Chapter 222: Surrender to the Tooth Walk

After breakfast, the Cantonese merchants arrived as promised. A dozen of them came this time, and the hall was full.

After everyone finished greetings, the guy from the store served tea to everyone. In Guangdong, this tea is not to be left after waking up, and it is basically drunk from morning to night.

After everyone drank a few sips of tea, Zhang Zhimu said: "I am very fortunate to meet our business tycoons in Guangdong today. We came to Guangdong from the north thousands of miles away, and witnessed the legendary prosperity and the dual atmosphere of "business" and "culture" in the past few days. What an eye-opener for us. ”

A businessman said: "The cultural atmosphere of our Guangdong has been passed down by our ancestors over hundreds of years and thousands of years, and we are just learning to do it." However, I have seen a copy, your kiln gang people's "Kiln Gang Weekly", but it opened my eyes. Can Zhang Dongjia also introduce the situation of Shanxi kiln gang. ”

Zhang Zhimu turned around and asked people to send a copy of the recent issues of "Yaogang Weekly" to each of the visitors, Zhang Zhimu said: "This is our latest new newspaper, please give more opinions." ”

This made these visitors very happy, and the person who mentioned the "Yaogang Weekly" had also seen an old and unfashioned newspaper, and even so, everyone still looked at each other like treasures.

For a while, none of the guests cared about talking, they were cautious, holding the newspaper and watching, and after a while, these people hurriedly turned over the pages, and a guest asked uneasily: "Zhang Dongjia, are these copies of "Yaogang Weekly" given to us?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Of course, it is for everyone. If you can come to us, there will be a new newspaper in the future, and when you arrive in Guangdong, you will be the first to give it to you. ”

This made the atmosphere lively, and a businessman said: "Outsiders have always known that we Cantonese people know how to make money, but they often ignore the side of us Cantonese people who like new things and dare to be pioneers." Zhang Dongjia may not know it yet, but we Cantonese people have known for a long time that there is a place called Yaogang in Shanxi. As soon as you arrived in Guangdong this time, we began to pay attention to you, but none of you came into contact with each other, which made us a little confused. We Cantonese people talk most about making money, so today we will come to visit Zhang Dong's house. ”

Another businessman said, "Let's not talk about business matters first, please ask Zhang Dongjia to tell us about the kiln gang." ”

It can be seen that the guests want to hear about the kiln.

Zhang Zhimu introduced to the guests from steelmaking to muskets, from carbon arc lamps to steam ships, from the learning atmosphere of kilns to building schools, from fighting bandits to opening trade routes to Kaifeng to relieve the siege, from fighting Mongolian cavalry to fighting the Qing army, from destroying the bandit army on the Yellow River to suppressing the Wuluo Lake bandits, and capturing two pirate ships on the way to Guangdong. These bizarre and twisted stories made these businessmen stunned one by one.

There are some things that they have heard intermittently, but this time it was the person himself who dictated it, don't believe it, they know that there is the steamship parked on the dock, and it is said that the ship that can run fast without sails caught up with the pirate ship and captured them. Those glass carriages, these days are running all over the streets. Let them not believe it.

These businessmen know that Zhang Zhimu is definitely not an ordinary businessman, this is a person who has to give three points of face to the emperor. What particularly fascinated them was the kiln gang introduced by Zhang Zhimu, and now in their imagination, the kiln gang may be almost the same as heaven. There is more emphasis on education than Cantonese people, and all children go to school when they are old, and they are also in charge of wearing and eating.

After listening to Zhang Zhimu's introduction, after some admiration, these Guangdong businessmen did not forget that they were in business, when they said that they wanted to talk about business, Zhang Zhimu said: "Do business, everyone will talk to our Lu shopkeeper." But yesterday a group of people who claimed to be Ya Xing came to underwrite our goods, and said that if we didn't listen to them, we wouldn't be able to do business. They wouldn't let us buy rice from the docks, so we had to buy it from them. I don't know if you can introduce it, is this the rule of doing business in Guangdong? ”

