Chapter 296: Cooperation
Daming in Liaozhen only left in Liaoxi, and there are hardly many soldiers and horses, only Liaoxi will be left to the ancestors of the ancestors of Liaoxi, this point of the garrison is very hanging, the current situation and Fushun lost, Salhu defeated is different, people at that time were just afraid of rumors, and the original funny rumors have gradually become a fact, after the Jin soldiers are likely to go straight to Liaoxi, straight to the thin mountain customs, if the gate is lost, it is equivalent to the Beijing division to face the enemy's soldiers!
Not only that, the Jingshi was invaded twice by Altan Khan a few decades ago, but everyone knew that the Mongols could not defeat the capital, nor did they conquer Xuanfu and Datong, which is completely different from the loss of land in Liaodong, and the Mongols were at most robbers who crossed the border wall to fight the autumn wind, and the Donglu had become a powerful enemy that endangered Sheji.
The rumor that the so-called "Jurchen is invincible" also spread in Beijing and various places in the north.
The situation is very bad, from the Tashan area nearly 200 miles of the Liao people fled, almost into a no-man's land, all parts of western Liaoning are refugees fleeing, civil officials are cold, military generals are at a loss, soldiers and horses are not prepared, not only Liaodong and southern Liaoning are equal to falling into the hands of the enemy, Liaoxi is almost unsafe, fortunately, the strength of the Jurchen is too weak, Nuerhachi's appetite is not so big, and did not pursue it, the imperial court appointed Xue Guoyong as a strategy, rectify the soldiers and horses, and then ordered to guard along the nine sides, and the horse markets around the country almost stopped, Only the annual reward of more than 100,000 silver for the Tumut Ministry and the official horse market once a year can still be carried out, which can be regarded as the Ming Dynasty's bribery of the Mongolian high-level, and the DPRK and China are now very high-level thinking about reconciling with Mongolia, and even using Mongolia to attack Houjin, if the execution is enough, this is also a good plan, but Zhang Han knows that compared with the emerging Jurchen regime, the Ming Dynasty is destined to not be able to do this, and the Mongols and Jurchens are nomadic and fishing and hunting after all, and they are very close to each other from hairstyles to clothing and inheritance, In addition, Mongolian and Manchu can be directly communicated, and many of the Manchurian departments directly speak Mongolian, and the two are really natural allies, but Mongolia has not been subdued now, and it will take time for the Jurchens to completely conquer and integrate Mongolia.
When Zhang Han returned to Xinpingbao, he found that the business travel on the street was still very dense and had not been affected too much.
No matter how the situation develops, as long as the war is not inflicted on their heads, many people actually don't care much about what happens in Liaodong. After all, Liaodong is still too far away from Datong, as far away as another world.
The real impact is still there, and many merchants in the fort who rely too much on the horse market are generally not doing well, and the market is slightly depressed.
Zhang Han recalled that a few years ago, he first saw the situation of the small market.
Thousands of Mongolian herdsmen ran to Xinpingbao, the Ming side was led by the generals, the Mongolian side was the silver ingot, the Taiji as a mutual market official, the two sides set up a position to trade goods, the Mongolians exchanged grain and cloth and other groceries, and the Ming side bought horses, cattle and sheep and all kinds of leather goods.
In the fashionable phrase of later generations, this is called economic complementarity.
In Liaodong, it was different, the Ming Dynasty exchanged silver and grain, ironware, and salt for luxury goods such as Jurchen Dongzhu ginseng and leather goods, and bought and sold at a complete loss, just raising a group of white-eyed wolves.
Of course, the main store is still on North Street, Zhou Fengji is the head, Liang Hong and Li Yuchun are on both sides, and the rest of the young shopkeepers, big guys, are lined up on both sides, and one hundred and ten people are standing up, not only the front of the store is full of people, but even the people on both sides of the street are standing on one place.
The main shop of the mule and horse shop opposite, the main shop of the account bureau, Lao Cai and others and the dart masters also stood outside, and nearly 200 people on both sides of the street were counted as people from He Yusheng, and after seeing Zhang Han's carriage stopped, everyone was forked, and said in unison: "I have seen the proprietor." ”
Zhang Han smiled and waved his hand, and said to Zhou Fengji: "Old shopkeeper, this momentum is too loud, it doesn't look like your character." ”
Zhou Fengji is still the habit of the old shopkeeper, he pays attention to low-key, is to make a fortune in a muffled voice, and has always had doubts about Zhang Han's quite flamboyant and rapid layout development, the main store was closed a while ago, Zhou Fengji was very worried, and his body was affected a lot.
Zhang Han also noticed this, and he said with some guilt: "Because of the things in the store, even the old shopkeeper has consumed his mind, and his hair has turned a lot grayer." ”
Zhou Fengji not only has more gray hair, but even his waist is bowed a little, only the shrewd and abnormal look in his eyes makes Zhang Han feel a little relieved.
"The proprietor is at ease." Zhou Fengji smiled heartily: "I can still be the shopkeeper for the proprietor for a few more years, and in a few years, I will have to care for the elderly at home." ”
"And Yusheng is in one day, and the old shopkeeper is always the old shopkeeper." Zhang Han said.
