Zhang Chaoyong exhaled fiercely and said, "Fourth brother, I understand everything you said! It's just that...... Alas!"

Zhang Jingping comforted him and said, "At this time, I can only make this decision! Where can you try to appease the soldiers below? And the old man bets that the other people on the Nine Sides must be the same as the old man!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chaoyong raised his head and said, "Uncle, do you need your nephew to send someone to inquire about the place?"

Zhang Jingping hesitated for a moment and said, "It's good to inquire! But try to keep a low profile and don't get their attention!"

Through the inquiry, the news finally proved that the matter was just as Zhang Jingping speculated, the generals of the Nine Sides invariably did not buy salt or grain, but packed up the bottom of the warehouse and delayed as much as possible, so as to wait for Liu Haojia and the grain merchants and salt merchants to divide the victory!

Because the nine sides are the top priority of the Ming Frontier, the treatment of the generals stationed here is much better than that of their counterparts within the Ming Dynasty, and even a little higher in status!

Since it is a frontier, wars are naturally frequent. Although there are no big battles, there are constant small battles! Therefore, the civil servants here rarely point fingers at them. In particular, these civil officials also need them to help communicate and do business outside the country, so their attitude towards them is naturally more lenient.

So this gives these generals an illusion that their power is very strong and their status is very high! Most people don't dare to offend them! So after this kind of thing happened today, they immediately made a decision to delay in line with the principle of maximizing their own interests!

They feel that they are not guilty of either of them, but they don't want to think that they are actually offending both of them by doing so! Under this kind of major problem of right and wrong, the grass on the wall dies the fastest!

Because of the salt and grain business of the Nine Sides alone, the profit unit has to be calculated in millions! That's a big profit that's enough to drive people crazy! These people think that they have been in Jiubian for a long time, they are familiar with everyone everywhere, and other people also give face, so they can stay out of the matter, which is completely wrong!

Just when Zhang Jingping's uncle and nephew were discussing, there were also two people in the largest green building in Datong City, each holding a cup of fragrant tea and sitting opposite each other. But the strange thing is that although these two people were in the Qinglou, they didn't ask the girl to accompany them. Even the musicians who usually use it as background music were not invited.

These two old men are very old, but they look like they are only fifty or sixty years old. The whole body looks very ordinary, but in the eyes of those who know it, they know that it is not ordinary! Especially the jade pendant on the waist of the two of them, one is crisp and translucent, and there is a faint flow of water! The other is white and flawless, with fluorescent flashes on the surface, and it is not ordinary at first glance!

The person sitting on the top is the largest local grain merchant Qian Shounian, and the next person below him is Liu Wansong, a salt merchant! At this time, Qian Shounian put down the letters in his hand and said, "Brother Liu Xian is really well-informed! The news from other places can be delivered so quickly, which shows that the ears and eyes are smart!"

Liu Wansong smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qian, don't say such things, I'm afraid that there is already news from you, and looking at these letters, they are just corroborating each other!"

Qian Shounian smiled and didn't argue, he picked up the teacup and said, "These people are at both ends of the head, they only think about not offending, but they don't think about how much benefit they have eaten us over the years! This hook has been swallowed in the stomach, where is it so easy to pick it out!" Look at the book

Liu Wansong said, "Oh, what does Brother Qian mean?"

Qian Shounian said, "Since they don't buy grain, then don't buy it! When the soldiers make trouble, let them vomit everything they have eaten in the past!"

Liu Wansong smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qian, isn't he afraid of causing some trouble? You know, now is the time for *** to go south and fight in the grass valley!"

Qian Shounian said disdainfully, "You are pretending to be confused when you say this! What do those *** look like, which one you and I don't know? But to appease them a little, they still want it, so as not to make things too big, otherwise everyone will not look good!"

Liu Wansong also restrained his smile when he heard this, and said, "Since Brother Qian said it clearly, that one will not be sloppy in the next place! If you want to do something there, you can use some manpower to get underneath?"

Qian Shounian smiled

Nodding, the smile that seemed harmonious was full of murderous intent! He said, "Naturally! The Liansheng has gathered a lot of displaced people, and there are two Zhuangzi outside Datong City alone!"

Liu Wansong frowned when he heard this, and said, "There are too many people in this person, it's not easy to deal with!"

Qian Shounian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this! We can't do things like we used to do this time! You can't burn food, you can't burn shops, you can't kill people!"

Liu Wansong smiled when he heard this, and then said, "It seems that you are eyeing their fields again! That's right, those fields are now able to produce food, and they will be good fields that can be passed on to families."

Qian Shounian didn't hide his purpose, he smiled proudly and said, "The old man has this intention, but the people behind me have a message to say that they can't make too much trouble! Many people behind me have rented shops in Tianjin, and the business is just right, so I always have to show some affection to Wu Ninghou!"

Liu Wansong nodded and said, "In that case, I'll go and draw some people over!"

Qian Shounian arched his hand and said, "There is Brother Lao Xian! It's just that the virtuous brother must restrain them and don't do too much!"

Liu Wansong naturally nodded and agreed, and promised to restrain the people he called. The reason why Qian Shounian deliberately emphasized this matter was because he knew that Liu Wansong's subordinates were all outlaws and must be strictly controlled!

In the Ming Dynasty, selling illicit salt was a felony, and it was necessary to raid the house! Therefore, most of the salt lords who sell smuggled salt are outlaws, and they dare to fight! Even in the face of the official army, they dare to rush! And the officers and soldiers are negligent in training, and the food and salary are insufficient, and sometimes they can be scattered by the salt lords! You can see how violent these salt barons are!

If these people were dragged unrestrained to the Zhuangzi outside the city, it would be no different from a fire! There is nothing left but a pile of corpses and burnt ruins! That's why Qian Shounian repeatedly emphasized that these people should be restrained!

After the two of them finished discussing, they went back and began to collect manpower, but just ten days later, when they were about to gather manpower, they found that the grain shop of Liansheng in the city was actually closed! When Qian Shounian sent someone to inquire, he found that all these people had shrunk into Liansheng Bank, which made him scratch his head!