"Hahaha, Brother Guanglin, it's early in the morning, you're running diligently," just when Tian Fangjun was thinking to himself, Xiao Ye's clear laughter came from outside the hall, and Ai Shan, who looked more and more steady, strode in, and hugged his fists to salute this businessman who had a little relationship.

"Oh, brother, don't scold me, run errands back and forth to earn some pocket money, how can you be so relaxed," Tian Fangjun put down the teacup in his hand, got up and said with a smile, this young officer of the hundred households, he paid more and more attention to it in his heart when he saw it once.

The news of the battle between Xiao Ye and Tartar in Eagle Claw Fort, if Tian Fangjun didn't know, then he would underestimate the eyes and ears of this big merchant, but he was really unsure of the casualties of Xiao Ye's guards; However, looking at Xiao Ye's expression in front of him, Tian Guanglin was extremely surprised.

Can his guards withstand the tens of thousands of Tartars? No way.

Tian Fangjun, who was muttering in his heart, didn't realize that Xiao Ye, who was sitting in the top position, was wrong, and after being politely asked to sit down, he found that the evil aura faintly emanating from the hundred households sitting on it was different from before.

A personal guard came up and replaced it with new hot tea, and after Xiao Ye was suitable for guests to be casual, he spoke, "I don't know what the so-called brother came to me this time?" The transaction at the Madao checkpoint, just look for Uncle Wang, and he won't be embarrassed by you, just trade fairly,"

"Hehe," Tian Fang Jun laughed dryly, and took out the gift slip from his sleeve pocket, "Don't hide it from you, kid, where is the eldest lady of my family, I guess you and I understand in my hearts, why do you say that she grew up under the watchful eyes of my uncle,"

said it politely, but the warmth revealed inside and out, which made Xiao Ye, who was quite thick-skinned, couldn't help but feel embarrassed, this kind of thing was broken, but he didn't do it authentically.

"It's not the time to see her yet, so I'll bother you to give me a message, the head of the family is in good health, and everyone in the family is fine," After a few words, Tian Fangjun changed his tone of voice and turned to business.

"The white flute paper is still trading as usual, that refined salt and ice condensator, how much my Tian family's caravan will eat this time, it depends on the sincerity of the Ximen Baihu," This change in the state of the merchant quickly made Xiao Ye unable to accept it for a while, staring at his eyes and stunned for a moment, and then nodded slowly.

"Yes, two thousand knives of white flute paper, 100 catties of refined salt, 100 pieces of ice condensation, exchange with grain, green salt, and herbs, and there is an account room in terms of price, Wang Dali will send someone to count it," Speaking of this, Xiao Ye paused slightly, and looked at Tian Fangjun.

Salt is a material controlled by the government, just take advantage of a gimmick, and the ice condensation agent can't let the Tian family take advantage of it exclusively, Xiao Ye has the final say on how much he takes, and Tian Fangjun can't even stand up for counteroffer.

"I don't know, has there been a change in those two mill areas this time?" Xiao Ye's question made Tian Fangjun frown and secretly give a thumbs up.

"Yes, my Tian family thinks it's luck, and they found hematite in the quarry, and even the latecomer of the Wang family has fallen into a big bargain," Tian Fangjun, who had a smug look in his eyes, said with a smile, "Brother, where did you know that this matter came over before it was announced?" ”

Seeing Xiao Ye's silent smile, Tian Fangjun suddenly realized, "Oh, the original people in the Huang family's caravan, they are right, haha, they occupy a lot of space, but they bypassed that vein, they deserve it, hahahaha,"

It's best to misunderstand, Xiao Ye doesn't explain.

Xiao Ye didn't receive any news about the discovery of iron ore by the Tian family and the Huang family, but the information fed back from the processing center suddenly increased a large amount of iron resources, and he was not surprised by the news of this vein.

With a large amount of iron resources, Xiao Ye can not only come up with more rear-loading guns, but also most of the other military and civilian items, and also need a steady stream of iron resources.

