The eldest king said it to this point, no matter how stupid Li Yu is, he understands, these people are the same as Ma Qi and Fan Yongdou to cut their heads to make money, and the affairs of the court are just a pretext, Li Yu suddenly laughed: "Lord Ma, Lord Wang, you should have made it clear earlier, it took so much effort, I thought you were going to trouble me." ”

Ma Shiying and Wang also breathed a sigh of relief, the matter was basically negotiated, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, it was not that they didn't make it clear, it was that this kid was too stupid, thinking that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all business-oriented, and they had to change to a smarter person, and they already knew it.

As soon as the matter became clear, the three of them immediately became accomplices, hid in the tea room and discussed for a while, but Li Yu was too stupid, Ma Shiying felt that he still had to find someone who understood to discuss the details, Li Yu scratched his head and said, My second brother Li Huai is in Yanghe, why don't you talk to him again. Ma Shiying was angry, you said it earlier, if we knew that Li Huai was also in the Guannei, what would we have to say to you.

Ma Shiying asked Li Yu to immediately send someone to find Li Huai, be sure that he should go to Datong, Li Yu himself can't run away, this deal has to be decided by him in the end, and the old king also generously said that Li Yu's expenses in Datong are recorded in the account of the branch of Datong Taifu Temple, and even hinted that if Li Yu is bored, he can talk to a few Datong girls.

Two days later, Li Huai was led by Chen Erzhu to find Li Yu, as soon as the two brothers met, Li Huai said dejectedly about the situation in Yanghe, after Wei Yunzhong took over as the governor of Xuanda, Song Tongyin's life was not easy, this Wei Lord was an official and upright, belonging to the Donglin Party lineage, and he always looked down on traitors and villains, Wei Zhongxian drove him back to his hometown when he was in power, and it was not reactivated until the first year of Chongzhen when the emperor cleared Wei Zhongxian's forces. Xuanda Sanzhen belongs to one of the nests of the Northern Party, like Zhang Xiao, there are many people who pull and pull with the eunuch party, and there are many people at both ends of the first rat, Wei Yunzhong has never had a good look at these people, and Song Tongyin unfortunately belongs to this list, so Song Tongyin and Wei Yunzhong don't get along well, and basically can't speak. When Song Tongyin took Li Huai to see the governor, Li Huai hadn't said a few words, Wei Yunzhong became impatient, put up a shelf and told him the truth of Huayi's distinction, and asked him why he was willing to serve the Beiju as a son.

"This Lord Wei is a Qing official, admitting death, we Fengzhou people are all suspicious Beiyu in his eyes, he doesn't want to look at us at all, we can't count on Yang He in the future," Li Huai shook his head and said, and then he encouraged Li Yu, "We Fengzhou Chuan did the best this time, it seems that the dead people are only about 7,000 people stopped, I heard Lord Song say that the Han outside the Xuanfu border is miserable this time, at least 20,000 people will die, and the Halaqi (Karaqin) outside the Jiliao border has not escaped this catastrophe, If it weren't for the fact that the Jiliao Governor allowed them to cook rice in Gaotai Fort in February and March, it would have been possible for their entire clan to collapse. ”

"No, Karaqin was attached to the Jin State in August last year, why did the Ming Kingdom still agree to their rice? Besides, they are poorer than us, where can they find money to find livestock and rice? The Ming Kingdom is really strange, there is food that is not given to us but to the tribes who belong to the enemy country. Li Yu muttered dissatisfied.

"Who knows, we can't figure out the affairs of the imperial court, forget it, this matter has nothing to do with us, Chen Erzhu came to me and said, there is an urgent matter to talk about here in Datong, what is going on?"

Li Yu only then told him what he had talked about with Ma Shiying and the eldest king, and Li Huai was overjoyed when he heard it, and immediately pulled Li Yu up and ran to find Ma Shiying in a hurry.

