Fan Yongdou was the only one left in the room, and Butler Fan walked in from outside.
"Everyone is gone" Fan Yongdou asked.
"Everyone is leaving," Butler Fan said respectfully.
After agreeing on a way to deal with the Tiger Flag, Huang Yunfa and others went back to make preparations. Although they could make the decision for such a big matter, they had to tell their clansmen that suppressing the price also required money, and the money had to be prepared in advance.
Butler Fan changed a cup of hot tea for Fan Yongdou and said, "Master, didn't the Third Master say that Jin Yiwei has sent someone to investigate? Why don't you wait a moment longer."
Fan Yongdou took the new tea, blew the hot air in it, and said, "I'm afraid the imperial guard sent to Datong by the imperial court is dead. Otherwise, it cannot be explained that for so long, there is no news about the Tiger Flag in Beijing."
"No way, people from the Tiger Flag can be so bold and dare to kill Jinyiwei." Butler Fan looked surprised.
Fan Yongdou sneered, "Back when the Tiger Character Banner only had an iron field in Dongshan, we dared to kill the officers and soldiers guarding the camp in Lingqiu. How can we kill a few Jin Yiwei now?"
When the Lingqiu garrison camp went to Hutou Village to suppress bandits, the Fan family was behind it. Fan Yongdou knew exactly what happened. Li Weiming, the Fan family's shopkeeper in Datong, was transferred to Xinpingbao because of this incident. Shopkeeper.
Butler Fan lowered his hands to the side and said, "Lowering the price of goods is such a big matter. It requires an important person to sit on the grassland. Master, who are you going to send?"
Fan Yongdou pondered for a moment and said to himself, "The third child Yongcheng is in the capital and cannot come back for the time being. The seventh child Yongkui is a master who cannot stand up to the wall. Such an important matter cannot be entrusted to him. The rest of the Fan family are either idle or inadequate." With such trustworthy people, there really isn’t a suitable candidate for me at the moment.”
"Younger, I know someone is more suitable." Butler Fan said tentatively.
"who"
"Li Weiming."
"he"
Fan Yongdou looked thoughtful.
Butler Fan said, "Last time, because of the Lingqiu incident, Shopkeeper Li was sent to Xinpingbao as shopkeeper for more than half a year. Now we have to deal with the Tiger-Character Flag. Shopkeeper Li is the most familiar with the Tiger-Character Flag. He is the most suitable candidate." ”
"In terms of being familiar with the Tiger Flag, Wang Qifu also has a good understanding of the Tiger Flag." Fan Yongdou rubbed his chin with his fingers.
Butler Fan said, "Shopkeeper Wang did something wrong last time on the grassland. This gave the people from Huzi Banner a chance to contact Beilu. He has always been close to Huzi Qi. I can't tell if he is." He is deliberately helping the Tiger Flag, and this matter is so important that this person cannot use it with confidence."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Fan Yongdou nodded, and then added, "Li Weiming is not suitable either. His status is not enough. Others may not be able to trust such an important matter in his hands."
Hearing that Li Weiming was not suitable, Butler Fan frowned and said, "If shopkeeper Li can't do it, then other shopkeepers will not be trusted by those proprietors either, so we can only call the third master back from the capital. "
"No, Yongcheng has to stay in the capital to inquire about the news and can't come back yet." Fan Yongdou thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go to the grassland. With you in charge, I feel relieved. The other companies can't say anything."
Butler Fan was stunned.
Fan Yongdou said, "That's it. You go to the grassland to take charge and assist several Han merchants in Bansheng City to suppress the Tiger Flag. You must drive the Tiger Flag out of the grassland."
"yes."
Seeing that Fan Yongdou had already decided, Butler Fan had no choice but to agree.
Fan Yongdou said with a smile, "You don't have to worry. With the support of the proprietors of the Fan family and the Fanji Chamber of Commerce, no matter how the Tiger Character Banner responds, it won't last long. You can come back then."
"Yes." Butler Fan agreed.
The Tiger Character Banner is just a force that has just emerged less than two years ago. Even though it has become a fierce tiger in the Datong area that no one dares to mess with, in terms of financial resources, it cannot compare with the wealth that the Fan family has managed for generations. .
No matter how you look at this business war in the grassland, Fanji Chamber of Commerce will definitely win, it’s just a matter of time.
However, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if he had forgotten something.
"Excuse me, please tell me that Tian Shenglan and Dongzhu Chen of Xuanfu want to see Dongzhu Liu."
Tian Shenglan took his greeting card and handed it to the tiger-character flag soldier on guard outside the door.
The soldier took the invitation, took a look at it in his hand, then looked at Tian Shenglan and Chen Liyun, and then said, "You guys wait here."
"Thank you." Tian Shenglan bowed his hand politely.
When the soldier entered the door, Chen Liyun said with a surprised look, "Dr. Tian, that person just now is really just an ordinary guard raised by the Tiger Flag."
Tian Shenglan nodded and said, "They are guards, but in their own way of saying it, Tiger Flags are called warriors. There are many such warriors in Tiger Flags."
"Just now I saw him open the greeting card and take a look. Could this person be literate?" Chen Liyun asked his doubts.
Tian Shenglan smiled and said, "The soldiers of the Tiger Character Banner are all literate, and I heard people say that only the soldiers who are more literate can be promoted and important within the Tiger Character Banner."
Chen Liyun said in surprise, "If all the soldiers in Tiger Character Banner are literate, how many teachers will be needed to support them?"
He could not imagine that a business owner with a background of bandits would actually make all his subordinates read and write. It was simply unbelievable. You must know that many generals are illiterate, but an ordinary guard thug in Hu Ziqi could actually read.
Tian Shenglan said, "When I first learned about this, I was even more surprised than you. I couldn't imagine that a business like Tiger Flag could actually make everyone under me read and write."
"There are a lot of soldiers in the Tiger Character Banner. How many teachers are needed to recruit them?" Chen Liyun sighed.
Tian Shenglan said, "Hu Zi Qi opened his own school. It mainly teaches people literacy and calculation. As for the Four Books and Five Classics, it is much easier to learn things like the Four Books and Five Classics."
"Isn't this apostasy?" Chen Liyun frowned.
Tian Shenglan smiled and said, "Do you still want people from the Tiger-Character Flag to take part in the imperial examination? Can't they take the exam to become a scholar?"
"That's right, I got it wrong." Chen Liyun came back to his senses, shook his head slightly and said, "Tiger Ziqi is just a business after all, and there is no need to obtain fame. Being literate and knowing how to calculate is indeed enough."
At this moment, two people walked out of the courtyard gate.
The person walking in front was Xu Xuewu, and the person following behind was the Tiger Flag soldiers who went in to deliver the message.
"Boss Tian, Boss Chen, my boss has invited you, please come with me." Xu Xuewu made an invitation gesture.
"Excuse me for the security guard."
Tian Shenglan knew Xu Xuewu and knew that he was one of the guard leaders around Liu Heng. He didn't dare to make excuses, so he bowed his hand politely.