The word resource, Xiao Ye is no stranger, the chip under his left wrist, although he has nightmares to practice every night, is also slowly transmitting information to him, everything has advantages and disadvantages, probably that's it.

"This is really a loss to the place you designated earlier, brother, otherwise the iron ore buried so shallowly, I don't know when I will find it, tsk, it is ten miles away from the avenue," Tian Fangjun, who shook his head, praised Xiao Ye a few words, but it looked like he was praising himself.

Xiao Ye just drew the general direction, but he personally selected the quarry, and the credit was definitely not able to run, not to mention that Xiao Ye didn't care at all.

The deal was reached between talking and laughing, and Xiao Ye's verbal promise, in Tian Fangjun's opinion, was much more reliable than the merchants in Gansu Town.

Come down, it's time to ask for more benefits, Tian Fangjun took a sip of tea, "The climate here in Suzhou this year, I think my brother must have seen it, there is not much rain, even the water along the river has also fallen into a percent,"

"The grain production in other places will definitely not be much, and it is difficult for some towns to have water," Tian Fangjun's words, Xiao Ye could understand, if he didn't have a water umbrella here, how could he dare to stay for two more days, let alone build a fort.

Wang Dali and the craftsmen have already walked all around, not only the vines and grass are growing wildly, but it is difficult to dig a well, and the well water will not have to be thought about for a while.

If you dig a deep well, you may be able to dig a water source, but the craftsman in Xiao Ye's hand doesn't have that ability, so he can't invite anyone.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ye coughed, ignored Tian Fangjun's pitiful expression, and gestured outside.

Sun Xiaoming, who was standing outside the hall, saw the gestures of the hundred households, hurriedly picked up a cloth bag from under his feet, and strode into the hall; The cloth bag was gently placed on the table, and after Sun Xiaoming saluted the hundred households, he retreated, and did not raise his eyes to look at Tian Fangjun from beginning to end.

Raising his hand to untie the cloth bag, Xiao Ye picked up the hand lamp inside and tightened the back cover; A pillar of light slanted towards the roof in the exclamation of Tian Fangjun.

Although it was daytime and the light outside was dazzling, this sudden light made Tian Fangjun's heart beat wildly for a while.

Tian Guanglin's warning that was still in his ears, Tian Fangjun directly left it behind, he was a businessman, not those people in the officialdom, he was afraid of wolves and tigers before doing things, as long as it was profitable, he didn't care if he flew up.

Of course, if Xiao Ye is suppressed to the point of despair, there will definitely be him Tian Fangjun who falls into the well, but it is not yet time.

The purchase channel behind Xiao Ye, among the people who are red-eyed and dying, he is also one.

If Xiao Ye wasn't tough, if this was Gansu Town, or even a gravel fort, Tian Fangjun would have had the heart to kidnap his family and torture him.

"What is this? Why does it shine? Tian Fangjun, who was circling around Xiao Ye's hand lamp, asked again and again, this thing that I obviously use for lighting at night, if he can't see the business opportunities in it, then he deserves to die of poverty.

"This is called a hand lamp, it is lit for two hours every night, it can be used for half a month, and the price of each is five taels," Xiao Ye smiled and handed the hand lamp to Tian Fangjun, he has this thing in his study and bedroom, and Lena also made a lampshade, which is good to put up and put on the table.

"Lamp? The lamp in his hand, well, good name," under Xiao Ye's guidance, Tian Fangjun tightened the back cover of the lamp, loosened it, and kept flashing and extinguishing it; In the crystal clear glass cover, the small light that flickered brightly could emit such a terrifying light, Tian Fangjun couldn't understand it.

Without paying attention, the back cover was unscrewed, revealing the black column inside, and the hand lamp was extinguished.

"That's all for today," Xiao Ye got up and took the lamp, and poured the black cylinder in the cylinder onto the table.

