Ma Wanli turned his gaze to Zhang Chu, and saw that Zhang Chu was only in his twenties, and he was born Baijing Siwen not like a businessman, but more like a son and brother who was studying. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I can guarantee the amount of salt. I still have a relationship with the group that is now occupying Yuncheng. "Zhang Chuxin said that of course I have a relationship with them, and the relationship is still big.

"This is very good, as Boss Zhang said, we can cooperate and make a fortune together." Ma Wanli had heard that Shanxi merchants were very bold and had business dealings with the Houjin people outside the Guan, so it was not a problem to know a few anti-thieves.

"But now the people of Henan are panicking, the price of salt is soaring, and Yuncheng will not sit on the ground to raise prices." Ma Wanli now urgently needs to know what price he can get salt.

"The price will definitely go up, but not too much. Besides, I have a way to keep our trading unaffected by fluctuations in salt prices. Zhang Chu took over the conversation and said.

"How is it possible at this time without the fluctuation of salt prices? Ma Wanli didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart.

"Henan is now short of salt, Shanxi Yuncheng there is also a lack of one thing, that is, grain, we transport grain in the past for salt, the price of salt has risen, the price of grain has also risen, as long as we have grain in our hands, we are not afraid of the rise and fall of salt prices." Zhang Chu said his own coping strategy.

"It's a good idea, and we can make money from the difference in the price of food. And it is not used to transport money back and forth. Ma Wanli quickly saw the business opportunity.

The conversation ensued pleasantly, and several men quickly agreed on the amount of salt and grain traded and the proportion of the exchange between the two.

Ma Wanli was also amazed in his heart by the relationship between Wang Jijie and Zhang Chu, two Shanxi businessmen, and the thieves in Yuncheng, listening to their words, they could get as much salt as they could sell. In this era of war and chaos, this merchant took many risks in order to make a fortune.

Thinking of the troubled times, Ma Wanli immediately thought of a way to make a fortune, so he asked: "I saw downstairs that there are many iron farm tools, which are very well made, and the iron materials used are of very good quality, and it is a pity to use them to make farm furniture, I don't know where those things are produced." ”

"Those things come from Zhongyang, Shanxi, where iron is mined and smelted." Wang Jijie replied that he followed Zhang Chu to Zhongyang in the security army for a long time, and Zhang Chu also deliberately showed him, which made Wang Jijie still know a lot about Zhongyang's factory.

"Can the craftsmen there make something else out of this iron?" Ma Wanli asked tentatively.

"Of course you can, Zhongyang's craftsman skills are still very good." Zhang Chu knew what Ma Wanli meant. The more troubled the times, the more profitable it is to buy and sell this weapon.

Zhang Chu then shouted to the outside: "Come in." A guard disguised as an entourage of Zhang Chu walked in.

"Give me your knife." The guard didn't know what Zhang Chu was going to do, but he took out a short knife hidden on his body and handed it to Zhang Chu with a word.

Zhang Chu waved his hand to signal the guards to step back first, and then said to Ma Wanli: "Boss Ma can take a look at this, this is what Zhongyang built." ”

Ma Wanli took the short knife and looked at it carefully, this knife has no complicated decoration, but from the knife body exudes a chilling light, Ma Wanli, who has been in business for many years, is very sensitive to the quality of the goods, and he immediately judged that this knife is definitely a weapon to kill the enemy if it is used on the battlefield.

"Now the world is very chaotic, many landlords and rich families are raising their families and recruiting villagers to protect their property, if we can get some swords, we can sell them to make a lot of silver." Ma Wanli explained what he was buying a sword for.

"Not just swords, but even armor and so on." Zhang Chucai would not believe that Ma Wanli would be interested in the kind of business that sells some swords sporadically, he must have a big customer in his hands.

"And you can buy armor?" Ma Wanli was really a little surprised. Armor is complex to make, and armor can sometimes be more useful on the battlefield than a sword. Some soldiers in armor can disrupt the enemy's position on the battlefield and play a role in determining the outcome of the war. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit ordinary people from owning swords, but forbade ordinary people to have armor.

"What style of armor you want to buy, we can customize it for you, with quality and quantity, and at a fair price." Zhang Chu worked hard to promote. Now Zhongyang's factory has used a large number of hydraulic machinery, and it is much faster to make armor than others, and the cost is much less, but Zhang Chu didn't want a large number of plate armor-style armor used by the security army to flow out, so he didn't strongly recommend the standard armor of the security army, but said that Ma Wanli could customize whatever kind of armor he wanted. If it were made like the armor used in the court army today, it would take more time, but it would also allow more hungry people to work.

"Is all this true?" Ma Wanli only found out at this time that more often than not, it was this young man named Zhang Chu who talked about cooperation, and he was still a little uneasy about Zhang Chu.

"I'm very trustworthy, you can rest assured of quantity and quality, and it's not the first time we've sold these things. In Shanxi, there are many people who are using our weapons and armor. Zhang Chu understood what Ma Wanli was worried about.

"To tell you the truth, I know some people in the official army, they may need a lot of armor and weapons, if it can be negotiated, this number will not be small, I heard that Zhongyang is now occupied by thieves, there will be no hindrance to doing business with the official army, right?" Ma Wanli knew that these Shanxi merchants were inextricably linked with thieves, and if he knew that he had resold his weapons and armor to the officials and soldiers, would he be unhappy.

"This is not a problem, you can sell the armor and weapons to whomever you want, we will not interfere." Zhang Chu is really not afraid of these things falling into the hands of his enemies now. With the power of the muskets used by the security forces, no kind of armor can play much role now.

"That's good, can you give me some samples, I'll contact the buyer, if it can be done, then we can do this deal for a long time." Ma Wanli felt that it was still very pleasant to talk about business with Zhang Chu, Zhang Chu did not have the scheming of other businessmen, nor did he have the sour and rotten spirit of a literati.

"Samples will be sent over soon, and if you have any special needs, you can also tell me." Zhang Chu told Ma Wanli in the spirit of being responsible for customers.

"I can't think of anything yet. I'll go back and ask if there's anything I want. We'll get back in touch then. "The two sides have only negotiated one intention regarding the sale of weapons and armor. The specific things to trade will have to be decided after Ma Wanli goes back and asks a person.

The person Ma Wanli wanted to ask was Zuo Liangyu, the chief military officer who had just arrived in Henan. (To be continued.) )