Chapter 160: Bargaining
This is also the rule of this kind of place, since the other party paid the money to buy here, according to the rules, even if the girl does not want the guest, she should wait elsewhere.
Gu Hengbo should have never encountered similar treatment, as soon as he mentioned his skirt, he walked out hatefully, and the two maids hurriedly followed out.
Zheng Shark and Zheng Shopkeeper looked at each other a few times, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, then Zheng Shopkeeper even thought of going to a crooked place, Li Meng said in a deep voice:
"To say a word of faux pas, Li rushed here from Jiaozhou, time is pressing, there is no kung fu, Li knows that this is Boss Zheng's kindness, but he really has no intention of dissipating, let's talk about business!"
Hearing Li Meng say this, the shopkeeper Zheng despised Li Meng's decision to move from Jiaozhou to Huguang in his heart, but Zheng Shark was a little cautious, and the beauty was in front. Li Meng didn't have time to appreciate it at all, he just wanted to mobilize troops and horses, what made him so anxious.
But don't want to enjoy, but do the right thing, such a person is rarely seen even in the Zheng family, after their own dragon dominates the sea, in Anping, Quanzhou Prefecture, a lot of construction, more than ten miles of canals, three miles of stone bridges are built, people, sitting in the position of coastal defense guerrillas, are unwilling to move.
How many people in the Zheng family persuaded him to go out, but Zheng Zhilong didn't listen at all, the comparison between the two and the next, the more he seemed to be superior and judgmental, this Zheng Laosha pondered whether to go back to Fujian and persuade the dragon head again, on the one hand, he was also laughing at himself, didn't this woman get it for money, why did she still wear a shirt to be Sven.
Zheng Shark's laughter broke the silence in the room, and Zheng Shark said with a smile:
"It's still Lord Li who is right, the right thing is important, the right thing is important, we guys are so fascinated by a little woman today, if it spreads to the rivers and lakes. Doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth? “
The rest of the Zheng family were very reluctant, but they could only echo and smile, they knew what Taihu Lake water thieves were, and the salt lords of the two Huai lands. Everywhere do those characters who don't want to buy and sell. In front of Gu Hengbo's door, they were all pretending to be Si Swenwen, and after they met, they came back and showed off to others: "We have met Gu everyone, let's talk about poetry together...... "That identity is different, why bother to pretend to be not close to women, besides, this time it is more than two thousand taels of silver, if it weren't for Master Shark, how dare we take so much silver here."
Over there, Li Meng had already spoken, and said straight to the point:
"I have six thousand soldiers. If you want to be transferred to Huguang to garrison, how much money will it cost, and how should you handle it, and ask a few brothers to say it directly. “
Zheng Xia's side had already had a case, and he didn't think that Li Meng was direct, so he replied there:
"The relationship between the squire of the Nanjing Military Department can be completed here, and 40,000 taels of silver can be completed from top to bottom. After all, I thought of a reason to move from Jiaozhou. ”
"It's that simple?"
Although these words were a bit rude, Li Meng still asked with some confusion, several leaders of the Zheng family looked at each other, and laughed, and the Zheng shopkeeper closed the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile:
"Lord Li still doesn't believe what he said, these officials can do anything when they see the silver, my uncle went to the household department to do activities, and wanted to catch the line of the military department, but he gave the silver on the first day. The next day, a soldier came to me, and when he told me about it, he patted his chest and agreed, and he wanted to write a note. ”
郑shark interface says:
"The old man thought he was a fake liar, and sent a few people to follow, ***, it turned out to be really a Langzhong of the Ministry of War, it is said that he has a fellow villager relationship with Yang Shilang of the Ministry of War, and he has always been very close, and this is still the housekeeper of the Lang. Master Li, you can rest assured. ”
It sounded very sure, but Li Meng just laughed dryly, there is really nothing to be happy about, officialdom is like this. Everywhere the army was defeated. This is the sign of the end times.
Sighing in his heart, Li Meng nodded and said:
"Forty thousand taels of silver. When does Boss Zheng want it? Give 30,000 taels here first, and then 10,000 after half a month, what do you think? ”
Tens of thousands of taels of silver, Li Meng said it lightly, not taking it to heart at all, although several people from the Zheng family were rich, they still secretly praised the "pride". Zheng Shark smiled and said again:
"Silver is not important, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the old man is also simple here, I heard my nephew say before, my lord has seven or eight good salt farms in Shandong, and the way to distribute them is also accessible, I'm afraid I can't take care of this go, right?"
This is the so-called business, it seems that the matter of regulation is not important, the other party has such a high-level reception, such a polite conversation, this should be what he did. Li Meng just smiled, but he didn't make a sound, because the other party must have something to say.
