The next morning the sky was just bright, Chongyang West Gate quietly opened, several horses fished out, and immediately the riders shouted at each other and went away, and the hoof was sound, gradually drifting away in the mist of the morning.

They are messengers who go to various townships to report, since the Songjiang crime, Chongyang County undercurrents, the news of victory can calm the hearts of the people, boost the courage of the squires to resist, and deter those who are stirring up the wrongdoers.

Each messenger carried a personal letter from Xu Bingzhong, reminding the local squire to strengthen its vigilance to prevent the Songjiang army from plundering the countryside, and if the water bandits attack in a large way, they retreat in time to implement the wall clearing.

The other two messengers set out by boat at the dock and took the waterway to Wuchang Province to report.This battle killed more than 400 water bandits, captured more than 300 people, so solid a credit, enough to attract the attention of the Huguang governor He Tengzhao, Gongyi camp and Chongyang County are honored, two messengers are also sent by one.

The messenger of the Gongyi camp is a steady old Wang Sheng, he also has another important task, to urge the follow-up of the grain and pay materials, the camp to recruit a number of auxiliary soldiers, now is the lack of money.

According to Wang Kefan's plan, it is ready to recruit 350 auxiliary soldiers, these auxiliary soldiers' food and clothing and equipment ..., and even the money and disability pension of Anjia, all expenses must be solved on their own, until the newly recruited auxiliary soldiers are in place, and then apply for formal preparation for them, but now they can not leak the wind.

The recruitment of reinforcements is tantamount to changing the existing establishment of the Gongyi camp, this kind of thing is very sensitive, He Tengzhao will certainly not agree, if he clearly opposes, Wang Kefan can not be hard and the lake governor to work.

You can only play first and start from scratch.

The fait accompli is more acceptable, and when raw rice is cooked and matured, and then two victories are won, so that He Tengzhao can see the role of the auxiliary soldiers, and he will be able to laugh.Perhaps he would be suspicious, but Wang Kefan did not care.

Now the most critical thing is the economic problem, the money can grow and develop, and find ways to open up financial resources.

Before this trip, Wang Kefan received not much money and food supplies.

The war on the Song River was managed by Huang Li, but Huang Yi deliberately made it difficult to honor the camp, except for the monthly grain pay, and the silver was not given.The troops went out, every move had to use money, and if it had not been for Niu Zhongxiao and Xu Bingzhong's hand to help, Wang Kefan's four sentry horses would have gone hungry.

It is crudely estimated that the recruitment of 350 auxiliary soldiers would cost at least two thousand silver, and Wang Kefan did not have so much money.

However, the camp has just won a big victory and seized a lot of loot.

Weapons, cattle, vehicles, equipment..., Meng Bao may not be able to fight, but cleaning the battlefield is really a good hand, where the particles go back to the warehouse, the water bandits lost the home should be transported back to the city, and transferred to the Gongyi camp.Although there is no precious gold and silver in it, it is better than a large amount of goods, and the cattle and horses are worth anything, and they should be able to sell a lot of silver.

At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, several special guests came to the Gongyi camp, and they were very familiar with each other, and they talked when they met.

“This is not Mr. Song!The man is full of good looks, full of spring breeze, and must have met with joy!”

“Oh, Mr. Money, is there no food?”

“Zhao, I just said to you!”How about, so many bargains today, let’s do a pen sale?”

These people's clothes are rich and not expensive, most of them are a pair of merchants dressed up, coldly came to the gate of Gongyi Camp, the keeper took over the visit, the original is the local dental treasurer.

“Please wait a minute, and let me in.”

The sergeant turned around, and the some dental boarders then talked about the business...

The dental business is a commercial bank that operates an intermediary business, which was very prosperous in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and the business type coverage is very wide.Chai rice oil salt sauce vinegar tea, trading, transportation, borrowing, storage and accommodation, and even replacing the government to collect taxes..., the people's food, clothing and housing, all kinds of goods trading rely on dental rows.

