During the day that day, Yan Hong no longer went out, but only rested in the line and talked and laughed with a few concubines. At night, under the protection of the guards of the Yan Mansion and the masters of the 12 zodiac signs in brocade, he went to the hall in Datong. At that time, the power of the Jin merchants was not as great as that of the Qing Dynasty, and this hall was also a Guandi Temple. The style of worship of Guan Yu has been prevalent since the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties have intensified. In the early Ming Dynasty, after Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was published, no one knew about it. Guan Yu was originally a person in Shanxi Jieliang, and he had been a small trader before his debut, and he also promised a thousand gold, loyal to the liver and courage, so he was especially respected by Jin merchants, and all contracts were signed in front of the Guandi Temple, in order to show that he was not deceitful or deceitful, and if he violated his faith, people and gods were angry.

Yan Hong entered the hall and had already set up a table of wine and food. Jin merchants have always lived a simple life, and this wine and food are naturally far from being able to catch up with Yang Shun's luxury in the governor's yamen, but it is also complete on land and water, and it is quite exquisite. Several Jin merchants complimented each other and invited Yan Hong to take a seat. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Fan together represented all the Jin merchants and put forward their meanings:

Young Master Yan wants to exchange for broken silver to reward the army, this matter is beneficial to the country, and the Jin merchants should bear it by themselves, and only charge two cents of fire consumption. The amount of 600,000 taels was huge, and it was impossible to make it up for a while, so within 10 days, Yan Qin would be sent 80,000 taels, and the rest would be transported from all over the country one after another, and the time limit would be one month.

Yan Dashao's matter of opening a goods store is also convenient for the military and civilians of the nine borders, and the Jin merchants have been in the local area for a long time, so they naturally need to give more support. For the specific investment algorithm, the local Jin businessmen will first take a spectrum, and according to the budget money, everyone will discuss how to contribute. In short, in this profit sharing, there will be no loss of Yan Dashao. Moreover, the freight manpower, Jin Shang will bear it, but he just hopes that Yan Dashao will send people to accompany the escort team at that time. The levels are somewhat convenient.

As for the matter of opening the sea. Yan Dashao wants to find a merchant as an alliance. This face must naturally be given. Several major Jin merchants got together and prepared to take out one million taels of silver in the first phase for shipbuilding, hiring labor, and stocking up. Yan Dashao doesn't have to pay for it, accounting for one and a half percent of the dry shares, but the ship has to worry about Yan Dashao to solve it.

Yan Hong heard that Jin Shang was willing to give one million, but he was also happy. Needless to say, Yan Fu is rich and noble, just the money under Yan Hong's hands, since the last time Yan Song is in charge. Distribute half of the lost White Lotus Sect treasure to Yan Hong, and the value will be hundreds of thousands. It's just that there are many uses for this money, and it can't all be used for maritime business. And in the future, when the business is opened, there must be a place to spend money. The Jin merchants not only have strong financial resources, but also read the business scriptures accurately, and with them as an alliance, at least in this respect, they are not worried.

In addition, through this business alliance, the two families have also reached a certain level of solidarity. In this way, Liang Zi, who overturned Zheng Guoqi by handling the case himself. It's probably okay to be exposed. Yan Hong embraced this idea and drank happily with a few Jin merchants. Happy with each other. That night, he stayed at Zhang Qingyan's place.

The next morning, it was the day to agree to hold a meeting with Taiyuan Wenwu. Yang Xuan, the governor of Datong, Lu Kai, Zhang Chengxun, the chief soldier of Datong, Zhao Qing, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and Lu Kui, the commander of Shanxi, came to meet him. Only the governor Yang Shun said that he was sick and did not come, so he only sent his master Yan Ru to come.

Yan Hong frowned when he saw that Yang Shun was not coming: "Master Yan, what kind of illness does my uncle Yang Shun have?" Today, I convened the civil and military gatherings here to discuss the important matter of rewarding the border army, how can this be absent? ”

Yan Ru said: "Master Qincha forgive me. Dashuai since the day before yesterday and the old man Qincha to catch the wind, not in harmony with a few more drinks, the night was blown by the northwest wind, cold, that night burned hot hands, now drink a few pairs of medicine, a few sweats, the fever has not gone down. I wanted to struggle to get up, but Lang Zhong said that he really couldn't move, and he hoped that the old man Gu Pian Dashuai would have some arrangements, and the students would go back and tell the Dashuai that he would never miss a big deal. ”

