Chapter 70: The Eight Kings Buy Horses

The dishes are coming up one by one, and Huai'an cuisine is indeed rigorous in the selection of materials, fine in production, and elegant in style; The pursuit of original taste, freshness and peace. Moreover, the knife skill is relatively fine, and the fire skill is emphasized. The taste is peaceful, fresh and slightly sweet. As soon as these exquisite dishes were served, these men who were accustomed to drinking wine and eating meat in large bowls were also gentle. Zhang Zhimu took a few bites and felt that it was really full of color, flavor and flavor. I also sighed that many of the Huaiyang dishes I ate in my previous life were contaminated with MSG, so I can eat them in this original taste.

Especially the forty-year-old flower carving daughter red, as soon as the lid is opened, the house is full of fragrance. It is amber when poured, transparent and clear, which is pleasing to the eye. Yan Boju took a sip and said, "Incense is fragrant, not as strong as our Shanxi wine." Zhang Zhimu said: "This flower carving daughter is red, and it can't be compared with soju." Today, you must remember that the opportunity to drink this wine is very much worth showing off. This wine is mainly mellow and sweet, with an endless aftertaste. The reason why it is famous all over the world is that there are six flavors that everyone should be able to drink. Sweetness, sourness, bitterness, spiciness, umami, and astringency form the unique style of this wine. Let's try it first. Do you know how to taste alcohol? ”

Everyone says it's just drinking. Zhang Zhimu said: "Wrong. Drink a little tea and rinse your mouth. Then add a little wine to the tip of your tongue, distribute the wine throughout your mouth, cover your tongue and your cheeks with wine, and taste it slowly, and then drink it little by little. In this way, you can fully enjoy the taste of this good wine. "Everyone learns to taste wine, and slowly they all drink something. These two jars of wine are not enough for these people to drink, and they ask for a few jars of ordinary wine. But at this time, I can't drink it ordinary.

Zhang Zhimu didn't skimp on spending money this time, he deliberately wanted to open his eyes to these people, and to do big things in the future, he had a wide horizon, and he couldn't just see a place as big as Shanxi. I want them to know that the world is very big. These people who usually drink a lot of alcohol are embarrassed this time, the characteristic of this rice wine is that it is not on the top, but drunk feet, and it pours when it sees the wind. Fortunately, the store knew these people from the north too well, and thought it was okay to drink, but as soon as they stood up, they couldn't stand up when they saw the wind. They had already hired a car and were waiting in front of the door. Although Zhang Zhimu deliberately controlled the amount of alcohol, he still poured it.

When they got up the next morning, Lu Chengxiang, Yan Boju and others had already gone out to visit the market. Chen Yufeng and Yang Yulin were waiting for Zhang Zhimu to have breakfast together. Eating a beautiful breakfast, Zhang Zhimu asked: "We are in Shanxi, how about building a breakfast shop like this?" Yang Yulin said: "It will be yellow in three days." Zhang Zhimu asked, "Aren't these delicious?" Chen Yufeng said: "It's delicious, but Shanxi people love noodles more." Ha ha! ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "After we leave, let Mu Yi take some people, lead two warships here, and stay here." We must go back from here, and buy salt here on the way back, this Huai salt is a good thing, and those big families here are all selling salt to make a fortune. We have the salt of the tea horse, so we must make good use of it. You see Huang Yukun uses salt for a lot of provinces. This time, let's pull a few boatloads of salt back to see if he can save it? ”

"Haha!"

As soon as he finished eating, Li Zhi came over and said, "Today, the two of us will finish the roads, rivers, and wharf depth in the entire Huai'an vicinity. But I'm going to have to ask you for someone. Zhang Zhimu said: "Didn't I say it, the people of Yaogang, you will give you whichever you like." This is your prerogative. "Zhang Zhimu knows the truth that intelligence comes first.

"Along the way, I have observed six of them. They are all a bit cultured, and they are also clever. You give it all to me? Li Zhi asked.

"Give it all."

