Chapter Twenty-Three: Yeli and Fangdang
ps: Thanks to Yangzhigang for sending three pieces of soap, thank you for the doll dad, the willow shore onlyone, like a chicken shell for the reward, thank you for the coconut tale wandouwin, migrating birds, lmxy, Foshan bookworms and other Taoist friends for the monthly pass.
Wildly Wild claimed to "play one more round", only to play three games in a row, and lost them all.
Zhao Ran and Gao Yanei didn't stop him, they watched the game with a smile on the sidelines, in every game of bets, Jin Bo Club had to take a cut of five percent, why should he stop it from making money easily?
However, Yeli Huaide is very self-aware, and suddenly stopped after losing in a row, according to him, because half of the money he brought today has been exported, so he can't play anymore, and he made an appointment to continue tomorrow.
Zhao Ran was secretly surprised, thinking that this kid had a good concentration, and he actually operated in strict accordance with the rules of take-profit and stop-loss, what a character, otherwise how could ordinary nobles stop at this juncture? Sometimes in order to fight for a breath, it is commonplace to lose all the money he brought, and many people will even bet on credit to the dealer.
Don't look at Yeli Huaide and Gu Lebuhun fighting when they played "Wood Shooting", their faces were red and their necks were thick, but after they came down, they seemed to be nothing, talking and laughing and laughing side by side in front of Zhao Ran and the three of them.
Gao Yanai smiled and asked, "Yeli, I heard that you have been very diligent in coming to the Jinbo Club recently, what's the matter?"
Yeli Huaide said: "In the past few days, the Privy Council has been discussing matters day after day, and it is rare for my old man to go back to his house in the middle of the night, where can he have the leisure to take care of my business." ”
Gao Yanei said "oh": "There is a big battle to fight?" and turned his head to Gu Lebhun and said: "If I were you, I would be transferred out of the Flying Dragon Academy, where the head is noble and noble, but you can be pampered all day long, and you don't even have a chance to participate in a fight, how can you make meritorious contributions? I want to be transferred from Yiwei Division to the border army. ”
Guleb smiled and said nothing, looked at Yeli Wild, and asked, "Do you say or do I say?"
Ye Li Huai pulled Gao Yanei and Zhao Ran and said, "Let's go, find a quiet place." ”
A few people walked out together, and Liang Xingxia hesitated a few steps in place, not knowing whether to follow or not. Inside this group. It's just that he is the most depressed now, and his identity is different, so naturally he can't get in. So he said, "I'll go to the yard to see the business." ”
Zhao Ran asked Yeli Huaide: "What is the matter?"
Yeli Huaide nodded, and Zhao Ran said: "Let Lao Liang come along, he has been trading for the past two years, and the situation is familiar." ”
Yeli Huaide sighed: "Lao Liang is also together, help come up with an idea." ”
Liang Xingxia hurriedly said "hey", sped up his pace and followed behind, full of gratitude to Zhao Ran in his heart.
Several people went to the cross-courtyard where Zhao Ran lived and worked. Liang Xingxia drove the servants away, personally served tea and poured water, and did the work of serving people.
Zhao Ran didn't say anything polite to Liang Xingxia, let him be alone, beckoned a few people to sit down, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yeli Huaide said: "My uncle sent a letter the day before yesterday, saying that he was going to prepare 3,000 war horses, and the adults in the family have been very busy recently. So let me come forward, I'm worried here. It just so happened that I met Gule here today. They happened to have a horse in the house, but he just wouldn't sell it to me, saying that he had already filed a case with your auction house and was ready to put it up for auction the day after tomorrow. ”
Zhao Ran nodded and said, "That's true, the Gule family has recorded two thousand six hundred Dawan horses. It has been scheduled to take the stage the day after tomorrow. ”
Yeli Huaide said: "I really want to buy these war horses, but as long as the goods are on the auction table, I can't grasp what the situation is." He said to Gu Lebuhun again: "How, in front of the Cheng Dong family and Gao Dalang, you just need to give your brother a real price." Brother, I will buy them all, and I will never bargain with you!"
