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The fur of the grassland is just a stepping stone, and Liu Quan's ambition is far more than that.

The Mongols could do without armor and iron tools, and they have survived for so many years, but the Mongols definitely do without tea. Whether it is Modong Mongolia or Mobei Mongolia, they are all short of tea from Daming. There are two main sources of tea in the east and west mouths, one is from Huguang, and the other is from Fujian and Zhejiang, but the war in Huguang is not endless, and the business road into Jin must pass through Henan, which has gradually declined in recent years.

Liu Quan chose Hangzhou as the foundation of the business alliance in the south of the Yangtze River, not only because he valued the declining salt merchants who migrated there from the Jin region decades ago, but also because Hangzhou was close to eastern Zhejiang, and the mountains of eastern Zhejiang were originally the land of tea production, and close to Fujian, there was no more suitable place for him to expand the tea business than Hangzhou. Hangzhou is the starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, waterway transportation extends in all directions, the luxury wind in the south of the Yangtze River is most prevalent in Yangzhou and Nanjing, and Hangzhou is in a corner, but it is better.

After the business alliance went south to Hangzhou, it set up the Jiangnan headquarters in the most prosperous Hefang Street, and Liu Quanxian feasted the businessmen whose ancestral home was in Jindi in Hangzhou, and made friends with various businesses in Jiangnan with the help of Lu Xiangtong's relationship. The Jin people are good fellow villagers, but Jiangnan is the world of the Donglin Party. Since the second year of Chongzhen, after the Donglin Party was suppressed, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, and Wu Fu, the governor of Shanxi, were the only people appointed to the Donglin Party. Lu Xiangsheng has become extremely famous in recent years, and he is also serving as the governor of Xuanda, and the business alliance has such a backstage, and he has made a name for himself in Nanzhili within a few months.

The most convenient way for the goods from the south of the Yangtze River to go north is to rent the ships of the Governor's Palace, and there is no need to worry about the water or the difficulties of the customs ports along the coast. Lu Xiangtong, as Lu Xiangsheng's housekeeper in charge of finances, contributed more to the Business Alliance, and the Governor's Office benefited the most. In the officialdom, everything is carried by people in a sedan chair, and Lu Xiangtong came forward to find an empty seat in Caoyun's fleet, which is a simple matter.

This is the advantage of being an official, power can find silver, but silver may not find power.

Liu Quan and Zong Mao have been exchanging letters to discuss the operation of the Shang Alliance, and now Zong Mao is actually in charge of the affairs of the Shang Alliance in the north, and Liu Xin has opened a stall.

"Brother Fan, this year of the Business Alliance in Jiangnan, that's roughly it!" Zhai Zhe didn't hide anything from Fan Yongdou, and there was even some exaggeration in his words. He wanted Fan Yongdou to know that the leader of the Jindi firm had been replaced, and he would not compete with the Fan family.

"Liu Dongjia, capable people!" Fan Yongdou sighed, he has been in Dongkou for half his life and has never set foot in Jiangnan.

"Shangmeng can supply you with a few teas, which is much cheaper than your own trafficking from Jiangnan to Xuanda." Zhai Zhe wants to do his best to expand the business of the business alliance. This year, a batch of tea has been shipped to Datong, that is, only people like him who monopolize foreign trade dare to buy it, otherwise the Mongolian war continues, and which businessman who is not afraid of bankruptcy dares to save tea.

Fan Yongdou drank a few sips of cold tea, and suddenly spoke slowly: "Does such a business alliance still belong to you?" ”

Zhai Zhe chuckled and replied, "Is there any difference between this?" ”

More than half of the profits of the Shang Alliance now belong to the Xuanda Governor's Mansion, but isn't the salary of the soldiers and horses under his command exactly the Governor's Mansion? There were also those birds, gunpowder, and armor provided by the imperial court. If he wanted to hold the Shangmeng to the death, he would not let Liu Quan go to the south of the Yangtze River. Zhai Zhe didn't think that Liu Quan was trying his best to get rid of himself, and Lu Xiangsheng was using this to control his financial resources, but this was something beyond his ability. If he defects from the customs, his shares in the firm are non-binding. To put it more thoroughly, he was profiting based on his relationship with the Mongols, and if Monan was occupied by the Qing captives, he would become a tiger that had lost its claws.

