Zhang Han only then understood who the empty stool left in the south was for, that Sun Huishou was the man in front, named Sun Anle, the head of the Dongshan Society, and the name was Anle, but he looked like a person who had suffered hardships, with a lot of wrinkles on his face, and he didn't look happy, his nephew was Sun Jingting, who had a reputation for showing talent, but he followed Sun Anle to take care of the Dongshan Society, and was despised by the people in Lingqiu Shilin.

Sun Anle frowned, ignored Li Dayong who was smiling, strode over and sat down, Sun Jingting smiled slightly, and stood next to his uncle directly with his sword, refusing Li Dayong's kindness to add a stool to sit down.

"I've already finished drinking." Han Tong looked displeased, put down his chopsticks, and said lightly to Zhang Han: "Zhang Dong is mainly here to make a living in this business, Han has nothing to say, there is only one case, don't be held hostage, just break the rules in this business." ”

After saying that, he got up, and did not speak to others, but walked away surrounded by several of his own house slaves.

Li Dayong saw that Zhang Xuezeng's face was not good-looking, so he had to stop his steps to see him off, and explained to Zhang Han and Zhang Xuezeng: "After all, Dong Han is the biggest proprietor in this industry, and to be honest, Dong Zhang is from Puzhou, and there are dots up and down here, otherwise Dong Han is not a good match, last time there were a few people who came from Kaifeng who wanted to open an iron yard here, but it didn't work out in the end." ”

It seems that Li Dayong is also quite dissatisfied with Han Tong, but it is difficult to resist under the prestige, and as soon as Han Tong left, he also vaguely pointed out that Han Tong is not a person to deal with.

At this time, Sun Anle spoke: "When he saw me coming, he must have thought in his heart why he invited me to come over. It's just that no matter how arrogant he is, my Dongshan Club is not afraid of him, how many evil things the Han family has done, everyone knows in their hearts, if it weren't for me, the Dongshan Club would have been protected, the various iron yards in Lingqiu would have been eaten up by the Han family, don't say that outsiders came to open the iron yard, even if they came to buy iron, how many people were killed by the Han family! ”

Zhang Han has been staring at Sun Anle, most of the leaders of the meeting at that time were the evil forces formed by the powerful public in the yamen colluding with local scoundrels, and when it came to doing evil, the heads of the guilds in these places were much worse than the underworld in later generations, and the local ninth-rate deeds, more than seven or eight out of ten were monopolized in the hands of these people, and the things of the traitors and criminals could not be separated from them, but in Zhang Han's eyes, Sun Anle was magnificent, and there was a trace of righteousness hidden in his eyes, which was completely different from those leaders in Zhang Han's impression. Sun Jingting behind Sun Anle is even more righteous and awe-inspiring, this pair of uncles and nephews are not at all like those ordinary leaders of the group.

After listening to Sun Anle's words, Zhang Han faintly felt that this Dongshan Club was not so simple, and now it seems that it may be a self-protection organization jointly established by the local gentry family and Sun Anle, the Han family is too strong, the other family is too weak, and the Han family is too domineering, which makes the rest of the forces integrate and join forces to fight. If not, I am afraid that it would have been swallowed by the Han family a long time ago.

Li Dayong was silent, but his attitude was obviously on Sun Anle's side, and the rest of the gentlemen who had money also had the same attitude, they were supportive of Sun Anle, but because of their identity, it was not easy to speak publicly.

Sun Anle turned to Zhang Han again, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Dongzhu is also powerful, Han Tong is domineering, if Zhang Dongzhu has no power and can't enter, we can't help with these things like building a blast furnace, this is Zhang Dongzhu's own business, looking for miners, and some miscellaneous matters in the mine, I hope Zhang Dongzhu can cooperate with our Dongshan Society." Let's talk about more than 5,000 people, most of them are miners and people related to the iron field, and Zhang Dongzhu should use them all. We will take as much as the rules and regulations, and if there is anything that will come out, we will not sit idly by. I only hope that proprietor Zhang will have some benevolence, don't learn from the Han family, and use the money that deducts the blood and sweat of our miners to fatten his own pockets...... That's all I have to say, just leave, and I won't eat the wine. My brothers eat multigrain and wild vegetables every day, and they have to do heavy work, and I have a lot of fish and meat here, so that people can know how to serve the public. ”

This person is a guild leader, and there are thousands of people at the bottom, but he is so temperamental, no wonder he looks like a miner who is in charge of thousands of people.

Sun Anle really got up after speaking, he was more thoughtful than Han Tong, and then turned around and left.

Sun Jingting was the same, waving goodbye to everyone, Zhang Han and the others all got up to see them off, just now Han Tong left in a grand manner, and this uncle and nephew behaved like this, after the Li family's uncle and nephew left, everyone looked at each other, feeling that today's wine and food were particularly weird.

