Chapter 121: The Wind Rises in Longshan

Hearing Yang Qingmin's lion open his mouth, Qin Zhen also bared his teeth, Guo Wei allocated only one thousand taels of silver to the entire Flying Eagle Regiment for a year, this was still because of the fact that the Flying Eagle Regiment reorganized Guo Wei to take care of it, but he didn't expect Yang Qingmin to ask for two thousand taels of silver for a caravan that had not yet been formed.

Qin Zhen was silent for a moment, and then said: "Yang Duwei, you should also know something about the situation in Weizhou, it has been harassed by the party all the year round, and the common people can't even eat now, let alone talk about any money. Our Flying Eagle Caravan is still being planned, and from Fengxiang Mansion to Weizhou, there are almost thousands of miles away, and the risk is huge along the way, and our caravan is also taking huge risks, so even if the goods are transported to Weizhou, there is no high profit, that is, a mixed livelihood, so we really can't get the protection fee of two thousand taels this year. ”

Yang Qingmin's eyes showed a trace of contempt, and he smiled lightly: "My asking price of two thousand taels is already taking into account the situation that you have no money in Weizhou, if this is in the border of Kanto, my offer is not just two thousand taels, but a minimum of five thousand taels, but I am not an unreasonable person, I want two thousand taels according to the cost that we need to spend in Qinzhou, you can also give me a price that you can afford, we can still negotiate." ”

Qin Zhen thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "We can only take out five hundred taels in Weizhou. ”

Yang Qingmin's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he sneered: "Five hundred taels? You Weizhou this is called Huazi, when I Yang Qingmin haven't seen money? After a pause, Yang Qingmin's tone softened slightly: "That's it, for Guo Wei's sake, one thousand eight hundred taels is indispensable." ”

Qin Zhen shook his head: "So that Yang Duwei knows that the military expenditure of our Weizhou Zhechong Mansion is only a mere three thousand taels a year, and the profit and loss of the Flying Eagle Commercial Bank is not yet known, and we can't take out one thousand eight hundred taels at all." ”

"Then how much silver can you come up with, don't tell me five hundred taels again, I can't guarantee the safety of your caravan at the border of Qinzhou." Yang Qingmin leaned forward slightly and asked again.

Qin Zhen thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "In this way, for the sake of Yang Duwei's face, we gritted our teeth and gave Yang Duwei a thousand taels of protection money every year." ”

Before Yang Qingmin could speak again, Qin Zhen continued: "One thousand taels is already the limit of our Weizhou, if Yang Duwei feels that this protection fee is not enough, then we can only send troops to escort the whole process, although the cost is a little higher, but it can only be like this." ”

Yang Qingmin stared at Qin Zhen, his eyes were cold, Qin Zhen looked calm, calm, and looked at Yang Qingmin, the atmosphere in the council hall was a little solemn, just when the dog-licking officer wanted to stand up and scold Qin Zhen again, Yang Qingmin suddenly withdrew his gaze and said lightly: "Okay, it's just one thousand taels, I want you to pay it off in one lump sum now." ”

Qin Zhen shook his head again and said: "Our caravan has not yet started to do business with Fengxiang Mansion, so we don't have any money at all now, Yang Duwei, do you think this is good, when our caravan runs, regardless of profit or loss, I will pay you five hundred taels in three months, and I will give you the remaining five hundred taels in half a year." If the operation of our caravan is not good during the year, then we will close the caravan directly, and if the operation is good, then I will directly give you a thousand taels at one time in the next year. ”

Yang Qingmin pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "For the sake of your captain Guo Wei's face, I will promise you, but there is no evidence, you must sign and leave a note." ”

Qin Zhen nodded, and under the guidance of the dog-licking officer, he came to a table on the side of the council hall, Qin Zhen wrote the note, and after pressing the handprint, the dog-licking officer respectfully placed the note on the table in front of Yang Qingmin.

Yang Qingmin raised his eyes and looked at the note written by Qin Zhen, nodded, and leaned back: "Okay, since the matter is over, you can leave." ”

Qin Zhen and Xue Yuan gave Yang Qingmin a salute and were about to leave, when they heard Yang Qingmin speak: "Go back and tell Guo Wei that I, Yang Qingmin, am a person with clear grievances, this time I reduced your 1,000 taels of silver, and the little love I owed him before will be repaid today." ”

A trace of mockery welled up in Qin Zhen's eyes, but he lowered his head, and Yang Qingmin couldn't see it at all.

"Yang Duwei's words, I will definitely bring them to Guo Duwei word for word."

Out of the Zhichong Mansion military camp, Qin Zhen and Xue Yuan did not stay in the city, but rushed directly to the garrison of the Weizhou Army.

"A thousand taels of silver a year, just give it to him? Do you really believe that he will send troops to protect our caravan in Qinzhou? Xue Yuan said in great distress.

