"A man came down the mountain and claimed to be from the Fan family of Zhangjiakou. He said he wanted to meet the boss."
On the school grounds, a gangster came to deliver a letter.
"Fan family?" Liu Heng frowned. He didn't remember his relationship with the Fan family.
Chen Xunping on the side said: "Is this Fan family the same Fan family that gave us Ping An money in the first place?"
After Liu Heng and his army of bandits settled in Hutou Village, the first peace money they received was from the Fan family's caravan. In particular, the Fan family had a great reputation in Xuanfu and Taiyuan, so many people in the village were interested in it. The Fan family has deep memories,
Li Shuheng on the other side frowned and said, "I heard that the Fan family is very powerful in Xuanfu and has business in several houses. It's not like they came here to cause trouble for us because of the previous incident of Ping An's money."
"The Fan family won't care about those hundreds of taels of silver. Besides, this is Datong Mansion. No matter how long the Fan family's hands are, they can't reach Lingqiu." Liu Heng shook his head slightly.
Although the wealth of the Fan family in this period was not as good as that of the eight great imperial merchants later, they still had a family fortune of more than one million yuan. They would not send people from the Xuanfu to Datong to take revenge for a few hundred taels of silver.
Li Shuheng asked the bandit who delivered the letter, "How many people are here from the Fan family?"
"Just three people." The bandit replied.
"What are three people doing here?" Li Shuheng looked puzzled, which was different from the revenge he expected.
Liu Heng smiled and said, "You'll know once you meet him."
Li Shuheng reminded: "Now we are in a troubled time, and all forces want to take action against us. But at this time, people from the Fan family come to Hutou Village. We must be careful."
Liu Heng nodded, turned to the bandit and said, "Take the Fan family to the mountain temple."
"Yes." The bandit who delivered the message retreated.
Liu Heng turned to look at Chen Xunping and said, "Second brother, find more strong spearmen in the past few days, train them with plate armor, and try to make them adapt to the weight of the plate armor as quickly as possible."
Zhaojiayu manufactured some plate armor, specially equipped for spearmen, which can effectively alleviate the impact damage of nearby slashing and stabbing weapons, and better protect the safety of front-row spearmen.
However, due to the weight of the plate armor, it requires a strong spearman to wear it for activities. Generally, a thinner spearman can only walk more than ten steps in the plate armor.
Chen Xunping smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone in Hutou Village has had nothing to worry about in the past few months. Just training every day, everyone is a tough man."
Since Jia Liu was promoted to captain of the Tiechang Guard Brigade, Chen Xunping took the other two squadrons back to Hutou Village and trained with the bandits of Hutou Village every day in the school yard.
Liu Heng nodded and left the school grounds with Li Shuheng, returning to the mountain temple in the village.
There is a long table in the middle of the main hall of the Mountain Temple, with many chairs on both sides. The five seats that were once placed in the main hall have long been removed.
"Master, the Fan family members are here, right outside the door." A bandit walked into the main hall of the mountain temple to report.
"Haha, Li Weiming has met the headmaster of Hutou Village. I didn't expect the headmaster to be so young. It's really disrespectful." A middle-aged man walked in from outside the hall, first looked at Li Shuheng, and finally raised his fists to Liu Heng who was sitting in his seat.
"Mr. Li, please take a seat." Liu Heng pointed to the seat on the other side of the long table and said, "I wonder what the relationship is between Mr. Li and the Fan family?"
"If you are not talented, I will be the shopkeeper of Datong Fanji." Li Weiming cupped his hand.
After saying that, he lowered his head and glanced at the long square table in front of him. It felt strange, so he pulled out the chair under the table and sat on it.
Li Shuheng, who was accompanying Liu Heng, said at this time: "We in Hutou Village have never had any contact with Fan Ji. I wonder why Shopkeeper Li is here this time?"
