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"Hehe, Brother Zhang, this time Rusong also wants to borrow Brother Zhang's hand, and plans to give the head of the Zhang family a birthday gift in advance!"

Before Steward Zhang could wake up from the joy of getting the dog's head gold, Li Rusong smiled and threw out another "bombshell": the kid found a gold vein in Liaodong!

"What!" When Steward Zhang heard this, he stood up directly and asked anxiously.

In the exploration of mineral deposits in ancient times, there was no modern advanced equipment and technology, relying on the so-called "seeing the small things and knowing". That is, the color of the stone, the reflective characteristics, the softness and hardness, and so on are the basis for judging from time to time. For example, there are rusty water marks in the mountains. You can take the magnet and take a look. For example, you can gather information from Orion, where there is black water, where there is black gold, where there is copper, iron, and so on. Where there is no grass, where there is a special smell.

There are also some people who claim that they are possessed by the immortal family and rely on the immortal family to find ore veins, this kind of person is purely a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.

But the ancient people were superstitious, so they believed in this kind of immortal possession. And looking at Li Rusong like this, he doesn't look like a geomaster with many years of experience, Steward Zhang thinks that Li Rusong is either talking nonsense, or the immortal family is possessed.

Seeing Li Rusong's appearance didn't seem to be joking with himself at all, Steward Zhang's heart suddenly became hot: A gold mine that can bring infinite wealth!

"Hehe, my lord has always admired Li Gongzi. Last year, I said goodbye, I miss it, I don't know if Li Gongzi has time to go to Zhang's house in Puzhou to be a guest recently? With a roll of his eyes, Manager Zhang did not hesitate to deny the idea of immediately asking Li Rusong about the location of the ore vein.

It's true that wealth is moving, but it also has to be a life flower. This kind of good thing with great benefits, if his own master knows that he is better than his prophet, it is difficult to guarantee that Zhang Yunling will not doubt himself.

Seeing that he has worked diligently in the Zhang family for decades, he has deep trust from the master, but in the face of huge interests, everything is empty.

Thinking like this, Steward Zhang quickly suppressed the burning greed in his heart and directly invited Li Rusong to Zhang's house in Puzhou to have an interview with the family advocate Yunling. Anyway, as long as he can gain the trust of the head of the Zhang family, he will not continue to live a life of making money every day in the future. And this Li Gongzi and his father obviously not only plan to be in a dark and dangerous corner of the mountain, as long as they befriend this father and son, they can make more money.

"Hehe, the last time the boy went to Zhang's house, he saw Mr. Zhang, and he was favored by Mr. Zhang, and after some teaching, Rusong benefited a lot, and I wanted to thank him. Since Steward Zhang is invited, Rusong dares not to obey his orders" Li Rusong smiled, and couldn't help but admire the city government and scheming of this Steward Zhang, this person saw great profits but was not carried away, he was definitely a first-class talent.

Li Rusong actually didn't plan to tell this manager Zhang the specific location of this vein at the beginning, and he also thought of a prevarication, this vein was on the ladder of Jin Shang's strength. At the same time, the business scope and huge network of Jin Shang broadcasting are extremely important for themselves to become the overlord of Liaodong. Once the wings are full, unless the Jin merchants are willing to submit to themselves, it is time to "slaughter the pig" at that time.

Three days later, after handing over the payment and loading Liaodong specialties, Li Rusong pretended to be a caravan boy and followed Steward Zhang's convoy to Zhang's house in Puzhou.

At the same time, Zhang Yunling, who had already received the secret protection of Zhang's steward, had already invited Wang Shaokun, the most powerful head of the Wang family, and Fan Chen, the head of the Fan family, the most powerful in the Jin merchants, to discuss the distribution of benefits.

In the past, the Jin merchants almost monopolized the trade of Liaodong, exchanging a large number of Liaodong Jurchens' furs, ginseng, gold nuggets and other valuables with simple daily necessities such as salt, coarse cloth, and ironware, and it was almost a capital transaction.

