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In the delicate red lacquer food box, two plates of meat dishes and a plate of vegetarian dishes were taken out, and in Xiao Ye's warm study, Jin Baoliang and Xiao Ye sat on the low kang and ate a simple lunch across the kang table. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Steamed tender chicken, braised elbows, cold vegetables, a small pot of Fenjiu, this seemingly simple meal, on the grassland far away, even a big merchant like Jin Baoliang can often afford it, and he is not willing to spend so much on weekdays and nights.

Bringing his own wine and food to find Xiao Ye, Jin Baoliang filled the wine glass with a smile, "Come, brother-in-law, let's drink one first,"

The spicy liquor was in his stomach, Xiao Ye picked up his chopsticks, chewed a piece of meat, looked at Jin Baoliang quietly, and didn't ask him what he meant, just as if he was here to deliver wine and food.

After another glass of wine, Jin Baoliang couldn't help it, and happily told Xiao Ye an interesting story about his smuggling of grain, of course, if he didn't make oil and water, he wouldn't be talking here.

"The Liang family, the Zhai family, and the Fan family in the southeast, I heard that they bought ten skinny horses from Hangzhou, and they were sent over recently, brother-in-law, you have to hold on, don't hurt your body,"

"The Huang family, the Wang family, and the Shanxi Li and Wang families are also secretly inquiring about your hobbies, brother-in-law,"

I have to say that the cooperation between Jinong and Ximen Xiaoye not only made the Gansu town government and the guard very jealous, but also gave these merchants more confidence, and made Jin Baoliang admire his sister's vision.

Of course, the people who are hostile to Ximen Xiaoye, the rumors that spread all over the world, Jin Baoliang will not say it, and it is not bad luck to say it.

Jin Baoliang babbled, Xiao Ye just listened silently, slowly tasting the strong fragrance of the spirits, from a small immature hereditary hundred households, step by step to the present, his city is gradually forming.

"The vanity mirror, soap, matches, perfume, lighters, and glass were shipped over, you didn't see it, the merchants of the old sheep's mouth shop, their eyes are straight, who doesn't know that our Persian goods are good at a good price, but they can't buy them, hahahaha," Jin Baoliang, who was smiling, was about to reach out to pat Xiao Ye's shoulder when he said this, but a pair of cold eyes in front of him made him pause and withdraw his big hand in embarrassment.

"It's not our Persian goods, it's the Persian goods of this marquis, you have to remember, your Jin family is just a buyer," Xiao Ye said lightly, gave himself a glass of wine, and took a sip slowly.

"Oh, yes, yes," Jin Baoliang wiped the grease on his mouth in embarrassment, and then he realized that he was not facing an ordinary officer of a hundred households, but a "Hou Ye" who had a close connection with Jinong on the grassland, although he didn't approve of it, thinking it was just a joke, but the big seal was real, and the Jinong on the grassland recognized it.

Although Xiao Ye calls himself Hou Ye, in Jin Baoliang's opinion, it is a big official addiction, so there is a chance to take advantage of it.

Whether the joke is a joke or not, it depends on the strength in his hand, and the sergeant in the hands of this cheap brother-in-law makes Jin Baoliang very stressed.

At this time, the eyes and ears of the merchant are the most astute. If, if possible, he doesn't mind being a middleman and reconciling the relationship between his brother-in-law and the Gansu Town Guard.

As long as Xiao Ye is willing to show a certain amount of sincerity, this idea of having the best of both worlds in his opinion is not impossible to realize, at the very least, the government side wants to gain great benefits.

But looking at Xiao Ye's expression, Jin Baoliang knew that it would be difficult to make this rebellious brother-in-law submit to the feet of the official family again.

Xiao Ye has already found out what happened in Gansu Town, this seemingly gentle and harmless military household, but in fact his methods are ruthless and reckless, it is not so easy to fool him. To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the Gansu town guard and the government, Ximen Xiaoye is no different from a big horse thief now, and he is a horse thief with a lot of money.

