Gao Wu Daming: Dressed as a court eagle dog

Chapter 79

The so-called horse market refers to a fixed place where the Central Plains dynasty traded with ethnic minorities in the frontier. It was named the horse market because it mainly exchanged or bought horses.

The horse market has a long history.

Nomads live by water and grass, and they need food, tea, and cloth from the Central Plains. This has been the case since the Han and Tang Dynasties, such as the Huns and Turks.

In the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu was more rigid.

——You can’t lack tea, but I can lack horses. When you eat only meat and eat half to death, the horses will be mine!
Of course, it is impossible not to give at all, otherwise the Mongols and Jurchens will be anxious, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

In the early Ming Dynasty, under the high-pressure supervision of Lao Zhu, there was only the official market at one time, and all transactions were carried out under the nose of the official.

A situation of "tea is expensive and horses are cheap" has been formed.

But once the good system is relaxed, money interests will drive corruption and destroy the entire market monopoly, and the situation will be reversed.

Lao Zhu is tough, but unfortunately not everyone is as tough as Lao Zhu.

Over time, for the sake of greater interests, smuggling has risen, and the government cannot stop it, so it can only acquiesce in the transformation from government to civilian.

The reason why Altan Khan in the north attacked Daming repeatedly was not only to burn, kill and loot, but also to force the Ming court to completely open the horse market.

For the Ming Dynasty, the opening of the market did more harm than good.

Now that the Tatar soldiers are in full swing, I know with my knees that once the market opens, the Mongols will come in and out of the border town at will, and they will definitely not be honest.Insatiable, insatiable, are obvious things.

However, for various reasons, General Qiu felt that as long as the market opened, the Mongols would be in peace. Therefore, when he had won the trust of Jiajing with his great efforts in saving the horses, he suggested to him many times and asked him to open the horse market in the border town. .

Jiajing was finally persuaded and agreed to try.

Last year, the horse market proposal was passed, and the horse market was opened in Datong and Xuanfu.

However, no matter how the officials toss about it, it will have little impact on the public market, especially Liaodong Horse City.

As the largest horse market, it has its own set of rules and is not subject to external constraints.

The horse dealers active there joined forces with tea and salt dealers to set up the famous "Ten Thousand Horses Gang" for the convenience of transporting horses and selling horses!
Warhorse resources are scarce, the government and the Wanma Gang have always cooperated, and the Wanma Gang has also been very cooperative.

After all, they just want to do business to make money, not to betray the country.

Especially Wang Zhengkai, the leader of the current generation, after Zhongliang, is even willing to accept the supervision of Jin Yiwei in the face, so as to prove that he has no intention of colluding with the Tatars and connecting with foreigners!
Such a righteous deed has made the Wanma Gang more and more popular in Liaodong, and its power has grown rapidly. In recent years, it has even expanded to Jizhou, Xuanfu and other places.

half a month ago.

Sudden changes occurred in the Liaodong horse market, and many caravans were brutally killed. No one was alive or dead, and many of them were masters who were born at the peak!
The Wanma gang investigated in many ways, but they were still at a loss, so they had to report to Jinyiwei.

To show his importance, Liu Zhenyuan sent Shen Xiang to assist. Unexpectedly, the case of robbery and murder of the caravan was not found out. Instead, from the clues, he first discovered that the Wanma Gang was related to the robbery in the ghost market more than a month ago!

The Wanma Gang, the Huang family in the ghost city.

One is in Liaodong, one is in the capital, one is selling horses, and the other is practicing medicine...

There is no relationship between eight poles.

Even if they need to seek treatment from Huang Fangling, why don't they just come?With the net worth of the Wanma gang, can't they still afford the consultation fee?Kidnapping?

This is not only strange to Shen Xiang, but also to Liu Zhenyuan's heart, which is why Cao Jinxing helped to pay attention.

Cao Jinxing took the document and glanced at it.

According to the information provided by Shen Xiang: No. 7 of the "Eight Steeds" master of the Wanma Gang in Guangning, Hua Ji, once wrote a secret letter to Wu Yunfeng, the head of the Wu family in the ghost city - both of them are Liaodong Wushuangmen True disciple, teacher-brother relationship—ask him to bring Huang Fangling to Guangning as soon as possible, with a special note, even if he uses any means, he must bring her there as soon as possible!

what is interesting……

The letter was never sent!
Hua Liu was in charge of the accounts of the Wanma Gang. After writing this letter, he put it in the account book, and somehow forgot it. It was discovered by Shen Xiang when he sneaked into the accounting room to check.

What's more interesting is...

Shen Xiang inquired about Hua Liu many times, but Hua Liu had no memory of it at all. His expression was natural and frank, not pretending.

The main rudder of Guangning is also normal.

—except for this queer letter.

"..."

Cao Jinxing was a little confused after reading the document: "Is he drinking and breaking up? Is it quite thorough?"

"Haha, maybe."

Liu Zhenyuan said with a smile: "It's because of this that I don't want to scare the snake... He has nothing to do with Huang Fangling, and he can only arrest people so urgently. It can only be because he is seriously ill or some kind of serious illness that cannot be told. This is why he chooses a good one." Controlled genius doctor.

But according to Shen Xiang's investigation, he himself was unharmed, and his skills were still improving, and the same was true for Wang Zhengkai and other Wanma gang masters.It's strange that I wrote a letter and found someone, but they didn't seem to know anything about it. "

"It's kind of weird..."

Cao Jinxing held the documents, frowned and pondered: "The letter was not sent out, but Wu Yunfeng did it anyway... Did he send more than one letter, or did he not only find Wu Yunfeng? Or, both..."

"It doesn't count as doing it."

With his hands behind his back, Liu Zhenyuan said, "The Wu family didn't want the Huang family to be dominant, so they had motives, maybe it was just a coincidence, so they did it even if they didn't receive the letter."

"Do not."

Cao Jinxing shook his head: "The root of the rise of the Huang family lies only in Huang Fangling. As long as you kill her, everything will return to the original point. The problem is... I remember very clearly that those four people wanted to take her out. There was really no other way." Let her fall off the cliff... If Wu Yunfeng just doesn't want the Huang family to dominate, he can kill people directly and nothing will happen."

Liu Zhenyuan continued: "Pharmacists are precious, maybe they want to seize them for their own use?"

"This is also impossible."

Cao Jinxing still shook his head: "Although I have only met Huang Fangling twice, I feel that Huang Fangling is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Her guards respect her very much and are even afraid, which shows that she has a lot of prestige! This is not something a weak lady can do. Yes, for such a person, coercion is useless. Even I can see this, people from the Wu family often come and go, there is no reason not to know."

"Um……"

Liu Zhenyuan raised his eyebrows, looked at him with a smile, and nodded: "...That's right, I didn't let fame and fortune go to your head. I'm really worried that you are immersed in that bullshit ranking list."

"..."

Cao Jinxing was speechless: "Can you be more serious and talk about things!"

"Hahaha."

Liu Zhenyuan smiled reassuringly, and patted him on the shoulder: "Leave this matter to your attention, don't worry, take your time."

"Ok."

Cao Jinxing put down the document: "Then after Lu Jiaming and the others finish reading the cheat book, I will go to the ghost market with him and ask about the situation... By the way, after reading the document, why do I feel that this is different from what you said? This is a trivial matter? "

How many abnormalities are exposed in this document alone!

"They're all the same size."

Liu Zhenyuan said casually: "Do it well!"

Cao Jinxing: "..."

Damn, you really cheated me!

(End of this chapter)