As a border military city, Ningjiang Prefecture is also a city with developed trade, where silk merchants and tea merchants from the south gather to exchange silk tea for animal skins, ginseng, deer antlers and other things that are abundant in Liaodong in Northeast China, and resell them back to the south to make huge profits. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Among them, the richness can be seen from the magnificent main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Zhao Qing entered directly through the side door when he came yesterday, and he didn't have time to observe the decorations in the City Lord's Mansion, but now he was taken aback by the magnificence.

The interior decoration of the huge hall is extravagant, the ground is covered with red Persian carpets, it is very soft and comfortable to step on, but the few pillars inside are rare wooden pillars, so that the rough wood that the three people hug together has to be traced in the depths of the Great Xing'an Mountains nearly thousands of miles away, but there are six such pillars, each of which is carved with extremely exquisite patterns, which consumes manpower and material resources can be imagined. Hanging above the dome are colorful glass lamps, which are extremely bright in the daylight of this daylight, and there are countless kinds of precious gadgets, which make Zhao Qing dizzy, and he can't help muttering, he thought that the style of Jiangmen would be quite low, but he didn't expect it to be so blatantly extravagant, even Jiangmen, not to mention how extravagant those big-bellied profiteers would be on weekdays, and it was a pity that there were thousands of homeless people outside the city who were hungry and cold. Well, I don't think I'm hungry either.

"It's good to have money." Zhao Qing took a very delicate small porcelain on the table in his hand and played with it, put it in his pocket while playing, and then said to Yang Zaixing next to him without changing his face, "Yang Zhouzhi looks like a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he didn't expect to be such a master who can spend money, and I don't know how many people's fat and ointment have been looted." ”

"Cut, who scarce the people's money, this is all the money of those merchants, do you know how much the annual commercial tax in Ningjiang Prefecture is, it can't be used up, and the money can't be hidden in the cellar to depreciate, of course it will be spent." Don't think that repairing this city lord's mansion is for me to enjoy, just this cold fir tree, from the collection of materials to transportation, do you know how many people have been fed. Yang Zaixing didn't care about Zhao Qing's ridicule and said loudly.

Zhao Qing was secretly frightened, he didn't expect an ancient soldier to have such an economic mind, and he actually knew how to take out the surplus money to invest and provide jobs. If there is more money, they will hoard land and engage in land annexation, and the peasants will rebel when they are too much to survive, and finally distribute it equally, and the cycle will start over and over again. This cycle lasted for two thousand years.

The banquet has begun, to Zhao Qing's surprise, this banquet is like a buffet banquet in later generations, in the middle is a long and wide table, which is full of plates of delicacies, and the big-bellied businessmen and politicians are familiar with it, taking their favorite food to the plate, and then going to the side of the private seat to eat, or holding a glass of wine and talking with people, which is completely different from Zhao Qing's impression of a table of banquets with Chinese characteristics. Needless to say, this must be something that Shen Wansan made up again. It's just that almost all the people at the banquet are men, there are no beautiful socialites, and women only have dancers on stage.

As soon as Yang Zaixing's trademark voice spoke, many businessmen glanced over, with a little disgust on their faces, but they still came up one by one with smiling faces to toast the guests and hosts. Chai Yi appeared immediately after him and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Although Chai Yi's illness has been tried to conceal by the City Lord's Mansion, in the past few days, the chickens and dogs in the middle of the city have been jumping, and anyone with a discerning eye can guess that a certain big person is ill. Yesterday's businessman farce was that someone with a heart was behind the scenes, and the test result was pointed at Chai Yi, and suddenly the entire Ningjiang Prefecture was panicked.

The two collectives, Jiangmen and the merchants, have always looked at each other at a different rate, and even some are incompatible. Although Chai Yi and Jiangmen had a close relationship, they never treated merchants badly, so this Jiedu envoy had a certain status in the minds of merchants, after all, he brought a relatively stable business environment to Liaodong.

Therefore, when this great enemy is coming, no one wants this pillar of Liaodong to fall ill, otherwise the soldiers and horses will be in turmoil, and no one's life will be easy.

From the mouth of Lang Zhong, who was released from the city lord's mansion yesterday, it was concluded that Chai Yi was dying soon, and many people were really panicked, and some even packed up their soft and prepared to run away, who knew that they received a banquet from the city lord's mansion early in the morning, in the name of celebrating the festival to make the adults heal.

came to the banquet with a suspicious mentality, until Chai Yi, who had a sick face but was very energetic, appeared, and these Ningjiang Prefecture magnates really lowered their hanging hearts and toasted and congratulated.

