When Feng Tieling heard this, his eyes were cold, and he sneered sarcastically: "Zhu Yuanzhang can't even tolerate Li Shanchang, who helped him fight the world, can he still allow me to wait for the sworn enemies who fought with him in the past, and go home to retire freely?" Besides, now Zhu Yuanzhang implements light taxation in all places, but the taxes of the Ming Dynasty in Zhejiang are more than twice as high as those in other places, and the old man doesn't want to go home to make cattle and horses for him. ”

Zhu Quan was puzzled when he heard this, it turned out that when he was responding to the sky, he had heard Zhu Yuanzhang say in person, "The people are all talented, like a bird that flies for the first time, you can't pull out its feathers, and you can't shake its roots when you plant a new tree, and you can't recuperate in peace." It probably means that the people of the world have just experienced the ravages of countless wars, and the Ming Dynasty wants to implement light taxation to reduce the burden of the common people. But at this time, listening to what Feng Tieling said, it seems that another set of tax policies are implemented in Zhejiang, but why is this?

At this time, he saw two people walking quickly towards his place under the hillside, but it was a black-clothed knight in his forties accompanied by a round-faced man in green clothes, about thirty years old, close to forty, and smiling.

The round-faced man came to Feng Tieling and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Zhu Quan and Xu Ying dressed up, obviously from the Ming army, he couldn't help but show great surprise on his face, and asked with a surprised face: "Big boss, what are you doing?" "It turned out that he had been doing business in Liaodong for a long time, and he knew that Feng Tieling and Lan Yu in the Ming army were mortal enemies, but today he saw a partial general of the Ming army standing next to him, a soldier, how could he not have doubts.

Feng Tieling saw that Zhu Quan didn't believe what he said, and said: "This kid's name is Shen Peng, and he is a person who often goes to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian. Speaking of this, he turned to Shen Peng and said: "Whether Zhejiang's taxes are more than double that of the rest of the places, you can tell me about it." ”

Shen Peng rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The villain went to Zhejiang to buy the goods needed by the big boss, but he had no time to pay attention to other things, so what the big boss said, the small one didn't know." "It turns out that he is a merchant who is accustomed to going to the south of the Yangtze River, and his nature is extremely smooth, and today he sees that there are partial generals in the Ming army here, but how dare he talk about the taxes of the imperial court?

"You people who are somersaulting in the eyes of money are as slippery as loaches." Feng Tieling couldn't help but laugh and scold when she heard this.

Shen Peng was not angry when he heard this, nodded with a smile, and then diverted the topic and continued: "The goods needed by the big boss, with the best efforts of the small ones, finally live up to the trust, and they have all been purchased, so please check them in person." ”

Zhu Quan observed his words and knew that what Feng Tieling said was true, but in this way, there was a big question in his heart: My father, Zhu Yuanzhang, from many measures, really pays attention to the livelihood of ordinary people and tries to avoid increasing the burden on the people, but he implements another set of taxes in Zhejiang, why is this? Puzzled, he said in his heart: If you return to Yingtian, you need to explore carefully and find the answer.

Feng Tieling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled: "You kid really has some ability, the list of goods listed by the old man every time can be purchased, and you should make a fortune." ”

Shen Peng smiled bitterly when he heard this: "The little one is just a substitute... Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Zhu Quan and Xu Ying on the side as if he was suddenly alert, and stopped talking.

Feng Tieling knew that he had some scruples about trading with himself as a bandit in front of the general of the Ming army, so he smiled and said, "You can relax, these two are working under the command of that kid from Lan Yu, and they will need your help in a while." ”

When Shen Peng heard this, he was relieved, and arched his hand to Zhu Quan and Xu Ying, and said with a smile: "If it is a soldier under General Lan, then the little one should serve himself." ”

Feng Tieling and Lan Yu are incompatible, but listening to Shen Peng's words, he seems to be quite familiar with Lan Yu. The two of them were talking and laughing so well, Zhu Quan and Xu Ying couldn't help but look at each other when they saw such a scene, completely confused.

Shen Peng accompanied the three of them towards the convoy in the valley, and said with a smile: "The little one is just a businessman, and he only has a buyer like a parent in his eyes, but there is no enemy that cannot be solved. ”

Zhu Quan and Xu Ying followed Feng Tieling to an oxcart full of cloth bags, but saw Feng Tieling take out the steel knife on his waist, stab it lightly, plunge it into the sack, gently pull it out, dip his fingers in the white powder on the tip of the knife, and then put his fingers into his mouth to taste it, and said with a smile: "Yes, it is indeed the best Zhejiang sea salt." "He is a native of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he also did salt barrage at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Shen Peng said proudly when he heard this: "The little one who walks in Liaodong and has been doing business for many years relies on the word reputation, how can he do such a thing as adulteration?" Here are the 2,000 catties of sea salt in your list, a total of four truckloads, all of which are 20 catties per bag. As he spoke, he pointed to the four ox carts covered with linoleum parked in front of him.

Hearing this, a black-clothed knight beside Feng Tieling pointed to the same salt cart behind Shen Peng, and said with a smile: "You bought a lot of sea salt this time, which is tens of thousands of catties, don't you care about buying ten more carts for our brothers, right?" After that, he ordered several brothers behind him to come forward to unload the goods, he only made a "big deal" in the hands of the Yuan army last night, and this salt was a rare shortage for thousands of black-clothed knights and family members under the command of Feng Tieling, so that he wanted to leave ten more carts.