Chongyang is a small county, a total of only a dozen dental rows, in addition to the local small tooth merchants, there are two foreign large dental branch opened semi-decrease.

"Xiangchu comptoir", is the official teeth of Huguang Province, in addition to the normal business operation, but also responsible for the inspection of taxes, management of the market.Chongyang semi-coloned treasurer surnamed money, half-business half-official identity, so everyone is called "money foreign".

(Forant was the official name of the Han Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty later evolved into a respectable name for the hustlemen.))

"Long Maochang" is a rich and powerful private tooth, in Huguang, Jiangxi and two Guang opened hundreds of semi-decals, it is said that the background in the court is very deep.Chongyang's treasurer surnamed Song, even the county ordered Xu Bingzhong to see him, but also politely called Song officials.

(The official is a respectable title for the local tycoon, there is a Ximen official in "Water turbidity", or the protagonist of "Golden Bottle Mei"... well, not much explanation.))

“Song Daguan, what good can the water bandits have!”You are in the middle of the fight, why should you steal this shit with us?”Talking is Zhao Wei head, he is not a dental dealer, mainly engaged in the port water transport, but also the identity of the semi-business half-official.

Song Da official smiled with a grin: "Oh, this purchase is Xu Dajun personally ordered down, of course, Long Maochang should do his best..."

Wang Kefan rushed to use the money, and found several dental rows through Xu Bing, ready to sell the seized loot.The face of Chongyang County is indeed small, and the treasurers of each family's dental line have almost arrived.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps on the corner, and a black and thin man of more than 30 years old came breathlessly, saw the people and made a Luo circle, and said hello in his mouth.

"Song Daguan, Qian Wai Lang, Zhao Wei's head . . . is polite to Sanro."

This man's name is Yu Sanlang, is a Chongyang County in the flow of small tooth merchant, he wear a half-new not old Ge cloth long shirt, the head of the corrugated hat collapsed several lines, the foot barefoot pedaling a pair of old grass shoes, dressed up badly, a very cold look.

Officer Song Dafus abhorredly skimmed his mouth and rebuked, “Yu Sanlang, what are you doing here?”

"Return to the Song officials, Gongyi camp now issued a purchase, the little man to see what business can do."

“What a laugh!”Qian Wei Lang pointed to Sanlang and smiled exaggerally: "You are also in business?"Do you come to honor the money of manure?”

There was a irritability in Sanlang's eyes, but he laughed and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, it's to collect manure, and then look at some firewood."

The business scope of the dental business is different, and Yu Sanlang is a manure and firewood salary business, which sells the manure in the county to the farmer as fertilizer, and then collects the firewood salary from the farm to the county for sale.

This belongs to the lowest base industry in the dental line, in Sanro and poor, the peers have always bullied him used to, Qianwai Lang a few shouts up, do not allow him to participate in today's procurement.

“Jin, what’s the occasion today, you know?Don't embarrass us, you pickled mushrooms are not going away!"Qianwai Lang is an official and dental identity, in addition to the strong Long Maochang, in front of other private teeth has always been on the other sides.

Yu Sanlang was reluctant to go, and argued with his neck: "Money foreign Lang is not difficult for the little man!"Although the signboard is small, the tooth posts and letter prints are the same, why not let me buy it?”

Since the water bandits invaded Chongyang, the people have no intention of farming, and the business of Sanlang has also been greatly affected, if you can't take two sales and emergency here in the Gongyi camp, it is not far from the door.

Seeing that he suddenly committed stubbornness, the other dental dealers came up together to fight the box and help the money to speak, but Yu Sanro just did not want to go, the people were quarreling, the door of the Gongyi camp was suddenly pushed open, and Wang Kefan personally welcomed out.

Wang Kefan dressed in a straight face, did not speak first, politely let the dentists into the barracks.At this time, some of Qianwai Lang also ignored Sanlang, and he followed behind the crowd and came to the warehouse where the loot was stored.

