The bleating sheep were driven through the gates of Fushun Pass. Zhou Qingfeng came down from the city gate tower, looked at those sheep and frowned, "These sheep are too thin, do you really want us to eat bones?" ”

Wang Kai Wang Fat Man wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and ran over from outside the pass with joy and smiled: "Lord Baihu, I have negotiated with the people of Hadabu, and they will send two hundred sheep in a few days." ”

Zhou Qingfeng was dissatisfied, stretched out his hand to the sheep in front of him and said: "Two hundred is not much, if they are all such thin sheep, what is the use?" ”

"It's cheap, a sheep only costs three taels of silver, which is already a rare low price." Wang Kai's round face was wrinkled with a smile, and he said embarrassedly: "The road in the north is difficult, these sheep are all driven along the way, and they will lose weight after walking for two or three days." into our hands. ”

Zhou Qingfeng was dissatisfied, but he couldn't help it. No matter how powerful a person is, he has to eat and, and no matter how powerful the force is, he can't change the natural environment. Getting rid of Li Yongfang allowed him to gain the power of Fushun, and getting the 'money-making treasure' allowed him to raise enough funds, but if he wanted to get a lot of meat, he really had to buy it from the Jurchens and Mongols in the north.

Love or not, sheep are so thin.

"Isn't the Hada Ministry already annexed by the Jianzhou Ministry?" Zhou Qingfeng frowned and asked.

"But the people of the Hada tribe also want tea and cloth." Wang Kai said with a smile.

"Can you get horses from Hadabe?"

"They say, if you don't give iron, they won't give horses."

Exercise......!

Most of the land of the Han people is used to grow grain, and there is no extra place for grazing and raising horses. The barbarians to the north were a little poorer, but they had large pastures that could provide their horses with relatively abundant cheap food. Originally, the Han people exchanged iron tools for horses, but now Zhou Qingfeng is engaged in a trade blockade and resolutely refuses to give the enemy iron tools. So the Jurchens didn't give Zhou Qingfeng horses.

Zhou Qingfeng wanted to turn his forces into mules and horses, not only to solve the needs of the Guard's hundreds of large animals, but also to solve the needs of other workshops, transportation, farming and other animal power within the force.

The capacity of horses and wagons far exceeds that of individuals, and the Division of Administration initially estimates that about 2,000 horses will be needed to have sufficient capacity for the entire team to move south. Otherwise, if you rely on people to walk on foot, you will be ready to exhaust a group of weak people, and you will not be able to go far even if you are exhausted.

"Has the relationship between Tieling and Beiguan been dredged?" Zhou Qingfeng asked again.

"I sent someone, but Kaiyuan General Soldier Ma Lin asked for half of the goods when he opened his mouth, otherwise he wouldn't let us pass." Wang Kai is also distressed.

The purpose of dredging the North Pass is to open up the trade route to Ye Hebu, and Zhou Qingfeng has not been in contact with He Zhuo and Binghuang recently, and he is not clear about their current situation. And now that he is short of horses, he naturally thought of asking He Zhuo for help. After all, compared with the Jianzhou tribe, which was good at foot warfare, the Yehebu, a Jurchen tribe transformed by the Mongols, was better at raising horses. However, Fushun is too far away from Ye He.

"Marlin, bastard." Zhou Qingfeng cursed in a low voice.

Marin is a typical tiger father and dog son. His father Ma Fang was a rare border army general in the Ming Dynasty who had a positive sense of attack, and as a result, he raised a son who turned out to be 'good at literature, able to write poetry, work and calligraphy, and make friends with many scholars'. A good military general turned into a literati. This guy has a lot of strange deeds.

What about Zhou Qingfeng's strength, it is impossible for him to run to Kaiyuan to hammer Ma Lin to death. At present, in order to get enough horses, he can only compromise with Ma Lin, so he instructed Wang Kai: "Give Ma Lin silver and let him put the goods over." He didn't want horses, he just wanted money. Don't run away about this, let Mr. Zeng go. ”

Zhou Qingfeng looked back at the old man who had reported to him before. The old man whispered a 'yes' and stopped talking. Wang Kai saw that the old man was blushing, obviously smiling, but he couldn't hide the anger in his heart.

