After a busy morning, and another rain, Hao Shisan's stomach was hungry, and he had just picked up his rice bowl and eaten a bite of brown rice, when he heard a person outside the door who was not proficient in Chinese asking to see him.

"Allah's servant, Mobley, an iron ore merchant from Luzhou, asks to see the noble ruler!"

Wu Liujiu, who was guarding the door, said politely: "The chief manager is eating, please wait in the concierge for a while, and when the chief manager has eaten, I will report for you!" ”

"Iron ore merchant", these four words, Hao Shisan heard it well. One of the purposes of his capture of Luzhou was for the local copper and iron deposits, and this was the first person he met to visit since he led his troops out, what kind of food did he eat?

This seems to be a good start, after all, it is over: the past of talking and laughing without Hongru, and the past of all the people who come and go is white, so that for the first time, there are decent people who take the initiative to visit.

Hao Shisan spit out the food in his mouth and hurriedly walked down the steps: "Wu Baihu, please let him in!" ”

"Allah, Mobley is guilty of disturbing the noble ruler's meal, but Mobley is a businessman who brings benefits to your lordship."

The man, about forty years old, with a thin face, a beautiful brown beard, deep blue eyes, a hooked nose, a cunning one, a typical Arabic dress, a white hat inlaid with a beautiful blue gem, did not look like an ordinary rich man.

"Judging from the clothes, you, a businessman, reveal nobility!" Hao Shisan looked at his cloth clothes, and returned the etiquette with the same etiquette, not at all, what kind of benefits this businessman can bring to himself.

"I dressed up so carefully for today's visit, and I never thought that the manager would be so simple." Mobley originally wanted to pat Hao Thirteen's ass, but he didn't want Hao Thirteen to eat this set at all.

The iron mine he opened in Luzhou is within the control of Hao Shisan's forces, and now Hao Shisan is the chief official of the place, and he wants to carefully cling to it, but he shows his wealth and gorgeous clothes in front of Hao Shisan, which contrasts with Hao Shisan's shabbyness, and he really feels inappropriate.

Mobley was not a native of Middle-earth, but a merchant from the distant Hulagu Khanate, who traveled far and wide for nothing more than money, and the way Persian merchants did business is famous in history. (Note 1)

All his family property is bet on this iron mine, and now that Luzhou has changed the entrance hall, if Hao Shisan announces that his iron ore will be confiscated and owned by the Red Turban Army, then he will become a beggar who has fallen into Middle-earth, and he will not even have the money to go home.

Mobley threw out a 30% profit dividend and begged Hao 13 not to affect his iron ore business.

"Your iron ore is still yours, but I will take 50% of the profits, which will be owned by the Red Turban Army!" Hao Shisan waited for him to explain the situation and said without hesitation.

Mobley was still secretly proud in his heart, and the counteroffer was still within the range of his acceptance, but he still looked pained and said exaggeratedly: "Allah, the word of the chief steward made half of my property evaporate, isn't this a robbery?" ”

"I don't want your property for nothing, I can provide a thousand coolies for the iron mine to expand the production of iron ore, pig iron at a fair market price, give priority to our Red Turban Army, I can also provide force protection, to ensure that the pig iron is safely transported to the foreign market!"

Mobley smiled, the iron mine of three hundred people increased by one thousand, and the output should be increased by at least three times, and there was also the military protection of Hao Thirteen, a partner, how to calculate it was a good deal, after making sure that Hao Thirteen was serious, Mobley said: "Lord Steward is the most trustworthy partner, I am willing to partner with Lord Steward to operate iron mines." ”

"Three-year period, three-year iron ore collection is official! If what you have done in the past three years satisfies me, and the iron ore is returned to the official, I can consider hiring you as the official in charge of mining and managing all the iron mines under my rule. ”

"Haha" Mobley laughed, "The chief is really generous, you mean that I can be a six-grade official like Ma Qianhu in the copper mine?" If the Red Turban Army can win the world, this is really a good business! ”

This is also a businessman with official addiction.

