As the sun set, the weather was still hot, and the blazing heat reached the bones, and the gusts of wind blowing in the wilderness only added some sticky and wet air. On the official road, the dust is flying, and it gathers in the air and never disperses; The leaves occasionally fluttered in the air, and the colorful brilliance was like a butterfly, reflecting the great city in the distance so gorgeous and so desolate. Further on, you can see scattered villages and pedestrians, including a merchant's donkey cart full of raw cowhides, dried mushrooms, and grain bags; Yuan Renhui breathed a sigh of relief, and finally reached Wuwei.

Wuwei was called Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Guzang in ancient times, since ancient times, it is densely populated with mulberry trees, cars and horses are staggered, and songs are blowing; Dong Zhuo and Ma Chao of the Han Dynasty were rampant in the world according to this, and the former Liang, Houliang, South Liang, and North Liang all built their capitals here, and it was an important military and commercial town in the northwest. Yu Qintao's headquarters of the Northwest Commercial Bank was in Wuwei, and when he learned that Jiang Fei and his party were coming, Yu Qintao stayed in Wuwei and waited, arranging for people to wait at the city gate every day.

As soon as the convoy arrived, it was taken to the Northwest Commercial Bank; Yuan Renhui asked his subordinates to go to the post house first, and he and Yuan Raider followed Jiang Fei together. The Northwest Commercial Bank is located in an old mansion that has not been renovated for a long time, with four courtyards in and four out, spacious and transparent, with more than 60 houses, it is said that it was originally the house of the famous general Shu Suwu of Nanliang. Yu Qintao saw the Yuan raiders beside Jiang Fei, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Sister, suit, you are worthy of being the descendants of our Xianbei people, dare to act." ”

Yuan Xiren smiled slightly, and Yuan Renhui slapped Yu Qintao's thumbs-up hand and said, "What did you say, the master is hungry, hurry up and order someone to serve wine and food." "Both of them were once gentlemen in Chang'an City, and they were world friends, and they were very familiar, how could Yuan Renhui see his sister being bullied; Yu Qintao smiled and invited everyone to sit down in the hall, while the rest of the convoy was busy unloading the horses and going to the room to rest later.

The wine and food have been prepared a long time ago, and Wuwei's food cannot be compared with Chang'an, but it was a bumpy road, and everyone was very satisfied with such an environment and dishes; Yu Qintao proudly pointed to the wine jar on the table and said: "Liangzhou people have a strong temperament, and their favorite is old wine, I opened a wine shop here, and three catties of local turbid wine are condensed into one catty of wine, and the price is five times that of turbid wine." I'm afraid that the wine is too spicy, and you are not used to it. ”

Yuwenhu tasted it, it was hot and comfortable, and said with a smile: "With the opening of the Zhihe Distillery, the recipe for winemaking leaked out, and it seems that many famous winemakers have poured out in Dasui overnight, and the business of the Yuwenjia Distillery has plummeted. Qin Tao, you make this wine well, and you have an appetite for me. ”

Although Yuwenhu is a domestic slave, he was once a general in the army, even Yuwenkai called Yuwenhu an uncle, Yu Qintao would not take humility to his heart at all, and said happily: "Uncle Hu, if you like it, when you leave, I will give you ten altars; Yang Chong restricted the production of liquor in Gaochang County, and the liquor of the Turpan Commercial House could only maintain the supply of Fengle Liquor Shop, still in the name of exchanging horses with Tiele people's liquor. ”

The boss of the Turpan Commercial Bank is Yang Chong, and in the case of covering the sky with one hand, he still has to suppress his family's industry, Yuan Renhui exclaimed: "The food shortage in Gaochang County is to this point? ”

Yu Qintao nodded and said: "So Yang Chong and Liang Jiang are experimenting with new wines, Yuan girl, you must tell him when you see Yuan Rui, even if the price is big, you must take the wine of the Turpan Commercial House, and the wine business in the Western Regions cannot be monopolized by the Duhu family." ”

"Monopoly?" Yuan Xiren asked curiously, and Yu Qintao said heartily: "I learned from Yang Chong, he said that monopoly is a commercial means, and if the Duhu family can occupy seventy or eighty percent of the market, it is not that they can sell it at whatever price they want." Yang Chong's research on new wines is that he does not want to let the Duhu family monopolize and make the price of grapes and wine in Gaochang County fall, which is a financial tax in the county. ”

This is the regular means of merchants, as far as possible to make the purchase price low and the selling price high, Gaochang County's tax is based on the purchase price of the Central Plains merchants, Yang Chong naturally will not allow himself to lose too much; Liu Zhuo and Miao Yun looked at each other and smiled, as expected, the business war in Gaochang County rose to a new height.

