By this time, Tao Xin was still a little skeptical. The merchant had three or five war horses, but Tao Xin still believed that there would always be some bold officers and soldiers who would dare to guard and steal from themselves. But a hundred? What's that concept? It's like a modern day to get a hundred armored vehicles and military trucks from the barracks, which is also a bit too big!

But to Tausin's complete surprise, the merchant was not at all unequivocal. Only one day later, he really brought a hundred horses with complete horse harnesses. Although there are a few horses mixed in, the overall quality is also in the past. So that Tao Xin is amazed.

However, this also caught Tao Xin a little off guard, he hurriedly embezzled five thousand taels from the vegetable money of the newly formed legion, and without bargaining, he bought all these war horses first.

Seeing Tao Xin so happy, the merchant was also very happy, and he secretly left three hundred taels as a benefit to Tao Xin. Tao Xin did not refuse, he asked the treasurer of the army to put it away, and then asked the question in his heart: "This gentleman, you are so bold that you really sent these horses over." Aren't you afraid that we won't pay if we rob it? ”

"No!" The merchant smiled, "You are the people of Runing Wu Dashuai, you will definitely not break your promise, let alone rob it." Otherwise, Wu Dashuai won't be able to spare you! ”

"Hahaha-!" Tausin smirked. Hearing that Runing Army is quite trustworthy in the eyes of outside businessmen, Tao Xin is also honored.

"How could Sir find our Runing Army?" Tao Xin asked another question.

"Actually, we have a relationship with every military camp." It was clear that the merchant was very talkative, and "he had a lot of connections even in the mountains." And the master of my family is also an old acquaintance of the head of your family, that is, General Yan. Otherwise, how dare we come to the door? ”

"Oh? It's Vice Admiral Yan! Tausin exclaimed.

"That's right! Could it be that the general also knows my master? ”

"I've met a few times." Tao Xin nodded, "How is he lately?" ”

"Thanks to the general. Not bad. ”

It turned out that after Yan Dingshan was transferred to Fengyang. All of a sudden, the days became poor. Originally, Yan Dingshan was like a fish in water on the Grand Canal, but now he can only eat empty salaries in Fengyang, plus there are too many mothers-in-law on the head, and the very little income has to share the profits, so Yan Dingshan's mind began to liven up.

And Cao Bing, an army with a merchant taste more than a military taste, their first choice must be to do business. Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, they first set their sights on their own military supplies.

After the fall of Fengyang, the imperial court also attached great importance to the defense of Fengyang. In addition to garrisoning heavy troops, a large number of war horses, weapons and other military materials were also transferred from Nanjing and other armament depots and distributed to various units in Fengyang. Again. Yan Dingshan had fought side by side with Wu Shigong, and he knew the strength of the Runing Army very well. With his back to the mountain of Runing, he will flee to Runing at most, so Yan Dingshan's equipment requirements for his troops are just so-so.

In this case. It's officially opened, and the first thing to do is to find a buyer. Look around for one. They immediately found a big customer. That is the remnant peasant army that Liu Guoneng still left in the Dabie Mountains.

Those remnants of the peasant army lacked everything. There is a shortage of food, salt, iron, medicinal materials, weapons, and so on, but they also have good goods in their hands. In addition to the mountain goods in the mountains, the peasant army also had a large amount of looted property in their hands. And although these goods were very valuable, they had nowhere to sell the stolen goods, nor could they be exchanged for useful materials, so they were no different from waste in the hands of the peasant army.

So Yan Dingshan and the peasant army in Dabie Mountain hit it off. The two sides immediately started trading. At the beginning of the transaction, both parties were still cautious, for fear of being known by the outside world. But as the transaction deepened, the business of both parties became bigger and bigger. And the news of the deal is gradually revealed.

At first, it was the soldiers of Yan Dingshan who traded privately with the soldiers of the peasant army, and then, the other officials and soldiers of Fengyang also knew. When they saw that the business was so prosperous, they immediately turned red.

After that, it snowballed. Anyway, by now, a huge market has been formed here in Huoqiu. And in this market, there are troops sent by the official army and the peasant army to maintain order and maintain fair trade. The two sides have formed harmony here.

And when Zhu Dadian, the governor of Fengyang, learned about this market, he couldn't manage it anymore and didn't dare to manage it. Because almost all the civil officials, military attachés and eunuchs in Fengyang joined this business. Zhu Dadian can only deceive himself and pretend to turn a blind eye.

That's why the merchant was so bold when he saw the arrival of the Runing Army, and dared to confess everything to Tao Xin. It turned out that this was already an open secret of Fengyang Mansion.

After the merchant said goodbye, Tao Xin smiled and said to Yuan Shizhong: "They are here to do nonsense!" Aren't you afraid that others will know? ”

Yuan Shizhong also laughed: "Actually, it's the same everywhere." When you are in the grass, what is not purchased through the government? Sometimes I bought and sold weapons at night, and in the morning I used the weapons I bought to fight the officers and soldiers, so I couldn't be ruthless no matter what. And a lot of times fighting a war is like doing business. How much gold, silver, pigs and sheep were given, everyone roared for a while, and the battle was over. Where is there such discipline as our Runing Army? ”

"No matter what, I still have to tell the master!" Tausin continued.

"What? Does the Major General want to inform? It's useless, even if the adults report it to the imperial court, those local officials will also hide it. Yuan Shizhong advised.

"Where do you want to go?" Tao Xinle spoke up, "I want to tell the master that there are a lot of good goods here, and let him arrange the firm here quickly." At least this time our war horses are very cheap! ”

"I was trying to tell the major general about this! This war horse must belong to my legion! ”

"It's not such a cheap thing, I also became the commander of the legion in Nanzhili, and my legion is also short of war horses!"

"What is available is my legion's vegetable money?"

"Then split the account fifty-fifty."

"That's not going to work!"

……

After this episode, Tao Xin continued his journey. At this time, Xue Yong's fleet also welcomed a secret guest.

"General Xue! Where do you want us to go down here? Jin Xiong asked.

"I've had enough these days!" Xue Yong didn't answer Jin Xiong's question directly, and when he saw Jin Xiong smirking, Xue Yong asked again: "Give me a quasi-letter!" Can the Collapse of the Sky control all these people? (To be continued......)