Volume 2 Song of Winter Chapter 295 Pro-Soldier
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[Lumine] Volume 2 Winter Song No. 295 pro-soldiers
There was a slight knock on the wooden door.
"Come in!" Zhai Zhe put down the book in his hand, and in the past few years, he has less and less time to read quietly. In the past few days, Fan Yi and Ulan have been chattering endlessly, and the two of them are quite harmonious in front of him, but they glanced at him to the side, allowing him to have some free time. Fan Yi never asked him anything, nor did he express any dissatisfaction, Zhai Zheneng guessed that Fan Yi had already known the identity of Ulan, and Fan Yongdou could reveal the news to Lu Xiangsheng, of course, he would not deliberately hide his sister. It was also a blessing for him to be able to marry such an understanding wife.
The wooden door of the study opened a crack with the sound of "squeak", Ji Hong first poked half of his head in, saw Zhai Zhe's eyes staring at him, his face was a little flustered, and immediately pushed the door in and closed the door with his hand.
"Your Excellency!"
Zhai Zhe looked at Ji Hong carefully, he was thinner than the last time he saw him, but his face was ruddy, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with his body. Ji Hong's bun is not messy, his eyebrows are thick, his clothes are neat, his loose robe can't hide his former might, and he looks like he should be in a good mental state.
"Did Yongying comb your hair for you?" Zhai Zhe couldn't help but want to tease his most loyal personal soldier. Ji Hong was the strongest martial artist he had ever seen, and he fought on the battlefield with a beast-like instinct, but unfortunately he broke his arm to save him.
"It's not!" Ji Hong's face was even more panicked.
"Yes, what are you afraid of!" Zhai Zhe pointed to the chair in front of him, "Sit down and talk!" β
"It's really not, my subordinates don't dare!" Ji Hong stood stubbornly, "It was the little maid at home who helped me comb it!" β
"Is there such a clever little guy at home?" Zhai Zhe smiled and asked, "How is Yongying taking care of you these days?" β
"Good, I'm grateful to him!" Ji Hong looked embarrassed.
"I'm going to marry her to you, what do you think?" Zhai Zhe said as he turned around and picked out a few books from his bookshelf and held them in his hand.
After not hearing Ji Hong's reply for a long time, Zhai Zhe couldn't help but turn around, seeing that Ji Hong was biting his lip tightly and not saying a word.
"Why don't you speak, are you happy and stupid?" Zhai Zhe put down the book in his hand.
"I can't marry her, I don't have arms anymore, and I can't serve adults anymore!" Ji Hong's face was pale, and these words were extremely difficult to say, as if they were popping out of his mouth one by one.
"That's it, what's wrong with losing your arms?" Zhai Zhe snorted angrily, picked up the books in front of him and put them on the corner of the table, "Take these books back, start from literacy, learn to read and write little by little, if you don't know anything, ask Yongying, learn from her." He sighed softly and said, "I still hope that one day you will be with me!" β
"Your Excellency!" Ji Hong's left fist was clenched, and the corners of his eyes were red.
"You saved my life in the City of Naturalization, and maybe one day I will need you as much as I did that day! Yongying is a good girl, I am relieved to have her take care of you! β
"Yes!" Ji Hong picked up the books with his left hand. Thinking of the whipping of the Mongols, thinking of the warmth of home now, he can give his life for Zhai Zhe, what else can he not give!
When he went out, Ji Hong's footsteps were a little hurried, and he tripped over the threshold of the study and almost fell.
Seeing Ji Hong go away, the smile on Zhai Zhe's face did not fade for a long time. This is the best time, just like when he first married Van Yi, just as he just met Ulan!
The kettle in the corner of the house made a "poof, poof" sound, and a stream of white water vapor rose up to the roof, and the water boiled.
Zhai Zhe walked over and lifted the kettle back to his seat, the boiling water rushed into the white porcelain cup, the tea leaves churned up and down, and after a while, the water in the cup turned light green. He now somewhat understands why Fan Yongdou likes to make tea so much, he just likes to make tea, and drinking it has become secondary.
This is the best time, and everything is under control! Without success as a foreshadowing, living in an unpredictable future all day long, how can there be such a leisurely mentality?
"Someone!"
The guards at the door pushed the door and walked in.
"Call Liu Dongjia and Zong Supervisor over and say I want to know about the recent business situation of the Business Alliance!"
"Yes!" The soldiers turned and left.
Zhai Zhe leaned back on the chair and watched the tea leaves in the white porcelain cup slowly settle at the bottom of the cup. This was what he had always been concerned about, and he wanted to know how much the eight firms could gain from Mongolia without Liaodong.
Zhai Zhe waited while reading the book, Liu Quan and Zong Mao came very slowly, presumably preparing the information that Zhai Zhe wanted to know. More than half an hour later, the two walked into the study with their front and back feet, each holding an account book in their hands. Liu Quan gave a detailed introduction, and Zong Mao briefly added, and briefly reported the operation of Shangmeng and seven other firms in the past month.
"Fan Dongjia is very cooperative with all the requirements of the business alliance, and clearly told the shopkeeper of the business in Naturalization City to obey my orders." Zong Mao couldn't hide his excitement in his words. He had never seen so much silver, far beyond his imagination, and he was shocked by the scale of the seven time-honored merchants to form a caravan with the merchant alliance.
In fact, no matter what Zhai Zhe thinks, the Fan family and the Zhai family have not completely treated him as an outsider, and several have been watching the bazaars in Naturalization City for many years, and this time they can cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng, and they are even more energetic to help Zhai Zhe, and they also want to find a way out for themselves in the new situation. After Xuanda was stabilized, Zhangjiakou was under the direct control of Xuanda's Governor Fuying. No matter how the situation changes, the Ba family still has to do business, in the past they could do it with Tumut, then with the Jurchens, and now they are back to the old way. The Lu family, the previous overlord of Dongkou, went bankrupt because he insisted on Tumo's special director, and Fan Yongdou's brain was not so tendoned.