The quality of the inspection, the estimated price, the dentists each choose the preferred goods.Small tooth business by the treasurer himself out of the horse, Long Maochang and Xiangchu business are with their own teeth, Song officials and Qianwai Lang leisurely, you say a word, around Wang Kefan big patty.

In the face of the noise of these two people, Wang Kefan always smiled, and answered with patience.In his identity, he did not need to be so polite, but the Gongyi camp now urgently needed money, and Wang Kefan, under the care of Wang Kefan, lowered his body and these two tooth merchants.

All for the money, I hope this loot can sell for a good price!

Not long, the dentists each selected the goods, a summary of a price list presented to Wang Kefan, Wang Kefan took a look, the eyebrows frowned a word.

Just some money?

According to the market price estimate, the loot he took out was at least worth a thousand or two silver, but the price list was only more than 500, half of it!

"Qianwai Lang, Zhao Wei head, all the goods are clearly settled?"It is not a tooth merchant who picks and chooses, there are many left.

"Return, General, all the goods are settled, and one thing is not bad."The money’s eyes kept turning.

“Hmmm...”

Wang Kefan looked at the price list one by one and immediately found the problem: "Is this price too cheap, for example, these are all military horses that can fight, how can one sell seventeen silver?"

At the end of the war, coupled with the lack of horses in the south, the price of military horses was high, and forty pieces of silver were not necessarily available.

“General Wang did not know that these horses were looted by bandits and were uninhabited, so they could only be sold at a low price.”The money spit nervously, some of it.

Tooth trading joints are complicated, it is difficult for outsiders to find out, Wang Kefan can look down, and asked: "The iron knife 270, each handle is always four hundred, this is too low?"

In the war years, everyone is at risk, the price of weapons continues to rise, a good knife can be sold to three or four times, and the price of 400 words is only 30%.

Officer Song made a teak and smiled and took the headline: "Returning to General Wang's words, these weapons are obtained by the water bandits and looting officers and soldiers, which are not light at all, and the standard is complex, the sale is not easy, and the usual four hundred papers and a handle has been unprofitable, and the price is really not low."

He had a humble smile on his face, but he was sure that the price was not relaxed, and in the business, Long Maochang and the government dealt more, and Wang Kefan was just a small six-pin thousand total, nothing to be afraid of.

The tooth merchants followed suit, shouting bitterness: "General Wang wrongly blamed me for waiting, this batch of goods is really unprofitable, can no longer raise the price!"

That reason is too far-fetched!

Wang Kefan was slightly angry, and his cold eyes were encountering the officer of Song, and the body of the officer of Song was slightly trembling, and he fell down his clothes.

"If General Wang does not believe, the sting number would rather not do this business, lest the people poked their spines..."

“Oh, what did Mr. Song say?”Wang Kefan smiled faintly and waved his hand: "Get up, just follow this list to receive the goods, one or two silver coins do not need to add."

The smile on his face did not go, but his heart was more angry, this group of dental words are not sincere, listen to his words and deeds, must be engaged in what is tired.

Merchants profit, originally is natural, but one of the responsibilities of dental practice is to fairly evaluate the price of goods, this group of dental dealers cleverly say, they take themselves as a wrong head, it is a bit of a deceptive.

However, the construction of the army is more important, in order to solve the urgent need, we can only eat a dumb loss first.

After the official of Song Da got up, he was still constantly distinguishing, Wang Kefan ignored him, only ordered the public affairs, the delivery of cash, the atmosphere was somewhat embarrassing.After the transaction, the dental dealers said goodbye, and Wang Kefan nodded.

However, a less horny dental dealer caught his attention, this is a worn-out black and thin man, only picked up a dozen damaged chicken romp, the price is also very reasonable.

“What kind of tooth do you have?”I have some other goods here, do you want to pick one?”Wang Kefan asked.

“Thank you, General Wang!”Yu Sanlang said excitedly: "Dang No. Tongjiang business, want to buy from your army, that, yellow and white things..."

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