Wang Qifu didn't expect that Liu Heng wouldn't admit it and would bite him back.
He had said that the business between the Fan family's caravan and the Beilu was limited to the horse market, but that was to politely refuse the cooperation between the Tiger Banner Mule and Horse Company and the Fan family's caravan. In private, who didn't know that their Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou The merchants secretly sold some contraband items on the grassland.
After pondering for a moment, Wang Qifu could only say: "To be honest with Mr. Liu, our Fan family caravan sometimes sends some food to the grassland."
Liu Heng pouted. If he hadn't robbed the Fan family's caravan goods, he might have actually believed Wang Qifu's words. Many of the Fan family's goods robbed this time were iron tools, including many arrow clusters.
These were all things that the Ming Dynasty prohibited from selling to the Northern Lu, but the Fan family sold them in large quantities on the grasslands.
Seeing that Liu Heng didn't speak, Wang Qifu said with an ugly face: "Dr. Liu, we Ming people don't tell secrets. We refused the Tiger Flag Mule and Horse Company to transport goods to the grassland for the Fan family's caravan. That was because it was so big. I can't make the decision, but Mr. Liu, you can't let people go to the grassland to rob the Fan family's caravan."
Liu Heng picked up the bowl, took a sip of the tea inside, and said calmly: "There are horse bandits and northern captives on the grassland. Why does Shopkeeper Wang insist that our Tiger Flag is responsible for this!"
Seeing that Liu Heng refused to admit it, Wang Qifu had no choice but to say: "Our boss promised to let the Tiger Flag Mule and Horse Company escort the Fan family's goods to the grassland, but we hope that Liu Heng can return the goods that were stolen from the Fan family's caravan."
"Of course I, Tiger Flag, am willing to cooperate. As for the goods that were robbed by the Fan family, I really don't know about it." Liu Heng spread his hands.
"Return 50%." Wang Qifu held out five fingers and said, "We must give our Fan family some compensation."
Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said: "Since the Fan family is unwilling to cooperate, I will not force it. I deeply sympathize with the Fan family caravan being robbed on the grassland, but this matter has nothing to do with our Tiger Flag."
Hearing this, Wang Qifu rolled his eyes.
If we hadn't known that the horse bandits who robbed the Fan family's caravan all wore the black armor of the Tiger Banner Cavalry and carried muskets that only the Tiger Banner Cavalry had, and when the caravan was robbed, the Tiger Banner Cavalry also On the grassland, maybe he believed that Tiger Flag was innocent.
Liu Heng put down the tureen and said with a smile: "The Fan family's caravans must be careful when going to the grasslands in the future. Without escorts like our Tiger Flag Mule and Horse Company to protect them, the caravans on the grasslands will be easily robbed by horse bandits."
Wang Qifu, who was sitting on the opposite seat, twitched his mouth. This was a blatant threat.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Is there really no room for negotiation? That's a few thousand taels of goods. When delivered to the grassland, it is worth at least seven or eight thousand taels."
"Shopkeeper Wang identified the Fan family's caravan under the Tiger Flag, so I have nothing to say." Liu Heng picked up the tureen and said, "Zhao Wu, see you off."
Zhao Wu on the side came over, stood in front of Wang Qifu, raised a finger in the direction of the door, and said: "Shopkeeper Wang, please!"
"Wait a minute." Wang Qifu looked at Liu Heng and said, "I, I believe that the Tiger Flag did not rob the Fan family's caravan."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "That's right. In fact, our two families can completely cooperate. As long as I and our Tiger Flag mules and horses are here, even the horse bandits on the grassland can't touch a grain of food carried by the Fan family's caravan. "
Wang Qifu wondered what was going on with the 'horse bandits', but he still nodded and said, "Our boss agrees that all caravans going to the grassland in the future will hire tiger-character flag mules and horses."
Liu Heng smiled.
He was not surprised at all that the Fan family agreed to cooperate. Fan Yongdou was able to bring the Fan family to the position of one of the eight imperial merchants, so he could not fail to see the warning given by the tiger character flag to the Fan family.
If the Fan family does not agree to cooperate, in the future the Tiger Flag will only have to snatch the Fan family's caravan going to the grassland every three to five times, and the business between the Fan family and Beilu will not be able to continue. As long as Fan Yongdou is not stupid, he will definitely understand this.
What's more, the Tiger Flag did not directly smuggle goods to the grassland, but only escorted the Fan family's caravan to the grassland. It had no interest in the Fan family. There was no need for the Fan family to take risks and go against the Tiger Flag.
Wang Qifu added, "I hope that no more horse bandits will come to rob the Fan family's caravan in the future."
The word "horse bandit" came out of his mouth with extra force.
Liu Heng naturally understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Tell Boss Fan that I, the Tiger Flag, will be here to ensure that the Fan family's goods are safe and sound."
"I believe in the strength of the Tiger-Character Banner Horse Troop." Wang Qifu cupped his hand and then said, "When I came to Xujiazhuang this time, I heard that the Tiger-Character Flag Horse Troop lost more than 20 riders. Is this true?"
"It's true." Liu Heng said calmly, "Not long ago, the Tiger Flag convoy went to the grassland and encountered thousands of horse bandits. Although they repelled the horse bandits, they also lost 27 riders."
Hiss... Wang Qifu took a breath.
He believed that Liu Heng would not deceive him about this matter. With the Fan family's relationship on the grassland, it would not take long to get the exact information. Therefore, this matter was most likely true. At most, the number of horse bandits was somewhat higher. exaggerate.
Even so, it is enough to illustrate the strength of the Tiger Flag Horse Team. You must know that the Tiger Flag Horse Team was brought back from the grassland a few months ago. It can be said that in just the past few months, the Tiger Flag Horse Team has the ability to defeat the Grassland Team. Those vicious horse bandits.
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Han Guangsan returned to the village with his son's ashes in his arms.
Walking to the entrance of the village, there were a few idle men sitting under the locust tree at the entrance chatting.
"Guangsan, are you back from Hutou Village?" Gou Shengzi, squatting under the locust tree, glanced at the jar in Han Guangsan's arms.
Han Guangsan was speechless, looking straight ahead with little energy, and walked forward step by step.
Gou Shengzi stood up, patted his butt and said, "Guang San, I'm talking to you, why are you ignoring me?"
A person next to him pulled the corner of Gou Sheng's clothes and said, "Okay Gou Sheng, it's not like you don't know that something happened at Uncle Guang's house, please stop saying a few words!"
Gou Sheng turned around and said proudly to the people under the locust tree: "This is what you deserve! As the saying goes, a good man should not be a soldier, but a good man should not make nails. Han Guangsan sent his son to the Tiger Flag, and now he is dead! What do you think? This is not deserved.”
When he spoke, he looked relieved.
A person on the side said: "You can't say that. You can make a lot of money by serving as a soldier in Tiger Character Banner. You can take care of food and housing, at least one tael of silver per month."
"Then why don't you go?" Gou Shengzi looked at the people around him.
The man coughed dryly and said, "I'm not too old. People may not want it."
Gou Shengzi sneered: "The Tiger-Character Banner wants Han Guangsan's son. It's only been a few months and he's gone. If you dare to go to the Tiger-Character Banner to serve as a soldier, I'm not afraid that you will be the one who dies in a few months." .”
Several people under the locust tree shrank their necks subconsciously.
The salary of the Tiger Character Flag is a lot, but no matter how much salary it is, it is not as important as one's own life. Han Guangsan's son is a living example. He only went to the Tiger Character Flag for a few months and lost his life. A white-haired person gives a black hair people. .
