Chapter 15 Slaughtering the Fat Sheep
"The official has met the master."
"Shizhai is here, let's sit down."
"Thank you for your seat."
Soon after the lamp was held, the silver was carried clean. Lai Tongyu drank a bowl of ginseng soup and his energy recovered a lot.
He usually lives in eight seats, and he lives in a sedan chair wherever he goes in the fort. He is lazy and lazy at home. With his status as such, he doesn't do anything by himself when dressing and washing his face. He also invites him to eat. To put it bluntly, it means that others can't serve others, otherwise Lai Shen would be too lazy to do it himself.
People are lazy and can be very fat. Today, in order to hold on to the scene in front of the Tartars, they wear iron armor and ride horses back and forth, but General Lai Shen was so tired that they came to say hello to Ning Yicheng, the Tongzhi of the Qing Military Department, and was also a lieutenant in the Ma City. They had many responsibilities. When they came to visit, they were certainly not gossiping with Lai Tongxin.
Lai Tongxin struggled to sit up. Ning Yicheng was respectful and he could not be too arrogant. He was a third-rank general, but the other party was also a sixth-rank civil servant. Although he was only a juren and a miscellaneous official, the civil servant was a civil servant after all. Ning Yicheng was directly under Yanghedao. Lai Tongxin did not have much binding force on him, and both sides seemed to be allies.
"My decisive behavior today." Ning Yicheng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "There are heavy responsibilities and more station cages. There are two people from the Fan Family Trading Company. I think this matter will alert many people."
"Hmph, Shizhai, you're talking very well," Lai Tongxin snorted coldly, shaking his head and said, "They are planning to make a lot of money, but they are trying to stop giving us benefits. Do you really think they can take everything everywhere?"
"This is natural." Ning Yicheng smiled and said, "The family background of the adults is also a generational general. It is deeply rooted in Xuanfu West Road and has a certain force in Datong. These people want to bypass us, but they are really looking down on others."
When it comes to money, Lai Tongxin was really indignant. The turmoil on the grassland suddenly changed. In the future, the demand for various materials such as food has increased exponentially. The original official market and monthly market could not meet such a large demand. Moreover, if the war was in progress, the horse market would inevitably be closed or contracted. Naturally, many people were planning to smuggle. In the past, large merchants did not do it because of insufficient driving. Apart from the poor herders along the border, not many people went to the border to buy goods. Now the demand has increased greatly, and the profit of smuggling has increased ten times and a hundred times. Of course, this business cannot be done by those small vendors, and it must be integrated.
Lai Tongxin knew that Fan Yongdou, the owner of the Fan family, had taken away many places from Xuanfu to Jizhen a while ago. He talked about things and determined the scope. The most important thing was to take all the guards along the border under the frontier to avoid trouble. The generals guarding the road and the guerrilla generals leading the gamblers also had to deal with them. The top-level soldiers prepared for the road, governors, generals, and governors. These big men may not accept such gifts, and some people cannot buy them. Fan Yongdou is very smart. He bought people around these big men, staff, small officials and officials in charge of affairs. These people are easy to buy them. In this way, even if some big men know that things are abnormal, they will offend a large number of people once they are in charge. Even if the governor has to think about it again and again, the business will be stable.
Xinpingbao is second only to Zhangjiakoubao. Of course, Fan Yongdou has also bribed many people, but Lai Tongxin, the general, is quite weird. He thinks that Fan Yongdou has given too few benefits, so he wants to reach out and get more benefits in this big business.
As for why the Mongolians bought various goods in large quantities, the increase in demand required a large amount of smuggling, this is naturally not within the scope of Lai Shen.
Ning Yicheng's experience is the same as Lai Tongxin. He is extremely greedy and the master of squeezing oil from a stone. However, he is a juren and has a cunning personality. He doesn't make any progress in many things, but encourages Lai Tongxin to stand in front.
"Once there is news, the official will notify the adults as soon as possible."
"Yeah, yeah." Lai Tongxin nodded and said, "It's better to be polite to Fan Yongdou. To be honest, it's not good if we offend too much."
"This official knows that he will definitely grasp the right position."
Fan Yongdou's wealth is millions, and the Fan family is deeply rooted in Datong, Shanxi. Several top generals and Fan families can get a relationship. Some civil servants are also fed by the Fan family with silver. Although such a big merchant family cannot be compared with the noble generals and gentry families, they are not moved at will. They can move their whole body at once. Lai Tongxin can kill more than a dozen small merchants at will. However, he will not offend a big merchant like Fan Yongdou too ruthlessly. If you beat him, you will have some benefits. It is best to make a fortune together.
"By the way," Ning Yicheng was about to stand up and say goodbye. Before leaving, he thought of something, patted the head under the official hat and said with a smile: "The military supplies assigned by the lord have been assigned by the official. The official has already ordered the equipment and the shop bought by the official. The equipment and the shop bought by the official have been ordered. All the supplies will be handled by them and will be handled by the general manager. The official will send someone to keep an eye on it, and it must be done."
"Oh?" Lai Tongxin agreed and said casually: "Which one of the most prestigious ones?"
"The lower official has chosen He Yusheng."