"This thing, I guess you are familiar with it, brother," pointing to the column, Xiao Ye said with a smile, seeing Tian Fangjun's blank face, he could only take out two small fruit cores from his pocket and put them on the table.

"This is, this is," Tian Fangjun stared at it, and suddenly shouted, pointing to the kernel and staring at the round eyes in surprise, he has seen a lot of warm hands, and almost every woman and child in his family has one.

"That's right, it's the one that lights the hand lamp," Xiao Ye nodded, and then pointed to the mold in the cloth bag, "Use it to squeeze the core, after the shell heats up, the black cylinder inside can be used,"

Although Xiao Ye's words made Tian Fangjun very excited, he quickly calmed down, hooked his eyes and looked at the hand lamp on the table for a while, then turned around and sat back.

"Okay, we are not outsiders, my brother is also my Tian family's nephew," Tian Fangjun, who didn't care about his face, said directly, "Such a huge benefit, my Tian family can't eat a bite, and it is inevitable that the profits will be shared with other businesses, and even the government will intervene,"

"If you want too much, brother, I can't afford it here,"

Tian Fangjun's reaction made Xiao Ye look up to him a lot, if the other party took a bite, he really couldn't afford to ask for the price.

"Craftsmen, whether it is a well craftsman or something else, the more the better, and the news on the ground in Suzhou," Xiao Ye's two simple conditions, Tian Fang Jun nodded decisively after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, I will respond on behalf of the Tian family, and it will be difficult to say the words of the second article of the other families," Tian Fangjun said.

"Therefore, the white flute paper is still a unique commodity of the Tian family, and if there are new goods in the future, this official will give priority to the merchants close to him," Xiao Ye replied slowly and methodically in an official tone.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield, no matter how closed the news is, there is a time to return to his senses, Xiao Ye has suffered more losses, and he will naturally become shrewd, and he will take back the benefits that have been taken away in the past.

"As soon as the news arrives, you can send someone to Lao Yangkou Tunbao, where the flag official Mu Ziqiang is the official of his own person, just send the news to him," Xiao Ye, who did not hide his internal response, did not think that Tian Fangjun would sell Mu Ziqiang backhandedly, unless he didn't want to do business.

What's more, Xiao Ye's temperament is bound to be repaid, and Tian Fangjun has already understood it, not to mention far away, at least now that the Huang family caravan is here, the goods that can be traded are only different.

The silk cotton short coat and glass were the goods that Cui Hongyuan pulled out the most, and they were also the most worthless things in Xiao Ye's eyes.

Wang Dali's two blacksmith shops and leather goods shops, in which five or six craftsmen are giving the guards auxiliary military products such as shovels and leather armor, are already very busy; Most of the other craftsmen were sent to Eagle Claw Fort by Xiao Ye.

Now that an agreement has been reached with Tawolfwa, Xiao Ye will expand the Eagle Claw Fort, so as not to have enough troops to turn against the Tartars in the future.

Xiao Ye didn't want more people to know about the evil black house, so he could only continue to expand the Eagle Claw Fort and isolate the stone fort where the black house was located as much as possible.

"The fruit of the rattan grass will only be black near the carboniferous mine, and the others will not be used at all, you can send someone to buy it and exchange it for materials from me," In the end, Xiao Ye's words, Tian Fangjun believed how much, no one knew, but the scene of the merchants beginning to take the initiative to transplant the rattan grass, Xiao Ye could think of it with his eyes closed.

I think it won't take long for Wang Ziliang's sand table to expand. Tian Fangjun, the agent of Xiao Ye's picking, secretly plays more than just listening to the news.

Before leaving, Tian Fangjun asked thoughtlessly, "Do you want that death row prisoner here?" ”

"Yes, why not, what this official lacks is manpower," Xiao Ye moved the corners of his eyebrows, responded with a smile, and gave Tian Fangjun a brand-new water umbrella, "Thirty people can change one water umbrella, and other materials can also be exchanged,"

In the town of Gansu, it can be sold for 2,000 taels of silver, and in the mainland, it is as high as 3,000 taels of water umbrellas, which has no price, and a dying person is worth 100 taels. Horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, everyone understands this thousand-year-old truth.