"This king has recovered from a serious illness, thank you for coming to cheer, you are weak and can't drink, and I hope you Haihan." Chai Yi responded one by one with a smile, "This banquet is not only to celebrate the recovery of this king's illness, but also to apologize to all the big businessmen, yesterday the brother-in-law acted too impulsively, causing a little misunderstanding, take this opportunity to hope that everyone can reconcile, after all, the enemy is the head, and people are precious." ”

The heads have been sacrificed, what a small misunderstanding. Several businessmen who hung ribbons on their heads and came out of the banquet sneered in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it clearly, and when they saw that several big brothers such as the shopkeeper of Wansan Qian Zhuang Long and the shopkeeper of Sihai Commercial Bank Hong all unveiled the wine and said happily, and they also followed the "where, where" response.

Yang Zaixing, a rough person who can be an official and govern the state, also has two brushes, can bend and stretch, and really knelt down on one knee in the face of these profiteers who are not looked down upon on weekdays, clasped his fists with both hands, with a correct attitude, and his words were sincere: "Yang was fainted by his brother-in-law's illness yesterday, so he made this decision, offended your shopkeepers, and asked your shopkeepers to understand!" ”

"Alas, where is this Lord Zhouzhi, please get up quickly!" The shopkeeper squatted down with a regretful face and wanted to help Yang Zaixing, and several other industry leaders also reached forward, Yang Zaixing wanted to kneel for a long time, and finally couldn't resist the dissuasion of the shopkeepers, so he got up in embarrassment, the scene was extremely warm, and Zhao Qing, who watched the realistic acting skills, almost wanted to vomit.

The happy ending was a happy ending, and everyone had a smile on their faces, but the devil knew what was in their stomachs.

Many businessmen heard the meaning of Chai Yi's words and were secretly overjoyed. Yang Zhouzhi acted wrongly, and he must have nothing to do with a few businessmen, Chai Yi's words implied that the forbidden army's acceptance of mercenaries was not negotiable.

Chai Yi looked around, and under the eyes of many businessmen, he finally said: "Yesterday, all the businessmen were kind and willing to provide mercenary assistance to Ningjiang Prefecture. People with lofty ideals are willing to serve the country, so what's the harm in promising it. This king decreed that from tomorrow onwards, the mercenaries will take over the defense of the east gate and the west gate, and all the commercial houses that provide mercenary assistance will be exempted from the commercial tax of Ningjiang Prefecture from now on! ”

The merchants could barely believe their ears, and after a few breaths of silence, they cheered. Since becoming the envoy of Liaodong Jiedu, Chai Yi has never had a precedent of accepting mercenaries to assist in battle, let alone promising such heavy benefits, which made the big businessmen who went to the banquet ecstatic.

Zhao Qing was also very surprised, from Cao Zilin's words, he knew how disgusted and even hated those mercenary groups by the forbidden army, Cao Zilin even bluntly said that he would never fight side by side with mercenaries, why would Chai Yi agree to these outrageous requests of the merchants? These businessmen obviously took advantage of the fire to rob, but they also praised them for their patriotic spirit, Zhao Qing felt very awkward, and secretly looked at a few bigwigs in the gate, and found that Yang Zaixing and Pan Xicheng were not surprised at all, obviously this was the result of high-level discussions. What changed their decision?

Zhao Qing was very puzzled, several bigwigs among the businessmen were also guessing, they quickly calmed down after being happy, and analyzed the situation, there are only two city gates in Ningjiang Prefecture, the east gate and the west gate, Chai Yi was all handed over to the mercenaries at once, what did the Weibian Forbidden Army do, did Chai Yi plan to let these mercenaries be cannon fodder to preserve the strength of the forbidden army? This was quickly denied, although the mercenaries' combat effectiveness was far inferior to the forbidden army, and the encounter with an alien army in the field would definitely be annihilated, but with their backs to the wall, these mercenaries would also become difficult bones to gnaw.

I really couldn't think of Chai Yi's thoughts, and several merchants asked cautiously: "Lord Chai, all the city gate guards are handed over to the mercenaries, and I don't know how the forbidden army will act." "In normal times, how dare they ask about the whereabouts of the forbidden army, but this time they are fighting together, and it is not out of line to ask.

