"The envoy of the enlightenment, naturally, his subordinates dare not slack off, and there are no treacherous people. This year's output is also better than previous years; but it is because the number of merchants between the two places is declining month by month!"
The patrol ambassador, who specializes in salt management, replied with sweat and sweat:
"Decrease in merchants? What kind of rhetoric is this?"
Wang Chongrong couldn't help but hesitated. The river is just going to be everywhere; therefore, it is not to say that those in the same camp, even the hostile forces and the tribes and the city near the wall, will come to the river through the caravan to buy salt for their own use. This is a kind of The long-term disguised tacit understanding and unspoken rules.
"Now the road to the north has been blocked, and there is no expectation in a short time. At present, the production in Hezhong is mainly supplied to Guanai and various parts of the Kanto..."
The inspector quickly responded:
"Kannai Road is always okay. The monthly payment of tens of thousands of shi is always safe, and the payment is rarely delayed. The main reason is that the number of people buying large amounts of salt in the Kanto area is decreasing month by month? There are also some long-term merchants. Cut off the news..."
"Kanto?"
Wang Chongrong couldn't help but flashed a face with thick eyebrows and big eyes in his mind. He suddenly remembered that the other party had just unified the entire territory of Dugui Dao and was ratified by Chang'an. He also sent someone to attend his meeting. The inauguration ceremony.
"It's the moment for the use of soldiers. How can we not have enough money and food to lose?"
Afterwards, Wang Chongrong calmed down his anger with great difficulty, and categorically shouted:
"Immediately send an envoy to figure it out. If it doesn't help, we will send our staff to take the initiative to sell it. No matter what method you use, I will make sure to see enough money back!"
Because, even after the Battle of Ratsque Valley and Yindiguan, a large number of local coalition troops were wiped out. However, along the upper reaches of the Fen River valley, the local area has lined up the barriers of Jiahubao, Zhangnanbao, Gaobiling and other docks, which still allowed the Hezhong army who was on the offensive to pay a lot of price to advance to the state city. Therefore, the army It is already quite exhausted and deprived; I need more money as an incentive.
He also heard about the Shatuo coalition forces raging in Hedong Town to the north; therefore, this is also his basic motivation to drive the army to win the victory of the upper reaches of Fen River at any cost and spare no effort.
After all, he had already regarded the three towns of Hedong Road as his pocket before, and he had been eagerly preparing for it for a long time; but he never expected that after the war in the Guan, he could not catch up with the decisive battle to pick up the bargain; on the contrary, it was. Because the news was severely delayed and afterwards, he was taken the lead by an escaped Sha Tuo army in Yanbian. How could he be reconciled
—I’m not willing to divide the line —
And in the office of Liusi in Luodu City.
"Stay behind, happy event, really happy event!"
But Hu Zhen, the tooth keeper, walked in with joy and couldn’t wait to shout.
"The hundred or ten carts of salt cargo that came from the south were all sold off in Huazhou, and the gains were quite substantial! With this income alone, we can live a fat year with tens of thousands of horses and horses. Up!"
"Those merchants in Shiiba say that the green and white salt in the south is really good! Not only does it taste neither bitter nor astringent, but it also has no dust and sediment, and the price is not expensive; so don’t say Heyanghe They are all eating at the balance; even on the Huaishan and Hebei sides, they say that you need as much as you have. Now my brothers are asking when we can ship such a batch again!"
"Zigui has worked hard."
Hearing this, Zhu Lao San inevitably showed a wry smile, but said to him kindly:
"This business is not in a hurry; turn around and give a reward to each of the powerful soldiers with a piece of silk and two stones, and let's cultivate for a while..."
After all, if you have been in contact with the Taiping Army for a long time, you will naturally understand some things, such as daily management and governance methods. Therefore, he also began to understand what it means to fish without being exhausted, and what is the basic principle of a long stream of water.
Even these several corresponding trafficking activities were carried out in a relatively low-key manner under the name of the informal "Heluo Civil Armed Merchant Group". The purpose is to, at least when necessary, try to avoid and distinguish the relations and right from wrong from official sources.
After all, although he initially acquired the five states in and out of Duguidao, he was also in the hinterland of the Central Plains, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and on the Plains of the Four Wars. But anyone who wants to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains from Guanzhong, or seek land within Guandong from Guandong, or the game between Henan and Hebei, can't get around the Heluo Plain that he occupies.
And gradually diverging from Chang'an, after sitting on one side in name. Although there are forces such as Heyang (Zhuge Shuang) and Tianping (Cao Xiang) in the surrounding environment to attack and defend and echo the alliance, the power of these places is also not so easy to use. Not to mention that in the southwest of Luyang Pass, there is also an unpredictable Taiping Army that is critical to it in disguise.
Hu Zhen, the tooth keeper, was originally from Jiangling, and he had also been a local thief, so he was the most suitable person to travel to the south in his personal capacity. Originally, he intended to let him follow his second brother Zhu Cun, but after a few months, he ran back voluntarily and brought a large number of aid equipment from his brother's office.
