After dealing with the Liang family's convoy on the grassland, Wang Yuncheng sent a few sentries to send the news back first.
The sentry riders were moved by war horses, and their speed was much faster than the Liang family's fleet walking on the grassland.
Although it had been many days since the Liang family's convoy entered the grassland, the Sentinel Cavalry only had more than a day to send the news to Xinpingbao.
"The Liang family has made a huge loss this time. These goods add up to tens of thousands of taels of silver." Yang Yuan said with a smile, "When this news reaches the ears of Liang Binjia, I am afraid that he will be so angry that he will regret it on the spot. go."
Even a wealthy family like the Liang family would feel distressed if goods worth tens of thousands of taels were lost.
Even though the Liang family was considered one of the largest Shanxi merchants in Xuanfu, the total assets of the family were over 100,000, which was already considered a big deal, including the ancestral house, fields and shops.
There is not much money that can really be moved. To take out tens of thousands of taels of silver at once is not a large amount of money for the Liang family.
Liu Heng leaned back and leaned on the back of his chair, saying, "Who are all related to the Liang family's business this time? Have you found out?"
"It's clear." Yang Yuan said, "Except for the Liang family and the Wang family, the others are all businessmen with ordinary family backgrounds. The goods in the Liang family's fleet this time mainly come from the Liang family and the Wang family."
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Now that we have found out, let's take action! Liang Jiajia's position as director of the Chamber of Commerce should also be removed, and the Liang family will be kicked out of the Chamber of Commerce."
"Yes." Yang Yuan nodded, and then said, "What should we do with the people who were arrested in the Liang family's convoy? This time the Liang family spent a lot of money, and there were more than a hundred people who followed the convoy to the grassland."
Liu Heng thought for a moment and said, "Haven't all the iron yards in Dayin Mountain been built? Let these people go mining!"
"Yes." Yang Yuan agreed.
The Liang family thought they were doing something very secretive, but they didn't know that they had already fallen into the eyes of Hu Ziqi, and nothing they did escaped Hu Ziqi's eyes.
Liu Heng got the news about the Liang family's motorcade. One day later, Zhou Qiguan returned to Datong with his people.
The reason why they came back later than the people in the Tiger Banner was entirely because the Tiger Banner had a fort on the grassland to convey messages. It also ensured that the war horses could be replaced at any time without the need to save horsepower.
But Zhou Qiguan and others were different. They could only rely on their own horses to return to Datong. Although they tried their best along the way, the horses could not keep running and always needed to rest and regain their strength.
In addition, they had to avoid the Tiger Flag people along the way. As for the Tiger Flag's fortress on the grassland, they did not even dare to approach it. In this way, they took a long detour.
"Master, Zhou Banner is back." Yang Guozhu's generals came in to report.
Yang Guozhu frowned and said, "Why are you back so soon? They left less than half a month ago!"
"Something happened. Not long after the Liang family's convoy entered the grassland, it was robbed by people from the Tiger Flag." the general explained.
Wow!
The tureen in Yang Guozhu's hand fell to the ground, and the tea inside flowed all over the floor.
The soldiers guarding the door heard the movement in the house and hurriedly walked in from the outside.
"It's okay, everyone, stand down." Yang Guozhu waved his hand at the soldiers who broke in.
The soldiers retreated.
The soldier general standing aside said: "The Liang family's convoy was robbed so quickly as soon as it arrived on the grassland. I'm afraid what the Liang family did has never been hidden from the eyes of the Tiger Flag. Otherwise, the Tiger Flag It’s impossible to move so fast over there.”
"This general has underestimated the Tiger Flag." Yang Guozhu frowned.
The general of the soldiers said: "Should we tell Yang Hewei about this matter? They were the ones who took the lead in dealing with the tiger-character flag. Now that the matter has not been accomplished, should they also let them know?"
"No need." Yang Guozhu waved his hand and said immediately, "We can't count on Yang Hewei, and we will have less contact with them in the future."
"Are you worried that the Tiger Flag will take revenge?" the guard general said hesitantly.
Yang Guozhu pursed his lips and said, "That's not a big deal, unless Liu Heng wants to kill everything. However, the Liang family is no longer usable, and Liu Heng will never let the Liang family off easily."
"The general understands that when we return, we will ask Zhou Qiguan and others to be more strict with their mouths and stop talking nonsense," the general said.
Yang Guozhu nodded and added: "Send someone to tell the Liang family the news. This can be regarded as the last bit of love I will give them."
"The general will arrange for someone to go and bring a message to the Liang family." The general promised.
Apart from the tiger-character flag, only Yang Guozhu knew the news about the accident of the Liang family's convoy on the grassland.
Naturally, this kind of thing won't spread everywhere.
Many officials in Datong followed the Tiger Flag to reap the dividends from smuggling. It can be said that the smuggling business is related to the wealth of many officials, and Yang Guozhu did not want to offend so many Datong officials because of a Liang family.
The Tiger Character Banner will not publicize this matter.
After all, what the Liang family did was of no benefit to the Tiger Flag. Once it spread, it would inevitably worry the officials who were tied to the Tiger Flag, causing unnecessary trouble.
On the grassland, the large land occupied by the Tiger Flag began to be developed aggressively.
Some originally wasteland began to be reclaimed by people who went to the grasslands.
As for those mature fields that were raised from the ground, after some planning, canals were repaired and huge waterwheels were erected on the river banks.
Originally, Dabanshengdi was the richest place on the grassland in the south of the Yangtze River.
Now that there is a plan for the Tiger Banner, high-yield corn and potatoes are planted, and a bumper harvest can be achieved in one season. This makes the people who are reclaiming wasteland more confident.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, there is more land on the grassland.
What's more important is that newly reclaimed land is directly exempted from tax for two years, and only half of the tax is paid in the third year, and there are no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
The Han people are no longer discriminated against in Dabanshengdi. Even the Mongolians not only dare not act arrogantly when they see the Han people, but they have to hide away.
Of course, most Han people would not take the initiative to provoke the Mongols, especially the people who came to the grasslands from the Ming Dynasty. They just wanted to have their own land and farm safely.
The attraction of the land to the common people is not ordinary.
Groups of people who had no food to eat were sent to the grassland. They were not used to it at first and wanted to escape back. But as time went by, they found that life on the grassland was far more comfortable than in the Ming Dynasty.
On the grassland, there are no exorbitant taxes or oppression by officials. More importantly, after arriving on the grassland, the Tiger Character Banner distributes land to them.
Moreover, these lands are their own. They can grow whatever they want, and they only need to pay taxes on the day. The only awkward thing is that the land is not allowed to be bought and sold privately.
Even so, it is enough for many people who don't even have land to stay and live on the grassland willingly.