Zhou Fengji was very moved, he looked around, and the people who gathered around to watch were afraid that there were already thousands of people, and whispered at the moment: "Today's pomp and circumstance is also deliberate, our shop was closed a while ago, and even the owner's house was surrounded by Fu Biao, and people everywhere are rumored that we will be finished, this time it is also deliberate, make it bigger, and the news will spread faster." ”
Zhang Han was very moved in his heart, Li Zhuang also carried out a few large-scale training a month ago, although it was a training, the excuse was of course to suppress bandits, Zhou Daniu They had just finished fighting the autumn breeze from Guangling City, copied the local county king's other business outside the city, and also copied a lot of large shops and manors, of course, not as much as looting in the city, but calculating the expenses and shares, it also fell into the hands of tens of thousands of silver, Chang Wei smiled and said that this is pure profit, plus Ulzhou, Tianchengwei, as well as Shuozhou, Lingqiu, it is estimated that the final robbery of more than 100,000 or 200,000 is not a big problem...... Zhou Daniu's group, the usual material and logistics supply is Li Zhuang's side of the package, but also help them clean up the team and train the troops, half of the income Zhang Han will tell Zhou Daniu to divide the silver, used to calm the atmosphere inside the bandits, to avoid dissatisfaction, although Zhang Han and Li Zhuang are definitely not afraid of their dissatisfaction, I believe that the events of last winter are still fresh in the memory of these bandits, but it is better not to cause trouble or not to cause trouble, Zhang Han is a businessman, I believe in win-win.
In addition to this matter, the main store and quite a few branches have finally been unblocked.
Han Qi was impeached full of bags, and the bandits here were huge, Han Qi ordered Ma Chengen and others to send troops and horses to suppress the bandits, but he found that the military leaders did not obey the orders very much, and Han Qi, who had always felt good about himself, realized that he had been reduced to a clown-like role in the eyes of Datong officialdom and martial artists...... If you can't get Zhang Han's shortcomings, you can only frame them, you can't catch people, you can only surround other people's homes, threaten Zhang Han's mother, and if you want other people's properties, you can close the store and force it.
That is, it is still the year of the Apocalypse, if it was the Chongzhen period, Han Qi would have to experience several trouble-style mutinies.
The main store and branches have been unsealed, Zhang Han's charges are of course exempted, Han Qi still nominally asked Zhang Han to go to Datong, but even he himself knew that Zhang Han would ignore him, a nine-grade official governor couldn't make a few moves and had no way, and it was almost an outlier in the officialdom.
Of course, Han Qi was also ruthless, and said that as long as he was on the same day, Zhang Han would not want to be promoted no matter what, but in the eyes of those who understand, this is just a loser's words of hatred.
"Please come in." Li Yuchun has been very effective in the allocation of food recently, and now he is stationed in Tiancheng Acropolis, and he has dealt with Ma Chaoren a lot, and this time he came back specifically to greet Zhang Han in the main store, and he has to go back to Tianchengwei when he is done in a while.
Zhang Han glanced at Li Yuchun and said with a smile: "The second cabinet is urged, don't blame him, this time is not far from the summer harvest, how much grain will be harvested this year, it depends on the second cabinet." ”
Everyone burst into laughter, Zhang Han also walked inside, Li Yuchun laughed a few times, and said: "On Li Zhuang's side, the proprietor alone can supply more than 100,000 stone of grain, when I bought the land, I and the big cabinet still muttered, the proprietor is a little overjoyed, we businessmen can't handle the things in the crops, I really should be slapping up." ”
Zhang Han smiled and didn't say anything, and after he entered the store, everyone was full of joy and felt that he had a certain mind.
After Zhang Han took charge of here, the entire He Yusheng has undergone earth-shaking changes, but Zhang Han has not come here for too long, and Liaodong and his party have been here for a long time, since Liaodong came back, he has only stayed here for a short time, and Zhang Han's focus is on Lingqiu and Li Zhuang.
The facts have also proved that Zhang Han's proposition is correct, Lizhuang has become a more important core place, and Lingqiu's production income is getting higher and higher.
As soon as Zhang Han came, he sat down in the proprietor's room, as if everyone had a backbone.
"The proprietor," Liang Hong spoke at this time, and he said with a smile: "Here on North Street, there are seventeen shop proprietors who have jointly sent a post, do you want to take a look?" ”
"Joint?" Zhang Han smiled and said, "Why can't I keep up now?" How can there be a post and a joint name? ”
The post is red bronzing, the style is very high, of course, it is also more cheesy, considering the identity of the sender Zhang Han is also relieved, but this post is not given for nothing, this thing is like a famous thorn, it is the business card of the people at the time, it is a format to send to the boss, and it is also a format to send the elders, and it is a joke to make a mistake.
Now the post in my hand, the standard pattern of sending it to the boss, opened it, and sure enough, in addition to the congratulatory words and polite words, it was densely packed with autographs of more than a dozen proprietors.
"Looks like I'm really outdated." Zhang Han smiled after reading it, put down the post, and said to Liang Hong: "Let's talk about the three cabinets, there must be some fresh tricks here." ”
"Yes, indeed." Liang Hong looked around and saw that Jiang Yi and others were guarding the door, the crowd that had just been excited had dispersed, and of course the people watching outside couldn't get in, so he said with confidence: "Proprietor, what they want to do now is to cooperate with us." ”