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"Hehe, Jin Sanniang, everyone, in Xia Wang Guozhen, his home in Huaiqing Mansion, Shanxi, is the steward of the Wang family's caravan," the steward from the Wang family in Shanxi is a middle-aged man with a loyal appearance, wearing a tortoiseshell fur hat, wearing a gray leather robe common to merchants, and greeting everyone in the guest room with a kind face. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Li Hao of Datong Mansion, the steward of the Li family's caravan, I have seen Jin Sanniang," the steward sent by the Li family was a middle-aged man with a thin and tall pointed chin, his eyes turned around Jin Sanniang, and he was not as gentle as Wang Guozhen, even if he was pretending, he didn't bother to do it.

Wang Wuyang, the deacon sent by the Wang family in Gansu Town, heard Li Hao's accent and raised his head to take a look, but Li Hao's obvious disdain made him frown.

"Ying Tianfu Fan Zhengshi, I have seen Jin Sanniang and you," as soon as the Fan family steward in a robe appeared, Jin Sanniang and the others were slightly stunned, they didn't expect the people from the Fan family to be so young, but they were the most modest in their attitude.

Only Wang Guozhen and Li Hao nodded solemnly at Fan Zhengshi's words, and their bodies were slightly on both sides of Fan Zhengshi, obviously headed by this young man.

The guests were asked to sit down on the warm kang, and the tea was served, Zhai Qibao and Liang Yun could see clearly, they plus Jin Sanniang were a group, Huang Deshan, Wang Wuyang, and Tian Guangcheng, the three merchants in Gansu Town, were a group, and the three businessmen who had just arrived in front of them were another group, and the entire Three Kingdoms were established; For the sake of that, it was all the goods in the hands of Simon Xiaoye.

These nine major merchants in the Ming Dynasty, if they really unite, I am afraid that the imperial court will have to look at their faces, but they can really unite together, at least Jin Sanniang, who is thinking about ghosts, will never believe it.

Although the competition for territory is dominated by the location of the clan, and the overlap is not very serious, but the people who are businessmen, which are not bustling to the north, south, east and west, contradictions must be inevitable, and even, I wish that other businesses would go bankrupt and close down early, so that they can get some benefits.

"Tsk, really, in our wild northwest land, I didn't expect that there would be a day when the famous nine merchants would be able to sit in the guest rooms of the slave family," Jin Sanniang smiled and stroked the Buddha beads on her wrist and laughed softly.

Her words made Huang Deshan and the others roll their eyes, your house is from Zhangjiakou, how did it become our northwest, the Ximen boy's bed, it seems that the rumor is really there.

Fan Zhengshi smiled and picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, "I heard that it is cold in the northwest, but the people are simple, and it doesn't seem to be so real,"

"At the very least, as the main family, did Jin Sanniang introduce you to the next, what the provincial words said was wrong, and it irritated other people's moods?"

"Oh, it's rude for the slave family to do this," Jin Sanniang's peach blossom eyes narrowed, and introduced the Huang, Wang, and Tian families, as well as Zhai Qibao and Liang Yun to Fan Zhengshi one by one, which also made Fan Zhengshi's faces solemn.

"I don't know, should I call you Fan Steward, or should I call you Fan Xiaogongzi," Finally, Jin Sanniang, who pursed her lips and smiled, looked at Fan Zhengshi meaningfully, which made Fan Zhengshi feel embarrassed.

Each family has its own information, and his portrait has also been obtained by someone with a heart, this matter is troublesome, and it is not good to keep a low profile.

"Jin Sanniang is amazing, no wonder that Ximen Xiao Ye can value you," Fan Zhengshi, who gave a thumbs up and had a sharp eyebrow, nodded frankly, recognizing his identity as the sixth son of the Fan family, but he was also calm.

"Then, it's so late, you Fan Gongzi have traveled thousands of miles, don't you come here to drink a cup of bitter tea," Jin Sanniang's words expressed the hearts of the merchants in Gansu Town, and also made the deacons of Zhai and Liang staring at Fan Zhengshi's face.

