As soon as Si Cha's voice fell, two gongs suddenly sounded outside the wall, and then a loud voice shouted, "Collect the grain, collect the grain!" If you want to sell grain, you can go to the Fan family, the Jin family, the Liang family, the Tian family, the Zhai family, the Huang family and the Wang family to sell it. ”

A sneer came out of Si Cha's mouth, "Zheng Gongzi, listen, as soon as the siege of Gyeonggi was lifted, these eight families were busy collecting grain at high prices, where did the money come from, and who the grain and grass were prepared for, I don't know." ”

"Gyeonggi has been relieved?" Zhiwen asked in surprise, whether it is public or private, this is a great joy.

When Zhiwen and the others set off to Zhangjiakou, Ma Er had not yet received any news, and Zhou Chengyun had lost contact with the Zhou family for a while, and he knew nothing about the situation in Jingshi.

However, since they have arrived in Zhangjiakou, the people of the Pujie Hall will inform Si Cha of the latest situation.

Si Cha nodded and told Zhiwen and the others everything he knew.

On the first day of December, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, was thrown into prison by Chongzhen, and his subordinate ancestor Dashou was panicked, and led the Guanning army to leave the Beijing division on the fourth day of December and returned to the front line of Shanhaiguan.

Later, although Zu Dashou was influenced by Yuan Chonghuan's letter in prison, he went to Beijing to study King Qin again, but he was already in harmony with the imperial court, and how much combat effectiveness he could exert was really worrying.

On December 17, the slave chieftain Huang Taiji stormed the Yongding Gate of the Beijing Division, the general soldier of Datong Man Gui was killed in battle, and the Houjin also suffered heavy losses, and the whole army withdrew from the Beijing Division and returned to the north, but still left soldiers in the four cities of Zunhua, Luancheng, Yongping and Qian'an, and assigned Amin to guard one of the four major Baylors, wanting to use this as a stronghold and wait for the opportunity to enter the pass again to get a hand.

Sun Chengzong once again became a scholar, cleaned up the mess for the imperial court, and dispatched soldiers and horses from all walks of life to prepare to take the four cities occupied by Jiannu.

Zhiwen and the others didn't understand it, Zhiwen was better, but he knew Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, and the others, including Liu Cai, were completely blind, but it was always a good thing to know that Jiannu had withdrawn from the army.

When everyone returned to Zhangjiakou from Gyeonggi, they understood the meaning of Si Cha's words just now.

"Humph!" Liu Cai snorted angrily, since Liu Laohan lost Jiannu, he regarded Jiannu as an enemy who did not share the sky, and was as radical as Lao Yan and Lao San, eager to kill all the Eastern captives, and hated these Jiannu's dogs, but also despised them very much.

Liu Cai raised his hand high, wanting to slap the table hard to vent his anger, but he was afraid of other people's land, and he withdrew his hand with hatred, and his face was flushed.

Seeing this, Zhiwen comforted, "These people are acting for the tiger, it's not that they don't report it, the time has not come, and when the time comes, let them spit it out with interest." ”

Well, this trip should be regarded as a charge of interest first, Zhiwen said secretly, it is better to come early than to come by coincidence, but I don't know how much of a surprise this gift can give him.

Zhiwen does not think that Shaanxi, Jin, and Hebei can provide much grain, I am afraid that they mainly rely on rice from Huguang and Jiangnan, but they are only trafficked over thousands of miles, and the price of this grain is not low, can these eight families eat it?

Also, whether it's a tartar or a slave, are you used to eating rice?

After the meal, everyone went to rest, and after so many days, everyone was tired.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Si Cha went out, and he was busy sending invitations to the big shopkeepers of the major merchants in the south, which must be completed before the end of the year.

This task is not light, in order not to delay the last two months before the beginning of spring, and in order to win a good fortune, Zhou Chengyun set the time for the eighth day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen.

Considering that the mountain road is difficult to travel, and he doesn't want these merchants to have any misunderstanding of collusion with bandits, Zhou Chengyun chose the location of a market closest to Zhuolu Mountain, which is the place where Huang Si and Liu Laohan met again.

I was going to spend some money to buy a few houses here to entertain these people, and in the future, it would also be used as a place for the Zhuolu Trading Company to contact merchants with the outside world, so I guess I had already taken action at this time.

Zhiwen was still a little strange at that time, why the sweater was not sold in the north nearby, but chose the main direction of attack in the south.

Zhou Chengyun's explanation is that in addition to Jingshi, Ludong, and Jinnan in the north, there are also several large prefectures such as Jinyang, and other places are extremely barren and not easy to sell.

And the south is very different, from Huguang to Jiangnan, the population is large, although the land is not enough, but all kinds of industries are thriving, as long as you are not lazy, the family can have some surplus, and the money to buy sweaters is not a problem.

Moreover, the climate has been abnormal in recent years, with a great drought in the north and an unusually cold in the south, even in Qiongzhou, the southernmost part of the empire, I heard that there is also snowfall, and the Jiangnan area has not shown signs of spring until the end of February and early March in recent years, so that the sweater still has a sales period of nearly two months.

More importantly, marketing in the north will inevitably be discovered by the eight major grain merchants in northern Shanxi, and it will inevitably be a battle between the open and the dark, and it is not worth using the power in this early stage.

In the south, it is completely possible for everyone to make a fortune together, and when the Fan family finds out, they have made a sum of money first, not to mention, the market has been formed, and the power is even stronger.

To put it bluntly, in the emerging industry of wool spinning, Zhou Chengyun didn't want to get into trouble with the Fan family too early, he didn't come to Zhangjiakou in person, in addition to his injuries not healing, he didn't want to startle the snake because of his appearance.

As for Si Cha, in the eyes of these people, the weight is not enough, and they will not pay too much attention, but they can do their errands well.

Zhiwen and his entourage of five people left the hall from the small door and began to visit Zhangjiakou.

Only then did I know that the location of the Pujie Hall was not located in the downtown area, and it was actually a little off, no wonder they didn't see a few people yesterday, and they thought it was because the New Year was about to be.

At this time, there was not much to Zhangjiakou Fort, all kinds of shops were lined up, and the shopkeepers were shouting at the door, some received goods, and some sold goods.

There are also many hotels and restaurants, and the aroma of food wafts on the street, and people come and go, so it is not lively.

Occasionally, there are a few houses with closed doors, looking at the red and green decoration, Zhiwen guessed that it was a green building, the time was still early, and it was normal if it was not opened.

"Brother, aren't these people too old?"

Hearing Nannan's question, Zhiwen's heart suddenly surged with the poem "Businessmen value profits over parting", "If you have money to make, who can take care of the New Year." ”

Isn't it the same for yourself and others, in order to survive, the pressure is huge.

"Let's go, let's find a storefront and have breakfast." Zhiwen suggested that the dishes eaten in the hall last night were very exquisite, but they were not enjoyable, and several people were worried that they would lose the rules, so they were all tied up, so they did not eat at the hall this morning.

In comparison, this kind of market hotel is more interested in Zhiwen and their appetite, as long as you have money, who cares about your appearance.

As soon as the words fell, Xiaoying had already dragged Nan Nan and Niuniu towards a restaurant she had been in love with for a long time, where a drawer of steaming buns was being released.