"Dongjia, before winter, all the caravans to Mobei will come back, and the furs of Datong and Xuanfu will pile up, and the price will definitely not be good!" Liu Quan is always one step ahead of others in business, "So I still want to go to Jiangnan!" β
"The situation in Xuanda is not stable this year, I am afraid it is inseparable from you!" Zhai Zhe's fingers flicked on the white porcelain cup with a crisp sound.
Liu Quan shook his head with a smile and said, "The Fan Dong family is in charge of the Senei, and the sect head is in the outside of the Sai, in fact, it is not of much use for me to stay here." Seventy percent of the furs of the Ming Dynasty entered from Xuanda, and there were three main sales channels, Beijing, Jiangnan and Huguang. The road to Huguang was blocked by the war, so I don't say anything for the time being. Those seven firms had already made a name for themselves in the capital, and the business alliance started too late, and the high-quality furs could not be sold at a good price. But the reputation of the Jindi firm in Jiangnan is still blank, and the Fan Dong family has not had time to run there. In the border town, the fur that is as cheap as a cotton jacket is more expensive than a good horse in Jiangnan, and I will definitely not miss it this time! His tone was firm.
There are some things that Liu Quan didn't say directly, the start of the Shang Alliance was ten years late, Zhai Zhe relied on the Mongol power to entrench in Xikou, in fact, the foundation in the Ming Dynasty is shallow, if it is not for the cooperation with Lu Xiangsheng, the same foreign governor, it cannot be compared with the former eight families. Liu Quan has been planning caravans these days and has close contacts with the officials and gentry from all over Jindi, and it is only now that Fan Yongdou's words can even reach him three trips. Without the Fan family's intervention, it would have been impossible to raise the tea, salt, sugar, food and other materials needed by the eight Cypriot caravans in a month, and the checkpoints in various parts of TongguΓ² would have been a smooth journey.
"The business alliance is all up to the Liu Dong family, and I don't know anything about doing business!" Zhai Zhe picked up the teacup and played with it in his hand, his brows were tightened, Liu Quan wanted to leave Xuanda at this time and go to Jiangnan to have a great impact on the business alliance.
"The owner!" Liu Quan coughed lightly, "In fact, the prospect of the Shang Alliance in Xuanda is unpredictable, in front of the Shang Alliance and Da Shengkui, the Jin people will definitely stand on the side of Da Shengkui!" β
Zhai Zhe put the teacup on the table and replied helplessly: "Yes! This is the inevitable result of his choice to cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng, he took the wealth of Xuanda from the hands of the Jin people and handed it over to the governor of Xuanda to train the army, how can he not find someone to hate? No matter what Fan Yongdou does now, after Wang Dengku's death, many people can understand and sympathize with him, and his reputation in Jin is extremely bad now.
"Boss, now is the best time!" Liu Quan couldn't help it.
"In that case, you go!" Zhai Zhe tapped the table lightly, raised his head and asked, "Or go to Hangzhou?" β
"Exactly, I have already had contact with the Jin people over there, although they were suppressed very badly by the merchants of Huizhou Mansion over there, but we are dealing in fur, and the supply of goods is all in our own hands, and the Huizhou merchants have no choice." Liu Quan had already planned the next business plan.
As long as he can bring himself silver, Zhai Zhe doesn't want to tie Liu Quan's hands and feet, everyone should do what they are good at, and he is afraid that he is not as good as Fan Yi when he runs a business. As long as he can control the naturalization, as long as the Liu family is still in Youyu, he is not afraid that Liu Quan will take out of the palm of his hand.
"Good! This year is really the most proud time for my business alliance, and there are many good things! Zhai Zhe relaxed his mind and said half-jokingly: "Liu Dongjia, you should congratulate the sect leader!" β
"What's the happy thing?" Liu Quan showed a surprised expression, "Is there anything else that the sect leader is hiding from me?" "What can be hidden from him in the Shang Alliance, he has heard the rumors a long time ago, but he is just pretending.
Zong Mao's expression was excited, and Fan Yi had already given him a breath.
"Zong Mao, five days later, I want to do the marriage between you and Lu Ying, Ji Hong and Yongying, and I don't know when I will come back!"
"Thank you, owner!" Zong Mao's heart was moved, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and the fate of these shepherd slaves was changed because of Zhai Zhe's appearance.
"Men should get married, women should get married, there's nothing to thank, it's time to marry a wife at your age!"
"Congratulations to the owner, congratulations to the sect director!" Liu Quan's face was full of smiles. Shang Meng and Zhai Zhe are getting tighter and tighter, and so is the Liu family, otherwise why would he introduce his brother Liu Suifeng to Zhai Zhe as a staff member.
No matter what the four parties think, five days later, the General's Mansion was full of lights and beaming, and Zong Mao and Lu Ying, Ji Hong and Yongying officially became husband and wife.
Zhai Zhe married his wife twice and did not have a proper officiant, and this time he was addicted to being a officiant.
After getting married, it was inconvenient for the two couples to live in the General's Mansion all the time. As the director of the business alliance, Zong Mao has no worries about food and clothing. In order to take care of Ji Hong's livelihood, Zhai Zhe bought him three halls in the small street near the General's Mansion, and gave Ji Hong the title of deputy commander of the Shangmeng Guard, so that he could be paid.
After the matter of the Ming Dynasty was disposed of, Zhai Zhe was worried about it and returned to the grassland with confidence.
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