Qin Zhan made such a trouble, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. More than a dozen Fan family members guarding the soup kitchen outside the south gate rushed over and surrounded the two of them.

Fan Fu was attracted over, pointed at the two and scolded, "What are you doing? Dare to come to Fan's house to make trouble? Looking for death?! ”

Fang Yuan glanced at Qin Zhan, and Qin Zhan rushed into the crowd and went to find the accompanying brocade guards to come and escort him.

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Fan Fu, right! What kind of birdman are you, you are also worthy of talking to me, let you take care of things, Fan Yongdou, or Fan Sanba to talk. ”

While he was talking, Qin Zhan and the accompanying Jinyi guards also arrived, all of them loaded with guns, and a row of thunderbolts aimed at the Fan family's family.

Fan Fu looked at Fang Yuan, who came to provoke, and couldn't see the reality of everyone, so he immediately changed his face, and said with a smile, "Please wait, two masters, I'll report immediately!" ”

Fang Yuan grabbed him by the collar, slammed him on the ground, stepped on his vest, and took a thunderbolt and aimed it at the back of his head, "I'll let you go?" These two women are my sisters, you dare to buy and sell, how can you compensate? ”

Fan Fu was pointed at the head with a gun, his face was already pale with fright, and he hurriedly said, "This, this, I have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, lords, spare your life!" ”

Fang Yuan said in a cold voice, "You have heard me clearly, immediately prepare ten pots of white porridge, one of all the homeless people today has not eaten white porridge, I will kill you immediately; Also, if you kick and hit someone, you will immediately lose money. ”

Fan Fu hurriedly ordered the Fan family to prepare white porridge, and took out a tael of broken silver from his arms, "Master, I only have so much." ”

Fang Yuan grabbed him by the collar and dragged him to the homeless old man and two women, and ordered him to kneel down and lose money.

Fan Fu kowtowed to the old man and the two women and begged for mercy, and paid a tael of silver.

The old man and the two women took the money and thanked them again and again.

Qin Zhan looked at the two women, his face was covered with dust and could not hide his excellent appearance, if he was dressed up, what would he do?

His eyes lit up slightly, he looked at Fang Yuan, and stopped talking several times.

Fang Yuan and his party waited outside the city gate with Fan Fu for half an hour, and dozens of black-clad and heavily armed family members surrounded an old man with a gray hair and a bright head out of the city gate.

The first person was about sixty years old, and his face was full of wrinkles, but he couldn't hide the gaze of Lian Da in his eyes, needless to say, this person was Fan Yongdou, the head of the Fan family.

Fan Fu, who was tied to the side, saw that Fan Yongdou had arrived, and said with great joy, "Master, save me, save me!" ”

Fan Yongdou came to Fang Yuan's side, didn't look at Fan Fu, looked Fang Yuan up and down, and then looked at the brocade guard behind him who was holding a row of firearms, and knew that everyone was not small, so he hurriedly put on a smile and asked, "Who is this military master?" ”

Fang Yuan said coldly, "I am Fang Yuan, one hundred households of Jinyi Wei, and I came to Gong City to negotiate a big deal with the Fan family. ”

Fan Yongdou was slightly stunned when he heard that it was the brocade guard of the imperial court, and he had also heard of the name Fang Yuan, that is, Fang Yuan, who injured his son Fan Sanba in the market of Datong Military Town and blackmailed Fang Yuan for 30,000 taels of silver.

He changed his face to a smile and said, "It turns out that Lord Fang has arrived, since it is the imperial court that has come to discuss the deal, let's go into the city and talk slowly." ”

Fang Yuan took a look at the private guards armed to the teeth on the wall of Gong City, as well as the family members accompanying Fan Yongdou, all of whom were armed with iron waist knives and wearing leather armor, where is this posture to talk about business, it seems that entering this Tribute City is entering the trap of the Fan family, it is a Hongmen banquet!

Fang Yuan only had twenty Jinyi guards with him at this time, and it was estimated that there were at least a thousand private armed forces in Gong City, and the strength of the two sides was not at all on the same order of magnitude.

