Chapter 17: I Have a Bold Idea
Bang dang! ~
Old Man Feng was already in poor health, and he was so scared that he almost didn't sit on the ground with his butt.
While covering his chest, a servant girl hurriedly came over to smooth his back, and the old man gasped for breath.
"You.... You.... You want our old Feng family to finish playing with your kid, right? ”
Master Feng pointed at Zhao Ming and trembled, he is now in his sixties, this age is nothing in a hundred years, but it is definitely a long life in this era.
At this time, it was almost frightening for him to turn his back.
"Uncle Yue, listen to me in detail about this matter."
Zhao Ming was a little embarrassed, and almost forgot that Master Feng was not in good health.
"Good! You said! I'd like to see what you can say! Master Feng gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"Uncle Yue, I passed through Fengxiang on my way to escape from the wilderness, and Fengxiang is about seventy miles away from us.
At that time, I didn't dare to get too close when I passed by, there was a lot of artillery fire, and after some inquiry, I knew that a general surnamed Song was attacking Fengxiang on the orders of Feng Lao.
And this fight was fought for several months, and I heard that three divisions and one brigade were mobilized, which is nearly 40,000 troops.
At the beginning of the year, the fight was fruitless, and it was fought again in April, and now it is July after the rest and recuperation.
This kidnapper has long operated this Fengxiang like an iron bucket, and in a short time, this Song general wants to break it!
And this is our chance! Zhao Ming said, with a smile on his face.
"Opportunity? What kind of chance is this? 40,000 people! How? You kid didn't beat Feng Xiang, but took 50 people to rob 40,000 people?
You save me some snacks, if you provoke a fire, we will have to finish Fengjiazhuang! ”
Master Feng was about to cry when he said it, and he felt a headache.
I thought I had recruited a good son-in-law who was resourceful and able to kill, but I never thought that there were many advantages, and the disadvantages were too great.
"Uncle Yue, how can my son-in-law have the courage to fight hard with 40,000 people, but if you think about it, 40,000 people, so many, people eat horses and chew ....
To know....... Now the drought in Guanzhong is all over the territory.
This will definitely not be collected from the villages and towns, where do you say this grain comes from? ”
As soon as Zhao Ming's words came out, Master Feng was stunned, and the accumulated anger gradually subsided.
In this world, the easiest and most direct way for soldiers to collect rations is to use local materials, but where do they come from now, the only way....
"Uncle Yue, before I came to Fengjiazhuang, I had seen a logistics supply escort team, our Fengjiazhuang is located in the land of Weibei, about seventy miles away from Fengxiang.
Fengxiang is located in the north of us, and it is more than 20 miles away from us, there is a westerly slope, where I will see an extra donkey convoy that stretches for a mile or two.
I watched it, and it was all some armaments, guns, ammunition, and all kinds of rice and noodles that were escorted! Dozens of tons of goods are transported at a time, which is a big deal! ”
Hearing this, Old Master Feng said suspiciously, "So you want to grab this wave of military rations?" ”
"Uncle Yue! We can rob it, but the risk of grabbing it is very great, and we have small arms and legs, even if there are few logistics troops escorting military rations. We can't afford to be in turmoil. Zhao Ming shook his head.
"Then you just ...."Master Feng was a little confused, what does this mean?
"Change! You can also buy it! This is the safest way to go. I just don't know if your family is rich? Zhao Ming said with a smile.
I muttered in my heart, if I hadn't thrown out the bombshell news at the beginning, you might not have the heart to listen to me continue.
It is true that the title party of later generations was played by Zhao Ming.
"This.... How does this work? ”
Hearing this, Master Feng shook his head again and again, "Virtuous son-in-law, I understand what you mean, but there is a fixed amount of military rations, so we will buy some from them privately."
It's easy to buy the grain officer, and it's impossible to sell the grain to us. If it was found that the wrong amount of grain and grass was sent to the front, they would be shot. ”
"Uncle Yue! You misunderstood me! ”
Zhao Ming shook his head again and again, "Now there is no shortage of food in our Zhuangzi for the time being, so I think about the long-term."
At the moment, no matter where we buy food, it is not very safe. It's easy to send someone to the next province to buy grain and grass, but it's a big problem to transport it back.
We don't have guns, we don't have enough people, and it's very difficult to protect so much food and grass.