This Mr. Zeng's full name is Zeng Shiqi, and he was Wang Kai's housekeeper before. When Li Yongfang set a trap for Zhou Qingfeng, this Fushun native took the initiative to find Zhou Qingfeng to report the situation, wanting Zhou Qingfeng to save the people of the city, and he couldn't let Li Yongfang and Wang Kaihu come.

Not long ago, Wang Kai returned to Fushun from Shenyang and took over the post of section chief of the Commerce and Trade Section of the Administration Department. As a result, Steward Zeng, who had failed in all his calculations, became the nail that Zhou Qingfeng had clearly planted in the Commerce and Trade Department - for Wang Kai, a slippery guy, he was a hundred uneasy. But Wang Kai's connections and abilities are also high-quality, and it is a pity not to use this person.

Seeing Wang Kai's anger, Zhou Qingfeng slapped him coldly and said, "Outside Wang Yuan, let me say it again, this time is different from the past. Liaodong is about to be in turmoil, and smart people should take refuge in really powerful forces. Now that Fushun is up to me, I will make it clear that Mr. Zeng is my person in the Commerce and Trade Division. If anything happens to him, I will only ask you. ”

Most of the staff in the entire Commerce and Trade Section are Wang Kai's subordinates, and it would be too easy for him to make some moths for Zhou Qingfeng behind his back. In order to curb him, Zhou Qingfeng specially cultivated the force of Lao Zeng. Anyway, the two are incompatible, and they are very familiar with each other, which is just convenient for Zhou Qingfeng to control.

Wang Kai could only laugh once or twice, and he was also aggrieved in his heart. He received a letter from Zhou Qingfeng some time ago, and returned to Fushun in half a day. Zhou Qingfeng met him immediately, and returned all the assets in the original city. However, Zhou Qingfeng forcibly inserted the former housekeeper who betrayed him, which was too disgusting.

It's just that Wang Kai can only accept his fate, leaving aside the matter of Zeng's housekeeper, Zhou Qingfeng's management of Fushun is very beneficial to business and trade. Officials did not dare to eat and take cards casually, and all filial piety to officials was revoked. In order to attract vendors, Zhou Qingfeng didn't even collect taxes, and everyone praised him for selling and buying fairly.

Zhou Qingfeng, who raised 500,000 taels of silver, was like a black hole, constantly eating all kinds of goods. Wang Kai was in charge of the Commerce and Trade Division, and Zhou Qingfeng's needs were taken over by himself. 500,000 taels of silver must be earned by him at least 100,000 taels.

"Wang Kai, you go talk to the Jurchens in the Northland again. In addition to all kinds of livestock, I also need furs. As many as you want, let them send it to me. The price can be increased by 20% compared to the past. Zhou Qingfeng began to place orders again, "You can also send as many medicinal materials as you can from the Northland, the more the better." It's best to rush to deliver within this month. ”

Wang Kai nodded and took the order.

Zeng Shiqi, the deputy head of the Commerce and Trade Section, reminded in a low voice: "Lord Baihu, Wang Kai recently handed over all the items you want to buy to his own shop for purchase, and I am afraid that something will be wrong after a long time." ”

Zhou Qingfeng was happy, "You also know that Nurhachi may call at any time, is the silver money or the goods more important at this time?" I wish I could spend all the money I had now for all sorts of merchandise. For Wang Kaimo, as long as he quickly procures things, it is not a big deal for him to make some money. In the future, ......, this money will not be so easy to earn. ”

Hearing Zhou Qingfeng say this, Zeng Shiqi was completely relieved. After all, as Zhou Qingfeng's enemy, he had carefully studied the other party, and knew that the young man in front of him seemed to be not serious, but he rarely made mistakes in his calculations.