He calculated a little in his heart, this risk is not worth taking!

Fang Yuan also put on a smile and said, "I still have military affairs with me, so I won't go into the city to delay, business is the same here, ha!" ”

Fan Yongdou saw that he didn't enter the city, his eyes showed a trace of astonishment, and then he put on a smiling face and led everyone to the tea shop outside the city, so that the boss and the idle people were all away.

Fan Yongdou emptied the people in the tea shop, invited Fang Yuan to sit face to face, and asked straight to the point, "Since Lord Fang is inconvenient, let's talk about business directly!" ”

Fang Yuan no longer beat around the bush, and said slowly, "This time, our Jinyi guards came to Gong City to buy grain from the Fan family for the imperial court. ”

Fan Yongdou squinted slightly and said, "Grain? How much does the imperial court want? ”

Originally, he needed to buy 100,000 stone of grain this time, but in order to try the Fan family's grain stockpile, Fang Yuan stretched out two fingers and said, "200,000 stone of grain." ”

Fan Yongdou was slightly stunned, took a sip of tea leisurely, and asked rhetorically, "What is the court doing with such a large sum of grain?" ”

"This Fan Yongdou is simply bold, as a businessman of the imperial court, he dares to inquire about the military and political strategies of the imperial court!"

Fang Yuan endured his anger, of course, he would not tell him the truth, and said unhurriedly, "There is a great drought in Shaanxi, the soldiers and the people are hungry, and the imperial court wants to buy food and go to Shaanxi for disaster relief." ”

Fan Yongdou smiled and said, "The imperial court has not been in Shaanxi for disaster relief for several years, and now there are many wanderers everywhere, why did you suddenly think of going to Shaanxi for disaster relief?" ”

Fan Yongdou was really suspicious, and Fang Yuan's face was still as plain as water, "I'm just a brocade guard and a hundred households, running errands for His Majesty, how can it be my turn to ask about major affairs in the DPRK and China?" ”

Fan Yongdou looked at everyone and suddenly laughed.

Fang Yuan and Qin Zhan glanced at each other, and he smiled inexplicably, making the two of them unable to see through the reality.

Fan Yongdou laughed for a while, then looked directly at Fang Yuan and said, "Master Fang has entered this tea shop, but he didn't tell the truth, this ability to lie, Fan really admires, admires." ”

Fang Yuan's heart suddenly burst into his heart, and he asked rhetorically, "I am willing to listen to Mr. Fan's advice." ”

Fan Yongdou stood up and said in a cold voice, "Lord Fang, you have not only come here this time, but also the three hundred Divine Machine Battalion, all of which are staying in Kaiyang Fort. As soon as Lord Fang came, he provoked the Fan family, and it is estimated that the calculation is that I, Fan Yongdou, am willing to cooperate with you, so I will buy grain; If you don't want to cooperate, you will grab food, right? ”

Fang Yuan's mind was clearly seen by him, even the accompanying people and horses had no secrets, it seemed that as soon as he entered the Shanxi territory, he was targeted, he had to admire this traitor Jin merchant old fox.

Fan Yongdou said again, "Actually, the imperial court only needs 100,000 stones to buy grain this time, and Lord Fang said 200,000 stones, which is to test my Fan family's background, right?" ”

This Fan Yongdou, in less than a month, was able to get first-hand news from the imperial court, and he was really well-informed.

Fang Yuan continued to drink tea silently.

Fan Yongdou said, "Lord Fang said that it was disaster relief, but in fact, the imperial court wanted to order Sun Chuanting's troops in Shaanxi to move to Gyeonggi and strengthen the defense of Gyeonggi, right?" ”

As a businessman, he even knew the resolution of the court meeting, and since Fan Yongdou already knew about it, the Manchu Qing must have also known the news.

Fang Yuan gritted his teeth with hatred for the group of court officials who spread the news everywhere.

