After listening to Zhang Ye's introduction, he realized that the strange-looking thing in his hand was the clairvoyant in the Fengwu Army. Dabaragan's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and he quickly followed the method Zhang Ye gave him. After using it, the next second he saw the scenery in the distance, he burst out laughing with joy...
At this moment, Zhang Ye also said in time:
"This clairvoyance is unique in the entire Luobei territory. I can guarantee that even the Great Khan can't see this thing. Congratulations to Mr. Dabalagan on your new treasure!"
After he finished speaking, Dabala was very happy and grinned almost to the base of his ears. He couldn't put it down even more with the telescope in his hand. He looked left and right, and it seemed that everything in his yard was now in his eyes. Brand-new. After playing with a cup of tea for a long time, Dabaragan reluctantly put the telescope back into the rosewood box, turned his attention back to Zhang Ye and said:
"I like this gift you gave me very much. For the sake of this gift, I will definitely try my best to help you if you want me to help you!"
Zhang Ye heard this and praised:
"Master Dabaragan, you are really cheerful! In this case, I won't hide it anymore. I want to know Bujiha's movements!"
As soon as these words came out, Dabaragan became a little wary and asked:
"Why do you ask?"
Facing Dabaragan's question, Zhang Ye replied unhurriedly;
"Sir, during this period we have purchased more than a thousand packhorses from Luobei ministries and are preparing to transport them back to Liaoyang for sale!
At this point, Zhang Ye raised his head, glanced at Dabaragan, and said to him in a deep voice:
"The goods you gave me last time are among them..."
Hearing what Zhang Ye said, Dabaragan, who was still in high spirits just now, immediately changed his expression, looked at Zhang Ye fiercely and said:
"Didn't I ask you to transport it back quickly? Are you still keeping it in our hands? Do you want to be bitten to death by hungry wolves?"
Faced with Dabaragan's unabashed threat, Zhang Ye explained calmly:
"Master Dabaragan, that's three hundred horses, not thirty, let alone three. How do you ask me to send away so many horses quietly?"
Before Zhang Ye finished speaking, Dabaragan waved his hand and said anxiously:
"That's your business and has nothing to do with me. I don't care what method you use, just send them out quietly immediately!"
Looking at Dabaragan who was a little out of sorts, Zhang Ye smiled and shook his head and said:
"Master Dabaragan, this is not the first time we have done business. I can understand your mood. You should also understand that if there is a chance, of course we want to transport the goods back to Liaoyang now. This is the safest No one would leave such a hot commodity in their hands!"
"But now Bujiha is watching so strictly in the east. If we enter the customs and head back rashly, we will probably be discovered by Bujiha. So my plan is to mix the 300 horses with the 1,000 pack horses, and then escape By opening the main patrol routes in Bujiha, we can successfully complete this business..."
After listening to Zhang Ye's words, Dabaragan's expression became uncertain. Seeing this, Zhang Ye continued to persuade:
"Master Dabaragan, you'd better make a decision as soon as possible. Although the place where we hide our horses is hidden, no one can say what will happen if it continues. By then, not only the two of us will be unable to eat and walk around... , I’m afraid it will also implicate important people!”
Dabaragan suddenly raised his head when he heard this, staring at Zhang Ye closely with a pair of small eyes, a fierce look on his face and said:
"Are you threatening me?"
Zhang Ye bowed and said:
"Lord Dabaragan, you are too worried. This is Luo Bei and you are the great noble here. How can I, a weak businessman, have the guts to threaten you? If I make you unhappy, I'm afraid I You won’t survive tonight, I’m just a reminder!”
As soon as these words came out, Dabaragan fell into silence again. After a moment, he looked at Zhang Ye and said coldly:
"Bujiha is now heading to the west to carry out the tasks assigned by the Great Khan. If you are not in Aibagh, now is your best chance to transport things out. Get out of here. I don't want to see you dirty and despicable two-legged sheep again!" "
Facing Dabaragan's insult, Zhang Ye, who had already got what he wanted, was not angry at all and said quickly:
"I'm sorry to make you angry, Master Dabaragan. Sir, please calm down and I'll leave now. I'll come back to give you the baby after a while!"