Yan Hong smiled secretly in his heart, seeing that he had scared Yang Shun a lot the night before. He coughed: "Since this is the case, then we will discuss the business of this army." Ben Qincha came to Xuanda to present the award in accordance with the will of the Heavenly Family, and it was necessary to make sure that the soldiers of the border court and everyone could get the grace of heaven. Therefore, the reward must be distributed to the soldiers, and those who were wounded and killed in the battle with the Tartars must also be compensated. Otherwise, let these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country have no support, how can everyone bear it? ”

All the civil and military officers nodded. Yan Hong said again: "Ben Qincha is not a foolish person, the border court battles are frequent, sometimes the military families flee, or the casualties are not reported in time, etc., there are some discrepancies between the soldiers and the forehead, which is not a big deal." You all have to provide for your family, and I will not blame you for everything. However, if you have to leave three points of leeway, you ask yourself, this Xuanda land can be defended, the capital can be safe, and the Ming Dynasty can be stable, half of which is also piled up by the soldiers. When you are in office, of course, it is best to be promoted and make a fortune, if this foundation is shaken, is it okay? Therefore, after you go back, please make a book and send it to the soldiers and horses of each ministry and the households of the guards, and then Ben Chin will send them to distribute rewards. If you bring this number, I will not report it to the imperial court, nor will I show it to other yamen, and I will only use this distribution of rewards to benefit you at that time. However, don't fool me, if the stubble of the numbers is too big, don't blame Ben Chin for not talking about friendship. ”

When all the Wenwu saw Yan Hong's words at this level, they couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly said yes. Yan Hong smiled: "In this way, it will be hard for you." Within two days, the list was given to me. ”

After everyone retreated, Yan Ru was the only one who stayed behind and said, "Master Qincha, there is still something here for the students, and we must tell you." ”

Yan Hong said: "Please speak." ”

Yan Ru said: "The night before, there were military families and family members who gathered to make trouble, and after going back, the marshal ordered the students to check. After all, Datong Town is where the governor's yamen is located, and there are standard battalions to suppress it, and some military households cannot afford to make a big disturbance. But there is one place, Ma Fang, the deputy chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion, has always been arrogant and arrogant. In the past two years, whenever there is a reward, he is always the first to come out to make trouble, either because the reward is less silver-haired, or because the cloth is too old. The arrogant soldiers under him also flaunted their might one by one, and even openly insulted the officials. This time, the commander was also worried that this person should not make any more trouble. ”

Yan Hong smiled: "What do I say, this doesn't matter." Ben Qin sent an order to reward, as long as it is just and fair, how can ordinary soldiers come to provoke? Even if Ma Fang is arrogant, does he dare to rebel? As for the scolding of the soldiers, what are you afraid of? Can you still sew his mouth up? ”

Yan Ru said: "Just saying that, it's okay. However, the students checked the reward the night before, and some of them walked around and even instigated the gathering. The person behind this is not a White Lotus cultist. And that Ma Fang originally escaped from Mongolia, and I treated him well at the beginning. And this person has always liked to recruit rebels, and there are many people who have returned from the north in the army, Mongolian soldiers and Jianghu boxers, and there are many fish and dragons. It is said that the White Lotus Sect was also very rampant among Ma Fang's army. Therefore, the students are a little confused, worried that there is something famous in this. ”

Hearing the words "White Lotus Sect", Yan Hong raised his eyebrows. This White Lotus Sect is not only a confidant of the Ming Dynasty, but also has a lot of hatred with him Yan Hong. The year before last, he broke the puppet imperial state of the White Lotus Sect in Yongpingzhuang, west of Beijing, and last year he went down to Shandong to exterminate all the White Lotus Sect's main altar line, killing the Dharma protector Wang Xuan and the two elders, and annihilating the White Lotus Sect's puppet army of nearly 100,000. And this year, at sea, he was almost plotted by the White Lotus Sect Vajra Buddha. The hatred between each other can be described as deep as the sea. The land of Xuanda is close to Mongolia, and the backer behind Zhao Quan of the White Lotus Sect is the Great Khan of Western Mongolia. The White Lotus Sect chose such a moment to make trouble, it was really normal.

To be honest, Yan Hong was skeptical about the dirty water that Yang Shun, Lu Kai, Yan Ru and others poured on Ma Fang in turn. After all, these people were originally all the way, and Ma Fang was personally recommended by his father-in-law, Lu Bing. Coupled with the introduction of Yang Daye, a thousand households in local brocade clothes, Yan Hong's heart was actually inclined to this Ma Fang was originally a good general, and he was framed because he refused to attach himself to Yang Shun. But now when I heard Yan Ru say that there might be a White Lotus Sect in Ma Fang's army, and then instigated trouble, the string of class struggle immediately tightened. If this Ma Fang army really became a den of thieves of the White Lotus Sect, it would be terrible. I can't tolerate such a time bomb. (To be continued......)