Lao Li Tou and his son have been engaged in the trading of northern goods in Fuzhou City, although the business is not very big, but they are also familiar with the way. With his assistance www.biquge.info the caravan soon received a lot of northern goods. The Qing army gathered ten times the strength of the Japanese army on the Haicheng front, but it was never able to drive the Japanese out of Haicheng. At first, the nearby merchants who dealt in northern goods still had the illusion of waiting for the Qing army to drive away the Japanese army and restore the transportation inside and outside the customs, and they did not rush to deal with the goods in their hands.

As a result, the Qing army became worse and worse the more they fought, and after the change of commander on the Haicheng front, it became even more unreliable, and desperate businessmen began to want to sell their northern goods to cash out. However, even if they are willing to bleed and sell at a low price, there are only a few merchants who dare to brave the war zone for the sake of money. It is not so easy to cross the war zone, and it is better to meet a disciplined regular army, take out the note issued by the superior, and then bribe the officer who leads the team, and you will be able to get through safely. But if you encounter a rout, bandits, or Japanese army, you will even have to take your life into it.

It is normal for the rout bandits to kill people and steal goods, but now even the Japanese army has openly plundered the materials of the Chinese people after the order to collect supplies on the spot in Dashanyan. Although the order stated that military supplies were to be collected on the spot for use in battle, when it was carried out, the soldiers and men did not care whether you were military supplies or not, and they used this order as a legal basis for legal robbery, and looted property on a large scale.

In the end, those merchants who received the goods from the north did not wait for the caravan that came to trade, so they could only let the goods smash in their hands. There are certain conditions for the preservation of ginseng, and in this chaotic year, where to find a place where the temperature and humidity are relatively stable to preserve, maybe tomorrow the Japanese will come to the door to loot, and it is obviously unrealistic to hold it for a long time. As for the leather goods, they can't be smashed in their hands for a long time. It's a seasonal thing, you can't sell it this winter, and the price is even lower in spring and summer, so you have to spend half a year to prevent mold and moth, and then sell it when the price is higher in the winter of the next year. They are all buyers and sellers, this silver is trapped by the goods, and they are still playing with eggs?

Therefore, when the caravan came to this small village between Liaoyang and Haicheng and began to openly buy goods from the north, even the merchants in Liaoyang City rushed to sell their goods.

"Yo, isn't this the yellow shopkeeper of Liaoyang? Last year, Xiao Lao'er and you had a relationship in the store in Fuzhou City. Lao Li Tou said to the merchant who thought he had come from Liaoyang to sell the goods.

"Ah, it turns out that you are receiving the goods, didn't you hear that Fuzhou City was occupied by the Japanese? Why are you still receiving goods? "The old Li family of the goods caravan surnamed Huang still has some impressions, remembering that their family is not doing much business, how can they dare to buy northern goods here today.

"Fuzhou City is indeed occupied by the Japanese people, but Xiao Lao'er's new owner has some ways, and it is safe to pass by Fuzhou City." Lao Li said to the merchant surnamed Huang with a smile.

"Congratulations, congratulations. It turns out that you always have your back against the big tree to enjoy the coolness, today you have to raise your hand when you estimate the goods in Huang's hand, I have been smashing this batch of goods in my hands for more than half a year, and this day is almost unbearable. The businessman surnamed Huang said.

"Well said, well said. But shopkeeper Huang, why don't you send it to Fengtian City to sell, this Liaoyang to Fengtian will not be cut off from transportation, right? Lao Li Tou asked.

"It's not, the road from Liaoyang City to Fengtian City is quite smooth, but the price of northern goods in Fengtian City is also outrageously low, who dares to go there to sell? That's not to go to grandma's house. The merchant surnamed Huang said with a sad face.

"Oh, why is that? Has this communication from Mukden to Kannai also been cut off by the Japanese people? Lao Li Tou asked.

"It's not true, it's just that the imperial court has mobilized nearly 60,000 troops to deploy defenses along the Liao River, and now the official defense is very strict in the past. Those Qiu Ba took the opportunity to extort, and if they were slightly dissatisfied with the confiscation of the goods, they would be regarded as the blessing of their ancestors. The merchant surnamed Huang said.

"Ah, the imperial court has mobilized so many soldiers and horses, and it must be able to recover the lost territory in a few days. Why don't you leave the goods and wait for a little longer? Lao Li said.

"Phew, the new commander is a bad man, but he has attacked the Japanese of Haicheng a few times, except for the dead and wounded many soldiers, not an inch of lost land has been recovered." The businessman surnamed Huang said.

"Oh, the new handsome? I don't know which adult is supervising the battle on the front line of the Liao River? Lao Li Tou asked.

"I heard that the imperial court issued an edict to let Liu Kunyi supervise the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition as the minister of the Qincha, but now it is Wu Dashi, the governor of Hunan, who is supervising the battle on the front line of the Liaohe River." The merchants surnamed Huang were all aware of the situation of the Qing army near the Liao River.

Zou Heming listened silently to the questions and answers of these two people, and basically had a preliminary understanding of the Qing army's defensive deployment in the Liaohe Plain. A businessman who sells northern goods has such a detailed understanding of the Qing army's defensive deployment in the Liaohe Plain, as well as the numbers and commanders of various troops, and even knows the Qing army's recent military intelligence and actions. These are all military secrets, and a businessman said it like a homely conversation on an occasion of blowing water and chatting, and it is difficult for the Qing army not to lose.

Under Zou Heming's signal, Lao Li Tou gave a little discount on the price of the northern goods sold by the merchant surnamed Huang, so that the merchant who thought he had picked up a cheap one kept thanking him. In fact, based on the information he leaked from the big mouth just now, Zou Heming felt that the little money was worth it.

The dying committee adopted Lao Litou's suggestion, and when the caravan went north, it carried a lot of daily necessities, but he didn't expect to change a lot of precious furs along the way. In the hinterland of northeastern China, the shortage of food is not as serious as that of the Liaodong Peninsula, but daily necessities are extremely scarce after the transportation is cut off. Caravans often exchanged a small packet of salt for a precious pelt.

Soon the caravan received much more cargo than planned, and after setting a date for the next acquisition with these merchants, the caravan began its journey back to the base in the Green Paint District. Lao Li Tou has been inquiring about the news of his son's family along the way, and even wants the troops of the Japanese Second Army along the way to make inquiries, but there is still no news.

However, when the caravan was marching from the direction of Liaoyang to the vicinity of Haicheng, a man who came to exchange furs for salt said that he had seen the man in the portrait in Lao Litou's hand near Haicheng a few days ago, and he was arrested by the Qing army as a spy.

Lao Li Tou was so anxious that his tears were about to fall, he had heard about those things that killed good people and risked merit over the years, if his son was arrested as a spy, it would definitely be more than lucky, he hurriedly asked the real leader Zou Heming for help.

This thing is really difficult to do, the Qing army here is under the command of Liu Kunyi, so it is not the same way as Lord Zhongtang at all? Where can I find a way for you to go, Zou Heming also thinks this matter is very tricky.