After waiting for a few more days, Li Yan finally met the Fan family. l The number of people in the caravan from the Fan family this time is about the same as last time, but most of them are martial artists, and only a few are guys' account rooms and the like.

This time, the people from the Fan family were very honest, and after handing over the horses to Li Yan's men, they handed over a letter of worship, and then went into the inn and didn't come out. However, eating and drinking are customized wine and dishes from Fan Lou, three meals a day, and so on. He also invited a full set of courtesan jugglers from the Fuller Academy, as if he had come to Kaifeng just to squander and enjoy.

In the governor's yamen, after Fan Yongdou saw Li Yan, he knelt down and kowtowed in a proper manner: "Xiaomin Fan Yongdou, knock to see General Li." ”

Li Yan looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was not very rich, and his clothes were not very luxurious, but this was indeed a big businessman on the rich side.

"Please." Li Yan commanded.

"General Xie Li." Fan Yongdou kowtowed again, thanked him and stood up.

"You may be seated." Li Yan said lightly.

Fan Yongdou immediately gave his hand: "Xiaomin doesn't dare." ”

Li Yan said casually: "Okay, you are free." ”

"Then the little people should be respectful and obey their orders. General Xie Li gave him a seat. Fan Yongdou finally thanked him, sat on half of his ass, and always looked like he was following the rules.

Li Yan was amused in his heart and asked, "Is there something wrong with Fan Dong's family coming to see me?"

Fan Yongdou was stunned for a moment, immediately stood up, took out the gift slip from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said, "Xiaomin specially made amends to General Li. My shopkeeper doesn't understand the rules and has violated General Li's laws, so please let them go for the sake of their first offense. ”

After Fan Yongdou signaled, the entourage brought in a few large boxes from the outside, and then opened the lids all so that Li Yan could see the contents inside.

Fan Yongdou took out a snow-white fur from a box and said, "This is a fine ferret fur fur, and in three years, only these two pieces have been made." The remaining eight pieces are all sable's. ”

Li Yan signaled, and Sun Sifu took the ferret fur fur fur that was not a little variegated.

Fan Yongdou finally smiled, and then continued to introduce: "This is the best Dongzhu, six in the size of an inch, eighteen in two-thirds of an inch, and the remaining one hundred and eight are all half-inch in size. This is the best Korean ginseng, which has been used as a tribute in previous years. It's deer antler velvet, it's ~"

Li Yan suddenly said lightly: "It's smelly." ”

Fan Yongdou stopped and said with a smile: "These are all smoked with high-grade Longyan incense, and they naturally have a fragrance." ”

"I'm talking about the smell of blood." Li Yan explained.

Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "The general said that he was laughing, how could there be a smell of blood?"

"You know what I mean."

Fan Yongdou's face changed, and he arched his hand and said, "General, Xiaomin knows what you mean. But Xiaomin is just a businessman, and the villain just makes some money, as for the silver of the Ming Dynasty or the silver of the Qing Dynasty, it is not easy for the villain to distinguish between each other. ”

Li Yan was satisfied with Fan Yongdou's honesty. Slowly asked: "What is the price of the news in my army?"

"This," Fan Yongdou hesitated for a moment before replying, "It's not worth the price." It's just that the Qing soldiers suffered a lot of losses in Henan, so I just want to know the details of you, general, and entrust us to find out one or two by the way. ”

"But you can find out clearly," Li Yan asked curiously.

Fan Yongdou smiled bitterly: "Since I know that the general doesn't want outsiders to know, the villain has no choice but not to investigate." What I know now is just rumors from all over the world before, and the villain doesn't know the specific situation. ”

Li Yan asked with a smile: "Why did you only bring eight hundred horses this time, Shopkeeper Liu made it clear that I need a large number of war horses here." ”

"In this moment, the villain can only get so much after giving up this old face." Fan Yongdou hurriedly explained: "Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, we can't let the shopkeeper and the guys' families be anxious and sad." In the next year, when the snow melts, the villain will raise horses for the general, and the general will see what he do."

Li Yan said with a smile: "It's reasonable, it seems that I can't agree if I don't agree." ”

"The villain has no such intention, never such a meaning." Fan Yongdou bowed and clenched his fists and said continuously.

Li Yan waved his hand and said casually: "Let's not talk about these things for now, let's talk about the situation in Qingguo." ”

Fan Yongdou thought for a while before replying: "Emperor Chongde of the Qing Kingdom died in August, and now the six-year-old ninth son of the emperor Fulin is the emperor, and he will change the year name at the beginning of the year." It's just a milk doll, and she can't be the master, and now the two regent who are in charge are Prince Zheng Zilharang and Prince Rui Dolgon. It is said that the Eight Banners almost fought because of the emperor's choice, but later they all took care of the overall situation and did not make any trouble. ”

Fan Yongdou paused for a moment and continued: "This time I entered Kou Nan and plundered, and the harvest was not small. And the soldiers will be fighting for more than half a year, and they are all tired. Coupled with the previous Songjin battle, the damage was not small. Therefore, within this year or two, the Qing State should not be able to sweep south again. ”

Li Yan was not surprised at all by the fact that the Qing State had changed emperors, but he did not agree with Fan Yongdou's judgment that the Qing Kingdom would not re-enter the Qing Kingdom in the short term. In normal times, there might be no problem, but Li Zicheng is about to go east to Beijing, which is a bit difficult to say. After all, it is also a good opportunity for Qing Guo.

"Let's talk about the personnel and armaments of the Qing army." Li Yan said lightly.

Fan Yongdou arched his hand: "General, the villain doesn't know about such things at all." The Qing State is different from the Ming Dynasty, and can listen to the news at will. Especially for those of us, they are very guarded. ”

"It's all about business, why should the Fan Dong family favor one over the other," Li Yan asked with a sneer.

Fan Yongdou couldn't, so he had to say: "Specifically, the villain really doesn't know." However, the Qing State has now completed the formation of the three eight banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han armies, and there should be a lot of people and horses that can be mobilized. Moreover, the cannons and firecrackers of the Qing Kingdom are all Denglai soldiers who are accustomed to the king of Sanshun, and there are Hongyi people in the middle to teach, which is very sharp. Oh, and in addition to these, you can also mobilize North Korean firecrackers to help in the war. That's all the villain knows. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, let's stop here today." I've accepted the gift, but you can't leave just yet. I'll remember something in a few days, and I'm going to look for you again. ”

"This," Fan Yongdou pleaded: "Seeing that the New Year is coming, it's not good to delay any longer, please ask the general to be gracious." ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "You don't have to worry. If you can't go back here, other border merchants will also spread the news from the mainland, and it will not affect the intelligence of the Qing Kingdom. ”

"This, this, the villain is wronged." Fan Yongdou defended: "The villain didn't mean to tell the news of the general to Qing Guo. The villain is a businessman, and credibility is important, please rest assured that the general. ”

Li Yan said casually: "Don't worry, I really talked to you about things, but I haven't thought about it yet." When we're done, we'll let you go back. ”

Fan Yongdou bowed and said, "Then, the villain is waiting for the general to summon him." ”

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