Ma Dong hasn't been to the Yenching Jockey Club for a while. He is Ma Zhi's brother!

Ma Zhi was broken out of the officialdom of Liao State, and the internal situation was complicated, but in general, he had broken with his family. You have given up on others, can you still make people complain? But there are always people in the Ma clan who have a good relationship with him, and they have always maintained it, and Ma Dong is such a lucky person.

Over the years, under the support and care of Ma Zhi, Ma Dong has made a fortune and has a place in Yanjing City.

Some time ago he went to Goryeo.

Ginseng is good in Liaodong and Gaoli, and Ma Dong, who has more than half a hundred people, has also reached the time to maintain his health, not to mention his big backer, Ma Zhi, who is currently the general office of the Charity Federation, is said to be because of the frequent disasters in the northern and southern provinces this year, Ma Zhi traveled all over the country, and did his duty, so that he was tired and sick.

Ma Dong personally went to Goryeo to show his solemnity. spent a lot of money to collect a few old ginseng, went to Ma Zhi's door with heavy gifts, contacted each other's feelings, and then went home.

It was some time later than when Lu Qian arrived in Yanfangdian. I have been away from Yanjing for several months, so I am naturally a little uncertain about the current situation in Yanjing City. As soon as he came today, the lively scene here almost frightened him: when did the Yanjing Jockey Club start to be so lively?

A large group of people who don't know, who often appear and who don't often appear, are here to talk and laugh and talk nonsense. The dignified waiter shuttled through it, carrying teacups, handicaps, and occasionally a pot of wine.

This is the rule of the Yanjing Jockey Club, when the matter is negotiated and an agreement is reached, a clean glass of wine is come before leaving. At the beginning, Emperor Lu and Yeluchun negotiated a big banquet, but now it is a drink in the horse club, and it is not too late to leave satisfied.

And more people are still sitting together, knocking melon seeds, drinking tea, and discussing something very patiently.

Ma Dong had a delusion in his heart that he must have missed something.

But Ma Dong is not afraid, he is also a number one person in Yanjing City, and Ma Zhina, who is standing behind him, is the first prefect of Yanjing Mansion, and he has served as a stayer, and has been making jokes on the land of Yanshan for more than ten years. It has a close relationship with many leading figures in the Yanshan area, such as Liu Yanzong and Han Qixian. Moreover, he also has the Ma clan behind him.

Ma Zhi broke off with the Ma clan, but Ma Dong did not. But after entering the new dynasty, the development of the Ma family was obviously not very comfortable, and they were left far behind by the Liu family and the Han family, but it was also a help.

Ma Dong has a backer behind him, a foil on the side, and he is a local snake, so he quickly found out what happened.

However, some tribes in Saibei jointly launched a bond, endorsed by the Yanshan Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, with an initial amount of only 10 million yuan, but in fact, the more the better.

And what are these tribes issuing bonds to raise money for?

Then you must not hear about it. But just by looking at the fact that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China endorsed them, they can know that this custody is not a rebellion.

Ma Dong subconsciously felt that this thing could be done, and the annual interest rate of eight points was not low. Sitting on the ground to collect money, making money safely and steadily, there is almost no possibility of default with the endorsement of ICBC. At a time when this way of making money has been gradually blocked, this income is already available. The most important thing is that you don't have to worry about it.

The only thing he couldn't figure out was - what were the various ministries in the north planning to do with this money?

If you don't understand something, don't think about it for a while! Ma Dong shook his head and walked to the Peony Hall familiarly.

There are also levels in the Jockey Club, and the Peony Hall is the highest level, and the people who can have a place here will not exceed 100 people in the entire Yanjing Jockey Club.

After meeting with some acquaintances, and exchanging pleasantries, the chairs were not warm, and the first deputy secretary general of the Jockey Club came to his side and beckoned him to go out to talk.

The other party is also an old acquaintance, Liu Yanzong's brother, did not take the official career, ran a water transportation business all the year round, and opened up business in northern Hebei earlier, Ma Dong not only helped him match, but also helped him raise a sum of money in the Jockey Club, which can be said to be a great help.

At that time, the bonds of 100,000 yuan were not a small amount, the Liu family raised 500,000 yuan, and Ma Dong himself covered 200,000 yuan, which means that Ma Dong wanted to take out almost all the cash on hand and lend it to others, which was very unwise from the perspective of business investment. But Ma Dong still did it, just because he was Liu Yanzong's own brother.

