Huizhou Mansion, it is in the scorching heat here, but the Huizhou businessmen of "Wu Tou Chu Wei" are still walking on the road to various places, not avoiding the cold and heat from the south to the north. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Huizhou was known as Xin'an County in ancient times, its land was poor and the people were not enough to feed the local people, as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were many people engaged in commerce. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the merger was flourishing, and "there was no land to work below the middle family", so that more than seventy percent of the adult men among the local people were engaged in business, and the name of the Hui merchants was also broadcast all over the world. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hu Xueyan, a famous red-roofed businessman, was a representative figure of Hui merchants.

The business industries of Huizhou merchants are mainly salt, pawn, tea, and wood, followed by rice, grain, cotton, silk, paper, ink, porcelain, etc. Among them, there are many tea and wood merchants in Wuyuan, salt merchants in She County, many vegetable restaurants in Jixi, pawn merchants in Xiuning, and cloth and groceries in Qimen and Yixian.

On the mountain road, Wang Fu, a businessman from Huizhou, and a group of men were driving a donkey cart and pushing a wheelbarrow slowly. There are many merchants in Huizhou, although the Wang family is a middle-class family, but there is no land in the hometown, and they have relied on selling ink, lacquer and other goods to Zhejiang for generations. Fortunately, after years of reputation accumulation, the merchants in Quzhou also have an excellent relationship, and each delivery is in Kaihua County.

At the time of Chengping, this kind of business had to go many times a year, often the front foot entered the door and the back foot had to continue to walk with the goods, and the annual income was naturally a lot. Since the Qing army went south, the destruction of the people has been great, and the people's livelihood has withered so that the sale of their goods has been greatly affected.

More than a year ago, there was a resurgence of smoke in western Zhejiang, and the impact was quite huge at the beginning, and many businessmen who went to Quzhou were rerouted to other places, and his family was just barely trying to support it. Fortunately, after the Ming army recovered the capital city of Quzhou, the amount of government and private purchases increased sharply. Among the goods that he has always walked in his home, paint can be used for military purposes, and ink is also indispensable for reading and writing.

If the business is good, it is even more important to keep the promise, and the truth handed down by the elders is here, even if it is now in the hot summer, the escort of the goods must not be delayed.

Along the way, Wang Fu's mind was always the last time he went to Kaihua County, the local people changed the clothes of the Han family and began to grow their hair again. Reputation is passed down from ancestors, and as a descendant, it must be maintained, isn't it well-dressed?

"Hey, I really don't know when the king of Zhejiang will be able to recover Huizhou, every time he walks in Kaihua with such a rat's tail, he feels that he has lost the face of his ancestors."

I don't know how long I thought about it, and it wasn't until a long time later that Daddy Fang, who was leading the team among the guys, came over.

"Shaodong, I'm going to get to the card of those green battalion soldiers soon."

Father Fang is his father's old buddy when he was taking care of the goods, he is honest and duty, and he is also very familiar with this big and small road. The card of the green camp said that it was anti-thief, but in fact, most of them didn't care what they transported, as long as they gave the silver, they could go over, which was similar to buying road money.

"I'll go over here."

The little officer sitting under the sunshade shed next to the card, Wang Fu knew him, and he walked through the goods several times, all of which passed under his hands. Greed for money is the truth, but as long as this guy gives money, he can talk, and he is quite familiar with it after a few reciprocations. Seeing that it was the officer, Wang Fu took three steps and made two steps, and hurriedly went over to say a few polite words.

"General Dong." The word general, such a small officer who has not even arrived at the end is far from being able to make up, but the merchant is on the road, and there is no harm in speaking politely.

"Yo, isn't this Wang Shaodong's family?"

"The young owner doesn't dare, he has a small business, and he just eats with the neighbors."

"Wang Shaodong's family is polite, what kind of goods are you going to go this time?"

"A little ink and paint, an old patron ordered last time." As he spoke, Wang Fu quietly stuffed the silver that had been prepared into the officer's hand.

"Oh." After taking the money, the officer did not laugh and curse the soldiers to let go of the road, as usual, but walked over, showing his yellow teeth. "Mo doesn't mention it, this paint is indispensable for making weapons."

It's this ingot of silver every time, is this guy too little?

Wang Fu knew that it was one thing to lose some money with this kind of card, and if he was accused of being a bandit, it would be a big deal to kill his head.

When he was a child, he followed his family to do business, Wang Fu was silent, took out another ingot of silver, and stuffed it into the officer's hand.

"It's not in order, is it?"

"On a hot day, General Dong took his brothers to guard the township, and it was as it should be, as it should be."

Looking at Wang Fu, the officer coughed lightly, and the sergeant on the side went to order the release of the card. "Wang Shaodong's family, everyone is an acquaintance, and your brother has always been interesting enough, so I'll say a few more words today."

"You say."

"Let's follow Hu Dashuai and go to Jiangxi soon, after being sent by Biaozuo Town, Hong Lao Jingluo will go to the front to do things. The gang of Henan Yankees who took over the defense have already arrived in Fucheng, and the change of defense is a matter of the past two days. Today I opened the card and let you pass, but be careful when you come back, it's not as good as you to bump into those Henan Yankees! ”

Wang Fu heard some rumors about the change of guard, it is said that Hu Maozhen was promoted to the commander, and those local businessmen also pinched their noses and scraped together some silver to send them to filial piety, in order to have a care in the future.

Originally, I planned to congratulate him, but the officer's tone didn't seem quite right, and Wang Fu hurriedly took out another ingot of silver -- businessmen, buy low and sell high, information is the most important, business information, and even more so military and political information. As for the way, the big businessmen have the methods of the big businessmen, and the small businessmen like them also have the methods of the small businessmen.

"First of all, congratulations to Marshal Hu, congratulations to General Dong. It's just that I know that I ran away every day, and if there is any news, you can tell me about it. ”

"Wang Shaodong's family is polite, then I'll talk about it." The Wang family's caravan had already reached a small halfway point, but this officer didn't even look at it. "Hong Lao Jing has a slight order, and in the future, he is not allowed to go to the trade route of the Ming army, and if he dares to go over, he will be slaughtered directly, and he will be hung on the city to show the public. We, Hu Dashuai, have been in Huizhou for a long time, and we know that the land in Huizhou is barren and the common people are not easy, so we turned a blind eye. Those Henan Yankees are different, they are all strictly ordered, and in the future, hehe, you should cherish yourself. ”

Hearing this, Wang Fu's heart immediately chuckled, and then he hurriedly asked: "General Dong, this time it's all agreed, do you think we have to come back, is this in the way?" ”

"It's okay to come back, you are not allowed to go out, but you are not allowed to do anything for the Ming army."

"What you're saying is that we are just doing small business, how dare we get involved in this."

Thanks to a thousand thanks, the caravan has passed the stuck. Wang Fu pondered, this time I am afraid that I will break through the ghost gate again, but the last time I said that the good business, reputation is the foundation of the businessman, and it will inevitably break the credit, and the goods must be delivered. Thinking about it, Wang Fu was about to leave the card, but who knew that there was a burst of neighing from behind, which was very harsh.

"The caravan in front stopped, and there was an order from the Yamen that any personnel and goods going to the four prefectures of Jinquyan would be punished as an enemy, and those who disobeyed the order would die." (To be continued.) )