Zhang Cheng also knew that from the time his family changed their surname to the reign of Emperor Ling, no one would come to trouble them, so he started running a business according to the words of his famous nephew, such as "collusion between officials and businessmen", "monopoly" and "dividend sharing" "" and a series of new words filled Zhang Cheng's brain, and the subsequent achievements of Ma Yi Zhang's family proved that Zhang Fan was right!
In about ten years, the "Sihai Hao" operated by the Zhang family in Mayi occupied the majority of Bingzhou's trade, and subsequently opened a few branches in Liangzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Sili and other areas.
Suddenly, the names of Sihaihao and Zhang Fan resounded throughout Hebei again.
In line with the fact that scholars should not be exposed to the lowly status of doing business, the Bingzhou scholar group headed by the Taiyuan Guo family and the Wang family made a pretense in front of Zhang Fan, saying that Zhang Fan was just doing business in the cold window of day and night. While studying hard, I took out a little time to guide my own business.
Even though Sihai was owned by Zhang Fan, he was personally involved from its establishment to its growth...
Well... maybe these Bingzhou scholars who explained to Zhang Fan all received a lot of dividends from the Sihai Hao...
Due to Guo Tai's evaluation and the superposition of the business management, Zhang Cheng, the head of the Zhang family, valued Zhang Fan even more, and even came to talk to Zhang Fan about some family and official matters.
Zhang Fan knew that this was certainly not Zhang Chengzhen's coming to ask for his opinion. It was a kind of care and training from his elders to his nephew.
There are two main ways to strengthen your own strength. On the one hand, you need to grow your family. After all, if you want to achieve success in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is impossible to do it alone. You must have subordinates who are loyal to you.
In his previous life, Zhang Fan had also read some novels about the Three Kingdoms. In them, the protagonist who traveled back in time showed off his talents, and then famous celebrities and generals from the Three Kingdoms followed him to the death.
When he really came to the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty, Zhang Fan just wanted to scold this kind of author!
Because he found that the people in the Han Empire had deeply rooted rural ideas! Unless there are special circumstances, it is impossible for them to follow the protagonist all over the world just because of the inexplicable power.
They also have their own ambitions and their own relatives and hometowns. It is impossible for them to abandon their neighbors for someone and then fight everywhere for a goal with no future.
That's unrealistic! ridiculous!
Therefore, relying on the vast business information of his Sihai account, Zhang Fan also found some celebrities from the Three Kingdoms. However, after a short period of contact and testing, these people all said: Ah! I know Zhang Fan and Zhang Shaojun! He is a young celebrity! I admire him very much! Ah what! Can I go to Mayi to visit? Ah... I still have my mother at home to support me... What can I do to take my mother away? Well, to be honest, I'm getting married soon, so I'm afraid I won't be able to travel far.
In this way, most of them gave the same reply. Some people simply pretended to go on a long trip, so Zhang Fan gave up the idea of recruiting all the celebrities from the Three Kingdoms under his command. After all, his own business cannot always be at the door of other people's homes. You have to watch them get wives, or wait for them to come back from a long trip, otherwise they may be forced to move...
So Zhang Fan decided to do the next best thing and decided to start from Bingzhou itself!
After thinking about it in my mind, I realized that the celebrities in Bingzhou in the Three Kingdoms were not Wang Yun, Lu Bu and their subordinates!
They are all fierce men and brave generals!
According to Wang Yun, Zhang Fan has already formed a deep friendship when he was young, and Zhang Liao is his biological brother, and now he is a naughty child who only knows how to fight.
So under Zhang Fan's snooping, even though he learned the whereabouts of Lu Bu and others, he still deliberately waited until Lu Bu and Cheng Lian, people from Wuyuan Township, became refugees before helping them.
Lu Bu, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Cao Xing, Hao Meng, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, plus one Li Su.
In fact, it does not mean that they are all from the same village. For example, Hao Meng is said to have escaped the Qiang rebellion from Anding County, Liangzhou to Wuyuan, and Song Xian fled to Wuyuan from Shangjun...
All in all, when all the people like Lu Bu entered Zhang's "Sihaihao" in Mayi to make a living, Lu Bu was already the leader of this group of Wuyuan people.
However, Zhang Fan still had no idea how to use people like Lu Bu. Zhang Fan still couldn't let go of Lu Bu's habit of recognizing his adoptive father as his confidant. As for Hao Meng, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng, Zhang Fan remembered The three of them also have a record of rebellion, and they dare not really reuse them.
On the other hand, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, and Cao Xing were powerful generals under Lu Bu, and there were no bad rumors from the beginning to the end. Although their fate was not recorded in the history books, they could still be used with confidence.
Li Su, in my memory, he was Dong Zhuo's general, and he took the initiative to persuade Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan with a red rabbit horse. However, after Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu sent Li Su to Shaanxi County to attack Niu Fu. Niu Fu led his army to counterattack, but Li Su was defeated and retreated to Hongnong. In the end, he was killed by Lu Bu.
The people under his command have different personalities, and Zhang Fan has been thinking about whether he can change the personalities of these people. If he has enough prestige or ability, might someone like Lu Bu really be loyal to him?
After thinking for a long time, Zhang Fan still couldn't make up his mind. After all, he couldn't risk his own life to stop Lu Bu and others from being loyal to him.
