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October 28. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huang Li said: It is suitable for travel and marriage.

Huang Daoji said, the reason why the choice of the end of this year out of the customs, in fact, has long been considered, this season, whether for North Korea, for the customs outside is a free time, although the road is not easy to walk, but the business is still easy to do, the end of the autumn out of the customs, the beginning of the spring back, three months, the time to turn around the customs is barely enough.

The caravan was divided into two groups, one went straight to Liaodong, went south to Korea through the Yalu River, went all the way to Xuanfu, and went out of Datong to trade with the Tatars and Wathorns.

Although the tile thorn people were deflated this time, and were beheaded by Liu Chengfeng, they did not show their disgust with the treasure trading house, after all, the tile thorn is too bitter, many tribes don't even have an iron pot, the hunting bows and arrows are made of cow bones, the clothes are ragged, and there are countless livestock, but nothing can be exchanged, and the appearance of the treasure trading house just fills their blank.

After all, when the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the nobles were honored by these items, and their ancestors left a lot of these valuable items.

Of course, the most important reason is not this, the most important thing is that the Tatars have exchanged markets with the Ming Dynasty and are ready to start large-scale commercial exchanges with the Ming Dynasty.

The news of Qinggeltai's killing has spread to the grassland, the people in the Tile Thorn Khan tent are excited, but it is only the excitement of the crowd, the combat effectiveness of the student army has broken out, so that the Tile Thorn people have some fear, and the originally planned southern invasion has to be temporarily put down, the people who went to negotiate with the Tile Treasure Firm are not only not restrained, but treat them like guests, the Tile Thorn people are not fools, and the Tile Thorn Khan is not a fool today, the more so, the more careful he has to be about the Ming Dynasty, as for the Treasure Firm, he can't be offended, after all, although the Tile Thorn Iron Horse is strong, However, this country is surrounded by the Uliangha, the Ming Dynasty, and the Tatars, and it would be unwise not to take advantage of the trade to strengthen itself.

The same is true of the Tatar tribes, the Tatars are now beginning to weaken, and they are gradually going downhill, so they are still willing to accept the goodwill released by the Ming Dynasty, plus the willingness of people to come to trade, it is indeed a good thing for the Tatars, so they have already sent envoys to wait for the caravan of the Jubao Trading House in Datong, just waiting for the caravan to arrive and escort them out of the customs and trade.

The ambition of the Korean state seems to be not small, in fact, the Korean state has been planning to plate, hoping to be a transit station for the Ming goods, so that the goods of the Ming Dynasty can be traded directly with them from Liaodong, and then they will resell them to Wadao at a high price. After all, the pimple of North Korea is really poor, there are mountains everywhere, there is heavy snow all year round, and there is no food growing in the fields, that is, some local products such as ginseng and leather goods, so this North Korea has always attached more importance to commerce, and originally undertook a lot of commercial exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese State.

In addition, the Haixi Jurchen and other ministries naturally welcomed the arrival of the trading houses, and when all countries had an echo and approved these trades, a large number of goods also began to hoard land in Datong, Liaodong and other places, and the Jubao Trading House established a lot of warehouses in both places, although the trading of goods was in the treasure building of the Beijing Division, but the hoarding point was there, once the preparation was to leave, from the side of the Beijing Division, only hundreds of thousands of people set off to Liaodong and Datong, and when they got there, they would meet with the people who stayed there. Directly bring the goods out of customs.

The team is like a long snake, early in the morning, the fog is still very heavy, but more than 2,000 people have been pulled, no one sent each other, but some people are curiously looking at this huge convoy on the side of the road, hundreds of carts, thousands of mules and horses, there are horsemen, there are clerks wearing Confucian shirts, there are guards with knives, and there are many miscellaneous servants wearing brown shirts, such a big battle, but there is no goods, a large number of people, all in the direction of Datong.

Liu Chengfeng sat in a carriage in the center, although he was not a person who was greedy for pleasure, but the carriage was decorated quite magnificently, the sheepskin cushions in the study room were spread on the ground, the four walls were wrapped in fine silk, the space of the carriage was not small, it was more than enough to accommodate a few people, sitting in it, reclining on the chair fixed in the carriage, Liu Chengfeng squinted and snooze.

This time, there were not only Jinyi Guards, Dongchang, but also officials from the Ministry of Rites, and even the student army, Liu Chengfeng also brought them here, dressed as guards, and the guns and gunpowder were stored in the car.

In addition, the Xuanfu Jinyi Wei Qianhu has also made a note, at least to the Xuanfu, Liu Chengfeng's power is not small, if something happens, at least there is the power to fight back.

But this is just that, Qiu Ba is not easy to provoke, these people eat the blood of soldiers, greedy for money, there is any trouble in the court, they dare to incite the people below to mutiny, so for these Qiu Ba, the court is very headache, and they also turn a blind eye to them, and dare not do anything, they are afraid that they will really be provoked, and something more terrifying will happen, and after so many years of appeasement, these people are arrogant and can be imagined.

