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Chapter 163 The Fascinating Array

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Wang Dengku did not leave Jizhou City, he lived in a very small and cheap inn in Jizhou City - since the price is very cheap, it naturally means that the inn is small and broken, the corridors are dark, and it is located in a remote alley Chicken feces and dog feces are everywhere, and the room always has an indescribable strange smell, so that when Young Master Zhang led Zhang Shitou and others to find the inn, he thought that Fu Yi gave him the name of the inn when he provided information for him. Wrong, in the end it was Zhang Shitou who made it clear, "Master, have you forgotten that Wang Dengku is from Shanxi? Master, do you still remember the young owner of the Hengtong Bank who used to visit brothels with us in Linqing back then? Every day When it rains, he always takes off his shoes and walks barefoot."

"Damn, although most of the people in Shanxi are good people, why do they love to produce these top products?" Young Master Zhang muttered while covering his nose, and at the same time gave up his plan to visit Wang Dengku - what Young Master Zhang was stepping on was three taels of silver. A pair of Chang Shengyun doesn't want to step on those reincarnated things.After making this decision, Young Master Zhang immediately pointed to a soldier and said, "You, go in and find Wang Dengku, and tell him that I am at noon today, and I am inviting him to dinner at Tianfulou, thanking him for the gift of horses. I don't like this ghost place." Let's go in." After speaking, Young Master Zhang led Zhang Shitou and the others and quickly turned around and left.

Led Zhang Shitou and others to Tianfu Building, there was still a little time before noon, so Young Master Zhang was not in a hurry, went up to the second floor and asked for a private room first, called for a pot of tea, drank slowly and waited stand up.However, Young Master Zhang is really a life that can’t be idle. When he is a little free, he immediately starts to think about various things, and the first thing that Young Master Zhang thinks of is, of course, how to deal with Wang Dengku and his party in a while, and Dong The background of Wang Dengku investigated by the factory-Wang Dengku did not tell lies in Jingeryu that day. His relationship with Fan Yongdou was really not good when he was in Zhangjiakou. Last year, the two had conflicts over a war horse business. Fan Yongdou stole the business, and Wang Dengku, who suffered a dumb loss, said that he didn't hate Fan Yongdou, which was a lie.However, Young Master Zhang also understands the truth that the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. The Fan family and the Wang family can turn against each other for the benefit, and it is also possible to form an ally for the benefit!So when Young Master Zhang came into contact with Wang Dengku today, he first wanted to find out how much Wang Dengku hated Fan Yongdou, and whether he could use Wang Dengku's hand to deal with Fan Yongdou severely? !
"If Wang Dengku has the courage and sincerity to cooperate with me, that's of course the best. If he doesn't have the courage and is unreliable, how can I maximize the benefits if I do it myself?" Young Master Zhang continued to turn his triangular eyes to calculate.Suddenly, there were noisy footsteps in the corridor, and then there was another noisy voice from the private room next door, and a Shanxi accent shouted: "Man, you can serve good wine and good food, don't save money for our uncle!" Another shouted with a Shanxi accent: "The wine is Kweichow Moutai. Hurry up, the man has something to do after eating."

"I met two prodigal sons." Young Master Zhang secretly sneered—Moutai liquor has long since stopped paying tribute to the imperial court after years of war in the Southwest. Drink, what are these two old Xi next door prodigal sons?At this time, a soldier came in and whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear: "Master Futai, the next door is Wang Dengku's youngest son and nephew, and a woman."

"Wang Dengku's son and nephew? Haha, what a coincidence, there will be a good show soon." Young Master Zhang was secretly happy.Sure enough, as Young Master Zhang expected, after a while, just as the private room next door began to exchange glasses for food and drink, a thunderous voice suddenly sounded, "Prodigal son! You two prodigal sons! Come back from the capital, don't go directly to the inn , actually behind my back... eat such good food and drink such good wine behind my back! I..., I will beat you to death!" Then the sound of fists and feet and howling ghosts and wolves sounded, "Uncle, please forgive me! We don't dare anymore." "Father, father! Listen to me and listen to me! We didn't mean it... Ouch!"

He got up and went out, walked to the door of the private room next door, and saw that Wang Dengku, who hadn't seen him for a few days, was chasing and beating two young men, and there were several men and women standing timidly beside him, who seemed to be the attendants of Wang Dengku's nephew.When Young Master Zhang took a closer look, a pretty and petite figure suddenly jumped into his eyes, and Young Master Zhang couldn't help but blurted out: "Red Lady!" The red lady over there also noticed the existence of Young Master Zhang, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master Zhang!" Before the words finished, the red lady was already blushing, she quickly lowered her small head, and peeked at Young Master Zhang out of the corner of her eye.

"Master Futai!" Wang Dengku also noticed the arrival of Young Master Zhang, and quickly stopped chasing and beating his son and nephew.Seeing Eldest Young Master Zhang greeting the red lady again, Wang Dengku couldn't help being startled, hurried over to salute and asked, "Master Futai, do you know this girl?"