"The forbidden army has another goal this time, the two cities of the border fortress, Changchun Prefecture, and Ningjiang Prefecture are indispensable, otherwise the lips will die and the teeth will be cold, and now Changchun Prefecture has no armaments, and this king can't play empty city tricks against those barbarians who only know how to burn and loot, so this time the border forbidden army will be stationed in Changchun Prefecture with all the troops out of camp." Chai Yi's eyes showed a cold glow, and he looked at the merchants, "But since you have chosen to cooperate, you should abide by the rules, all your mercenaries must obey the command of Yang Zhouzhi, and if you violate military discipline, you will be dealt with like the forbidden army." ”

The military discipline of the forbidden army, that is, a bunch of how to cut, after knowing the strategy, the merchants also felt very reasonable, and quickly nodded, expressing their affirmation to restrain their mercenaries.

It turns out that this is the case, it seems that Chai Yi really feels powerless this time, so he will ask the mercenaries for help, but he will never fight side by side, but defend the two cities separately. It's just that why don't you let the mercenaries go to guard Changchun Prefecture, Zhao Qing had a headache, after listening to Cao Zilin's description, he was very suspicious of the combat power of these mercenaries, if it weren't for the fact that Chen Tao'er's family was still in Ningjiang Prefecture, he would have wanted to run away with the forbidden army. However, at this moment, we can only hope that these mercenaries can rely on the geographical advantage and advanced firearms to defend the city.

After the conversation was over, the banquet was back on track, and many powerful people were very curious about the strange young man who was following Chai Yi and Yang Zaixing, guessing his identity.

"This little brother and old man are very angry, I don't know which one it is?" The dragon shopkeeper of Wansan Qian Zhuang looked at Zhao Qing gently and asked. There are not too many young people who can appear at such a level of banquet, and they are following Chai Yi, so they must have a very good background. However, with the status of the dragon shopkeeper, there is no need to win over anyone, Wansan Qianzhuang has a transcendent status, but it is a financial giant in Dazhou, and he asked this just out of curiosity.

"After Zhao Qing and Zhao Qi in Huanhe County." Zhao replied lightly, asked for a plate and began to take meat from the buffet table.

After becoming the shopkeeper of the Ningjiang Prefecture branch of Wansan Qianzhuang, it is the first time that someone has such an attitude towards himself, the shopkeeper of the dragon is a little disliked, but he did not show it, he has been in Liaodong for more than ten years, and he also knows some about the affairs of the Yeguo Mansion back then, and soon knows the origin of Zhao Qing, and naturally he will not be bored with himself in a junior, and he is about to leave, but he heard Chai Yi say: "The shopkeeper of the dragon, this Zhao Qing Zhao Gongzi is not just so simple, if you want to talk about the origin, it has a lot to do with your big owner." ”

Looking at Chai Yi's meaningful smile, the shopkeeper responded lightly; "There is only one person in the big owner of Wansan Commercial Bank, Wan Sanye's protégés are all over the world, and there are countless people who have a relationship, I don't know if this Zhao Gongzi has a relationship on that road?"

The heirs of the Guigu have long been rotten on the street, and those small merchants and vendors who have casually learned some short-selling methods dare to call themselves the heirs of the Guigu, and the young man who wants to borrow the reputation of Wan Sanye to gild the gold-plated shopkeeper has seen too much, and even has some disdain, thinking that these high-minded people have tarnished the reputation of Wan Sanye.

"Hahaha, shopkeeper Long, then you are wrong, this is not Shen Wansan's protégé, Zhao Gongzi is the same as Shen Wansan, he is a Guigumen from the real Ghost Valley, and this king's illness was cured only with the help of Zhao Gongzi's medicine." Chai Yi laughed loudly, attracting the attention of many people, the word Guigu is inherently magical.

The shopkeeper of the dragon suddenly shrank his pupils, if someone else said this, he would definitely think that Zhao Qing was a swagger and deceit, but it was said from Chai Yi's mouth, which made it difficult for him to distinguish the truth from the fake for a while. He took a deep look at Zhao Qing, a few days ago, he was forcibly summoned into the City Lord's Mansion by Lang Zhong from the pharmacy under Wansan Qian Village, that Lang was quite good at traditional Chinese medicine, and after being released, it was revealed that Chai Yi was terminally ill, and even he could not be cured, and this statement would not be false. But overnight, Chai Yi's illness was miraculously cured, maybe it was really cured by this young man.

