Li Daoxuan quietly poked his head out from the wall. In the yard opposite, a group of guards were chatting, speaking in Shanxi dialect. There was also a group of a dozen men who looked obviously much more sinister and taller than ordinary people, sitting aside and saying nothing.
This group of people should be the Jiannu cavalry. It was not convenient for them to speak in the Central Plains, so they all pretended to be mute.
They were obviously more vigilant than the group of people who spoke Shanxi dialect, and their eyes were constantly looking around. One of them said "Hey", his eyes were locked on Li Daoxuan, he patted his companions and pointed at Li Daoxuan.
So, more than a dozen people gathered around.
Li Daoxuan immediately stopped all movements and froze on the wall. This is called, we are all puppets, we cannot speak or move.
The group of people gathered around to take a look at Li Daoxuan and saw that it was a small puppet half a man tall. They no longer paid attention to it and returned to the corner of the yard and sat down. As for why there was a puppet lying on the wall, they couldn't figure it out and thought it was a strange decoration of the Han people.
Li Daoxuan was secretly happy and having fun.
Soon, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and a guard who spoke Shanxi dialect went to open the door. He saw Tie Niao Fei standing at the door, clasping his fists and saying: "I'm Tie Niao Fei, a salt merchant. I have long admired the name Huang Yunfa Huang Yuanwai." , I came here to visit, I have some business matters to discuss."
When the guard heard that the business was being discussed, he didn't dare to neglect it and hurried into the room to report. Soon, Huang Yunfa came out.
Huang Yunfa recognized Tie Niaofei at a glance.
After all, we met in the lobby of the Salt Class Department not long ago, and we knew that he was a salt owl, not a very big one, with ten or twenty people under his command, some strength but not much.
Facing such a little person, Huang Yunfa didn't have to be too polite and asked calmly: "It turns out to be Tie Niofei. You came to see me. What can I teach you?"
Tie Niaofei pretended to be mysterious and looked around, as if to make sure there was no one else nearby. Then he took a step forward, cupped his fists and said, "Huang Yuanwai, I'm here to join you."
"What?" Huang Yun was stunned.
The puppet Tianzun who was lying on the wall watching the show was also happy: So that's it, Tie Niofei's move is quite good.
Tie Niaofei continued: "I'm going to run some salt transportation business before, but you also know that this salt transportation is getting harder and harder to run. There are rogue bandits all over Shanxi, and the saltsmiths were beaten and hid in Hedong Road City. Here, this time I came here with empty hands, and I didn’t buy a pound of salt.”
Huang Yunfa also knew about this.
He took the salt guide to the Salt Division to pick up the goods, and the Salt Division gave him all the goods that he had planned to sell to private salt dealers.
Tie Niao Fei: "I'm afraid this salt transportation business won't go on anymore. Now we urgently need to find a new way. I heard that Huang Yuanwai is doing a lot of business in Northern Xinjiang and the business is huge. I want to follow. Huang Yuan is a gangster."
Huang Yunfa squinted his eyes: "You want to follow me? But why should I lead you? Business in Northern Xinjiang is not easy to do. I led you to open the door for no reason, but as soon as you turned around, you threw me away and lived alone."
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Tie Niao Fei lowered his voice: "I have some connections and can help you introduce a source of gunfire."
As soon as these words came out, Huang Yunfa's eyes narrowed: "Birds of gunfire? It's not interesting if the number is too small."
Tie Niao Fei chuckled: "Of course not less, a lot, hundreds of them! And we will continue to make them in the future."
Huang Yunfa's expression became serious: "Do you know the consequences of lying to me? No matter where you escape, I can take the head of a little private salt dealer like you."
Tie Niaofei put on a serious face: "Huang Yuanwai, I sincerely want to hang out with you, how can I lie to you? To tell you the truth, I found a remote village in Shanxi, where people gathered A large number of blacksmiths escaped from the government workshops and hid in the mountains to survive. Because I supplied them with salt a few times, I made friends. They made many weapons for my men. You see, I have This waist knife was made by them... They also know how to make blunderbuss, and have made hundreds of them, and are looking for buyers on the black market."
Huang Yunfa was dubious when he heard this. It was not impossible for this to happen. Craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty were very hard-working. There had been cases of craftsmen fleeing for many years. There was a possibility that blacksmiths fled in large numbers and hid in deserted villages.
Moreover, once the craftsmen fled, they became refugees. They had no farmland to cultivate and they did not dare to move around. Life would of course be very difficult. In this case, it was possible to negotiate a business with the salt lord and sell weapons privately. of.
Huang Yunfa had been secretly selling supplies to Jiannu for a long time, and Jiannu was very interested in gunshots. He had mentioned it to him several times and wanted him to get some from the Ming Dynasty.
However, this is difficult to do.
Because Ming Dynasty didn’t have many muskets of its own.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty's finances had collapsed and it was extremely poor. The officers and soldiers could not even pay their salaries. How could the government still have the strength to manufacture muskets on a large scale? The limited number of muskets are all armed with the limited troops such as Shenji Battalion and Guan Ning Cavalry.
Huang Yunfa was unable to get the gun from the hands of corrupt officials.
Not to mention the private sector. If the government doesn’t have the money to build something, how much can the private sector do? There is no point in sparing a few. It is necessary to measure. Only with measurement can it be useful.
No matter how powerful the Shanxi merchants were, they could not get many guns to sell to the Jian slaves.
Tie Niao Fei's words made Huang Yunfa's heart skip a beat.
There is only one real questionable point in this story, and that is where did these fleeing blacksmiths get so much iron that they could use to make hundreds of muskets?
Just as he was thinking about this, Tie Niofei chuckled: "I not only sell salt, but also iron. Those blacksmiths are relying on me now. As long as I say a word, they can sell all the muskets." Huang Yuanwai, my requirements are not high, Huang Yuanwai took me to outside the customs a few times and introduced me to do business with people outside the customs, that's all."
Huang Yunfa's last doubts were dissipated. Of course, people like him would never trust others easily. Even if the doubts were cleared, it didn't mean that he believed Tie Niaofei. He had to make one final confirmation: "You said they There are hundreds of muskets, so take them out and show them to me. I will believe what you say when I see the goods."
Tie Niao Fei: "It's a trivial matter! Except for Huang, please don't rush north. Stay here in Hedong Road for a few days. I'll get those blunderbuss for you to see."
Huang Yunfa once again showed a suspicious look: "Hundreds of muskets are not light. You only have a dozen people. How are you going to bring them over to show me?"
Tie Niao Fei chuckled and said, "Ship!"
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