"When we were in the capital, we met once." Young Master Zhang looked away, answered casually, and asked curiously: "Master Wang, why is your nephew with this red lady? She is yours." What kind of relative?"

"Oh... she, she is Cao Min's distant niece." Wang Dengku replied nervously.Young Master Zhang was taken aback, thinking that in history, red ladies have always made a living by performing arts, and they don't have any rich relatives?Over there, Wang Yaohua, Wang Dengku's son, and Wang Guohua, his nephew, also came back to their senses. Wang Guohua stepped forward and pulled up the sleeve of the red lady, and pulled her in front of Young Master Zhang. On the way, you kept talking about the official taboo of Mr. Futai, and you are eager to meet him." The red lady broke away from Wang Guohua's pull with a blushing face, bowed to Young Master Zhang, and said shyly: "I have seen you Lord Futai, my lord is blessed and safe. Last time in the capital, the grace of Lord Futai to save each other will never be forgotten by my family."

"It's just a matter of raising your hand, young lady, you don't have to be polite." Young Master Zhang waved his hand casually, but he felt a little weird and something was wrong in his heart, and Young Master Zhang couldn't tell what was wrong.Over there, Wang Dengku also complained secretly. He never dreamed that the red lady who was going to use the beauty trick would actually know Master Zhang, and that young master Zhang had once been kind to the red lady. He didn't dare to give the red lady to Young Master Zhang casually.Under the tension, Wang Dengku had an idea, and hurriedly shouted at his son and nephew: "You two bastards, why don't you take your cousin back to the inn? Master Futai has something to discuss with me, and you have no place to talk here. Wait for me here—remember, take these food and drink away!”

"Yes, yes." Wang Yaohua and Wang Guohua agreed repeatedly, and hurriedly dragged Hong Niangzi out.The red lady looked suspiciously at Wang Dengku and his son, then at the handsome young master Zhang with a blushing face, and finally followed Wang Yaohua and Wang Guohua, who were constantly winking, and left the winery with every step and turn.Although Young Master Zhang felt that this matter was a bit weird, it was inconvenient to ask directly, so he had to let Wang Dengku's son and nephew take the red lady away. Then move on to the next step.

Wang Dengku's son and nephew left, and Wang Dengku was also led into the private room set by Young Master Zhang. After the waiter in the shop delivered the wine and food, Young Master Zhang asked his soldiers to keep watch on the left and right to prevent others from eavesdropping, and then went to pour wine for Wang Dengku himself to scare Wang Dengku from eavesdropping. De Wang Dengku quickly snatched the jug and said with an apologetic smile: "Master Futai, you must not kill Caomin. What kind of people are Caomin? How dare you work for Master Futai to pour wine? Caomin comes by himself, Caomin serves Master Futai for dinner. "

"Shopkeeper Wang, you don't have to be polite. I'm going out in low clothes today, and I don't wear official clothes. Let's treat them as friends." Young Master Zhang said politely, but handed the jug to Wang Dengku honestly, and smiled again: "The last time Shopkeeper Wang gave me ten good horses. At that time, I was busy with military affairs, so I didn't have time to thank Shopkeeper Wang for setting the wine. Today, I took time out and specially arranged this banquet. I would like to express my gratitude and thank you. Shopkeeper Wang Wang must not blame the negligence of the day before yesterday."

"Master Futai, what did you say?" Wang Dengku said with a smile on his lips like honey, "Who doesn't know that you, Master Futai, are the most beloved son of nine thousand years old, famous in the government and the public, and a nobleman who rides horses in the Forbidden City? Futai Mr. Tai, you are willing to accept the horses of the grass people, and you are already doing the grass people a lot of face. It is too late for the grass people to be grateful, so how dare you blame them?" Speaking of this, Wang Dengku took a peek at Young Master Zhang's face, and turned his words cautiously. Asked: "However, Caomin dares to ask one more question. I wonder if Master Futai can reconsider the horse transaction that Caomin mentioned last time?"

"How much money do you plan to sell to me? Get on the horse." Young Master Zhang asked lightly.Wang Dengku was overjoyed, and quickly replied: "Master Futai, the clear price that the Caomin gave to the Ministry of War was 14 taels of silver for a horse, and the fodder would be sent to the racecourse in the suburbs of Beijing. If Futai wanted it, the Caomin would also pack the fodder at this price." Send the war horses to Jizhou." Speaking of this, Wang Dengku looked at Zhang Shitou, who was serving as the marquis, and whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear: "In addition, the grass-roots will pay 3000 taels of silver to Master Futai to help Master Tai for military use. .”

"The price can only be regarded as reluctant, but it is still a bit too high." Young Master Zhang said calmly: "Master Wang, do you know that someone has already offered me a lower price and higher benefits?" gone."

"Who?" Wang Dengku was startled, and then Wang Dengku suddenly remembered the person that Young Master Zhang mentioned last time, his expression changed and he exclaimed, "Fan Yongdou? Is he eyeing this deal too?"

