Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 728
Wang Tong's personal guards, apart from the old-fashioned personal guards of the past, are the cronies of the generals under his jurisdiction, as well as the children of powerful vassals. These teenagers and very young youths, although they have worked hard and trained in martial arts since childhood, they are also members of the family. Beloved, they rarely let them do such things as taking personal risks and fighting bloody battles.

When young people are together, they have to compete with each other. Although everyone is superior in martial arts, it is only the combat experience and strength that determine the strength. The future is uncertain, and everyone has the possibility of growth. , Many things are not allowed to be done right now.

Under such circumstances, everyone is making comparisons based on who has killed someone. Qi Wu, Han Gang, Sha Dongning, and Bao Erxiao, when they were in the army or in private forces, all of them had Had a bloody experience.

Soldiers who have seen blood, their demeanor is naturally different from those who have not experienced life and death fights, and they have vaguely become the core figures in the bodyguards.

This is exactly the case, Wang Tong's personal guards are all looking forward to killing people, but military discipline and military law are strictly restrained, everyone practices hard every day, there are few opportunities to go to the battlefield, there are more fights, and less time to see blood. Very stuffy.

Not long after Wang Tong said "kill people" in the hall, the guards had already lined up in the yard, and the soldiers who had been placed in all had excited expressions on their faces. Seeing some signs, disciplined and bloodthirsty fighters are the most elite.

Compared with these junior soldiers, the guards who have lived with Wang Tong for a long time are much calmer. Some lead the horses, while others tell their companions not to forget anything.

Not long after, Wang Tong walked out of the house wearing the robes of the Commander Tongzhi of Jinyiwei, followed by several servants who came from Si Yamen, the commander of Jinyiwei, the capital of the capital.

Wang Tong always pays attention to convenience and efficiency in doing things, but he doesn't pay much attention to this official style. Today is different. Wang Tong is wearing an official uniform and riding a horse in the center. The imperial decree of the military order, the defense, and the flag board, walked in front, and a group of fully armed personal guards rode around Wang Tong on horseback.

A team of nearly 200 people walked on the streets of Datong Fucheng. Even the officials and people of Datong were used to seeing the generals of all levels in Datong Town travel, and they felt very majestic.

Now that Wang Tong is the governor of Datong, his every move is closely watched by all parties. Seeing Wang Tong fully clothed and traveling, the people watching everywhere quickly spread the news of the watching to the masters of the family.

Wang Tong did not go to the governor's office, Ma Dong's mansion, or Datong magistrate's yamen. Instead, he went straight to the west of Datong City. Urban planning varies from city to city. The residences of merchants and merchants are also concentrated towards the east city, and the same is true outside the east city. After all, if you want to set up warehouses, shops and warehouses in other places, you will have to travel a lot, or even go around the city.

The same is true for Datong City. Datong’s foreign trade is mainly with the Mongolian tribes on the grassland. From Datong City to the grassland, the most convenient way is to go out of the west gate and go to Guihua City by going to Datong Youwei’s side, so Datong City Most of the luxury merchants in the city are concentrated in the west of the city.

There are row upon row of shops, which are not as prosperous as the capital and Tianjin Wei, but they also have their own prosperity. The trade with the grassland is not inferior to the sea trade. They are all big profits, and the shop fronts are naturally extraordinary.

Among them, the most impressive one is Huang's House, a firm of a certain family. This is the name of the most common and largest street in the warehouse of the firm. However, considering the scale of Huang's House, no one would say that it is an ordinary street.

The entire three streets in the west of the city are the property of the Huang family business, cloth, grain, salt goods, groceries, iron shops... everything you need, people come and go on the streets, customers come and go, from time to time you can see wearing Mongolian leather robes with hair. Mongolian traders with braids on their backs come and go.

Among them, the general number of the Huang family is different. Buildings are rare these days. The second floor is already eye-catching, and the third floor is shocking. The shops and merchants are mainly bungalows, and the general name of the Huang family is the second floor. The multi-story building is extremely conspicuous among the shops in the west of the city.

Pedestrians coming and going on the street saw Wang Tong's cavalry, they all ran away in a panic, blocked the imperial envoy's car, and had no reason to be trampled to death by the horses.

There was a thunderous sound of hooves, and the shop assistants came out to look around one after another. When they saw Wang Tong's team, they hurriedly retreated. Wang Tong's team stopped in front of the shop of Huang's House.

Even if the shopkeeper and Zhike of the firm didn't recognize Wang Tong, they could still recognize the official robe on Wang Tong's body, as well as the banners and guards of honor held by the servants in front.

Seeing Wang Tong's group stop, Zhike hurriedly came out to greet him with an apologetic smile, but Wang Tong ignored him, and just turned around and said:

"Come here, go and arrest the big shopkeeper of this firm, I have something to ask him!"

