"Sir, it seems that this young man's status in the Tiger Flag should be very high. The guards around him look more capable than the cavalry we have seen before, and the guards outside the door saluted him."
The thin-faced Jin Yiwei whispered, his eyes always looking at the group of people walking out of the door.
One of the Jinyi guards suddenly said: "More than Gao! That young man should be Liu Heng, the proprietor of the Tiger Flag."
"How do you know?" Jinyiwei Baihu looked over suddenly.
The Jinyiwei said: "Although I was a little far away, I vaguely heard the guards outside the door calling the proprietor. Apart from the proprietor of the tiger-character flag, I can't think of anyone else who can freely enter and exit this so-called restricted area."
The Jinyiwei Baihu looked at the young man on horseback. They had no idea that such a young man was in charge of such a large enterprise as the Tiger Flag.
"If he is Liu Heng, he is too young! Could there be someone else behind it?" said the thin-faced Jin Yiwei.
His words also expressed the thoughts of several other Jin Yiwei.
They really couldn't believe that such a young man had established such a big business as Tiger Character Banner and had a group of elite soldiers under his command.
"Is it possible that the Tiger Character Flag is a legacy created by his ancestors, and he just inherited it." The Jin Yiwei on the side whispered.
If it were an inheritance, it would not be so surprising. Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is only a teenager and looks much younger than Liu Heng. Just because of a good pregnancy, he sat on the throne and became the most noble person in the Ming Dynasty. people.
Jin Yiwei Baihu said: "He did create the Tiger Character Flag with his own hands, but I don't know if there was anyone behind him. If there was someone, he must be someone from the government, and his status is not low."
Before he came here, he had already learned about the Tiger-Character Flag. He knew that the Tiger-Character Flag had only risen for more than a year. He was more inclined to believe that Liu Heng was controlled by a wily official in the government, and this Liu Heng was just pushed to the stage. target.
Liu Heng rode away from the guards and suddenly stopped in front of several Jinyi guards on the roadside.
"Did you come here to escape?"
The thin-faced Jinyiwei hunched over and said cautiously: "Yes, yes, we all came here to escape the famine. I heard that we were recruiting people to work here, so we came here. Unexpectedly, the guards here refused to let us in, saying What a restricted area."
"This is the restricted area of the Tiger Flag. Outsiders are not allowed to approach." Liu Heng raised the whip in his hand and pointed at the artillery field behind him, and then said, "The village in front is recruiting blacksmith apprentices, and they will take care of food, food and housing. There are also monthly wages. If you don't want to do it, you can still go farming. The Li family is recruiting farmers, and the Dongshan Iron Works is also recruiting miners."
The thin-faced Jin Yiwei nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, yes, that guard said the same thing just now. We are about to go to the village ahead to see if we can find work."
"Here in Lingqiu, as long as you work hard, you won't be hungry. Work hard."
Liu Heng raised his whip, spurred his horse to leave, and galloped away into the distance.
When the people walked away, the thin-faced Jin Yiwei patted his chest repeatedly and said with lingering fear: "Damn it, I almost thought I was recognized."
"Who says it's not the case!" A guard in uniform next to him echoed, with cold sweat covering his forehead.
"Be careful, this place is no better than the capital."
Jinyiwei Baihu gave instructions to the others. His back was soaked just now, and he almost couldn't help but take action.
In the distance, Zhao Wu rode half a horse behind Liu Heng and said: "Master, the accents of those people just now are from Beizhili. They are wrapped in rags. They don't look like them at first glance." Refugees, do you want to arrest them and interrogate them?”
"No need, with people from the Foreign Intelligence Service watching, nothing will happen." Liu Heng said to Zhao Wu.
As soon as he came out of the artillery range, he saw two young and muscular men who looked familiar and made a gesture unique to the Foreign Intelligence Agency towards him. At that time, he knew that several people on the roadside were targets of the Foreign Intelligence Agency.
For this reason, he deliberately approached and said a few words.
I found that although these people wore dirty and shabby clothes like those of refugees, they were all strong and strong, and there was no trace of the facial expressions unique to refugees.
He didn't believe it at all that these people were refugees.
However, there are people from the Foreign Intelligence Agency watching, and I believe that even if he leaves these people alone, the people from the Foreign Intelligence Agency will keep a close eye on them, and someone will come to report to him soon.
When they were approaching Zhaojiayu, a fast horse galloped towards them and stopped in front of Liu Heng and the others.
"Master, my subordinate is late, please punish me."
Yang Yuan, who was on horseback, tightened the reins and jumped off the horse to plead guilty.
"Okay, get on the horse and tell me what's going on." Liu Heng raised his hand to signal Yang Yuan to get on the horse.
"Yes." Yang Yuan remounted his horse and said, "Those people outside the artillery range are the Jin Yiwei from the capital. The people from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau have been watching them, but they didn't expect that they went to the artillery range. After hearing the news, I rushed over immediately, but I didn't expect that I was a step too late."
Liu Heng waved his hand and said: "I don't blame you, this is also a coincidence. I happened to be at the artillery field to see the four-pound cannon that our Tiger Flag had just cast. Unexpectedly, I met a few Jin Yiwei as soon as I came back. Fortunately, they didn't do anything, otherwise It is also a troublesome thing for these people to die in Lingqiu."
"Master, what should we do with these Jin Yiwei? They are responsible for our artillery field, and my subordinates are worried that they will tell the court about this matter when they return." Yang Yuan said.
Liu Heng thought for a while and said: "You can arrange this, but people can't have trouble in Lingqiu. At this time, we should try to attract as little attention as possible from the court."
"Yes, my subordinates will make arrangements." Yang Yuan agreed.
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In the shop of Fanji Chamber of Commerce in Xuanfu, several proprietors of Shanxi merchants from Xuanfu were walking back and forth in the room, with anxious looks on their faces.
"President Fan, why aren't you here yet?"
Liang Binbin was sitting in his seat with an anxious look on his face. He picked up and put down the tureen in his hand, going back and forth many times.
"Dragon Fan is here."
I don't know who shouted.
Everyone in the room, whether sitting or standing, looked towards the door.
Fan Yongdou was seen walking in from outside with Butler Fan.
"Don't worry, proprietors. Fan is here to apologize to you."
As soon as Fan Yongdou entered the room, he apologized to several people in the room with a smile on his face.
"It doesn't matter if you come early or late, the key is that something happened on the grassland." Huang Yunfa said, patting his palm with the back of his hand.
"What happened?" Fan Yongdou said, "Now that the goods of several companies have entered the grassland with the Fan family's convoy, did you all go to the grassland with your own convoy? Did you encounter horse bandits?"
Since these families joined the Fanji Chamber of Commerce, all goods going to the grassland have been delivered to the grassland by the Fan family's convoy. Including the original business routes of their families, they have also been given to the Fan family. They only need to send one or two people to follow the convoy. Let's go to the grassland together, wait for the convoy to return, and then settle the settlement with the Fan family.
Huang Yunfa said with an ugly expression, "The horse bandits on the grassland failed to deal with the Tiger Flag's convoy. Now the Tiger Flag has begun to transport a large amount of goods to the grassland, and we also heard that Tumut Khan agreed to the Tiger Flag on the grassland. Opening a shop, President Fan, you can’t ignore this matter!”