After saying that, Zhang Ye turned around and left respectfully. After a stick of incense, he returned to the headquarters of Dadongsheng Company in Luobei Royal Court. He went back to his own job of buying and selling sheepskins until night fell and the day's work was over. Zhang Ye was alert. He observed the surroundings carefully, then returned to his tent, and began to write vigorously under the dim light...
The deputy shopkeeper of Dadongsheng Company in the Royal Court of Luobei is just Zhang Ye's identity on the surface, and Zhang Ye's real identity is the codename Qianbai of the intelligence officer in charge of the Royal Court of Luobei.
Previously, because the overall strategic focus of the Fengwu Army was not on the Luobei people, the manpower and material resources assigned to the unified coordination work in Luobei were also very limited. However, all this changed a lot a month ago. After Ye Mingsheng's attack, Huo San began to increase his investment in Luo Bei and asked the intelligence personnel in Luo Bei's court to collect as much intelligence as possible on Luo Bei's senior officials and the movements of Luo Bei's army.
In recent years, due to the cultural customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it has spread among the upper-class nobles of Luobei. More and more Luobei nobles like to use goods from the Great Zhou Dynasty. After the traditional raiding southward failed to achieve results, the situation was The only road in front of the Luobi people is trade, but unfortunately, there are not many commodities that can be sold at high prices. Except for sheepskin and mutton, they are all animal husbandry.
As for the horse business, which is relatively more profitable and attracts the most attention, the Luobi people are only allowed to sell draft horses to the Da Zhou Company for their own safety. War horses, an important strategic material, are strictly controlled and no one is allowed to sell them at all.
If someone dares to violate this, the consequences will be very miserable. This is why Dabaragan turned his back during the day and refused to recognize anyone!
Although Luo Bei's punishment was very cruel and severe, a great man said in a famous book, A businessman would dare to take risks with a profit of 50%. For a profit of 100%, he would dare to trample all laws in the world. With a profit of 300%, he would dare to commit any crime and even take risks. With the risk of being hanged, the number of Luo Bei war horses transported to the Zhou Dynasty was more than three times greater...
On the one hand, there was a huge demand for Dazhou commodities, and on the other hand, the huge profits brought by selling war horses made some Luo Bei dignitaries start to take desperate risks!
Dabaragan is Zhang Ye's target. Compared with the Tuva tribe's envoy at the Royal Court of Luobei, Dabalagan also has an identity that few people know, and that is the white gloves of Prince Bodu of Luobei. , as for the goods they just mentioned, they actually refer to three hundred Luobi war horses!
Although Dabaragan has never disclosed the origin of these war horses, Zhang Ye has long investigated the origin of this batch of war horses. They came from the 30,000 Luobi cavalry commanded by Bodu. Three months ago, there were heavy rains on the grassland. There was a heavy snowstorm and countless livestock were frozen to death.
It was at that time that Bodu overreported the number of horses that had been frozen to death, and secretly intercepted and sold these horses to himself. Otherwise, how could Dabaragan, an envoy of the Tuva tribe, have obtained such excellent horses? War horses, you must know that although there are many horses on the grassland, those that can reach the level of war horses are also very precious. Each one has been carefully cultivated by herdsmen for several years.
The reason why Bodu dared to risk the world's disapproval and secretly sold the war horse to Dadongsheng Trading Company was because Luo Bihan was very old and it seemed that he would not last long, and the Luobi people had always admired the strong, so about Khan. The competition for the position is also very fierce and cruel, so at this critical moment, Bodu needs a lot of money to help him win over his subordinates and make good friends with all parties to help him compete for the position... ··········
It was precisely such gray channels that helped the Fengwu Army's cavalry achieve leapfrog progress in a short period of time, forming a scale of more than 10,000 people, which greatly increased their war potential.
Although there was a lot of unpleasantness between Dabaragan and Dabaragan today, Zhang Ye was not worried about Dabaragan's overreaction. After all, his bid was the highest and the luxury goods he could provide to Bodu were also the best. , so Dabaragan could only come back to cooperate with him in the end.