"Haha, the merchants are running all sides, for the sake of those copper smells, my Fan family can't avoid vulgarity," Fan Zhengshi laughed, pointing to the lamp on the kang platform, "Merchants have their own interests, but the paper can't contain the fire,"

"Yes, Jin Sanniang, my Gansu Town Chamber of Commerce, but I was the first to deal with Ximen Xiao Ye for business, as soon as the three of you come, how can you break the rules here, so where do you want my Gansu Town Chamber of Commerce?" Tian Guanglin, who couldn't hold back for a long time, maybe it was his unique business that made him dizzy, so he complained.

"What our business wants is an opportunity for a fair trade, and Jin Sanniang won't stop it, the Jin family also has a business in the southeast," Fan Zhengshi, who ignored Tian Guanglin at all, said unhurriedly; In the words, the threat that was pulled out was understandable to everyone.

The goods that flowed from Shanxi to Yingtianfu made him feel excited, and the exquisite pocket watch directly compared the precious clocks brought by Yangyi from the West to the ground.

Especially the rumored car that could run one foot above the ground, so Fan Zhengshi ran desperately to Gansu Town, and saw the Huang family's assault car wandering around the street; The golden road to fortune made Fan Zhengshi and Wang Guozhen and Li Hao who followed him ecstatic.

If it weren't for Xiao Ye's strength, they would even have the plan to gather the three family guards and the dead soldiers, bribe the local guards, and directly send troops to destroy the Galen tribe.

The Fan family has sea ships along the coast, hundreds of big ships, but no matter how strong and powerful they are, they are also 4,000 miles away, and far water cannot solve the near fire.

Before finding out the true source of the Persian goods, he had to first establish a relationship with Ximen Xiaoye, and keep everything in hand.

In order to find out the preferences of the big leader of the Galen tribe, Fan Zhengshi can be said to have invested a lot of money, and finally found out that the real ruler of the Galen tribe was actually a hundred household officers who were forced out of Shiguantun by the guard, or a key criminal wanted by the Gansu town officials.

So, after staring at the goods of the Qingfeng Valley caravan twice, Fan Zhengshi, together with the Wang and Li families, decisively bought 10,000 catties of heavy stones at a high price from the miscellaneous manufacturing bureau under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division through relationships.

Before they walked into Jin Sanniang's shop, 15,000 good silver tickets, 10,000 catties of heavy stones, and hundreds of silk and silk were given to Liu Shuihe of Eagle Claw Fort as gifts by Fan Zhengshi, and handed over to Ximen Xiao Ye.

With such a valuable stepping stone, Fan Zhengshi still doesn't believe it, Ximen Xiaoye will not give himself a chance to meet, even if he buys the goods here at twice the price and transports them to Ying Tianfu, he can earn enough prestige.

Moreover, Ximen Xiaoye's current situation, Fan Zhengshi also inquired about it, in his opinion, as long as Ximen Xiaoye can join hands with him to trade, then ordinary materials such as grain and green salt are not a problem at all.

Fan Zhengshi's words, the Wang and Li families sitting next to him, naturally agreed, but the others did not agree, Ximen Xiaoye's Persian goods there were limited supplies every month, which was the most headache for the merchants, and they couldn't buy it with money, so they could only pay the money and queue up.

Fortunately, Wang Gui, who came forward to trade with them, likes to barter goods and make money back and forth, which can suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, plus shops can be set up in the West Fort of Eagle Claw Fort and Gujiabao, and the business is quite promising.

The news that Ximen Stone Fort is going to be built has come out, Wangjiabao and Yangjiabao are digging the foundation, and the merchants who have improved their momentum suddenly have these six opponents, and it is nonsense to say that Jin Sanniang is happy.

Fan Zhengshi's fair trade made Huang Deshan, Tian Guanglin, and Wang Wuyang think of the former rich building in Gansu Town, the short-lived rich building, which could have been managed well, but, hey.

It seems that if everyone doesn't want to tear their faces, I'm afraid that the kind of transaction that was once in the rich building will have to appear again. The merchants sitting on the kang, even Jin Sanniang, drank the tea slowly and methodically, unwilling to say it first, and it would be a loss if they said too much.