Despite this, he still found Shi Lizhen, who had been promoted to the head of Dugui Road, after the incident, and ordered privately:
"Set aside a certain amount of money from my other business, and buy thousands of loads of salt from the river!"
"Why do you need to do this after you stay... It takes a lot of trouble?"
Li Zhen was surprised and said:
"Just to make Xijing feel at ease... Anyway, I just made a lot of money, and it's not bad!"
Zhu Laosan said indifferently: Then someone reported from the outside world:
"My lord, the book of respect has come back and died..."
So after a long while, Zhu Lao San also pondered slightly in surprise:
"Did my elder brother explain this way?"
"Subordinates don't dare to hide anything from each other."
Describe Qing Jun's Jing Xiang without hesitation, and said in a serious manner:
"I didn't want my brother to have such insights, how can I fall behind?"
Zhu Laosan was full of nostalgia, but he also sighed with a certain mood that made people wonder: Then he spoke to Jingxiang again:
"Zi Zhen, how about I want you to take another trip before the snow falls?"
"But please stay in command..."
Jing Xiang first said:
Soon afterwards, in the living quarters of the back house.
"Hui Niang..."
Lao San Zhu also said to his wife Zhang who was changing his clothes:
"Now the north is getting more and more bitter, and my mother's body is not as good as the day; I plan to send the old man to the southern brother's place to be quiet? It's just that I have to trouble you to take care of me and enter the filial piety."
"Since the prince has a plan, this is also the meaning of the concubine body, and it will definitely live up to the Son of Man..."
Zhang couldn't help but pause when he heard the words, but then answered nonchalantly:
"Hui Niang is really my help, so how lucky is this life!"
Zhu Laosan, who thought that the other party would have some requests and hesitation, was somewhat moved and held the woman's arm and said:
To say that Zhang is also a fellow of Songzhou Dangshan in general, but his father Zhang Yu was also a scholar and was born in Songzhou governor. Later, he felt that his life was difficult and he came to the township early. Therefore, when Zhu Laosan was fighting in Songzhou Zhoucheng in his early years, he was also fortunate to have seen this young lady in the Shangming Mansion among the servant maids who echoed before and after.
She even swears by the gods and swears that "a man should take such a woman", and then was treated as a good ridicule by friends in the neighborhood, and even led to the joke of "not knowing the number of days" and "being humble and respectful" for a long time. time. Later, he was so embarrassed that he missed and beat someone to death, and he fell into a criminal case that was pursued by the government.
Therefore, in the end, when Songzhou's local government wanted to ban these idlers in order to eliminate the troubles; Zhu Lao San could only leave his hometown to cast out the thieves. But he never thought that after many years, when he led a group of people back to his hometown to find the separated family members, he accidentally picked up the Zhang family lady who was already a widow in the village and was given it as some kind of trophy. Bong was sent to him.
The so-called dim and throbbing affection is the most touching, especially as the unrequited object of Geng Jie once regretted; that is simply Zhu Lao San, who had no name and no overnight food in his early years, dreams. Seeking the existence of fairy squad girls like history. Therefore, although it has been a preemptive marriage for many years, he has always respected and respected this lady very much.
Since Zhang was forced to follow him, he gradually accepted the identity of the thief-headed woman. Naturally, it also reflected the knowledge, Wen Duo Li and Wen Liang Shude of a woman from the official family, and Zhu Laosan became more respectful and in love. Not to mention that before that, he had had two children with a prostitute in the army camp, and was also raised by Zhang's knees.
Therefore, even if he was born out of a mother who gave birth to himself, Zhu Lao San, who was used to not taking women in the world seriously, would inevitably cherish and respect her abnormally. It's just that this time the situation is a bit different. Since his two brothers have been separated from each other, he has basically been a habit of only telling relatives and not asking for official affairs, but since he took the initiative to speak, he would naturally not be aimless.
After all, the Daqi new dynasty in the pass was far apart and beyond reach, but the Taiping Army, located in the southwest of Luyang Pass, was close at hand. As a natural ally and back-up for neighbors, it is naturally wonderful and convenient; but if you want to oppose and be an enemy, it will be a trouble for people to sleep and eat.
Then consider the Taiping Army's current Huainan Raiders and the new situation once Huainan is completely smoothed out. . . . If not, he is also reluctant to let this wise helper leave his side. Thinking of this, he said to Zhang's slightly emotionally:
"Er Lang is still young, so you can bring them up together, and Da Lang will continue to follow me in the army..."
In another place in Luodu City, Xie Tong, a Fuzhou native from the Shannan Caravan, was writing about the ceremony, translating and transferring data from the army that he came into contact with in Dugui Road during this period of time. Several articles that require special reference books to be compared and interpreted in order to be understood. (End of this chapter)