"His family?" Lai Tongxin thought for a while and said, "He Yusheng Zhang family seems to be from the Zhang family in Puzhou?"
"Their great-grandson came out of Puzhou. I heard that he had a quarrel with his family back then. He had no contact over the past few decades. It is hard to say whether he still recognizes it or not, and..."
Speaking of this, Ning Yicheng smiled and said, "The Zhang family in Puzhou is far inferior to those in the end."
“That’s what this says.”
Whether it is Lai Tongxin or Ning Yicheng, they are all inconspicuous small characters. Ant-like characters don’t need to be too concerned. If the Zhang family did not have the background of Puzhou, they would probably not have to delay the effort of these few words.
Generally, when buying supplies, the total amount is only a few thousand taels to tens of thousands of taels, which is not scary, but even some places in remote counties where there are no merchants in shops can be dispatched, and people can be destroyed. There are so many businesses in Xinpingbao, and a large number of fat sheep can be slaughtered. How can the garrison and these officials easily let go?
If you don’t destroy your family and make them miserable, you will send you a servant or buy goods in the future. Who is afraid of you? Who will really destroy your family and pay tribute to you?
The selected family of clothing is almost certain to go bankrupt. Whether it will break the family depends on the actual situation. If necessary, neither Lai Tongxin nor Ning Yicheng will be merciful.
...
In the night, Zhang Han and Zhang Chun were in front, each carrying a lantern, and behind him were the desolate Zhou Fengji and Liang Hong followed closely.
It was of great importance. Only two shopkeepers were informed. Li Yujing, the accountant and Yang Shiming, the manager, were both hidden. At this time, the store was still in full swing. Everyone was in a happy mood and felt that the prospects in the store had improved again. In this case, Zhang Han and others couldn't bear to announce such bad news.
Everyone understands that if you can't pass this level, you will be over with Yusheng, and the possibility of Ping An passing this level is too small.
Those officials have considered comprehensively when choosing and buying shops. If they have a little background, they will not move the Jing Dynasty to avoid trouble. Most of the selected ones are wealthy families, with rich oil and almost no background. Jing Dynasty is pure fat sheep.
The Zhang family is still safe and sound because they are in a place like Xinpingbao. Of course, no one would touch the Zhang family when the eldest son Zhang Yun was there. Zhang Yun's grandfather was a Grand Secretary, his father was a Huguang political attendant, and his uncle was Zhang Jiazheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Works. Such a background is strong enough. Even when Zhang Han's father Zhang Cheng was there, he still had the elegance of his ancestors. Now it is passed on to Zhang Han, Zhang Han is a young boy, and the fat sheep in the Zhang family finally has the time to be put into the pot.
There seemed to be a blazing rage in Zhang Han's heart.
His thumb tightly clasped his palms, his nails had pierced into the flesh and blood was flowing out.
By this time, he had completely integrated into this era and Heyusheng.
No matter what his past and present life is, at least he is He Yusheng's master, and he has become familiar with the three shopkeepers. The guys have gradually accepted him. There is a mother who loves him at home, and all of this is what he cherishes the most.
And now, it may be that a slight official's inspiration will be destroyed.
What Zhang Han was angry about was not the one who imposed these disasters on He Yusheng, but he hated himself even more.
Why is my power so weak? Why does I seem to have no resistance at all? What are I doing after so many days?
After traveling through time, Zhang Han finally felt nervous and urgent!
If a minor official adds a disaster, He Yusheng and the Zhang family will suffer a disaster. What if someone with stronger strength attacks He Yusheng? What if the war suddenly comes? What about a large-scale famine? What about refugees coming?
An unprecedented sense of crisis was like a huge rock, pressing against Zhang Heng.
"Young Master, I can't leave..."
When I saw the situation in front of the Zhang family from afar, Liang Hong's voice felt a sense of despair.
A small group of soldiers were already carrying long spears and patrolling back and forth along the wall of the Zhang family's residence. Several people who looked like junkies and fire soldiers built shacks under the foundation of the Zhang family's wall. It seemed that not only these Ming soldiers, but also junkies and fire soldiers also lived here. With so many people guarding them, the Zhang family would definitely not be able to get out of it.
"Oh, it's over, it's over."
Zhou Fengji sighed dejectedly, and then he squatted down on the spot, covered his face with his hands, and started to cry.
A man in his fifties has experienced many setbacks and hardships, but at this time, he was full of despair because the government decided on his outfit and buying things, and cried like a child.
Zhang Han's heart was also very heavy, but his personality never had the word "giving up". He took a deep breath and continued to move forward.
"That's the young man from the Zhang family, right?"
"That's right, I still saw him in Ma City today. The child's character is also painted and played with that Tatar Taiji."
"His family has money. I wonder how many we can make this trip?"
"If people eat meat, we can't even get the scoundrels. Let's have a few sips of soup."
"It's okay to drink soup, haha."
Among this team, there were two leading team officials, and a minor official from the Qing Military Department. They had no intention of avoiding Zhang Han. Although his words were not high, Zhang Han could hear them very clearly.
Zhang Han looked at it coldly and did not argue with these people. This was meaningless.
The house was already in a mess, and the main room was brightly lit, and many servants ran around like a group of ants with no clues.
Chapter completed!