Chapter 55: Interviews
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The day after Zhai Zhe entered the fortress, Geng Guang rushed back to kill Hukou to meet him, and he is now stationed in Chenjiazhuang, the hometown of Boss Chen outside Heihu Mountain.
Thanks to Meng Kang's cooperation outside the Black Tiger Mountain, Geng Guang has made a good deal of smuggling and selling goods in recent days. Meng Kang killed people without blinking, and almost all the smuggling caravans he encountered were slaughtered, except for Geng Guang's caravan, no one dared to leave the fortress from Black Tiger Mountain.
It is unwise to kill people too hard and make too many enemies. Geng Guang had a lot of opinions about Meng Kang, and he was helpless, and some people did suspect that he had colluded with horse thieves outside the Saiwai, and he couldn't get evidence.
Seven or eight pack horses carrying goods out of the Black Tiger Mountain trail and interspersed with the settlement of the Chahar people in Liangcheng in exchange for furs and even livestock. Although there were occasional encounters with barbaric and unreasonable Chahars who were forced to buy and sell, the leaders of the small tribes had learned to treat the Han Chinese caravans well.
After meeting Zhai Zhe, Geng Guang reported the situation in detail.
"Big boss, in the past few months, Shopkeeper Ning has helped me a lot, and the operation of Heihu Mountain can be regarded as a small profit."
At the same time of reporting, Geng Guang did not forget the credit of Jì and Ning Sheng.
Zhai Zhe didn't come to him to listen to this.
"The matter of Black Tiger Mountain, you can handle it yourself, I want to go to Datong Mansion, you find a few people to show me the way."
"Ah, the entourage I brought today has Youyu people, and they all know the road of Datong Mansion." Geng Guang just appeared, and Zhai Zhe listened a little absent-mindedly.
"That's good, let's go now!" Zhai Zhe didn't want to delay for a moment.
Geng Guang saw Zhai Zhe get up and wanted to leave, and said anxiously: "There is one more thing I want to ask the big boss to decide!" ”
"What?"
"A few days ago, Meng Kang killed too many people in Black Tiger Mountain, and now our name is not good in Youyu. It just so happens that there is a great drought in Youyu, and I want to spend some money to help some people and expand my strength, which may also change the attitude of the Youyu people towards us. Of course, he didn't mean ordinary people, but those bandits.
"It's up to you to decide these things! I don't want you to make money, as long as you hold the green forest of Youyu County in your hands! Zhai Zhe stretched out a hand and clenched it into a fist.
"Understood!" Geng Guang nodded heavily.
Geng Guang brought eight people to kill Hukou, and four of them were natives of Youyu County.
At that moment, Zhai Zhe took five personal soldiers, called two right jade people to lead the way, and immediately rushed to Datong.
There is only one mountain road out of the Hukou, which winds through the mountains and forests and leads directly to Youyu County. When you arrive at Youyu County, take the official road to the east to Datong Mansion, and take the official road to the south to Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Zhai Zhe and his entourage of eight people, out of the time, the mountain road is narrow, the horse is not fast, and only arrived at Youyu County from time to time. A few people found a restaurant to fill their stomachs and went on a flat official road.
In the first half of the journey, there were few pedestrians on the road, and everyone beat their horses and galloped. Twenty or thirty miles away from Datong, hungry people in ragged clothes could be seen on both sides of the road. Zhai Zhe was worried that the horse would startle people, so he ordered everyone to reduce and walk slowly and carefully. The closer to the city gate, the more hungry people there were, and the government set up porridge sheds outside the Datong city wall, and the hungry people came from all over the world to eat.
When I arrived outside the city gate of Datong Mansion, it was already dark.
The gate of Datong was closed, and the group entered Datong almost close to the hour, and Zhai Zhe was secretly glad that the first half of the journey was not delayed.
A few people found an inn to live in, and hurried around for a day, Zhai Zhe asked for a few secluded rooms in the backyard, and then found a guy to ask the location of Da Shengkui's business, and rested early.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhai Zhe asked his companion for paper and ink, wrote a letter, and asked the accompanying escort Ji Hong to go to Dashengkui to give it to the shopkeeper Ke, and wait in the house by himself.
About half an hour later, footsteps sounded outside the courtyard. The guards stopped and questioned, Zhai Zhe had already explained, and after a while, one person pushed the door and entered.
Zhai Zhe faced the inner room
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Sit and wait for someone to come in before turning your head.
The person who came in was the shopkeeper Ke, and after seeing what he looked like, he almost sat on the ground and exclaimed, "It's you?"
"The people of the Hetao meet the people of the sea!" Zhai Zhe smiled.
"You went to the Tumut tribe?" Shopkeeper Ke looked like he had seen a ghost.
"Omubu Khan ordered me to enter the fortress and meet Fan Dong's house!" Zhai Zhe didn't mean to reminisce at all.