Yuan Renhui asked, "What does your trading house do, I remember that you used to just sell brick tea." ”

Yu Qintao smiled proudly: "Does Qinghai Fang know? When Li Jing arrived, he went to Puzihai to seal off Qinghai Fang and re-established Yongdeng Fang, to put it bluntly, he kicked Yang Yichen, Yang Chong and Hongnong Yang away; Now Li Jing represents the ministers of the court to take 50%, Cui Junsu and those in the end of the county take 40%, and Yang Gongren takes 10%. The problem is that the technology is in the hands of Hongnong Yang, Yang Gongren said that he would give up the shares, Yang Hao took everyone to retreat into Gaochang, and would merge with Yang Chong's fish sauce workshop in Yancheng, and then Gaochang's fish sauce would be sold to Chang'an by me. ”

This is a big deal for Qin Tao, transporting brick tea to Yang Chong in the Western Regions, and transporting fish dew to Chang'an for sale, just back and forth, it can be said that Yu Qintao is making money with his eyes closed, no wonder he is so courteous to Jiang Fei. Yuan Renhui felt a little bitter in his heart, the Yuan family had judged Qin Tao's caravan, thinking that it was impossible to survive under the competition of the Changfeng Carriage Company, and Yang Chong and the Cui family would have to contact the Yuan family sooner or later; But now it has been proved wrong, Yang Chong is in contact with the Yuan family, but the biggest piece of meat was gnawed by Yu Qintao.

Yuan Xiren blinked his eyes and said, "Sister Jiang, it's better to transfer Qiao Hu to Gaochang, doesn't Brother Yang have a copper mine in Yinshan?" We're going to open another cowboy shop in the Western Regions. ”

Jiang Fei smiled and said: "I have no opinion, the bigger the business, the better, I'm afraid that Duhu Hong and Zhou Ru will come to the Western Regions and find you desperate." ”

"It's fine." Yuan Xianren said indifferently: "As long as Brother Yang nods, they can't help it, it's a big deal that we don't come forward, it's their man's industry." ”

Sure enough, she is a scheming girl, one sentence at a time. Jiang Fei understands that Yuan Xianren going to the Western Regions is by no means as simple as it seems, if he escapes, he will not dare to help Yuan Renhui and the three of them, it is more likely that the Yuan family is a gesture for outsiders to see, maintaining a relationship with Yang Chongruo. Thinking of Changfeng Commercial Bank's actions in Gaochang County, Jiang Fei suddenly woke up to the fact that the Yuan family, like the Hongnong Yang family, wanted to arrange for some of the clansmen to stay in Gaochang, as for why, he must understand when he saw Yang Chong.

Yu Qintao had already diverted the topic and said: "Jiang Fei, your family affairs will be discussed in Gaochang, Liu Lao, there is a scholar named Liang Shuo in Wuwei, who is the person Yang Chong wrote a letter to want to recruit, and is the eldest brother of Liang Jiang under Yang Chong, and he is a little famous in Wuwei." Liang Shuo heard that you and Jiang Fei went to Wuwei and wanted to visit you, but he didn't know if it was convenient or not. ”

Everyone laughed, Yuan Xianren's words were already wrong, and Yu Qintao's words had countless meanings, Liu Zhuo said happily: "The old and decaying wind and candles are in their old age, how can it be inconvenient, when you meet a studious young man, you can only be happy." ”

Liang Shuo wanted to take refuge in Yang Chong, and the purpose of visiting Liu Zhuo was definitely not simple, perhaps it was just because of the face of the reader, and he was unwilling to directly propose to meet Jiang Fei; Since Liu Zhuo is optimistic about Yang Chong, he will definitely help with this.

(End of chapter)