladimir applauded and praised, seeing that Fan Zhongfu did not leave immediately, he already understood that the other party was just waiting for him to put forward conditions, "I know that I can't hide this little bit of my mind from Mr. Fan, but I can't hide it, Colonel Vasily's army has reached fifty miles away, and it can capture Zhangjiakou at any time!" I'm just here to save an old friend like you from the sword! ”

No wonder the few small groups of people who have gone out recently have not come back, combined with the recent strangeness, Fan Zhongfu is almost sure that Vladimir is not lying, "So I have to thank Mr. Vladimir?" ”

"As long as you are willing to help us open the city gates, then I can guarantee the safety of the assets in your name, and you can also buy all the goods you are willing to sell at a price of 30%!" , Vladimir raised the price again.

Fan Zhongfu smiled and shook his head silently, and directly stretched out two fingers, "Double, you are too dark!" Vladimir frowned and began to bargain, "Add forty percent at most, and if you add more, I will lose money!" Then I can only talk to the Cao family! ”

"Since you came to me first, it means that you have confidence in our Fan family's power in Zhangjiakou!" , Fan Zhongfu is not easy to push too hard, "But we are old friends, so let's add eighty!" ”

"Fifty percent!"

"Seventy out of five!"

"Sixty percent!"

"Seventy percent!"

"Six-in-five!"

"Deal!"

After some bargaining, the two sides happily reached an agreement, "It's inconvenient to bring silver this time, these are good deposits!" Vladimir took out a cloth bag from his bosom and handed it over.

Fan Zhongfu opened it and saw that it was full of cat's eyes, emeralds and other gemstones, and this small bag was afraid of no less than 100,000 taels, so he immediately laughed with satisfaction, and then the two sides lowered their voices and talked about the details of the cooperation in Kaecheng.

After sending Vladimir away, Fan Zhongfu immediately called his subordinates, "Hurry up and buy the shops you are talking about in the past two days, don't bargain!" Take all their cargo at once! (To be continued......)