Kangxi 35 years Qing court approved Zhangjiakou as the trade place of the Mongolian ministries, Kangxi 40 years in Zhangjiakou outside the establishment of Mongolian post station, with the opening of the military station station, Zhangjiakou to Kulen trade route since then formed, Yongzheng five years Sino-Russian "Kyakhta mutual market treaty" formally signed, Russian merchants can enter the capital through Zhangjiakou, a large number of foreign trade goods in Zhangjiakou collection and transshipment. The city was full of goods, and camels and horses were constantly coming and going.

But this year, the merchants in Zhangjiakou have lost their former scenery, and they are too lazy to wait for customers in the shop, so they all gather in the teahouse to sigh and chat, "Hey, first the south was occupied by the Red Flower Society, and the input of tea and other things was cut off, and now Prince Zhuang is calling again, and even the way to the north is not passable, and this year's business is getting worse and worse!" ”

"Your Cao family's big business can still hold up, don't cry poor with us, you haven't taken the opportunity to buy other people's shops at a low price recently, right?" , If Chen Jialuo was here, he would recognize that the person who replied was the fat man surnamed Fan he met in Shandong.

"Fan Zhongfu, it's as if your Fan family bought less?" , the businessman surnamed Cao asked rhetorically, "Who doesn't know that your Fan family is wealthy?" Now the grain and grass from the capital to Taiyuan have returned to your family, right? ”

"Cao Yuanhong, this is all the credit of our master, your Cao family can't envy it!" , Fan Zhongfu smiled proudly.

"Hehe, even if your Fan family doesn't have to give this business to the Kang family?" , Cao Yuanhong sneered, "Don't think that the whole world's business can be swallowed by you!" ”

"Don't be angry, don't be angry!" The others hurriedly got up to play a round, "Now the world is not peaceful, your business is not good, in previous years, it was long overdue to transport tea, silk, rhubarb and other things to the north." But now it's all piled up in the warehouse, and I don't know when I'll be able to leave! I see, if this is still the case next year, I'm afraid this Zhangjiakou will decline! ”

"Trees move the dead and people move the living, the world is so big, there is always a place for us to do business!" Cao Yuanhong sighed, their Cao family took the opportunity to take over Zhangjiakou's shop also thinking that the imperial court could defeat Prince Zhuang as soon as possible, who knew that the two sides had not yet won or lost after more than a year of confrontation under Taiyuan City, Prince Zhuang's army was not only not repulsed, but recently turned to attack Zhangjiakou, and now their investment may be dangerous.

"It's a pity that we don't have as good luck as Hou Qinglai!" , perhaps because he heard the worry in Cao Yuanhong's tone, Fan Zhongfu also felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and his family's acquisitions in Zhangjiakou were also quite a few.

"yes!". Everyone nodded, "When the safflower club entered Suzhou and Hangzhou, Hou Qinglai was buying silk in the city to stock up, and he thought that the family business would be unsafe under the army, but who knew that the safflower club did not commit any crime in his shop, not only did not confiscate his goods, but gave him a lot of southern goods, such as soap, matches and other things as soon as they changed hands, it was double the income!" ”

"Hmph. Collusion with thieves, sooner or later there will be good fruits of their Hou family to eat! ”。 Although they are all one of the eight families of the Jin merchants, it does not mean that they get along harmoniously internally, Cao Yuanhong said indignantly, after hearing about this, their family used the court relationship to try to clean up the Chang family, and on the other hand, they immediately sent the children of their cronies to the south to look for the Red Flower Society to seek cooperation, but the Chang family's power in the government is not much inferior to them. A few sums of silver were given, and no one asked; And the envoy sent by his family to the south was driven out by the Red Flower Society as soon as he reported his name, and he saw a road to fortune, but the Cao family couldn't touch it, which made him very angry.

"Hehe, look at the situation in this world. In a few years, we may not know who the thief will be! A small businessman who suffered heavy losses because of this war said coldly that his family's shop in Zhangjiakou had been purchased by the Cao family at a low price, and he was planning to go to the south to see the opportunity, so the former respect was lost between the words.

"A few masters, a few masters, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs!" , Hearing that their words were becoming more and more excessive, the owner of the teahouse hurriedly came to persuade him.

"Little brother, I won't spend it in this Zhangjiakou! Let's take the first step today, and we'll see you in the future! The little merchant arched his hand and walked away.

"Hey, anyone who has worked hard for more than ten years will not have a good temper once it comes to naught, don't be like him!" , those who do business pay attention to being well-informed, and they are all clear about the source of the small businessman's complaints, and someone immediately persuaded them.

Although the person is gone, but when he left, his words pressed a big stone in the hearts of everyone, is this court really unable to hold on? Several big businessmen here, whether it is the Cao family or the Fan family, have all relied on the relationship of the imperial court to get to this point, in case this imperial court fails, what should they do?

As soon as he thought of this, neither Cao Yuanhong nor Fan Zhongfu had the intention of continuing to drink tea, and left with a heavy heart after a few perfunctory words.

Back in his shop, Fan Zhongfu flipped through the account book, today there is only a few hundred taels of silver, and if this continues, the shop will close sooner or later! I wanted to be conscientious and conscientious in Shandong, and finally won the appreciation of the clan and was put in the position of Zhangjiakou, I wanted to perform well here, and I could inherit more family business in the future, who knew that I had just come to Zhangjiakou and encountered this kind of thing, Prince Zhuang's army completely shattered his plan, and if it goes on like this, let alone inherit the family business, it would be good not to be kicked out of the house.

"Where are all the people dead?" , shouted as he threw the ledger on the table with a snap.

"Master, what do you command?" , The guy in the store hurriedly came over and asked.

"Stir-fry a few side dishes for Ye and bring a pot of wine!" , Fan Zhongfu patted the table and ordered.

After a while, the wine and food came up, he sighed and drank at the same time, when he was depressed, he was easy to get drunk, and before he had drunk half a pot of wine, Fan Zhongfu was a little confused.

"Master, a guest said that he was looking for you to talk about big business!" , and was about to go back to his room to lie down, when the guy came in and reported.

"Big business?" , Fan Zhongfu was excited, and suddenly sobered up a lot, "Invite the guests to the living room to taste tea, I'll be there soon!" ”

Hurriedly put a towel on his face to let the wine go down a little, and then drank a few sips of strong tea to lift his spirits, changed his clothes Fan Zhongfu paced towards the living room, will anyone come to talk about big business at this time? Who could it be?

When they arrived in the living room, a man in a black robe and his head hidden in a black cloak was sitting on a chair, and only the jewel-encrusted ring on his hand showed that he was rich.

As soon as Fan Zhongfu saw this person's dress, he knew that he didn't want to reveal his identity, so he waved his hand back and asked left and right, "May I ask who you are?" (To be continued......)

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