Chapter Ninety-Six: A Deal with the Zhen Family
"Zhen Gongzi? You don't go and arrange the caravan, what's the matter? Fang Zhiwen frowned, subconsciously took a step to the side, and stood on the side wind, the province was always harassed by the aroma wafting from the opposite side, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were indeed people who were grease and powdered among men, and it was even more serious in the Wei and Jin dynasties.
Zhen Er Gongzi was slightly stunned for a moment, and then understood the meaning of Fang Zhiwen's subconscious small action, which was slightly unnatural, and the action seemed a little twisted or called 'cowardly/, cold again!' Luckily, the light isn't very good, and if this guy blushes again, it's really bad
"General Fang, those kung fu have their own arrangements, as the person in charge, you don't have to bow down to everything. I am here to thank the general, and at the same time to apologize, just now I should not be suspicious of the general, so that the action is inappropriate, General Wanwang Fang is not to blame1
"I see, is there anything else?" Fang Zhiwen held the little hand that was pulling at his cuffs to prevent her from making trouble.
"This" Zhen Ergongzi hesitantly glanced at the delicate young general who was standing behind Fang Zhiwen's side, only at the height of Fang Zhiwen's shoulder, and hesitated.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"This time, the general Fang is very grateful for his help, and he doesn't dare to deceive the general, the caravan is transporting five thousand three-yellow crossbows and a large number of crossbow arrows this time, as for the identity of the buyer, I really don't know, now I have to go back to Shitai first, waiting for the buyer to contact."
Fang Zhiwen was very interested in this mysterious buyer, the power of the Three Yellow Crossbows when defending was definitely greater than when attacking, could it be that the rebels bought it to defend the city? If Lujiang also joins the rebellion and takes the opportunity to take Jiujiang, he can use the Yangtze River and Jiancheng to hold on, if he becomes a thief, it will not be far from destruction.
"In this way, it just so happens that we will walk the line of the stone platform, but we will not enter the stone platform, so can we send you outside the city?"
"Thank you so much General Fang, I still ask General Fang to take care of the goods, the grace of saving lives cannot be repaid, and the family also has some assets, and I will definitely be rewarded at that time."
"Hehe, then dare to ask Zhen Ergongzi how to reward him?" Fang Zhiwen pulled the corners of his mouth and asked with a big grin, which made Zhen Ergongzi immediately stunned
"How about this pay?" After being stunned for a moment, Zhen Ergongzi immediately replied, but it was very refreshing, and the opening was ten thousand gold, that is, one million taels of silver, the price of this reward was quite good, but Fang Zhi Wenzhi was not here.
Fang Zhiwen shook his hand: "I'm not short of money." ”
"This" Zhen Ergongzi hesitated, he couldn't figure out what Fang Zhiwen wanted to do, after all, Fang Zhiwen had never clearly revealed his identity, he just said that he was a partial general in the Han army, and he didn't know Fang Zhiwen's details, so he naturally couldn't judge Fang Zhiwen's purpose.
"I heard that the Zhen family is a giant merchant in Jizhou, and there are caravans of the Zhen family in the north to Saiwai, Jiangdong in the south, and Liangzhou in the west, I don't know if this is the case?"
The second son of Zhen nodded proudly and said, "Although it is slightly exaggerated, the Zhen family's business is indeed all over the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. ”
"Very good, I want a promise from the Zhen family, I wonder if it's okay?"
"What is the promise?" Zhen Ergongzi frowned, as a businessman, he naturally knew that promising this kind of thing must not be easily agreed.
"Zhen Gongzi don't have to be nervous, I haven't told you my identity, this official is a general of Yuyang, and he is also in charge of Miyun Fortress, Miyun Fortress has a population of tens of thousands, but it is located in the Miyun Mountains, which is not suitable for farming, so there is a perennial lack of food, what I want is the promise that the Zhen family will provide enough food for my Miyun Fortress under the premise of having the ability, of course, I will buy it at the market price, however, Miyun Fortress is located in a remote area and the environment is poor, so I hope to barter with materials such as cattle, sheep and furs, I don't know if it is feasible?"
Fang Zhiwen didn't expect the other party to fully agree, this 'within reach' and 'enough' was definitely a serious promise, and food was the hardest hard currency at that time, so he just offered a price and waited for Zhen Ergongzi to bargain, as long as the Zhen family could promise to provide food for Miyun Fortress and establish a barter channel, it would be more or less a supplement to Miyun Fortress, no matter what, the Zhen family's food would definitely not be more expensive than the player's.
"This Yan doesn't dare to be the master of the Zhen family, but he can agree to the general's request, and the shops under Yan's name will definitely do their best to provide food for Miyunsai, but before that, Yan will first establish a shop in Miyunsai, which needs to be taken care of by the general."
Fang Zhiwen frowned slightly, is Zhen Yan's answer a bit tricky? How many shops will he have in his own name? And how much grain will be operated? These are all unknowns, he readily agreed, don't make a thousand eight hundred stones to fool himself when the time comes.
Fang Zhiwen wants food mainly to support the army, Miyunsai's army is cavalry, soldiers have three catties of grain per day, and horses have thirty catties of grain each, but two-thirds of the grass can be used here, but it is impossible to carry so much grass when fighting in winter, so the nomads' ability to sustain combat in winter is very poor, and this is the reason.
