Walking on the main road of the state city, Xiao Yi looked at the soldiers and civilians who welcomed him on the road, and listened to the soldiers of the Yongan Army who sang triumphant songs, and his heart was full of pride. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"My lord, it's really gratifying to hear that the Yong'an Army won two battles in Liaodong." Li Erniu clenched his fists and smiled.

When I came back to hear this kind of words, my ears were calloused, but Xiao Yi still smiled and replied: "This victory has little to do with the general, it depends on the bloody work of all the soldiers. ”

Li Erniu was stunned at first when he heard it, and then nodded again and again: "Yes, what the general said is extremely true." ”

After thinking about it again and again, Li Erniu felt that some things should be sooner rather than later.

"General, not long ago, there was a small disturbance in Ulju City..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yi said: "Well, the general knows it, this time Lord Li and the colleagues of the Zhenwei Battalion have made great contributions, and the general will keep it in mind." ”

Although Xiao Yi didn't even look at himself, Li Erniu still couldn't stop pouring out a wave of ecstasy in his heart, and saw that Xiao Yi had already driven away from the horse, so he hurriedly rushed over.

"General, the commander Zhou Daren mobilized more than 1,000 people to protect the state government and the people, but it was done privately, and the lowly post has ordered the Zhenwei battalion to put him under house arrest at home, and some of those people were killed, and more than 100 people were captured, and they were all detained."

Seeing Xiao Yi nodded, still looking indifferent, Li Erniu gritted his teeth and said: "General, some merchants and civil officials have participated in this rebellion, but... It's just that the lowly person is light-hearted, and he can't be convicted and can't be arrested. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yi's eyes swept over, and a deep voice came: "Zhizhou Wang Zhan, Yin Luohua, a big cloth household, and Niu Pengke, a big cattle and sheep household, have ever participated?" ”

After staring at Xiao Yi for less than a second, Li Erniu was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his head and hugged his fists and said: "General Yu, Lord Wang, Yin Dongjia, and Niu Dongjia are all deaf to this matter. ”

With a sneer, Xiao Yi said: "This kind of rat will have its own plans, you don't have to mention this matter again." ”

Seeing that Xiao Yi rode away slowly after speaking, he still had a smiling face, as if the previous conversation had not happened at all, but Li Erniu was already sweating on his clothes.

Wiping his sweat, Li Erniu had already fallen into the queue when he reacted, and watching a team of Yongan soldiers with helmets and armor rumbling past him, Li Erniu was even more frightened.

Who would have thought that Xiao Yi was just a folk man?

While talking and walking until they reached the front of the drum tower, I don't know when, the Tao family, the Zhao family and other large and small gentry and the Yin family, Niujiazhou City, large and small merchants, all gathered here, plus the onlookers of the military and civilians, it was already crowded, noisy and noisy.

Seeing Xiao Yize's horse back, the people who had been waiting for a long time immediately rushed forward to greet him, and the voices of celebration were endless.

Xiao Yi only smiled slightly at the compliments of these people, and then dismounted and walked back through the crowd.

When the sergeant Yong'an saw Xiao Yi dismounting, several loud shouts of orders sounded from the queue, and the marching army was all in unison, and the degree of prohibition was shocking.

More than that, all the merchants and gentry have thoughts in their hearts, Xiao also got off the horse, who is it?

Under the gaze of all the soldiers and soldiers and civilians, Xiao Yi walked in front of Zhao Yanlian, the female head of the Zhao family, and Tao Qingfeng, the eldest lady of the Tao family, and the two daughters, hugged his fists slightly, and then turned around and said in a loud voice.

"This victory, firstly, depends on the bloody battle of the soldiers of my Yong'an Army, and secondly, it depends on your support, among which the most important thing to thank is these two young ladies."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yi paced slowly, looked around at everyone with his eyes, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "In the future, the business of these two people in Ulzhou will naturally have to be taken care of more, what I will say is right?" ”

While speaking, Zhao Yanlian and Tao Qingfeng pointed and smiled coquettishly, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he didn't know if it was intentional, and the Yongan soldiers looked at these squires and merchants together, and this sense of calm made the gentry who were still smiling and greeting just now suddenly silent.

At this time, Yin Luohua and Niu Pingmao were the first to step forward.

Yin Luohua said loudly: "General Xiao's victory in Linghe shocked the world, such an exciting thing, my Yin family can't be left alone." ”

Speaking of this, Yin Luohua said to a person behind him: "Butler, allocate a thousand horses of fine silk and give them to the general to show my Yin family's congratulations!" ”

As soon as Yin Luohua finished speaking, Niu Pingmao seemed to be afraid of falling behind, and his round body took a few steps forward, and he smiled.