Just when the guest room fell into a delicate state, there was a heavy footstep in the courtyard outside the guest room, and soon, a black-clothed guard came in, "Fourth lady, someone from Madao Stone Fort is here, it is our Yang Commander,"

The words of the guards, Jin Sanniang, Zhai Qibao, and Liang Yun were reasonable, and there was no accident, but it was the others, who heard the word commander, and couldn't help but change their complexions.

This kind of heart-wrenching title will only appear in the government, but this Simon boy actually took it out openly, isn't it chilling?

Especially Fan Zhengshi and the three of them, they already have ghosts in their hearts, and the guards they brought are still in the fort, if there is really an accident, then they will run away.

"Oh, Commander Yang is here, please," After being called the fourth lady, Jin Sanniang sat up with a delicate face, and her waist straightened up a little unconsciously.

The cotton curtain at the door of the guest room was lifted, and Yang Eighteen, who was capable, walked in, and arched his hand at Jin Sanniang without squinting, "Fourth lady, subordinate Yang Eighteen, on the order of my family, I specially bring an object, please take a look at the fourth lady,"

After speaking, Yang Eighteen took out two small iron boxes from his arms and said in a deep voice, "Bring people in,"

Outside, there were guards carrying two people, who walked in and threw them on the ground, everyone stared at it, Li Hao on the fire kang couldn't help but sigh; It was his two domestic guards who collapsed on the ground, who were good at concealing their figures, and they thought that they had leaked their whereabouts nearby and were taken.

"The subordinates came in an assault car, and these two people must be unkind people if they approached the car without permission," Yang Shiba, who said conclusively, didn't care about the expressions of other people at all, and nodded at the guards at the door, "This time there will be a slight punishment, and the next one will not be an example,"

His words made Li Hao secretly relieved, and also made Jin Sanniang breathe a sigh of relief, for fear that Yang Eighteen would make an example of killing chickens and monkeys, the risk on this grassland is really great, and the laws of the government can't control it.

At this moment, the guard pulled out the hunting knife on his waist and stepped forward to face the two people on the ground.

"Ah," in the screams of the two, the merchants couldn't help but be suddenly shocked, how could this Ximen Xiao Ye be so domineering, and his subordinates were too rampant.

"It seems that the news I bought is true," Fan Zhengshi, who was in an increasingly heavy mood, could see with his vicious eyes that under the coercion of the guard, the two people on the ground could not hide at all, and could only be stabbed alive, otherwise they would be killed by a knife.

"Sting," the cotton pants on Li Jiawei's legs were torn open, revealing bloody wounds inside, and blood was still bubbling with blood.

Yang Shibai opened the small iron box, took out the pill the size of a dragon's eye inside, pinched the wax seal, broke one pill, and stuffed it into the mouths of the two guards respectively, and the other pill was still broken in half, and directly pressed on the wounds of the two, ignoring the hot bleeding.

Xiao Ye spent a lot of herbs and manpower pills, and the effect was quite shocking, and the two guards who had swallowed half of the pill soon stopped moving, and after about half a cup of tea, Yang Shibai got up, took the handkerchief handed by the guard, and wiped the blood stains on his hands.

Looking at the two people lying on the ground, not only did the wound no longer bleed, but the wound had begun to heal, and a thin scab had been removed, and it would take less than ten days to bandage it before it could move around.

"Si, what kind of powerful drug is this?" At this moment, the merchants couldn't sit still, so they got up and got off the kang one after another, lying next to the two guards, holding the lamps to check carefully; After a while, when everyone stood up, the meaning in their eyes was enough to give Yang Shiba's goosebumps.

Each merchant also has secret wound medicine, but compared to this elixir, it has directly become garbage.

"This is a medium-grade raw muscle pill, a hundred taels of silver, the effect of the first grade pill is second, the price is fifty taels each," Yang Shibai finished speaking, and smiled at Jin Sanniang, "My family has an order, this kind of first-grade and middle-grade pills will be sold by the Jin family's shops, fifty pieces each month,"

"There are also first-grade and middle-grade detoxification pills, the price is the same, and they are also sold by the Jin family's shop,"

Yang 18 left, and the two Li family guards on the ground were also dragged out; The merchants who stayed in the guest room, and then looked at Jin Sanniang's gaze, it became very different, this Ximen Xiao Ye still valued the woman in front of him, otherwise he would not hand over the pill to her to sell.