Qin Zhen snorted coldly: "Looking at him like that, the ghost believes that he will send troops to protect our caravan, and this thousand taels of silver is to buy his caravan in Qinzhou that will not embarrass us." After all, Qinzhou is not our territory, and if something happens here, we are beyond our reach, our caravan has just been established, and now security and stability are the most important thing, and it is better to use money to fight than to use knives and guns. ”

Xue Yuan sighed and said: "The truth is this truth, I can also understand it, I just feel that it is a pity that the 1,000 taels of silver are enough to cover the expenses of our Flying Eagle Regiment for a year." ”

Qin Zhen said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as we open this trade route, the funds of our Flying Eagle Regiment will rise slowly." ”

Xue Yuan laughed: "I'll wait and see." ”

After laughing, Xue Yuan sighed again: "I don't know if this Yang Qingmin's ability is big, but this shelf is very big, and when I stand in the council hall, I feel awkward." Thanks to our Weizhou is Guo Duwei, if I meet Yang Qingmin like this, I won't be able to stay for a quarter of an hour. ”

Qin Zhen said coldly: "If you want to talk about ability, he is not worthy of carrying shoes for Guo Duwei." ”

Xue Yuan suddenly asked: "He finally said that he owed Guo Duwei the little affection, what kind of affection does he owe Guo Duwei?" ”

Qin Zhen looked mocking: "That little love? Thanks to what he said, what he owes Guo Duwei is life-saving feelings, but in his eyes, it becomes that kind of affection, he is really a person with 'clear grievances'. ”

After Qin Zhen and Xue Yuan arrived at the temporary garrison of the Weizhou Army, the team rose and continued to march eastward.

Fengxiang Mansion, Autumn House.

Tong Kan reported to Qiu Weiran: "Yesterday He Kui left Zhechong Mansion and entered Longshan, Qi Biao has attracted and cultivated a lot of bandit forces in Longshan in the name of suppressing bandits over the years, I suspect that He Kui going to Longshan at this time must have something to do with our war horse transaction, it is very likely that he wants to use these bandits to snatch our war horses." ”

Qiu Weiran said with a smile: "This Yang Yingming, how can I say that he is also the deputy envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, how can he do all these things that are not on the table?" I think He Kui and these bandits didn't dare to fight our side, they should have hit the idea of Tong'an Town, they probably thought that in a small place like Tong'an Town, there was no decent combat effectiveness of the army, so they dared to act like this. ”

Tong Kan sneered: "Then this time they are blind, with Qin Zhen's shrewdness and Meng Xuan's ability, they have to knock out a few teeth." Strategist, do you want me to send someone to report to Tong'an Town in advance, so that they can take precautions? ”

Qiu Weiran shook his head and said, "No! Then Qiu Weiran said: "There are only two days left before the agreed transaction date, you are ready to take people to Fenggeling now, and at the same time pay attention to the movements of those bandits at any time, if Tong'an Town is really defeated, you can help them, if Tong'an Town can deal with it, you just wait for the transaction." ”

"No!"

In the reckless Longshan, not far from Fengge Mountain, there is a bandit's nest, called the Black Dragon Village, the owner of the village is nicknamed the Black Dragon, the temperament is fierce, and the skills are also extremely good, there are more than 100 brothers under him, and there is some fame among the bandits in Longshan.

In a house in the Black Dragon Village, there are three people sitting on the discussion, and the strange thing is that the black dragon, the owner of the Black Dragon Village, is not sitting on the main seat.

Sitting opposite the black dragon is a man in his forties, a little shorter than the black dragon, he is another group of bandit leaders in Longshan, Huang Dajiang, the head of Erlong Mountain, also has more than a hundred bandits under him, and the strength of the black dragon is on par.

The first person sitting on the top was He Kui in Tong Kan's mouth, he was dressed very elegantly, especially sitting with the two bandit leaders of Heilong and Huang Dajiang, which looked a little unusual.

"What is Captain He's order to summon me and Huang Dajiang over?" The black dragon asked cautiously, extremely respectful to He Kui.

He Kui didn't answer Heilong's question immediately, but looked around the room, and said seemingly casually: "Zhang Heizi, being a mountain king in this Longshan is stronger than being a team under me, you see that there are really a lot of good things in your room, and you have made a fortune in the past two years, right?" ”

Hearing He Kui's seemingly casual words, Heilong's heart was dripping blood, and he blamed himself for being usually pompous, and put all the good things he had snatched over the years in his house, but he didn't expect to be seen by He Papi today, it seems that more than half of these good things have to be fed to He Papi's mouth.

His heart was dripping blood, but he said with a smile on his face: "Look at what you said Captain He, no matter where I go to, I'm not a soldier under you?" Thanks to your cultivation over the years, I have today, these worthless things in the house, what does Captain He like, I think it's fun, I will send someone to you when the time comes. ”

He Kui nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand and said, "This matter is not in a hurry, this time I called the two of you together, there is a deal that needs to be made by you." ”

Huang Dashan said strangely: "What kind of business does it require me to go out with the black dragon?" ”

He Kui said a little mysteriously: "The buying and selling of war horses." ”