What Liu Chengfeng has to face this time is these Qiu Ba, this is by no means fun, it is different from the civil officials, the civil officials love to play tricks, and at most they use it is just a plot and tricks, but these guys are different, they will break up in one shot, and they will never be polite to you.

Because of this, Liu Chengfeng tried his best to bring the student army, at least in his opinion, the student army was his most trusted arm.

The carriage didn't know where to go, and after a small break in the nearby market town, Li Dongdong opened the curtain with a smile and got into the car. ”

Li Dongdong was one of the few attachés this time, he smiled at Liu Chengfeng, and said: "Master Hou, the student's carriage is a little windy, it's too cold, this ghost weather is ......" He scolded very ungently, maybe he often dealt with Liu Chengfeng, who was full of nonsense, and now he also infected Liu Chengfeng's little bandit surname, and then sat down unceremoniously, and said: "The student comes here to sit down, and the adults are watching the school and reporting?" ”

Liu Chengfeng put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "The front page of today's Xueer newspaper is talking about whether the bureau should be thoroughly investigated, you can take a look." ”

Li Dongdong took the school and read it for a while, and then smiled: "This is the arrangement of the Hou Ye, right?" The imperial court has now died down, and Hou Ye is secretly crossing Chen Cang, going directly to Xuanfu, in order to show that Hou Ye is unwilling to understand the affairs of the bureau, naturally he has to call a few times in the report of learning, haha, those people have seen it, but they are afraid that their hearts will be more peaceful, the more Hou Ye is criticized in the study and newspaper, it shows that the emperor's attitude of not wanting to thoroughly investigate the bureau is more resolute, so that they think they can sit back and relax. ”

Liu Chengfeng picked up the plum in the carriage in a wooden box and ate one, and said with a smile: "I can't hide anything from Mr. Li, if we want to get things done, the most important thing is to be surprised, so that everyone in the world knows that Liu Chengfeng is still in Beijing, and there is no way to take the bureau, and the dog jumps off the wall ......in a hurry."

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help laughing as he spoke. As if he felt a little hot and dry, he took off a coat and draped it on himself casually. Li Dongdong couldn't help laughing, and said: "Hou Ye did this, it is indeed a complete strategy, but after arriving at the Xuan Mansion, how should he investigate those border generals?" ”

In fact, when you go to Xuanfu, the most important thing is to dig out the people related to the Bureau, in fact, Liu Chengfeng already has a roster in his hand, but this is not enough, it is just a preliminary judgment, the former thief captures the king first, and he has to hold the big man behind the scenes, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Liu Chengfeng spread his hands: "The matter of Xuanfu, I am a black eye, what idea can I have now, anyway, take a step at a time, let's take a step at a time, let's regard ourselves as a businessman for the time being, after arriving in Xuanfu and Datong, concentrate on making preparations for the customs first, and then order someone to inquire, Qian Fang has been in Datong for several years, but he knows a lot of people, but he can't show his head, but he can find a few people who have had a relationship with him quietly to confirm, this matter is actually not in a hurry, although Your Majesty said that I came to Xuanfu to find out these Qiu Ba, but he didn't say that he wanted to hurry up, Ben Hou felt that the top priority at the moment was to straighten out the affairs of Jubao Commercial Bank. ”

Li Dongdong was stunned and said, "Master Hou, isn't there all the evidence for Jubao Commercial Bank to get out of the customs?" What else needs to be straightened out? ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled coldly: "It's not that simple, do you think that before Jubao Commercial Bank went out of the customs, no one in Xuanfu and Datong did business with people outside the customs?" I'll tell you the truth, there are really a lot of people who trade with the Tile Thorns and the Tatars, and now that our Jubao Firm is out of customs, don't even think about doing their business. The imperial court does not allow merchants to go out of the customs with goods without permission, but these people can go back and forth between Xuanfu and the desert, in this town, there must be someone to shelter them, you wait and see, our treasure firm blocked the way of people's wealth, although people dare not have any conflict with you head-on, but secretly make a stumbling block is certain, so there are two major things to do in Xuanfu, one is to clean up these businessmen who went out of the customs without permission and the people they colluded with, and the other is to break the Qin case of the bureau, in my opinion, these two groups of people, I am afraid that you also have me, I have you, and if I solve one of them, I will definitely be able to implicate the next. ”

After listening to Liu Chengfeng's analysis, Li Dongdong nodded and said, "What Master Hou said also makes sense. ”

The two discussed for a while, and then they never mentioned the matter of Xuanfu anymore, this Li Dongdong opened the curtain and saw the vast forest and road outside, the poems were flourishing, and they were scrutinizing the poems, Liu Chengfeng continued to pick up the school and reported lying down and looked.

(To be continued)