Fan Yongdou continued, "Lord Fang is not a brocade guard who runs errands, but a big celebrity beside the emperor, fighting the ministers in the court, and he is very majestic!" ”

Fang Yuan was really convinced at this time, and even leaked everything about the Great Dynasty Meeting. With the urine nature of those civil ministers, they would never take the initiative to mention the ugly things that were refuted by Fang Yuan at the court meeting, and the only one who could spread this kind of news was in the inner court.

It seems that there are still Manchu spies in the inner court! The Manchu espionage work was really pervasive, and what secrets did the Ming Dynasty's military and political strategy have in the eyes of the Manchus?

And the Ming Dynasty's strategic plan for the Manchu Qing Dynasty was indeed blackened, just like a blind man beating a clear-eyed person, how else to fight?

Fan Yongdou's verbal attacks were so speechless that his vest was already drenched in cold sweat.

Fang Yuan was secretly glad that Fang Cai had an extra heart and did not enter the trap of Gong City hastily, otherwise nine out of ten in front of him would have been captured alive by the Fan family and escorted to the Manchu Qing to ask for merit.

Fan Yongdou sneered and said, "Lord Fang blackmailed the Fan family for 30,000 taels of silver, and the Fan family didn't care about it for the sake of the imperial court in the capital." As for buying grain, Shanxi has also suffered a major drought in recent years, and the Fan family has no surplus grain, so he also asked Lord Fang to return to the saint and inform him of the difficulties. ”

Fang Yuan listened, and his anger had risen to his head.

It is normal for businessmen to seek profits, and Fang Yuan did not criticize them too much.

The gang of the Franc Machinery Chamber of Commerce sold arms to both the Ming and Manchu Qing sides, and even the Hongyi cannon, a strategic weapon, was also within his tolerance.

However, as a Han Chinese, this Fan Yongdou only sold the grain harvested on the land of the Han people to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was unwilling to sell it to the Ming Dynasty, so it absolutely had nothing to do with the merchants' profit-seeking, but a real traitor who took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and brought disaster to the country and the people.

At this point in the negotiation between the two sides, Fang Yuan had nothing to say, and secretly made up his mind that the eight Jin merchants led by Fan Yongdou must all be slaughtered, the family property confiscated, and not a single one of men, women and children will be left!

Outside the tea shop, a brocade-clothed guard hurriedly came in and whispered a few words to Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan leaned close to Fang Yuan's ear and said, "Boss, Jinyi Wei has come to report that a Mongolian mercenary army of five hundred people has appeared outside Kaiyang Fort, stationed far away outside the fort, under the banner of the Fan family. ”

Fang Yuan was taken aback, needless to say, this Mongolian mercenary army was sent by the Fan family to keep an eye on the Jinyi Guard and the Shenji Battalion in Kaiyang Fort, not to mention grabbing food, even if there was a slight change, they would not be able to escape the attack of the Mongolian mercenaries.

At this point, all the people and horses that Fang Yuan brought from the capital, as well as the overall plan, are all in Fan Yongdou's calculations, and they are already at an absolute disadvantage, perhaps, they can only admit defeat and return to the capital to recover their lives.

Fan Yongdou slowly tasted the tea and said, "Although Jin tea is not as good as Sichuan tea, it also has a different flavor, Lord Fang, after tasting the tea, Fan will not send it." ”

Fang Yuan stared at the biggest traitor and profiteer in front of him with hatred, and his teeth itched with hatred, but Gong City was the territory of the eight Jin merchants, and there was no way to take Fan Yongdou.

"If Lord Fang is fine, Fan will not entertain him."

Fan Yongdou glanced triumphantly at Fang Yuan and his party, and led the guards to leave.

"Is it really all in Fan Yongdou's calculations?"

Fang Yuan's scalp tingled for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "No! At least one army was not in Fan Yongdou's calculations, and that was the new army that remained in Xiangyang Village. ”

It has been a month since the new army was formed, and all the most advanced guns and artillery should be in place.

The new army is still new to the battlefield, so it is better to use the experience of the Jin Shang's grain transportation team and practice your hands!