Seeing the suspicion of the dragon shopkeeper, Chai Yi patted the dragon shopkeeper's shoulder and said: "The dragon shopkeeper does not need to doubt it, Zhao Qing originally did not know the name of his mountain gate, but this king only determined that he was from Guigumen after seeing his medicine, and the medicine was the same as the medicine that Shen Wansan gave to Shizong back then, and it did cure the king's illness." ”

Hearing this, the dragon shopkeeper seemed to believe a little bit on the surface, but his mind was running rapidly, the period when this Guigumen person appeared was too coincidental, just when Chai Yi was dying, he appeared and offered medicine to cure, and the situation when Shen Wansan donated medicine to Shizong was too similar, making people a little unbelievable that there would be such a coincidental thing in the world. If Zhao Qing's identity is fake, all of this is arranged by Chai Yi to build momentum, and Xizong is dying, and the prince is middle... The dragon shopkeeper didn't dare to think any further, his back was already soaked in cold sweat unconsciously.

The indifference on the face of the dragon shopkeeper was instantly replaced by surprise, and he was even a little fanatical, and said, "Zhao Gongzi is really from the Guigu Mountain Gate?" Chai Yi's smile became more and more unfathomable, which made him feel more pressured, he chose to believe, and followed the situation to let everyone accept Zhao Qing's identity. Even if he is the chief shopkeeper of Wansan Qianzhuang, he will not end well if he stands on the wrong team, not to mention that he is a small sub-shopkeeper, Chai Yi is in Liaodong, and his options are very limited, Zhao Qing must be a member of Guigumen.

Zhao smiled noncommittally and said, "Lord Chai has said so, what do you think?" He didn't have such a complicated idea as the shopkeeper Long, but he was really tired of explaining his identity, this shopkeeper didn't seem to be a big deal, and Zhao Qing didn't bother to say it. But stopping in the ears of the dragon shopkeeper is not such a taste.

"The knowledge of Guigu has always been in the same line, and now there are finally people from Guigumen coming out of the mountain, which is really a blessing in the world. Disciple Long Tan, I have seen Uncle Zhao Qing! The dragon shopkeeper made an exaggerated bow under the incredible gaze of everyone.

"Uh, please." Zhao Qing didn't expect this old guy to be so exaggerated, so he directly booked his generation to Shen Wansan's generation, and couldn't help but feel a little cramped.

Long Tan is the shopkeeper of Wansan Money Village in Ningjiang Prefecture, it can be said that it is the commercial leader in Ningjiang Prefecture, which enterprise is not allowed to give face to the bank, most businessmen are saluting together, and even the scale is exactly the same, since the shopkeeper Long has identified this as a Guigumen person, it is probably no fake, think about Wan Sanye's ghostly means, this must be the same. Therefore, these merchants are very pious, as if they worship the God of Wealth. And some officials also bowed their hands.

Only a few people had a thoughtful look in their eyes, and they didn't know what they had figured out.

Chai Yi always kept smiling and seemed very satisfied.

Zhao Qing was unlucky, he didn't eat well, and he needed to keep dealing with these businessmen to talk about Guigu academics with him, but fortunately, Zhao Qing knew so much about the economy, and he didn't show it, and even some of his views really made these old monsters who had been immersed in the mall for a long time bow their heads and ponder for a long time.

Through these idle words, Zhao Qing also has a certain understanding of the business system of this world, and it can be said that Shen Wansan has instilled a lot of modern economic knowledge into this world, which has made many things appear prematurely. Drawing on the money bank lending system, many commercial banks offered shares to the wealthy to sell, and gradually developed the rudiments of securities trading. From the high-minded talk of these businessmen, Zhao Qing found that these businessmen were full of praise for Wan Sanye's methods of buying and selling short, and each of them boasted of being a master. In today's business activities, this method is almost abused, Zhao Qing always feels that this is not good, but he can't say why, his economics is simply weak, but he is faintly aware of the appearance of a certain high-altitude attic, and the collapse of this high-altitude attic will bring immeasurable losses to Da Zhou in the future, which is a later story.

In Zhao Qing's crampedness, the banquet finally ended. The shopkeeper of the dragon eagerly held Zhao Qing's hand and refused to let go, looking like he hated to see each other. The news that Zhao Qing, a native of Guigumen, had come out of the mountain quickly spread.