After listening to Wu Xiong's words, Hao Fenglou slowly took his fingers and turned them back and forth along the edge of the teacup, feeling a little bit of warmth in his fingertips, and after a long time, he said, "How is the copper mountain set?" ”

Tongshan Jicai is what Hao Fenglou is most concerned about, and even this involves the overall situation of the entire Annan.

Chen Tianping, the king of Annan, has now revealed his wolf ambitions, and Hao Fenglou knows very well that in time, when this Chen Tianping completely sits on the silver chair, then it is time to turn around and take revenge.

For this point, Hao Fenglou has never doubted that this is not because he can't trust Chen Tianping's character, but because whether it is the first five hundred years or the next five hundred years, all dynasties and dynasties will have no affection to talk about whenever they involve fundamental interests, even if it was the Ming army that helped him restore the country, even if the Ming Dynasty made great sacrifices to clear the obstacles for him, even if Hao Fenglou saved his life, even if this Chen Tianping knew many people in Jinling, and had laughter and warmth.

This is not the reason why Chen Tianping did not oppose his purpose, he eliminated the ministers and controlled the government of Annan, and the next thing is to slowly eliminate the influence of the Ming Dynasty, and even directly turn against him.

This time he was pitted by Chen Tianping, Hao Fenglou was not surprised, but once he was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of grass ropes for ten years, in fact, from the beginning, Hao Fenglou was already determined to retaliate.

Revenge must begin with the Copper Mountain set.

A few days later, Hao Fenglou appeared in Lang Mountain, this road from Thang Long to Lang Mountain, very desolate, except for the occasional few caravans passing here, most of the time there is no trace.

It's just that when I arrived at Lang Son, the official road gradually became easier to walk. The road paved with fine sand and gravel is covered with a layer of mud, and although it is not as good as the cement road of later generations, it is not barren.

On both sides of the official road are post stations every ten miles. There are special post guards, in addition to the post guards in this post station, there are some more mysterious people, they usually only go out of the post station, specifically responsible for transferring documents and the like, they belong to the personnel of the Shenwu Guard, and they are entrusted in this post station. On the one hand, it is responsible for transmitting information delivered from various places, and on the other hand, it is responsible for receiving information and even providing assistance to the Shenwu guards hidden nearby.

With the help of post stations, they are scattered at various points. Each point became a relatively independent system of intelligence stations.

After entering Langshan, the caravans on the official road gradually increased, and the closer they got to Tongshanji, the more people flowed. A merchant who came by trekking through mountains and rivers. Dusty men, mentally exhausted guards, in groups of three or five, some even on a grand scale, with hundreds of cars and hundreds of people.

They took a truckload of goods from the mainland, and then sent the goods out of the country.

At first, Annam's specialties were only fur, as well as rhino horns, horn combs, agarwood, and the like. And because of the ban on commerce in the early Ming Dynasty, trade between Annam and the Ming Dynasty was often carried out through the way of annual tribute. It's just after Jianwen. Due to the civil strife in the Central Plains, commercial and trade activities began to appear, Yongle ascended the throne, and the imperial court began to turn a blind eye to such things, as long as it was not excessive, it would generally not be investigated, and gradually, the trade of merchants began to be frequent.

And now, Lang Son has become the territory of the Hao family, and the Hao family here is faintly encouraging commerce, plus here in Lang Son, the specialty began to increase, from ironware to mahogany furniture, to cheap to outrageous cloth, for a while, it soon became an important transit center connecting Nanyang to Daming.

Copper Mountain has changed dramatically here.

In the past, it was only a few thatched huts, but now it is a series of wooden and stone houses, although there is not a large family carved beams and painted mansions, and the buildings are mostly practical, without the slightest fancy thing, but there are all kinds of warehouses and shops.

The big wine pans and tea pans were waving in the wind, and the voices of the shouting guys came and went, and the merchants immediately entered the inn to rest their feet after arriving, and then began to inquire about various news.

A lot of rhino horns from Annam have been sent recently, and all of them are of the highest quality.

Lang Son cloth has risen by one penny per horse, which is said to be too tight, and orders have been lined up for a few months, but the good news is that the Hou Mansion has trained a thousand apprentices and plans to expand the workshop, and the output will only be more in the future.

The purchase price of cotton has risen a lot, there is no way, the daily output of so much cloth, no cotton can not be, but the cotton in the interior is too expensive, if you go to Annam, the price of cotton is much lower, it is said that in Zhenla, Ailao, Niu Roar, Siam, Xi Ma Xi, Japu and other countries, the price of cotton is even lower, less than 30% of the mainland.

There is also ironstone, which has been in demand a lot recently.

Many business opportunities are placed in front of the businessmen, and these businessmen don't look at them one by one, but they are all thinking behind their backs.

In fact, this is also no way, although the Ming businessmen have a wider vision, but the mainland has been suppressing business, even so, the mainland is a strong sense of business after all, goods are exchanged, many transactions, in fact, the competition has already been fierce.