At dinner time, Han Juan brought the news of the Eagle Claw Fort letter post, and the Tartar man came again, bringing a large amount of black ore, thousands of cattle and sheep, and wanted to exchange ice condensation and water umbrellas, as well as lighters and perfumes.

"Change, why don't you change, you can change as much as you want, the price can't be changed," Xiao Ye thought for a while, and said to Han Juan with a smile, "You go and tell Wang Ziliang and send a letter to Liu Shuihe, those ores are calculated according to the price of coal, and you can't lose the merchants from afar,"

That's right, he now treats the Tartar as a merchant, and although he has to be on guard, the transaction cannot be broken.

The nearly 10,000 boxes of canned meat newly stocked in the Madao Stone Fort warehouse are still the credit of those Tartars.

After dinner, Xiao Ye sat in the backyard with his wife, concubine, and sister, blowing a warm cool breeze, eating watermelon soaked in ice cubes, and talking and laughing late at night.

To say that the merchants live through the three rivers of Lida in the north and south, and in the northwest wasteland with deep ravines, Xiao Ye can not only eat fresh fruits, but also occasionally taste live fish; In Yang Tianshou's private school, pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books are enough for him to teach safely.

The three wives and concubines went to take a bath and sleep, Han Juan also returned to the communication team, and read a book in the study for a while, Xiao Ye whispered Sun Xiaoming.

The Tartars of more than 100 people from a small tribe were exchanged for more than thirty primary powerful potions in Xiao Ye's hands, and it was time to use them.

The vague sense of crisis made Xiao Ye have to speed up the strength of the guards.

Even if there is a loss, it can only be recognized.

Two hours later, Xiao Ye looked at Sun Xiaoming, who was dressed in black, and the twelve black-clothed soldiers behind him, and nodded slowly; The bodies of the three brothers who could not resist the torment of the potion, although they were voluntary, were properly buried near the stone monument on the top of the hill, and the mourning was still the same.

The second-class sergeant was promoted to the third rank, the risk was extremely terrifying, and the guards who could withstand the heat of the flesh were almost cooked and baked, and they were all military men who had fought with the Tartars many times; And let them be promoted to fourth-level sergeants, subconsciously Xiao Ye is not sure at all, he can only depend on their luck.

The potion that he can now make by dripping blood coagulation, the brown powder potion, is suitable for sergeants below the third level, and the elixir above the fourth level is not said to be no, even if there is a sergeant who has been made, he will not be forced to be loyal to him in his self-consciousness.

The raw materials are not enough, Xiao Ye just thinks too much and it is useless.

"From now on, you will be under the jurisdiction of the knife, and Sun Xiaoming will continue to be the leader of the guards," Xiao Ye finished speaking, turning his head to look at the few guards next to him, and the loneliness on their faces was undoubtedly revealed.

"There are military merits in the guards, and they are selected to join the guards, and the risks during the period cannot be controlled by the officials," Baihu's words made the guards in khaki uniforms immediately stabilize their minds and their bodies were straight, as for the last risk, they were ignored.

Early the next morning, when Xiao Ye woke up from the nightmare, got up and stared at his bloodshot eyes, and went to practice his knife skills, he habitually glanced at the catalog of the processing center in his mind, and immediately laughed with joy.

There was endless anticipation in his laughter.

This kind of expectation is inevitably paved with the flesh and blood of the Tartars.

Two heavy machine guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, three lightning guns, and 180 shells, which were exactly the mineral materials sent by the Tartars, and the weapons that were replaced by the processing center, how could Xiao Ye not be overjoyed.

Qin Shishi's night owl flag team and Hao Yongliang's artillery team finally stopped using gestures to exercise.