The guests who came were obviously reluctant to offend anyone. They were silent for a while, and one of them said, "We will do our own business, and no one will be able to control us." Zhang Dongjia rest assured, I dare to guarantee that no one will interfere with me in business, and if anything goes wrong in doing business with me, I will double the compensation. ”

A few others nodded yes, but no one commented on the matter. Zhang Zhimu understands that they don't want to offend the people who are in the tooth line, but they will not stop doing business because they don't want to offend them, so they will say that they will do business with themselves, and they will take care of things by themselves. This is also the duty of a businessman.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Lu Chengxiang stood up and said, "If you want to talk about business, how about coming with me to see what goods I brought?" ”

Of course, everyone wanted to see what the kiln people had brought, so they followed Lu Chengxiang to another room full of samples.

Two businessmen who were walking behind came to Zhang Zhimu and said in a low voice: "Regarding the matter of Yaxing, everyone did not speak in public because everyone was in business and did not want to offend people. It's not that they're all afraid of them. These people generally have some government background or other backgrounds, but they can't stand in everyone's way of making money. We do business first, and if something happens, I think we Cantonese people will uphold justice. Besides, you have the bronze medal given by the emperor, and they don't dare to openly disadvantage you, but you have to be careful at night, these people can use any means. ”

"Thanks for the reminder, we'll take notice." Zhang Zhimu arched his hand and said this, but thought to himself, "You may know that those people have begun to be unlucky when you go back." ”

These people entered Lu Chengxiang's sample display room, but their eyes were not enough. Many of the goods brought by the kiln people were something they had never seen before. Those locks, zippers, and all kinds of hardware of different sizes. In particular, the cutting tools are made of good steel, which is rare here, as well as steel nails and nails as small as needles and as big as fingers, screws of different sizes, and self-tapping screws with steel mouths. These things are not only of interest to the iron merchants, but also other merchants who can't put down their samples, not to mention those glass mirrors, magnifying glasses, and reading glasses.

Even more sought-after were the twenty-odd glass carriages in the courtyard, and the merchants would not get down when they sat down, saying, "No matter how much silver there is, I will have one." ”

The price set by Lu Chengxiang was 1,000 taels of silver for a glass carriage and 500 taels for a steel spring carriage. These men said that other business would be discussed slowly, and they would immediately send someone home to get the money, and they had to go back with the glass carriage. Some people even bought horses together. Lu Chengxiang also had to arrange someone to help them drive the glass carriage back, because they didn't have a coachman who could drive the glass carriage yet.

Cantonese people are so refreshing, they buy what they like with silver.

Today, so many people are together, and it is not the time to talk about business carefully, and everyone is happy after meeting, and they disperse.

This day was a sensational day in Guangzhou, because nineteen people died at once yesterday evening, and these nineteen people were all people who ran to the dock, and they usually had some masters of martial arts in front of everyone, and this time they were killed nineteen people, and it was the first time in Guangzhou that they were killed. There is speculation throughout Guangzhou about who did this, and many people have already targeted the new Yaogang people.

The people of Yaxing knew in their hearts that they had offended the people of the kiln, and they didn't wait for them to do it themselves, so they did it first. According to the experts, these nineteen people were basically killed with one move, and these nineteen people didn't even have a chance to resist, they were definitely masters. But these nineteen people were scattered and killed almost at the same time, where did so many masters kill nineteen people at once? In any case, the people of this tooth line are not over, they have been passed down through many generations, and they have deep roots in all aspects. If it is difficult to do the business of the tooth shop after this confession, this is definitely not possible.

The tooth shop is going to fight back.

During the day, the business of the Yaogang people was opened, and after the Guangdong merchants left, the Hui merchants and the Dongting merchants came to the door again. The kiln gang people are busy all day. At dinner, Chen Yufeng said: "Everyone is a little more energetic tonight. Li Jing and their people are going to sleep on top of the house. No one is allowed to go out after dark. ”

When it was getting dark, two of the men from the inn had to go out, and the interpreter said that they had an urgent matter at home and had to go back. It was Li Jing's person who guarded the door, and he asked very vigilantly: "When did you get the news that there was an urgent matter at home, why didn't you go back early, didn't go back late, and didn't go back until it was dark?"