"Fourth lady, I think," Fan Zhengshi, who sat back on the fire kang again, looked sincere, "Since the big leader of Ximen Xiaoye has a limited number of Persian goods in hand every month, then we can't be too anxious, it's better to come up with a charter,"

Wang Guozhen and Li Hao, led by Fan Zhengshi, nodded again and again.

"Of course, the Jin family's proposal is agreed by my Fan family," Fan Zhengshi, who was still righteous just now, turned his face so fast that everyone couldn't help but sigh secretly, one of the next generation of outstanding businessmen is in front of him, and his face is not ordinary thick.

Although the Wang, Huang, and Tian families in Gansu Town were unhappy, the other five families supported Jin Sanniang, so in this room, Jin Sanniang's words were elevated to the key.

"Thank you Fan Gongzi for your praise, my Jin family will not come here to sit and sit, before we talk about how to distribute Persian goods," Jin Sanniang looked at Tian Guangcheng on his left hand with a smile, "I don't know, Deacon of the Tian family, do you have anything to say?" ”

"Me?" Tian Guangcheng's eyes widened in surprise, and he shook his head confusedly, "It's still the same sentence, my Tian family wants one of them, and there is no need to say anything else,"

"Drink, yes," Jin Sanniang sneered and stopped looking at him, the Tian family has a Tian Xiuxiu, which should be the biggest advantage, but the Tian family looks down on people, and they just can't look down on Xiao Ye, a little person at the bottom.

Years later, the assassins sent by the Tian family to infiltrate the Madao Stone Fort were shot by the patrolling guards before they got close to the stone fort, and one of the six was killed and captured alive.

I don't know what the patriarch of the Tian family thinks, he has such an unbearable idea. Jin Sanniang took a sip of tea and said, "Everyone, everyone knows that Tianjia Qianzhuang has a silver ticket that is not easy to imitate, you know,"

"Shut up," Jin Sanniang's words were not finished, Tian Guangcheng jumped up and pointed at Jin Sanniang angrily, "Jin Sanniang, don't deceive people too much,"

"Brother Tian, you are in a hurry," Huang Deshan beside him, his eyes flashed, and he snorted unhurriedly, "There is a way not to do bad things, not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, let her say,"

"Yes, Jin Sanniang is also a member of the Jin family, so she won't tell lies in vain," Wang Wuyang, who was not slow in his mind next to him, seemed to have thought of something, and said in a weird way.

The alliance of the Gansu Town Chamber of Commerce was directly disintegrated by Jin Sanniang's half sentence.

Tian Guangcheng, who was angry, sat down trembling in his heart, staring at Jin Sanniang with angry eyes, eager to go up and strangle her.

Zhai Qibao, Liang Yun, and Fan Zhengshi, who were watching the excitement from the side, saw this scene, where did they not understand, Jin Sanniang pinched the soft underbelly of the Tian family, and it was up to him to see if he had a chance to eat a bite next.

"The silver ticket sent by the Tian family money village, the source of the paper, is the Persian goods here Bai stunned paper," Jin Sanniang briefly said the inside story, and looked at Tian Guangcheng with a sneer.

"Deacon Tian, the eldest lady of your family has already given birth to a child for that Ximen Xiao Ye, you, an elder, still think about what you have done beforehand," this cool sarcasm made Tian Guangcheng suddenly angry.

Tian Guangcheng, who was almost impulsively about to throw off his sleeves and leave, suddenly flashed two words in his mind, "What, boy? You mean Xiuxiu has a baby? ”

Hmph, Jin Sanniang, who frowned, no longer paid attention to the thoughtful Tian Guangcheng, but Fan Zhengshi, who was watching from the sidelines, chuckled in his heart, Made, these two turned out to be and Ximen Xiao Ye, they are not clear.

Next, without Tian Guangcheng's interruption, the atmosphere in the guest room was much more relaxed, and under Jin Sanniang's suggestion, as long as the merchants paid a sponsorship fee of 5,000 taels, they could set up shops in Eagle Claw Fort West Fort and Gujiabao, and they could build restaurants and inns, as long as Xiao Ye nodded.