The information he obtained from Dabaragan today will be important information related to the overall strategy of the Fengwu Army. He must pass it back to Yi Jing as quickly as possible!
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The Majia Courtyard in Dai County.
Facing the spiritual tablets of the ancestors of the Ma family in the ancestral hall, Ma Hongde, with a serious expression, knelt down three times and kowtowed incense, praying to the listening spirits of the ancestors of the Ma family to bless them.
After kneeling in the ancestral hall for a stick of incense, Ma Hongde slowly stood up with the support of the tribesmen on the side and asked his younger brother Ma Hongye:
"How did things go?"
Ma Hongye nodded and said:
"Fourth brother, everything is ready and will be launched on time tomorrow. This time he will definitely give Ye Mingsheng a good look. If he wants to cut off our Ma family's financial path, he will not weigh his own weight!"
Listening to his brother's answer, Ma Hongde patted his brother on the shoulder without saying anything, turned around and returned to his study. He had done everything he could do. The next thing is to see if God will still take care of him as before. Ma Hongde Got it!
Back in the study, Ma Hongde sat on his chair made of pear wood, brewed a pot of hot tea, took out his favorite "Han Feizi" from the bookshelf and started reading. Although all the plans in front of him were going well, However, Ma Hongde felt a hint of uneasiness in his heart. He could only hope to eliminate the uneasiness in his most familiar environment and calm down his heart again... ······
Although Ma Hongde had a good idea, it was a pity that his peaceful time only lasted for half an hour. There was a burst of noise outside his study. Ma Hongde frowned slightly and was about to ask what was going on outside. The servant outside came in and reported to Ma Hongde in a panic:
"Many people from the Fourth Master's Coordination Office have surrounded our mansion. The Fifth Master is leading his servants to confront them!"
Ma Hongde's expression changed slightly when he heard this, but soon returned to normal, and then explained to the servant:
"You go back and tell Hongye to exercise restraint and don't conflict with the coordination office. I'll change my clothes and go over immediately!"
"yes!"
After giving orders to his servants, Ma Hongde was looking for clothes in the wardrobe. After putting on a gray robe, he seemed to have thought of something. He touched a very exquisite and compact small wooden box from the secret place of the wardrobe. When he opened the small wooden box, he saw only I saw two small gray pills lying quietly there.
Looking at the two small pills, Ma Hongde's expression suddenly became very complicated. After being silent for a while, a wry smile appeared on his face, he closed the small wooden box and put it in his arms, then he sorted out his mood and walked out of the study room.
After half a stick of incense, surrounded by his servants, Ma Hongde came to the door of his courtyard. He saw dozens of plainclothes officers from the Operations Department of the Coordination Office standing there, and behind them were soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition. It looked like there were hundreds of people...
Seeing Ma Hongde's appearance, Ma Hongye quickly came over and said in his ear:
"Fourth brother, this group of people has bad intentions. In addition to the hundreds of people in front of us, there are also hundreds of people around the yard. The total number of people is over a thousand. How about we fight with them now!"
When Ma Hongde heard this, he shook his head at Ma Hongye. Although his family was rich and had many martial arts masters and servants at home, as the head of the Ma family, Ma Hongde knew very well that it would be okay to fight these gangs against the bandits and caravans, but they had to encounter The Fengwu Army, which has experienced hundreds of battles, is absolutely vulnerable to a single blow!
Therefore, Ma Hongde calmly walked to the middle of the confrontation between the two sides, raised his hands to the warriors on the opposite side and said with a smile:
"My Majesty, Ma Hongde, is currently in charge of the Ma family. I wonder what the Lord of the Coordination Office and the military lords would do if they came to our Ma family?"
Shortly after Ma Hongde finished speaking, Jiang Le walked out, looked Ma Hongde up and down and said:
"Are you Ma Hongde, the fourth master of the Ma family?"
"Fourth Master and so on are just honorific titles for friends on the road. Ma Mou is ashamed to deserve it!" Ma Hongde said with a smile:
After getting a positive answer from Ma Hongde, Jiang Le nodded and said:
"Since you are Ma Hongde, then come with us! We adults want to see you..."