Shopkeeper Ke still couldn't slow down, and asked for a long time: "Why did you leave Zhangjiakou without leaving any news?" ”
"It happened suddenly, it's too late, I want to see Fan Dongjia!" Zhai Zhe didn't want to explain.
"Good! You are waiting for me here, the owner is in Xuanzhen, I will go to inform you, I will arrive tomorrow! Shopkeeper Ke said a few words, turned around and went out, the matter involved Zhai Zhe, and it was related to the family affairs of the owner, which was far more troublesome than he imagined.
Zhai Zhe stayed in the inn that day, and even the guards were forbidden to go out, so as not to provoke right and wrong.
Fan Yongdou arrived in Datong the next afternoon, and after receiving the urgent report from the shopkeeper Ke, he didn't even have time to inform Zhai Tang.
Zhai Zhe left without warning, and it appeared even more suddenly, the key is related to the entrustment given to him by the people of Liaodong, as well as his sister Fan Yi, who was as calm as Fan Yongdou was also confused for a while, and he couldn't make up his mind. After entering Da Shengkui and drinking a few cups of tea to calm down, Fan Yongdou calmed down and instructed the shopkeeper Ke to lead the way to the inn.
On that day, Zhai Zhe discussed with the shopkeeper in the store, wrapped the yard where he lived, and ordered Ji Hong to guard it, prohibiting idle people from entering.
Fan Yongdou was very relaxed when he came, and he didn't bring a single guard with him, and the shopkeeper Ke was left outside the courtyard.
"Big brother!" Zhai Zhe bowed. Seeing Fan Yongdou's calmness, Zhai Zhe secretly admired it, no surprise, no anger, and couldn't guess his mind at all.
Fan Yongdou looked at Zhai Zhe carefully and said, "It's darker, it's stronger, it's more like a man!" ”
"Big brother praised!" Zhai Zhe invited Fan Yongdou into the house.
"What are you looking for me?"
Fan Yongdou changed from passive to active in one sentence.
"I," Zhai Zhe hesitated for a moment, then said, "Shopkeeper Ke sent a message to the Tumuts two months ago
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FC7 letter, I am on the orders of Omubu Khan, and I have something to discuss with my eldest brother! ”
"Say it!" Fan Yongdou never mentioned the escape from marriage.
"There is a great drought in the grassland, and the Tumut people can't hold on, and they want to ask the Liaodong people for help!"
Fan Yongdou moved his buttocks, changed to a comfortable position, and said, "What does this have to do with me?" ”
"You!" Zhai Zhe was speechless.
Half a day later, he calmed down, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I am on the orders of the Great Khan of Ombu to ask for help from the people by the sea, and if the eldest brother stands by and watches." ”
"Tumert?" Fan Yongdou sneered and said, "I only help my own family!" ”
Zhai Zhe licked his lips, he felt a sense of powerlessness in front of this person.
"You went to the Tumut Ministry, why didn't you say hello?" Fan Yongdou's face was very calm when he asked, but in fact, the anger in his heart was like a stormy wave. With the status of the Fan family, it is a great shame for Fan Yi to be abandoned. But he couldn't show his face, and he lost in anger.
"Suddenly!"
Zhai Zhe's voice was weak, he really didn't care about this matter, although the marriage itself was not his own intention, but the marriage contract was real.
"I only help my own family!" Fan Yongdou accentuated his voice.
In fact, of course he didn't dare, as long as the news reached Liaodong, he would have to help, and if he didn't help, he would have to help, Da Shengkui had no room for bargaining in front of the Jurchens. It was obvious that the Jurchens wanted to form an alliance with the Tumuts, but he didn't want to miss this in-law of the Zhai family.
Zhangjiakou has been controlled by the Eight Families. Judging from the present, Zhai Zheneng was appointed by the Tumut tribe to negotiate, and set up a business, and when the Chahar people were driven away from the Monan grassland, killing Hukou could not be separated from his grasp, and this family business must not be let go.
The west and east exits were controlled by the eight families at the same time, and the Fan family was one of the eight families, which was the result of Fan Yongdou's careful consideration.
Silence, time passes, long time.
"Twenty thousand stone of grain, three hundred pairs of armor," Zhai Zhe thought about it and said, "And three hundred catties of gunpowder!" ”
He stretched out four more fingers and said, "Four thousand horses!" ”
This is definitely the biggest deal between the two of them this year, and only the Eight Families can digest so many horses, and the profit left for the Eight Families at this price is not large, but this in itself is not exactly a business.
"When will you get married?"
"The drought is over!"
Fan Yongdou nodded and said, "I believe in your promise!" ”
Seeing Fan Yongdou turn the corner and leave the courtyard, Zhai Zhe leaned on the chair at the door, what kind of world is this! The life and death of the Tumut were to be exchanged for his marriage.
He thought of Fan Yi, the woman with whom he was already engaged, perhaps all of them were destined by God.