There are no women to do business, and if conditions permit, these businessmen do not mind making cameo appearances as robbers and robbing goods from the Jurchens. This is actually one of the reasons why Zhang Yunling treats Li Rusong so well, the Ming Dynasty is currently more than defended in the Liaodong area, and it is unable to attack, not because of national strength, but because of the soldiers and generals.

In the eyes of Zhang Yunling, Wang Shaokun, and Fan Chen, Li Rusong, a young hero, is not frivolous, but hides behind the scenes, knowing the priorities. And he is good at scheming, and the many defeats of the Jurchen cavalry in the dangerous mountain army have an inseparable relationship with him, and the most powerful "Liaodong Iron Cavalry" and "Red Yan Legion" in the dangerous mountain are looking forward to their horses.

According to the estimation of the three heads of the family, as long as there are sufficient financial and material resources to help, Li Chengliang will serve as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Li Rusong will assist him, so he will not worry that Liaodong will not become calm. As long as the Jurchens and Mongols succumbed, they could grab huge benefits from it!

But the three heads of the family never thought that Li Rusong's ambition was even greater than theirs!

Puzhou Zhang's old house:

"What? Are you going to destroy the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong? Zhang Yunling was stunned and looked at Li Rusong who was smiling at him in front of him, and the surprise in his heart could already be described as stormy.

"Hehe, Uncle Zhang, don't get excited, come down and listen to the kid finish speaking. If the kid has anything to think about, please ask the three uncles to point out the maze" Smiling slightly, Li Rusong stood up respectfully, and after bowing to the three heads of the family present, he said slowly:

"The Jin merchant is the first merchant of the Ming Dynasty for me, and indeed the three of you can use some worthless rags to exchange a large amount of priceless property from the Jurchen Tartars. But that also costs money, and it's a huge expense in the long run. Besides, the mining of gold mines, if you only rely on the simple technology and speed of the Tartars, it is difficult to collect a huge amount of gold in the short term, not counting the wolf ambitions of the Tartars, if one day they turn their faces and don't recognize people, we have no place to cry! ”

Hearing Li Rusong say this, the three family heads couldn't help but nodded, these words were all on their hearts.

"As long as my father and son can control Liaodong, then all problems will be solved. The entire Jurchen Tartars in Liaodong will either become slaves and contribute to the mines of the three uncles, and we only need to take care of a meal to ensure that they do not starve to death. At that time, the commodity trading of the entire Liaodong will be the final say of the three of you, and if other businessmen want to intervene, ......" Li Rusong deliberately paused here, and looked at the three family masters with anticipation.

"Hehe, boy, you don't have to sell off with our three old men! Say, you give me such a huge benefit, and you don't take a penny for yourself, what do you want! "Wang Shaokun is the oldest, but he usually takes good care of himself, and he is full of energy when he speaks.

"Hehe, since Gongzi Li is so generous and shows so much sincerity, the old man doesn't think that Gongzi Li's ability will be like this, right? What is there to say, we are not readers, there are not so many inkblots" Zhang Yunling also said happily, but she was really relieved in her heart.

This person, if he has weaknesses, he can control them, and he is good at one of them. Li Rusong was mixed in the dangerous mountains at a young age, defeated the Jurchens, and operated the dangerous mountains to make it almost the "peach blossom source" of Liaodong.

Such talented people not only have to make friends, but also make good friends, as long as the day, after Li Rusong can soar, the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Fan family can get great benefits from it.

The key now depends on what Li Rucheng is good at, so that they can do what they like.

"Hehe, the three uncles are really sharp-eyed! The kid's thoughts were simply impossible to hide in front of the three of them. To tell you the truth, the kid and my father Li Chengliang only want two things: Yongzhen Liaodong and a military expenditure" As soon as Li Rusong's words fell, the eyes of the three family heads flashed.

"Ahem, is this military budget a private army or an official army? How much do you need? After waiting for a long time for a stick of incense, Zhang Yunling asked first, but didn't bother with the first request.

