Huo Gaoling was surprised to see me appear outside the camp at the North City Gate in the middle of the night, and thought that something had happened, and learned that I had just come to mourn overnight, and because it was too late, he stayed in the camp for one night. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

I followed Huo Gaoling to the humble wing, and I couldn't help but say, "I'm hungry, and my real intention is to get something to eat." ”

Huo Gaoling was stunned for a moment, my joke made him very unaccustomed, and then he said calmly: "This is easy to say, I just don't have anything to eat here, I am full." ”

Huo Gaoling ordered his men to get some food, and asked me, "Do you want to drink some wine?" ”

"Don't drink the wine, and wait until the funeral is over, so as not to fall into the mouth." I glanced at the merchant and his eyes were already urging me not to drink.

To be honest, I don't like to drink, so it doesn't matter to me whether I drink or not, and sometimes I even hate drinking, but after coming here, my body has changed significantly, and I haven't changed a little bit about alcohol, and it's not very thorough.

The news of my entry into the city was quickly sent to the General's Mansion by the soldiers guarding the city, and the General's Mansion quickly sent a letter to the Juncheng Mansion, these are all I don't know, all I know is that I was followed soon after I entered Donghai City, and the person who followed me was very cautious, if it wasn't for my unusual hearing, I wouldn't have found it at all.

After eating something, the laborer went to sleep on his own, and I mentioned this to Huo Gaoling, and Huo Gaoling was immediately indignant, so he sent someone out to find out the person who was watching, and I stopped his action, because the best way was to find out who was behind the scenes.

Huo Gaoling understood, I asked about the trade between Donghai City and Langshan County during this time, in the past, because Donghai County was to take refuge in Yingshanhou, and Langshan County was the birthplace of Zhenbeihou, the two marquis fought with each other, resulting in extremely little contact between the two counties, and there was even a lot of border friction.

Now because Ying Shanhou suddenly fell unconscious, coupled with the White Turban Army's chaos in Donghai County, Ying Shanhou's forces did not rescue Donghai County in time, so that Donghai County once fell into a desperate situation, and chose the strategy of temporarily wooing Wolf Mountain County, and the two families married in order to consolidate the relationship, and it was naturally very convenient to trade.

Now the White Turban Army controls the southwest of Donghai County, and the trade exchanges with Wuxu County of Nanqu County are cut off, and the sea road is even more impassable, and the only way is only Langshan County in the north.

Huo Gaoling said to me very clearly: "Among the merchants who came and went with Langshan County, there was a family of considerable scale, selling everything, food, cattle and horses, weapons, slaves, women, etc. ”

"Which one?" I asked.

"The richest man in Donghai County, Jia Gangchong." Huo Gaoling said with deep meaning.

I don't have any impression that I have never met at the funeral or celebration banquet in Taishoufu, which is that the richest man in a region is more popular than the highest governor of a region on earth, and his popularity is not inferior.

Seeing that I was trying to remember, Huo Gaoling reminded, "He has a son-in-law who has a high position in Donghai County, and it is our current county lord. ”

"Cooperation between government and business, division of interests." I sighed.

Huo Gaoling said: "Originally, according to the special circumstances of wartime, the weapons, cattle and horses transported into the city had to be strictly controlled, but that Gangchong had the approval of the strong general and the token of the military department, and we had no right to check at all, so we could only let it go." ”

I asked, "Did you record all the specific numbers?" ”

Huo Gaoling said: "The weapons are all packed in the carriage, you can only look at it, there are records of cattle and horses, not very many, because of the pressure of the soldiers of the Heavenly Tiger Kingdom in Langshan County, the pressure is also very great, these cattle and horses are urgently needed, and I don't know how to get it from Gang Chong." ”

"This is the essential difference between a superior and a mortal, as long as you grasp the stakes, there is always a way." I smiled mysteriously.

I asked suspiciously: "Did this Gang Chong buy some weapons and cattle and horses in his own shop, or did they all send them to the Sima Military Department of Donghai County?" ”

"They were all sent to the Sima Military Department, and only the food was bought and sold in the shops," Huo Gaoling said, "Now the price of food in Donghai County has increased several times, and merchants from Nanwang County, Hailing County, and other counties have come to Donghai City to buy grain, and the supply exceeds demand, and the merchants are all sitting on the ground to raise prices." ”

Huo Gaoling paused for a while, and then said: "A few days ago, the county sent a document, not a few merchants in Donghai City who have a record, and the rest of the merchants who want to go north to Wolf Mountain County are not allowed to go, the reason is to prevent the White Turban Army from mixing in to buy food for them to war. ”

"The fox tail is obvious." I smiled bitterly and said, if I have a cooperative merchant among them, it will be such a lucrative deal, I can go to Qiao Tianmu in Langshan County, with his reputation and status as the eldest prince of Langshan County, I am afraid that I will not be able to buy food at a low price, and then sell it to Donghai County, and the money will be rolling.

"The other ones are much smaller, mainly for the purchase of food, all of which are more or less related to the big officials of Donghai City, and have been blessed by them, and one is the younger brother of Mrs. Lao Wanrong, ranking second." Huo Gaoling said, "At the celebration banquet, the camp leader had a conversation with him, and he should be recognized." ”

"Lao Zhun, the weaving family of Donghai City, is also the family of Mrs. Lao Wanrong." I responded, "We don't want to be dry about this, just know what to do, the forces of this Donghai County are complicated, we can't act rashly, otherwise we won't know how to die." ”

Huo Gaoling couldn't help but be angry and said, "Camp leader, we also get a piece of the pie, this is a great opportunity." ”

The food and other things that Liang Cao pulled back from Langshan County were all taken through a dark road, without passing through the sphere of influence of Donghai City, and the uninhabited wetlands in the northeast of Donghai County could be said to be unaware, this road was found by them from the bridge stone, and it had existed for a long time, but no one knew about Donghai County.

I reluctantly said, "We don't have that strength and status yet, and we'll talk about it when we have it in the future." ”

Huo Gaoling couldn't help but be a little puzzled, this is not like my timid and fearful style, since this thing is promising, I must do everything I can to do it.

What can I do, Donghai City is still the Donghai City of others, the conscription army is born by Erniang, not better than the eldest mother, if something goes wrong, my father will bear it, I still follow the rules, step by step, step by step.

The red dawn in the east, the black curtain and fog above the city began to dissipate, and with it came the sound of mourning music from the direction of Taishoufu, the sound of mourning music abruptly, as if to show how much they admired the dead Taishou, the hero of Donghai County, Taishou, and the mourning music added a little sadness in this early morning.

I was not woken up by the sound of mourning, but by the sound of washing in the yard, and they all seemed to get up at the same time and wash at the same time, and the sound naturally became louder. Although some officers stopped the noise in time, I was already awake and could hardly sleep unless I was particularly tired.

Since I couldn't sleep, and the day began to dawn, I got up and went to the courtyard to fetch water and wash, the well was in the southwest corner of the courtyard, and before I reached the well, a sergeant immediately came up to do the work for me, and respectfully called me the battalion leader, not a person from the fire moon. (To be continued.) )