Regarding Li Hao's proposal for the Spring Building, Jin Sanniang rejected it, if she wanted to make trouble, she was the first to make trouble, and she would consider it when she wanted to come to her pillow.

In the end, it was discussed how to distribute the share of the Persian goods, and in this regard, Fan Zhengshi proposed that everyone draw lots once a month to buy the goods in Xiao Ye's hands in order of priority, with the amount of 10,000 taels each time as the limit.

This kind of large-scale transaction also squeezed out the later small merchants, and they could only go to the later Ximen Stone Fort to pick up leftovers.

The Tian family's unique white stunned paper was also mentioned in the goods, and it was no longer an exclusive transaction of the Tian family.

Judging from the earlier transactions, the goods taken out of the warehouse in the East Fort of Eagle Claw will not be less than 100,000 taels per month, and everyone still has the opportunity to choose.

The next day, Liu Shuihe sent a sergeant and sent a list to Jin Sanniang, which was a list made by Xiao Ye, the unit price and quantity were clear at a glance, and the new glasses and bowls of various sizes were added at the end.

Still in the guest room in the backyard of the Jin family's shop, Fan Zhengshi, who had won the first place after the lottery of nine merchants, looked at the assault car on the list and was speechless.

The assault car with a friendship price of 8,000 taels will waste his opportunity to pick up the goods, and this price makes it very difficult for him to wait for him who is eager to show his results to his family.

"Brother Wang, Li Xiong, I owe you a favor, can you give half of the goods to the younger brother, there will be a good reward in the future," took out two silver tickets, Fan Zhengshi began to buy places, he really didn't want to wait until next month.

"Oh, that's it, that's good, let's wait," Wang Guozhen and Li Hao, knowing the beauty of having a good relationship with the Southeast Fan family, gave up half of the delivery.

Whether it is a vanity mirror, or a white paper, and other goods, but Fan Zhengshi is uncomfortable, and he can't spend the money in his hand, he has encountered it for the first time.

The transaction was done in the open space outside the East Fort of Eagle Claw, which will be fenced off with stone walls next year and will be used as a place for wholesale transactions with merchants; The old army in the fort pulled out the goods, and the steward of the logistics team came over to count them, and the money and goods were finished after the transaction.

Jin Sanniang and the others saw the Fan family's dedication to the assault vehicle, and they didn't want to make things difficult, and Fan Zhengshi got the only assault vehicle in the list. Xiao Ye's price increase for assault vehicles also fulfilled their wishes, and they were all happy to see the opponents who intervened in the line spend money in vain.

Xiao Ye didn't show up, and Fan Zheng wasn't in a hurry, as long as there was a way, there were many opportunities.

There were pills sent by the guards overnight, although the quantity was not large, but they were still robbed by all the merchants, and they unanimously asked for more supplies of these two life-saving pills, and the price was secondary.

Fan Zhengshi, who spent a lot of silver tickets, paid another 200 silver, and after Tuo Jin Sanniang invited a sergeant from the Shenche Battalion to teach Fan Jiawei how to drive the assault car, he found out that he had to continue to buy the black battery rod, otherwise the car would still not be able to drive.

There are a small number of battery rods on the transaction list, but the price allows Fan Zhengshi to rub his teeth directly, and he can use it a few times, but after a long time, he really can't afford to consume it.

Asked someone to teach the horse-drawn assault vehicle, the identification of rattan grass kernels, and the mold for processing battery rods, and so on, Fan Zhengshi reluctantly gave the logistics team an extra hundred taels of silver tickets, so he bought two boxes of battery rods from Wang Gui and followed the caravan to Qingfeng Valley.

Fan Zhengshi was very attentive, inquired about the jade vine very carefully, and spent money boldly, the news he got made him both excited and regretful, regretting that he didn't come to meet Ximen Xiaoye earlier.

Sitting on the horse-drawn assault car, Fan Zhengshi leaned on the window and looked at the car hanging in the air under his body, looking at the two healthy horses in front of him, and the guard who was nervously holding the steering wheel, and he didn't believe that there could be such a stable car in the world.

