Chapter 957: No Idle Journey Back
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When Wang Tong left Ningxia Town, the momentum was much louder than when he came, and the leaders of the entire border town almost rushed out to see Wang Tong off. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Not to mention the strength that Wang Tong showed in Ningxia in just one month, the soon-to-be-started pioneer and reclamation connected many ligai of the two sides and formed a community of interests, and the relationship between the two sides suddenly became much closer.
I came quietly, so as not to alarm the neck family, I don't have to be so cautious when I leave, this time I don't need to go to those barren mountains and mountains, but to go to a rich place like Xi'an.
In a sense, Ningxia Town is also under the jurisdiction of the governor of Shaanxi, and a person with the status of Wang Tong has to pay a visit to the governor and governor to say hello to each other, and the king of Qin in Shaanxi should also pay respects.
Naturally, the two sides have not dealt with each other, and under the pretext of being busy with official business, they can also go away, but this time it was a senior official from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province who sent someone to invite, this situation is different, in fact, it is still far away from Xi'an.
Specially came to find it, for what, Wang Tong probably had an estimate that the general army of Gansu Town had already sent his cronies over and respectfully visited Wang Tong.
Gansu Town is the northwestern border town of the Ming Dynasty, dealing with various tribes in the Western Regions, border trade is also a tradition, Gansu Town also has a broader horizon, knowing that the Western Regions also have suitable places for farming, knowing that the Western Regions have minerals and various materials, the plan of the Gansu General Army is very simple, ready to open a commercial bank on the side of the Naturalization City, his own soldiers serve as the escort of the merchant group, and he will try his best to intervene in the reclamation or trade in the Western Regions in the future.
This Wang Tong is welcome, although the naturalized merchant group has expanded far enough to the west, but the core areas of the Western Regions, such as Chijin Mongolia, Yarkand and Yili Bari, are still beyond the reach of the whip, with the help of the Gansu General Army, they can expand more deeply, why not.
Of course, the general army of Gansu also saw what it meant to develop the Hetao, and they had to take out their family resources to get a few Zhuangzi.
The generals of Gansu and other border generals all know such business opportunities, and Xi'an Mansion is also one of the most prosperous places in the world, so why don't people know how to participate.
Among the naturalized merchant groups, there are also reclamation activities that have already begun outside the border wall, and the rich and noble people of Shaanxi and the local heroes are very involved, and they are more aware of the wealth here than other places.
This actually involves a problem of protection, the border army of the Ming Dynasty has a defense area, and the farms are outside the border wall, something really happened, the small-scale border army can be secretly maintained, large-scale, the border army really has no way, and the discipline of the border army is well known to everyone, there is really something, the border army may not be stronger than the thief there, but the reputation of the merchant group armed in the naturalization city has always been good, and the response to activities outside the fortress is also faster.
Everyone understands that the Naturalization City is under the management of Wang Tong, not to mention that the official face is appointed by the Wanli Emperor, in private, those commercial and wealthy families are all spokesmen with Wang Tong as the spokesperson, not to mention that Wang Tong has great interests there, everyone wants to meet and talk with Wang Tong, even if there are no things outside the border wall, it is good to have a relationship with the Dingbei Marquis and Jinyi Wei of the current dynasty.
It is difficult to be enthusiastic, even if you go far to Xi'an, Wang informed that the huge grassland, at present, it is not enough to rely on those adventurers of the naturalized merchant group, and it is necessary to mobilize people as much as possible to develop the reclamation trade, so as to stabilize the rule of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland, and if possible, even expand further.
After staying in Xi'an for more than half a month, Wang Tong felt that he was busier than in Ningxia, seeing people from different aspects every day, and dealing with people with smiling faces.
The governors and governors of the three sides of Shaanxi are all ceremonial visits here, and Wang Tong's visit to the Qin Wangfu is also a ceremonial visit, but the next thing is to discuss specific affairs, such as the reclamation farms outside the border walls of Shaanxi, the things produced by the cultivators or the first herdsmen, whether to buy them from the Naturalization City, how to buy them at a price, whether the naturalized merchant group does business with these reclamation farms on the grassland, whether there should be a discount on the price, and so on.
These have to be discussed, and everyone has to talk about it in detail, business is business, for a while, everyone has forgotten Wang Tong's prominent identity, let's talk about business together!
In fact, the reclamation point close to the border wall can directly transport the goods to Shaanxi for sale, but the farther away from the border wall, the more contact and materials need from the Naturalization City.
There is also a big one, that is, Ningxia's pond salt, Shaanxi and Ningxia are already adjacent, and they communicate with each other very quickly, and everyone understands that in the future, Ningxia's great profit has been grasped by Wang Tong, not to mention that the reclamation point outside the border wall needs the supply of pond salt, and how many prefectures and counties in Shaanxi need this.