"Yin Dong's family has said so, my Niu family can't be resigned to it, there are 300 strong cattle and sheep each, and if the general buys pigs, sheep, mules and horses from me in the future, he won't ask for more!"

Although Niu Pingmao had a smile like a hob on his face, he was really dripping blood in his heart, but thinking of the profits that such a friendship with Xiao Yi could bring, he balanced it slightly.

Xiao Yi laughed and said: "The two of you have accepted the kindness of the officials and soldiers, thank you to the two proprietors." ”

"Haha, that's nature!" Yin Niu and the others laughed and greeted each other, and in the envious and jealous eyes of everyone around them, they were naturally proud.

Since the Wu family was raided by Xiao Yi, Yin Niu's two families have a close relationship with the Yong'an Army Group, and their prestige has soared, and they have faintly become the first merchant in Ulzhou.

Now that the two are actively expressing their attitude, the rest of the merchants are naturally flocking to each other to show favor for their own safety.

Xiao Yi was not as enthusiastic about others as Yin Niu and the others, he just smiled slightly and then hugged his fists, without saying a word.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums from the south side.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw about a few hundred people, each dressed in a few colored servants' clothes, lined up in a long line, swaggering through the south gate.

The leader was wearing a square hat with white stripes on a blue background, a blue and white brocade silk robe, and a jade belt hanging from his waist.

This person slowly stepped forward under the watchful eye of the crowd and raised his head and said, "This is General Xiao of Linghe's great victory, right?" After this man finished speaking, he looked Xiao Yi up and down, without the slightest respect in his eyes.

Xiao Yi didn't think much about it, smiled habitually, and said, "The last general is, this is...?" ”

When this person heard this, he bowed his hand roughly, his expression still did not have the slightest respect, and he snorted coldly.

"What should I be... It's just a young offspring. ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, Shi Gang roared.

"Presumptuous!"

Shi Lu shouted: "How can you be allowed to talk nonsense!" ”

After a few people drank, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army who were standing upright around slammed their swords and guns into each other, making a 'bang'.

This person was startled by Shi Gang and the others who were drinking violently, and several servant-looking people behind him wanted to scold, but before they could speak.

The gaze of the soldiers of the Yong'an Army was projected, and it was even more neat, stopping the words that these servants were about to say, and looking around in disbelief.

The look of astonishment on the face of the leader flashed, and he still chuckled: "I'm here to congratulate General Linghe on behalf of my Huang family's proprietor, and second, bring it up!" ”

After this man finished speaking, he waved his hand backwards, and there were servants who kept bringing in strong horses, Xiao Yi looked over, and it was the same as the strong horses used by those Houjin people, and he was a little puzzled at the moment.

"Huang Dongzhu?"

Xiao Yi frowned, he didn't seem to have heard of any family in Ulzhou that could produce three hundred war horses, which was not a small number.

At this time, Niu Pingmao laughed and said: "Lord Xiangbi doesn't know, this Huang Yunfa is my Shanxi giant businessman, and if you talk about it in detail, your net worth and Fan Yongdou are not too much!" ”

Huang Yunfa! Fan Yongdou!!

Hearing these two names, Xiao Yi's heart stood up with anger, and the smile on his face suddenly froze, who are these two people in Xiao Yi's natural way.

They are all known as the 'Eight Great Emperor Merchants' of the Qing Dynasty in later generations.

Almost all of these eight families are in Shanxi, but there is only Huang Yunfa in their own Datong.

Compared with these eight, whether it is the Yin family, the Niu family, or the Shanxi Tao family, they are just the light of the candle and the light of the bright moon.

These eight companies almost monopolized the transactions of illegal salt, grain and rice, cloth, cattle and sheep, and land in the provinces of Daming Mountain and Shaanxi.

But this is not the main source of funds, the reason for these eight 'rich countries' is Mongolia and Houjin.

The Ming Dynasty was constantly in turmoil, and the officers and troops were exhausted, and they were repeatedly defeated in Liaodong and Jiubian.

These eight families privately transported war horses and various raw materials and ores needed to make armor and weapons for the hostile countries Houjin and Mongolia, in order to make huge profits from them.

In contrast, those merchants who do business in a decent way cannot be compared.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi's expression suddenly became gloomy, what did Huang Yunfa mean by sending three hundred Houjin horses at this time?