As soon as Li Huai arrived, everything was easy to talk about, Li Huai was well-informed, never a nerd, Ma Shiying was even more varied, left and right, the old Wang has been a senior executive of Daming central enterprises for many years, the sage book may have forgotten, but the business has been absolutely thorough, everyone bargained together, quarreled and quarreled, and they all agreed happily, most of the time Li Yu, who was a puppet, finally announced the deal. The business is done, and the big old Wang wants to invite everyone to eat together, and he complains that Li Yu refuses to spend money for him - Li Yu has lived in the Datong General Soldier's Mansion for the past two days, except for nothing to talk to Wang Mumin, a turtle like him, he didn't go anywhere, he has self-knowledge, the status of the Ming soldiers is low, and the status of their soldiers is even lower, and even the ** in the prostitute is not willing to accompany them, but the big old Wang is very dissatisfied with this, and must pull them to the best restaurant in Datong to drink flower wine, So they slaughtered the restaurant again.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Ma Shiying was like returning to his own home, and he didn't see that the restaurant owner who greeted him had a wrong face, so he went to the best private room upstairs with his head stuffy, he was too familiar with this place, the boss, the guys and the fans who accompanied the wine almost all knew him, and when he went upstairs, he found that his treasure land had been occupied first, and the momentum of the other party seemed to be not small, and there were more than a dozen entourages standing outside the door, of which five or six were obviously bodyguards with big shoulders and round waists and fierce faces. Ma Shiying immediately became angry, except for the governor of Datong City, he is the boss, and someone dared to rob him of his treasure land, and scolded the restaurant owner with a scolding face, and the restaurant owner explained tremblingly, how did they know that the prefect was coming tonight, and there were a few foreign merchants who took a fancy to the private room he frequented, and gave enough silver, and they were not easy to stop, the restaurant owner explained while peeking at the few bodyguards.

Ma Shiying became even more popular, pointed at the restaurant owner and shouted: "Boss Hu, in your eyes, this official is not as good as a few broken money in the hands of those merchants?" The official is going to entertain the distinguished guests today, and no matter what method you use, immediately blast the people away to make room for the official. ”

"Yes, blow people away immediately!" The eldest king also felt faceless, and shouted with Ma Shiying.

The boss was forced to cry, so he had to go to beg the guests in the private room again, and after a while, the boss was blasted out by the guests, and a young man dressed as a scholar rushed out of the private room angrily, and scolded loudly: "What's so great about a prefect, no one has to tell a first-come, first-served reason, I want to see if the dog official is so arrogant." ”

"Who are you? is so bold that he dares to insult the officials of the imperial court. Ma Shiying and Da Lao Wang immediately jumped up, and the family members and entourages behind them also stepped forward to try, and several bodyguards on the other side did not show weakness, and immediately rolled up their sleeves and came around, looking like they were about to do it, Li Yu and Li Huai, who had been dragging behind, glanced at each other, and had to shake their heads to persuade them, but Li Huai's eyes immediately widened when he saw the scholar.

"Du Mengqing, how could it be you!"

"Li Yushan, why are you not running Datong outside the gate?"

Du Hongtai's sudden appearance quickly calmed down the turmoil, and Shen Shoulian and Sun Tingyao in the private room soon came out to greet them. This kind of northwest army leader is best not to provoke, and the old king is even more surprised, he took the "city capital" of the imperial court to go south and north to do business for many years, Sun and Shen have already heard of the names of the two families, this is the giant businessman of the Ming Dynasty, and the powerful people in the DPRK have a lot to do with it, they don't stay in the Jianghuai nest, what are they doing in Datong? Do you want to steal business? And when Sun and Shen heard each other's identities as the prefect of Datong and Taifu Temple in charge of the two towns of Shanxi and Datong, their eyes also lit up, these two guys are not of high grade, but they are people who can be used in the future with real power. Both parties had the idea of making friends with each other, and immediately became their own people, and they humbly entered the private room together and drank together.

Du Hongtai has accompanied Sun and Shen to Datong for more than half a month, and according to Du Wenhuan's arrangement, they should immediately go out to find Li Huai, but as soon as Sun and Shen heard about the plague in Fengzhou, they immediately hid in Datong City and refused to move a step north, they didn't care about throwing money, but they took their lives more seriously. Most of the business of the two people is in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Datong has not been to come, this border town is a famous city of businessmen gathered, the market is prosperous, eating, drinking and having fun, compared with the soft breeze and drizzle of Suzhou and Hangzhou, there is a unique charm, Sun and Shen shouted fun, and planted into the flower and wine of Datong, Du Hongtai was also happy to do the "three escorts" - to eat, drink, and play, the three of them almost left the affairs of Fengzhou behind, but they did not want to meet Li Huai and Li Yu here.