The two of them talked for a long time, meaning that they would know during the day, and they would go back at night when they were fine, and said, "Then it's not a hurry, let's do it tomorrow." ”

The two of them still had to go back, when the innkeeper came over, asked about the situation, and said angrily: "Are you two going to prostitute women, your home is not here, what are you going to go back to at night?" ”

The shopkeeper beat and scolded and drove the two guys back. The person who guarded the door felt that something was wrong, so he told Li Jing that there was something wrong with it. Li Jing told Chen Yufeng about this, and Chen Yufeng smiled slightly and said, "There is a play tonight, and these two guys have been bought." They found out that we were getting ready and wanted to go out and report the news. Be sure to keep an eye on them. ”

For the rest of the people, Chen Yufeng made arrangements according to the situation in the inn, especially to change Zhang Zhimu's room, and the original room was vacant. This room is reserved for evening visitors.

The weather in Guangzhou is really hot, and it is difficult for ordinary people to sleep in the first half of the night. By the time it was over, the weather was a little cooler. At this time, the guests also arrived.

This inn is a square compound, with two courtyards before and after, and the kiln people live in the second courtyard. It seemed that the guests who came tonight were very experienced, and they were covered in black veils one by one, showing only two eyes, and climbed up to the wall from three sides in three ways, and looked inside. Throwing a stone into the courtyard, this is throwing stones to ask for directions, seeing that there is no movement, he quietly jumps into the courtyard, leaving only a few people lying on the wall to watch the wind. The people who entered the hospital obviously had a clear goal, and went straight to the room where Zhang Zhimu slept, they leaned outside the window and listened inside, then quietly opened the door and touched into the house.

Suddenly, a few people who stayed on the wall fell into the courtyard "plopping". In the dead of night, these "plopping" sounds spread far away. At this time, the person who entered the house came out and said to the leader in a low voice, "There is no one in the house." ”

The one who took the lead knew that he was on the road today, and said, "It's not good." But it was getting late, and suddenly there were many torches around the courtyard. Soon the people around them surrounded them in the middle of the courtyard. There were also more than 30 people who were besieged, and they were all strong, and they rushed to the side with a shout, and they wanted to break out of the way. The courtyard surrounded them was a battle-hardened elite general led by Liu Yun, Li Wei, and Li Jing, and just by taking a look, more than half of this group of people fell, and there were not many people who could fight for three rounds. If it weren't for Chen Yufeng, he shouted a sentence and left a few alive. There may not be a single one of these people left.

The innkeeper who heard the sound came out to see a group of people lying on the ground, plus he smelled blood, and immediately fell to his knees and vomited loudly.

Liu Yun said to Chen Yufeng: "Uncle Shi, there are still four left." Exactly thirty died. ”

Chen Yufeng said, "Bring those two guys first." ”

Li Jing led people to follow the shopkeeper to the man's residence, and brought the two guys who were like chaff over, and when they asked, they found out that these two guys were bribed, and they drew the layout of the inn and the location of Zhang Zhimu's room for the person who bought them. Tonight they knew that they were going to attack this inn, and when they found out that Chen Yufeng had set up defenses, they knew that they were prepared, and they desperately wanted to go out to report the news, but they didn't succeed, but gave Chen Yufeng and others a message that there would be guests tonight.

The two men confessed, and the butler who bought them was one of the four tooth merchants who had come last time. The four who were alive were recruited by Liu Yun and their work, two of them were from the dock, and the other two were bandits they invited. Eight of the people who died in the courtyard were running from the docks, and the rest were bandits.

When it was dawn, Liu Yun and the innkeeper went to report to the official that they had been attacked by the Yahang merchants in collusion with bandits yesterday, and now they have all the stolen goods.

The government immediately sent someone over, and when he saw that there were too many dead people, and this was a big case, he hurriedly asked the prefect how to deal with it. Of course, the prefect knew that it was those tooth merchants who were ambushed instead of retaliating.

The prefect hurriedly said: "This is a big case, and the offender will be interrogated immediately." ”

The result of the interrogation was, of course, the same as that of the kiln gang people, and the prefect ordered to quickly arrest the housekeeper who bought the innkeeper, but when the yamen's arrest was about to go, the housekeeper had already committed suicide.