Moreover, the pond salt into Shaanxi, in fact, is the way of smuggling salt, this large-scale trafficking, behind the rich families in Shaanxi, if you want to continue to do this business, you have to talk to Lord Wang.
Firearms, armor, carts, salt goods, this is the largest material demand, in fact, the supply and protection of the armed forces of the naturalized merchant group, and even the training of Huwei veterans, this is the demand for services.
Although the governor, governor, and King of Qin all met each other in courtesy, most of the subsequent wealthy businessmen who came to the door were also the relationship between these three, and even on the fifth day, it was directly the brother-in-law of the King of Qin who came to the door and politely wanted to talk about business with Lord Wang.
What makes Shaanxi happy is that Lord Wang not only made a fortune by himself this time, but also helped everyone to make a fortune together, for example, a large number of felt and livestock were purchased in Shaanxi, these things can actually be bought in Ningxia and Guihua City, and the price can even be lower, but Wang Tong did this, in fact, to give everyone benefits, and return what he earned to everyone, which can really be said to be benevolent.
After the talk here, there are also people from Shanxi, most of the business circles in Shanxi have established close ties with Guihua City, and they came this time to ask Lord Wang to pass by Xuanfu on the return trip.
The reason is very simple, now the naturalized merchant group has expanded a lot of space to the east, occupying pastures, tide reduction, trade points and even gold mines, and it is believed that in the near future, reclamation farms will be built here.
There are so many materials and so many benefits, but everyone has to discuss, because the Horqin Department has always been in a state of undamaged strength, and has not started a full-scale war with the merchant group, and has always retained considerable strength.
In fact, the naturalized merchant group and the Shanxi merchants also realized one thing, their oppression to the east of the steppe strengthened the strength of the Horqin tribe in a sense, and even made the Chahar tribe, which was originally more hostile to the Horqin tribe, also united with the Horqin tribe.
In this way, the Eastern Mongolian forces they faced could be called giants, and in the offensive and defensive battles of the gold mines, the cavalry of the Horqin Department uprooted the experience of colonies one by one on the grassland, which made the merchant group more careful.
If they want to develop reclamation on the Eastern Mongolian side, they must need the support of Xuanfu Town and Miyun Guard, including the protection of materials, and even the direct discharge of elites.
After all, the strength of the naturalized merchant group is limited, and the thousands of miles of grassland have already made his stall too large, and it is impossible to have enough strength to defend it everywhere.
Of course, Li Rusong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, relieved everyone, everyone knows that the relationship between Wang Tong and Liaozhen is very ordinary, but Li Rusong is a very flexible person, and knows what is good and what is a false name.
When Wang Tong set off in Xi'an, there were already merchants in Guihua City and Shanxi who began to rush to Xi'an, and when it came to specific matters, they had to discuss the details with businessmen, and someone from Tianjin Wei also had to come, but the distance was too far, and the messenger should still be on the way.
Although people are outside, the news is still unblocked, and when Wang Tong entered Shanxi, news came from Tianjin Wei.
This news came from Jizhen, saying that the Horqin Department currently only maintains more than 5,000 people in Duolun, and other tribes that originally had no way to enter this area have appeared, but there are not too many people in the other Chahar Department, Duolun is the most abundant place on the grassland, if the Han family wants to seize the Central Plains for hegemony, the hegemony on the grassland is also the same as whether to occupy Duolun and Tumochuan.
In such a place, the attitude of the two most of them giving up like this is really confusing, the people of Jizhen do not dare to go too deep, but there are many businessmen on the side of Tianjin Wei who go to Duolun to do business, and they know some news, saying that the two most of them are now moving eastward ......, the news seems to be incredible, but it is also easy to analyze it in detail, it is the armed expansion of the merchant group and the foreign strategy of the Ming Dynasty from defense to offense, and the various forces on the grassland are either destroyed, or surrendered, or contracted to avoid, The two tribes of Eastern Mongolia are clearly shrinking and avoiding.
Since Chengzu Zhu Lin, the Ming Dynasty has been shrinking its defense under the oppression of various forces on the grassland, but now it has been reversed, and Wang Tong is very proud in his heart.
In addition, the news is relatively fragmentary, for example, the news that the Sanjiang Commercial Bank got through Sha Dacheng on the Jiangnan side said that the number of real and repeated criminals on the sea has increased greatly, and the reason is that the situation on the side of the country has gradually stabilized, and some of the defeated generals can only wander on the sea, some do it alone, and some are recruited by maritime merchants.
There is also Liaozhen, the military general sent out to clean up the Jurchens has been replaced by Qin Deyi, and it is also a small victory in three days and a big victory in five days, according to Qin Deyi's report, the Jurchens have been killed many times, but according to the return of the merchants, the Jurchen ministries are not hurting, but the Jurchens are becoming more and more hostile to the Han people