"I don't know if the Red Turban Army will be able to get the world, but I can guarantee that I will protect the interests of all the merchants and people under my rule, and I will send the Governor's Mansion Craftsman Camp Jiaolu to contact you in the future!" Hao 13 wanted to dispel his doubts.

"But Lord Steward, when will you fulfill your promise of a thousand coolies?" Mobley was still unsure, after all, it was the first time he had dealt with someone with an army, and he was also a "red turban thief" as the court said.

"This is easy to say, this is easy to say! Eat first" Hao Shisan's stomach purred, letting him know that his stomach was still hungry: "You don't have to be formal, it's a vegetarian today, you might as well eat some together!" ”

Mobley looked at the table, although there was no big meat they forbidden, and the food he fed the dogs was better than this, and his stomach churned, not knowing whether to eat it or not.

He muttered in his heart, the head of the party, who eats so shabby, such a stingy person, why is he so generous to him?

"My lord, there is a person who claims to be Ma Wenguang Qianhu of the copper mining workshop and asks to see him!" Wu Liujiu entered the door to report.

Hao Shisan just put the rice in his mouth, and before he had time to chew it, he immediately spit the food on the ground: "Mo Qianhu official, it seems that we have to eat this meal later, and when I see this guest, we will eat together!" He said to Wu Liujiu again: "Please let him in!" ”

Mobley seems to have encountered an amnesty, and he avoided the unpalatable meal for a while, but he couldn't avoid the later dinner after all, this brown rice, Mr. Hao let him eat it, even if it was for the sake of the thousand coolies, in order to get the support of business partners.

Wu Liujiu led Mobley out, but brought a plateau red man.

The man was dressed in a green grandson coat and wore a hat, and when he entered the door, he fell to the ground with tears in his eyes: "Xiaguan Ma Wenguang, see the head of the Red Turban Army!" ”

Hao Shisan looked at this old Yuan Dynasty, the official of the copper mine in Luzhou, wasn't this the one he entered Luzhou, and he met the head of the family who was slaughtered by Zuo Junen's subordinates? On the execution ground, no one came out to correct the criminals, or the criminals personally corrected by him Hao Shisan.

Hao Shisan wanted to step forward to comfort him: the sea is endless, and the shore is back. But when he thought of his whole family being slaughtered by the soldiers, there was no longer any sense of joking, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, Hao Shisan unfolded his acting skills, I don't know why his tears were so fast? Was he moved by the miserable experience of the Ma family?

"Thirteen uprisings, driving the Tartars, for the equality of all beings, I never thought that Zuo Junen, who killed a thousand people, actually took advantage of the fire to rob, and Thirteen was ashamed of the people of Luzhou." Hao Shisan helped Ma Wenguang up and said with emotion.

"Lord Governor does not hesitate to be the enemy of the Red Turban Army of the Southern Faction, and actually avenges me, an official of the old Yuan Dynasty, Ma Wenguang is willing to submit to the Red Turban Army, and is willing to dedicate all the copper mines in Luzhou to the Red Turban Army in Luzhou, please send someone to receive it with me!" The tears in Ma Wenguang's eyes couldn't stop flowing down.

"Hey!" Hao 13 interrupted Ma Wenguang's words: "If you want to manage the copper mine, who has you in it?" The copper mine is still taken care of by you, or by you! ”

Raw copper, which can be used to mint money, raw copper, is equivalent to money!

"My lord is willing to trust me, an official of the hostile camp, and Ma Wenguang is willing to serve the dead!" Ma Wenguang kowtowed and bowed.

Hao 13 instructed Wu Liujiu to return the Ma family's property that had been confiscated back to Ma Wenguang, and instructed him to bury his family, hoping that he could take up his post within half a month.

Ma Wenguang retired.