"Hehe, it's a private army to protect the interests of your uncles and my Li family in Liaodong, and it's just a selection from the official army. Military spending, every year in Liaodong, my Li family gets 10%, and at the same time, I can guarantee that the business of the three uncles in Liaodong will never be threatened and exploited by anyone or anything! Li Rusong's heart moved, and he immediately said.

"What! Can you really do it? This time it was Fan Chen, who had been silent just now, who spoke, and the old man stood up with his gray hair shaking and asked in surprise.

It is important to know that although the amount of income from Yicheng is huge, it is a drop in the bucket compared with the cost of the three companies that traffic goods in Liaodong every year to check the guards of various passes and buy off the horse bandits and ringing horses along the way. Moreover, as Li Rusong said, the real Ming Dynasty occupies the entire Liaodong, and most of the business will become a businessless business, and it will not cost a penny at all.

"Hehe, as long as my Li family's father and son can occupy the position of Liaodong General Army, who dares to oppose it? It doesn't matter if it's a Jurchen Tartar or a Mongolian Tartar, as long as I have 50,000 Liaodong Iron Horsemen, they will all be meat on the chopping block! A confident smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Li Rusong said proudly.

If someone else said such a thing, the three family heads would definitely be a joke, but Li Rusong's words really couldn't help but they didn't believe it. The heads of tens of thousands of Jurchen cavalry are the best proof.

Thinking about the information they obtained through secret channels, this Li Rusong relied on less than a thousand remnants of the defeated army as soon as he debuted, and defeated thousands of men and horses of Wang Gao, Qing Jianu and Meng Gelu. Last year, with 7,000 troops, he defeated 50,000 Jurchen coalition troops, and killed Wang Gao, Qing Ganu, and Meng Gelu wolves, and fled in the wilderness. Of course, there are reasons why the soldiers are elite and good at fighting, as well as the reason why the firearms are sharp, but if there is no Li Rusong's training and a large number of development and transformation of firearms, where does all this come from?

In fact, there is a layer of obscure meaning in Li Rusong's words: build Liaodong into a private kingdom of four families, including the Li family, to ensure that all the benefits of the imperial court can be put into his own pocket!

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty only had interests in their eyes, but not the state, and at the same time had to rely on the state because of their own limitations, and bribed the ministers of the court and China through a large amount of money and benefits, and made friends with eunuchs to protect their interests. To say that there is no resentment in the heart is simply impossible.

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty were mainly concentrated in the south, which was far stronger than the north in terms of the number of scholars and the quality of education. The power of the northerners in the court cannot be compared with that of the southerners. Even with Jin Shang in Daming, he has no status, and he is used as an errand boy in private.

Therefore, the Jin merchants, who urgently needed to improve their own status, urgently needed to have a general who led the outline at the border pass to back them up, and at the same time support their own power in the DPRK.

The former can enable the Jin merchants to obtain greater benefits in Liaodong and pave the way in the DPRK with sufficient wealth and funds, while the latter is the foundation of the Jin merchants' unstoppable existence.

"Good! Li Gongzi is quick to talk, and the three of us old men are not verbose. As long as Li Gongzi, your father and son, can establish enough military merits, the total army of Liaodong will not be a problem for the entire Liaodong. The three of us will also do our best to help Li Gongzi's actions in Liaodong and the matter of raising troops. I just hope that Li Gongzi can abide by today's agreement" The three old men exchanged their heads and discussed for a while, Zhang Yunling stood up and said categorically.

"Hehe, the three uncles are quick to talk, and Rusong is grateful. Today, Rusong also has a big gift: the way of sea trade has been explored! With a slight smile, Li Rusong immediately reciprocated the favor and said another thing that almost made the three family heads excited!

"It seems that supporting this kid is definitely a sure investment!" At this time, the three heads of the family couldn't help but think at the same time that they would indeed persist in the future and avoid the fate of the Jiangnan gentry's family!