Li Shenming bowed his head and said to Zhang Han: "It seems that there has been a lot of fighting here, Han Tong means that we are on par with him, if you want to come to the Han family, there are many things to deduct and abuse the miners, we are not the same as his family, and it will be much more difficult for the Han family to recruit and employ people." Sun Anle means that Dongshan will support us, don't ask us to go too far, it's best to only use their people. Neither side is a good man or a woman, but in this small place of Lingqiu, how many winds and waves have come over, is it possible to turn the tables in this small gutter? It's not necessarily funny! ”

Wherever Li Shenming went, he was a member of the shogunate of the general army, and the state and county officials and the senior officials at the command level of the guard station were very polite to him.

Zhang Han smiled and nodded, and said softly: "Let's go to the address chosen by Cai Jiu for a while, and then we will go around to recruit people, Cai Jiu already has dozens of veterans there, all of them are old acquaintances, and they rely on the letter, and the recruitment of people on the list is expected to be about 1,000 people, and we don't pay attention to any of them, it's a joke, everyone dares to assign us to do things." After the matter here is over, I still have to go to Zhangjiakou to transfer out of the Saiwai, that matter is much more important, I can't delay here for too long. ”

Li Shenming nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Go to the outside of the plug, is it safe?" Those Tartars are not good men and women, and if things don't work out, your safety is the most important thing. ”

Zhang Han's heart was moved, Li Shenming's tone was indeed very concerned, although the two are now in one business together, and the interests are shared, but after Li Shenming and him changed posts, they did have a little more real concern, in this era, Zhang Han only has one relative of the Chang family, and most of the people next to him are subordinates, only Li Shenming and him are friends and brothers, and the feeling of speaking is different from that of others.

"Don't worry, I will naturally have a way to protect myself."

Zhang Han did have an arrangement, but Wang Changfu did not follow, because he had an important mission on his back...... Zhang Han asked him to go to Xuanfu and Jizhen to find some veterans who had experience in shooting and releasing firearms and riding skills.

Although recruiting soldiers is not free to come and go, the degree of freedom is much higher than that of military households, as long as you think of some ways, it is still possible to recruit some people.

The same is true in Xinpingbao, recruiting some veterans with combat experience, and at the same time looking for the kind of brave and healthy people in the military households and farmers to join the team of dart masters.

Don't worry about not being able to recruit people, as long as Zhang Han is willing, there is no problem in recruiting thousands of people in a month. Compared with the treatment of the dart master, even if it is a veteran who has been born and died on the battlefield, as long as he is not picked into a family, it is a military salary of one or two silver per month, and there are also a few buckets of food, but no matter the true color or the color is never paid, the amount of silver is insufficient, the quality is very poor, and it can not even be issued every month, because of the mutiny of arrears, there have been many incidents in the past few decades from the Jiajing period to Wanli, and the financial difficulties of the imperial court, except for Zhang Juzheng's alleviation in those years, this matter has always been a chronic disease, and no one has solved it well. The border army was so embarrassed that it could not support its wives and children, and displacement was inevitable...... The border troops who surrendered to the Kou were all a lot of people, and Zhang Han was recruiting a dart master from a trading house here, and he was not a rebel, so he was afraid that he would not find anyone?

Zhang Han finally smiled: "I'm afraid that there are too many people and I can't digest it." ”

Can't digest just one aspect, Zhang Han doesn't want to find too many veterans, there are some veterans as role models and in the short term to form combat effectiveness, the entire team of dart masters will grow bigger and bigger, Zhang Han still hopes that the dart masters are mostly brought out from newcomers, so that the loyalty is higher, and if it is a local, it is easier to control a small family, and he does not dare to be disobedient.

Li Shenming frowned and said: "Ma Zongbing originally asked you to gather as an army, and then found an opportunity to report you in the battle report with the Beiyu, and easily made a thousand households to take the general account, so that he was also relieved, and you are more famous for doing these things, you are unwilling, and now you do this, in case someone sues, it is not a small trouble." ”

Although the profession of dart master has been around for a long time, it is indeed a bit taboo to get a scale like Zhang Han and attract a large number of border troops to join, and Zhang Han also knows the reason...... He's also having a headache lately about the name.

Gather for the army, don't talk about Zhang Han himself, I'm afraid that neither the Chang family nor Puzhou will be willing. Even if you are a hundred households and thousands of households, you are still inferior in the eyes of scholars, even if you are a hereditary commander, you are worse than the gentry family who is a talented person, and it is even more impossible to be a serious official Zhang Han, Nasu is still a good way to donate a prisoner, and then in the local area to any miscellaneous job, this is a lot more convenient, but unfortunately Zhang Han is too young, donating prisoners is a way out for the court to give rich scholars who have been tried for a long time, so as not to cut off the thoughts of these people, and there will be accidents with resentment in the local area, there is still a difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, The Qing Dynasty was a big donation, the merchants and local forces were all integrated, once something happened, it was these people who formed a group training, after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was the Han gentry who continued the life of the Qing Dynasty for decades...... Even if Zhang Han wants to spend money, the court can't get through.

"I'll hang this matter under the name of a general," Zhang Han said with a smile: "I'll talk about other things when I come back from Saiwai." ”

Li Shenming nodded, glanced at Zhang Han again, and the two got up together and said goodbye to Li Dayong and the others.