"Your Jin family is here, since you are doing things for this marquis, it is natural to benefit, but you can't pass everything, be careful," softened his tone, Xiao Ye put down his chopsticks after eating vegetables.

"You are a smart person, you naturally understand what to do, if it's okay, I'm going to go to the official room, the border barracks in Gansu Town, I haven't had time to talk to them, it's time now,"

"Lu Nianshan, this old thing, can't survive this year," Xiao Ye, who provoked a little smile at the corner of his mouth, said something that made Jin Baoliang's back swish.

Chief Officer of the Ming Dynasty, what does he want to do?

"Oh, this, Master Hou, Master Hou stays, Baoliang has something to say," Seeing that Xiao Ye was not cheating, but really leaving, Jin Baoliang hurriedly said, "It's Qianzhuang's business, Qianzhuang,"

"Huh? Banks? What does it have to do with this? Xiao Ye, who had already put on a fur coat, asked puzzledly.

"Oh, that's the case, the Jin family wants to set up a money village in this stone castle, as long as you nod your head, there will be twenty percent of the dry shares," wiping the white sweat on his head, Jin Baoliang was already standing under the low kang, and habitually bowed his waist slightly.

This kind of action will only be revealed in the homes of those bigwigs in the Jingshi, and now he does it instinctively.

"Money? White flute paper? No more takeaways? Xiao Ye reacted quickly and looked at Jin Baoliang suspiciously, "How much can I sell my white flute paper in a year?" How much water does your two-percent dry stock have? ”

"This, this," the corners of Jin Baoliang's mouth shrank, knowing that he had come unfortunate this time, this young Hou Ye, I am afraid that there is something in his heart.

"What Ben Hou lacks now is food and Chinese herbal medicine, how much you want, your hand is stretched out," stared at Jin Baoliang coldly, for this slick and visionary businessman, Xiao Ye's original intention, that is, if it can be used, it will be used, and if it is not used, it will simply be destroyed, and the province will leave hidden dangers.

Of course, Jin Baoliang is still useful now, for Sanniang's sake, Xiao Ye will not attack the Jin family so quickly, after all, Zhangjiakou is still far away.

Under Xiao Ye's forced gaze, Jin Baoliang's body trembled slightly, and the killing intent that suddenly appeared on Xiao Ye's body just now, although it was fleeting, he still felt it.

"However, the money bank you mentioned, since it has been mentioned, it is not impossible to open," turned his head and turned around the study twice, Xiao Ye simply took off his coat again, half sat on the edge of the low kang, picked up the chopsticks and took a mouthful of green vegetables, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

"The capital, a total of 50,000 taels of gold will be set first, and the Hou Yefu will pay 40,000 taels, and provide all the silver tickets and paper, at least eighty percent of the shares, and the rest," in Jin Baoliang's gaze, Xiao Ye said coldly, "You nine big merchants have divided it, how much share you can get, it depends on your ability,"

Tie these merchants to his side for another two years, he doesn't care about their role, and when the time comes, whether to kill or slaughter, it's not a matter of words, it depends on the mood. Pigs have to be fed with chaff.

"Also," Xiao Ye took out a few vine grass fruits from his jacket pocket, this kind of fruit with not much flesh, since he found a greater use, someone had to do it.

The business is the most suitable for the black pot, and with huge profits, there is nothing they dare not do.

"This kind of jade vine fruit, you have to buy it as much as possible, don't be afraid to spend money, and send people to plant it in various places, find a land without mineral veins to plant," After speaking, putting the fruit on the kang table, Xiao Ye got up and took his coat, pushed the door and left.

Jin Baoliang is a smart person, he knows what to do next, Xiao Ye is still sure of his ability, and before a more suitable person to replace him appears, it is okay to give some benefits.

A charming woman can't stop Xiao Ye's knife.

"Yes, the grass people must do their best," Jin Baoliang, who was kneeling on the floor of the study, shouted tremblingly, his head bounced on the ground a few times, and when the footsteps outside the door were far away, he slowly got up and stood for a long time with self-deprecation.

"The smart man gains, the wise man gains power, hey, sure enough, his heart has run wild," Jin Baoliang, who muttered to himself, was already frightened by the wine, carefully put away the jade vine fruit, and left the study in disappointment; If he has nothing important to do in the future, he will never dare to come to this brother-in-law with a food box again.

Grain, Chinese herbs, and the cultivation of this poisonous weed are the characters handed over to him by Hou Ye, as for the money bank, it is just a benefit of compensation, how can he not know what to do.

Before going to the official room, Xiao Ye turned around and went to the courtyard of the family and found Mei'er, who was reconciling accounts in the account room, and Lena and Tian Xiuxiu were also there.

The female guards were guarding outside, and the guards led by Luan Fengying blocked Li Shan's footsteps, and just let Xiao Ye in; It is the rule that the guards are not allowed to enter the account room without the permission of the ladies.

Outside the account room, on four large wooden tables, there are stacks of account books, and four capable clerical managers are crackling and calculating, maintaining the flow of grain, money and materials under the command of the Hou Ye's Mansion.

The guards stayed outside, and when Xiao Ye entered the account room, he saw three women sitting on the soft mattress of the kang and drinking tea against the kang table, and the account book on the small table was placed at hand.

In the bright glass window, Xiao Ju is kneeling on a cushion under the windowsill, bringing out some pastries from the kang cabinet and placing them on the kang table; It seems that these women have just rested.

"Hey, I'm here just in time, some pastries to eat," Xiao Ye, who was grinning, took off his military boots and lay on the kang, changed his steadiness outside, leaned sideways on Mei'er's back, and reached out to hug his soft waist.

"Husband is here, we are talking about you," Lina, who was sitting cross-legged on the opposite side of the kang table, smiled and sandwiched a piece of jujube cake, stretched out her white wrist, and put it into her mouth for Xiao Ye opposite.

"Oh, it's a bad thing to say that this marquis is going to be punished at night first," said vaguely, Xiao Yemei put her head on Xiao Ju's lap, causing several women to blush, only Lina's face was full of excitement.

"You, you don't know the point of stability, you are the child's father," Mei'er, who blushed face, reached out and knocked on Xiao Ye's shoulder, and then looked at Xiuxiu, who was chuckling lightly with a teacup, and said in a low voice.

"Hey, it's all my own family, and I've seen it outside," smelling the faint body fragrance on Xiaoju's body, Xiao Yehun didn't care, squinted and smiled, "Next year Xiaoju will be old and receive it in the room, so it's decided,"

His words made everyone stunned, Xiao Ju and Xiao Liuzi used to be close, and now they can meet often, but I don't know how these two are now. But now the husband's casual words have set Xiaoju's life.

Xiao Ju, whose face was flushed, lowered her face slightly, and just saw Xiao Ye's eyes in the middle of the night, and she was so ashamed that she didn't dare to open her eyes.

Seeing this scene, Mei'er and the others seemed to understand that Xiao Ye would not let go of the woman she fancied beside her, and Xiao Ju's identity was decided.

"The merchants are about to send ten Hangzhou women, I heard that they look good, Xiao Liuzi will choose one to be a concubine first according to his military exploits, and there will be no shortage of women in the future," said lightly, Xiao Ye turned his face sideways, and didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

Xiao Liuzi returned to the guards, he could see the abnormality inside, but the woman who came in the Hou Ye's mansion didn't have his nod, who dared to make an idea. Besides, Han Juan is still waiting there, Xiao Ye is already tolerant enough.

Seeing that Xiaoye's face was unhappy, Mei'er whispered about the child's situation, and the mother of the other two children naturally changed the topic, which made Xiao Ye happy. With a few older mothers-in-law to take care of, the three children don't have to be guarded all the time.

He took out three delicate small iron boxes from his pockets, and the lid of the box was embossed with sword and shield insignia, and Xiao Ye placed them on the kang table.

The huge scar on Mei'er's shoulder, the long scar on Lena's face, every time Xiao Ye saw it, the anger in his heart couldn't be controlled, and now he finally had the best pill

Two anti-tracking pills and four anti-faceting pills cost Xiao Ye the raw materials of the three thousand people he had stored in the processing center, as well as a lot of herbs, but he would not regret it.

"The elixir in this box, you and Lena apply it to the scar externally," Xiao Ye pointed to an iron box and said to Mei'er.

"The pills in these two boxes, one for each of you, and Xiao Ju also has them," As he spoke, Xiao Ye opened the iron box and pinched out a pill from it, a pill with a faint aroma, the size of a dragon's eye, and the whole body was red.

After calling Lina, Xiao Ye lifted the long golden hair on the side of her face, "Lina, I didn't take care of you," Holding Lina in his arms, Xiao Ye, who was very guilty, pressed the pill on the scar.

"It's okay, I don't blame you," shyly snuggled up to Xiao Ye's chest, Lena let her husband caress her face, she is also used to taking ugly scars now, as long as her husband doesn't dislike her.

The elixir that quickly melted into juice was smeared on the scar by Xiao Ye, and the crimson medicinal juice was quickly absorbed by the skin, leaving a wide red mark.

"Go ahead, wipe your face, and look in the mirror again," At Xiao Ye's urging, Lena reluctantly got up, twisted her body and moved to the windowsill, and took the hot towel handed by Xiao Ju.

"Ah," an exclamation, in the patient waiting of Mei'er and Xiuxiu, Lina, who dropped the mirror, cried and threw herself into Xiao Ye's arms, her delicate lips kissed her husband's face hard, and tears and snot smeared half of Xiao Ye's face.

"Hey, you Nizi," Xiao Ye, who couldn't cry or laugh, hurriedly hugged Lena and coaxed her for a while, which made Lena stop her rolling tears and raise her bright melon seed face; On Lena's white and tender face, the bun was raised, and the long gray scar was gone.

"This, this, this is true?" Immediately, Mei'er and Xiuxiu's composure was gone, and the two women who were exclaiming put down their teacups and crowded around Xiao Ye, trying to find the scar that had existed for several years; However, where can you still find the slightest scar on the face that falls into the eye.

Even Xiao Ju leaned into her face in shock, with a pair of slender eyes, staring round.

"Haha, haha, now I know the means of this husband," Xiao Ye, who was triumphant, pressed the delicate bodies of three women on his body, and had soft fragrant legs on his pillow, but he was so beautiful that he didn't want to leave, and he touched it with his big hands.

took advantage of the ladies, and the women dodged away, Xiao Ye pointed to the small box on the table, "Mei'er's pills don't say, the other pills are the Dingyan Pill, which can keep your appearance unchanged for five years, and your youth is always there,"

Boom, the three girls were in chaos immediately, snatched the iron box and left, even Xiao Ju also pushed Xiao Ye away in a panic and ran away, on the fire kang that was still lively just now, Xiao Ye was left alone in the blink of an eye, lying there awkwardly, with his head half-hanging in the air.

"Really, really, the husband is sluggish, where is this," reluctantly got up, Xiao Ye put on his coat and walked out of the room.

The appearance of the Elimination Pill and the Dingyan Pill gave Xiao Ye another way to make money in his hands, but there were too many herbs needed, and there were unspeakable raw materials.

He now has a list of herbs in his pocket, and the purpose of going to the official room is to give Xin Rulin a charter.

In November, Ximen Wangfu went to the Hetao area and began to sort out the large and small tribes under his rule, and he would not hesitate to send 10,000 cavalry to escort these tribes, no matter how far away, to the depths of the Gobi Desert southwest of Juyan Lake, where Xiao Ye's guards guarded the "little black house".

Boxes of ten second-hand rear-loading fires/guns, boxes of short-fires/guns, earth-shattering thunder, and a large number of repeating crossbows were exchanged for Ximen Wangfu's hands, gradually expanding his strength.

At the end of the month, in Wangjiabao and Yangjiabao, two hundred-man sergeants entered the garrison, and the mills were running day and night, and the amount of money accumulated by Wang Dali and Yang Shibai in the account room increased day by day.