Li Weiming smiled and said: "I heard that the master has an iron yard in Dongshan, and the refined iron produced can be compared with Fujian iron. I, Fan Ji, are very interested in this and intend to cooperate with the master."
"To buy iron, you can go to the iron yard in Dongshan. Shopkeeper Li came to Hutou Village to mention cooperation, and it must be more than just buying iron!" Liu Heng looked at Li Weiming on the other side of the square table with a smile.
"Master Liu Minghui." Li Weiming smiled and said, "Actually, I came here this time to save the master and the brothers from Hutou Village."
"Oh? Shopkeeper Li, please make it clear." Liu Heng became interested and put one hand on the square table.
Li Weiming said: "Master Liu may not be aware yet. Not long ago, Bing Bei Dao sent a bandit suppression document to Lingqiu Guards House. As for which bandits were suppressed, I don't need to go into detail below!"
"Of course it is our Hutou Village that will be destroyed." Liu Heng replied calmly.
On the ground of Lingqiu, if there are bandits, there is only one on Hutou Village. They used to be short-legged tigers, but now they are Liu Heng and his bandit army.
Seeing Liu Heng's calm expression, Li Weiming was stunned. Normally, when the bandits heard about the government's suppression of bandits, their expressions would immediately change and they would look panicked. However, the leader of Hutou Village in front of him seemed to have nothing to do with him when he heard the news about the suppression of bandits. Same.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Weiming said: "If Mr. Liu is willing, our Fan family can still help with the suppression of bandits."
Hearing this, Liu Heng showed a hint of interest on his face and said, "I wonder how Shopkeeper Li can help me in Hutou Village?"
"Master Liu Da must have heard of our Fan Ji!" Seeing Liu Heng nod, Li Weiming continued, "Although Fan Ji's connections are mostly in Xuanfu, he can still talk to him in Datong. I, Fan Ji, can be mobilized The relationship between Datong and Datong will help Mr. Liu overcome this difficulty."
"What are the conditions for the Fan family?" Liu Heng looked playful.
"It's very simple." Li Weiming said, "My Fan family wants half of the iron yard where Liu Da's family is located in Dongshan. In the future, when the iron field is expanded, my Fan family's share cannot be reduced. As long as Liu Da's family agrees to this condition, our Fan family will immediately Initiate connections to help Mr. Liu tide over the difficulties."
"The Fan family is taking advantage of the situation." Li Shuheng on the side looked livid.
Li Weiming said with a smile: "If I, Fan Ji, had not come forward, not only the iron field of Hutou Village in Dongshan, but also the lives of everyone on the mountain of Hutou Village would be in danger, so I, Fan Ji, only have 50% of the members, which is not much."
Liu Heng waved his hand towards Li Shuheng, signaling him to calm down.
Then, he said to Li Weiming: "Now that the official document has arrived at Lingqiu garrison, shopkeeper Li is confident that he will persuade Lingqiu garrison not to send troops out of the city to suppress the bandits in Hutou Village."
"I'm not sure." Li Weiming shook his head and said, "But I, Fan Ji, am sure that I can save the iron field in Dongshan and your life, Mr. Liu."
"how do I say this?"
Li Weiming smiled and said: "There is no military general who does not love money. As long as Master Liu is willing to give up another 10% of his money and leave it to Lingqiu for defense, I believe that the defense government will not attack Tiechang and Master Liu again."
Hearing this, Li Shuheng said angrily: "One percent of the members can be exchanged for the garrison mansion not suppressing the bandits. Why should we give you 50% of the members of Fanji? Don't we know how to defend Lingqiu ourselves?"
Facing Li Shuheng's questioning, Li Weiming said with a smile: "Without our Fan Ji's intervention, Lingqiu Defense would not have accepted you as a member. If we directly annihilated Hutou Village, we would only get more."
He believed that Hutou Village had no reason to reject his proposal at this time, otherwise the only way to wait for Hutou Village would be to clear it out.