Gu Lebuhun spread his hands and said helplessly: "Brother, there is a Chengdong family and Gao Ya inside, and I will be honest with you, this matter is not easy to do." This war horse is from Dawan and is in excellent condition. The news that the auction is going to be sent out, and our Gule family invited a lot of nobles to come to the auction, so I also borrowed the 'only love' card of the Cheng Dong family, just to bring people to the field, I don't believe you ask the Cheng Dong family. At this time, I suddenly said that I would not auction it, so how could I explain it to others? Several of them came to Xingqing Mansion from outside. ”
The conversation reached an impasse for a while, and Gao Yanei saw that it was not a solution, and interrupted with a smile: "Yeli, why do you suddenly want to buy a war horse?
Yeli Huaide nodded and said, "The Privy Council has passed the grind, and the official documents may come down next month." The meaning of my lord and uncle asked me to draw the elite to form a cavalry commander...... The key is to rush it tightly, I can't find so many good horses for a while......"
It has been almost three months since Zhao Ran came to the Xia Kingdom, and he also has an in-depth understanding of the Xia Kingdom's military system. The Xia Kingdom is composed of eight departments, except for the imperial family, which is served by the Tuoba Department, and the remaining seven departments have Fengzhou outside. For example, the Yeli Department is sealed near Shizhou, and the Fangdang Department is located in Ganzhou. The royal family and the remaining seven departments each have their own tribal armies, the Tuoba Department is dominated by the Yiwei Division Forbidden Army and the Iron Harrier Cavalry Army, and the remaining seven departments are each sealed with the Outer Town Supervision Division, the tribal army of the Yeli Department is the Xiangyou Supervision Army Division, and the Fangdang Department is the Gansu Supervision Army Division.
The local military supervision department is a tribal private army, and the chief generals and officers are all members of various ethnic groups, but the intermediate military generals above the rank of the banning officer must be reported to the central privy council for review, and they can only take up their posts after grinding, and at the same time, the privy council sometimes directly selects people to serve as middle and senior military generals in the local military supervision department, and the specific situation depends on the game between the central and local governments.
Because it is a private army, the bulk of the military expenditure is borne by the tribes, and the Privy Council only allocates two to three percent, so Yeli Huaide wants to form a new cavalry commander, and this silver has to be paid by the Yeli Ministry himself.
Zhao Ran was observing the words and expressions on the side, and saw that Gu Lebuhun looked light and light, and it seemed that he really gritted his teeth and did not intend to let go, but after thinking about it, if Gu Lebuhun was really unwilling to sell the horse to Yeli Huaide, why did he play with Yeli Huaide for so long?
After thinking about it, he got up and said tentatively to Gu Lebuhun: "Little Marquis, let's go out for a walk?"
Gu Lebuhun put down the teacup and got up happily: "It's okay, go out and breathe!"
Zhao Ran was relieved, and before going out, he glanced at Ye Li Huaide and Gao Yanei, signaling them to be calm and not to be impatient.
Out of the door, Zhao Ran asked, "Little Hou Ye." If it is inconvenient for the little marquis to speak, I will open his mouth, I wonder if he can trust me?"
Gu Lebuhun smiled: "Chengdongjia is a refreshing person, and I can trust Chengdongjia." Okay, I'll tell you about it. I'm now a waiter in the Wyvern Academy. Don't look at the noble status, but it is difficult to get promoted. You are a merchant and from the Ming Dynasty, so you may not know much about our Xia Kingdom. It is said that I can also be transferred back to my own army in Ganzhou, but the Privy Council's control over the local military supervision department has become more and more strict over the years, and I have no military achievements, even if I am in my own army, I can't be promoted easily. ”
Zhao Ran woke up: "It turns out that the little marquis wants to be transferred back to Ganzhou?"
