Chapter 204: The Price of Exchange

Pu Shougeng values Jiang Hanchen's ability very much, otherwise he would not have sent him north to negotiate with Meng Yuan for the first time, but Jiang Hanchen has his own huge business, and he can't use it 100% for him, which makes him extremely uncomfortable.

However, this time, the Jiang family took the initiative to withdraw the trading house from Quanzhou and transfer the store, and after the cargo ship arrived in Hong Kong, all of them were handed over to the trading house controlled by Pu Shougeng for sale, which was equivalent to completely withdrawing from the Quanzhou business community and retaining only the business of spice trafficking.

"Your son-in-law is good, if the business outside is not good, you can come back to Quanzhou to help me at any time, and I will always open the door to him here!"

Wei Yue smiled and bowed his head in thanks, then took out a letter sealed with fire paint from his arms, and raised his hands in front of Pu Shougeng.

"This is my son-in-law's handwritten letter, please take a look at it!"

"Is there anything you can't endorse yet, and you need to write a letter?"

Pu Shougeng opened the envelope casually, and after only two glances, his eyes were solemn, staring at the letter carefully.

"Humph! Jiang Hanchen's ambition is really ambitious, no wonder he can't stay in Quanzhou, what do you think of this matter, Wei October? ”

"Master Pu, October doesn't know the content of the letter......"

"Haha, your son-in-law wants to use twenty boats of spices in exchange for some important things in my hand, do you think I should change them?"

"If it's a business, of course, it depends on whether there is money to be made, if it's not a business, then it depends on the mood of the adult, and I don't dare to say anything in October!"

The value of twenty boats of spices is overwhelming, if you calculate it a little bit, the cost is above six million taels of silver, and after being transported to Quanzhou thousands of miles away, the current value is more than fifteen million taels, which is Pu Shougeng can't help but be tempted.

But Jiang Hanchen wants a war horse, which is the most sought-after and valuable military material, and Pu Shougeng really has a lot in his hands at the moment, whether it is left over from the previous Song army, or the surplus given by Suo Duo Dong Wenbing, there are more than 30,000 horses in total.

Jiang Hanchen's reason also made him admire, this young man is really bold and ambitious, according to Jiang Hanchen's heart, he is ready to invest horses in Annam, in exchange for the right to trade and operate the two ports.

Jiang Hanchen didn't lie about this matter, the Jiang family is indeed doing this, and Chen Renzong of the Chen Dynasty has already had a preliminary intention of cooperation, especially Chen Guojun, the generalissimo of Annan soldiers and horses, who very much hopes to cooperate with the Jiang family.

However, there was no shortage of horses in Annan at that time, they were in the tropical air, humid and rainy, and their self-produced swords were not of good material and often corroded quickly, and they needed cast iron arrows from the Great Song Dynasty and high-quality wrought iron from the Great Food Country.

Chen Renzong and Chen Guojun had already judged that after the Meng Yuan fought the Song Dynasty, they would never let them go of Annan, and they needed to strengthen military preparations in advance, so they had cooperation with the Jiang family.

But Pu Shougeng didn't know the truth, but he knew that the Chen Dynasty had a demand for military supplies, and his identity was not allowed to participate directly, so he still had to find a powerful businessman like the Jiang family to do it, he only needed to take the shares and get the money for nothing.

Pu Shougeng believed in Jiang Hanchen's motive and purpose of exchanging horses, and calculated in his heart that if he monopolized the port trade in Annan, how much harvest would there be in a year, this piece of fat must not be swallowed by the Jiang family alone, and he must get a piece of the pie.

"With such a big business, why didn't he come by himself?"

Pu Shougeng put down the letter paper and asked very calmly.

"The son can't get away from Annan for the time being, and he also has a message to bring to the little one, instructing October to comply with the conditions of Master Pu, even if you put forward the conditions, as long as the Jiang family can do it, October will answer for the child."

"Well, after this business is done, I want 30% of Annan's income, there is no way to raise many people, they are all waiting for dinner with their mouths open, let your son-in-law bother to make more money." Pu Shougeng knows in his heart that the war horses in his hands are basically useless, and they are all foodies at home, and they don't know how much silver they will consume in a year, so it is better to raise some donkeys that can pull carts.

"There is no problem, Childe also mentioned that in the future, he will open up new trade routes in other ports, and he also hopes that Master Pu will participate together."

Pu Shougeng was proud in his heart, and immediately arranged for his subordinates to negotiate the details of the transaction with Wei Yue, the business of more than 10,000 horses, Jiang Hanchen paid a big enough price to be able to impress Pu Shougeng's appetite, otherwise it would be a pipe dream and impossible to succeed.

Dong Wenbing led 30,000 cavalry all the way to Chaozhou, and did not encounter any resistance and interference along the way, which made him feel a lot more settled.

Saying that he was a pioneer officer, he wanted to rush all the way to the city of Guangzhou, Dong Wenbing's last time in Zhangzhou was painful enough, and he would never do anything in a hurry, 30,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Haifeng County, which was not guarded by troops, waiting for the supplies and baggage that followed behind.

At this time, Huizhou, Panyu, and all of them already had township troops stationed in Guangzhou, although the troops were not very strong, but Dong Wenbing did not dare to drive straight in. At this time, Zhang Hongfan's remaining thirty Shenyong cannons were behind him, and the improved gunpowder and thunderbolt cannons had been tested, and the power and range were increased compared to when attacking Chaozhou.

The first battle was fought in Foye Mountain in Huidong County, and a team of 100 people under Dong Wenbing was ambushed by the township army in Huidong while patrolling and exploring the road. After a short fierce battle, the reconnaissance team of more than 100 people of the Yuan army fled back to the three cavalry, but after Dong Wenbing sent a large group of people, this wave of township troops had fled without a trace.

The angry Yuan soldiers wanted to slaughter the nearby villagers, but after turning around, they found that the ten rooms were empty, and the people who could move had already fled, leaving only some old and disabled people in the village.

Huidong County is dozens of miles away, Dong Wenbing, as a pioneer officer, does not need to attack all the cities along the way, his main task is to break through a direct passage to Guangzhou, to ensure the transportation of baggage supplies behind.

The waterway army that Boyan and the others rode also arrived at Meilong Bay at this time, because there was no suitable port to anchor in front of them, and the defeated soldiers who had robbed and suffered losses near Hong Kong Island had a psychological shadow, and Zhu Qing also suggested going ashore farther away. Boyan didn't like to take a boat, so he immediately ordered the main force to go ashore, followed the route of Dong Wenbing's march, and came to the vicinity of Huidong County one after another.

"To fight or not to fight? In this county town of Huidong, there are Song Army's township troops stationed there, which is a threat to our army's supply and baggage transportation. ”

Boyan said: "The army was sent directly to Guangzhou, and the cats and dogs along the way should not be ignored, and when we took Guangzhou, they should collapse without a fight." Zhu Qing led your headquarters to detour by sea to the outside of Guangzhou Bay, clean up the boat docks along the way, and block the escape route of the Song army in Guangzhou by water. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister."