Yangzhou since the Sui and Tang dynasties to prosper so far, where thousands of years, the city after several expansions or can not accommodate nearly a million people, a large number of residences outside the city are built around the wharf, the wharf is the blood of Yangzhou, is the leader of Yangzhou's prosperity. Cotton silk, silk, grain, ironware, porcelain and other materials flow from the north to the south every day, bringing prosperity to Yangzhou and attracting countless Ming people to gather here.

Li Shen's poem: The night bridge is lit up with stars, and the water Guo Fan is close to the bullfight. It not only reflects the prosperity of Yangzhou, but also points out the reason, the prosperity of water transportation is the reason for Yangzhou's prosperity for hundreds of years, which is the credit of the Grand Canal, which can make some nameless deserted villages for thousands of years gradually become prosperous cities.

Huang Han is deeply aware of the busyness of the canal, in Zhenjiang will be exchanged for a flat-bottomed Cao transport ship into the suburbs of Yangzhou, the ship flow is congested, the ship line is very slow, finally arrived at the port, paid the tax, Huang Han took people ashore to find an inn, rested for a long time, the store introduced a tooth man to visit, this person is called Shen Taikang, tall figure, eyes rolling, a look is extremely slippery.

"Yangzhou City, it's my first time here, and I want to know how many major businesses in Yangzhou are. You don't have to say. "Huang Han doesn't care if this person is slippery, anyway, he has already seen the bottom, Shen Taikang knows his identity as a general, and he doesn't dare to make a mistake.

"My lord, Yangzhou big merchants are the first to take several major salt merchants, the Lu family, the Hu family, the Wang family, the Huang family, the Wu family, and the Meng family, all of which are rich and rival the country, build mansions, raise countless slaves, and spend money like dirt," Shen Taikang said about the characters in Yangzhou, and his mouth was like a river, and he immediately crooked the building.

"Ahem, don't be verbose," Huang Han interrupted, "Tell me about the merchants in various parts of the world." ”

"Oh, there are big merchants among the salt merchants, and the reason why I say salt merchants is because the big merchants are among them......," Shen Taikang explained after taking a few sips of tea.

It turned out that the Wu family and the Meng family, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, were not as well-connected as the previous ones, so they found another way, formed a fleet, used abundant funds to sell goods in the north and south, and set up a large store in the south of the Yangtze River to sell grain, porcelain, cotton silk, silk, etc., and jointly operated with local wealthy families in the north, but also opened up another situation. Relatively speaking, the Wu family is stronger.

"Can you get in touch with the Meng family?" Huang Han interrupted Shen Taikang's chatter. Huang Han did not contact the Wu family because of the tone set by Zhao Lie, the head of which line is a rebellious generation, and the price and supply are harsh, it is better to find a second family, but it is easier to contact, this is Zhao Lie's explanation, and Huang Han obeys it.

"Of course, my lord, as long as you are doing the business of Yangzhou City, I will definitely do it for you." Shen Taikang patted his chest and promised. Blowing boundlessly. "I know Zhang Ting, the third shopkeeper of the Meng family, I am not familiar with it, I will wait for ......" Seeing that it was gushing again.

Huang Han's thin and long face twitched, this Shen Taikang was too wordy, and he interrupted Shen Taikang impatiently: "I want to talk to Zhang Ting today, and you can tell him that there are big customers in the north who are in contact with the Meng family." ”

Shen Taikang nodded and walked away.

Shen Taikang may have boasted a lot, but it is true that he can catch the line of the Meng family, and an hour later, Shen Taikang returned and made an appointment with Zhang Ting to have a banquet in Guanghanju tonight.

At this time, it was less than an hour before the feast.

Guanghanju is located in the dock area, in Huang Han's view, the scale is not small, the decoration is luxurious, in fact, it is only a third-rate winery in the local area, but it is suitable for Zhang Ting's identity and other people, Zhang Ting and Shen Taikang's family are distant relatives, however, Shen Taikang is too slippery, and Zhang Ting has done a few things, the end of the hand is average, Zhang Ting is not very satisfied, this time, Zhang Ting is unwilling to come, Shen Taikang swears, this time the person is a northern general, the origin is not small, there are both goods handover, and a large number of goods to buy, Zhang Ting walked this way in an attitude that he would rather believe that he had something or not.

When Shen Taikang led Huang Han into the private room on the second floor, Zhang Ting was a little annoyed when he saw that Shen Taikang was accompanied by a young man who was less than twenty years old, but Zhang Ting, who had been practicing for a long time, saw the person's walking posture and the four guards with knives behind him, and his heart moved, and he hurriedly got up to salute.

