After all, it is no secret that Liu Haojia built a salt factory. There is such a big stall there, and you can't hide it if you want to! So there must be people who are secretly preparing to stumble on him! And maybe he has made countless pockets waiting for him to drill during this time!

So in the case of seemingly calm but actually surging undercurrents, everyone quietly spent a New Year. This year, in addition to Liu Haojia's soft hands on various rents, Liu Guangting's group of maritime merchants also paid him a large number of overseas treasures!

In return, Liu Haojia allowed one-third of his fleet to withdraw from the Ming banner and follow them overseas. So this group of soldiers also followed Liu Guangting to make a windfall! I was so envious that the soldiers who stayed behind drooled, and they all looked forward to their turn to go to sea this year!

After the New Year, the days flew by, and soon it was time for the green and yellow days after the spring sowing! According to Liu Haojia's plan, at this time, Jiubian's grain reserves have reached a dangerous point, and at the same time, a small group of *** began to go south to fight the grass valley! So it just happened to be able to sell the grain saved last year to Jiubian.

But here's the problem, all the generals of the Nine Sides agreed, or as if they had been negotiated in advance, there was no movement to purchase grain at all!

On this day, in the Chinese army of the Wu'an Army, Liu Haojia was meeting with more than a dozen spies of Jinyiwei. If these spies hadn't stood straight in front of Liu Haojia, otherwise no one would have thought that they were all from Jinyiwei! Because they are all dressed differently, from shopkeepers to homeless people, there is everything!

At this time, I only heard Liu Haojia say slowly: "So, you haven't found any traces of their tandem?"

The first spy dressed as a businessman said, "My lord, my subordinates have indeed found no traces of their tandem, but I think that these people are on the same nine sides, and they have been advancing and retreating together for a long time, and there is always some tacit understanding."

Liu Haojia nodded and said, "Then what do you think they think?"

The spy said without thinking, "In terms of their subordinates, they just want to not offend any party, and they dare not count on the fire to take the chest!"

When Liu Haojia heard this, he felt that what he said made sense, so he sneered and said: "I took the head given by Ben Hou, and Ben Hou also promised them 20% of the profits, and they are still playing the trick of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight here, I really don't know how to write dead words!" All right, you have worked hard, go down and receive the reward!"

The spies bowed down and withdrew from the tent, and naturally a family member led them to the tent to receive the reward. Liu Haojia sat there and thought for a long time before saying, "Come on, hand a sign to the palace, saying that I want to meet Long Live Lord!"

After giving the order, he turned his head to look at the large map spread out on the table, and finally reached out and clicked two points on the position of Datong.

At the same time, at the home of Zhang Jingping, the general of Shanxi Datong, he was sitting with his son Zhang Chaosheng and nephew Zhang Chaoyong drinking tea and chatting!

It is said that it is a very strange thing for military generals to drink tea and chat! They should eat meat in large chunks and drink wine in large bowls! It's just that these three people are very familiar with this set, and they don't have the majestic style of a military general, and they look like an old man chatting with his family outside!

At this time, I only heard Zhang Chaoyong say, "Uncle, don't we really buy some food in the Liansheng? Now I'm almost at the bottom of my food!"

Zhang Jing slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "Don't move yet! How long will you have enough food to go there now?"

Zhang Chaoyong said, "More than a month! If you scrape the bottom of the warehouse, it won't be a problem to hold on for two months!"

At this time, Zhang Chaosheng whispered, "Third brother, if you deduct a little more, it is estimated that it will not be a big problem for three months!"

In fact, in previous years, they were not so short of food. Because once there is a shortage of grain, it is natural to buy some from grain merchants. But now that the Liansheng has appeared in the Nine Border Region, there is naturally a conflict with the grain merchants they have interacted with in the past.

Therefore, those grain merchants have actively lobbied them to purchase their own grain as soon as possible, but Zhang Jingping neither wants to offend those old grain merchants nor the newly rising Wu Ninghou, so he simply does not purchase grain, and has been delayed until now.

Zhang Chaoyong was a little unhappy when he heard this, but he still said, "Fourth brother, at this time

We can't be too ruthless! If there is no food in the army, there will really be chaos!"

Zhang Chaosheng said disdainfully, "What kind of mess can you make? They also share a lot of the benefits on weekdays, so what if they can buy some food for themselves!"

Zhang Chaoyong was very depressed when he heard this! Usually, they used the caravan to go out and loot a lot of things, and they did give some benefits to the soldiers below, but how many of them were really distributed to the soldiers, don't you know in your own heart?

He just wanted to speak, Zhang Jingping waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't quarrel about this matter first! The matter of food will not drag on for too long, and there will always be a winner! So let's stand up if we can!"

At this point, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "If you are really short of food, you can ask the soldiers to buy some privately. As for the silver, I'll give you some more, but let them wear casual clothes and buy them piecemeal." Look at the book

Zhang Chaoyong was extremely indignant when he heard this! He is still a person with some martial spirit in the Nine Sides, and he only wants to fight and get a knighthood! It's a pity that his father died early, so he could only follow his uncle Zhang Jingping to do things.

Although Zhang Jingping is good to him, after all, he still has a son to take care of. If it weren't for his skillful bow and horse skills and ability to fight tough battles, I'm afraid that Zhangjiakou's position would have been taken over by his fourth brother long ago! So when he heard Zhang Jingping say this, he could only accept it helplessly!

Seeing him nodding, Zhang Jingping twisted his beard with satisfaction and said, "Don't think that your uncle doesn't know the severity, but the old man is also very helpless! One is a civil and powerful person, and the other is the emperor's henchman, and it is difficult for the old man to do things in the middle! So we can only pray that neither side will be offended! As for the soldiers below, they can only be aggrieved!"

Zhang Chaosheng also said, "Third brother, you have had little contact with the gentry behind you in Zhangjiakou over the years, don't you know who is standing behind these grain merchants? In addition to the local gentry, there are also many *** in the imperial court behind them! As for those salt merchants, not to mention, where can our little Zhang family stir up! Now that Wu Ninghou wants to meddle in the business of grain and salt, they can only deal with it first! When they have decided the winners, we should buy grain and buy grain, and we should buy salt and salt, so that we can not offend both!"