But for now, Zhang Fan is still the benefactor of Lu Bu and the Wuyuan people, and Lu Bu and the others are still members of the Yihan family!
Zhang Fan's eyes gradually became firm. He now had to find a way to win the first battle of his life!
People like Lu Bu will be his first sharp sword in the world in the future!
It's a pity, I don't know where Gao Shun is now...
"Zizhang!"
Zhang Fan called out the door, and the next moment, Cheng Lian cautiously entered.
Zhang Fan stood up and asked, "Where is Aping now?"
Cheng Lian bowed slightly: "Young Master, Mr. Ping has entered Qiangyin City."
Mr. Ping is called Zhang Ping. He is the head of the Zhang clan in Mayi and the biological son of Zhang Fan's uncle Zhang Cheng. However, from the title of Cheng Lian, we can also get a glimpse of Zhang Fan and Zhang Ping's status in the clan.
Although Zhang Ping is the son of the clan leader, Zhang Fan is much higher than Zhang Ping in terms of reputation and ability!
"Yeah." Zhang Fan nodded.
"Young Master, your armor, bow and arrows, and horses have all been fetched." At this moment, another person came in from the door, it was Wei Yue.
"Help me put on my armor."
"Uh... Young Master, are you right here?"
"Right here." Zhang Fan replied coldly.
"yes."
Just like that, Zhang Fan finished dressing up and walked out of the house directly. Facing the cold wind, he leaned on his own steel stiletto and looked out the door. Not long after, Guo Dian arrived at the Sihai No. in Baideng City, and when he saw When Zhang Fan, who was already wearing armor and carrying a soldier, his eyes froze.
...
"Trash! A bunch of dog slaves!"
At this time, in the Chinese army's tent in the Xianbei military camp, Luo Luohu was angry at his subordinates.
The Xianbei general who was hit by the wine bottle did not dare to dodge his words and could only stand in a daze.
It’s not like he fought the battle, and those who suffered defeat haven’t dared to come back yet...
After Luo Luohu vented his anger, he tried his best to calm down his fluctuating emotions and said in a deep voice.
"Okay, there is only one thing to do next. Which county should we rob the Han people from? Is it Qiangyin or Pingcheng?"
Luo Luohu glanced at the people in the big tent. Dou Tong was sitting in the front seat, still expressionless, while the other Xianbei generals looked at each other.
In fact, there is only one answer to Luohu's question, and that is Qiangyin County of the Han people.
The only major county to the north of Yanmen County is Qiangyin and Pingcheng, but Qiangyin is undoubtedly the best choice between the two.
Because Pingcheng is an important town outside Yanmen County's defense wall and controls the main transportation line. Not only does the city have high walls and thick walls, it also has many soldiers and horses! Therefore, they must choose Qiangyin.
There are no big cities around Qiangyin County, so if the war goes against you, you can still escape directly to the grassland.
At this moment, someone outside the tent came to report, and then someone came in. It was Dou Cang, a member of the Dou Tong tribe!
Dou Tong saw an imperceptible cold light flash in the visitor's eyes, and then closed his eyes tightly again, as if an old monk was sitting still.
"Lord Luo Luo! That Zhang family from Mayi, that is, Zhang Fan, the young master of the Sihai Hao, did not return to Mayi. Our spies saw them taking a detour to Qiangyin City!"
As soon as Dou Cang said these words, the Xianbei people in the big tent immediately became uproar, and even Luo Luohu's eyes lit up.
"Is that person really Zhang Fan from Sihai?"
Luo Luohu asked excitedly. He had excellent eyesight. When the Xianbei cavalry with hundreds of cavalry came to pick up Dou Tong, they saw the young man on the white horse leading it, so he asked Dou Cang to have a look. Unexpectedly, this Han man really It was so useful that he even learned that Zhang Fan and his party had gone to Qiangyin, which really fulfilled his wish to settle down in Luohu.
Because no one of the Xianbei people present knows that the wealthy Zhang family in Mayi!
If we could catch the young owner of the Sihai Hao and use him as a threat, we would be able to exchange for a lot of money, silk, fine clothes and fine wine!
This was just the right time. Originally, they were going to grab a handful of Qiangyin County to save face for Beidi County’s defeat, but they didn’t expect that they could grab a money bag along the way!
"Have you seen it clearly? It's really the young master of the Sihai No. 1? Don't admit the wrong person!"
To be cautious, Luo Luohu asked Dou Cang again.
Dou Cang knelt on the ground and said with a flattering look on his face: "I saw that right! I have seen Zhang Fan's appearance before, and judging from the white horse of the group and the appearance of the leader, I am sure it is Zhang Fan. Fan! If you don’t believe me, you can ask other members of the Dou family, they have all seen this young master of the Sihaihao!"
Luo Luohu finally laughed heartily. If he could catch Zhang Fan, then the previous defeat of Beidi County would not be a big deal. Instead, he could still show his face in front of Master Tan Shihuai. Maybe he would be Xianbei in the West in the future. The chief man!
"Taizu rarely has great ambitions, he is friendly and sincere, and he is often served by people." - "Book of Later Jin" Volume 1 "The Chronicles of Gaozu"