After a few glasses of wine, Du Hongtai talked a lot, pointed at Li Yu and said: "Before I saw you, I was still wondering if Yushan would recognize the wrong person in a hot brain, but since you stood in front of me, I recognized that you are the little third elm, you kid is still the virtue of the hanger, remember?" You beat me with a stick when you were a child, and my uncle will tell you to find a chance to go home and have a look. ”

"Is it Du Shuai? But I can't remember him. Li Yu scratched his head and said.

"That's why I let you go home and take a look, your brain is broken, my uncle just wants you to remember that you are still a member of the Du family." Du Hongtai replied disdainfully.

"Counselor Li turned out to be a member of the Du family! No wonder it's so good, when I go to Beijing in the future, I will find my fellow countryman, the eldest king, and we are kind to the people of Yansui! "Mr. Wang is very happy today, the business has been negotiated, and he has made rich and powerful friends, and he also looks at Li Yu, a small fellow countryman.

Almost all of the speeches at the banquet were Shaanxi dialects, Ma Shiying, a native of Guizhou, was a little unable to interject, fortunately, there was a Shen Shoulian to talk to him, the two talked quite speculatively, Ma Shiying asked: "What do you have to do in Datong in Yongnian?" Is it necessary for the officer to do his best? If there is something to do, even if you open your mouth, the official will definitely help. ”

"Come and play," Shen Shoulian said with a smile, seeing Ma Shiying's stunned look, he continued, "It's really a game, the student made a bet, and threw some money to have fun." ”

"What kind of gambling method, Yongnian said to hear it." The king is interested.

"The student and Brother Bo Xi plan to throw 40,000 taels of silver to Fengzhou Beach together, and bet on whether this kid can become a climate, win a million profits, and lose all the 40,000 taels if he loses," Shen Shoulian pointed at Li Yu and said with a smile, "How about it, do the two adults follow?" ”

Ma Shiying and Wang Zhu gasped, these two guys are too rich, 40,000 taels can be thrown away, Li Huai and Li Yu were also startled, this is a huge amount of money, these two people are crazy. Ma Shiying peeked at Li Yu with a stunned face, this stupid boy is so lucky, the powerful and the big businessmen have to come to help him, people can't be good-looking! But the king was thinking, Fengzhou is rich, how can I make their money.

Although Li Huai knew in advance that Du Shuai had arranged for them to contribute money to aid Fengzhou, he didn't expect that these two guys would throw so much silver at will, he was a little weak-hearted, and asked cautiously: "Brother Boxi, Brother Yongnian, are you not joking?" Make it clear first, you won't give this money in vain, will you? ”

"Why should we give money for nothing? The two of us are gambling, but your brother can only be borrowed. Shen Shoulian replied without hesitation.

"Yes, it's a loan, for two years, borrow 40,000 taels to repay 80,000 taels, we can't take this risk in vain, it depends on whether he has the courage to borrow." Sun Tingyao said coldly.

Li Huai was taken aback, Du Shuai said when he convened everyone to discuss in Yulin, but what he said was aid, these two guys were usurious when they came here, and the money was so black-hearted, he glared at Du Hongtai fiercely, but saw that Du Hongtai seemed to be a little stupid, Ma Shiying and Wang Shiying smiled at each other, black, really black, it was really a profiteer, and he didn't even let go of the poor bastard, I said why did pie suddenly fall from the sky.

"Two gentlemen, Fengzhou is too poor, we can't afford to pay this money." Li Yu said with a red face.

"It doesn't matter if you can't afford it, you Fengzhou has land, pasture, cattle, sheep and livestock, and if you don't have money, you can use these to pay off your debts, we will definitely talk about the price according to quality, and we will not take advantage of you." Shen Shoulian said happily, "Of course, you can repay the debt, and we can't do anything about you, if so, we will admit it, but inside and outside the side wall will know who you are." ”

"Land, pastures, and livestock are all dependent on the lives of the common people, and you don't want to calculate." Li Yu suppressed his anger and replied coldly, Li Huai couldn't sit still, pulled Li Yu up and pointed at Du Hongtai who looked embarrassed and said: "Yuzi, we don't borrow this money, let's go back to Manhan Mountain, Du Mengqing, do you want to go with us, or stay here and continue to spend time drinking?" ”

