Liu Yifeng jumped down from the carriage, sniffed the wet and cold sea breeze, and sighed: "It turns out that we are so close to the seaside. ”

"Boss Liu, Jinzhou is originally by the sea."

Golden State? At this time, Liu Yifeng knew that he was still in Dalian after crossing, Dalian was called Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and there is also a Jinzhou District in modern Dalian.

"Where is this going to take us? Also take a boat. ”

Li Laosan and Feng Shuo glanced at each other, feeling that Liu Yifeng was sometimes shrewd and terrifying, and sometimes he seemed to know nothing.

They are going to be sent to Dongshan Prefecture, and to go to Dongshan Prefecture is to take a boat. Even people from Bashu can't ask such common-sense questions.

Due to Liu Yifeng's growing prestige among them, the two chose to pretend not to hear his question. Just as they had arrived at the docks, the noise swept in, and they had to speak loudly to each other.

Liu Yifeng watched as countless people like them were driven down from the carriage, and then driven to stand like sheep by officials in uniform with wooden sticks and leather whips.

During this period, cursing and beatings kept happening, and crying and screaming in pain were the norm, which gave Liu Yifeng the illusion that he was a black slave.

Fortunately, this part of them has his management, and everyone reluctantly formed two vertical columns in advance under his orders, which made the people who came to hand over to the master stunned for a while.

These handovers wore uniforms of uniform style, and at a glance they knew that they were an institution.

They started the roll call according to the roll call, because Liu Yifeng had already had to roll call before the meal every day, and their group was extremely adaptable, which made the officials of these institutions linger for a while.

An official subconsciously asked the master: "Which trading house are you?" I have sent 5 batches of people's husbands, and you are the most worry-free one. ”

"Back to adults, we are Yongdang Commercial Bank," the master's expression was very proud, after all, his own people are so obedient and have a long face: "Our Yongdang Commercial Bank is always more reliable." ”

Seeing that Liu Yifeng and the more than 50 people were so obedient, the heads of the other commercial houses who had already surrounded them suddenly turned black, walked back and intensified the cursing and beating of their people.

After the handover was completed, the master and they left.

The handover official came to Liu Yifeng, because the master had already told him in advance that Liu Yifeng was the head of their business house, and he sighed that Liu Yifeng was so tall and said hello to Liu Yifeng and asked him to manage these people well.

Liu Yifeng and the others didn't want the sticks and whips in the hands of the gang to fall on them, so they naturally cooperated incomparably.

So, in the chaotic port, the scene of more than 50 people commanded by Liu Yifeng walking in two vertical columns to their warehouse left a deep impression on many people present.

Although their columns were not straight, although their steps were not uniform, although they chattered and looked around along the way, this discipline had surpassed that of many militiamen in this era.

In particular, they strictly implemented Liu Yifeng's orders, let them go, stop when they stopped, and turn around.

"Which comptoir are they from?"

On a certain three-story platform in the port, a certain big man who knew at a glance that it was a court official couldn't help but ask the people around him.

The man was stunned, because there were at least 30 trading houses below, and he couldn't know all of them.

Fortunately, there were also shrewd people around him, who immediately recognized the uniform cotton clothes Liu Yifeng was wearing, and whispered to his superior, who smiled and saluted first, and said:

"Back to Lord Song, they are Jinzhou Yongdang Commercial Bank."

"Gonggong Liu, this Jinzhou Yongdang Commercial Bank should be a big commercial house in Dengzhou Mansion, right?"

Gonggong Liu was stunned again, as the person in charge of the East Factory of Dengzhou Mansion, all the big commercial houses in Dengzhou would indeed come to him and send him an offering. But he only accepts those big commercial houses, and there is really no Jinzhou Yongdang Commercial Bank in the middle.

Fortunately, the young eunuch who reminded him before was really shrewd, and immediately stood up and said: "Grandpa Liu is busy with official business, and he can't remember things, you have forgotten that three years ago, the big shopkeeper of Jinzhou Yongdang Commercial Bank: Didn't the big shopkeeper Zhao invite you to participate in their opening." ”

Where did Gonggong Liu know about this, but immediately said with a heartfelt blessing: "Yes, yes, yes, I remember, I was really busy with official business at that time, so I pushed it off." Although the Yongdang Commercial Bank of Zhaoda has only been open for three years, it seems that it is developing very well. ”

That Lord Song glanced at the singing double reed of the two fathers-in-law of Dongchang, and was not interested in exposing them. looked at the more than 50 people under the command of Liu Yifeng again, compared with the people from other trading houses, it was almost a ban on the order, and he couldn't help but sigh:

"This shopkeeper Zhao can't get it to be a person born in the military."

Gonggong Liu also thought so, and hurriedly flattered: "What Lord Song said is extremely true, it is estimated that he is a retired officer of the Northern Army of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and he is holding a military service to respond to His Majesty's number. ”

Lord Song shook his head: "No, it's not a retired officer of the Northern Army of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, but it looks like Qi Shaobao's Southern Army." ”

"How can Lord Song see it?"

"Gonggong Liu, the main force of the Beiting Protectorate is the Jurchens and the Tatars of Toucheng, although their combat effectiveness is very strong, but the military discipline can be described as the worst among the Ming armies, which is why Your Majesty has not let the Beiting army go south to attack Yarkand through the Hexi Corridor."

He pointed at Liu Yifeng and continued: "Look, that group of people has already done the ban. ”

"Qi Shaobao's most important thing in military training is military discipline, and if he says that if he goes east, he will never go west. And Qi Shaobao is from Dengzhou, so I suspect that the shopkeeper Zhao should be a retired officer of the Southern Army. ”

Although this Lord Song will try his best to flatter Gonggong Liu, he also has to admit that Lord Song's analysis is indeed very reasonable. hurriedly did his best to compliment Lord Song.

Lord Song listened patiently to a few words, and estimated that he couldn't stand the flattery of Gonggong Liu, and said: "Gonggong Liu, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, our time is running out, and we must hurry up here in Jinzhou." ”

"Lord Song, please rest assured, Dongchang will definitely cooperate with the Maritime Safety Bureau to arrange the people of Jinzhou properly!"

The eunuch who can be the highest person in charge of the Dongchang Prefecture has no bad ability to observe words and feelings, and Gonggong Liu has already seen that this Lord Song does not like his flattery.

Considering that this Lord Song from the capital might cause some trouble for himself if he continued to stay in the port, Gonggong Liu decided to take him out of here and said:

"Lord Song, the villain has the Taishan green tea that has just come down this year, this spring tea is the thickest, the fragrance is rich, the charm is long, you have been to Dongshan Prefecture for a long time and can not drink fresh tea, the villain dares to ask you to taste it."

Just after the Qingming Festival, it is the picking period of spring tea.

Taishan green tea is not a tea, but it is better than freshness, and it does hook the gluttonous worms in Lord Song's stomach, and he also knows that as long as he agrees to taste tea, it is estimated that he will have hundreds of catties of fresh spring tea in his bag when he leaves.

Tea is not expensive, and he has not lost his position, and Jinyiwei will not check his own because of this little practical gift.

And Father-in-law Liu is also right about one point: when he really arrived in Dongshan Prefecture, it was estimated that he couldn't drink fresh tea for a long time, so he agreed.

Gonggong Liu hurriedly left here with Lord Song.

But before leaving the port, he left behind the young eunuch who had reminded him twice to continue his duty to oversee the annual transportation of the people in the East Factory.

So the young eunuch saw a scene that shocked him extremely much: it only took a few days for this Jinzhou Yongdang Commercial Bank to become the head of more than 200 people in the other 4 trading houses in their warehouse!