Young Master Zhang was noncommittal, neither admitting nor denying, just smiling and staring at Wang Dengku's eyes, observing the changes in Wang Dengku's eyes.But Wang Dengku's pupils narrowed suddenly, and then he was full of anger, thinking secretly: "What is Fan Yongdou doing? Didn't Sibeile make an appointment with the eight of us a long time ago? Let me do this deal, let me get Zhang Haogu The little dog trusts me, and if I take another step, why is it that Fan Yongdou came to meddle again and take away my business and credit? No, I’ve been in Jizhou these days, and I haven’t bumped into anyone from Fan Laoxi?” Thinking of this, although Wang Dengku's face is still calm, his pupils have dilated and relaxed.

"Shopkeeper Wang, do you think I'm lying to you? Want to lower your price?" Young Master Zhang noticed Wang Dengku's suspicion, so he smiled and said, "If Shopkeeper Wang doesn't believe you, you can go to Yiyi Street to see for yourself. Do people from the Fan family shop live there?"

Young Master Zhang told me where the people from the Fan family lived. Would Wang Dengku not believe it?At the same time, Wang Dengku subconsciously concluded that Fan Yongdou really sent someone to grab his credit and business!Frightened and angry, Wang Dengku blurted out and asked, "Lord Futai, how much will Fan Yongdou give you? Can you tell the grassroots?"

Young Master Zhang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, [-] horses are just a lot of business. Is it worth bargaining? Forget it, in my opinion, you'd better give in. Didn't you also say that, Shopkeeper Fan Yongdou?" You are much older, so you are worthy of making enemies with him for such a petty profit?"

Wang Dengku really had the intention of bargaining with Fan Yongdou to grab the business, but when Master Zhang said this, Wang Dengku immediately calmed down, but the more this happened, the more Wang Dengku felt that he couldn't understand Master Zhang—since Master Zhang had revealed Fan Yongdou Looking at this deal, the purpose is of course to provoke Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku to compete for a bargain, and take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits, but now Young Master Zhang not only did not take the opportunity to fan the flames, but sincerely persuaded Wang Dengku to calm down, his intentions were completely incomprehensible to Wang Dengku up.After making some calculations, Wang Dengku tentatively asked: "Master Futai, so you are planning to hand over this business to shopkeeper Fan Yongdou?"

"It's not that I intend to hand over the business to Shopkeeper Fan, it's that the business is too small and I'm too lazy to intervene." Young Master Zhang took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "As long as you have money, you can't buy war horses in the side market." ? Goods that can be bought everywhere, can the profit be high? Two thousand and five hundred war horses can earn four to five thousand taels of silver at the top of the day. Does this official care about such a little money?"

"What do you mean by this little dog? Don't pay attention to four or five thousand taels of silver? How much benefit did Fan Laoxi offer?" Wang Dengku became more and more confused the more he listened.When he was about to ask again, Young Master Zhang stood up and said with a smile, "Master Wang, I didn't lie to you that day. I did return the right to purchase 5000 horses to the Ministry of War. If Manager Wang only If you want to do this 'small' business, just go and talk to the Ministry of War by yourself - I guess Shopkeeper Fan is busy doing big business with others, he doesn't care about such a small amount of money, and he won't compete with you, Shopkeeper Wang, for this business Well, I still have work to do, so I'm leaving first. I've already asked someone to pay for the table of wine and food. If Shopkeeper Wang wants to do "big" business with me in the future, he can come to me. "

After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang walked away, leaving Wang Dengku to ponder over the hints in his words.And Wang Dengku is also a seasoned old loach, and he quickly smelled it—Since Young Master Zhang said that he despises the small money of 5000 taels of silver, and that Fan Yongdou also despises this small business, he is undoubtedly implying that, Fan Yongdou is planning to start a big business in Jizhou that can make a lot of money. As for the goods that this big business trades, it is worth pondering - after all, Master Zhang also hinted at things that can be bought everywhere , I can't earn much money......

"Could it be that Fan Yongdou's hands and eyes are so good that he can directly buy the things that Sibeile wants most?! Zhang Haogu, the little dog, also wants to get a piece of the pie after hearing the news?!" Wang Dengku suddenly came to his senses and understood this. , Wang Dengku hurriedly called his followers to the front, and whispered in their ears: "Arrange people immediately, go to Guyi Street to investigate for me, and see who the Fan Yongdou family sent this time? After discovering their traces, Immediately think of a way to buy his buddies and find out what business they are doing this time?"

Fan Yongdou was making arrangements in the restaurant, and Young Master Zhang was also making arrangements after he left the restaurant. As soon as he left the restaurant, Young Master Zhang called Zhang Shitou to him and told him, "Shitou, arrange for someone to go to estimate the clothes right away. Street, tell Lu Wanling and his wife that I borrowed ten new muskets from Eunuch Fu, and I want to go out to hunt in the city, and ask Lu Wanling and his wife if they want to go with us?"

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