The tone was indifferent, but after he finished speaking, the whole street fell silent. The knowledgeable customers of Huang's House and the shopkeeper who followed him were all tongue-tied, not knowing what to say for a while.

The guards were all specially trained to arrest people. When they heard Wang Tong's order, 12 people behind them agreed in unison. They all got off their horses and rushed into the store with weapons.

Seeing them rushing in, the receptionist in front of the main gate and the guards sitting in the corner subconsciously stepped forward to stop them. Wang Tong's personal guard who arrested them would be polite to them, so they stayed. A little sympathetic, he didn't draw the knife out of its sheath, but just smashed it with the scabbard.

There was a beating on the head and face, and the guys screamed in pain and dodged, but the guards of the head office of the Huang's Commercial Bank were really smart, and even stopped Wang Tong's personal guards who went in to arrest people with sticks. Although they didn't fight, they did The wooden stick kept probing forward, and Wang Tong's personal guards couldn't get close for a while.

After all, it is arresting people, these guys and guards may not be guilty, and it is not appropriate to draw a knife. The guards hesitated for a while, and the situation was a little stalemate.

Just as the shopkeeper in front of the door was about to speak, he heard a sharp "whoosh", and suddenly heard a cry of pain from behind, and then many people screamed there.

Looking back, I found that a guard had dropped his stick and was covering his thigh, sitting on the ground and screaming. Wang Tong's personal guards had already gone upstairs. , A feathered arrow was nailed to the guard's thigh.

"You can stop the imperial guards from arresting people!"

Wang Tong said in a cold voice, Tan Jiang beside him held a bow in his hand, and looked at the shop coldly, no one thought that Wang Tong's methods would be so ruthless in broad daylight.

Listening to the screams of the man in the shop, if there is another rash move, Wang Tong's side will definitely kill someone. No one inside or outside doubts this possibility.

You could also hear the sound of chickens and dogs jumping in the main hall outside. After a while, the guards grabbed a middle-aged man and appeared in front of the door, and threw him directly to the ground.

This middle-aged man is dressed richly and has a graceful bearing. He looks like a pampered and powerful person on weekdays, but now he is not very powerful. When he was thrown out, his foot bumped on the threshold, and he directly He fell down the steps and lay on the ground for a long time before getting up.

The personal guards were followed by some bewildered people who looked like shopkeepers, some turned their backs and ran back, but no one paid any attention to them.

The middle-aged man got up and wanted to stand up, but Wang Tong said in a cold voice immediately:

"I'm an imperial envoy. The imperial envoy asks questions. Are you qualified to stand up and answer? Step down!!"

Wang Tong ordered in a cold voice, and a guard from behind stepped forward and stepped on the middle-aged man's back. The middle-aged man was caught off guard and lay heavily on the ground, but this man was quite tenacious, and he still struggled to support himself with his arms. ground said:
"Master Wang, do you know whose family property this is? You dare to do this. Don't think that you can do whatever you want with an imperial envoy."

"You are Zhi Wanchang, the big shopkeeper of this firm. Don't tell me, I really don't know who is behind you, but I should see you soon. Didn't someone report to you?"

Wang Tong immediately said calmly, and then said again:
"Now that the military affairs are urgent, you Huang's firm dare to hoard goods and speculate on military supplies. What is your intention!?"

Hearing Wang Tong's question, Zhi Wanchang froze and said stiffly on the ground:

"Why do adults say that about villains? The Huang Family Commercial Bank does business according to their duties and never knows about military funds..."

"Sanjiang Commercial Bank and a commercial firm were entrusted by Datong Town to purchase military assets. In order to guard against the Tartars, you stopped them halfway and drove up prices. If this is not speculation, so what?"

Wang Tong said coldly at once, the street was very quiet, there were occasional whispers, and it was the people in front who relayed what Wang Tong said, and the people on the street were quite indignant, but when they heard Wang Tong's words, everyone The aggrieved look on his face has gone a lot. Datong is located on the northern border. For 200 years, it has suffered from the invasion of the Tartars, and it has delayed the defense against the Tartars. Then the Huang's firm is not worthy of sympathy.

"The villain never knows what military resources are. The villain just sees that the goods are selling well, so he reaches out to start a business. He never knows what military resources are!"

That Wanchang knelt on the ground just spoke hard, but his voice was trembling, Wang Tong raised his voice and said:
"Everyone who does business with you knows that you said that you bought and sold it to the government, which is the same as Sanjiang Commercial Bank selling it to the government. Didn't you send someone to the official to ask whether the official should buy it or not? ?"

There was a loud bang on the street, and there was a sudden commotion. The Wanchang branch hesitated for a while on the ground, then hissed and said:
"My lord, it seems that the proprietor of the trumpet is acting as the king..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a commotion at the intersection, and a personal guard came to report and said:
"My lord, come here on behalf of the prince!"

(End of this chapter)