"Servant Army, you mean the court is going to war?"

The spirit was shocked, Liu Jingzong had inside information, the drum did not need to be hammered, and a mention immediately made Ma Dong realize the business opportunity.

It's not the profits of those bonds, it's the profits of the merchants who accompany the army.

What is a military merchant? For the Central Plains Dynasty dialect, this is a very new term. If you want to say that it is a military supplier, many people understand, but the merchant with the army is a bird?

In fact, this is a term coined by Lu Qian, and the initial military merchants also evolved from munitions merchants.

The so-called munitions dealers are not only merchants who specialize in supplying the army, but also a group of people who specialize in handling war spoils for the army. They were the forerunners of the merchant who accompanied the army. Lu Qian specially approved a wave of people to do it at this time, which was originally specifically aimed at the Eight Banners. But later, when fighting in the river, with the emergence of the servant army, the merchants of the army were also out of control.

The discipline and quality of those servant troops were far inferior to those of the Eight Banners, and they were even more different from the regular army of Lu Qi. The places where they pass are very much 'grabbing food, money, and women'.

It won't take long for an army of servants to be dragged down by these worthless spoils.

If so, it will take a group of people to wipe their butts. This is the fundamental origin of the accompanying merchants, so much so that now, even the shadow of the accompanying merchants has begun to appear behind Lu Qi's regular soldiers and horses.

It's just that unlike the 'spoils' of the servant army, the booty that the regular Qi army wants to sell will not be looted by them, but more of the property that belongs to them after the spoils are divided, and of course it cannot be exempted from private gains.

There are many prodigal sons in the army who only seek today and not tomorrow, and they are drunk today and drunk tomorrow, regardless of their sorrow and sorrow tomorrow. Po Han Wu, who was mixed up under Yue Fei, was such a character when he was young.

After Lu Qian heard the name Po Han Wu, he also sent someone to check his wife. Is this Han Shizhong? As a result, Han Liang's marriage was strong, and Han Shizhong's wife was Liang Hongyu.

The latter's father and grandfather were both Zhao and Song officers, and participated in the battle against Wang Qing and Manichaeism, but as a result, they went to two and returned half. Her father didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and his grandfather had a broken arm, but he didn't die when the big artist and Zhao Huan were separated and were about to enter Sichuan. Liang Hongyu's grandfather took a fancy to Han Shizhong's martial arts, not to mention that Han Shizhong had already emerged at that time, and was selected to enter the Sichuan sequence with the great artist, so he gave his granddaughter to him without even thinking about it.

Skipping this matter, he also said that the merchant who accompanied the army.

The profit of the latter is very large, and those who beg for a living with a knife can sell an object of a few dozen silver dollars for three or five yuan as soon as their brains are hot. The profits are definitely far more than the normal livelihood, and they can also be connected with the army.

However, the risks are also high.

Not to mention the fact that the reserve funds are often millions or tens of millions, it is said that the entire process of transportation and transshipment organization is not something that ordinary people can eat.

Not to mention the risk of life in the war, it is not that he is worried about the defeat of the Lu Qi army. The latter may really lose the battle one day, but now that Emperor Hongwu is in the court, no matter how you look at it, the Qi army is always victorious and undefeated. However, the army traveled through mountains and rivers, and the distance was long, and the medical and health conditions were poor, and the men inside, and even the shareholders, did not die under the enemy's knife, but were killed by the harsh environment......

This business is too big, and the family name rarely can eat, and most of them raise funds and shares.

"What does my brother think? Would you like to mix it in? ”

Ma Dong's face was both excited and puzzled, "How can such a good thing be your turn and me?" ”

As far as he knew, this matter had always been monopolized by some people.

"Guo Xianggong [Guo Yong] has become the secretary of the Ministry of War, so naturally he has to change the rules. The younger brother heard that it was the first battle of Tianzhu, and the profits were too great, and the internal eyes of the military department were also red. ……”

In a word, the distribution of profits cannot satisfy all parties. If the Ministry of War is a moth, they are the person in charge of this matter, and they can naturally do it.

"Guo Xianggong is so daring!" Ma Dong immediately praised.

"That is, Guo Xianggong's roots are also very deep."