The stop-loss of the tooth shop is still very old-fashioned, and the death of a housekeeper makes it impossible to investigate the case. The next day, the two dock runners who were captured alive died in the prison for no apparent reason. Now the case is even more impossible.

Zhang Zhimu discussed it with Chen Yufeng and others again, and Chen Yufeng said: "Since you have done it, whoever stops first will lose." The death of some minions in the tooth shop is not harmful, this matter is not over, but we don't have time to spend it here, I think we will take the four tooth merchants who came to the door to open the knife. ”

Li Zhi said: "The residence of those four people has been figured out, but the situation inside is not clear. ”

Li Jing said: "It's okay, I'll take someone to see it at night, if I can do it, I can do it, if I can't do it, I will make some movement to scare them." ”

Ouyang He said: "Yes, this is called knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger." ”

Zhang Zhimu wanted to say, "Pay attention to safety. "But I felt that it was all nonsense that those leaders said in my previous life, so I didn't speak again.

Li Jing and his group of five went out in the middle of the night, and they had already seen the road environment clearly during the day.

Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng couldn't sleep, and they waited until the sky was already dark, and Li Jing came back with someone.

Chen Yufeng waited for Li Jing to finish drinking a sip of water, and then asked, "How is the matter going?" ”

Li Jing said: "I got two, but those two didn't work out, and they found out and we left." ”

"Are you alive?" Chen Yufeng asked.

Li Jingyile said: "This little thing, if you don't make Lili Suosuo, are you embarrassed to come back?" Don't worry, uncle. ”

Ouyang He said: "Enough, let's sleep." They will come to us at dawn. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that today's action was to stab them in the waist, their home was here, and they had too many weaknesses to fight and fight. If this continues, they will never sleep peacefully until they solve this problem. They must be the first to surrender.

In the past few days, Guangzhou City has been a little lively, and there is talk everywhere that too many people have died in the past few days. And then there are those who take back a few copies of the "Yaogang Weekly" from the Yaogang people, and they can't just read it at home, they are all people who come to see the newspaper, and those who don't usually care about these things also come to join in the fun. These people who came back from the kiln gang people inevitably told them what they had heard about the kiln gang, and they went back to talk about it again after they had finished listening. In this way, I don't know what happened to the people of Yaogang. These things inevitably reached the ears of the bigwigs of the Tooth Merchants Gang. These bigwigs, knowing that the tooth shop and the kiln gang people are more energetic, didn't think so at first. But after seeing the methods of the Yaogang people, they knew that it was the next step to deal with the Yaogang people by strong means, and they were not opponents of others by using the power of the government, and no matter how powerful they were, they were not as powerful as the emperor. So after the two tooth shop bosses were killed, they knew that it would not work like this, because none of them would want to sleep peacefully like this. The two who died were said to have arranged more martial arts masters in their yard, but when they got up in the morning, they were found dead in bed, and their heads were cut off, but no one in the courtyard found out. Now it's like dealing with the devil. They decided to ask the merchants to come forward and make peace with the kiln people.

Zhang Zhimu and the others slept for almost a morning, and after waking up, Lu Chengxiang told Zhang Zhimu that the leaders of the various merchant gangs would come to visit them in the afternoon.

Zhang Zhimu knew that Ouyang He had been struck by Ouyang He's words, and they were coming to seek peace. Otherwise, I wouldn't have invited so many people.

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's time for you to be busy now, sell the goods as soon as possible, and then buy land and grain." We're going to get back as soon as possible, and we're running out of time. ”

Lu Chengxiang can understand the seriousness of what Zhang Zhimu said with little time, and he has long since changed from gratitude to admiration for Zhang Zhimu. He knew that this Zhang Zhimu was definitely a master, and what he did could no longer be understood by common sense. But Lu Chengxiang is so good, when it comes to his work, there is absolutely no ambiguity.

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Calculus formulas, tables of chemical elements; Conquer Japan in the east and attack Mayi in the south; Penicillin, syringe. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".