Shen Peng's color changed when he heard this, and he leaned sideways in front of the black-clothed knight, and said with a smile: "The rest of the salt is set by another buyer, and Shen is not in charge." ”

When Zhu Quan heard him say this, he also felt a pang in his heart, and said: After passing Tongzhou, it seems that he has never seen any big city, Lan Yu and Nahachu have been fighting in Liaodong for several years, but I am afraid that no ordinary people dare to live in this war-torn place, he pulled tens of thousands of catties of salt, but who did he sell it to? Could it be that the 200,000 troops that could still be sold to the Mongol Tatars of Nakhachu could not be sold?

Sure enough, when the black-clothed knight heard Shen Peng say this, he was furious and said, "You bought so much salt, except for Nahachu's Mongolian Tartars, who else can eat so much?" ”

Shen Peng naturally knew in his heart that he couldn't hide these old rivers and lakes, but when he heard this, he didn't have the slightest hint of panic, but nodded and said: "Yes, but if it is transposed, if Nahachu wants to take the goods of the big wind for himself, the small one will definitely refuse sternly." There are rules, but if the rules are broken, business will not be able to be done. ”

When Feng Tieling heard him say this, he suddenly sighed and said to the black-clothed knight who was arguing with Shen Peng on his side: "Brother Jiang, forget it, let's order more next time." He turned his head to Shen Peng and smiled: "Xiao Shen's words make a lot of sense, the old man didn't understand until this moment why you can crisscross Liaodong and walk between Lanyu, me, and Nahachu with ease." With that, he ordered one of his knights to pick up a bag of salt and tie it to his horse.

Zhu Quan saw it in his eyes, and only then did he understand why the salt purchased by Feng Tieling was all packed in a bag of twenty catties, but it was not like other salts, all of which were equipped with sacks, and he couldn't help but admire in his heart, and secretly thought: If he also used ox carts to load goods, then the speed of these thousands of cavalry must be burdened by these goods, but in this Liaodong land that may fight at any time, it is very dangerous. This is done in a fraction of parts, but it does not have any impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

When Shen Peng heard him say this, he also smiled, and continued to deliver the goods ordered by Feng Tieling such as the gold sore medicine.

After the delivery of the goods, Shen Peng came to the more than 1,000 horses captured by Feng Tieling from the Yuan army of Highlander last night, took one of them, took a closer look, turned up his front hooves and looked at it carefully, stretched out his hand to stroke the smooth fur, couldn't help but be happy, and said with a smile: "These are the horses we exchanged, when the villain comes back from Nahachu, we will still hand over in the old place." If I had brought these five hundred Mongolian Tartar horses to Nahachu, it would have been inconvenient. ”

Feng Tieling nodded, called Shen Peng aside alone, pointed at Zhu Quan, and Xu Ying said in a deep voice: "The two of them are Lan Yu's henchmen, so follow your convoy, and when you see Lan Yu's kid, you will also be credited." Speaking of this, he said in a deep voice: "But the old man entrusted the two of them to you, but he must take care of them well, and he must not make mistakes." ”

Shen Peng heard him so solemnly trusted, looked at Zhu and Xu, but was secretly shocked in his heart, and said in his heart: Boss Feng crisscrosses between the white mountains and black waters in Liaodong, and his eyes are always above the top, how can he value these two Lan generals' subordinates so much? How could this girl dressed as a man be the wolf-like sergeant under General Lan? This young man is less than twenty years old, and it is impossible for him to be a partial general under General Lan, where did the two of them come from? Although his heart was full of doubts, he still agreed.

After Feng Tieling finished explaining, he turned over and rode on the mount, looked at Zhu Quan with deep meaning, turned his head to Xu Ying and said: "Virtuous niece, you have to change your clothes to follow Xiao Shen, as long as you hide your tracks, you can go anywhere in Liaodong." After that, he led thousands of knights under his command, spurred his horses, and galloped out of the valley with more than a thousand war horses, and went far away.

Shen Peng immediately found two sets of clean ordinary clothes, Zhu Quan and Xu Ying took the clothes and went to the hillside bushes to change into, and then Shi Shiran followed Shen Peng's side, got on the ox cart, and left the valley with the convoy.

Walking all the way, Zhu Quan looked at the coachmen who were mixed with Han and Mongolians, and couldn't help but wonder: "Mr. Shen, your convoy has so many goods, but it doesn't seem that there are any bodyguards to follow, aren't you afraid of looting horse thieves and robbers?" ”

Shen Peng smiled and said softly: "In the past, there were several horse thieves with hundreds of people in Liaodong, but after they were exterminated by Boss Feng and General Lan, the world was peaceful, what did you do with bodyguards?" Isn't it a waste of wages? ”

"Didn't General Lan and Boss Feng just now make you free bodyguards?" Xu Ying couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

Hearing Xu Ying say this, Shen Peng couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, and said with a smile: "There may not be an invincible army in this world, but there may be an invincible caravan." Nahachu, Boss Feng, and General Lan are all smart people, so naturally they won't do stupid things like killing chickens and taking eggs, and a long stream of water is good for everyone. Speaking of this, seeing Zhu Quan's eyes staring at him, he hurriedly changed the topic, and talked about his small talk left and right. In his heart, he secretly scolded himself and said: I don't know what the two chicks in front of me are, so I just opened my mouth.