"Okay, there's no need to pick up these words that I like to hear." Old Mrs. Zhao said with a smile, "I will naturally tell Mr. Su Nang about your affairs personally, but you two have to prepare a generous gift to let Su Nang know. Lord Nang sees your regret."
Huang Mingcheng cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, we will definitely prepare a sincere gift."
Zhang Guangkun, who was sitting aside, hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously: "I wonder how big a gift we have to prepare to satisfy Master Su Nang?"
At this time, Huang Mingcheng also looked at Mr. Zhao.
Mr. Zhao tied his beard with his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "You two should give half of your family property each! Only in this way can you appear sincere."
"So many!" Zhang Guangkun was surprised.
Huang Mingcheng on the side twitched the corner of his mouth.
Although they are well-known Han merchants in Bansheng City, they have not accumulated much family property over the years. Most of it has been given to those nobles, and they have only saved tens of thousands taels over the years.
Having to hand over half of the family property all at once can be said to be taxing.
"What? You don't want to!" Mr. Zhao's face darkened.
He agreed to intercede for these two people because they were powerful Han merchants in Bansheng City, and he did not want them to follow in the footsteps of the Chen family.
But if the two families were reluctant to part with this little property, there was no need for him to intercede on their behalf.
Zhang Guangkun hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't this... a bit too much?"
Although Huang Mingcheng on the side did not speak, his eyes also revealed this meaning, feeling that half of the family property was too much.
"At this time, you two are still giving up your life rather than your wealth. I think you and your two clansmen are all dying." The crutch in Mr. Zhao's hand poked the ground hard several times.
Zhang Guangkun said with a bitter face: "It's not that we are reluctant to part with it, it's really not easy to accumulate such a small amount of family property over the years. Taking half of it out at once is like having a piece of flesh cut out of you."
"It's better to lose a piece of flesh than to lose your life. Besides, it's the life of your Zhang family." Mr. Zhao said with a solemn face.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Zhao, we will give you half of the family property." Huang Mingcheng said suddenly.
Zhang Guangkun looked at Huang Mingcheng in confusion and said, "Shopkeeper Huang, that's half of the family property, are you really willing to give it up?"
"I can still make more money after losing my family property. I can't watch a whole family lose their lives." Huang Mingcheng sighed and said immediately, "Shopkeeper Zhang, don't be reluctant to let go. Do you really wait for the nobles to wear armor?" If I break into your home on horseback, if that happens, not to mention half of the family property, all of your Zhang family's property will be unable to be held."
After saying this, Zhang Guangkun's face turned gloomy.
He understood the truth, but he was really reluctant to give up half of his family property.
Mr. Zhao looked at Zhang Guangkun and said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, on this point, you are not as clear as Shopkeeper Huang. There is a saying that if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. If the people are gone, there will be nothing."
"What Mr. Zhao said is that my Zhang family... is willing to give up half of our family property." Zhang Guangkun sighed.
He knew he had no choice.
Seeing that the two people agreed to give up half of their family property, Mr. Zhao said with relief: "You two still have half of your family property. After the Tiger Character Banner is expelled from the grassland, you two can still do business as before. It will not take a few years. This little bit of family property can still be earned back."
"What Mrs. Zhao said is that as long as I can save the lives of the whole family, let alone half of the family property, I am willing to give it all." Huang Mingcheng said.
Mr. Zhao nodded and said: "It's good that you two can figure it out. Okay, drink the tea. Then you go back and prepare your things earlier. I will also take your things to see Master Su Nang earlier."
"Then let's go back and prepare." Huang Mingcheng stood up from his seat.
Zhang Guangkun on the other side picked up the tureen on the table, drank all the tea in one breath without burning his mouth, then hurriedly bowed and left Zhao's house with Huang Mingcheng.
The two people walked out of the Zhao family gate and got on their horses.
Zhang Guangkun looked at Huang Mingcheng and said, "I really hope that Tiger Flag can give Su Nang a hard lesson, so maybe we can still keep half of the family property."
Huang Mingcheng turned his head and looked at Zhang Guangkun and said, "Don't think about it. Even if Su Nang suffers a loss from Tiger Character Flag, there is still no problem in dealing with Han merchants like us, not to mention that Tiger Character Flag is just a business name of the Ming Dynasty. , facing Su Nang and several Taiji armies, it will be a matter of time before we lose the fort at Dahei River."
"Tiger Character Banner is not like ordinary Ming Dynasty merchants. I heard that they raised thousands of soldiers in the fort." Zhang Guangkun said.
The two people's horses moved forward slowly on the road, and the horses' hooves stepped on the ground, making a clicking sound.
The servants of the two families followed behind, carrying burdens on their shoulders. All the gifts originally on the burdens were left in the Zhao family.
Huang Mingcheng grinned and said: "The Tiger Flag has raised a lot of soldiers, but I don't believe there are thousands. If it really raises thousands of soldiers, it will cost a lot of money. Do you think the Tiger Flag is like this?" Is a company willing to spend so much money to raise thousands of soldiers? If it were you, would you do such a thing?"
"You are right. How can a businessman not make any money, but instead use the money to raise thousands of soldiers who are of little use?" Zhang Guangkun agreed with Huang Mingcheng's words.
Both of them were Han merchants from Bansheng City. Although it was not too far from Dahei River, they did not know what was going on inside the Dahei River Dunbao.
Normally, outsiders are not allowed to approach Daheihe Dunbao, especially the Mongols. Once they appear nearby, they will be driven far away.
Unless the soldiers from the Daheihe Pier appeared at the same time, scattered groups of soldiers came in and out of the Pier, making it difficult to tell how many soldiers were inside.
Therefore, the Tumut Mongols only thought that there were about 1,000 soldiers on the grassland of the Tiger Flag, and did not think that there were more than 3,000 soldiers and about 4,000 heavy troops in the fort.
There are only rumors that the Tiger Character Banner has placed thousands of soldiers on the grassland, but no one is sure how many there are.
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Han merchants as far away as Qingcheng naturally received the news that Su Nang was going to send troops to Daheihe.
However, these Han merchants are different from the Han merchants in Bansheng City. They are all Han merchants who have cooperated with the Tiger Flag for a long time. It can be said that they will both prosper and lose with the Tiger Flag. Once something happens to the Tiger Flag, they will not be able to escape. Lose.
Chen Guangyu rode a fast horse to Yang Jing's home.
The two were good friends before and got along well. Later they collaborated with Huziqi, but one was in Qingcheng and the other was in Banshengdi.
When Chen Guangyu saw Yang Jing, he said eagerly: "Brother Yang, you have to save me at this time!"
"Brother Chen, don't worry. Tell me slowly what happened." Yang Jing let Chen Guangyu into the room.