Gu Lebuhun said: "I think it's right to go out of the Flying Dragon Courtyard, but it's not Ganzhou. The Hui people in Ganzhou are very honest. No matter how you bully them, you don't dare to fight back, and it is difficult to achieve military success. I thought, either go to the Yanjian Military Division of Heishui Town, or simply go to the side of Baima Mountain, although the Southeast Supervision Military Division has suffered heavy casualties, but the battle achievements are easier. ”
Zhao Ran nodded: "Understood." Then he went back to the house with Gulebuhun, and called out Gao Yanai and Yeli Huaide.
Let's talk about it. Gao Yanei and Yeli Huaide both sighed, and Gao Yanei smiled: "I didn't expect to be said by me." ”
Yeli Huaide said: "This kid. It turned out to hit this idea. ”
The three of them got together to discuss, Gao Yanei and Yeli Huaide both agreed to find a way to let their old man come forward after they went back, and it was really not difficult for a Kaifeng Mansion Yin and a privy deputy envoy to get together, and it was really not difficult to transfer an officer from the Feilong Academy to the field.
Coming back to take a seat, Zhao Ran nodded to Gu Lebuhun, and Gu Le was immediately overjoyed. Next, it would not be a problem to sell the war horse to Yeli Wild. However, Yeli Huaide has a difficulty, and wants Zhao Ran to help him think of a way, that is, he has already informed many nobles to participate in the auction the day after tomorrow, if the horse is gone, how will he explain it to people at that time?
This problem was handed over to Liang Xingxia. One is to give him a chance to show his face, and the other is to see his ability.
Liang Xingxia didn't blink, and immediately thought of at least three ways. He first asked Gulebuhun if he had told anyone about the number of the horses, and Gule said that when he invited others, he said that it was 1,500, and then it gradually increased to 2,600.
Liang Xingxia said that it would be easy to do, and only 1,500 horses were sold at the stage auction, and then divided into three batches of 500 horses, and each batch of auctions, in addition to silver, at the same time specified the need for high-quality iron ingots, salt, and silk to offset the price of silver. These three things are only available in the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary merchants of the Xia Kingdom can't prepare them in a hurry, which is enough to keep most people out.
As for the high-quality iron ingots, salt and silk, Cheng Kee Shop has just brought a batch from the Daming seller, and it is just a matter of lending it to Yeli Huaide, which is nothing more than a handful of things, very simple.
Yeli Huaide clapped his hands and praised: "That's it! Don't borrow it at all, sell it to me directly, the price is determined by the shop, if I frown, I won't be surnamed Yeli!"
In the evening, the Jinbo Club was full of guests, especially the restaurant, which was really full of friends, singing and laughing.
Zhao Ran was the east, and left Gao Yanei, Yeli Huaide, and Gu Lebuhun behind, and let Liang Xingxia accompany him, and set up a banquet and drink in the restaurant. There are a total of twelve private rooms in the restaurant, but Zhao Ran specially reserved one more for himself, called 'Only Love', which is usually not used, which can be regarded as convenient for himself to use for emergencies.
Cui Niang twisted her flexible waist to greet her, and beckoned a few of the best prostitutes to come over and sing songs with her, and the room was full of joy. During the banquet, several people also went to the wine table prepared by Li Cheng, the privy councillor, to toast a round of wine, and drank happily.
Back in his private room, Yeli Huaide asked Gao Yanei: "How long has Da Lang been sitting on the coach's envoy?"
Gao Yanei sighed: "It's been almost three years, and the forbidden army hasn't been out of the border recently, so I can't find an opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”
Yeli Huaide said: "My family said that if Uncle Gao has time, he might as well go to the house to talk about it." My mother hasn't seen the Gao family's aunt for a long time, and she misses it very much. ”
Gao Yanei's eyes suddenly lit up.
That night, Zhao Ran sent the first flying talisman after coming to the Xia Kingdom to the Qingcheng Mountain Mixed Yuan Ding. (To be continued......)