"Lingshan and Jimo The two salt farms are handed over to our Zheng family, which is a great benefit, and the old man will not hide this from you, but there are a few good salt farms left, how do you deal with them, there is a way that fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, since it is to do something with our Zheng family, then rashly say a word, sell it to our Zheng family, the price is very easy to say."
Li Meng had never drunk or eaten food, so he picked up the wine glass and took a leisurely sip at this time, and said slowly:
"There are always some idlers who are reluctant to give up their homeland here, as long as these people are here, it is not a big problem to suppress the salt industry scene in Shandong, this is also a big benefit, this official goes to Huguang, he can't open the situation, and he also has to eat this salt to live."
The two sides didn't seem to be talking the same thing at all, but the expressions of the people around the table were solemn, and Li Meng even went outside and called a personal guard to stand at the door.
Gu Hengbo over there was sulking in the side hall, thinking that if he waited and invited himself back, he would definitely not give face to these rural villagers, even if he was reprimanded by his mother, he would have to earn back this breath.
But things were beyond the expectations of this girl who was loved by thousands of people, not only did the other party not come to invite, but instead kicked out the maids who were waiting in the house to pour wine and cloth dishes, and it seemed that they were really going to talk about business.
It's just that Gu Hengbo really doesn't understand, although she is sixteen or seventeen years old, but this Meilou has received high-ranking officials from the six departments of Nanjing, the brain of the Donglin Party, and literati and celebrities from all over the south of the Yangtze River, these people are not taboo at all to talk about national affairs and confidential military information in front of her, sometimes the personnel changes in the imperial court, Meilou can even know the news earlier than some yamen, and this kind of behavior to show off in front of beauties, from ancient to modern, from the south to the north, from the old to the young, there is a great similarity.
But Li Meng's move is too unbelievable and abnormal, and the pressure in Li Meng's heart is extremely great, so he has no time to pay attention to the beauty around him.
The conversation in the room gradually deepened, and Li Meng had to admit that although these ancients were educated, they may not receive as much information as themselves, and naturally they did not know some historical trends as well, but they were much better than themselves in other aspects.
He just noticed this embarrassing question, which he should have considered, but didn't expect, was brought up by Zheng Shark, and Zheng Shark opened his mouth and said:
"Lord Li, these 6,000 people go to Huguang, I don't know whether to take the 6th road or the waterway, the 6th road to go, this Nanzhili Fengyang side, Henan side, but it is not a peaceful realm, not to mention the operation of the soldiers, it is even more troublesome. Presumably the adults have already arranged to take the waterway! ”
Li Meng's whole mind was thinking about how to move from Shandong to Huguang, but the funny thing is that he really didn't think of how to go, and if the 6,000 people marched, if it was to go smoothly, they would naturally take the waterway.
The transportation of the army's baggage and the water source of the troops' soldiers and horses must rely on natural rivers, so in the military books that Li Meng reads, it is said that the waterway is the safest route in the march, and several veterans in the military household have said it many times.
But by water, how many boats do his soldiers have to use, how much capacity does this have, and Li Meng also knows that even if the imperial court transfers it, he is afraid that this boat, carriage and horse will have to raise it himself......
Seeing Li Meng's expression, this Zheng Shark didn't expect that Li Meng didn't think of the common sense of waterway 6 or even boats, but he just thought that he had moved the other party, and continued to smile and said:
"There are many big ships of the Zheng family, and they are all sailing on the river and the sea, not to mention your more than 6,000 people, even if it is tens of thousands of people, the Zheng family has also transported ......"
"How much silver?"
"If those salt farms are handed over to our Zheng family, it will be enough to give them to the adults, and what kind of silver will they say."
"In the first three years of these salt farms, I will account for eighty percent of the shares, otherwise it will be difficult to get food and pay in a different place, how can I deal with myself, after three years, this silver will be your industry, thousands of years, why fight for these days."
When Li Meng said this, he had some malice in his heart, at least he knew that after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the end would be very miserable, Zheng Chenggong could only hold Taiwan, presumably this Shandong salt field would not last ten years.
At this time, eighty percent, two percent of the elements can easily talk about it, but in fact, it represents a large amount of hundreds of thousands of silver, of course the two sides will not give in, depending on the meaning of the Zheng family, it is already to link this matter of moving defense to other salt farms in addition to Lingshan and Jimo.
But Li Meng will not let himself and the troops go to Huguang naked, it has nothing to do with looking for death, he is sure to control these places with about a thousand people, and it is extremely important to have such a place that continues to deliver silver and food to himself.
Looking at Li Meng's insistence, the two sides have not been able to talk, according to Li Meng's observation, it seems that even the rest of the Zheng family does not know the old pirate's plans. Li Meng was a little confused, and when he was about to speak, Zheng Sha breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"The old man also knows the difficulties of adults, but there is a way to do both, are adults willing to hear it?"