Fan Yongdou was thoughtful and stopped talking.

The two people who went out of the same east exit, with the change of status, the current realm is no longer the same. Zhai Zhe has embarked on the road to power, and Fan Yongdou is still rolling in the pile of money. But although the road to power has great benefits and risks, once it loses power, it is a dead end, unlike Fan Yongdou, who still has room for maneuver.

"On the matter of the business, I will let Zong Maohe talk with Da Shengkui, business is business, and the business alliance doesn't want to get too cheap with Da Shengkui, as long as the two sides take care of each other." This is a nonsense, with Zong Mao's temperament, he will never let it go to Da Shengkui in terms of price.

Fan Yongdou nodded silently, Zhai Zhe had changed, becoming strange to him, and even more terrifying. In the past, Zhai Zhe was easily angry, and he was still like a grasshopper held in his hand by him in anger, unable to escape the path he designed. But now, he's feeling the opposite. Lu Xiangsheng teamed up with Zhai Zhe, although he did not kill him, but sooner or later he would be bankrupt, and all the crimes he committed would eventually be punished. But if he quits now, bankruptcy is just around the corner.

When they walked out of the study, the two of them had smiles on their faces, as if they were greeting and everything was happy, which made Fan Yi, who was secretly paying attention, breathe a sigh of relief.

She is extremely satisfied with her current life, and the only thing she can't worry about is the relationship between the Fan family and Zhai Zhe. Knowing her husband and wife, she knows that the family history of the Fan family is like a thorn in between. Twenty-nine-year-old deputy chief soldier, is there anyone better married than her? Although Zhai Zhe married Wulan, but looking around, there are several people in high positions who are not three wives and four concubines, although there are fewer gatherings and more separation, she is very content, and she will be more satisfied if she can have another child.

Twenty-nine-year-old deputy commander-in-chief! If Zhai Zhe's heart hadn't been pressed by that big secret, he would have been satisfied. He is the benchmark set by Lu Xiangsheng in the officialdom of Xuanda, as long as he works for the Ming Dynasty, the meritorious will inevitably be promoted. If those who kill the enemy bravely are not rewarded, how can the morale of the army be rectified?

The bustle of Zhai Mansion lasted for four or five days, and then there were no guests, allowing Zhai Zhe to enjoy his free time.

Zong Mao and Ning Sheng began to prepare goods to the grassland under the instruction of Zhai Zhe, this is the advantage of the Shang Alliance, and its operation will not be at a loss because of the war in the grassland. Now Xuanda Sancheng's tea comes from the business alliance, and Zong Mao was overjoyed when he came to report the account. The high-grade fox skins that sell for 100 silver in Beijing can be sold for more than 200 taels in Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places, and the better the goods, the greater the profit, far beyond Zhai Zhe's imagination. After checking the business name and the accounts of the army, excluding the additional military salaries for the soldiers and the food supplied to the Tumut Hannus, Zhai Zhe himself was able to net the remaining 100,000 taels of silver, plus the war horses and livestock captured by the raid on the Zasaktu Khan tribe in Guihua City were worth more than 50,000 taels of silver

After so many years, the landlord's family finally has surplus grain!

"Jiangnan, what kind of place is that?" Zhai Zhe's memory of Jiangnan existed in his previous life decades ago, and now there are only a few vague memory fragments left.

That's the most stable place in Daming! Now the northern border of the Ming Dynasty has been chaotic, the thief Zhang Xianzhong marched into Sichuan, Huguang, Shaanxi and Henan thieves are everywhere, only Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Fujian have no rumors of civil uprising. But under the nest, how can there be eggs?