Du Hongtai agreed, and hurriedly followed behind Li Huai's buttocks, they walked a few steps outside, Li Yu suddenly stopped, hesitated for a while, turned his head and asked Sun and Shen: "Mr. Sun, Mr. Shen, we have coal and iron, timber, and saltwater in Fengzhou, but we won't get them, do you want these?" ”

"Of course you want to, as long as it can be turned into money, we all like it," Shen Shoulian smiled at Sun Tingyao, "It doesn't matter if you don't get it, we have a way to make money." ”

"Okay, deal, take the silver!"

"The money is easy to handle, as long as the two of us speak, we can raise it in Datong within two days, but we have to make a note first, what if you don't admit it in the future?" Sun Tingyao responded with a smile, and then bowed his hand to Ma Shiying and Shen Shoulian, "The student wants to ask the two adults to be a witness, can the two adults appreciate their faces?" ”

Da Lao Wang agreed, he was already thinking about how to make money in Fengzhou, but the alert Ma Shiying was thinking about something else, this silver was really a drop in the bucket for Daming, and it was not a matter at all in the eyes of Daming officials, but it could come in handy in the hands of the poor people in Fengzhou, and he had already noticed that the real purpose of these two profiteers was actually the salt and iron of Fengzhou, but they deliberately used their tricks to let Li Yu bring it up by himself, what will these lawless people toss together in the future? Is it a blessing or a curse for the Ming court? It's hard to say.

Ma Shiying was still hesitating, but the old king urged him impatiently, his heart was horizontal, forget it, these people are not easy to mess with, the Ming court is not my family, and it is not possible to offend people for the court, the old king has promised to be a witness, and he can't shirk it.

The notes were quickly sorted out, Sun and Shen immediately drew a charge, everyone looked at Li Yu, and Li Huai said quietly: "Yuzi, you have to think well, these two are not simple." ”

"Do I have a choice? With these 40,000 taels of silver, maybe no one will starve to death in two years, and I will talk about it later. Li Yu sighed and pressed the handprint heavily.

Sun and Shen are also resolute in doing things, relying on the prestige and strength of the two families, they raised money from the rich merchants of Datong in one day, and the old king also personally accompanied Li Yu and his party out of the victory pass, and the Ming army at the pass should not have seen it, and several cars of silver and two went out of the customs smoothly, and were sent to the barbarian mountain camp under the escort of the guard battalion who came to meet them.

The old king returned to Datong City to convene Shanxi, Datong two towns of the horse city officials to the restaurant to drink flower wine, the old king clearly told everyone, now the great tomorrow disaster and man-made disasters, the economic situation has seriously deteriorated, the court has no money in the hand, the previous year to the Taifu Temple of the "city book" is not issued, it is difficult to say whether the Lu can be issued, the emperor has adopted the criminal department to Liu Mao in the matter, determined to cut the post station, soon those unlucky post soldiers will go home to starve, the horse market gang want to keep their jobs, can not reach out to the court, In the future, everyone will have to rely on the horse market to support themselves, so everyone should work harder, because now we have to earn money for ourselves.

The old Wang asked everyone to change the official and business thinking, put the interests of customers in the first place, and make money for themselves by borrowing the brand of the Ming central enterprise in Taifu Temple, he especially took Fengzhou as a case to tell everyone that if you want to make money in the troubled times, you must cut your head to find business opportunities, customer resources are always in short supply, and all people have to compete, so you must have a vision of development, not only to find customers, compete for customers, but also to learn to cultivate customers, for example, he cultivated the customer of Fengzhou for colleagues in the two towns, The better this customer develops, the more money they will make, and they will make money for a long time, so supporting the development of Toyosu is to protect everyone's jobs.

The eldest king was finally excited, jumped up and shouted: "If you want to make money by begging for a living in the horse market, you have to be bold, no one does the business that loses money, and the business of killing the head is rushed to do. ”

The family members of the Great Boss Wang immediately took the lead in shouting: "Get rich, get rich, everyone get rich!" ”

Under the encouragement of the big boss, the horse city officials who participated in the meeting were all gearing up and enthusiastic, and the meeting was in a "fortune, fortune, everyone fortune!" The slogan ended.