If you want to support 30,000 cavalry, the food you need every year is about two million or more stones, and now the price of grain is one stone and one hundred dollars, that is, one or two silver, which is not expensive, but when the yellow turban is in chaos, it is possible to rise to 10,000 dollars and a stone, so a stable food supply is very important, if not, then reserve enough food, the problem is that now the players are all unpredictable prophets, and the food is hidden tightly, and the food supply channels that Li Xueyin has established now are actually very reluctant, so, Fang Zhiwen needed a channel that could supply a large amount of food, so that he could store a large amount of food.
After such a calculation, you can understand why in reality, Cao Cao can't afford to raise cavalry, right? At that time, Dong Zhuo was desperately collecting money, and after Dong Zhuo died, where did all the money go? The truth is that he raised so many cavalry, and all that money was spent to buy food.
It's the same in the game, the last constraint on the scale of the war must be the scale of the economy, although the player's city can supply a certain amount of resources, but it is definitely not enough to raise a large number of cavalry, as for the infantry, it is relatively economical, so it is foreseeable that even in the future large-scale war, cavalry will still be a precious and powerful class.
Second Prince Zhen is also a smart person, as soon as he saw Fang Zhiwen's face, he understood what he was worried about, and immediately opened his voice: "General Fang, if your industry handles more than one million stones of grain every year, you will definitely give priority to supplying Miyunsai." ”
Fang Zhiwen's face softened at this time, and said with a smile: "I have 10,000 cavalry in my hands, and I consume millions of stone of grain every year, so you have to give me your food." ”
"In that case, then it's good to give it to the general, and when I hand over this batch of goods in Shitai, I'll follow the general to the north?"
Zhen Ergongzi agreed very handsomely, but Fang Zhiwen was taken aback a little, his thoughts just now seemed a little too childish, I didn't expect this sissy to be very happy, and looking at his expression, he seemed to be very concerned and happy to be able to repay Fang Zhiwen.
Of course, Fang Zhiwen didn't know that the cattle and sheep fur in his hands had huge value in the hands of the Zhen family, and the Zhen family had a variety of workshops that could deeply process the cattle and sheep fur to obtain higher value, which was the advantage of the industrial group. Now that there is a fierce war in the north, the Zhen family's supply of cattle and sheep skins and furs is already tight, and now with Fang Zhiwen's barter, the Zhen family not only does not lose money, but also makes a lot of money.
However, Fang Zhiwen was a little unhappy with the latter sentence, although Zhen Ergongzi's decisiveness and sincerity just now slightly changed Fang Zhiwen's opinion of him, but getting along with this 'squeamish' man is always uncomfortable, if you really let this guy follow all the way north, wouldn't you find guilt for yourself? But people are also trying to provide food for themselves, can they still refuse, it's just that, for the sake of the great cause of food, gritted their teeth and endured it!
"It's okay, but it doesn't matter if it's this shipment?"
Zhen Ergongzi smiled good-lookingly: "Originally, I didn't need to come with this batch of goods in person, but I wanted to see the situation in Jingnan and Jiangdong, so I just stopped by, who knew that there was such a mistake, just now Jia Fu told me, this time thanks to the general, not only saved my life, but also found out the spy in the caravan." Speaking of spies, dare to ask the general, why would the Inhumans be interested in our caravan? Is it just for this batch of crossbows? ”
Fang Zhiwen pouted, I'm afraid this matter is a big system task, otherwise the player would not know about it, let alone invest in attacking Huangyazhai, if you look at it this way, the buyers of this batch of crossbows must be the people of the Jiangxia rebels, but they didn't expect that it was their own allies, the Shanyue people, who blocked the weapon delivery channel.
"Isn't that enough? The value of this batch of crossbows was enough for them to take the risk. ”
Zhen Ergongzi sighed and glanced at Fang Zhiwen deeply, he knew that Fang Zhiwen's words were perfunctory, in fact, he himself had some guesses about this matter, he just wanted to hear Fang Zhiwen's thoughts, but Fang Zhiwen couldn't help it if he didn't say it.
After all, he was the first to show his distrust in the hall just now, and now if he wants to regain Fang Zhiwen's trust, he can't just rely on a mouth, but do it in a real way, food! What Fang Zhiwen needs is food, what he said is that even if it is a million stones, it is far from enough, this can be used, but whether this Fang Zhiwen is worth investing in still needs to be said.
From a personal point of view, Zhen Ergongzi is naturally very grateful to Fang Zhiwen, and the ancients pursued loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness as the foundation of their lives, and he Zhen Ergongzi is also a person who reads and understands, so he naturally respects these, but when it comes to the interests of the family, personal grievances cannot be mixed in.
"Hehe, so quit"
"Zhen Gongzi, it turns out that you are here, oh? General Fang is also here, I don't know what the two of you are talking about? Zhu Qigongzi suddenly flashed out from the side of the courtyard gate, and began to call Zhen Gongzi affectionately from a distance, but the words in his mouth were really annoying.
Fang Zhiwen didn't look at it, nodded slightly at Zhen Ergongzi, and gently tugged Xiangxiang, who had already come down honestly, and the two of them went down the stairs and soon disappeared into the night.
"Shaft! Zhen Gongzi, such rough people are not worth befriending, let's go back, where are you going to tell me in the future, this is not very safe. ”
Zhen Ergongzi shook his head secretly, turned around and walked towards the inner house.