"By the way, does Wang Kai have a caravan with a large number of people in his hands?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.

Zeng Shiqi replied 'yes', and explained in detail: "The foundation of Wang Kai's fortune is the caravan. In the past, there were only a small number of cars and horses running some fixed trade routes. Wang Kai put a lot of effort into forming a caravan of thousands of people, and there were his warehouses all over Liaodong. Waiting for others to find out that he shipped goods here quickly and cheaply, Wang Kai's business naturally started. ”

"Amazing, amazing." Zhou Qingfeng did not hesitate to praise, "Wang Yuanwai, this is an early understanding of the truth that the channel is king." Do you think it's possible for me to take over Wang Kai's caravan? ”

Zeng Shiqi shook his head, "Lord Baihu should not be too persecuted, Wang Kai would rather not have his own business, but he would never give up his caravan." As long as he has a caravan in hand, he can make his fortune again. ”

"So do you understand how caravans work?" Zhou Qingfeng asked Zeng Shiqi with a smile again.

This Wang Kai's housekeeper had a wry smile on his face, Zhou Qingfeng asked this, he definitely couldn't say that he didn't understand. But this made him and Wang Kai face each other on the needle, and the two families were afraid that they would fight for a lifetime.

"You can be another former member." Zhou Qingfeng said calmly: "I don't have anyone who can do business now, so I forced you to come here to make up the number. In the future, when my subordinates are cultivated, I will naturally set you free. At that time, if the Zeng family didn't have any strength, wouldn't they be bullied to death by the Wang family? Now, how about I pay for it, and you manage it on your behalf? ”

This is already the case, Zeng Shiqi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The hundred households are gracious, Zeng Mou dares not to serve his life?" ”

"You first send someone to Yehebu and find a way to let Ma Lin, the chief soldier of Kaiyuan, release the horses we bought. In addition, send someone to take another trip to Lushun to explore the way to Lushun. I've sent someone there before, but I never came back, and I don't know what happened on the road. Zhou Qingfeng explained.

Zeng Shiqi could probably guess that Zhou Qingfeng should want to transfer, and he immediately reminded: "If you want to go to Lushun, why don't you take the waterway?" From the Hunhe River into the Liao River, from the Liao River into the sea and then to Lushun. The waterway is much lighter and safer than the landway. ”

On a long-distance journey, a person can carry at most twenty or thirty kilograms of supplies, including eating, drinking, and Lazar, and he can't bring much at all. A horse can carry a hundred kilograms, and a two-wheeled carriage can carry half a ton. But a most ordinary cargo ship can transport at least several tons, or even tens of tons.

Shipping can use the power of water to greatly save physical exertion. Ancient cities were often built next to waterways, and the convenience of waterways was a great benefit.

Zhou Qingfeng said distressedly: "I also thought about taking the waterway, but I haven't been able to get a boat." And there were no sailors to be found. ”

"Wang Kai has."

"Damn...... this guy even has a fleet? How can he have everything? ”

"It's not a fleet, it's a two-hundred-gauge cargo ship. If you ask him for this cargo ship, he will probably say yes. ”

Two hundred? 'Material' is the load unit of ancient Chinese ships, and one material is equivalent to about 90 catties. Two hundred materials are less than ten tons. It's a full boat. But the transportation capacity of such a small boat is equivalent to a convoy of twenty or thirty carriages. The advantages of shipping are clear.

Zeng Shiqi continued: "This ship was bought by Wang Kai, and the crew was hired from the Dengzhou Naval Division. If you want a boat or a person, you can hire it from Dengzhou for money. Those poor soldiers in the Dengzhou Navy Division are also bitter haha, as long as they give enough money, everything is easy to say. The only thing I was worried about was that the sailors were also soldiers and bandits, and if they wanted to be safe all the way on the boat, they had to use some means. ”

Sailor? That means facing the vast sea.

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