If he hadn't been sitting in the car himself, this kind of assault car that could shelter from the wind and rain and move smoothly to the extreme, whoever told him would have scoffed; It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, and the ancients did not deceive me.

"Uncle Wang, do you see that the sergeant stationed in Eagle Claw Fort is stronger or weaker than our guards?" Playing with a shiny lighter in his hand, Fan Zhengshi whispered to an old man beside him.

As the leader of the guard, Uncle Wang is a practitioner, and he has also been in the Gaizhou Guard for many years.

"Hehe," Uncle Wang smiled awkwardly, "Sixth Prince, the subordinates and the guards went to Eagle Claw Fort to deliver goods and trade materials, but they have only approached and seen twice, those sergeants guarding the stone fort are strong and strong, and their firearms are sharp, so they should not be weaker than our guards,"

Speaking of firearms, Uncle Wang's heart was throbbing, and he was still carrying a short firecracker with a firerope in his arms, which he bought from Yangyi at a high price, but when the caravan landed in Lintao Mansion, he found that there were caravan guards on the official road, and the short firearm inserted in his waist did not carry a firerope, and he could shoot in a short burst, but it was an eye-opener.

There was also the sergeant guarding the city, although he could also see the three-eyed firecracker, but the earthy yellow short firecracker, as well as the small number of rear-loading fire/guns, made Wang Bo wonder if he had gone in the wrong direction and came to Quanzhou.

Of course, the sergeant at Eagle Claw Fort wore a uniform with no cloth buckles on his clothes, and a copper zipper from Na Lisuo, which also made this old soldier who had traveled most of the Ming Dynasty sigh.

Fan Zhengshi, who didn't know that Uncle Wang's thoughts were chaotic, lowered his voice, "So, Uncle Wang, with your eyesight, how strong are those black-clothed guards?" ”

When Jin Sanniang sent Fan Zhengshi and them out of the stone fort, the three guards behind her, Wang Bo looked at them from a distance, and when he heard the sixth prince's inquiry, he couldn't help but look heavy.

After a moment of silence, Uncle Wang coughed, "If the sixth prince is not necessary, it is better not to clash with those guards, their strength is clumsy, and they really can't see it,"

Seeing that Fan Zhengshi's expression was not good, Uncle Wang smiled reluctantly, "The matching knife on the guard's body, the cowhide scabbard is two feet six inches long, the blade is extremely wide, it seems to be a short-handled chopping horse/knife, the leather belt on their body is thick, almost two fingers, look at the degree of the belt falling, the weight will not be less than 100 catties,"

"What? 100 pounds? Fan Zhengshi's eyes widened when he heard this, he could easily walk around with a hundred-pound knife, and this kind of guard was one of the few in the Fan family, how could he be a guard next to a widow.

"The black-clothed guards around Miss Jin have just changed five people, and they all have a heavy knife, and what surprised the subordinates the most was the kind of firearm they carried, which was exquisite but exquisite, but I don't know how powerful it is,"

Uncle Wang sighed lightly, the unknown is the most terrifying, although the Fan family is the hegemon of the southeast, it is best not to have friction with the northwest border pass, and make money in harmony.

After returning to the family, he would solemnly suggest to the patriarch of the family that the small fish that he couldn't eat had to be eaten against being eaten.

After the caravan passed Lintao Mansion, you could go down to the Wei River to take a boat, and after the small boat went to Weinan to change to a big boat, it went directly to the Yellow River to Yingtianfu, and the time was only half a month's work for a one-way trip, but Fan Zhengshi felt that it was still too long.

What he saw and heard on the grassland made him have a great change in his impression of the grassland style, and he trusted the strength of the family since he was a child, and for the first time he had the feeling that there was a sky outside the sky.

Before discovering Ximen Xiaoye's true strength, he would not act rashly, if Ximen Xiaoye had the qualifications to cooperate with the family, then this first effort would not be able to run.

Fan Zhengshi, who was not honest, went to the swamp not far from Qingfeng Valley, and asked the guards to cut off a lot of vine and grass branches, put them in a leather bag and keep them and take them away; A group of scouts who followed far behind the caravan watched his movements with binoculars.

With the crazy growth speed of the jade vine, once it takes root in the south, the momentum of expansion is unimaginable for Xiao Ye.