Zhang Chaoyong exhaled a deep breath and said, "Fourth brother, I understand everything you said! It's just... alas!"
Zhang Jingping comforted him and said: "This is the only last resort at this time! Why don't you try your best to appease the soldiers below! And I bet that other people in Jiubian must have the same plan as me!"
Zhang Chaoyong raised his head when he heard this and said, "Uncle, do you need my nephew to send someone to the place to inquire about it?"
Zhang Jingping hesitated and said, "It's okay to inquire! But try to keep a low profile and don't attract their attention!"
The information obtained through inquiring finally proved that the matter was just as Zhang Jingping speculated. The generals on the nine sides unanimously neither bought salt nor food, but packed up the treasury to delay it as long as possible, so as to wait for Liu Hao. Jiahe grain merchants and salt merchants decide the winner!
Because Jiubian is the top priority of the Ming Dynasty's frontier, the generals stationed here are treated much better than their counterparts within the Ming Dynasty generals, and their status is even slightly higher!
Since it is a borderland, wars are naturally frequent. Although there are no big battles, there are constant small battles! Therefore, the civil servants here seldom give them instructions. In particular, these civil servants also need their help in communicating and doing business outside the Great Wall, so their attitude towards them is naturally more generous.
So this gave these generals the illusion that they were very powerful and had a high status! Most people don’t dare to offend them! So after something like this happened today, they immediately made the decision to delay based on the principle of maximizing their own interests!
They feel that by doing this they are not offending anyone, but they do not want to think that by doing this they are actually offending both parties! Under such a big issue of right and wrong, the loser will die the fastest!
Because in Jiubian's salt and grain business alone, the profit unit has to be calculated in millions! Such huge profits are enough to drive people crazy! These people think that since they have been in Jiubian for a long time, they are familiar with everyone everywhere, and others give them face, so they can stay out of the matter. This is completely wrong!
While Zhang Jingping's uncle and nephew were discussing, there were two people sitting opposite each other in the largest brothel in Datong City, each holding a cup of fragrant tea. But the strange thing is that although these two people were in the brothel, they did not ask the girl to accompany them. Even the musicians who usually serve as background music were not invited in.
These two old men sounded very old, but upon closer inspection they looked only in their fifties or sixties. The overall attire looks very ordinary, but in the eyes of knowledgeable people, they will know that it is anything but ordinary! Especially the jade pendants on their respective waists, one is crisp and green, with a faint flow of water! The other one is pure white and flawless, with fluorescent flashes on the surface. It is definitely not ordinary at first glance!
The person sitting on the upper hand is Qian Shounian, the largest local grain merchant, and the person below him is the salt merchant Liu Wansong! At this time, Qian Shounian put down several letters in his hand and said, "Brother Liu Xian is really well-informed! News from other places can be sent here so quickly, which shows that he has sharp ears and eyes!"
Liu Wansong smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qian, don't say such things. I'm afraid you have already heard the news. These letters are just to confirm each other!"
Qian Shounian laughed and did not argue. He picked up the teacup and said, "These people are like a rat with two ends. They only think about not offending both sides, but they don't think about how many benefits they have gained from us over the years! They have swallowed all the fish hooks in their stomachs." Go, it’s so easy to pick it out!" Kan Shula
Liu Wansong said: "Oh, what does Brother Qian mean?"
Qian Shounian said: "Since they don't buy food, then just don't buy it! When the soldiers cause trouble, let them vomit out everything they have eaten in the past years!"
Liu Wansong smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qian, aren't you afraid of causing some trouble? You know, now is the time when *** are going south to harvest grass and valleys!"
Qian Shounian said disdainfully: "You are just pretending to be confused! What do you and I don't know about those ***? But we still need to comfort them a little, so as not to make the matter too big, otherwise everyone will It doesn’t look good on face!”
Hearing this, Liu Wansong also suppressed his smile and said, "Since Brother Qian made it clear, I won't be careless! If we want to take action on Liansheng, can I send some manpower?"
Qian Shounian smiles
He nodded, his seemingly harmonious smile was full of murderous intent! He said: "Of course I want it! That Lianshenghao has gathered a lot of refugees. There are two Zhuangzi outside Datong City alone!"
When Liu Wansong heard this, he frowned and said, "There are too many people here, it's hard to deal with them!"
Qian Shounian hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Don't worry about this! This time we can't do things too badly like in the past! We can't burn food or shops, and we can't kill anyone!"
Liu Wansong smiled when he heard this, and then said: "It seems that you are eyeing their fields again! That's right, those fields can now produce food. If you take over them, they will be good fields that can be passed down to the family."
Qian Shounian did not hide his purpose. He smiled proudly and said: "I do have this intention, but the people behind me sent a message and said not to make it too serious! Many people behind me rent houses in Tianjin When I open the shop, business is good, so I always have to show some kindness to Wu Ninghou!"
Liu Wansong nodded and said, "In that case, I'll go get some people over here!"
Qian Shounian raised his hands and said, "Thank you, dear brother! But dear brother, you must restrain them and don't go too far!"
Liu Wansong naturally nodded and agreed, and promised to restrain the people he called. The reason why Qian Shounian specifically emphasized this matter was because he knew that Liu Wansong's men were all desperadoes and must be strictly controlled!
During the Ming Dynasty, selling illegal salt was a serious crime and your home would be confiscated! Therefore, those salt lords who sell private salt are mostly desperadoes who dare to fight! He even dared to charge against the officers and soldiers! However, the officers and soldiers neglected training and lacked food and pay, and sometimes they were dispersed by salt owl! It shows how violent these salt owls are!
If these people were dragged to the village outside the city without restraint, it would be no different than being burned by fire! Nothing is left but a pile of corpses and burned-out ruins! That's why Qian Shounian repeatedly emphasized the need to restrain these people!
After the two people discussed it, they went back and started to recruit people. However, just a dozen days later, when they were about to gather the people, they found that the food store in Lianshenghao in the city was closed! When Qian Shounian sent someone to inquire, he found that all these people had retreated into Liansheng Bank, which made him scratch his head!