"Also, when we left Xuzhou, we put two carrier pigeons, and it is estimated that we arrived in Tongguan early. Where must know that we have set up in Xuzhou. Li Zhi said.

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, if Li Zhi didn't engage in agents, he would really be condescending. Once, Zhang Zhimu asked him, what should I do if the line you let out is broken? Li Zhi said: "That's impossible, I have mastered each of them for eight generations." Rest assured! Zhang Zhimu also arranged a task for him, that is, wherever he went, he would draw a map there, and in the future, there would be maps of the government, which would complement each other, focusing on the traffic situation.

At noon, all the people who had gone out returned. As soon as Yan Boju entered the house, he said, "It's a loss, it's a loss." Zhang Zhimu said: "Take a sip of tea first, and talk slowly, what is the loss." ”

Yan Boju finished drinking tea and said, "You ask Lao Lu again, is it also a loss." The horse sold at a loss in Xuzhou. Lu Chengxiang also said: "Those leather goods are much more expensive than Xuzhou here, and they are sold cheaper in Xuzhou than this." But we have a lot of goods, so we can't sell them all here. ”

Yan Boju said: "I discussed with Li Mao, in this horse market, rent a horse pen and drive a horse barn. Sell it right in the market. That Lu Qi can't leave yet, we can't understand what they say. I also want him to do a general job. Zhang Zhimu said: "When we reach the Yangtze River, let Lu Qi go back by water." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "We also ran a little, ready to release a small amount of goods here, only for those ordinary stores." Don't do big wholesale, so it's a little hard, but it's a big benefit. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In terms of business, you can watch and do it!" ”

In the afternoon, Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng took Yang Yulin to see the scenery again.

Before returning to the inn, I came to the Huai River and got on the boat. Liu Yun, Li Jing, Li Wei and others came over and said: "Today, a few people have been circling around our horse loading boat, it seems that they know horses very well, especially those war horses that Yan Bo said. Zhang Zhimu said: "If there are those who are willing to watch, let them watch it." Don't look at where there is a buyer. Mu Yi said beside him: "I see that those people are behaving like soldiers. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Everyone should pay more attention, as long as we take care of the goods ourselves, we will not be afraid." ”

When Zhang Zhimu and the others returned to the inn, Yan Boju and Li Mao had already returned, and it turned out that the horse market was different from other markets, and the market closed early. Yan Boju said: "Zhimu, you said, we are medium-sized horses, how much did a horse sell." Zhang Zhimu said: "Then how can I know, just say it." "This afternoon, ten horses were sold, and one horse was sold for two hundred and eighty taels." A few people were talking in the room, and the guy outside the door knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Someone outside asks to see you." Zhang Zhimu said, "Then come in." ”

The guy brought in a few people and introduced himself as a businessman from Jiujiang, named Song Tao. Zhang Zhimu gave up his seat. Ordered the guy to replace it with tea. The visitor said, "We are all merchants, so let's get straight to the point." I'm optimistic about the horses on your ship. ”

Yan Boju said: "The horses we want to sell are all in the horse market. You'd better go there and have a look. ”

Song Tao said unhurriedly: "We have seen the horses in the horse market, not the horses we want to buy." We are optimistic about the horses on board. ”

Li Mao said: "How many of you are optimistic about those war horses? ”

Song Tao said: "Exactly. Zhang Zhimu said: "We don't want to sell those horses yet." Let's take a look at the horses in the horse market. ”

Song Tao was not in a hurry to say: "I know that the Zhang Dongjia still wants to transport it to the south, but it is just to sell it at a better price." If I give you a satisfactory price here, can Zhang Dongjia consider it? Actually, Zhang Zhimu was judging what the person was doing. These people, the people who watched the horses on the dock, obviously wanted to buy these war horses. And they are not the official army, and the official army will not buy horses here. Could it be Li Zicheng's person, or more likely Zhang Xianzhong's person. Because Zhang Xianzhong is active in the Yangtze River Basin, and Li Zicheng is active in the Yellow River Basin. If it is Zhang Xianzhong's person, you may wish to contact it. This is called a long-range attack.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhimu said: "We came out to do business just to make money. Shopkeeper Song, then make a price! ”

