Back in Xujiazhuang, Wang Qifu had been waiting in the side hall for a long time.
When they met, Liu Heng was the first to speak, "Shopkeeper Wang, when you come to my Xujiazhuang this time, are you planning to order iron or fine iron, or are the Fan family's caravan preparing to go to the grassland."
In the side hall, someone prepared tea and served it.
"The Fan family wants to order a batch of fine iron." Wang Qifu said, "And this time our boss asked me to come down and inform Dongzhu Liu that my Fan family's caravan is going to the north recently, and I want to ask Dongzhu Liu, where are the tiger-character flag mules and horses? Do you have time?"
When he said this, his face looked a little ugly.
Originally, it was the Fan family's own business for their caravans to leave the customs and go to the grasslands. They had prepared goods and vehicles and could leave the customs to trade with the Beibei at any time, but now they were forced to use the tiger-character flag to do so. Not only could the bodyguard not leave the seclusion as he wished, but he had to be sent to Lingqiu to give a special notice.
"Our Tiger Flag Mule and Horse Company can leave at any time." Liu Heng said, "I wonder when Dongzhu Fan's caravan will leave the customs? I can arrange for the escorts from the Mule and Horse Company to go there in advance."
Wang Qifu said, "Ten days later, when Liu Dongzhu's batch of fine iron has been delivered to Zhangjiakou and the goods to be taken out of customs have been collected, the caravan will set off for the grassland."
Liu Heng said with a smile, "I will urge the people below to get ready for the fine iron matter, and at the same time arrange for ten large trucks to follow Shopkeeper Wang back to Zhangjiakou."
Wang Qifu thought for a while and said, "Okay, but the cart sent by Dongzhu Liu must be at the disposal of my Fan family caravan steward and cannot wander around on the grassland at will. The northern captives are more wild and it will be bad if they hurt people."
"That's natural." Liu Heng said with a smile, "The carts of our Tiger Flag are used to form vehicle formations and are specially used to deal with horse bandits on the grassland, so Shopkeeper Wang can rest assured that our Tiger Flag is just Escort the Fan family caravan to the grassland."
Wang Qifu nodded and said, "I hope Dongzhu Liu will keep his promise."
"Don't worry, your family and I have only been friends for a day or two, so naturally we won't do anything that would make things difficult for the Fan family." Liu Heng said with a smile.
Naturally, Wang Qifu would not believe this. If the two families really had any friendship, the Fan family's caravan would not have been robbed on the grassland last time. In the end, they were forced to agree to use the tiger flag mules and horses as bodyguards. Escort the Fan family caravan to the grassland.
"One more thing." Wang Qifu said, "Our boss said that the tiger-character flag mules and horses are traveling in Lingqiu, and our Fan family caravan leaves the customs through Zhangjiakou. It is really inconvenient to notify us. We cannot send people to Lingqiu every time. Notice, and then send people from Lingqiu to Zhangjiakou, going back and forth, wasting a lot of time."
"Dr. Fan's concerns are reasonable." Liu Heng pondered for a moment and said, "Let's see, after a while, Huzi Banner will set up a mule and horse shop in Zhangjiakou, specializing in the Fan family's business, but I'm in Zhangjiakou. I’m not very familiar with Qi, so I’ll have to rely on Boss Fan and Shopkeeper Wang when the time comes.”
Wang Qifu said, "It's good that Mr. Liu has this intention. As for other things, it's not a problem. My Fan family still has some connections in Zhangjiakou."
"Then it's settled." Liu Heng said with a cupped hand, "I'd like to ask Shopkeeper Wang to stay in Xujiazhuang for the next two days. Once the fine iron is loaded into the truck, Shopkeeper Wang will take it back."
"Now that it's settled, I'll take my leave first." Wang Qifu stood up.
"I'll see off Shopkeeper Wang." Liu Heng stood up and sent the person out the door.
The servants in Zhuangzi kept sending Wang Qifu out of the house.
Returning to his seat in the side hall, Liu Heng picked up the tureen at hand and took a sip of tea.
Li Shuheng, who also came back together, sat down and said, "Are you really planning to set up a new mule and horse business in Zhangjiakou? The last time they robbed the Fan family's caravan on the grassland, they already offended the Fan family. I'm afraid the Fan family Not so kind to help us."
Liu Heng put down the tureen and said with a smile, "We don't have a lot of money in Tiger Flag, so why should we go to Zhangjiakou to set up a mule and horse shop specifically for the Fan family?"
"But didn't you just tell Wang Qifu that you were going to Zhangjiakou to set up a mule and horse business?" Li Shuheng looked puzzled.
Liu Heng smiled and said, "The reason why I said this to him is to confuse the Fan family and make them really think that we are just for the mule and horse business. In this way, the Fan family will be less defensive about the people we send to the grassland. When we After the people of the Fan family came into contact with the Northern Barbarians several times, they managed to interact with the Northern Barbarians alone. When the time comes, we can leave the Fan family behind and reach the borders of the Northern Barbarians through Xinpingbao."
"You mean there is no mule and horse bank in Zhangjiakou, it's just to deceive the Fan family." Li Shuheng suddenly realized.
Liu Heng smiled and nodded.
He himself felt helpless. If Hu Ziqi knew the nobles of Beilu, he would not use this method to get involved with Beilu.
After this incident, the Tiger Character Banner will definitely offend the Fan family. From now on, the Tiger Character Banner mule and horse business will be suppressed by the Fan family and Shanxi merchants in the Xuanfu area.
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In addition to an inn, Xujiazhuang also has a large car dealership.
The cart shop is specially prepared for merchants with caravan escorts, and the merchants who hire the Tiger Flag mules and horses to transport goods basically live in inns.
Wang Qifu took the servants around him to an inn called Yuelaifu.
As soon as I entered the inn, the innkeeper came up to me and said respectfully, "Are you the shopkeeper Wang?"
Wang Qifu nodded slightly and said, "I am."
"Someone has sent a letter, please give it to Shopkeeper Wang." As he said that, the inn boy held a letter in his hands and handed it over.
Wang Qifu took the letter and didn't rush to open it. He just put it into his sleeve and took the servants around him back to the room he had opened before.
After entering the house, he asked his servants to guard the door. He sat on a round stool, tore open the envelope of the letter, took out a piece of paper from it, put it in front of his eyes and read it.
After reading the letter, he took out the fire fold, lit the envelope and letter paper, burned them to ashes, and then trampled the ashes cleanly with his feet.
After doing all this, he said to the servant guarding the door, "Prepare a carriage, I want to go to Lingqiu City."
After a short time, the present person came back, and he took the servant with him in a carriage and left the inn.
Half an hour later, Wang Qifu's carriage entered the city from the east gate of Lingqiu.
Wang Qifu said to the servant sitting in the car, "Go down and find out where the Baohexiang Inn is."
The carriage stopped by the side of the road. The servant got out of the carriage, asked passers-by about the location of Baohexiang Inn, and then asked the coachman to continue on his way.
Baohexiang Inn is in Xicheng, not far from the county government office. It is easy to recognize. The carriage arrived outside the door of Baohexiang Inn smoothly.
The servant took the low stool from the carriage, put it under it to rest his feet, and then helped Wang Qifu get out of the carriage.
Standing in front of the inn, Wang Qifu told the coachman, "Stop the carriage in the backyard of the inn. We will stay here tonight."
The coachman agreed and drove the carriage around to the backyard of the inn.
Wang Qifu walked into Baohexiang Inn with the servants around him.