All the war barracks, the defenders of the stone fort, the Xichihe tribe, and Ximen Wangfu who was far away in the Hetao all received a wooden box from Xiao Ye at this time, which contained two flare guns with thick barrels and ten flares.

The signal gun, which can send out a distress message from a long distance, was sent to the hands of his subordinates, which also indicated that Xiao Ye was about to start a new round of military operations, which the officers with brains faintly felt.

Although rear-loading fires/guns and shotguns began to be widely equipped with all barracks, rifles, such firearms, were only equipped with a large number of guards, and only a small number of them entered the barracks.

Only when he has accumulated a large amount of copper resources and has a sufficient supply of ammunition can he dare to equip the sergeant with a rifle with confidence, otherwise a rifle without bullets is really not as safe as an iron rod.

At the beginning of December, there was still no snow this winter, and a huge stone fortress was erected on the dry and cold grassland, and although the outer fortress wall was not completed, a large flag was conspicuously erected on the hill south of the inner fortress.

The banner of the silver sword and shield badge on a black background fluttered in the cold wind, making this stone castle that was closely protected by black-clothed guards even more conspicuous.

"Huhu," a rat-like chariot emerged from the Gobi Desert, and in the distance, it was discovered by the sergeant on the wall of Eagle Claw Fort with a telescope, and the news was transmitted through a convenient letter post, and soon arrived at Ximen Stone Fort.

On the construction site outside the Ximen Stone Fort, a cart of large stones solidified in the autumn was transported by carriage to the foot of the second fort wall, and on the head of the fort wall, on the triangular wooden frame erected, a large iron gourd was hung, and the rattling iron chain hung the stones steadily on the fort wall.

"Master Hou, this iron gourd is really good," at the gate of the fort, Wang Dali and Xiao Ye stood together, boasting on their faces about this kind of good tool that craftsmen love; With this iron gourd, he is more confident in building a new stone fort next year.

Iron gourd, is a distance for weight lifting tools, the most suitable for high-rise building use, Xiao Ye found in the civilian catalog, took it out for Wang Dali to try, this is not a use to know, an iron gourd can be worth dozens of people's functions, but also safer.

"It's easy to use, these days, let Ma Dao Stone Fort bring a few sets there," Xiao Ye, who smiled, rubbed the faint short beard on his chin and nodded with satisfaction.

"My lord, the money village is about to open, you see," Yang Shibai, who followed behind Hou Ye, looked at the time on his pocket watch, and stepped forward and whispered.

He is now also a rich man with a net worth of 1,000 taels, but like Wang Dali, he has always kept the money he earned from Yangjiabao in the account room and refused to use it.

"Well, that's okay, let's go, go and see the excitement," Xiao Ye grabbed Wang Dali, "Uncle Wang, you also go and take a look, there is Uncle Liu here, you still don't worry,"

"Okay, okay, let's go together," Wang Dali, who was full of red light, insisted on walking behind Xiao Ye and followed Hou Ye into the castle gate.

It is located next door to the Shijia shop, oh, this is Xin Rulin's name, it is very atmospheric, and it is also located in the inner fort.

Xiao Ye didn't care how Jin Baoliang and other merchants distributed the two percent of the shares, but the joint silver ticket based on white flute paper opened his eyes to a young man from a military household.

Not to mention the dark watermark that is difficult to imitate on the silver ticket, it is the secret code printed on the face of the ticket, which is converted by the heavenly stem branch, the year, the month and the day, and it is different every day, which is not something he can think of.

Xiao Ye couldn't imagine that the United Money Bank, which issued silver and gold tickets of large and small amounts, would be of great help to him in the years to come.

After congratulating the opening of Qianzhuang, Xiao Ye, who returned to the official office, got the news sent by Wang Ziliang, and issued a secret order to attack the barracks at the edge of Gansu Town.

There are not many soldiers, and he didn't send many people this time, but it was enough for Lu Nianshan to drink a pot.

For Lu Nianshanhe and his henchmen, Xiao Ye knew that even if they took the powerful pill, they would not hesitate to choose to explode themselves together, so there was no need to waste the pill.

Horse thieves for many years, it's better to let them die.