The same silk and porcelain, if you transport it from Jiangnan to Beiping, you can't actually earn much silver, not because Beiping people don't love silk and porcelain in Jiangnan, but because there are too many people in this business, and the goods have already piled up, what price can be sold in this case?

It can be said that the merchants who came here to do business came here on the one hand, and on the other hand, they suffered from the squeeze of their peers, but they were lucky enough to arrive at Lang Son, and they suddenly found that the silver here was much easier to earn than in the mainland.

The price of cotton in the mainland is 131 wen a catty, but if it is in Annam, it may only cost more than 70 wen, but the purchase price here in Langshan is more than 150 wen; Also, the cloth, ironware, and mahogany furniture here in Lang Son are all of high quality and low price, as long as you are diligent enough to receive the goods, you will not have to worry about no sales.

This is paradise, at least for the time being, and almost all the merchants are like fish in water, and they bring silk and resell it to the merchants of Annam, who then sell it to the South Seas, and the price is increased tenfold. The merchants of Annam brought rhino horn, which was leather goods, and some herbs that were already scarce in the mainland, which may not be worth much here, but when they were sent to the mainland, the price doubled.

Hao Fenglou arrived in plain clothes in Tongshan, he was not in a hurry, with a few guards behind his back and a few guards shuttling in this bustling street, at the end of the street is a huge building of the Hou Mansion, on the book Langshan Commercial Bank four characters, this commercial house is the most magnificent building in the whole Tongshan Collection, covering an area of dozens of acres, there are three doors outside, although there is no decoration, but it looks extraordinarily atmospheric.

Entered the trading house, it is a bit like an inn, the position on the first floor is a table and chairs, there are businessmen come in, first to hand over the name thorn, the guys accept the name thorn and invite him to sit down, immediately someone offers tea, everyone sits down, drink free tea, chat with each other.

Immediately afterwards, someone would go downstairs with a name thorn and shout: "I don't know if Master Wu of Songjiang Mansion is there?" Please go upstairs and speak. ”

Naturally, the person who heard it got up, bowed hands to the person who was sitting with him, and immediately went upstairs.

The second floor is the heart of the firm, with many doors, each with a sign hanging in front of it, such as cotton, cloth, ironware, etc.

Which door you want to enter, you usually bet on it yourself, just like this Master Wu, he came over this time with Annan's six thousand catties of cotton, otherwise it would be impossible for a guy to invite him upstairs just by sitting idle for a while. If it is other businessmen, is to buy cloth, ironware, some people are to wait for a day, is also a common thing, after all, this kind of thing is too tight, there is an endless stream of businessmen come every day, and even some businessmen may not be able to order goods in a few days, this is still in recent days to continue to expand production, so that the output has been greatly increased, so as not to be so stretched.

Master Wu pushed open the door of the cotton, there is a bookkeeper sitting behind the desk, here is the structure of a small hall, and there are two mahogany Taishi chairs, in addition to the book, there is also a middle-aged man wearing a round-necked shirt, this person is the shopkeeper of the Hou Mansion, surnamed Liu, called Liucheng, a shopkeeper like him, there are more than 30 in the Hou Mansion, and Liucheng is responsible for the purchase of cotton.

As soon as Master Wu arrived, Liu Cheng immediately stood up, bowed his hand, and greeted him with a smile. He and this Master Wu are old acquaintances, so there is a relaxation in his words, and after the guests and hosts are seated, there are special people outside to bring tea and pastries. Liu Cheng began to get to the point: "It is reported that Brother Wu brought six thousand catties of cotton from Annan? ”

Master Wu immediately said: "Six thousand two hundred catties, the old man inquired about the market, the price is still one hundred and fifty-three yuan?" ”

"Not bad." Liu Cheng smiled and said: "This is naturally rest assured, our Hou Mansion's business will not be fake, then you only need to bring the cotton to the warehouse, weigh the pounds into the warehouse, take the strips to this trading house, and give you your own white silver, a lot." But Brother Wu, don't blame the old man for talking too much, there are some things that the old man wants to ask. ”

Master Wu's heart fell to the ground, although he knew that this business firm had a good reputation, but he didn't get the right words, after all, he still had so many goods in his heart, but he was not satisfactory at all, and there was a little mistake halfway, which was not a joke.

Master Wu said to himself: "Brother Liu, but it's okay to ask." ”

"Brother Wu is a Han Chinese, but I don't know what kind of way to harvest cotton in Annan?" Liu Cheng quietly observed the businessman surnamed Wu, smiling. This sentence is obviously a bit taboo, people who do business have more or less secrets, and some secrets, in a sense, are business opportunities.

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It is estimated that the tiger is going to Nanchang in the past two days, and in such a hot weather, why do you have so many things to go out, alas...... (To be continued......)