"Xiao Ke is Zhang Ting, the steward of the Meng family, I don't know what the guest official will do when he comes here." Zhang Ting smiled and waved his hand, showing the true colors of the shopkeeper.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'm also my lord's housekeeper, from Shandong." Huang Han smiled and returned the salute.

Zhang Ting smiled and said silently, and said in his heart, it's strange to believe you, there is such a young steward.

Shen Taikang hurriedly placed the two at the wine table, instructed Xiao Er to serve the food, and several people chatted enthusiastically and ate and drank for a while.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Huang Han went straight to the point.

"Brother Zhang, I urgently need 10,000 stone of grain here, 500 horses of cotton cloth, cooking utensils, wrought iron, cotton, needle and thread, here is the specific number, color, can you prepare it here, and send it to Shandong." Huang Han took out the specific accounts and handed them to Zhang Ting.

Zhang Ting took a look, and was secretly shocked in his heart, the number was very huge, and the number was roughly estimated to be the food and clothing of the smallest number of 10,000 people, and said in his heart, this time Shen Qingpi finally did not coax me, he was really a big customer.

"Don't worry, my lord, our Meng family can prepare all the items listed, and we will definitely not delay your trip." Zhang Ting replied with a smile, what he has to do at this time is to keep this big customer.

"I really don't hide it from Brother Zhang, my family is a thousand households in Jinghaiwei, Dengzhou Town, and I am ordered by the governor Denglaiwu to settle tens of thousands of Liao people, the cold winter is coming, the time is urgent, and there must be no delay." Huang Han carefully told that Lord Zhao's matter could not be delayed.

"It turned out that the Lord of the Thousand Households was ordered to resettle the victims, which is respectable and respectable, and the adults can rest assured that there will be no delay." Zhang Ting's smile was even worse, that's right, otherwise tens of thousands of people's clothing, food, housing and transportation are too rare, and it is generally the merchants who buy like this.

"In addition," Huang Han looked at Shen Taikang, and stopped talking.

Shen Taikang got up and went out with interest, thinking that this Lord Huang wanted to talk to Zhang Ting about how to get up and down his hands and be greedy for some silver taels, this is a common practice, it is not surprising, Shen Taikang has experienced a lot, it is not surprising, Shen Taikang went downstairs and waited.

"Brother Zhang, my lord is the son of Lord Zhao Haiming, the commander of the Weihai Sea, and my lord has a way to introduce a large number of goods from the Wa Kingdom, and the price of the goods is much lower than your purchase price." Huang Han made a request and handed over the goods account. "I hope our two families can cooperate for a long time."

"Huh?" Zhang Ting also thought that Huang Han wanted to talk about the benefits in private, but who knew that it was such a reason, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously took it and read it. The Ming Sea has been banned for more than 100 years, and those who can profit from the trade of the Japanese Kingdom are either maritime tycoons, or nobles and high-ranking officials with deep backgrounds.

"Hey," Zhang Ting took a deep breath, the knife, folding fan, and silk silk were more than 20% less than the purchase price of his own smuggling ship, he didn't expect to seize the ship at sea at all, what he thought of was that this Lord Zhao was really good at it, and he was also amazingly well-connected in the Japanese country.

"My lord, I don't know if these items are out there." Zhang Ting was very moved.

"Yes, all of them are on the naval warships parked in Zhenjiang." Huang Han looked around.

"Okay, my family will eat all these goods. Dare to ask, in the future, this commodity will always be available, or ......" Zhang Ting needs to establish whether there can be frequent contacts.

"Well, all year round." Huang Han replied in the affirmative.

Zhang Ting asked quietly: "Can there be silver and bronze from the Japanese Kingdom?" "This is the bulk of smuggling, the Ming Dynasty silver and copper are in short supply, and silver taels, copper coins are the currency in circulation, so the silver shortage, the copper shortage is fierce.

Huang Han sighed slightly, "This kind of item needs to be interviewed with my family." ”

Zhang Ting responded, such a big family, the head of the family will definitely let him meet and talk in detail, and even expand in the future, and the head of the family will definitely discuss with the other party in person.

The two talked happily, and the wine banquet broke up happily.

When the two went downstairs to say goodbye drunk, in Shen Taikang's opinion, this was a victorious and complete meeting, sent Huang Han to the inn, and happily accepted twenty taels of Xie Yi before humming a little song home.

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