Song Tao said: "I want all the war horses on the ship, four hundred taels of silver each." Zhang Zhimu didn't move, but he was actually very satisfied. He said, "I will discuss this matter with my treasurer." So saying, the man who led him came out. When they arrived in another room, Zhang Zhimu asked everyone what they thought. Li Mao said: "These people are exactly the people we are looking for. If they are not used as war horses, these horses will not be able to sell for this money from the appearance of the horses. They would be okay if we added a little more, but that would be too stingy. ”

Yan Boju said: "It's okay to sell these horses, but the horses in the horse market don't need to be sold here." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Tomorrow morning, how much will be sold. Early the day after tomorrow. We Ben Yangzhou. ”

Zhang Zhimu and the others returned to the house, and Zhang Zhimu said: "According to the price that the shopkeeper Song said, we have two hundred and sixty horses." Do you want them all? If so, the horse can be unloaded tomorrow. ”

Song Tao said: "Ma, I've already seen it, I want it." However, I don't think the horse needs to be unloaded. There is still some cargo on board, you unload it, I bought it with the horse stall. Tomorrow after paying the money, I will hire these ships and go straight away. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Those horse pens will be given to you." However, please ask the shopkeeper Song to bring him a letter. Let's just say that I, Zhang Zhimu, have admired him for a long time. When speaking, Zhang Zhimu measured the eight characters with his hands. Song Tao and the others were stunned for a moment, and Song Tao quickly calmed down and said, "He will definitely be willing to make you a friend." When he spoke, he also measured a figure of eight in his hand. The two people who spoke knew in their hearts that he was referring to Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings.

Zhang Zhimu asked people to unload the goods on the ships loaded with those war horses at night, and asked Lu Chengxiang to pay for these boats. The boatmen of those boats were also very happy when they heard that they were alive immediately.

In the morning, both parties came to the dock, and Lu Chengxiang and Li Jing followed them to the money shop to check the gold. Song Tao counted the horses of more than 20 people. He directly anchored and went south. Before boarding the boat, Song Tao said: "Zhang Dongjia is really happy, last night, I thought you would definitely come to bargain." I didn't expect you to be like this. It's my little belly. Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to do business together. Zhang Zhimu said: "I plan to set up a branch in Yangzhou, and you can contact us there if you have something in the future." ”

Song Tao said: "Great. I will bring your letter. ”

sent Song Tao away. Zhang Zhimu said to Lu Chengxiang: "Today, you can sell as many goods as you can." Tomorrow we will go to Yangzhou. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Today is to send the goods that the merchants who have contacted well. It's no problem to go tomorrow. Our goods are not worried about selling, those humps and the like, here are as many as there are, and the price is sold more than ten times. I deliberately left some and sold them at the next few stops, otherwise they would have been gone. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked more than a dozen wooden boxes containing gold to be carried onto the big ship, and came to the horse market with Yan Boju, Li Mao and others. The horse market here is not small, but there are not many horses, and there are many dwarf ponies in Yunnan. Yan Boju used to sell horses to people and said, "We are in Shanxi, and the rabbits are bigger than your horses." Don't call your horse a horse from now on. Call something else. Look at my horses, are you angry when you hear that they are also called horses? Everyone talked and laughed, and ten more horses were sold in the morning.

In the evening, Zhang Zhimu called everyone to the ship for a meeting. Zhang Zhimu said: "Tomorrow we will go to Yangzhou." Two big ships can't cross here. It was up to Mu Yi to lead people to stay here. All the goods we buy from the south are gathered here. On the way back, we will also have to buy salt here. It will be difficult for Mu Yi to stay here, so let the brothers eat better. In addition, the front is the rear of the Ming Dynasty. We don't need to go to these people anymore. Eighty brothers were left, and Mu Yi would definitely manage them well. You can train when you're fine. And the women. I can't live on the boat, so I can go and rent a few houses. Mu Yi said: "Training is no problem. It used to be my business. You can leave it to me, you don't have to worry about this, I can handle it. ”