But we can borrow chickens to lay eggs! ”
Hearing this, Master Feng suddenly figured it out, and immediately slapped his thigh, pointed at Zhao Ming and laughed.
"O virtuous son-in-law! Virtuous son-in-law! You're wonderful! ”
Master Feng has completely figured out Zhao Ming's plan now.
If you buy a grain transport officer, you can spend a little more money to smash it, and there is only one demand, that is, the next time you escort military rations, ask this grain transport officer to go to the market by private means to purchase another batch.
Not much at a time, under the long flow of water, it is equivalent to a stable food supply.
This is equivalent to spending money to ask this armed force to transport grain and grass to help escort grain and grass.
At that time, Fengjiazhuang only needs to take someone to the designated place for a good handover.
This is indeed a good way, a good way to borrow chickens to lay eggs!
Saying that, Zhao Ming arched his hand again, "Uncle Yue, once this matter can be done, let's not say that we can withstand this famine in the future."
That can also last far longer than ordinary Zhuangzi, and this business is not necessarily limited to grain and grass trading..."
Oh, yes! It's not just grain and grass trading, it's all buying and selling, isn't it also about arms?
At that time, the grain transport officer tasted the sweetness, what can't be sold?
"Shhhhh It's a matter of careful consideration, but it's doable! ”
Old Man Feng stroked his beard and fell into deep thought, and the smile on his face could not be hidden.
In fact, it is really not difficult to buy food.
Even if you go to Xi'an, you can buy food at a higher price, and even get some firearms on the black market, but the risk is too great.
The journey to Xi'an Mansion is long, and the food brought over may have been robbed by the disaster victims and bandits before they arrived in Xi'an.
Instead of spending so much time on turnover, it is better to directly pretend to be an official person.
"I'll think again! Think about it! ”
Master Feng thought about it and waved his hand, "Your method is indeed feasible, but you have to choose a target, and our Fengjiazhuang is not short of food now."
As for firearms, these practical money can also be bought, and these can be slowed down first.
But in this matter, you can prepare first.
I don't have to worry about you negotiating with people, remember one thing, you must be cautious and cautious when you buy it, and you must not be allowed to expose your wealth at the beginning.
Of course, I don't have to worry about you doing this matter, just grasp that degree.
And talk more, find reliable people, so as not to run out of money and goods! ”
Zhao Ming naturally understands that this transaction is actually very risky.
If you are stunned, you will throw out a large amount of money at the beginning, and you will make a big deal if you want to make the first one.
Believe it or not, what the military master thinks about is not how to make your money, but directly leads people to copy your hometown.
"The son-in-law will be cautious!"
Zhao Ming hugged his fists, and he knew it in his heart.
If this thing can be done, Fengjiazhuang will be able to collect more victims in the future, and the space for operation will be much larger.
But before that, we have to deal with the gang of knife bandits!
"But we can only take it step by step, let's strengthen the training of the nurses first."
Zhao Ming thought to himself in his heart.
Coming to the house where the Fengjiazhuang nurses chat and play cards on weekdays, this is a very spacious house, like a warehouse.
However, there were many tables, chairs, benches, and even a few beds for the brothers to rest on duty at night.
Originally, everyone was called Huanshi here, but now it's daytime, and there are not many people needed for patrol tasks, everyone is here on weekdays to play small cards, or brag and fart and talk about some meat jokes that men understand.
It's just that as the door creaked open, Zhao Ming appeared at the door, and the room fell silent all of a sudden.
Zhao Ming glanced around, and saw that many people quietly put away a few pieces of pai gow made of wood, and the dice were also pressed by hand.
A picture of people coming from above and people at the bottom hurriedly covering up.
"Ahem, it turned out to be Zhao.... Uncle is here! ”
Chang Wei coughed dryly and stepped forward with a dry smile.
Zhao Ming smiled and nodded, and then sat down on the chair directly under the stunned gaze of Chang Wei and the other brothers.
"Huh? What are you still doing? Get the cards out and I'll play with you! ”
As soon as Zhao Ming said this, the room was quiet for a while, and then someone hesitated to take out those chess cards and gadgets.
Seeing that there was really nothing abnormal on Zhao Ming's face, everyone gradually relaxed.
Chang Wei, who saw this scene, was also relieved.
Of course, Zhao Ming knew what these people thought.
It's nothing more than a person's identity that has suddenly completed its transformation, and the class is different from oneself and others, and it is difficult to adapt all of a sudden.